PSC 02-14-2019CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
MEETING MINUTES
Thursday February 14, 2019, 6:00 p.m.
Cupertino City Hall, Conference Room A
CALL TO ORDER
Commission Chair McCoy called to order this regular meeting of the Cupertino Public Safety
Commission at approximately 6:05 pm on Thursday, February 14, 2019 in the Cupertino City
Hall, Conference Room A, located at 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014.
ROLL CALL
Commissioner Present: Robert McCoy
Neha Sahai
Yvonne Chao
Commissioner Absent: Andy Huang
Hymanand Nellore
Staff Present: Captain Rich Urena, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office
Battalion Chief W. Fink, Santa Clara County Fire District
Clare Francavilla, Cupertino Emergency Services Coordinator
Staff Absent:None
Others Present: Timm Borden, Interim City Manager
Ken Ericksen, City of Cupertino
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1.Subject: Approve the January 10, 2019 Minutes
Recommended Action: Approval of the January 10, 2019 Minutes
Commissioner Chao motioned to approve the minutes of the January 10, 2019 meeting;
Commissioner Sahai seconded the motion; Ayes: Chao, McCoy, Sahai,. Noes: None.
Abstain: None. Absent: Huang, Nellore.
ORAL COMMUNICATION
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None
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
None
OLD BUSINESS
2. Subject: Survey on Improving Council‐ Commissions Communication
Recommended Action: Receive Survey
Timm Borden, Interim City Manager, gave a presentation to commissioners on the Survey
on Improving Council‐ Commissions Communications. The survey will help the council
determine the work flow of each commission. The survey will also help the council
determine how each commission works and communicates with other commissions as well
as their involvement with the public and council. All commissioner surveys should be
submitted by Thursday February 28, 2019. They may be dropped off at city hall or be sent
via email to Laurens@cupertino.org. The council will be having a response of the work flow
for each commission by March 2019. This survey will also help determine if staff resources
are being used accordingly.
3. Subject: Participation in AlertSCC and Pulse Point including migration progress from
Cupertino Alert System to AlertSCC (Huang/McCoy)
Recommended Action: Discuss AlertSCC sign ups
Update on AlertSCC deferred to next meeting
Commissioner McCoy reported that during the month of January there were 1,400 Pulse
Point notifications that went out and out of 1,400 only 300 responded acknowledging that
they received the notification.
4. Subject: Public Safety Education and Outreach
a. Senior Safety Forums with focus on mental health (Sahai)
b. Potential distracted driving campaign with Bike‐Ped Commission (Nellore)
c. FY 18‐19 Work plan proposals for future forums/workshops
‐ Welcome Package to connect new residents to Neighborhood Watch and
Block Leaders programs
‐ Collaboration with Fine Arts Commission
‐ Tri‐School area dangerous drop offs
Recommended Action: Receive updated reports and discuss proposals for future
forums/workshops
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Commissioner Sahai reported that she has not obtained an updated calendar from the
Senior Forum, to set up dates for the Senior Safety Forum.
Commissioner Sahai and Commissioner Chao will be working together on the Senior
Center Safety Forum in Cupertino. The event will be held September of 2019.
Update on Bike Ped Commission deferred to the next meeting.
Ms. Francavilla met with Mrs. Turini who manages the city’s neighborhood watch program
to discuss the idea of Welcome Packages. Mrs. Turini had a few concerns about what was
going to be included in the welcome packages. She also expressed concerns about sending
a packet full of papers as the city of Cupertino has committed to minimizing paper as to be
green compliant. Ms. Francavilla suggested that maybe a single postcard can be mailed or
handed out to new residents with the websites of resources that are available to residents.
Commissioner McCoy suggested a fridge magnet would also be a good idea.
As a green option, Commissioner McCoy suggested maybe using ECO friendly postcards,
such as those cards that have plant seeds. The commission agreed to continue to work on
finding a solution with Mrs. Turini.
NEW BUSINESS
5. Subject: Presentation from Cupertino Office of Emergency Services regarding city readiness
and status of volunteer programs
Recommended Action: Receive OES readiness and status presentation
Ken Ericksen, from the City of Cupertino Office of Emergency Services, gave an update
adding that the Office of Emergency Services now reports directly to the City Managers
Office. Currently the office is working on preparing the city’s emergency plan. The plan
should be done by the end of the month. Office of Emergency Services has had their first
meeting with the Sheriff’s Office and County Fire. They, along with The Disaster Council,
help create an open channel of communication with the council and the committees. Their
goal is to mitigate any potential disasters by having plans. The goal is for all to meet on a
quarterly basis. Also they have started monthly Personal Emergency Preparedness classes
with a turnout of 14‐18 attendees.
Commissioner McCoy inquired if a new water dam plan will also be in place soon. Mr.
Ericksen responded that there is a dam plan already in place and if it would need to be
updated then that will be rolled into the appropriate annex and go from there. It all
depends on the type of situation and need.
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Commissioner McCoy recommended that all the commissioners visit the next OES meeting.
6. Subject: Discuss recommendations for future work program items for upcoming fiscal year
Recommended Action: Provide recommendations for work program for upcoming fiscal
year
Ms. Francavilla reported that future projects can be adopted by the commission as long as
no staff time is needed. Those projects requiring staff time would have to be approved as
part of the work plan process.
7. Subject: Present staff report and resolution for Community Wildfire Protection Plan
(CWPP)
Recommended Action: Receive staff report and resolution to present recommendation to
Council that they should approve or not approve
Ms. Francavilla went on to report that the Wildfire Protection Plan is still a work in progress
as she is working with Santa Clara County Fire. The plan still needs to include fire lines and
distinguish private properties and county areas. This will help first responders when there
is a wildfire.
8. Subject: Future Agenda Items
Recommended Action: Discuss Future Agenda Items
Commissioner Chao would like the city website to include resource links for Domestic
Violence. This topic will be deferred to the following meeting as the rest of the
commissioners will be present.
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
9. Subject: Report by the Santa Clara County Fire District
Recommended Action: Receive Report by the Santa Clara County Fire District liaison
Battalion Chief Finck reported that all the response times were met during the month of
January.
Battalion Chief Finck also went on to report that during the month of January there were a
total of 330 calls for service. There were 201 EMS, 65 Service, 44 Fire Alarm, 12 Fire, 7
Hazard Conditions, 1 Other, 0 Rescue.
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Battalion Chief Finck reported that for the month of January there was one structure fire
that involved a gas station. No injuries were reported for either first responders or civilians.
There was an estimated $125,000 in damages as a result of the fire.
Also during the month of January the Fire Department held seven community educational
events with about 82 attendees.
10. Subject: Report by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office
Recommended Action: Receive Report by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office liaison
Captain Urena gave his report adding that during the month of January his office fell short
on meeting the Priority‐1 response times. The average response time was 5.84 minutes and
should not have exceeded 5 minutes. He added that the response time is something the
Sheriff’s Office is monitoring.
For the month of January there were 0 robberies, seven residential burglaries, 31 vehicle
burglaries, three grand thefts, two auto thefts, four vandalism, six petty thefts, two
domestic violence, and two simple/aggravated assaults.
Captain Urena went on to explain the two domestic violence incidents.
January 17&18, 2019
The male victim called to report that his wife hit him on the face after an argument, causing
the victim to sustain a laceration over his eye. The suspect left the scene before police
arrival. Deputies responded to the same residence the next day and after a few hours of
speaking with the uncooperative suspect, arrested her without incident.
On January 21, 2019
Deputies responded to an abandoned 9‐1‐1 call and an investigation revealed the female
suspect became angry with her husband and slapped his arm. The suspect was arrested and
booked into Main Jail.
During the month of January the Sheriff’s Office launched a pedestrian decoy operation
where a deputy was walking within a crosswalk in order to ensure vehicles were stopping
as the office had received several complaints in this particular area of Cupertino. About 20
citations in total were issued.
Also during the month of January deputies investigated a fight between 5 juveniles and a
senior citizen. The five juveniles battered the male and were subsequently arrested.
11. Subject: Report by the City of Cupertino
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Recommended Action: Receive Report by the City of Cupertino staff liaison
Ms. Francavilla went on to report that she is currently working on the disaster worker list
and informing employees what their role is if a disaster shall arise. City staff are expected to
help during a disaster so ensuring they know their role is important.
12.Subject: Commissions Report
Recommended Action: Receive Commissioners' Report
None
ADJOURNMENT
Commission Chair McCoy adjourned the meeting at 8:20pm
NEXT MEETING
The next Regular Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
Veronica Lara
West Valley Patrol Division
Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff
February 26, 2019
APPROVED BY: £Mc.-----'
Robert McCoy Chair Date
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