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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-02-06; City Council; 5735; ACCEPTANCE OF TELECOMMUNICATOR FOR DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS.. . .. 0 0. CITY OF CARLSBAD k .., ' Initial: . Dept.Hd. . C. Atty . '*], z C. Mgr. I b Acceptance of 're1 ecommuni cator '.for -Deaf and Heari ng Imp Persons. AGENDA BILL EO. 5735- February 6, 19.79 . I . DATE: .. I DEPARTMENT: City Manager Subject : - . Statement of the Matter The Lions Club of Carlsbad wishes to present a telecornmunicator for deaf .and hearing impaired persons to the City of Carlsbad. This eq ment is connected to a telephane line and anyone equipped with a si Exhibit l.i Memorandum to City Manager, dated January 30, 19-7'9 P Exhibit ('A 2,i R.esolution .No. 3-6l0.3 . . ilar machine is able to communicate with the Police Wepa.rtment. Recommendation It is rec0mmende.d that the gift of the telecommunica.tor be accepted If Council concurs9 they should adopt Resol'ution No. 5&,5:3 . Councif Action: 2-6-79 Council 'adopted R.es.oluution 5663, accepting a gift of a . . Telecommunicator for deaf and hearing impaired persons. .. I -- .. '\ -. *' e 0 < CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: Paul D. Bussey January 30, 1979 FROM : Roy J. Kundtz SUBJECT: Porta-Tel City Manager Chief of Pol ice The Lions Club of Carlsbad has offered to donate a Porta-Tel to the Pol ice Department. A Porta-Tel is a porta-tele communicator for deaf, hearing impaired and speech impaired persons. They resemble and operate very similar to a printed circuit teletype machine. soon have these machines available for an additional monthly cost or they may be purchased outioight. Anyone equipped with a Porta-Tel will be able to communicate directly with anyone else so equipped. It is our intention to add this machine to our new communications con- sole, at which time we will be able to receive emergency messages from anyone equipped with a similar machine. departments in the North County are equipped with this machine, we expect to receive any emergency calls and relay them to any agency respons i bl e. The only cost accruing to the City is one additional private telephone line which is the carrier of the message. These normal ly retai 1 for about $400. The telephone company will Until other cities or police 1 RJK/dib Exhibit "A" I Y W 3. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 , (6 ‘e .RESOLUTION NO. 5663 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY.COUNCIL OF THE CITY- OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING A GIFT OF A TELECOMMUNICATOR FOR DEAF AND HEARING Irq- > PAIRED PERSONS WHEREAS, the Lions Club of Carlsbad wishes to present a communicator for deaf and hiaring impaired persons; and WHEREAS, the City CourLci1 wishes to accept this gift pu to Sections 37354 and 37355 of the California Government Cod NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of t of Carlsbad as follows: 1. That the recitations are true and correct. 2. That the City Council accepts the gift of a telecorr cator for deaf and hearing impaired persons on behalf of all citizens of the City of Carlsbad. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of tf- Carlsbad City Counc-il held on the 6th day of February , by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Packard, Skotnicki, Anear, Lewis Councilwoman Cas1 er NOES : None ABSENT : None Ed/&J RONALD C. PACKARD, Mayor ATTEST: i (SEAL) c a e 5200 ELM AVENUE TELEPP Office of rbe Mayor CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA 92008 (714) 72 citp nf aarl$blib February 21, 1979 Neal Wysockis President %ionEs Club sf Carlsbad c/o Ea Jolla Federal Savings and Loan 800 Grand Avenue Carlsbad, California 92808 Dear Mr, Wysocki: On behalf of the! CarPsbad City Council and the citizens of the community, I would like to express our thanks to the Lion's Club of CarPsbad for their gift of a Porta-TeP Communicator, hearing impaired and speech impaired personsp will be added to the Police Department communication console. This will enable them to receive any emergency messages from those persons equipped with a similar machine, These messages c:an then be relayed to the responsible agency - Please convey our appreciation to all the members of your very fine organization, Sincerely, This machine which aids deaf, gh%yd**2&cC?.( Q RONALD C. PACKAIRD Mayor RCP: ldg