PSC 01-11-2018CALL TO ORDER
CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
MEETING MINUTES
Thursday January 11, 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Cupertino City Hall, Conference Room A
Commissioner Huang called to order this regular meeting of the Cupertino Public Safety
Commission at approximately 6:04 p.m. on Thursday, January 11, 2018 in the Cupertino City
Hall, Conference Room A, located at 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014.
ROLL CALL
Commissioner Present: Andy Huang
Jerry Tallinger
Robert McCoy
Neha Sahai
Commissioner Absent:
Staff Present:
Staff Absent:
Others Present:
Hymanand Nellore (Arrived at 6:45pm)
Jacqueline Guzman, Deputy City Manager
Captain Rich Urena, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
Deputy Fire Chief John Justice, Santa Clara County Fire District
None
David Flamm, Deputy Director of Office of Emergency Management
Santa Clara County Fire Department
John Black, Santa Clara County Fire Battalion Chief 72
Claire Francavilla, City of Cupertino Emergency Services Coordinator
Alberto Bollida, Resident
Juhi Mohile, Resident
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Subject: Approve the January 11, 2018 Minutes
Recommended Action: Approval of the January 11, 2018 Minutes
Public Safety Commission Minutes January 11, 2018
Commissioner McCoy motioned to approve the minutes of the December 14, 2017 meeting;
Commissioner Tallinger seconded the motion; Ayes: McCoy, Tallinger, Huang, Sahai. Noes:
None. Abstain: None. Absent: Nellore.
ORAL COMMUNICATION
Commissioner McCoy requested that the issue of Teen Stress be added to the agenda. He
would like for the City to urge the school districts to contact the Teen Commission so that
they may come up with a plan on how to better help teens deal with stress.
Commissioner Tallinger recommended it be added to the agenda as well as have someone
from PSC work with the liaison from Teen Commission.
Commissioner Huang request it be added to the agenda if the City was okay with it. They
collectively agreed to add it to their agenda.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
None
OLD BUSINESS
2. Subject: Participation in 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)
Commissioner Huang did not have anything to report, related to AlertSCC.
Mr. David Flamm gave a presentation related to AlertSCC. He discussed how he has been
collaborating with Ms. Claire Francavilla' s office (Cupertino Emergency Services
Coordinator) in answering questions and providing clarity to public questions related to
AlertSCC. It is Mr. Flamm' s intent to continue to collaborate with Ms. Francavilla and to
give a presentation to the council in the near future. The presentation will help the council
understand the capabilities of AlertSCC and will give clarity. Mr. Flamm has a list of
frequently asked questions that Ms. Claire Francavilla provided him. A copy was provided
to the commission.
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Commissioner Tallinger asked Mr. Flamm what plan OES had in place to promote
AlertSCC. Mr. Flamm responded that they posted on Nextdoor and they have had 700 new
sign-ups recently and they plan on continuing to push out information on social media.
Commissioner McCoy informed the commission that he is not going to be moving forward
with purchasing magnets for the outreach cards he possesses. He requested the item be
removed from the agenda.
3. Subject: Public Safety Education and Outreach; a) Discuss Senior Safety Forums (Sahai),
b) Transportation Safety Educational Program Progress (Tallinger), c) Neighborhood
Residential Burglary Prevention Seminars (Nellore), d) Public Safety Forum (McCoy); e)
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); receive report on Public Safety Forum (McCoy); Discuss proposals for future
Forums/Workshops
Commissioner Neha reported on her Senior Safety Forum at Sunny View Retirement
Community. The Forum was a success with fourteen residents in attendance. Many of
other residents wanted to attend; however, they were unable to make it due to scheduling
conflict. The center would like to have other safety forums. The L.I.F. E files were a huge
success. Commissioner Neha asked for more L.I.F.E files.
Commissioner Tallinger met with Deputy City Manager Ms. Jacqueline Guzman in
December in regards to the Transportation Safety Educational Program. He explained how
he gathered a lot of statistical data from all over the state and as a result, they were able to
narrow down the main topics into categories. The City has agreed to move forward with the
educational side and work with the PIO.
Commissioner Tallinger reported that Commissioner Nellore will be taking over the
transpiration plan for him since his term is up. Commissioner Nellore will be working with
the Bike Ped Commission and will be giving a presentation in the near future.
Commissioner Nellore does not have an update to give in regards to the Neighborhood
Residential Burglary Prevention Seminars.
Commissioner McCoy would like to know when he should schedule the next Public Safety
Forum (date, room). He also asked what topics should be added or removed from the forum.
Captain Urena suggested topics, including having someone from Cow1ty Communications
attend a Forum and present information from their perspective.
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Commissioner McCoy will draft a proposal for discussion on 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 status report; receive OES
updates; receive city emergency preparedness updates; receive cross training of volunteer
group updates
Ms. Francavilla spoke about emergency preparedness in Cupertino. She is currently working
on a two year project plan for emergency management with a main focus on training. The
three main training areas are EOC, city staff response and AlertSCC. Ms. Francavilla would
like to set up an annual preparedness event in which different groups/ agencies can come
together and give the public information on what to do in different emergency situations.
NEW BUSINESS
5. Subject: Emergency Access Gates at the Forum
Recommended Action: Discuss how residents can access the three gates during an
emergency
Commissioner Huang gave a presentation in regards to an incident that occurred last year in
which Cristo Rey Street was closed off due to a fire. This brought up the topic of how to exit
using the gates from the Forum. Deputy Fire Chief Justice and Captain Urena explained how
decisions are made as it relates to notifying residents to evacuate an area. After a lengthy
group discussion on the incident, Commissioner Huang understood the process but felt that
placing a Knox box near locked gates could expedite The Sheriff's Office, or other first
responders, to unlock the gate in case of an emergency.
The commission agreed to remove this matter from the agenda.
6. Subject: Pedestrian Crosswalk Safety Concerns
Recommended Action: Discuss Pedestrian Crosswalk Safety Concerns
Pedestrian Crosswalk Safety Concerns were discussed and Ms. Guzman gave an overview
of the Pedestrian Master Plan. She further provided the web link (Cupertino.org/walk) so
that commissioners can see what the plan entails.
Since it appeared that the City of Cupertino was already evaluating a Pedestrian Plan,
commissioners agreed to remove this item from the Agenda. However, Commissioner
Nellore suggested using this as an educational component to the plan.
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Commissioner McCoy suggested removing this item as a topic from the agenda and adding
it to Old Business item number 3. b. All were in agreement.
7. Subject: Future Agenda Items
Recommended: Action: Discuss Future Agenda Items
None
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
8. Subject: Report by Santa Clara County Fire District
Recommended Action: Receive Report by Santa Clara County Fire District
Deputy Chief Justice explained the response times for First-Due: 99.55% (inside the City of
Cupertino). The response time for Reliability: 82.35% (outside City of Cupertino help).
Deputy Chief Justice also explained how the response times have increased over the years
due to the high volume of traffic throughout the city. The dollar loss for the month of
December was at $45,250.00. Structure fire was at $27,000.00, vehicle fire was at $18,000.00,
outside rubbish/ dumpster fire was at $250.00.
9. Subject: Report by The Santa Clara County Sheriff'~ Office
Recommended Action: Receive Report by The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
Captain Urena explained the average response times for 2017, starting with priority one at
4.3 minutes, priority two 7.4 minutes and priority three at 13.73 minutes. He further added
that the times met the cities agreed upon response times of 5, 9, and 20 minutes respectfully.
Response times have gone up slightly over the past few years. The Sheriff's Office does
anticipate an increase in calls due to the opening of Apple's new campus. Captain Urena
talked about how robberies have gone up this last year in compare to the year before. He
further added that the robberies (21) were strong armed robberies and not robberies
involving a weapon. Residential burglaries have gone down 34%. Vehicle burglaries went
up 66%, however, this is happening everywhere not just in Cupertino. One thing they are
noticing is that vehicle burglaries are happening at shopping centers. It is the intent of the
Sheriff's Office to work with businesses to help curb burglaries in 2018. Lastly, Identity theft
forgery fraud decreased 31 %.
10. Subject: Receive Commissioner Reports
Recommended Action: Receive Commissioner Report
Captain Urena thanked Commissioner Tallinger for his four years of service to the Public
Safety Commission and for supporting the Sheriff's Office. On behalf of Sheriff Smith,
Captain Urena presented Mr. Tallinger with a plaque as a token of appreciation.
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No Commission reports.
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Tallinger adjourned the meeting at 9:10 pm
NEXT MEETING
The next Regular Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
Raquel Miramontes
West Valley Patrol Division
Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff
January 9, 2018
Andy Huang, Commission Chair Date
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