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CityCouncil | 2011-06-07 | 5 | CITY MANAGER COMMUNICATIONS (11-297) Crown Beach Incident The Acting City Manager stated the Fire policy on rescue swimmers has been repealed; under the new policy that was issued last Tuesday, the on scene Incident Commander will now have the discretion to send rescue swimmers into the water as appropriate; thirty members of the Fire Department have volunteered for the Rescue Swimmer Training Program; sixteen will start water training next week; the website will have a repository for documents and files regarding the matter and will be available later this week; documents will be added as they become available; radio transmissions and phone calls into and out of the Police Department Communications Center will be available; recordings have been redacted to delete a private cell phone number and private home addresses; a comment regarding the medical condition of someone other than Mr. Zack will not be audible; radio communications between the Fire Department and the County Communication Center will be available; a written transcript will also be available; a written timeline summary of Alameda Police Department and Alameda Fire Department responses will be provided; other records relevant to the incident, including [Fire Department] Information Bulletin 1762, which is the 2009 memo regarding the status change of the Service Water Rescue Swimming Program, will be available in addition to [Fire Department] Information Bulletin 1884 issued last week regarding the operational status change for Service Water Rescue swimmers and [Fire Department] General Bulletin 146, which is the 2003 policy on water rescue operations which runs the gamut covering swimmers and boats; other documents will be reviewed for exemptions from the Public Records Act. Mayor Gilmore stated the situation is very tragic for Mr. Zach, his family, and members of the public; there has been a lot of communication via phone calls and emails; the public is deeply concerned; one reason the matter is on the agenda is because it would be appropriate for Council to call for an independent review of the situation even though the Police and Fire Departments are doing their own investigation; an independent review is warranted; determining what happened and when it happened is extremely important; timelines will be reviewed in addition to existing documents, policy, procedures, and protocols so that Council can determine what needs to be changed; people are very upset about the incident; Council is upset also but needs to wait until the results of the investigation; scoring political points by making a lot of different statements, accusations, and placing blame would be easy but will not bring back Mr. Zach, provide comfort to his family, or ensure that something as terrible as this incident would not happen again; the only way the City can give its citizens credible assurances is to find out exactly what happened, when it happened, and continue to make changes so that this terrible incident does not happen again; when the independent review is complete, the results will be shared with the community; right now, there is a confidence problem; that she wants to ensure residents that necessary changes will continually be made. Speakers: Liz Williams, Alameda; Denise Lai, Alameda (submitted comments); Janet Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 5 June 7, 2011 | CityCouncil/2011-06-07.pdf |