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PSC 08-10-06 CUPEIQ"INO MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION August 10, 2006 The meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m. ROLLCALL Commissioners Present: Charles Caldwell, Fari Aberg, Hugh Riddell, Nina Daruwalla, Jay Cena Commissioners Absent: Staff Present: Glenn Goepfert, Assistant Director of Public Works Others Present: Dan Dunlap, Santa Clara County Fire Department Captain John Hirokawa, Santa Clara County Sheriffs Department ORAL COMMUNICATIONS WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS APPROVAL OF MINUTES December 8, 2005, regular meeting February 9,2006, regular meeting June 8, 2006, regular meeting Commissioner Hugh Riddell/Chairperson Charles Caldwell moved and seconded to approved the December 8, 2005, February 9, 2006, and June 8, 2006 minutes as submitted. VOTE: 5-0 OLD BUSINESS 1. Approved Commission Goals Foster better outreach in the community through various languages on topics related to safety. Survey the community on public safety concerns in order to establish future commission goals. The commissioners reviewed the approved goals and talked about integrating the prior goals that have not been accomplished. Commissioner Jay Cena expressed interest in carrying over the Safe Routes to School Program, the radar speed signs, and the Street Smarts Program into the new goals. Assistant Director Glenn Goepfert also recommended that the commission adopt limited goals to focus on. Further discussion ensued about school safety and the fact that it would be an ongoing goal for the commission. The commission agreed to adopt the approved goals, carryover over existing goals, and to minimize short-term and long-term goals so that they can be accomplished. The commissioners also discussed returning to a monthly meeting schedule as one of their goals. The commissioners unanimously voted to return to a monthly meeting schedule and agreed to submit a formal request to the City Council. 2. Community Survey The commissioners talked about distributing a community survey and the potential content of the survey. The commission had discussion about including questions regarding various programs, inquiring about language preferences, and determining community interest in receiving information that would be educational. In addition, the survey would seek to determine the needs of the community in regards to safety in order to pull together resources such as the fire, city, sheriff, and neighborhood watch services. Chairperson Charles Caldwell/Commissioner Hugh Riddell moved and seconded to appoint Fari Aberg and Nina Daruwalla to a subcommittee in charge of generating the community survey and determining the best means of distribution. VOTE: 5-0 The commissioners agreed to submit any ideas or questions for the survey to Assistant Director Glenn Goepfert in order to prevent a serial communications between members. Assistant Director Goepfert will provide the information to the commission for discussion at their next meeting. 3. Radar Signs The commissioners agreed to continue this item as Old Business. 4. SR2S Grant The commissioners agreed to continue this item as Old Business. Commissioner Jay Cena will provide the commission with additional information regarding the Safe Route to School Grant Program and expressed the desire to see the program included in the new goals. NEW BUSINESS 5. D.A.R.E. Program The commissions talked about ways to make the program more appealing to the youth by getting input from the Teen Commission and the community. The commissioners agreed to include questions about the D.A.R.E. Program in the community survey. 6. Cupertino Safety Day The commissioners talked about the prior years' Cupertino Safety Day and the factors contributing to the event. Commissioner Fari Aberg agreed to get more information about the upcoming event for the commission. REPORTS Santa Clara Countv Fire District Battalion Chief Dan Dunlap reviewed the fire district report in regards to call volume and fire loss. Battalion Chief Dunlap talked about the recent heat wave that resulted in transformer fires and an increase in call volume. Battalion Chief Dunlap also gave the commission a brief overview of the operations at the fire department and further discussed the interactions between fire department and PG&E during fire loss. Battalion Chief Dunlap informed the commissioners that they would be able to conduct a meeting at the Sevens Spring Fire Station on October 12th at 7pm. Santa Clara County Sheriff Captain John Hirokawa reviewed the sheriffs report and indicated that residential burglaries were down, arm robberies and vehicle burglaries were up. He also talked about a sexual assault that took place on Pruneridge, and indicated that it was the first serious incident in the last three years. Captain Hirokawa talked about the department conducting special red and white enforcement at a particular intersection, based on traffic collision data. Chairperson Charles Caldwell inquired about the status of the radar speed signs in Cupertino. Captain Hirokawa indicated that the project was being handled by the Santa Clara County Traffic Safe Network and that it was involved in a grant process. Captain Hirokawa also mentioned that the group was in the process of evaluating the signs in order to determine of which to purchase. Commissioner's Reports - None FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Radar Signs SR2S Grant Pedestrian countdown signal heads - Stevens Creek Boulevard ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9:26 p.m. ck 4fU, b. :l5J1At21/;~ Karen B. Guerin - Administrative Assistant