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PSC 05-11-2017CALL TO ORDER CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Thursday MAY 11, 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 6:04 p.m. on Thursday, May 11, 2017 in the Cupertino City Hall, Conference Room A, located at 10300 Torre A venue, Cupertino, California 95014. ROLL CALL Commissioner Present: Jerry Tallinger Robert McCoy Andy Huang H ymanand Nell ore Neha Sahai Commissioner Absent: None Staff Present: Staff Absent: Others Present: Captain Rich Urena, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Deputy Chief John Justice, Santa Clara County Fire Department Resident John Mumy and Cotmty Fire Battalion Chief S. Kuempel APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Subject: Approve the April 13, 2017 Minutes Recommended Action: Approval of the April 13, 2017 Minutes Commissioner Huang motioned to approve the minutes of the April 13, 2017 meeting; Commissioner McCoy seconded the motion; Ayes: Tallinger, Huang, McCoy, Nellore, Sahai. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None. ORAL COMMUNICATION Public Safety Commission Minutes May 11 , 2017 Resident John Mumy concerned about Pokemon players on his property. He also spoke about the need for Sheriff Deputies to enforce traffic laws and warned if Deputies do not, the city will have vigilantes. WRITTEN COMMUNICATION Commissioner Tallinger introduced a Cupertino Alert System (CAS) map provided t o Commissioners by Mariah Dabel, Cupertino Recreation Manager. OLD BUSINESS 2. Subject: Participation in the Cupertino Alert System (CAS), AlertSCC and Pulse Point (Huang/McCoy); Report from County OES on AlertSCC and Everbridge as well as IP A WS (Integrated Public Alert and Warning System) Recommended Action: Discuss Participation in the Cupertino Alert System, AlertSCC and how the County OES changes may affect Cupertino CAS; Receive report from County OES; Discuss Pulse Point and receive status of wallet cards/fridge magnets related to crime reporting/fire/incidents and situational awareness (McCoy) Commissioner Tallinger stated that so far no County OES staff member has attended the meeting to explain the status of AlertSCC, Everbridge or IP A WS . Commissioner Huang provided an update on CAS. He explained and reviewed CAS map and provided an overview of the city's social medial outreach. Commissioner Huang explained that the city had approximately 11,263 Nextdoor subscribers, 3,986 Twitter subscribers, 3,308 Facebook subscribers and 320 Instagram subscribers. Commissioner Huang added that he had previously emailed County staff asking about the number of AlertSCC subscribers but has not received a response. Commissioner McCoy asked if the commission would be conducting a CAS sign-up drive for July 41h as they have done in the past and both Commissioners Tallinger and Huang indicated that they would certainly want to do so, assuming that they can register residents with paper registrations. Commissioner Huang requested Captain Urena check with the city for direction on paper registration. Commissioner McCoy asked about the stah1s of sign-up giveaway incentive items . He mentioned that in the past, sign-up giveaways were a manner in which to draw people to sign up. Commissioner Tallinger explained that they could potentially order giveaways with the existing budget if the decision is made during the June 2017 commission meeting. 2 Public Safety Commission Minutes May 11, 2017 Commissioner McCoy provided an update on the fridge magnet outreach. He explained he was waiting for the new budget to decide how to proceed. He added that his research indicated he would be spending $700 to $900 but would move forward with getting a quote. He also discussed what content he is considering on the magnets. Commission could approve to go ahead in June meeting. 3. Subject: Public Safety Education and Outreach; a) Discuss Senior Safety Forums (Sahai), b) Transportation Forum Progress (Tallinger), c) Neighborhood Residential Burglary Prevention Seminars (Nellore), d) Public Safety Forum (McCoy), e) Proposals for Future Forums/Workshops (All) Recommended Action: Receive updated report on the next Senior Safety Forum (Sahai); receive report on Transportation Forum Progress (Tallinger); receive report on Neighborhood Residential Burglary Prevention Seminars (Nellore); receive report on Public Safety Forum (McCoy); Discuss proposals for future Forums/Workshops Commissioner Sahai explained that the Senior Safety Forum previously held was not well attended due to a transportation issue that occurred with The Forum in Cupertino. The Forum was unable to transport seniors to the event. Commissioner Sahai will be working with Pam at The Forum to give another presentation, potentially in June 2017. Commissioner Tallinger provided an update on the Transportation Forum. He explained that he had a meeting with other organizations and what he learned is that the audience was not defined. The question of who the audience would be came up as it was not clear if the audience was residents or the people working in Cupertino. After his meeting, he decided to change the Forum to be more of a Transportation Safety Educational Campaign, focused on informing residents about traffic matters. Targeted publicity with certain behaviors targeted, e .g ., running red lights, more cellphone usage signage. The Campaign would be centered on outreach and education through media sources and signage . Commissioner Tallinger opened Public Comment: Resident John Mumy spoke about removing signs instead of having more signs. He explained the educational piece was already provided to motorists as it is called the DMV rulebook. Mr. Mumy further explained the dangers of motorists near schools and recommends more enforcement actions . Commissioner Nellore will be having a Neighborhood Residential Burglary Prevention Seminar on Saturday June 17, 2017 as he has already spoken with Mrs. Turini. The event will be held in the E. Estates Drive area. He anticipates between 20-25 attendees. Commissioner Nellore attended a Block Party recently and a resident informed him of a strip of sidewalk not painted correctly on Stevens Creek Blvd, which is a traffic hazard as it 3 Public Safety Commission Minutes May 11 , 2017 is difficult for motorists to tum onto the roadway. Commissioner Tallinger informed him that the resident can log onto the city website and report the hazard. A second resident asked Commissioner Nellore about installing cameras in neighborhoods so as to prevent and catch burglars. Commissioner Tallinger explained that installing cameras in this fashion would be the responsibility of the homeowners as the city does not install cameras. Commissioner McCoy provided an update on the Public Safety Forum. He explained that the topics have not been identified; however, he is exploring topics that have not been presented before. Commissioner McCoy added that he would prefer other city commissions join the Forum and have a 5-10 minute presentation so that the Forum may be all inclusive . Commissioner McCoy will be working on trying to accomplish this goal. Commissioner Tallinger stated that a Teen Commissioner will be present at the next meeting so perhaps Commissioner McCoy can speak with the teen at that time. Commissioner McCoy will have a list of topics for the next meeting. 4. Subject: OES Readiness quarterly status report including; a) any and all OES updates; b) City emergency preparedness; c) Cross training of volunteer groups (All) Recommended Action: Receive OES readiness quarterly stah1s report; receive OES updates; receive city emergency preparedness updates; receive cross training of volunteer group updates Not discussed due to not having an OES representative in the meeting. These reports may be coming in quarterly only. 5. Subject: Firewise proposal promotion within Cupertino Recommended Action: Discuss Firewise proposal promotion within Cupertino Commissioner McCoy spoke with Mrs. Turini, the city of Cupertino's Neighborhood Watch coordinator, about asking residents if they would be interested in Firewise. Commissioners viewed a map and identified the area of Regnart Road and Lindy Lane as a possible location for Firewise. After reviewing the map and determining that the neighborhood does not have a Neighborhood Watch representative, the decision was made to not invite Mrs. Turini as she would not be able to help with the outreach. Commissioner McCoy recommended Deputy Chief Justice send Captain Urena information related to Firewise so that he may forward the information to Mrs. Turini. The goal being for Mrs. Turini to review the information and decide if it is something that Neighborhood Watch Groups could benefit from. 4 Public Safety Commission Minutes May 11, 2017 NEW BUSINESS 6 . Subject: Fire Extinguisher refilling program (McCoy) Recommended Action: Discuss a potential Fire Extinguisher refilling program (McCoy) Commissioner McCoy asked Captain Urena if he was able to obtain information on the previous refilling program. Captain Urena explained that city staff did not have any information related to the previous event. Commissioner Tallinger asked Fire Chief Justice and Battalion Chief Kuempel if they would be able to provide the commission with the name and telephone number of the vendor that the fire department uses. Battalion Chief Kuempel informed the commission that she would send the information to Deputy Chief Justice for dissemination. 7. Subject: Future Agenda Items Recommended Action: Discuss items for Future Agenda No future Items. 8. Subject: Hack-a-thon review on safety related apps Recommended Action: Receive report from the Teen Commission on Hack-a-thon results Commissioner Tallinger explained that The Teen Commission had a Halk-a-thon related to safety applications but were unable to attend and give a report due to school finals. The item will be deferred to the June 2017 meeting. STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS 9. Subject: Report by Santa Clara County Fire District Recommended Action: Receive Report by Santa Clara County Fire District Deputy Fire Chief Justice provided the commission with the April report. Deputy Chief Justice spoke about the loss this year and specifically about the $475,000 loss as a result of a recent structural fire. He explained the different type of calls and the locations of the calls. He provided data related to Code 3 calls as well as average response times. He also explained how the incidents affect the response times and how other firehouses respond to fires when an engine company is unavailable. April average respond time was 4.8 minutes . Deputy Chief Justice showed a graph depicting response times for 2015, 2016, 2017. 5 Public Safety Commission Minutes May 11 , 2017 Responding and dealing with fires is 1 % of what the fire department does, mainly because of proactive education and fire prevention efforts. Deputy Fire Chief ended his presentation by detailing the recent fire that caused significant damage to a residence. 10. Subject: Report by The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Recommended Action: Receive Report by The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Captain Urena explained that the response times were not available for the month of April 2017. The city saw no robberies in April, only 9 residential burglaries, which is a 50 % decrease from March. Captain Urena explained that arrests made in March may have contributed to the decrease in April. Traffic related activity and citations for April was a bit low as deputies issued 326 moving violations, which was a decline from the previous month due to a deputy being injured and unable to work for the entire month. Commissioner Huang asked Captain Urena if the Sheriff's Office plans to have future DUI checkpoints. Captain Urena explains that the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) did not grant the Sheriff's Office extra funds for DUI checkpoints; however, Captain Urena adds that he may still pursue checkpoints towards the end of the calendar year. Captain Urena explained that checkpoints are as much of an enforcement event as an educational event as motorists are given literature on the dangers of . driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs. 11. Subject: Receive Commissioner Reports Recommended Action: Receive Commissioner Report Commissioner McCoy attended a presentation by Timm Borden on a future EOC. Unfortunately, the current budge t did not allow for the construction. The goal is to build an EOC in the future. Commiss ioner Tallinger confirmed that the commission will be attending The Health Fair Forum on Saturday Jtme 1Qth 2017 at the Forum in Cupertino. Commissioner Tallinger asked other commissioners if any of them would like to join him. Commissioners Huang and McCoy provided an overview of their responsibilities at the Fair. Commissioners McCoy and Sahai were not s ure if they would be able to attend but they would let Commiss ioner Tallinger know either way. 6 Public Safety Commission Minutes May 11 , 2017 Commissioner Huang asked Deputy Chief Justice about medical calls for service to a s pecific location and if it would be possible to obtain that type of data for 2016. Battalion Chief Kuempel responds that the data may be available and if so, she will provide the data to Deputy Chief Justice. No other commission reports. ADJOURNMENT Chair Tallinger adjourned the meeting at 8:26pm NEXT MEETING The next Regular Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. SUBMITTED BY : Veronica Lara Execut ive Assistant West Valley Patrol Division Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff June 1, 2017 Date 7