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Memo ID# 2020107
Council Memorandum
May 29, 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 64
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.
•EOC staff delivered 5,500 face masks to faith-based organizations.
Regional status of outbreak (All data from May 28 at 5 p.m.)
California County Carlsbad
Confirmed cases 102,455 7,100 75
Increase from day before 2,309 117 0
Deaths 3,934 260 n/a
Police Department
•A large number of officers will be along the beach this weekend to ensure compliance
with the health order.
•Officers have issued 148 written warnings this week along the beach related to health
order violations.
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San Diego County cases
•Confirmed COVID-19 cases by city as a percent of population shows Carlsbad’s rate is
below other cities. (Chart Includes only cities with more than 50,000 residents.)
•While the current rate of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents in Carlsbad is just 65.4,
it’s 576.6 in National City, 427.3 in El Cajon, 393.6 in Chula Vista and 280.5 in Imperial
Beach.
•The rate is 212.7 for the county overall, and 221.6 in the City of San Diego.
Public Works
•Sent memo to the Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board notifying them that the
district’s executive manager extended the following temporary measures until the end
of the state of emergency:
o Potable water service will not be discontinued due to non-payment
o Late fees will not be assessed
o Potable water business customers who closed their accounts because of the
pandemic may discontinue their water service to stop accrual of any associated
monthly fees and have water service reestablished later without paying a
reconnection fee
Human Resources
No change in status of employees with possible COVID-19 exposure: 44 employees
cleared to return to work.
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Community Development
• Update on building permit activity: Week ending 5/28 Prior 4-months’ average
Permits issued 69 85
Inspections 264 420
Permits finalized 61 90
*All inspections conducted with social distancing measures
Parks & Recreation
• Provided 1,310 meals during the past week to Carlsbad residents 60 years of age or
older through the senior meal program.
o 774 meals were delivered to residents’ homes by staff; 536 meals were picked
up at the Senior Center by residents
o Total number of meals provided is an 87% increase in the average total number
of meals served before the pandemic
o Distributed face masks provided by the Emergency Operations Center
• Picked up boxes of donated fresh produce from the Carlsbad Strawberry Company and
re-distributed the produce within the senior meal program.
• Delivered shade canopies and folding tables to the Barker Family’s food drive, held
during the Carlsbad Unified School District’s lunch pickup program at Carlsbad High
School.
Communication & Engagement
• Created and shared the following with the public on city communication channels:
o County’s updated beach rules starting June 2
o Updated case numbers countywide and in Carlsbad
o Link to county’s charts
o Resources to keep children safe online
o Rock art that encourages actions to save lives
o Firefighter story time
o Virtual introduction to Folklorico Dance
o Virtual bike month classes
o Thank you to ASRV for face mask donation
• Prepared and distributed daily email update from the city:
o Acknowledgement of the 100,000 lives lost and families affected
o What the county knows about active cases
o Updated case numbers
o Current CDC guidance on face coverings and examples of city staff wearing them
o Carlsbad’s ASRV donation of face masks
o Dashboard of what’s open and closed
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• Prepared and distributed an enewsletter to seniors:
o New Zoom classes
o Wellness Wednesday webinars
o Aging creatively with San Diego Dance Theater
o Genealogy videos
o Live performances
• Prepared and distributed an enewsletter to families:
o Firefighter story time
o Playwrights project script writing
o Library virtual programs
o Camps@Home programs
o Youth sport videos
o Art@Home projects
• Distributed an enewsletter to vacation rental property owners:
o State’s resilience roadmap to reopening
o Restrictions on lodging and short-term vacation rentals, which are open only for
essential workers and to support COVID-19 efforts
o Letter from the city manager and the county
• Responded to 13 questions and comments on the city’s social media platforms and
Communication & Engagement Department’s email.
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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
Kyle Lancaster, Parks & Recreation Director