PSC 05-10-2018CALL TO ORDER
CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
MEETING MINUTES
Thursday May 10, 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 6:01 p.m. on Thursday, May 10, 2018 in the Cupertino City Hall,
Conference Room A, located at 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014.
ROLL CALL
Commissioner Present: Andy Huang
Yvonne Chao
Robert McCoy
Commissioner Absent:
Staff Present:
Staff Absent:
Others Present:
H ymanand Nell ore
Neha Sahai
Captain Rich Urena, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
Deputy Fire Chief John Justice, Santa Clara County Fire District
Jacqueline Guzman, Deputy City Manager
Clare Francavilla
JohnMuny
AshleyMuny
Juhi Mohile
Santa Clara County Deputy Fire Chief John Black
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Subject: Approve the April 12, 2018 Minutes
Recommended Action: Approval of the April 12, 2018 Minutes
Commissioner Chao motioned to approve the minutes of the April 12, 2018 meeting;
Commissioner McCoy seconded the motion; Ayes: Huang, McCoy, Chao. Noes: None.
Abstain: Nellore and Sahai. Absent: None.
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ORAL COMMUNICATION
Mr. Muny, gave compliments to the Sheriff's Office specifically to Deputy O'Brien. Mr. Muny
witnessed citations being issued to bicyclist that are running stops signs. Mr. Muny also
spoke about the bicyclists on Saturday mornings being reckless in the area of Terrace and
Tierra Bella.
Ms. Mohile gave a brief overview of the Transportation Safety Program; she has been
working with Commissioner Nellore creating a presentation that will be shared at meetings
and schools to raise awareness about distracted drivers. The presentation will also include
statistics and a video to get the information out to the community.
Motion to add "Distracted Driving Proposal" to the Agenda by Commissioner Nellore for
the next Public Safety Meeting, seconded by Commissioner Chao.
Commissioner McCoy shared with the committee that he has graduated the Leadership
95104 Program and highly encourages all the commissioners to attend future programs.
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
Commissioner Huang gave a presentation on AlertSCC. Commissioner Huang shared
data on how many residents have signed up through social media. NextDoor 14,600, Twitter
4,401, Facebook 3,543, Instagram 539 and CAS/AlertSCC 5,779 + 1,250. He also explained the
difference between city residents signing up to AlertSCC and County residents signing up to
AlertSCC. Commissioner Huang also presented the group a map with the AlertSCC Opt-In
participants which are also available to view on the City's website.
Ms. Francavilla explained to the group that they have had an additional 1,532 residents
signed up to receive notifications through AlertSCC. Commissioner Huang also shared that
there is a pending campaign to get more residents to sign up to AlertSCC.
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Commissioner Chao asked how many sign-ups were obtained for the Neighborhood Watch
Program and Block Leader Program after the Voltmteer Fair? Ms . Francavilla responded that
she will obtain that information and provide report on those numbers at the next meeting.
Commissioner McCoy had nothing to report.
3. Subject: Public Safety Education and Outreach; a) Discuss Senior Safety Forums (Sahai), b)
Potential Transportation Safety Education Program/Pedestrian Crosswalk Safety Campaign
with Bike-Ped commission (Nellore), c) Connecting underserved neighborhoods to
Neighborhood Watch and Block Leaders Programs (Nellore); d) Public Safety Forum
(McCoy); e) Proposals for future Forum/Workshops
Recommended Action: Receive updated report on the next Senior Safety Forum (Sahai);
receive report on potential Transportation Safety Education/Pedestrian Crosswalk Safety
campaign in collaboration with Bike-Ped Commission (Nellore); receive report on connecting
underserved neighborhoods to Neighborhood Watch and Block Leaders programs (Nellore);
receive report on Public Safety Forum (McCoy); Discuss proposals on future
Forums/Workshops.
Commissioner Sahai explained she has been working on the mental health for senior's
presentation that will take place the first week of September and she will have time to market
the event. The presentation will take place at the Senior Center. Commissioner Sahai
explained that she may need a Mandarin translator for the event, Commissioner Huang
responded that he would help.
Commissioner McCoy had no update on the Forum. Commissioner Huang shares that he
currently has a budget for 100 dinners. Commissioner McCoy would like to consider having
a costume contest at the event. Will continue to work on details and will report back as the
date approaches.
NEW BUSINESS
4. Subject: Food at Public Safety Commissions Meetings
Recommended Action: Approve budget for dinner/snacks at Public Safety Commission
meetings.
Commissioner Huang discussed having food at future Public Safety Meetings.
He gave examples of dinners, such as : a regular dinner meal, snacks, sweets, or fruits and
drinks.
Commissioner McCoy motioned to approve the purchase of food/snacks at future meetings
Commissioner Sahai seconded. Ayes: Huang, McCoy, Chao, Nellore, Sahai. Noes : None.
Abstain: None. Absent: None.
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The group agreed on a warm meal if possible, with the option of a vegetarian plate and not
too much seafood. No allergies mentioned.
5. Subject: Future Agenda Items
Recommended: Discuss Future Agenda Items
None
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
6. Subject: Report by Santa Clara County Fire District
Recommended Action: Receive Report by Santa Clara County Fire District
Deputy Fire Chief Justice provided a presentation for fire during the month of April. 98.37%
first-due was within its response time. Reliability also met its response time by 100%. He also
went on to explain that there was a zero fire loss during the month of April. He also shared
with the group a map of the city along with graphs with the types of calls received.
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 the response time for the month of April. There were six priority
1 calls in which response times were met. There were zero robberies for the month of April.
There were six residential burglaries with a steady decline in the amount of residential
burglaries. There has been an increase in vehicle burglaries from previous years. In 2016 there
were 180, in 2017 there were 298, and in 2018 it is possible that the city may see more than
300. Captain Urena added that there has been an increase number in vehicle burglaries all
over the bay area not just in Cupertino. There were also six domestic violence incidents and
two sex crimes.
In terms of traffic citations, Deputies issued 81 moving violations, 22 speeding violations, 92
other violations, and 3 suspects were arrested for Driving Under the Influence of alcohol and
or drugs. Total numbers of collisions were 43 for the month of April.
Captain Urena also explained the following domestic violence incidents.
April 2, 2018
At 8:16 PM, deputies responded to a disturbance call at Memorial Park on Stevens Creek
Boulevard. An investigation revealed the female suspect and male victim share a residence
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and were in a dating relationship for two years on and off with no children in common.
Further investigation revealed the suspect scratched and bit the victim. The suspect was
arrested and booked into Main Jail.
April 3, 2018
Between 7/1/15 and 2/1/16, the female victim alleged the male suspect, who is the victim's
husband with no children in common, was verbally and physically abusive towards the
victim. The victim alleged the suspect slapped, grabbed, shook and choked the victim on
numerous occasions, and prevented the victim from leaving the residence and from calling
9-1-1. The suspect is known and at large and the case has been submitted to the District
Attorney's Office for review.
April 8, 2018
At 11:08 PM, deputies responded to a domestic violence call from the female victim at a
residence. An investigation revealed the male suspect, who is married to the victim with one
child in common sharing the same residence, grabbed the victim around her neck causing
visible injury. Further investigation revealed the suspect took the victim's cellular phone
attempting to prevent her from calling 9-1-1. The victim was granted an emergency
protective order and the suspect was arrested and booked into Main Jail.
April 14, 2018
At 9:38 PM, deputies responded to a call from a child reporting a physical disturbance
between his parents at their residence . An investigation revealed the female suspect, married
to the male victim with only one child in common, all sharing the same residence, sprinkled
water on and threw a towel at the victim's face, in addition to slamming a laptop on the
victim's lap. There were no visible injuries, the victim declined an emergency protective
order and the suspect was arrested and booked into Main Jail.
April 23, 2018
At 3:21 PM, deputies responded to a call from a witness who reported seeing a male pushing
a female while making criminal threats in front of a residence. An investigation revealed the
male suspect, who was in a dating relationship for about one year with the female victim,
with no children in common and separate residences, hit the victim multiple times. The
victim denied the allegations and declined an emergency protective order, and the suspect,
who was also in violation of a peaceful restraining order protecting the victim while out on
bail for a separate offense, was arrested and booked into Main Jail.
April 25, 2018
At 12:49 PM, deputies responded to a disturbance call at a residence. The female suspect,
who is married to the male victim and sharing the same residence together with their 10
month old child, punched the victim in the face while holding the child. The victim declined
an emergency protective order and the suspect was arrested and booked into Main Jail.
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7. Subject: Report by the City of Cupertino
Recommended Action: Receive Report by the City of Cupertino staff liaison
On behalf of Deputy City Manager Jacqueline Guzman, Ms. Francavilla provided the
commission with the city report as Ms. Guzman is attending a County Gun Safety Meeting.
Ms . Francavilla informed the commission of the Saturday Cupertino Wildfire event which is
geared towards preparing volunteers for a catastrophic event.
Preparedness Fair is moving along, Santa Clara Cotmty Fire, Santa Clara County Sheriff's
Office, and City of Cupertino will have a both at the event. Retrofit will also be present so
that the community can be informed about the available retrofitting for their homes.
Ms . Fancavilla will also continue to send out training reminders to all city staff so that they
can stay up to date in case a natural disaster were to arise.
Lastly, Ms. Francavilla explained that all city workers are required to be CPR/First Aid
trained. As a result, recently, County Fire provided the training to staff, including Mr. Torres
who works for Public Works. The next day after Mr. Torres completed the CPR/First Aid
course, he was forced to put his training skills into practice in a real life situation as his own
son was chocking while at a baseball game. Mr. Torres jumped into action and performed
the Heimlich Maneuver, dislodging the item his son was chocking on.
8. Subject: Commissioners Reports
Recommended Action: Receive Commissioner's Reports
Commissioner McCoy and Sahai attended the Hackathon Event that was held at the Quinlan
Community Center. It was an event where teens were able to find ways to deal with different
acts of Teen Stress. They both reported that the event was difficult to judge as many great
different ideas were showcased.
Commissioners McCoy and Chao attended the Volunteer Fair and represented the
commission. The event had a great turnout.
Commissioner Huang inquired about attending the upcoming Mayor meeting that will take
place on the first Wednesday of the month. Commissioner Chao agreed to attend the meeting,
which will be held on June 5th at 5:30pm.
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Commissioner Nellore reported that he will be contacting Mrs. Turini, the city's
Neighborhood Watch liaison, to inquire about privacy concerns associated to the program.
Specifically, Commissioner Nellore is interested in exploring a possibility of sharing
information related to the Neighborhood Watch Program with new residents who move into
the city.
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Huang adjourned the meeting at 7:57pm
NEXT MEETING
The next Regular Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
Veronica Lara
West Valley Patrol Division
Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff
May 23, 2018
APPRO~--~
Andy Huang, Commission Chair Date
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