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Memo ID# 2020051
Council Memorandum
April 4, 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 23
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide the City Council with an update on the city’s
response actions related to COVID-19. Please note, 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.
o Monitoring implantation of Health Order Addendum
o Community engagement planning
Regional status of outbreak (all data from April 2 at 5 p.m.)
Fire Department
• Completed final draft of a policy on face coverings for firefighters that includes the type
of protections they need to take at fire stations, when treating patients and on service
calls.
• Managing procurement and distribution of personal protective equipment for the city.
California
Confirmed cases 11,394
Increase from day before 1,314
Deaths 253
San Diego County (as of April 2 at 4 p.m.)
Confirmed cases 1,112
Increase from day before 146
Deaths 17
Carlsbad (as of April 3 at 8 a.m.)
Confirmed cases 37
Change from day before 5
CORONAVIRUS ACTIONS
April 4, 2020
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Police Department
• Enforced stay-at-home public health orders along trails, parks and beaches. Working
with State Parks staff on the state’s beach closures, which appear to be going well, with
no people seen on local beaches.
Parks & Recreation
• Confirmed State Parks had installed barriers at the top of the Pine Avenue beach access
ramp (shown above) and that State Parks staff would lock the restroom building at the
bottom of the ramp along lower sea wall.
• The handwashing stations requested from the county health department, for the
Washington Street city parking lot and the bus stop at Harding Street at Carlsbad Village
Drive, are not available because of limited supply. Staff will try to get these stations set
up through a local vendor. The county stations will replace those stations once they are
available.
• Received a new request from the American Red Cross for a blood drive location, to
potentially be established in May.
City Clerk’s Office
• Assisted staff with the coordination of virtual meetings for the Traffic & Mobility
Commission, Housing Element Advisory Committee and Carlsbad Tourism Business
Improvement District Board for the week of April 6. These meetings will be live
streamed on the city website. Public participation will be conducted in the same manner
as City Council meetings.
• Implementing a method to electronically route staff reports to reduce the number of
hands touching paper and allow for telecommuting.
CORONAVIRUS ACTIONS
April 4, 2020
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Communication & Engagement
• Created and shared the following with the public on city communication channels:
o Recap of county news conference with the news that restaurant workers need to
wear face coverings and that swimming, surfing and boating are prohibited
o State beach closures
o Live well at home resources from the county
o Preview of next City Council meeting topics and how to watch online
o Updated COVID-19 case numbers
o Updated rules on face coverings and resources to make them
o Grocery store hours for at-risk shoppers
o Reminders about wellness and connection during stay at home order
o Health care volunteer opportunities with the county
o How to get alerts from the county
• Prepared and distributed COVID-19 update with recent developments, resources and
city actions, via internal and external channels
• Updated main COVID-19 webpage with amended health order, update that state
beaches, water are closed, face covering resources and new business resources.
• Reorganized website content to highlight current issues and make resources easy to
find.
• Responded to 27 questions and comments on the city’s social media platforms and
Communication & Engagement department’s email
• Completed replacing temporary closure signs at school fields and tennis courts
CORONAVIRUS ACTIONS
April 4, 2020
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CORONAVIRUS ACTIONS
April 4, 2020
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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