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AGENDA
Thursday, December 8, 2016
10300 Torre Avenue, City Hall Conference Room A
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
6:00 PM
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
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 a person. In most
cases, state law will prohibit the commission from making any decisions with respect to a
matter not listed on the agenda.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1.Subject: Minutes from November 10, 2016
Recommended Action: Approve Minutes from November 10, 2016
Draft Minutes
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
2.Subject: Report by Santa Clara County Fire District
Recommended Action: Receive Report by Santa Clara County Fire District
3.Subject: Report by Santa Clara County Sheriff
Recommended Action: Receive Report by Santa Clara County Sheriff
4.Subject: Commissioner's Reports
Recommended Action: Receive Commissioner's Reports
NEW BUSINESS
5.Subject: Crime Reduction Initiatives
Recommended Action: Discuss Crime Reduction Initiatives
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6.Subject: 2017 Chair and Vice Chair Elections
Recommended Action: Elect 2017 Chair and Vice Chair
7.Subject: Future Agenda Items
Recommended Action: Discuss Future Agenda Items
OLD BUSINESS
8.Subject: Participation in the Cupertino Alert System, Alert SCC and Pulse Point
(Huang/McCoy)
Recommended Action: Discuss Participation in the Cupertino Alert System, Alert
SCC and Pulse Point (Huang/McCoy)
9.Subject: Public Safety Education and Outreach; a) Next Forum "Situation
Awareness, Avoid Incident and Self-defense", b) Event Plans for Information
Forums (Neha), c) Proposals for Future Forums
Recommended Action: Discuss Public Safety Education and Outreach Opportunities
10.Subject: Collaboration and cross training of volunteer groups (All)
Recommended Action: Discuss the collaboration and cross training of volunteer
groups (All)
11.Subject: Firewise proposal promotion within Cupertino
Recommended Action: Discuss Firewise proposal promotion within Cupertino
PUBLIC HEARINGS
ADJOURNMENT
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December 8, 2016Public Safety Commission AGENDA
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Legislation Details (With Text)
File #: Version:116-2204 Name:
Status:Type:Approval of Minutes Approved
File created:In control:12/5/2016 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:12/8/2016
Title:Subject: Minutes from November 10, 2016
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:Draft Minutes
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
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Subject: Minutes from November 10, 2016
Approve Minutes from November 10, 2016
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CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
DRAFT MEETING MINUTES
Thursday November 10, 2016, 6:00 p.m.
Cupertino City Hall, Conference Room A
I. CALL TO ORDER
Commissioner Tallinger called to order this regular meeting of the Cupertino Public
Safety Commission at approximately 6:05 p.m. on Thursday, November 10, 2016 in the
Cupertino City Hall, Conference Room A, located at 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino,
California 95014.
II. ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present: Robert McCoy
Gerald Tallinger
Hymanand Nellore
Commissioners Absent: Commissioner Andy Huang
Commissioner Neha Sahai
Staff Present: Captain Rich Urena, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office
Deputy Chief John Justice, Santa Clara County Fire Department
Staff Absent: None
Others Present: Scout Troop 494- Anuradha Subramaniam
Cupertino Resident – Kathy Chole
One other Cupertino Resident
III. REPORTS
1. Santa Clara County Fire Department
Fire Chief Justice read the County Fire report. The report discussed response times
and type of calls for the last three years in October. He explained that the First Due
engine is the engine in that particular jurisdiction were the call originated and the
Reliability is if the First Due engine is not available then the next available engine
responds within the eight minutes that they are allowed to respond. Fire Chief
Justice explains the response times, type of calls, and how the time stamps work to
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the residents attending PSC Meeting. Resident Anuradha Subramaniam asks if the
response time of eight minutes is required even if it is a non- emergency call. Fire
Chief Justice explained that they time stamp all the calls but specifically make a
report of all code-3 calls. County Fire works with County Communications to
dispatch them and track data to help meet the public needs. Resident Kathy Chole
asks if response times have gone down. Fire Chief Justice responds, “Yes” and adds
that it comes down to traffic issues and the time of day of the call for service. He
further adds that a response time for a call at 3:30am vs. 8:30am would be different.
40 percent of the calls have a response of four minutes. Fire Chief Justice explained
that in the month of October, they had four fires and the majority of the calls were
emergency medical and rescue calls for accidents. Damages in fire loss during the
month of October were $500. The low number is from educating the public on how
to prevent fires or what to do in the case of a fire.
2. Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office
Captain Urena reviews the Sheriff’s Office reports and explains that all data related
to enforcement actions performed in the city of Cupertino is gathered and analyzed.
He further explains that a Management Analyst gathers all data on the different
types of calls for further review.
During the month of October, the Sheriff’s Office had eight Priority 1 calls which are
life threating in nature type calls. As an example, if someone calls and says there is a
person hurting another person then deputies would need to respond as soon as
possible with lights and sirens and getting people out of their way to ensure that we
are on scene quickly and certainly to meet our target time of five minutes. For
October the average response time was 6.74 minutes for priority 1 calls. Response
times are affected by nature of heavy traffic and time of the day. Captain Urena
explains that they had 396 - Priority 2 calls which are non-life threating calls that
require expedited response. The target time for Priority 2 calls is nine minutes.
Captain Urena explains that a Priority 2 call may be a type of call where a resident
arrives home and notices the front door damaged and thinks a burglar could be
inside. Average response time for Priority 2 type calls was 8.57 minutes. Lastly,
Captain Urena explains that the Sheriff’s Office received 433 Priority 3 calls which
are mail theft types of calls or calls that do not require an urgent response. The
average response time was 13.82 minutes; all calls met the target time frame of 20
minutes.
For this current year so far January - October the average time for response has been
as follows:
Priority 1 - 4.99 minutes
Priority 2 - 7.68 minutes
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Priority 3 - 15.00 minutes
Captain Urena explains that in the month of October, the Sheriff’s Office had 2
robberies. He further explained that a robbery is a little different than a theft. A
robbery is where someone takes something from a person using some type of fear or
force. One was at Target, security tried to stop the person but they got into a scuffle
after the suspect made his way outside and was apprehended. The second was at
TJMaxx where 3-4 suspects bumped the victim and took the victim’s wallet which
contained credit cards. The suspects were able to make $8,000 in charges.
Captain Urena explained that 12 residential burglaries occurred during the month of
October. He explained that the Sheriff’s Office is seeing an increase lately and added
that they are working with other law enforcement agencies and also assembling
covert type of operations. On Main Street, the Sheriff’s Office had an increase in
vehicle burglaries, which were also leading to residential burglaries. After a 6-7 day
covert operation, deputies were able to arrest a person and link him to 5-7 cases. On
Halloween a deputy saw a vehicle at a gas station around noonish that may or may
not have been related to some of our burglaries. The deputy monitored the vehicle
and its occupants and realized the occupants fit the profile of potential suspects
deputies had been looking for. The deputy attempted to make a vehicle stop but
instead a pursuit started after the vehicle jumped onto highway 85 and sped up to
120 mph. Due to unsafe speeds the deputy terminated the pursuit after a minute in
half because it was not safe for the public or the deputy. Captain Urena explained
that deputies do have a description of the vehicle, but unfortunately the car had
paper plates. The Sheriff’s Office investigated five commercial burglaries compared
to two from September. Captain Urena explained the differences between this year’s
rates to two years ago and added that the Sheriff’s Office has cut that number of
commercial burglaries in half. He further attributed the significant decrease as a
result of the relationship the Sheriff’s Office has built with The Chamber.
Commissioner Nellore asks if the response time of 8.57 minutes is tracked from the
time the person makes the call. Captain Urena responds, yes that is correct just like
County Fire and it is also done through County Communications. Commissioner
Nellore further asks what are the chances that the response time can be brought
down from the 8.57 minutes. Captain Urena explains that they are meeting the
response times since our response time target is within nine minutes.
A resident asks how many deputies are assigned to the West Valley Patrol Division
and Captain Urena states that they currently have about 82 deputies assigned to the
West Valley Patrol Division, which includes Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Altos Hills
and the unincorporated areas.
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Captain Urena continues to explain the report by stating that moving violations
continue to increase as deputies issued a total of 396 citations this past month. For
this year so far deputies have issued 2945 moving violations.
3. Commission Reports
Commissioner McCoy- None
Commissioner Sahai- Absent
Commissioner Huang- Absent
Commissioner Nellore- None
Commissioner Tallinger- Reported that the Bike Pedestrian Commission lawyer is
currently working on the wording for the 14 and younger cycling on the sidewalk
change. Commissioner Tallinger asked David for the latest draft and he was
informed that the draft is still changing and he could possibly get a draft for next
month’s meeting. Commissioner Tallinger asked the Bike Pedestrian Commission to
include the Sheriff’s Office in their proposal as they will be the once enforcing the
rules. Commissioner McCoy asks Captain Urena if he has been kept in the loop of
any of the updates. Captain Urena responds that he has not been informed.
Commissioner Tallinger provided updates on the protected bike lanes adding that
consultants are working on it but the bike lanes will be from Steven’s Creek and De
Anza to Main Street. The Sheriff’s Office should be kept in the loop since it will affect
traffic and emergency vehicles as well. Bike safety classes to be mandated into their
curriculum per the district to all Cupertino schools from grades 6th- 8th.
Commissioner Nellore asks how many bikes is this being planned for.
Commissioner Tallinger explains it will be a protected bike lane that a car cannot get
into for all bicyclists but we currently do not have the exact number.
IV. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Cupertino Resident- Kathy Chole is concerned with the safety of her neighborhood,
with the increase of residential burglaries happening in her residential area. She
explains that she would like more information on the Neighborhood Watch Program.
She asks what they can do to protect them and help protect her neighbors. She also asks
what types of services are available from the City and Sheriff’s Office. She adds if it
would be appropriate to leave flyers door to door about this meeting? Commisioner
McCoy asks Kathy Chole what neighborhood and she replies Wilson Park. Resident
Kathy Chole states that more of the concern is with people that have been a victim of a
burglary. City staff has not been in contact regarding the concern. Kathy Chole has
reached out to Colleen to find out how she can become a member of a Neighborhood
Watch, but no response. She would like to put up a sign in her home window. Captain
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Urena advised Kathy that the City of Cupertino has a very good Neighborhood Watch
Program and gives Kathy his business card to reach out to him for resources.
V. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
Commisioner Nellore – email from Linda, forward out to the rest of the group. The
content of the email explains the need for better public safety measures to be discussed
by the commission.
VI. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
October 13, 2016
ACTION: YES
VOTE: YES
MOTION: McCoy SECONDED: Nellore 3 to 5
Commissioner McCoy motioned to approve the minutes of October 13, 2016 with no
corrections; Commissioner Nellore seconded the motion; votes taken, all in favor to
approve the minutes of October 13, 2016.
VII. OLD BUSINESS
1. Discuss participation in the Alert SCC Program, the CAS Program, and the Pulse
Points App
At the Diwali Festival “See Something, Say Something” cards were handed out to
the community and hopefully that increases our enrollment. The website sign up
has been changed and much simpler to access. This may work better, and we
might be able to go back to using the tablets for sign-ups.
ACTION: NO
VOTE: NO
MOTION: N/A SECONDED: N/A 0 to 0
a. Discuss creation of a wallet card/fridge magnet about reporting
crimes/fires/incidents and situational awareness
Do we want to re-order more cards? Commissioner McCoy thinks that ordering
fridge magnets would be better since they would tend to work better since
people would use them more. We would need to take into consideration what
size we would need to order and what we want the magnet to have on it for a
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quote. Captain Urena suggests at the next meeting Commissioners bring their
ideas for discuss by the entire Commission.
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: N/A SECONDED: N/A 0 to 0
2. Discuss the Continuation of Public Education and Outreach (McCoy/Sahai)
Commissioner McCoy, Class will be on November 19, 2016 from 9am-12pm, Spoke
with Sgt. Pak she is already conducting interviews from the media that are obtaining
information about the training, women’s only self- defense workshop. A Resident
present asked if it will be taught again and Commissioner McCoy responds that it
will depend on the outcome of this first class.
The Resident asks if there is a limit of participants in the class and sign-ups.
Commissioner Tallinger responds yes up to 100 participants at a time and no sign-
ups are required you just show up the day of the class. Information will be up on
Neighborhood Watch and Next Door. Resident asks- is this something the instructor
can teach at our middle schools? Commissioner Tallinger responds this class is a
pilot class to see how the public reacts to it and that would have to be coordinated
with the school district.
Commissioner Tallinger talks about having a Senior Event in the spring. He adds
that he had a meeting with Walk Bike Cupertino and he is thinking of having
something in the spring for about 3-4 hours long, broken up into different topics
such as bike safety, traffic around schools, school safety, epic diversity, rules of the
roads all to help educate the community about the things that are problematic
around the city. Have it be a lunch event having a pizza lunch. Having a speaker
from different committees would be great. Biggest issue in having a workshop is
getting community members to the workshop.
a. Discuss event plans for Information Forums
None
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: N/A SECONDED: N/A 0 to 0
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b. Discuss the possibility of disseminating information about the Firewise
Program
Fire Chief Justice, no feedback from the Battalion Chief yet.
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: N/A SECONDED: N/A 0 to 0
3. Discuss the Collaboration/Cross-Training of Volunteer Groups
None
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: N/A SECONDED: N/A 0 to 0
4. Discuss submitting a request for a monthly report from Cupertino OES (Office of
Emergency Services)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: N/A SECONDED: N/A 0 to 0
VIII. NEW BUSINESS
1. Commissioner McCoy makes a motion to add a new business item to the Agenda
titled, Crime Reduction Initiatives; Commissioner Nellore seconds the motion and
all Commissioners vote to add a new Agenda Item titled Crime Reduction Initiatives
to the next meetings Agenda.
ACTION: YES
VOTE: YES
MOTION: McCoy SECONDED: Nellore 3 to 0
IX. FUTURE AGENDA FOR NEXT REGULAR MEETING
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1. Discuss Reports from County Fire Department, County Sheriff’s Office and
Commission Liaisons.
2. Discuss promotion plans for CAS, AlertSCC and the Pulse Points App.
(Huang/McCoy)
a. Discuss creation of a wallet card/fridge magnet about reporting
crimes/fires/incidents and situational awareness
3. Discuss the continuation of public education and outreach. (Tallinger/McCoy)
a. Discuss event plans for Information Forums
b. Discuss the possibility of disseminating information about the Firewise
Program.
c. Proposals for future Forums
4. Further discussion of Firewise proposal promotion within Cupertino.
5. Discuss Crime Reduction Initiatives
X. ADJOURNMENT
This regular meeting adjourned at 7:48 pm
XI. NEXT MEETING
The next Regular Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 6:00 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
Veronica Lara
Executive Assistant
West Valley Patrol Division
Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff
November 29, 2016
APPROVED BY:
_________________________________ ______________________
Jerry Tallinger, Commission Vice Chair Date
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File #: Version:116-2201 Name:
Status:Type:Staff and Commission Reports Received
File created:In control:12/5/2016 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:12/8/2016
Title:Subject: Report by Santa Clara County Fire District
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
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Subject: Report by Santa Clara County Fire District
Receive Report by Santa Clara County Fire District
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File #: Version:116-2202 Name:
Status:Type:Staff and Commission Reports Received
File created:In control:12/5/2016 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:12/8/2016
Title:Subject: Report by Santa Clara County Sheriff
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Public Safety Commission12/8/2016 1
Subject: Report by Santa Clara County Sheriff
Receive Report by Santa Clara County Sheriff
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File #: Version:116-2203 Name:
Status:Type:Staff and Commission Reports Received
File created:In control:12/5/2016 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:12/8/2016
Title:Subject: Commissioner's Reports
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
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Subject: Commissioner's Reports
Receive Commissioner's Reports
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File #: Version:116-2209 Name:
Status:Type:New Business Conducted
File created:In control:12/5/2016 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:12/8/2016
Title:Subject: Crime Reduction Initiatives
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
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Subject: Crime Reduction Initiatives
Discuss Crime Reduction Initiatives
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File #: Version:116-2210 Name:
Status:Type:New Business Conducted
File created:In control:12/5/2016 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:12/8/2016
Title:Subject: 2017 Chair and Vice Chair Elections
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
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Subject: 2017 Chair and Vice Chair Elections
Elect 2017 Chair and Vice Chair
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File #: Version:116-2211 Name:
Status:Type:New Business Agenda Ready
File created:In control:12/5/2016 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:12/8/2016
Title:Subject: Future Agenda Items
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
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Discuss Future Agenda Items
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File #: Version:116-2205 Name:
Status:Type:Old Business Conducted
File created:In control:12/5/2016 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:12/8/2016
Title:Subject: Participation in the Cupertino Alert System, Alert SCC and Pulse Point (Huang/McCoy)
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Public Safety Commission12/8/2016 1
Subject: Participation in the Cupertino Alert System, Alert SCC and Pulse Point
(Huang/McCoy)
Discuss Participation in the Cupertino Alert System, Alert SCC and Pulse Point
(Huang/McCoy)
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File #: Version:116-2206 Name:
Status:Type:Old Business Conducted
File created:In control:12/5/2016 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:12/8/2016
Title:Subject: Public Safety Education and Outreach; a) Next Forum "Situation Awareness, Avoid Incident
and Self-defense", b) Event Plans for Information Forums (Neha), c) Proposals for Future Forums
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
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Subject: Public Safety Education and Outreach; a) Next Forum "Situation Awareness, Avoid
Incident and Self-defense", b) Event Plans for Information Forums (Neha), c) Proposals for
Future Forums
Discuss Public Safety Education and Outreach Opportunities
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File #: Version:116-2207 Name:
Status:Type:Old Business Conducted
File created:In control:12/5/2016 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:12/8/2016
Title:Subject: Collaboration and cross training of volunteer groups (All)
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
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Discuss the collaboration and cross training of volunteer groups (All)
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File #: Version:116-2208 Name:
Status:Type:Old Business Conducted
File created:In control:12/5/2016 Public Safety Commission
On agenda:Final action:12/8/2016
Title:Subject: Firewise proposal promotion within Cupertino
Sponsors:
Indexes:
Code sections:
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
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