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PSC 12-14-2017CALL TO ORDER CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Thursday December 14, 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 6:10p.m. on Thursday, December 14, 2017 in the Cupertino City Hall, Conference Room A, located at 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014. ROLL CALL Commissioner Present: Jeny Tallinger Robert McCoy Hymanand Nellore Andy Huang Commissioner Absent: N eha Sahai Staff Present: Staff Absent: Others Present: Deputy Chief John Justice, Santa Clara County Fire Department Lieutenant Marc Lehmann, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Captain Rich Urena, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Brian Babcock, PIO Julia, Teen Commissioner Alberto Boleda, CERT volw1teer APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Subject: Approve the November 9, 2017 Minutes Recommended Action: Approval of the November 9, 2017 Minutes Commissioner Nellore motioned to approve the minutes of the November 9, 2017 meeting; Commissioner McCoy seconded the motion; Ayes: Tallinger, Nellore and McCoy. Noes : None. Abstain: Huang, Absent: Sahai. ORAL COMMUNICATION Public Safety Commission Minutes December 14, 2017 None WRITTEN COMMUNICATION None OLD BUSINESS 2. Subject: Participation in the Cupertino Alert System (CAS), AlertSCC and Pulse Point including migration progress from Cupertino Alert System to AlertSCC (Huang/McCoy), Recommended Action: Discuss Participation in AlertSCC and migration progress of the Cupertino CAS; Discuss Pulse Point and receive status of wallet cards/fridge magnets related to crime reporting/fire/incidents and situational awareness (McCoy) No update from Commissioner Huang. Commissioner McCoy informed PSC that the magnets have not been purchased yet. Deputy Chief Justice mentioned how there are numerous concerns with AlertSCC. PSC is aware that there are only Mandarin cards but no promotional flyers for AlertSCC. PSC is aware that AlertSCC only allows for one address and would like to see if it is possible to add multiple addresses. PSC shared that the same issues are being raised at the Cupertino Disaster Council. It was also brought up that the Cupertino Disaster Council has Cow1ty OES individuals that can help find a solution to the problem. Deputy Chief Justice and PSC will look into having the vendor attend next PSC meeting. 3. Subject: Public Safety Education and Outreach; a) Discuss Senior Safety Forums (Sahai), b) Transportation Safety Educational Campaign Progress (Tallinger), c) Neighborhood Residential Burglary Prevention Seminars (Nellore), d) Proposals for Future Forums/Workshops Recommended Action: Receive updated report on the next Senior Safety Forum (Sahai); receive report on Transportation Safety Educational Program Progress (Tallinger); receive report on Neighborhood Residential Burglary Prevention Seminars (Nellore); Discuss proposals for future Forums/Workshops Commissioner Tallinger explained how PSC ran a Senior Safety Forum at Swmyview Oaks with about fifteen people in attendance. Life Files were given out to each induvial who attended. PSC is considering having another Senior Safety Forum at Sunnyview Oaks . Commissioner McCoy requested that the next Public Safety Forum (held November 16, 2017) be recorded so that it may be broadcasted. Commissioners added that promotion for the Forum needs to be done early, about three months in advance. 2 Public Safety Commission Minutes December 14 , 2017 Commissioner Nellore brought up how he has received concerned messages from the public regarding crosswalks. Commissioner Tallinger informed him that the public needs to contact the Bike Ped Commission. Commissioner Tallinger informed PSC that he has finalized the document for Transportation Safety Educational Program. 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 status report; receive OES updates; receive city emergency preparedness updates; receive cross training of volw1teer group updates Disaster council will provide report for next meeting. NEW BUSINESS 5. Subject: Crest Awards Recommended Action: Discuss Crest A wards City of Cupertino Public Information Officer Mr. Brain Babcock attended the meeting and explained the Crest A wards. He stated that the awards are an annual volunteer appreciation award. He further discussed that over the last decade they have seen a decline in applications being submitted. In order to bring it back to the forefront Mr. Babcock has come up with eight new categories. Four of the categories include Volunteer Lifetime achievement award, Volunteer Person of the Year, Non-Profit Organization of the Year, and a Rising Star award. The four new categories include Environmental Achievement of the Year, Innovator of the Year, Distinguished Artist of the Year, and Public Safety Person of the Year. Applications will come out sometime in mid-January. The questions which will need to be answered by the nominating individuals will be: What contributions of time, leadership, and talent has this individual made to enhance public safety efforts in the Cupertino commw1ity. Describe the lasting impact the induvial has had on the Cupertino Commw1ity. How has this induvial set examples for others to follow in community interaction. Describe the effort involved in challenges or obstacles this individual faced in achievement in their success. Applications will be accepted until the end of February and be brought to PSC in March so the commission may evaluate and vote on the Public Safety Person of the year. 6. Subject: Emergency Access Gates at the Forum 3 Public Safety C01runission Minutes December 14 , 2017 Recommended Action: Discuss how residents can access the three gates during an emergency (Huang) Deputy Chief Justice informed PSC that fire department personnel have keys to the gates. Commissioner Huang is concerned with 467 Forum and 100+ Oak Valley homes having only one way single access in the event of an emergency. Volunteer Boleda suggested getting a lock box for each gate. The code could be held at County Communications and once the code has been used it would be reset to a new one. 7. Subject: Pedestrian Crosswalk Safety Concerns Recommended Action: Discuss Pedestrian Crosswalk Safety Concerns Commissioner Nellore is concerned about pedestrians on their mobile devices while walking in crosswalks. Commissioner Nellore brought up his findings on this matter as he studied how the state of Hawaii handles these unsafe practices by pedestrians. Commissioner Nellore is to take over Transportation Safety Educational Program from Commissioner Tall:iJ.1ger. 8. Subject: Election of new Chair and Vice Chair Recommended Action: Elect Chair and Vice Chair for 2018 Commissioner McCoy nominated Commissioner Huang for Chair and Commissioner Nellore seconded the motion; Ayes : Tallinger, Huang, Nellore and McCoy. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: Sahai. Commissioner Huang nominated Commissioner McCoy for Vice Chair and Commissioner Nellore seconded the motion; Ayes: Tallinger, Huang, Nellore and McCoy. Noes: None. Absta:iJ.1: None. Absent: Sahai. 9. Subject: Future Agenda Items Recommended Action: Discuss items for Future Agenda Defer to new Commissioner. STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS 10. Subject: Report by Santa Clara Cotmty Fire District Recommended Action: Receive Report by Santa Clara County Fire District 4 Public Safety C01mnission Minutes December 14, 2017 Deputy Chief Justice relayed that response times for the month of November where all met with the exception of a few. However those were mostly due to traffic. Fire loss was minimal $22,510.00 with $20,00.00 being a vehicle. In regards to the Thomas fire, they have nine engines and a communications mlit helping which totals 45 staff members . 11. Subject: Report by The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Recommended Action: Receive Report by The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Lieutenant Lehmann relayed that response times for the month of November were met. 5, 9 and 20 minutes are the standard and they were at 4, 7 and 13. Lieutenant Lehmann reported that residential burglaries are down and vehicle burglaries are up. However they are up all over not just in Cupertino. Robberies were up in November considering there were none for the month of October. Vehicle accidents where around fifty six which is average, considering the city traffic. 12. Subject: Commissioner Reports Recommended Action: Receive Commissioner Report Commissioner Tallinger attended the Mayors meeting. Mayor Paul informed the commissioners to let him know what topics of interest the commissioner would like to explore. Commissioners would like to have more support with promotional events from city staff. ADJ O URNMENT Chair Tallinger adjourned the meeting at 8:07 pm NEXT MEETING The next Regular Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 6:00 p .m . SUBMITTED BY: Raquel Miramontes West Valley Patrol Division Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff D ece mber 22 , 2017 APPROVED BY: 5 Public Safety Commission AndyHu§si Minutes 1&-i 11, ~'1. Date 6 December 14, 2017