PSC 03-09-2017CALL TO ORDER
CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
MEETING MINUTES
Thursday March 9 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Cupertino City Hall, Conference Room A
Commissioner Tallinger called to order this regular meeting of the Cupertino Public Safety
Commission at approximately 6:02 p.m. on Thursday, March 9, 2017 iJ.1 the Cupertino City Hall,
Conference Room A, located at 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014.
ROLL CALL
Commissioner Present: Jerry Tallinger
Robert McCoy
Andy Huang
Neha Sahai
Commissioner Absent: Hymanand Nellore
Staff Present:
Staff Absent:
Others Present:
Captain Rich Urena, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
Deputy Chief John Justice, Santa Clara County Fire Department
None
Santa Clara County Fire Captain Murphy
Public Speakers
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Subject: Approve the February 9, 2017 Minutes
Recommended Action: Approval of the February 9, 2017 Minutes
Commissioner McCoy motioned to approve the minutes of the February 9, 2017 meetiJ.1g with
a minor correction referenced by Commissioner Huang and added to the minutes;
Commissioner Huang seconded the motion; Ayes: TalliJ.1ger, Huang, McCoy, Sahai. Noes:
None. Abstain: None. Absent: Nellore
ORAL COMMUNICATION
Public Safety Commission Minutes March 9, 2017
Lynda Ellingson: inquiring about recharging fire extinguishers in a community type event as
had been done years prior.
Commissioner McCoy makes a motion to add the topic of refilling fire extinguishers by the
city of Cupertino to the agenda for discussion in the next meeting scheduled for April 2017.
Commission Chair Tallinger seconds the motion and agrees to place it on the agenda for the
next meeting.
John Muny: received a parking ticket in a no parking zone even though he has disability
plates, thinks the Sheriff's Office & Code Enforcement should have other things to do early
in the morning. Enforcement should be more around school zones .
Pamela Reed: Thanks the Fire Department for helping Rancho San Antonio with a broken
pipe that flooded the retirement center. Pamela would like to invite the Commission staff to
attend the forums' health fair that will take place on Saturday June 10, 2017.
Oral Communications closed.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
Commissioner Tallinger received an email from the City of Cupertino's Neighborhood Watch
and Block Leader liaison requesting to be added to the April meeting to present information
related to the programs. Commissioner Tallinger agreed to place them on the agenda for
April 2017.
OLD BUSINESS
2. Subject: Participation in the Cupertino Alert System, Alert SCC and Pulse Point
(Huang/McCoy)
Recommended Action: Discuss Participation in the Cupertino Alert System, Alert SCC and
Pulse Point
Commissioner Huang spoke with Robert Kim and confirmed that the county is using the
s ame ALERT SCC system and they are currently in the process of creating new data, which
will require new sign ups. According to Mr. Kim, once the contract with CAS expires, the
City of Cupertino will not be renewing the contract and will be using the free ALERT SCC
program. Captain Urena inquiries about the concern if CAS is replaced. Commissioner
Tallinger responds that none of the people that are signed up with the program will get any
alerts and that will cause the commission to re-sign about 8,000 people that have already
signed up.
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Commissioner Huang recommends Santa Clara County OES attend the next commission
meeting to talk about this new potential change with ALERT SCC. Santa Clara County Fire
Deputy Chief Justice agrees to contact someone knowledgeable about the potential change
with ALERT SCC so that he/she may attend the next meeting.
Commissioner McCoy states he is waiting to determine what the commission's budget will
be next fiscal year to decide how to proceed with Pulse Point outreach.
3. Subject: Public Safety Education and Outreach; a) Plans for Next Informational Forum
(Sal1ai), b) Transportation Forum Progress (Tallinger), c) Proposals for Future
Forums/Workshops (All)
Recommended Action: Receive updated report on the next informational forum (Sahai),
receive report on Transportation Forum Progress (Tallinger), and discuss proposals for future
Forums/Workshops
Commissioner Sahai did not receive any updates on the Senior Forum outreach from
Cupertino's Public Information Officer Mr. Babcock. Captain Urena explained he had
communicated Commissioner Sahai' s requests to Mr. Babcock and Mr. Babcock did plan to
promote the event on several social media sites, including N extdoor. Commissioner
Tallinger asked if Commissioner Sahai had flyers promoting the Senior Safety event at the
senior center and Commissioner Sahai responded that she had sent the flyers to Lupe at the
senior center previously. The Senior Safety Seminar Presentation will be held on March 18,
2017 at 9am at the Senior Center in Cupertino.
Commissioner Tallinger reported on the Transportation Safety Forum. Commissioner
Tallinger explained he would like to have the presentation as an open forum and invite the
public, city and other commissions to discuss all traffic issues, including PSC, Bike Safety,
School Boards, Walk Bike Cupertino, and Safe Routes to School. The forum would be held
on a Saturday for about 3 hours.
Commissioner Tallinger received an email from Commissioner Nellore stating he was
considering holding a forum in mid-May on neighborhood burglary awareness.
Commissioner McCoy recommends putting together a Public Safety Forum towards the
end of 2017 (November) which would incorporate topics from other commissions as well as
the block leader liaison and neighborhood watch liaison. Commissioner McCoy
volunteered to lead the planning of this Forum.
4. Subject: Collaboration/cross training of volunteer groups (All)
Recommended Action: Discuss the collaboration and cross training of volunteer groups
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Commissioner Tallinger explained that he contacted Ken Erickson and did not receive a
response. Commissioner McCoy goes on to explain that he would like to review the training
being provided to all volunteer groups so that he can better understand how the groups are
being unified.
5. Subject: Firewise proposal promotion within Cupertino
Recommended Action: Discuss Firewise proposal promotion within Cupertino
Fire Chief Justice gave a presentation to the commission on fire boundaries that include city
limits. He pointed out several areas that would benefit from Firewise.
NEW BUSINESS
6. Subject: Crime Reduction Initiatives (Nellore)
Recommended Action: Discuss Crime Reduction Initiatives
Did not discuss do to Commissioner Nellore's absence.
7. Subject: Future Agenda Items
Recommended Action: Discuss items for Future Agenda
Email from Laura Lee and Stephanie Turini, for Neighborhood Watch and Block Leader
orientation and presentation. Commissioner agreed to add to the April Agenda.
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
8. Subject: Report by Santa Clara County Fire District
Recommended Action: Receive Report by Santa Clara County Fire District
Deputy Fire Chief Justice gave a presentation to the commissioners on the Fire District's
January report and did not have the February's report available yet. Fire loss for the month
of January was $700 . Deputy Chief Justice pointed out the response times are well within the
agreed upon times. The district is looking at evaluating how the data is presented so as to
make the visual reports eas ier to understand.
Fire Captain Murphy talked about the three workshops that were held in the area with the
goal of getting feedback from the community as to how the department is performing and
what they can do better.
9. Subject: Report by The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
Recommended Action: Receive Report by The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
Captain Urena reported on statistics for the month of February. He explained all response
times were met. The month of February did have one robbery at Whole Foods where the
suspect was trying to take s ome property. As the suspect left the store, the security guard
tried to catch him but the suspect forcefully ran away, which changed the theft to a robbery .
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The suspect was subsequently caught and taken into custody by deputies. The Sheriff's Office
continues to work on reducing home burglaries but in the month of February, the Sheriff's
Office did get 8 such reports . Captain Urena explained that he has implemented a covert pilot
program which includes two deputies working full time to t ry and mitigate burglaries and
thefts . Citations for this past month were the following: moving violations 236, speeding
violations 64, and other citations 156.
Captain Urena was asked if he had a way of knowing if the people that are being cited are
Cupertino residents or are they pass-byers . Captain Urena said every morning deputies
monitor traffic in and around different schools so it very well may be that the residents are
being issued citations. Captain Urena was not sure and added that he would look into the
actual numbers.
10 . Subject: Receive Commissioner Reports
Recommended Action: Receive Commissioner Report
Commissioner McCoy reports that he was aware of a safety concern involving a pedestrian
crosswalk off of Stelling and McClellan where pedestrians are feeling unsafe cro s sing the
street at that intersection. He adds that some intersections may need some type of
engineering.
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Talli.nger adjourned the meeting at 9:04 pm
NEXT MEETING
The next Regular Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 6:00 p .m .
SUBMITTED BY:
Veronica Lara
Executive Assistant
West Valley Patrol Division
Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff
March 30, 2017
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