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Home My WebLink About2021-02-03; Coronavirus Response Update 122; Harrison, David Fire Department Safety Center 2560 Orion Way | Carlsbad, CA 92010 | 760-931-2141 Memo ID# 2021027 Council Memorandum Feb 3, 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 122 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. • EOC is providing support to Operation Collaboration. • Carlsbad CERT is providing support to the Operation Collaboration vaccination dispensing location. • Carlsbad Rotary to distribute face masks at Sculpture Park on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. • EOC staff, with help from staff research librarians and CERT, are conducting advance planning for anticipated COVID-19 UK variant surge. Regional status of outbreak (All data from Feb. 2) California County Confirmed cases 3,270,770 240,050 Increase since last memo 117,584 9984 % increase since last memo 3.7% 4.3% Deaths 41,811 2,629 Carlsbad status of outbreak (All data from Feb. 2) Carlsbad 92008 92009 92010 92011 Confirmed cases 3,999 1,129 1,465 653 722 Increase since last memo 194 55 63 26 45 % increase since last memo 5% 5.1% 4.5% 4.1% 6.6% Deaths >31 n/a n/a n/a n/a CORONAVIRUS ACTIONS Feb. 3, 2021 Page 2 Human Resources • Status of employees with possible COVID-19 exposure: As of Jan. 20 Change since last memo Cleared, no positive diagnosis 309 +9 Cleared after positive diagnosis 70 +4 Self-isolated due to positive diagnosis 10 +1 Self-quarantined due to exposure, not tested 3 0 Self-quarantined due to symptoms, not tested 1 -1 Self-quarantined while waiting for test results 3 -2 Self-quarantined due to high-risk exposure, tested negative 1 +1 City-by-city comparison • Carlsbad again has the 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 3.43%, slightly lower than the 3.51% rate reported in Encinitas. CORONAVIRUS ACTIONS Feb. 3, 2021 Page 3 Fire Department • Yesterday was our first day of community vaccinations of the approved phases and tiers at our local dispensing site. • 210 total were vaccinated • 140 of the vaccines were the Pfizer version, 70 were Moderna’s Police Department • Weekly update on calls for service: All calls Crime COVID-19 Mental health transports Domestic violence cases 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 1/18-1/24 1,868 144 285 4 8 1/25-1/31 2,056 163 285 9 11 COVID-19 calls 1/25-1/31 Extra patrol Health order violation Educational contact Medical Other Party Trespass Transient 262 6 5 2 3 3 1 3 Community Development • Weekly update on outdoor activation permits as of Feb. 2: On private property On sidewalk # of businesses that applied* Permits pending 1 2 3 Permits approved 82 19 96 Total 83 21 99 *Several businesses applied for multiple permits. Note: Previous tallies included all businesses that applied, including those that had withdrawn their applications. This chart now includes only businesses with pending or issued permits. CORONAVIRUS ACTIONS Feb. 3, 2021 Page 4 • Weekly update on building permit activity as of Feb. 2: Last week Weekly average Nov.-Dec. 2019 Permits issued 107 87 Inspections 276 362 Video inspections 70 n/a Permits finalized 86 104 *All inspections conducted with social distancing measures Library & Cultural Arts • Update on new accounts and curbside service: New library accounts Items checked out via curbside service Items returned March-May 1,132 n/a n/a June 428 12,252 19,402 July 501 20,797 23,830 August 606 20,583 19,381 September 400 21,892 23,708 October 444 21,546 21,932 November 358 18,576 21,770 December 345 19,964 25,082 January 481 21,300 20,674 Total 4,695 156,910 175,779 • Winter Reading Challenge – The Carlsbad City Library challenged the Carlsbad community to read for at least 75,000 minutes during the month of January. Participants who registered and logged at least four hours of reading earned a Subway food voucher. The Carlsbad community read for 91,217 minutes, beating the reading goal by 21.6%. During the Challenge, 347 people registered, and 118 rewards have been picked-up via curbside service as of Feb. 1. Parks & Recreation • Resumed full menu service for outdoor dining only at The Canyons Restaurant of The Crossings at Carlsbad Municipal Golf Course. • Update on senior meal program: o During the past week, provided 861 meals to Carlsbad residents 60 or older. ▪ 498 meals were delivered to residents’ homes by staff ▪ 363 meals were picked-up at the Senior Center by residents CORONAVIRUS ACTIONS Feb. 3, 2021 Page 5 o Total number of meals provided represents a 23% 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 YouTube Extra Features - Advanced features including how to post videos, video viewing settings and live broadcasts via YouTube Live. o Lunch at the Culinary Lab - Featured cranberry orange and Matcha muffins. o UCSD Osher Lifelong Learning - lecture on San Diego Neighborhoods: Hillcrest o Morningstar Investing Know-How - Special investing topics covered the latest news articles Communication & Engagement • Communicated via city communication channels about the following topics related to the COVID-19 public health emergency: o Operation Collaboration with the county and regional fire agencies, available vaccine appointments o Who is eligible in vaccination tiers o Vaccine updates including: ▪ Different variants ▪ More vaccine distribution sites including Cal State San Marcos and Carlsbad property ▪ “My Turn” website for vaccine eligibility ▪ At-home COVID tests o Daily case data and update on county and state triggers o What metrics we need to hit in order to move down to the red tier o Safe ways to enjoy the Super Bowl o California small business COVID-19 relief grants o Yale’s Psychology and the Good Life course o Worldwide marker of 100 million COVID-19 cases o Record deaths in January o Effectiveness of wearing two masks o City Council’s approval of more funding for city’s COVID-19 response o Reminder of all the public health guidelines o Free transit rides to vaccine appointments o Virtual city programs: ▪ Carlsbad unmuted for teens ▪ Teen culinary lab ▪ Dungeons and Dragons club ▪ Public meetings and input opportunities ▪ Female artist art lessons ▪ Family yoga CORONAVIRUS ACTIONS Feb. 3, 2021 Page 6 ▪ Musical concerts ▪ Mental health and stress relief resources • Updated Carlsbad vaccine appointments webpage • Sent employee updates 69 and 70 o COVID-19 updates, employee cases o Vaccines for city workers o Teamwork in action o Goal setting o Super Bowl spirit o City Council’s approval of salary increase o New phones and features coming soon o Mandatory training: sexual harassment, cybersecurity • Designed and printed library curbside signs, COVID-19 park rules, COVID-19 mask banners, purple tier business guideline flyer for Police Department c: 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