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PSC 05-09-2019 CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Thursday May 9, 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 6:04pm on Thursday May 9, 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 Andy Huang Hymanand Nellore Yvonne Chao Commissioner Absent: Staff Present: Captain Ricardo Urena, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Battalion Fire Chief Wally Fink, Santa Clara County Fire District Clare Francavilla, Cupertino Emergency Services Coordinator Staff Absent: Others Present: Bob Cascone, Citizen Corps APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Subject: Approve the April 11, 2019 Minutes Recommended Action: Approval of the April 11, 2019 Minutes Commissioner Huang motioned to approve amended minutes of the April 11, 2019 meeting; Commissioner Sahai seconded the motion;Ayes:McCoy,Sahai,Huang,Nellore,Chao. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None. Public Safety Commission Minutes May 9, 2019 POSTPONEMENTS None ORAL COMMUNICATION None WRITTEN COMMUNICATION Email sent by Annita Liao discussing weekday morning traffic on McClellan Road Email sent by Steve Hill in regards to Icelandic crosswalks 2. Subject: Massachusetts City Installs 3-D Crosswalks Recommended Action: Discuss 3-D Crosswalks Commissioner Huang gave a presentation on 3-D crosswalks that were created in Iceland. He discussed the positive and negative aspects of the crosswalks and facilitated a discussion with the commission. As had previously been requested by Commissioner Huang, Ms. Francavilla forwarded this information to the city to inquire if they would consider similar crosswalks in Cupertino. The city responded that they would not be looking into installing these 3-D crosswalks. OLD BUSINESS 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 Commissioner Huang shared the updated amount of social media signups as well as AlertSCC as follows; Nextdoor 17,018, Twitter 4,576, Facebook 3,771, Instagram 910, AlertSCC 2,157, Via Text only by zip code 1,597,Nextel 786, AlertSCC 2,386 The commission discussed how to encourage residents to sign-up for AlertSCC. Commissioners discussed facilitating sign-ups at the upcoming 4th of July event by giving away an item when a resident signs-up for the alerts. Captain Urena did share that the Sheriff's Office is plarating on ordering glow sticks for the 41h of July as they had done so last year and he received positive feedback. Captain Urena explained that the glow sticks are used as a safety item as children and adults would put them on their wrists/necks and may be easily seen in a large crowd. The commission discussed purchasing these glow sticks and 2 Public Safety Commission Minutes May 9, 2019 having Sheriff's Office deputies hand them out if the residents(s) agreed to sign-up to AlertSCC. Commissioners agreed to discuss this item at the June meeting. Commissioner McCoy had no update on pulse point. 4. Subject: Public Safety Education and Outreach a. Public Safety Forum (McCoy/Huang) b. Senior Safety Forums with focus on mental health (Sahai) c. Potential distracted driving campaign with Bike-Ped Commission (Nellore) d. FY 18-19 Work plan proposals for future forums/Workshops i. Welcome package to connect new residents to Neighborhood Watch and Block Leaders Program ii. Tri-school area dangerous drop offs Recommended Action: Receive updated reports and discuss proposals for future forums/workshops Commissioner Huang recommended adding a Narcan presentation to the fall Public Safet y Forum if the Teen Commission does not agree to participate in the forum. The Public Safety Forum will be held on October 11,2019 from 7pm-9pm. Commissioner Sahai gave an update on a Senior Safety Forum she facilitated on May 8 . Commissioner Sahai said it was a good event but had a small number of attendees.She added that a therapist from El Camino Hospital will partner with her on the next Senior Safety Forum which will be held at I.C.C. J on Cupertino June 8, 2019 from gam-11am. The expected P p number of attendees is about 150 people.They are also planning on having a pharmaceutical drop off bag or tote if possible as Captain Urena is checking on availability. Commissioner Nellore did not have an update on distracted driving. Commissioner Nellore shared a draft letter with the commission that he recommends be mailed to new residents as a welcome letter which will also include resources and links to the City and their new community. Commissioners discussed the letter and recommended forwarding the draft to the city so as to use City of Cupertino letterhead as well as a city envelope. Commissioner Sahai gave a presentation on the tri-school dangerous drop off zone. Commissioner Sahai shared with the group photos she took as an example of parents violating the rules. School parents do not follow the parking rules and multiple cars block the bike lanes forcing children to enter traffic to get around the parked cars. Commissioner Sahai suggested that crosswalks need to be installed and enforced. 3 Public Safety Commission Minutes May 9, 2019 Commissioner McCoy requested that the tri-school dangerous drop off areas be removed from the agenda. NEW BUSINESS 5. Subject: Presentation and Discussion of City of Cupertino Emergency Operation Plan (EOP) Recommended Action: Discuss EOP and recommend for adoption to City Council Staff report Mr. Bob Cascone with Cupertino Office of Emergency Services gave the commission a presentation on the Emergency Operation Plan.Mr.Cascone went on to share with the group that they have taken the cotmty's emergency plan and are using it as a template. The presentation showed the responsibilities that all departments share. Annexes are written within the overall plan created for the various types of emergencies such as a wildfire, earthquake,flood etc.All proposed annex plans do have to be approved by the City Manager. The Emergency Operations Plan will be presented to the city council on June 18, 2019. The Commission agreed with the proposed updated Emergency Operations Plan and recommended it move to City Council for final approval. Commissioner McCoy motioned to approve the EOP; Commissioner Huang seconded the motion; Ayes: McCoy, Sahai, Huang, Nellore, Chao. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None. 6. Subject: Narcan Education Recommended Action: Discuss Narcan Education Commissioner McCoy attended a free Narcan training at the Santa Clara County Health Department. The training taught attendees how to correctly identify and administer Narcan to someone when they are in an overdose opioid type situation.After completing the training they issued two Narcan s to be used if an overdose situation were to arise. Commissioner McCoy believes it would be a great presentation to have at the next Public Safety Meeting if the commission agreed. In the interim, Commissioner McCoy recommended that a representative from County Health give a presentation to the commission so as to better understand the program. Commissioners agreed to place it on the agenda for the June meeting if city approved. 7. Subject: Domestic Violence and Teen Stress Link Recommendations for PSC Website Recommended Action: Review and Provide recommendation to add links to PSC Website 4 Public Safety Commission Minutes May 9, 2019 Commissioner Chao gave a brief update on links to be on the Public Safety Commission Website. Commissioner Chao will continue to work with Ms. Francavilla but would like to add the number 2-1-1. 8. Subject: Teen Tobacco Ordinance and Education Recommended Action: Review Teen Ordinance Ms. Francavilla gave an update on the Teen Commissions involvement with a potential Tobacco Ordinance. She spoke with Mr. Daniel Mestizo with Teen Commission and there are multiple commissions inquiring about the same topic. Ms. Francavilla will update the commission once more is learned. 9. Subject:Discuss Recommendations for Future Work Program Items for Upcoming Fiscal Year --- g p g Recommended Action:Provide recommendations for work program for upcoming fiscal year for department consideration I Deferred to the next meeting 10. Subject: Future Agenda Items Recommended Action: Discuss future agenda items None I STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS 11. Subject: Report by the Santa Clara County Fire District Recommended Action: Receive Report by the Santa Clara County Fire District liaison Battalion Chief Fink went on to report that during the month of April there were no significant events or fire damage. All calls met their targeted response times. Also during the month of April there were a 182 EMS, 63 Calls for Service, 33 Fire Alarm, 3 Fire, 1 Hazard Conditions. During the month of April there were six Community Education Events in which had an estimated amount of 1,550 attendees. j i 12. Subject: Report by the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Recommended Action: Receive Report by the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office liaison 5 Public Safety Commission Minutes May 9, 2019 Captain Urena reported that for the month of April there were 722 calls for service in which 4 were priority one calls, 327 were priority two calls, and 391 were priority three calls. All calls met their targeted times. Captain Urena went on to give the report for the month of April; no robberies, 8 residential burglaries, 4 commercial burglaries, 29 vehicle burglaries, 4 grand theft, 2 auto theft, 9 vandalism, 10 identity theft/forgery/fraud, 8 domestic violence, 7 simple & aggravated assaults, 3 sex crimes. Also during the month of April there were 177 moving violations, 87 speeding citations, 429 other citations, 3 DUI's, 5 accidents with injury, 35 accidents causing property damage, 1 accidents involving DUI. On April 1, 2019 The female victim called to report her husband hit her. The suspect husband took the victim's cellular phone, and when the victim attempted to get it back, the suspect pushed her and held her down on a bed. The suspect was arrested and booked into Main Jail. On April 3, 2019 The female suspect called to report that her husband would not allow her to leave the residence. An investigation revealed the suspect wife knocked the victim husband's phone out of his hand, scratched his hand in the process, and thrusted a knife in his direction. The suspect had a minor cut on her hand as well. The suspect was arrested and booked into Main Jail. On April 4, 2019 The victim child was reported missing, but returned to school the next day. The victim reported problems at home including the suspect step mother yelling and throwing things in the home and being abusive towards their father. The case will be submitted to the DA's Office for complaint review. On April 6, 2019 The female victim called to report her suspect husband became physical during a family disturbance. The suspect hit the victim multiple times and prevented the victim from calling for help. The suspect was arrested. On April 8, 2019 The male victim came into the substation to report that his ex-girlfriend showed up to his place of work, got into an argument with him and then struck him multiple times on his face and head with a closed fist,leaving red marks and a four inch scratch on his neck.The suspect was arrested and booked into Main Jail. 6 Public Safety Commission Minutes May 9, 2019 On April 14, 2019 A neighbor called to report a disturbance vn the apartment above, and what sounded like screaming and pounding. An investigation revealed the female suspect scratched her husband's arms in her attempt to prevent her from leaving. The suspect was arrested and booked into Main Jail. On April 20, 2019 An investigation revealed the driver and passenger got into an argument while driving, and the suspect passenger pLmched the driver on the right side of her face and held her leg down on the gas pedal while she was driving, Lentil she lost control of the vehicle. The suspect was arrested and booked into jail. On April 21, 2019 The female victim called to report her husband grabbed her arm and forcefully pulled her into the kitchen during an argument. The suspect was arrested and booked into Main Jail. 13. Subject: Report by the City of Cupertino Recommended Action: Receive report by the City of Cupertino staff liaison Ms. Francavilla gave a brief update on Cristo Rey from the city; Cristo Rey is 30 feet wide and should be able to accommodate both cyclists and vehicles. 14. Subject: Commissions Report Recommended Action: Receive Commissioners' Report Commissioner McCoy and Commissioner Huang both attended the volunteer festival as it was well attended. ADJOURNMENT Commission Chair McCoy adjourned the meeting at 9:02pm NEXT MEETING The next Regular Meeting is scheduled for Thursday,June 13, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. SUBMITTED BY: Veronica Lara Public Safety Commission Minutes May 9, 2019 West Valley Patrol Division Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff May 30, 2019 APPROVED Robert McCoy Chair Date s