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AGENDA
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
6:00 PM
10300 Torre Avenue, City Hall Conference Room A
Thursday, April 11, 2019
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1.Subject: Minutes from March 14, 2019
Recommended Action: Approve Minutes from March 14, 2019
A - Draft Minutes
POSTPONEMENTS
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the commission
on any matter not on the agenda. Speakers are limited to three (3) minutes. In most
cases, State law will prohibit the commission from making any decisions with respect to
a matter not listed on the agenda
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
OLD BUSINESS
2.Subject: Participation in AlertSCC and Pulse Point including migration progress
from Cupertino Alert System to AlertSCC (Huang/McCoy)
Recommended Action: Discuss AlertSCC sign ups
3.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
· Welcome Package to connect new residents to Neighborhood
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Watch and Block Leaders programs
· Tri-school area dangerous drop offs
Recommended Action: Receive updated reports and discuss proposals for future
forums/workshops.
NEW BUSINESS
4.Subject: Domestic Violence and Teen Stress link recommendations for PSC
website
Recommended Action: Review and provide recommendation to add links to PSC
website
5.Subject: Teen Tobacco Ordinance and Education
Recommended Action: Review Teen Tobacco ordinance
6.Subject: Discuss recommendations for future work program items for upcoming
fiscal year
Recommended Action: Provide recommendations for work program for upcoming
fiscal year for department consideration
7.Subject: Future Agenda Items
Recommended Action: Discuss Future Agenda Items
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
8.Subject: Report by the Santa Clara County Fire District
Recommended Action: Receive Report by the Santa Clara County Fire District
liaison
9.Subject: Report by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office
Recommended Action: Receive Report by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office
liaison
10.Subject: Report by the City of Cupertino
Recommended Action: Receive Report by the City of Cupertino staff liaison
11.Subject: Commissioners Reports
Recommended Action: Receive Commissioners’ Reports
ADJOURNMENT
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April 11, 2019Public Safety Commission AGENDA
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), anyone who is planning
to attend the next meeting who is visually or hearing impaired or has any disability
that needs special assistance should call the City Clerk's Office at 408-777-3223, 48
hours in advance of the meeting to arrange for assistance. Upon request, in advance,
by a person with a disability, meeting agendas and writings distributed for the meeting
that are public records will be made available in the appropriate alternative format.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please be advised that pursuant to Cupertino Municipal
Code 2.08.100 written communications sent to the Cupertino City Council,
Commissioners or City staff concerning a matter on the agenda are included as
supplemental material to the agendized item. These written communications are
accessible to the public through the City’s website and kept in packet archives. You are
hereby admonished not to include any personal or private information in written
communications to the City that you do not wish to make public; doing so shall
constitute a waiver of any privacy rights you may have on the information provided to
the City.
Members of the public are entitled to address the members concerning any item that is
described in the notice or agenda for this meeting, before or during consideration of
that item. If you wish to address the members on any other item not on the agenda, you
may do so during the public comment.
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Legislation Details (With Text)
File #: Version:219-5266 Name:
Status:Type:Approval of Minutes Agenda Ready
File created:In control:3/29/2019 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:4/11/2019
Title:Subject: Minutes from March 14, 2019
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:A - Draft Minutes
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
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Subject: Minutes from March 14, 2019
Approve Minutes from March 14, 2019
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CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
DRAFT MEETING MINUTES
Thursday March 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, March 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
Andy Huang
Hymanand Nellore
Commissioner Absent: None
Staff Present: Captain Rich Urena, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office
Deputy Fire Chief Brian Glass, Santa Clara County Fire District
Clare Francavilla, Cupertino Emergency Services Coordinator
Staff Absent:None
Others Present: Liang Chao, Vice Mayor, City of Cupertino
Brian Babcock, Public Information Officer, City of Cupertino
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1.Subject: Approve the February 14, 2019 Minutes
Recommended Action: Approval of the February 14, 2019 Minutes
Commissioner Chao motioned to approve the minutes of the February 14, 2019 meeting;
Commissioner Huang seconded the motion; Ayes: Chao, McCoy, Sahai, Huang, Nellore.
Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
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ORAL COMMUNICATION
Vice Mayor Chao has been visiting all the city commissions observing the work programs.
She expressed residents’ concerns related to the increased amount of auto burglaries. Vice
Mayor Chao would be interested in having video cameras in shopping centers in an effort
to curve thefts. She continued to talk about a potential ordinance on vaping and limiting
tobacco sales near schools. Finally she spoke about the Neighborhood Watch Program.
Commissioner Huang motioned to add an Agenda item related to teen tobacco use on a
future agenda. Chair McCoy seconded the motion; Ayes: Chao, McCoy, Sahai, Huang,
Nellore. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
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 AlertSCC sign ups
Commissioner Huang shared with the group a presentation that showed the number of
people that are currently signed up to receive information from the city of Cupertino
utilizing various platforms. He provided the following information:
Nextdoor users: 16,727
Twitter users: 4,544
Facebook users: 3,755
Instagram users: 875
AlertSCC users: 2,092
In an effort to increase sign‐ups for AlertSCC notifications, Commissioners discussed an
idea whereas Teen Commissioners can join them in creating a fun short video encouraging
residents to sign‐up for AlertSCC.
Commissioner McCoy had no updated report on Pulse Point.
3. Subject: Public Safety Education and Outreach
a. Senior Safety Forums with focus on mental health (Sahai)
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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
Commissioner Sahai went on to report that the Senior Safety Forum on Mental Health has
been moved to April 26th at 10:30am and will be held at the Senior Center. Commissioner
Sahai expressed she will reach out to Ms. Francavilla for help with the brochures.
Commissioner Chao will also be in attendance. Commissioner McCoy asked Captain Urena
if there is a mobile pharmaceutical dispenser that can be taken to the safety forum. Captain
Urena responded that he would look into the request and find out if a mobile dispensary is
available.
Commissioner Sahai gave a brief background on the program. Commissioner McCoy also
inquired if there will be refreshments served at the event and Commissioner Sahai
responded yes adding that she will work with city staff.
Commissioner Nellore went on to report that he will start attending the Bike‐Ped
Commission meetings. The first meeting will be March 20th. The agenda will include the
distracted driving since the allotted time is 15 minutes. Distracted driving is not only
geared towards motorists but also people riding bicycles.
Commissioner Nellore also went on to report that he is looking to create a simple card
handout with public safety information for residents; only concern is if people will use the
information. His goal would be to have information so residents could sign‐up for the
different sites that will be provided on the card. If it turns out that there really isn’t a big
interest then they can try the welcome package discussed previously. Commissioner
McCoy thinks that the welcome package would be a great idea to propose to the council so
that they can put out that information to new residents.
Commissioner McCoy went on to share with the group that at this time the collaboration
with the Fine Arts Commission will be taken off the agenda. After speaking with a few
businesses, the businesses felt that they would be targeted more than helping them out if
signs where erected making reference to vehicle burglaries.
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NEW BUSINESS
4. Subject: CREST Awards: Public Safety Champaign
Recommended Action: Review Nominations and Select 2019 Public Safety Champaign
Brian Babcock, City of Cupertino Public Information Officer, went on to explain that the
nominations for the CREST Awards have decreased over the last five years. One of the
awards that were awarded last year was the Public Safety Campaign which was awarded to
Deputy Lau. Mr. Babcock did go on to share with the group that there are two potential
candidates in which the group would review and decide. The commission was unanimous
in choosing Sidharth Rajaram as the recipient of the Public Safety Champion of the Year for
2019. Mr. Babcock did explain that the winners will be finalized next Friday March 29th.
The CREST Award Ceremony will be held on Thursday May 30th; the time will be
confirmed and announced later.
5. Subject: Discuss recommendations for future work program items for upcoming fiscal year
Recommended Action: Provide recommendations for work program for upcoming fiscal
year
Commissioner Chao has proposed adding domestic violence website to the cities website
and proposing to add domestic violence to the next PSC meeting.
6. Subject: Future Agenda Items
Recommended Action: Discuss Future Agenda Items
Commissioner Huang motioned to add Domestic Violence Resources to the agenda for the
next meeting; Commissioner Chao seconded the motion; Ayes: Chao, McCoy, Sahai,
Huang, Nellore. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
7. Subject: Report by the Santa Clara County Fire District
Recommended Action: Receive Report by the Santa Clara County Fire District liaison
Deputy Fire Chief Glass went on to give his report for the month of February. He stated
stats were much lower. The majority of the calls were EMS responses. During the month of
February there were a total of 315 calls, out of those 218 were EMS related calls, 15% service
calls, 39 fire alarms. A fire alarm call consisted of one structure fire that caused less than
$10,000 in damage. There were also 0 rescues, 0 others.
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Deputy Fire Chief Glass also went on to report that the response times during the month of
February were met. The response times were under their 7 minute response window.
During the month of February the Fire Department held 9 community events.
8. 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 February there were 4
priority one calls and unfortunately target time was not met, most likely as a result of staff
being tied up on other calls. The average response time was 5.68 minutes instead of the
agreed upon 5 minutes or less time. Traffic is a factor in response times.
There were 2 Robberies, 10 Residential Burglaries, 6 Commercial Burglaries, 27 Vehicle
Burglaries, 4 Grand Theft, 3 Auto Theft, 6 Vandalism, 8 Identity Theft/Fraud/Forgery, 5
Domestic Violence, 6 Simple Aggravated Assaults, and 2 Sex Crimes in the month of
February.
Captain Urena also shared with the commission that the stats are still being analyzed so
that it can be shared with certain business in order to help lower the amount of vehicle
burglaries.
Lastly, Captain Urena gave a brief overview of the five domestic violence calls that
occurred during the month of February:
A caller reported hearing people in an altercation. The female suspect and her husband
arguing in front of their residence. The suspect smashed the windows of her victim
husband’s vehicle, broke a window with a hammer, and then slapped the husband on the
face. The suspect was arrested and booked into Main Jail.
The female suspect called to report that she and her victim boyfriend got into an argument
and that she needed to get back into their apartment. An investigation revealed she slapped
the victim on the back of the head multiple times. The suspect was arrested and booked into
Main Jail.
The female suspect and her husband got into an argument and the wife bit the victim’s
finger. The suspect was arrested was arrested and booked into Main Jail.
The victim husband called to report his wife was hitting him after an argument from earlier
in the day escalated. The suspect was arrested and booked into Main Jail.
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The reporting party called to report a neighbor was at her house with a head injury due to
the suspect husband pushing the victim. The suspect was booked into Main Jail.
9. Subject: Report by the City of Cupertino
Recommended Action: Receive Report by the City of Cupertino staff liaison
Ms. Francavilla informed the group of a few upcoming events. City Attorney will be giving
a presentation on the Brown Act on April 4th at 7pm with Parks and Recreations
Commission Meeting and April 11th at 9am with the Housing Commission Meeting, and all
are invited to attend. It will be a 20 minute presentation. It is strongly recommended for all
to attend.
May 5th will be the Volunteer Fair which will be held at the Civic Center Plaza, from 11am ‐
3pm. There will be a rotation with the commissions running the information booth.
The Housing Commission has already showed interest in working the booth.
On April 13th – 14th the Teen Commission will be participating in the Annual Hack‐a‐thon.
Ms. Francavilla will find out how they can be part of the rotation at the volunteer fair.
Ms. Francavilla shared that she has received an email from Ms. Kirsten Squarcia making
sure that all commission contact information is correct. There is now a link on the cities
website so that all the information is available. She is also asking for all commissions to
submit a brief biography and a photo of each commissioner.
June 22nd will be the Emergency Preparedness Fair.
Ms. Francavilla also gave a brief update on the status of OES. She is still working on their
emergency preparedness disaster planning with the proposed date of taking it to Council
by June 2019.
10. Subject: Commissions Report
Recommended Action: Receive Commissioners’ Report
None
ADJOURNMENT
Commission Chair McCoy adjourned the meeting at 9:11 pm
NEXT MEETING
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The next Regular Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
Veronica Lara
West Valley Patrol Division
Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff
March 29, 2019
APPROVED BY:
_________________________________ ______________________
Robert McCoy Chair Date
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File #: Version:119-5267 Name:
Status:Type:Old Business Agenda Ready
File created:In control:3/29/2019 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:4/11/2019
Title:Subject: Participation in AlertSCC and Pulse Point including migration progress from Cupertino Alert
System to AlertSCC (Huang/McCoy)
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Public Safety Commission4/11/2019 1
Subject: Participation in AlertSCC and Pulse Point including migration progress from
Cupertino Alert System to AlertSCC (Huang/McCoy)
Discuss AlertSCC sign ups
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File #: Version:119-5268 Name:
Status:Type:Old Business Agenda Ready
File created:In control:3/29/2019 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:4/11/2019
Title: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
· Welcome Package to connect new residents to Neighborhood Watch and Block Leaders
programs
·Tri-school area dangerous drop offs
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Public Safety Commission4/11/2019 1
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
· Welcome Package to connect new residents to Neighborhood Watch and
Block Leaders programs
· Tri-school area dangerous drop offs
Receive updated reports and discuss proposals for future forums/workshops.
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File #: Version:119-5269 Name:
Status:Type:New Business Agenda Ready
File created:In control:3/29/2019 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:4/11/2019
Title:Subject: Domestic Violence and Teen Stress link recommendations for PSC website
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Public Safety Commission4/11/2019 1
Subject: Domestic Violence and Teen Stress link recommendations for PSC website
Review and provide recommendation to add links to PSC website
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File #: Version:119-5270 Name:
Status:Type:New Business Agenda Ready
File created:In control:3/29/2019 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:4/11/2019
Title:Subject: Teen Tobacco Ordinance and Education
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Public Safety Commission4/11/2019 1
Subject: Teen Tobacco Ordinance and Education
Review Teen Tobacco ordinance
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File #: Version:119-5271 Name:
Status:Type:New Business Agenda Ready
File created:In control:3/29/2019 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:4/11/2019
Title:Subject: Discuss recommendations for future work program items for upcoming fiscal year
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Public Safety Commission4/11/2019 1
Subject: Discuss recommendations for future work program items for upcoming fiscal year
Provide recommendations for work program for upcoming fiscal year for department
consideration
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File #: Version:119-5272 Name:
Status:Type:New Business Agenda Ready
File created:In control:3/29/2019 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:4/11/2019
Title:Subject: Future Agenda Items
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
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Subject: Future Agenda Items
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File #: Version:119-5273 Name:
Status:Type:Staff and Commission Reports Agenda Ready
File created:In control:3/29/2019 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:4/11/2019
Title:Subject: Report by the Santa Clara County Fire District
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Public Safety Commission4/11/2019 1
Subject: Report by the Santa Clara County Fire District
Receive Report by the Santa Clara County Fire District liaison
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File #: Version:119-5274 Name:
Status:Type:Staff and Commission Reports Agenda Ready
File created:In control:3/29/2019 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:4/11/2019
Title:Subject: Report by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Public Safety Commission4/11/2019 1
Subject: Report by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office
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File #: Version:119-5275 Name:
Status:Type:Staff and Commission Reports Agenda Ready
File created:In control:3/29/2019 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:4/11/2019
Title:Subject: Report by the City of Cupertino
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Public Safety Commission4/11/2019 1
Subject: Report by the City of Cupertino
Receive Report by the City of Cupertino staff liaison
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File #: Version:119-5276 Name:
Status:Type:Staff and Commission Reports Agenda Ready
File created:In control:3/29/2019 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:4/11/2019
Title:Subject: Commissioners Reports
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Public Safety Commission4/11/2019 1
Subject: Commissioners Reports
Receive Commissioners’ Reports
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