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PSC 06-12-2014 b ` CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Thursday, June 1,2, 20149 6:00 p.m. Cupertino City Hall, Conference Room A I. CALL TO ORDER Commissioner Huang called to order the regular meeting of the Cupertino Public Safety Commission at approximately 6:07 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, 2014 in the Cupertino City Hall, Conference Room A, located at 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California:)5014. II. ROLL CALL Commissioners Present: Andy Huang Robert McCoy Gerald Tallinger Bob Cascone Steven Michael Jerbic Commissioners Absent: None Staff Present: Captain Ken Binder, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Santa Clara County Fire Department Battalion Chief Michael Krisman Staff Absent: None Others Present: Steven Hsieh, Resident Rizwanulla Mohammed III. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Steven Hsieh presents a safety issue, regarding vehicles making illegal U-turns at crosswalks and parking illegally, especially in front of City Hall. He has spoken with city officials over the years, even requested additional patrols, but city officials claim a study "fas completed and no problem was found. Mr. Hsieh suggests a solution of installing a divider down the middle of the road so that vehicles are unable to make illegal U-turns. He also suggests posting clearly the price of a ticket for illegal U-turn as a deterrent. Commissioner Huang asks whether people are also having trouble at the drop-off areas, and Mr. Hsieh answers affirmatively, stating that vehicles frequently park along the fire lanes_ Commissioner Cascone asks if the problem is worse at a certain time of day, but Mr. I-1sieh states it happens all the time. Mr. Hsieh also mentions an issue his neighbors have tried to pursue, regarding vehicles speeding through various parts of the city. Again, city officials claimE!d that radar studies were completed and showed no problem, but he believes the results are not accurate because the large radar equipment was a temporary visual deterrent. Commissioner McCoy would like to re-confirm what assignments and duties are assigned to each commissioner, now that the recent vacancy has been filled by Commissioner Jerbic. After discussion, the following is.determined: 0 Commissioner Jerbic will liaise with Stevens CrE!ek Elementary School, Lincoln Elementary School and Kennedy Middle School, all formerly assigned to Commissioner Lim. He will also Liaise with the TICC commission, attending their monthly meetings and reporting back any public safety related matters. 1 c • Commissioner Tallinger will continue to liaise with Eaton Elementary School and Hyde Middle School, the Library Commission and the Teen Commission, plus serve as the Boltage Program contact. • Commissioner Cascone will continue to liaise with Collins Elementary School, Garden Gate Elementary School, the Bicycle Pedestrian Commission and the Parks & Recreation Commission. • Commissioner Huang will continue to liaise with Faria Elementary School, Lawson Middle School, the Housing Commission, and remain the point of contact for AlertSCC and CAS matters. • Commissioner McCoy will continue to liaise with Regnart Elementary School, Sedgwick Elementary School and the Planning Commission, attend the City Council meetings, and remain the point of contact for the PulsePoints App. Commissioner Huang requests that each commissioner update the contact information for their assigned schools for the upcoming school year, and email it to Captain Binder who will send the information to Commissioner McCoy for filing. IV. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS There are no written communications to discuss at this regular meeting. V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Mav 8, 2014 ACTION: YES VOTE: YES MOTION: TALLINGER SECONDED: CASCONE 4 to 0 (ABSTAINED: JERBIC) Commissioner Tallinger motioned to approve the minutes of May 8, 2014, with no corrections; Commissioner Cascone seconded the motion; votes taken, Commissioner Jerbic abstained because this is his first attended meeting, all others in favor to approve the minutes of May 8, 2014 with no corrections. Commissioner Cascone thanks Captain Binder for sending the minutes out prior to the meeting so there is more time to review. The other commissioners agree that it improves efficiency. VI. OLD BUSINESS 1. Discussion of Walk/Bike/Carpool to School (WBC) project(all),the Boltage program (Tallinger), and Surveys to Schools (All) (WOW event at Multiple Schools in April) ACTION: YES VOTE: NO MOTION: N/A ,SECONDED: N/A 0 to 0 Mr. Mohammed presents results for the WOW (Walk One Week) Event held at fifteen schools, mostly in Cupertino the week of April 21-25, organized by The Green Society at Monta Vista High School. The purpose of the event was to incentivize students to walk or bike to school instead of being driven individually. He notes that Lawson and Cupertino Middle Schools' events were completely self-funded. He also mentions that one school gave all students wristbands and pencils as the incentive, which was much less expensive and brought them in well under budget. As he displays a graph to the PSC, Mr. Mohammed explains that the organizers asked the participating schools to visually count/estimate how many students were being driven to school individually the week before the event. During the event, they asked the schools to have students fill out flyers to determine how many were walking or biking to school. They also asked schools to report a few weeks after the event how many students were still choosing to walk or bike to school. These numbers are displayed on the graph, but do not directly correlate, so it is difficult to draw a sound numerical conclusion. Also, he only has data and receipts from four of the participating schools; Shali has the other information. Subjectively, Mr. Mohammed reports that the 2 majority of students did participate, and some schools like Collins continued to see elevated numbers of students walking or biking to school weeks after the event. Commissioner Jerbic offers some suggestions to improve the data collected and the analysis for next time, and Commissioner Tallinger states that he will guide the Teen Commission next school year in helping along those lines since they will be resuming oversight of the WOW events in Cupertino schools. Mr. Mohammed expresses that the organizers would like to find a better way to record the data, communicate earlier with all schools, and lower the target budget by finding more creative incentive solutions through local business donation requests. Commissioner Tallinger adds that Eaton Elementary spent only $122.00 of the $500.00 budget because they secured dinner donations from local restaurants as giveaways. Commissioner Huang reports that Lawson Middle School has already turned in their report and receipts, and the city is issuing their reimbursement check this week. Commissioner NlcCoy adds that the Bicycle Pedestrian Commission will have a budget next year and has expressed interest in helping with WOW events. Commissioner Tallinger states there is no update for the Boltage program; he is still trying to coordinate a meeting with former commissioner Daniel Nguyen for data and instruction transfer. Commissioner Huang reminds the PSC that Sedgwick expressed interest in the Boltage program, but a discussion meeting never took place. He asks Commissioner Tallinger to follow up, since moving the existing equipment from one school to another would be much less expensive than buying a new system. Commissioner Tallinger states that he intends to create a Boltage promotion to send to local schools and increase interest in the program. 2. Discuss participation in the Alert SCC Program, the CAS Program, and the Pulse Points App (Huang/McCoy) ACTION: YES VOTE: NO MOTION: N/A ��1=CONDED: N/A 0 to 0 Commissioner McCoy reports that El Camino Hospital is promoting an AED search to pinpoint where all units are located. People are to submit the location and a picture of the AEDs they find and there will be a drawing for an iPad based on those submissions. Commissioner Huang reviews the upcoming events to include CAS sign-up drives, stating PSC commissioners must volunteer to man the booths for each event. The July 4th celebration requires a shift from 3pm to 11 pm, dinner provided, and there will be an assigned station based on fireworks viewing locations. iPads will be utilized for sing-ups, but residents must.still initial a paper listing their name and address, to document their authorization for government use of their contact information in an emergency. Commissioners Huang and Cascone state they will attend. Commissioner Huang also volunteers for the annual National Night Out in August, typically hosted at the Target store parking lot in .Cupertino. Commissioners McCoy and Tallinger volunteer for the Fall Festival in September, pending date confirmation. Next, Commissioner Huang discusses the Dam Inundation Zone Outreach starting this weekend, a major all day event. There will be about 45 volunteers, including members of CERT, CARES, the County Fire Department, the County Sheriff's Office, and it is sponsored by the Red Cross and Whole Foods. It has been publicized in The Scene, The Courier, on Cupertino radio, Cupertino TV, and Channel 11 News. The plan is to make contact at 517 homes in the Dam Inundation Zone, mainly just north and south of the golf course. Commissioner Huang reports that Cupertino remains the top city at 13.7% in sign-ups to AlertSCC. Palo Alto is still second at 13.2%. He clarifies that information is shared, so that when a resident signs up to CAS, the information is also submitted to AlertSCC. VII. NEW BUSINESS There is no new business to discuss at this regular meeting. 3 s VIII. REPORTS 1. Santa Clara County Fire Department Battalion Chief Michael Krisman presents the May Fire Report. He notes the fire loss at $307,000.00, consisting mainly of damage after a residential fire. The response times all show consistently at or below the target times. Under ignition factors, there was, no arson discovered in May. He explains that the term `structure fire' indicates fire in the drywall and/or roof, as opposed to `non-structural fire" which could just be inside a room. He informs the PSC that the Santa Clara County Fire Department sent strike teams to San Diego for five days as part of the master mutual aid program in California. He also notes that freeway rescues and fires are not included in the data compiled for the City of Cupertino report for jurisdiction reasons. All commissioners express appreciation for the new improved report format, including historical statistics, and state thanks to Chief Kenma for the clear information. Commissioner Huang asks if any lessons were learned from the recent San Francisco structure fire. B.C. Krisman responds that the Fire Prevention Department handles information gathering and analysis, which is an ongoing process. 2. Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Captain Binder first mentions a recent `swatting cell', in which the reporting party calls in an incident which would normally require a SWAT tactical response; a practice evidently popular in Southern California. The Sheriff's Office responded to De Anza College one morning on a report of a man in a coat with a shotgun walking around the campus. Although there were indicators the call was not credible, deputies quickly responded to search and secure the campus. All Sheriff's Deputies have been trained to respond to such an incident, and although this call turned out to be phony, the Sheriff's Office response was quick and would've been effective in a real scenario. Captain Binder reviews selected crimes, stating that burglary numbers reduced slightly in May with 18 residential, 12 commercial and 6 vehicular burglaries. Auto theft increased to 8, but 4 were of recovered vehicles in one day, and 2 the following week. There were no domestic violence cases reported in May, . and only 2 simple/aggravated assaults. In combined patrol and traffic citation statistics, there were 352 moving citations, 136 speeding citations and 357 non-moving citations, totaling 845 citations issued in May. He also reports 11 DUls, 15 injury accidents, 37 property damage only accidents and 1 DUI accident. 3. Commission Reports ACTION: YES VOTE: NO MOTION: N/A .SECONDED: N/A 0 to 0 Commissioner Cascone reports that the Santa Clara County Fire Department Strategic Planning Meeting was not an informative event, but rather a survey of attendees regarding what people think the prioritization matrix should be for Fire Department services and what public expectations are. B.C. Krisman explains that they use it as a tool to help set goals for service, identify stakeholders, make the department aware of public expectations, etc. Commissioner Cascone also mentions that that the City of Cupertino has not yet responded to County Fire's Disaster MOU, because multiple departments had to review and comment. Other cities of the five listed in the MOU have signed and returned it already, so he is not sure how any changes could be made if requested. Commissioner Cascone reports he attended the Mayor's Meeting which included emergency planning for Apple. The Bicycle Pedestrian Commission has sent surveys to school parents to query safety concerns such as heavy backpacks. They also discussed the new green bike lanes along roads, how the city plans to add some along De Anza but it is conceptual so far. Commissioner Huang interjects that drivers seem to find the green lanes confusing; the city should educate the public about them. Commissioner Cascone continues, reporting that Parks & Recreation Commission is still investigating `parklets' and has canceled 4 .o O .Q • b its July 3 meeting so close to the July 4th celebration. He finishes by stating he will follow up with County Communications regarding how to obtain a repon on statistical data for EMS services similar to what the PSC receives for the Sheriff's Office and Fire Department. Commissioner McCoy reports that the Planning Commission discussed no public safety related matters. He learned at the City Council meeting that Stevens Creek Trail will open on July 3. In closing, he mentions how he was presented with the CREST Award for all his extensive volunteer hours in various capacities for the City of Cupertino. He was very grateful to accept the award, and even received five commendations on top of it from different public entities. IX. FUTURE AGENDA FOR NEXT REGULAR MEETING 1. Discuss the Walk/Bike/Carpool to School Project, Boltage Program and Survey to Schools. 2. Discuss promotion plans for CAS, AlertSCC and the Pulse Points App. 3. Discuss the County Fire Report, County Sheriff's Office Report, and Commission/Liaison Reports. X. ADJOURNMENT This regular meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. XI. NEXT MEETING The next regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. SUBMITTED BY: Jennifer Roth Executive Assistant West Valley Patrol Division Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff June 20, 2014 APPROVED BY: W 0z Andy Huang, Commission Chair Date 5