PSC 09.08.11CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, Sep 8, 2011, 7:05 p.m.
Cupertino City Hall, Conference Room A
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Commissioner Tamara Pow called to order the regular meeting of the Cupertino Public Safety
Commission at 7:05 p.m. on Thursday, Sep 8, 2011 in the Cupertino City Hall, 10300 Torre
Avenue, Conference Room A, Cupertino, Califoinia 95014.
Il. ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present: Tamara Pow
Andy Huang
Craig Lee
Daniel Nguyen
Nina Daruwalla
Commissioners Absent: N/A
Staff Present: Captain Carl Neusel, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
Battalion Chief Daron Pisciotta, Santa Clara County Fire Department
Staff Absent: N/A
Other Present: Vice Mayor Mark Santoro
III. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
There were one oral communications to discuss at this regular meeting.
Vice Mayor Mark Santoro informed the PSC that Santa Clara County has modified its AlertSCC
contract which will now cost each city $5k per y:ar to Opt -in for non - emergency usage of
AIertSCC. The $5k option would allow the city to use up to. 100,000 non - emergency messages
to test its capabilities. Since Cupertino has just closed its budget cycle, Vice Mayor Santoro has
requested this issue to be discussed on the upcoming City Council agenda next week, and he
would recommend PSC make its recommendation to the council as well as to re- consider its
usage of the $15k budget for the upcoming AIertSCC promotion.
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IV. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
There were no written communications to discuss at this regular meeting.
V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
ACTION: Yes
VOTE: NO
MOTION: N/A SECONDED: N/A VOTE: 0 to 0
1. Aug meeting minutes will be reviewed next month.
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
Lesley Reid, Kennedy representative, requests to Comm. Pow to look into the recent event at ,
Hyannisport Dr. involving a biking student. Cpt. Neusel was not aware of any official accident
on -file with the Sheriff's office, but will examine the incident's area for safety recommendation.
Comm. Pow recalls there were discussions of a barrier or a channelizer, which may concern
larger size vehicles.
Comm. Pow presents .a sample.Comm. status update form for PSC members when visiting
schools, and have received inputs for its update.
Comm. Lee requests more detail on the number (2 or 3) of new crossing guards added from
council's addition budget,. Cpt. Neusel will contact the city to obtain detail.
2. Boltage Program at schools and installation/implementation process (Pow)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: No : SECONDED: No VOTE: 0 to '0
Comm. Nguyen has downloaded the raw data, and will present a report at the next meeting:
Comm. Lee. recommends some comparison methods be established, such as enrollments in 'order
to measure the program's success.
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3. Report on surveys to schools (Lee/Nguyen)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: No SECONDED: No VOTE: 0 to 0
Comm. Daruwalla recommends the next survey to be on the week of Oct 17, and Comm. Lee
hopes the SRO can again encourage Hyde and St;dgwick to participate this year. Comm. Lee
will provide the survey forms to Cpt. Neusel.
4. Discuss how to increase Cupertino participation in Alert SCC Program (Huang)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: YES
MOTION: Lee SECONDED: Huang VOTE: 5 to 0
In light of Vice Mayor Santoro's update on AlertSCC, Comm. Huang recommends holding off
the upcoming AlertSCC promotion program, pending council's decision, as well as allocating
$5k out of the $15k budget for the city to opt -in the 100,000 test message capability. Comm.
Lee further recommends to verify current contract end date, and to confirm the usage capability
for the upcoming citywide drill. Comm. Lee motioned to put the upcoming promotion program
on hold, and it passed unanimously.
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VOTE: YES'
MOTION: Nguyen SECONDED: Lee VOTE: 5 to 0
Comm. Nguyen further recommends exploring the possibility of obtaining the current sign -up
data for Cupertino, and Cpt. Neusel will check with city on this request. Comm. Nguyen
motions to take $Sk of the current budget to support city's opt -in capability, seconded by Comm.
Lee, and it passed unanimously.
Comm. Pow recommends the sub- committee to prepare a PSC recommendation including key
points such as to keep the testing capability and to access Cupertino sign -up data; and Comm.
Huang to present it at the next Council meeting. Comm. Huang and Comm. Nguyen will prepare
PSC's recommendation for the next council meeting.
VII. REPORTS
1. Santa Clara County Fire Department
Battalion Chief Pisciotta presents the report for the month of July and August, and highlights the
recent PG &E gas leak fire on Sep 2na
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2. Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
Cpt. Neusel presents the report for the month of July and August, and highlights the recent
officer involved self - defense shooting on Aug 30th.
3. Commission Report
Comm. Pow: no report
Comm. Daruwalla: no report.
Comm. Lee: no report.
Comm. Huang: no report.
Comm. Nguyen: no report
IX. FUTURE AGENDA FOR NEXT REGULAR MEETING
1. Walk/Bike /Carpool'to School Project
2. Boltage Program
3. School Survey
4. AlertSCC
X. ADJOURNMENT
The regular meeting adjourned at 9:18 p.m.
XI. NEXT MEETINGS
Next regular meeting is scheduled on Thursday, Oct 13, Conference room A., 2011, at 7:00 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
Andy Huang
Public Safety Commissioner
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