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Memo ID# 2020153
Council Memorandum
July 23, 2020
To: Honorable Mayor Hall and members of the City Council
From: David Harrison, Assistant Director of Emergency Services
Via: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Re: Coronavirus Response Update 83
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide the City Council with an update on the city’s
response actions related to COVID-19. This memo focuses on actions and information that are
new since the last update.
Emergency Operations Center
• Emergency Operations Center activated to support COVID-19 mitigation and
response operations and information sharing.
Regional status of outbreak (All data from July 22)
California County Carlsbad
Confirmed cases 413,576 25,107 412
Increase since last memo 22,038 972 17
Deaths 7,870 505 n/a
Human Resources
• Status of employees with possible COVID-19 exposure:
Cleared, no positive diagnosis 90
Cleared after positive diagnosis 3
Self-isolated due to positive diagnosis 3
Self-quarantined due to exposure, not tested 9
Self-quarantined due to symptoms, not tested 1
Self-quarantined while awaiting test results 1
CORONAVIRUS ACTIONS
July 21, 2020
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Library & Cultural Arts
• The library resumed lending materials to other libraries Monday and already has six
requests for interlibrary loans.
• Offering a 30-minute virtual workshop by local artists on creating art with fabric and
thread for patrons 10 and older and all skill levels. Workshops are available on the city’s
YouTube channel.
• Launched a new series of instructional videos for genealogists doing research online on
the city’s YouTube channel in June. The first two videos resulted in a significant jump in
the use of the library’s genealogy resources, with a 361% increase in the number of
Ancestry Library Edition sessions and a 500% increase in the number of times the Fold 3
Library Edition was accessed in June over May.
Parks & Recreation
• Canceled special event permits for ArtWalk Carlsbad, scheduled for September 26-27,
and for Brewfest, scheduled for September 5, at the request of the events’ organizers.
• Installed “Masks Required” signs and banners throughout the city at various parks and
on all special event kiosks, to reinforce the public health protocols.
• Installed “Warning/Not Allowed/Pick-Up Games/Team Practices” at basketball courts at
various parks.
Community Development
• Update on outdoor dining permit activity:
On private
property On sidewalk
Pending 12 2
Issued 17 2
TOTAL 29 4
• Update on building permit activity:
Week ending
7/21
Weekly average for
May & June, 2019
Permits issued 107 95
Inspections 60 78
Permits finalized 419 342
*All inspections conducted with social distancing measures
CORONAVIRUS ACTIONS
July 21, 2020
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Communication & Engagement
• Ordered an additional 80 “Face Masks Required” or “Mask Up Carlsbad” banners for city
light poles
• Distributed employee COVID-19 update #49
• Communicated via city communication channels about the following topics related to
the COVID-19 public health emergency:
o Latest data on Carlsbad cases, 14-day rolling average and status of the county’s
13 triggers
o Confirmed community outbreaks by month and where they have taken place
o Governor’s new guidance to allow personal care services to operate outdoors
o How Carlsbad businesses can activate outdoor spaces
o Governor’s announcement about the upcoming school year
o How San Diego County can get off the state monitoring list
o How to sign up for COVID-19 general and business updates
o Face covering signs around Carlsbad
o What you could be saying by wearing a mask
o Examples of what 6 feet apart looks like to physically distance
o “I wear a mask for you, you wear a mask for me” graphic
o Warning against scam callers posting as water district employees
o Reminder when to wear masks while celebrating National Parks and Recreation
Month
o Livestreams to county news conference
o California Department of Aging friendship line
o Red Cross accepting plasma donations from COVID-19 recovered patients
o Virtual city programs
• Shared COVID-19 safety practices at Carlsbad libraries video
cc: Celia Brewer, City Attorney
Geoff Patnoe, Assistant City Manager
Gary Barberio, Deputy City Manager, Community Services
Paz Gomez, Deputy City Manager, Public Works
Laura Rocha, Deputy City Manager, Administrative Services
Michael Calderwood, Fire Chief
Neil Gallucci, Police Chief
Maria Callander, Information Technology Director
David Graham, Chief Innovation Officer
Judy von Kalinowski, Human Resources Director
Kristina Ray, Communication & Engagement Director
Nick Ordille, Assistant Fire Chief
Kyle Lancaster, Parks & Recreation Director