PSC 08.11.11 CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, August 11, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Cupertino City Hall, Conference Room A
(No Audio available)
I. CALL TO ORDER
Commissioner Andy Huang called to order the regular meeting of the Cupertino Public Safety
Commission at 7:05 p.m. on Thursday. Aug 12, 2011 in the Cupertino City Hall, 10300 Torre
Avenue, Conference Room A, Cupertino, California 95014.
II. ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present: Andy Huang
Nina Daruwalla
Craig Lee
Daniel Nguyen
Commissioners Absent: Tamara Pow
Staff Present: Captain Carl Neusel, Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office
Battalion Chief Carol Miller, Santa Clara County Fire Department
Staff Absent: N/A
Other Present: N/A
III. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
There were no oral communications to discuss at this regular meeting.
IV. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
There were no written communications to discuss at this regular meeting.
V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
ACTION: Yes
VOTE: Yes
MOTION: Comm. Nguyen SECONDED: Comm. Lee VOTE: 4 to 0
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1. July 14, 2011 — Approved without changes.
VI. OLD BUSINESS
1. Discussion of Walk /Bike /Carpool (WBC) to School project ongoing (Nguyen)
ACTION: Yes
VOTE: No
MOTION: No SECONDED: No VOTE: 0 to 0
Kennedy requests to Comm. Pow regarding additional bike racks and fence. Comm, Lee, as the
liaison to the Bike /Ped Comm (13PC), believes it is in the charter of BPC to supply the racks
(such as from Cal Tram.). Comm. Lee also recalls WBC fund could not be applied to capital
expense such as the fence. Therefore, Comm. Lee recommends this request be transferred to
I3PC. Cap. Neusel agrees to follow -up w ith the BPC's city liaison to transfer this request.
Due to Comm. Pow's absence, a sample PSC packet for the PTA meeting was not available for
discussion. Comm. Lee requests the sample packet at next PSC meeting to include a PTA survey
on how to improve WBC incentives. Comm. Daruwalla recommends the best time to present to
the PTA is in the month of October, and we need to review and complete this packet at the next
PSC meeting.
Comm. Lee requesting details on the new crossing guard company, and Cpt. Neusel mentioned
that the American Guard Services (AGS) has just completed three hours training. Comm. Lee
also would like to know where the additional crossing guards would be placed, and Cpt. Neusel
believes Mark Linder, Dir. of Park Sr. Rec., typically is the liaison with the school. Comm. Lee
believes Regnart have requested additional crossing guards at Stelling /Rainbow, and Cpt. Neusel
also believes his SRO has some recommendations. Comm. Lee further requests exploring
additional training program with AGS, and Comm. Nguyen will contact them about training
program.
Comm. Lee mentions John Bartas, who started a car pool web site www.schoolpooling.com,
announced in the newspaper that he plans to launch his web site in Sep. Cpt. Neusel mentions
that Lt. Morrisey had already attended a meeting regarding this proposal with Monta Vista
principal, and there were safety concerns. Comm. Daruwalla believes people usually car pools
with people they know, and web site car pool program with strangers creates some safety
concerns.
2. Boltage Program at schools and installation /implementation process (Pow)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: No SECONDED: No VOTE: 0 to 0
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Comm. Nguyen have received a login account and have access to all the raw data.
3. Report on surveys to schools (Lee/Nguyen)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: No SECONDED: No VOTE: 0 to 0
Comm. Nguyen has completed the survey analysis, and reports that elementary school
participation rate is up while middle school is down. Comm. Nguyen observes that total
participation is up in less than 1 %, and highlights that Pavia participation is up, as well as Garden
Gate has participated.
4. Discuss how to increase Cupertino participation in Alert SCC Program (Huang)
ACTION: YES
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VOTE: NO
MOTION: No SECONDED: No VOTE: 0 to 0
Comm. Huang reports the proposal that was discussed with Comm. Lee. The AlcrtSCC sign -up
program will be held on the week of Nov 28 to Dec 2 " with the result entered by school
volunteers on Dec 2 " and the award given by the city before Christmas. This date is chosen as
Christmas holiday is the best motivating factor for the iDevice award, and schools will start their
finals on the week after Dec 2 Comm. Nguyen is concerned with the time it takes to verify
and analyze the results, and recommends to move up the date by two weeks. The prize for each
participating school will be an iPad for the best class, a iPod Nano for the best student, and iPod
Shuffle for each students who have obtained 50 or more sign -ups. The minimum participating
level is 25 %, i.e. a school of 1,000 students should have 250 sign -up to qualify for the school and
class award. Comm. Lee recommends a lower than 50 sign -up threshold as it may discourage
middle and primary school students. Comm. Huang reports based on the $1,000 budget per
school, there are 10 iPod Shuffle allocated per school; and if a lower target is established, there is
a high probability to over spend the budget. Comm. Nguyen is concerned with verification of
the sign -up, and recommends some procedures to verify and discourage same person sign -up
multiple times. Comm. Huang will provide a sample sign -up sheet at the next meeting. Comm.
Daruwalla recommends the announcement period (e.g. 2 period for Kennedy) be established
for the middle and high school class award. Comm. Huang reminds the PSC that the success of
this program depends on each Comm. to work with the schools that they are liaison with to
promote the program to the PTA, Principal, and the student volunteer organization. Cpt. Neusel
reminds the PSC that currently Comm. do not have high schools liaisons; and Comm. Daruwalla
volunteers to be the liaison for Homestead High, Comm. Nguyen volunteers for Cupertino High,
and Comm. Huang volunteers Ibr Monta Vista High.
VII. REPORTS
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I. Santa Clara County Fire Department
No reports clue to staff late response.
2. Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office
No reports clue to staff on vacation.
3. Commission Report
Comm. Pow: no report
Comm. Daruwalla: no report.
Comm. Lee: reports on Aug 5 City Council meeting, there were discussion about Cupertino's
response to the three civil grand jury reports focusing on emergency dispatch, fire department
response and the rehiring of pensioners. Comm. Lee would like to request this item be added to
the agenda for next month's PSC meeting.
Comm. Lee requests scats be removed from the minutes of the meeting as Fire /Police detail
reports are included in the PSC meeting packet.
Comm. Huang: reports on the Mayor's monthly meeting. Bike /Ped Comm. working on
pedestrian plan; Housing Comm. working on low incoming /senior center near Rainbow /85; Teen
Comm. working on anti - tobacco campaign: Planning Comm. working on new tenants for the
Homestead shopping area; "Tech. Comm. completed the AT&T cell tower project; Library Comm.
is evaluating the poet laureate candidates.
Comm. Nguyen: no report
IX. FUTURE AGENDA FOR NI3XT REGULAR MEETING
1. Walk /Bike /Carpool to School Project
2. Boltage Program
3. School Survey
4. AlertSCC
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X. ADJOURNMENT
The regular meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.
X1. NEXT MEETINGS
Next regular meeting is scheduled on Thursday. Aug. 8, Conference room A., 2011, at 7:00 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
Andy Huang
Public Safety Commissioner
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