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Principal Planner Stern said the schools are making plans to have supplies for their students. There are references to the city's emergency management plan, which lays out a number of ways to acquire the supplies as needed. Council member Thorne believed this was a comprehensive list and could solve a problem he has been concerned about, which is what do people in neighborhoods or households do when they can't use their homes anymore. Where do they go for emergency treatment or first aid supplies? This sounds like the perfect opportunity to do some supplying of those places for the neighborhoods. Perhaps the neighborhood watch organizations could help spread the information. Councilmember McGovern said she had read the material and felt it her responsibility to ask the questions the public might want to ask. She referred to page v-13 and asked for discussion about the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department's change in response time from five to seven minutes. Chief Cody explained in the past the definition of response time was only for travel time. He felt that was only a portion of the actual response time. People have a perception that when they call, the fire department will be there within five minutes. The goal is to process a call in one minute and send it to the appropriate fire station. The staff then suits up for the type of emergency (one minute turnout time) and then five minutes of driving time to the scene of the emergency for a total of seven minutes response time. Councilmember McGovern indicated after five minutes without oxygen, a person dies or there is brain damage. She asked if there were ways to keep a five minute response time. Chief Cody indicated in order to maintain a five minute response; it would require more fire stations throughout the community. He indicated Councilmember McGovern was correct about the four to six minute window for the brain to be without oxygen and also noted another element is earfy defibrillation. In addition to the Fire Department having the equipment on the fire engines, the Police Department also has defibrillators on all the patrol cars. There are also public access defibrillators at the tennis park and aquatic center. He said a person's life was recently saved at the aquatic center. Having additional infrastructure in place, not just fire resources, is another way to address the concerns. As these issues continue to be studied, it needs to be done in a cost effective way by putting the appropriate tools in the community. Council member McGovern commented that the paramedics at each station perform quite a bit of the emergency rescue duties for people with medical problems. She felt Council should continue to review this to improve the response time. On another subject, she noted DSRSD is to be used as a resource during emergencies (page v-30); yet in reviewing public safety there is no discussion of raw or treated sewage release. The DSRSD facility is very close to one of the earthquake faults. She asked if that was addressed somewhere else in the General Plan. Was there discussion of whether there is an adequate ability to control the release of sewage into the waterways? Principal Planner Stern said staff had not addressed that specifically, but was certain that any emergency plan that DSRSD has would consider the potential for that happening. General Plan Workshop Minutes 14 August29,2006