PSC 08-08-2019 CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
MEETING MINUTES
Thursday August 8,2019, 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 6:04 pm on Thursday August 8, 2019 in the Cupertino City Hall,
Conference Room A,located at 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014.
ROLL CALL
Commissioner Present: Robert McCoy
Andy Huang
Neha Sahai
Hymanand Nellore
Commissioner Absent: Yvonne Chao
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: Pam Reed, The Forum
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Subject: Approve the July 11, 2019 Minutes
Recommended Action: Approval of the July 11,2019 Minutes
Commissioner Huang motioned to approve minutes of the July 11, 2019 meeting;
Commissioner Sahai seconded the motion; Ayes: McCoy, Huang, Sahai, Nellore. Noes:
None. Abstain: None. Absent: Chao.
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POSTPONEMENTS
None
ORAL COMMUNICATION
Ms. Pam Reed from The Forum thanked the Sheriff's Office, Santa Clara County Fire, and
the Commission for attended their National Night Out (NNO) event. She also extended an
invitation to attend the upcoming Emergency Preparedness Committee meeting. Fire Chief
agreed to have Fire representation at the meeting. Captain Urena also agreed to have
Sheriff's Office representation present as well. Commissioner McCoy will attend the
meeting as the representative of the Public Safety Commission.
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 provided the group with a presentation and an updated list of
people that have signed up for emergency notifications using the following social media
platforms:
Nextdoor 18,066,Twitter 4,685, Facebook 3,906, h-istagram 1,020, AlertSCC 2,810.
3. Subject: Public Safety Education and Outreach
a. Public Safety Forum (McCoy/Huang)
b. Senior Safety Forums with focus on mental health(Sahai/Chao)
c. Potential distracted driving campaign with Bike-Ped Commission (Nellore)
Recommended Action: Receive updated reports and discuss proposals for future
forums/workshops
Commissioner Huang shared the confirmed agenda for the Safety Forum which will take
place on Friday October 11, 2019 from 7-9pm as follows:
6:30pm Dinner
7pm-7:40pm Sheriff's Office
7:40pm-8pm Fire Department
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8pm-8:10pm Break
8:10pm-8:40pm Cyber Security Topic
8:40pm-9pm Q&A
Commissioner Huang will be coordinated the catering. Commissioner McCoy also shared
that Santa Clara County Opioid Overdose Prevention Project (SCOOP) will be hosting a
booth at the Safety Forum. They will be educating residents on opioid overdose and how
Narcan is used to reverse the effects.
Ms. Francavilla will be reaching out to have a representative from the Block Leader and
Neighborhood Watch programs attend the forum and have a booth.
Commissioner Huang also shared with the group the suggested raffle gifts. The
Commission discussed various ways that they could give emergency preparedness kits to
attendees, including raffling off a few large items.
Commissioner Huang would like to request a total of$2,500 from the commission's budget
in order to host the Public Safety Forum. A maximum of$1,500 will be for food and
beverages and a maximum of$1,000 will be for giveaway gifts.
Commissioner Huang motioned to request the commission allocate$2,500 to host the Public
Safety Forum; Commissioner Nellore seconded the motion; Ayes: McCoy, Huang, Sahai,
Nellore. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: Chao.
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Commissioner Sahai gave a brief update on the Senior Safety Forum had a proposed date of
August 22nd, but El Camino Hospital's speaker was unavailable. Commissioner Sahai is
looking into hosting the Senior Safety Forum focused on mental health the second week of
September. Commissioner Sahai would like to serve light snacks and drinks during the
event.
Commissioner Nellore updated the group on the distracted driving campaign.
Commissioner McCoy suggested the topic be removed from future agendas.
NEW BUSINESS
4. Subject: Write thank you letter for staff that worked 4f of July event.
Recommended Action: Discuss writing thank you letter for staff that worked 411, of July
event.
Commissioner McCoy shared with the group a draft thank you letter that he recommends
be given to Sheriff Smith and County Fire Chief Bowden as a token of appreciation for all
the first responders who worked on the 4t" of July fireworks event. A discussion led to the
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approval of the letter. Ms. Francavilla will be sending the letter on behalf of the
Commission.
Commissioner Huang motioned to send the approved thank you letter to Sheriff Smith and
County Fire Chief Bowden as written; Commissioner Nellore seconded the motion; Ayes:
McCoy, Huang, Sahai,Nellore. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: Chao.
5. Subject: Discuss recommendations for future work program items for upcoming fiscal year.
Recommended Action: Provide recommendations for future work program items for
upcoming fiscal year
Defer to next meeting.
6. Subject: Future Agenda Items
Recommended Action: Discuss Future Agenda Items
Commissioner Sahai shared with the group a concern that a group of high school students
have with sepsis disease. The students would like an opportunity to share a presentation to
the commission. Commissioners discussed the topic and agreed that the presentation
would be appropriate under Public Comment.
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
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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 reported that during the month of July there were 309 calls for
service out of which were as follows: 177 EMS, 82 Service, 35 Fire Alarm, 5 Fire (1 structure
&4 other) 7 Hazard Conditions, 2 other, 1 rescue. So far for this year there have been a total
of 2,197 calls for service. Deputy Fire Chief Glass also reported that during the month of
July all calls for service met their targeted response times.
Deputy Fire Chief Glass also shared with the group that there were 7 community education
events held that had an attendance of about 300 people.
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 shared that today he and Mayor Scharf attended a multi-agency vehicle
burglary task force briefing where a significant amount of men and women were briefing
on today's operation. Captain Urena added that all the shopping centers in Cupertino will
be patrolled by either marked law enforcement vehicles or undercover type vehicles. He
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added that the goal is to catch would be burglars. Captain Urena said that the task force
works together on a monthly basis all over the county. Captain Urena also shared that on
Friday August 9th there will the annual distracted driving task force campaign, which will
be similar to the vehicle burglary task force.
Captain Urena reported that during the month of July there were 879 calls for service in
which all calls met their response times. Captain Urena gave a brief overview of the entire
stats for the month of July.
Captain Urena also went on to report that during the month of July there were a total of 838
citations issued for a variety of violations.
Lastly, Captain Urena provided the following summaries of domestic violence cases:
Deputies responded to a vehicle collision and disturbance call which resulted in the arrest
of the male suspect. Prior to the collision, the male and female were engaged in an
argument which escalated while in the car as the male struck the female and the vehicle
collided with a tree. The victim had a no-contact restraining order against the suspect, who
was in violation of the order.
The victim girlfriend called to report her boyfriend was intoxicated and refusing to leave
her apartment after a verbal argument. Deputies arrived and learned of a previous incident
in June when the boyfriend pushed and choked the girlfriend during an argument. The
boyfriend was arrested and booked into Main Jail.
Deputies responded to a residence where a 9-1-1 hang-up call was made and a female was
heard yelling for someone to get out of there. An investigation revealed the suspect
boyfriend charged at the victim girlfriend during an argument causing visible injury to the
victim's leg. The suspect fled the scene but is known.
9. Subject: Report by the City of Cupertino
Recommended Action: Receive report by the City of Cupertino staff liaison
Ms. Francavilla informed the group that the City has an Interim Assistant City Manager
named Diane Thomas.
Ms. Francavilla went on to give an update on the Office of Emergency Services. During the
year, the City of Cupertino has participated in about 5-6 trainings. During the last training, 1
a few employees from the Gilroy hospitals talked about their experience with the Garlic
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Festival incident and how important these trainings are as they had to be put their training
into reality.
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On August 20, 2019 the CWPP will be going to City Council. Also at this time they will be
updating the Disaster Council Ordinance and discussing the Public Safety Power Shut Off
(PSPS) program.
10. Subject: Commissions Report
Recommended Action: Receive Commissioners' Report
Commissioner McCoy attended the Hepatitis B event on July 29, 2019.
ADJOURNMENT
Commission Chair McCoy adjourned the meeting at 8:20 pm
NEXT MEETING
The next Regular Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
Veronica Lara
West Valley Patrol Division
Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff
August 26, 2019
APPROVED BY:
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