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Memo ID# 2021014
Council Memorandum
Jan. 20, 2021
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 120
This memorandum provides 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 Jan. 19)
California County
Confirmed cases 2,996,968 216,835
Increase since last memo 249,680 22,040
Percentage increase since last memo 9% 11%
Deaths 33,739 2,109
• The State of California is reporting the Southern Region’s intensive care unit capacity as
0%. San Diego County is reporting the county’s ICU capacity as 12%.
Carlsbad status of outbreak (All data from Jan. 19)
Carlsbad 92008 92009 92010 92011
Confirmed cases 3,610 1,008 1,331 604 645
Increase since last memo 300 80 111 63 42
% increase since last memo 9% 9% 9% 12% 7%
Deaths >20 n/a n/a n/a n/a
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CORONAVIRUS ACTIONS
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Human Resources
• Status of employees with possible COVID-19 exposure:
As of Jan 20 Change since
last memo
Cleared, no positive diagnosis 288 +26
Cleared after positive diagnosis 54 +14
Self-isolated due to positive diagnosis 17 -11
Self-quarantined due to exposure, not tested 4 -5
Self-quarantined due to symptoms, not tested 4 0
Self-quarantined while waiting for test results 2 -4
Self-quarantined due to high-risk exposure, tested
negative 9 -6
City-by-city comparison
• Carlsbad continues to have the second lowest rates of confirmed cases of COVID-19 as
a percent of population in local cities with 50,000 or more residents, Carlsbad’s rate is
at 3.13%, slightly higher rate than the 3.10% rate reported in Encinitas.
Olula Vista
--Poway
Elcajon
San Diego
--Encinitas --Escondido
San Marcos --Santee
--la Mesa • • • • -National Oty --Oceanside
--vista • • • • • Unincorporated--Carlsbad
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Police Department
• Weekly update on calls for service:
All calls Crime COVID-19
Mental
health
transports
Domestic
violence
cases
11/23-11/29 1,920 143 242 14 11
11/30-12/6 2,135 166 340 7 12
12/7-12/13 2,104 164 383 10 8
12/14-12/20 2,067 165 325 12 10
12/21-12/27 1,746 137 350 10 12
12/28-1/3 1,908 162 371 10 4
1/4-1/10 2,080 143 403 10 6
1/11-1/17 2,198 156 268 9 8
COVID-19 calls 1/11-1/17
Extra
patrol
Health order
violation
Educational
contact Medical Other Transient
221 28 7 5 5 2
Community Development
• Weekly update on outdoor activation permits as of 1/19:
On private
property
On
sidewalk
Permits pending 2 3
Permits approved 81 18
Total 83 21
A total of 105 businesses have applied.
• Weekly update on building permit activity as of 1/19:
Last week
Weekly average
Nov.-Dec. 2019
Permits issued 61 87
Inspections 314 362
Video inspections 72 n/a
Permits finalized 34 104
*All inspections conducted with social distancing measures
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Parks & Recreation
• Continued to ensure The Canyons Restaurant of The Crossings at Carlsbad Municipal
Golf Course remained compliant with the state requirement for limiting service to take-
out orders only
• Continued to monitor parks for compliance with the applicable county and state
protocols and requirements, including on athletic fields, basketball courts and pickleball
courts. Tried to educate non-compliant patrons, and contacted Police Department
dispatch if those efforts were unsuccessful
• Update on senior meal program:
o During the past week, provided 885 meals to Carlsbad residents 60 or older.
522 meals were delivered to residents’ homes by staff
363 meals were picked-up at the Senior Center by residents
o Total number of meals provided represents a 26% increase in the average total
number of meals provided before the pandemic.
o Picked up boxes of donated fresh produce from the Carlsbad Strawberry
Company and re-distributed the produce through the senior meal program.
• Provided the following virtual recreation programs:
o Virtual preschool - Preschoolers attended their own Zoom meetings with five
sessions of virtual classes Monday through Friday from the Kruger House
o Successful Aging in Place: The Master Plan - Family-focused educational program
covered such issues as housing, health, financial resources, transportation
options and community and social access
o Teens Teach Tech - High school students provided guidance to seniors on their
various technology needs in this intergenerational program in partnership with
Pacific Ridge High School
o Lunch at the Culinary Lab - Delicious Belgian cuisine
o UCSD Osher Lifelong Learning - A lecture on historic Point Loma
Communication & Engagement
• Communicated via city communication channels about the following topics related to the
COVID-19 public health emergency:
o Daily case data and update on county and state triggers
o Tracking post-holiday surge
o Vaccine updates including:
Distribution and the ability for those 75 and older to get vaccinated
New vaccines being submitted to the FDA
State’s upcoming online vaccine eligibility tool
Vaccine acceptance
More vaccine super stations
o Starbucks in Washington state to help with vaccine distribution
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o Allocation of CARES Act funding
o City Council preview, including discussion of health order enforcement and
federal funds
o International travel testing requirement
o County’s vote to increase enforcement on businesses not in compliance
o Reminder of all public health guidelines
o Virtual city programs:
Mental health and stress relief resources
Live Author Talk
Public meetings and input opportunities
Winter Reading Challenge
Female artist art lessons
Health and wellness
Family yoga
• Updated COVID-19 webpages
o Vaccine updates
o Employee blog for mandatory review of COVID-19 prevention plan
o Staff Human Relations training workshops
• Updated memo for workplace outbreak procedures and notification process
• Reprinted COVID-19 public health guidelines for the library, created signage for
upcoming EMT/paramedic vaccine distribution events
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