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PSC 12-12-2019 CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Thursday December 12, 2019, 6:00 p.m. Cupertino City Hall, Conference Room A CALL TO ORDER Commission Chair McCoy called to order this meeting of the Cupertino Public Safety Commission at approximately 6 pm on Thursday December 12, 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 Hymanand Nellore Yvonne Chao Andy Huang Commissioner Absent: None Staff Present: Captain Rich Urena, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Assistant Fire Chief Brian Glass, Santa Clara County Fire District Deputy Fire Chief Mark Shumate, Santa Clara County Fire District Others Present: None APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Subject: Approve November 14, 2019 Minutes Recommended Action: Approval of the November 14, 2019 Minutes Commissioner Huang motioned to approve minutes of the November 14, 2019 meeting; Commissioner Nellore seconded the motion; Ayes: Huang, McCoy, Chao, Sahai, Nellore. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None POSTPONEMENTS None Public Safety Commission Minutes December 12, 2019 ORAL COMMUNICATION Commissioner McCoy shared with the commission that Commissioner Huang, Captain Urena, Lt. Valenzuela and himself payed a visit to the Fire monthly meeting to present a plaque to retiring Assistant Fire Chief John Justice. Commissioner Huang also presented a small token of appreciation to Assistant Fire Chief Glass. The Commission wishes Assistant Fire Chief Glass the best of luck in his new role. Commissioner McCoy also welcomed Deputy Fire Chief Shumate to the 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 gave a brief update on the number of residents signed up with AlertSCC as follows: Nextdoor: 19,171 Twitter: 4,887 Facebook: 4,030 Instagram: 1,159 Alert SCC Citizen SMS: 2,297 Citizen Email: 1,190 Commission Huang shared that AlertSCC has been an ongoing working topic for the past 10 years. Commissioner Huang would like to propose that the commission remove this item from the agenda so that it would allow space to be used for a new topic. Commissioner Huang suggested that once the city hires a replacement for Ms. Francavilla's role then they can keep the commission updated. He added that the item does not need to be a regular working topic on the Public Safety Commission agenda. Assistant Fire Chief Glass also suggested keeping the public informed of the program at community events that have large crowds. Captain Urena agreed with Assistant Fire Chief Glass. Commissioner Huang proposed to remove the AlertSCC/Pulse Point from the agenda. 2 Public Safety Commission Minutes December 12, 2019 I Commissioner Huang motioned to remove AlertSCC/Pulse Point from the agenda; Commissioner Nellore seconded the motion; Ayes: Huang, McCoy, Chao, Sahai, Nellore. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None 3. Subject: Public Safety Education and Outreach a. Public Safety Forum (McCoy/Huang) b. Senior Safety Forums with focus on mental health (Sahai/Chao) Recommended Action: Receive updated reports and discuss proposals for future forums/workshops Commissioner McCoy announced that the new Subcommittee for the Public Safety Forum will be Commissioner Nellore and Commissioner Sahai.Commissioner McCoy suggested that the room be booked as soon as possible as the earlier in the year the better. He added to start advertising the event at minimum 4 months ahead. The line-up and layout can be discussed at a later time. Commissioner Sahai and Commissioner Chao will continue with the Senior Safety Forums since they have had a good turnout. NEW BUSINESS 4. Subject: Election of new Public Safety Commission Chair and Vice Chair Recommended Action: Elect new Public Safety Commission Chair and Vice Chair Commissioner Huang nominated Commissioner Chao to act as the new Public Safety Chair. Commissioner Huang motioned to nominate Commissioner Chao as the new Public Safety Commission Chair; Commissioner Chao seconded the motion; Ayes: Huang, McCoy, Chao. Noes: None. Abstain: Sahai, Nellore. Absent: None Commissioner Nellore nominated Commissioner Sahai to act as the Vice Chair of the Public Safety Commission. Commissioner Nellore motioned to nominate Commissioner Sahai as the Public Safety Commission Vice Chair; Commissioner Sahai seconded the motion; Ayes: Huang, McCoy, Chao, Sahai, Nellore. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None 5. Subject: Commission Proposals for FY 2020-2021 City Work Program Recommended Action: Provide a list of proposed City Work Program items and identify top three proposals 3 Public Safety Commission Minutes December 12, 2019 Captain Urena went on to share with the group a brief overview on the process for identifying topics for the new fiscal year work plan. He explained the need to consider cost and resources as they decide what items should be on the work plan. The Commission discussed the following potential items for the FY 2020-2021 Commission work plan: • Wildlife Informational Presentation • Women's Self Defense Workshop • Promoting Domestic Violence Awareness Month • Wildfire Safety (Frequent Information to Residents) • Presentation on Package Theft • Partner with Sheriff's Office Bring Awareness to Vehicle Burglary Problem • Public Safety Forum • Senior Safety Presentations • Gun Safety After considering the all the discussed topics, the Commission agreed to add the following items as their FY 2020-2021 work program in the following order: 1. Partner with Sheriff's Office to Bring Awareness to Vehicle Burglaries 2. Public Safety Forum 3. Domestic Violence Awareness Month 4. Wildfire Safety Awareness Commissioner Chao motioned to propose the following topics as the new work plan for the Public Safety Commission FY 2020-2021; Commissioner Sahai seconded the motion; Ayes: Huang, McCoy, Chao, Sahai, Nellore. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None 6. Subject: Future Agenda Items Recommended Action: Discuss future agenda items None STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS 7. Subject: Report by the Santa Clara County Fire District Recommended Action: Receive report by the Santa Clara Fire District Liaison Deputy Fire Chief Shumate explained that the Fire Department is the process of updating the public safety reports. The new reports will be more resourceful as they will not be all graph data, but will include a map that will show the areas of where the calls for services are from. 4 Public Safety Commission Minutes December 12, 2019 During the month of November there were 317 calls for service. The month of November did not experience a significant dollar loss. Also during the month of November the response times were met. Deputy Fire Chief Shumate also shared that during the month of November there were 11 Community Educational Events, with about 1,000 attendees. 8. Subject: Report by the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Recommended Action: Receive report by the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office Liaison Captain Urena reported that for the month of November there were a total of 839 calls for service. There were a few priority 3 calls that the response times were not met, but response times for priority 2 and 1 calls were met. Captain Urena went on to report briefly on the types of calls that the Sheriff's Office responded to. Captain Urena shared a brief overview of the domestic calls that deputies handled in November. On November 5, 2019 Deputies responded to Homestead High where a female student reported being pushed by her boyfriend, who was also a student at the school. An investigation revealed the suspect boyfriend forcibly grabbed the victim girlfriend by the wrist and pushed her down after an argument. The suspect was arrested and booked into Juvenile Hall. On November 10, 2019 The victim wife called to report her husband pushed her on the chest once after an argument. The husband was arrested and booked into Main Jail. On November 19, 2019 The victim husband called to report his wife slapped him across the face while he was on the toilet, out of jealousy. The suspect wife was arrested and booked into Main Jail. On November 20,2019 The victim ex-boyfriend's lawyer suggested the victim call police to report prior domestic violence on 10/14, when the victim alleged the suspect slapped him across the face and scratched him causing injury, since the suspect ex-girlfriend previously obtained a restraining order against him. The case is being submitted for DA review. On November 25, 2019 An Investigator called to report a victim in one of their cases texted them stating the suspect boyfriend (restrained party in a criminal order protecting the victim) showed up to the 5 Public Safety Commission Minutes December 12, 2019 victim's house the previous day, got into an argument with the victim and head-butted the victim in the face, causing visible injuries. The suspect is known and at large. 9. Subject: Report by the City of Cupertino Recommended Action: Receive report by the City of Cupertino Liaison None 10. Subject: Commissioner Reports Recommended Action: Receive Commissioner's Reports None ADJOURNMENT Commission Chair Chao adjourned the meeting at 8:58pm NEXT MEETING The next Regular Meeting is scheduled for Thursday,January 9, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. SUBMITTED BY: Veronica Lara West Valley Patrol Division Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff December 26, 2019 APPROVED BY: Date Yvonne Chao, air 6