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PSC 05-12-2015 (Special) CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES Tuesday,May 12, 2015, 6:00 p.m. Cupertino City Hall, Conference Room A I. CALL TO ORDER Commissioner McCoy called to order the regular meeting of the Cupertino Public Safety Commission at approximately 6:03 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 in the Cupertino City Hall, Conference Room A,located at 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014. II. ROLL CALL Commissioners Present: Robert McCoy Andy Huang Gerald Tallinger Bob Cascone Mike Jerbic Commissioners Absent: None Staff Present: Captain Rick Sung, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Staff Absent: Battalion Chief Ron Vega, Santa Clara County Fire Department Others Present: Pooja Baxi, Rizwanulla Mohammed III. REPORTS 1. Santa Clara County Fire Department Battalion Chief Ron Vega reviews the April 2015 Fire Report. Fire Response Times show good coverage, and 95% compliance per the contractual obligation. County Fire uses a regional approach when multiple units are needed. There are five events listed as fires totaling $18,000 in loss, most minor such as a dumpster fire started by a cigarette butt. The most significant was a vacant structure fire off Foothill Blvd. that began as a garbage fire on the side of the garage and then traveled up to the eaves but was quickly contained. Commissioner Jerbic, as a nearby resident, observed poor traffic coordination surrounding that event and explains that drivers in the area were very confused because they are used to retaining two lanes of traffic even during road construction. He does add positively that a deputy explained what was happening, which he appreciated. B.C. Vega offers to make his 1 k fire team more aware of the Cupertino PSC Commissioners so they may communicate more freely on scene as well. B.C. Vega also reports that 90% of the first responding apparatuses have made the switch to their new iPad communications platform. It has already improved call management, providing teams with more details from dispatchers and synching each team's movements in real time. He answers Commissioner Huang that they utilize the Verizon Wireless Network and have had excellent coverage even in more rural areas. Commissioner McCoy inquires how to add an official address for places such as the pool in an HOA complex, or to differentiate between two buildings at one address. B.C. Vega answers that they receive updated property information through the City, so one should probably contact the Permit or Planning Department for further information. 2. Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Captain Sung reviews the April 2015 report. There were only 3 Priority One calls for service, averaging 3:91 minutes response time. There were also 368 Priority Two calls averaging 6:42 minutes response and 450 Priority Three calls averaging 12:21 minutes response. Residential burglaries dropped significantly to 15 from 37 in March, thanks in part to all the hard work deputies have put in focusing on targeted burglary suppression. Commercial and vehicle burglaries are also down to 4 and 5 respectively, decreased from last year at this time too. Identity theft, however, remains very high at 17 in April. Captain Sung reports that criminals are now taking photos of important documents, rather than stealing or keeping the documents themselves, and extract information from those photos or sell them to others. Mailboxes are still very vulnerable targets for identity theft, and some criminals still 'dumpster dive' to find personal information. Plus, 'sniffing' has become more common, where criminals steal personal information from computers or phones through public wi-fi spots that are not password protected. Credit Card skimming is also on the rise, and Santa Clara County has a special task force under the D.A.'s Office ("REACT") targeting high tech crimes such as skimmers at gas stations. Credit card data collected from skimming machines is sometimes sold to other criminals for as little as 25 cents per card. He acknowledges that it is extremely difficult to even detect a skimmer machine. Captain Sung then discusses a caper in the Northcrest Square area on May 5, 2015. A resident called in suspicious people that ducked into a neighbor's side door, and deputies responded quickly. Once deputies were able to remove the suspects from the residence, they were found to have active warrants and taken to jail. Captain Sung emphasizes that the suspects were caught due to the resident calling in something suspicious right away. Captain Sung also talks about the Public Safety Forum coming up on June 3rd. Topics will include presentations on safety by a deputy, the Neighborhood Watch program by Steffanie 2 Turini at the City, the PulsePoints App by Commissioners McCoy and Huang, the GIS Mapping Project by Teri Gerhardt from the City, etc. The Mayor may also recognize a resident who called in a recent burglary in progress. 3. Commission Reports Commissioner Tallinger reports there will be a Safe Routes to School Task Force meeting on June 2nd at Community Hall at 12:30. City officials, school representatives and commissioners will all be there. He also reports the Teen Commission hosted a successful multigenerational event with four bands playing different kinds of music. Unfortunately, it was poorly published so turnout was low. Next year they intend to include a marketing committee for such events. He also states he will be out of town and miss the next PSC Meeting. Commissioner Jerbic reports that he presented at a Teen Commission career event on April 251h. He also states the TICC is very interested in the concept of "smart cities" (centrally planned and information oriented), and the PSC might like to be engaged with the safety aspect of this concept. He also mentions that he has volunteered to go to the June 6th event at The Forum at Rancho San Antonio;Commissioner Huang plans to attend as well. Commissioner Huang reports his involvement as Incident Commander in a 3 day CERT activation, in which they searched for a missing teenager. Luckily, the boy returned home on his own unharmed. Commissioner McCoy attended the City Council meeting, where they denied an appeal from the public against the 15 unit apartment complex planned to be built on Foothill at a currently vacant lot. He did voice some personal concerns about line of sight issues at the entrance-exit points for the proposed complex with no mitigation strategy. Commissioner McCoy also attended the Mayor's Meeting, where the Teen Commission talked about WOW, and the Fine Arts Commission discussed trying to secure a deal with a local museum to hold events showcasing local artists. He contributed that the PSC is mainly up keeping established projects and would like new assignments or direction to focus on. IV.ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Commissioner Cascone states that one of his neighbors asked him why there were five patrol cars recently on Northcrest. Captain Sung states he will explain that event within the Sheriff's Office report. Commissioner McCoy reports that he has been asked to be more mindful of the length of the PSC Meetings, as many have gone till the building shuts down, and commissioners discuss ways to make the meetings more concise. 3 i J Ms. Pooja Baxi, from Monta Vista High School's Green Society, provides some information about the recent multi-school Walk One Week event. Although Monta Vista wound up not participating due to the ASB's dis-approval, all other schools participated including: Eaton, Sedgwick, Lawson, Hyde, Garden Gate, Lincoln, Regnart and Kennedy. Some schools have turned in their receipts for grant reimbursement, but she is still waiting on receipts for about three schools. She reports that schools chose prizes such as kites, bubbles, movies, puzzles, pencils, playing cards, speakers, etc. instead of larger ticket items, and all stayed within the $500 budget. Many schools completed the online survey, but their entries do not all fit because the wording was too general. Next year they plan to make the survey more specific so the data is more useable. She is helping to prepare the presentation for the June PSC meeting, but will not be able to give it because she will have graduated by then. Commissioner Huang confirms the presentation should include stats showing before, after, a comparison and observed trends. V. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS Commissioner Jerbic reads an email from Vice Principal Keith Rocha at Kennedy Middle School, requesting a crossing guard at Bubb Road and Pumpkin Drive. Commissioner Tallinger reports that he called Dave Stillman who said the City is still evaluating multiple possible locations to add crossing guards and trying to determine the highest priorities, so this matter is pending. VI.APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. April 9, 2015 ACTION: YES VOTE: YES MOTION: MCCOY SECONDED:JERBIC 5 to 0 Commissioner McCoy motioned to approve the minutes of April 9, 2015, amended with corrections; Commissioner Jerbic seconded the motion; votes taken, all in favor to approve the minutes of April 9,2015 with the following amended corrections: a. Page 6, VII. "...the [D-Zero] Bike Rack Company which produced the ZAP machines..." b. Page 6, VII. "Commissioner Tallinger plans to visit [Active4.me] soon in Davis..." VII. OLD BUSINESS 1. Discussion of Walk/Bike/Carpool to School (WBC) project (All),the Boltage program (Tallinger), and Surveys to Schools (Tallinger) ACTION: YES VOTE: NO 4 'M MOTION: N/A SECONDED: N/A Oto0 Commissioner Tallinger reports that he will process the new Survey to Schools data when he receives it all, noting that Lincoln has decided not to complete the Survey this time. The commissioners wonder why Lincoln seems to be dropping out of everything lately. Regarding Boltage, Commissioner Tallinger will be gathering more information, reassuring Commissioner McCoy that the City would not be contracting with any service providers but the schools would contract directly then apply for City grant money to help cover the costs. Commissioner Huang reiterates the need to review new data to determine if this program is still effective and worth pursuing. Commissioners discuss the possibility of assigning school liaisons to the three high schools in Cupertino, but Captain Sung reminds them of the established relationship the deputy School Resource Officers have already made at the high schools. Captain Sung offers to introduce the SROs to the PSC, having one or two give a presentation later this summer on how they work with the schools and how the PSC might be of service at the high school level. The commissioners agree that this sounds like a good idea and look forward to a presentation in August. Commissioner Tallinger would also like to attend some of the safety classes the SROs offer to students, so he can gather more information. 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 SECONDED: N/A Oto0 Commissioner Huang has nothing to report now, but will have a proposal for promotional materials at the next meeting. Commissioner McCoy will do a PulsePoints presentation at the Safety Forum. The Mayor clarified that even commissioners can participate in the AED Hunt promotional contest for PulsePoints, although Commissioner McCoy decided not to participate due to his involvement in the project. VIII. NEW BUSINESS Commissioner Jerbic gives an update on his research project regarding bicycle lanes and safety issues, in light of the City deploying significant resources to that end. The two graduate students he is working with will attend the next PSC meeting to help present. 5 Collisions with cars are the leading cause of bicycle fatalities,but accident data shows there is joint causation and dual responsibility. In fact, percentages reflect the driver is at fault about 60% and the bicyclist is at fault_about 40%. Data shows Cupertino is representative of Santa Clara County, where bicycles are involved in around 10% of all traffic accidents and death occurs in about 5% of all motor vehicle collisions. Although there is clear indication that protected bicycle lanes improve the perception of safety, it is unclear whether that is a positive or negative effect, and whether they impact actual safety. When physical barriers are added to bicycle lanes, even the flexible plastic blades, there may be a more measurable safety benefit. Commissioner Jerbic tried using published reports,but wound up having to do more direct research through a CHP statewide statistical website. He pulled data for the last ten years, finding averages in Cupertino between 25-45 loss events per year, and between 0 and 2 fatalities per year with zero being the median number. In fact, data shows only 4 bicycle fatality events in Cupertino over the last ten years, with two of them occurring in the same event. Quantitatively, you may expect a fatal bicycle accident every three years. When analyzing the severity of injuries, there are around 21 significant events per year that include severe or visible injuries or fatalities, and one statistic averaged that a quarter of all bicycle-vehicle collisions send those involved to a hospital. Commissioner Cascone offered that EMS has set trauma criteria that send those involved in collisions to trauma centers based on guidelines even if they look fine at a glance. Commissioner Jerbic asks to meet with EMS professionals through Commissioner Cascone to gain more information, and also asks Captain Sung to help him verify the collision data he has gathered so far compared to data the Sheriff's Office has. Commissioner Jerbic touches on the possibility that drivers may become more socialized to increase caution around bicyclists as they see more protected bicycle lanes spread throughout the city. Commissioner McCoy offers to map out all the collision location data that Commissioner Jerbic has gathered to try to.pinpoint problem locations. Commissioner Jerbic reiterates his plan to present more information at the June PSC Meeting and get feedback from the other commissioners in the hopes of formulating a more firm PSC opinion on the safety of protected bicycle lanes. He would then like to make a presentation for the Bicycle-Pedestrian Commission so they understand the PSC's position, and a presentation for the City Council so they are more informed regarding bicycle safety as they begin making budget decisions. IX. FUTURE AGENDA FOR NEXT REGULAR MEETING 1. Discuss Reports from County Fire, County Sheriff's Office and Commission Liaisons. 2. Discuss the PSC sponsored programs. 6 a. Walk/Bike/Carpool to School Project and transitions surrounding Boltage 1. Discuss how to evaluate public safety benefits of bicycle lanes (Jerbic) b. Survey to Schools 3. Discuss promotion plans for CAS, AlertSCC and the Pulse Points App. a. Discuss how to align public safety outreach and established County materials (Cascone) X. ADJOURNMENT This regular meeting adjourned at 9:28 p.m. XI. NEXT MEETING The next regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday,June 11, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. SUBMITTED BY: Jennifer Roth Executive Assistant West Valley Patrol Division Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff May 21, 2015 APPROVED BY: Robert McCoy, Commission Chair Date 761'6.X. -it�+�N�' 7