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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda Report - August 18, 1982 (41)ADDITION OF AUTOMATIC LOCATION IDENTIFICATION FEATURE FOR 911 EMERGENCY TELEPNJNE SYSTEMS URGED RES. 82-90 Following introduction of the matter by City Manager GIaves, Council on motion of Councilman Pinkerton, Murphy second, adopted Resolution No. 82-90 - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Lodi urging the State of California to enact legislation to provide for the addition of the automatic location identification feature for 911 Emergency Telephone Systems. U, e CITY COUNCIL4; HENRY A GIAVES. 1►. C,tv Manager `FREDMayor ROiliTGj-MURPHY. CITY OF L o D I ALICE M RfIMCHE _`! Terr�pottt CITY HAIL, 221 WEST PINE STREET City Clerk EvELYN ltt. OISON POST OFFICU BOX 320 RONALD hl, STEIN TAMES W. PINKERTON, it. LODI. CALIFORNIA 95241 City Attorney IONN R. (Randy) SNIDER (209) 134-5634 August 23, 1982 Dr. Henry L. Richter, P.H.D., PE President Te-leComm--Consultants, Inc. 8812- E. Las Tunas Drive =San Gabriel, CA 91776 Dear Dr. Richter: Enclosed herewith please find Resolution No. 82-90, a Resolution ,of the City Council of the City of Lodi urging the State of California to enact legislation to provide for the addition of the automatic location identification feature for the 911 emergency telephone- stems. Certified copies of this resolution have been forwarded to Mr. Mason Riegel, Director of the Communications Diuiaion, Governor Brown, Mike Curb, Speaker of the Assembly Willie Brown, Senator John Garamendi and Assemblyman Pat Johnston. Should you have any questions concerning, this action of the Council, please do not hesitate to call this office. Very truly yours, Alice M. Reimche City Clerk AMR/lf Enc. 1*7 RESOLUTION NUMBER 82-90 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LODI URGING THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO ENACT LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADDITION OF THE AUTOMATIC LOCATION IDENTIFICATION FEATURE FOR 911 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEMS. WHEREAS, California law requires the implementation of a 911 Emergency Telephone System for all of California; and, WHEREAS, Funding for this system has been provided by a surcharge on certain telephone services; and, WHEREAS, The major purpose of such a system is to aid in the reporting of incidents requiring emergency response; and, WHEREAS, Technical advancements now make it feasible to automatically determine the location of the calling. _party; and, WHEREAS:, This Automatic Location Identification -(ALI) feature is highly desirable to meet the purposes of the 9=11 Emergency Reporting System but is not eligible for funding from the 911 fund; and, WHEREAS, On July 28, 1982 the State Advisory Committee for 911 voted unanimously to recommend that the. ALI feature be funded from the 911 fund, now therefore be it, RESOLVED, That the public safety will be advanced by providing the ALI feature in the City of Lodi 911 system; and be it further, RESOLVED, That funding for the implementation of this feature should be authorized from the existing 911 fund; and be it further, RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the City of Lodi be authorized and directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to: 82-90 -1- o 1 '." t -. w Mr. Mason Riegel, Director, Communications Division 2825 Nineteenth Street Sacramento, California 95818 Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor Mike Curb, President of the Senate Willie L. Brown, Jr., Speaker of the Assembly John Garamendi, Senator Pat Johnston, Assemblyman Dated: August 1:-8, 1982 I hereby certify that Resolution 82-90 was passed and --adopted by the City Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held August 18, 1982 by the following voter Ayes: Council Members - Murphy, Olson, Snider -,- Pinkerton and Reid Noes: Council Members - None Absents Council Members - None &U(47. ALICE M. Y. IMCHE City Clerk TK WKWft cowww r. co"M TO e[ A CORRECT ' COw ► 0► YK ORVCOA Oft rKc +n r►ws ocnct.- _.• . ALICE M. REIMCHE Gh C EAK. CITY OF �► ° 82-90 -2- MEMORANDUM 214-1 r k-;,.dTCI CLIENT BULLETIN -- RECEIVED 911 Advisory Committee RecovmAAUG 18 AN 8 S2 Automatic Location Identification (fiW M. REIMCNE CITY CLERK This bulletin is being written to advise you thatcn julyCLTY A WCICosta Mesa I watched history being written as the 911 Zitate.Advisor Co ee Went on record and recommended to the State Communications Div sio_n that the State fund the ALI feature for B-911 -systems. Several steps are still necessary in order to make this a reality. It has to go through the Communications Division, and through Finance, and then must receive f incl State approval. I would therefore strongly recommend that you obtain a resolution from your City Council or Board of Supervisors supporting this move. We need to do everything we can at this point to convince the State that paying for this feature is in the best interest of our citizens. The addition of the ALI capability to the Automatic Number Identification (ANI) really fulfils the full intent of the 911 legislation. In terms of providing rapid emergency response to critical incidence where information is lacking, the ALI will provide particularly valuable information. I am sure that you are all sold on this concept and are simply waiting to find out whether or not the State will pick up the charges for it. Again, I feel that a resolution from your jurisdiction would help demonstrate that this feature is important to your citizens. I am not a qualified resolution drafter but I have enclosed a sample of some wording that would ensure that the essential points are mentioned in your document. I would suggest that the resolution be passed, as soon as possible, then sent to your state legislator with a copy to Mr. Mason Regal, Director, Communications Division, Sacraarento. I would also like to call to your attention (again) to this matter of obtaining satisfactory and cost effective foreign language translation for 911 centers. I made a presentation before the Advisory Committee, recommending to them that the State establish one or two central translation centers, serviced by an Boo telephone number. As our non --English speaking population grows, there will be a continuingly increasing problem of how to handle their calls. Staffing dispatch personnel to service the "five percent minority" (if you have one) could be a real hiring and scheduling headache. Over and above that, there is the general problem of how to handle calls in unknown languages in general. If you agree that this is a problem that could better be handled at the State level, please lend your voice to this campaign by communicating this fact to Mr. Mason Regal. I wrote a more complete description of this suggestion to the State in a previous client bulletin. I also sent it on to Mr. Regal but this is the first opportunity that I have had to pass it onto the 911 Advisory Committee. I suggested to the Committee that they send a questionaire around to the 911 and other dispatch centers finding out how frequently they have problemu with non-English speaking callers. Any experiences that you or your people have in this regard would certainly be of interest to me. I mould .also like to call your attention to another. Bill (AB 2592, copy enclosed) which we do not feel is in the beat interest of your clients. This deals with the requirement to have a hearing impaired communication device in each PSAP. We think that a minimum of one per county or major community is adequate (based on the several year history of calls to existing devices). We would suggest that you respond to this bill as you see fit. Henry L. Richter, Ph.D., PS President RLR: rw Attachments �'ii$�i��%iS°�Si:L�g$aia►uivw« awar•awa�.aw•� lit PH IkeVA �i.ii« o�oa�+war�.N.• Alit A a. N jet 1181 lift It r g III L M -r: Iffis! I . 0 x 0 p 5