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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-06-01; Coronavirus Response Update 65; Harrison, David Fire Department Safety Center 2560 Orion Way | Carlsbad, CA 92010 | 760-931-2141 Memo ID# 2020109 Council Memorandum June 1, 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 65 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 481 Sew2Care face coverings to congregate care facilities. Regional status of outbreak (All data from May 31 at 5 p.m.) California County Carlsbad Confirmed cases 110,039 7,481 76 Increase from Friday’s memo 7,584 381 1 Deaths 4,146 269 n/a Police Department • Officers were generally able to keep people moving at the beach Sunday without issuing any written warnings for violations of the health order. • Seventeen written warnings were issued Saturday to beachgoers for health order violations. • A total of 179 written warnings have been issued over the past week along the beach. • Twenty parking citations were issued along the beaches on Saturday, none on Sunday. • Officers have issued a total of 194 parking citations along the beach since May 4, 2020. Human Resources • Status of employees with possible COVID-19 exposure Cleared to return to work 44 Self-quarantined due to possible exposure 1 CORONAVIRUS ACTIONS June 1, 2020 Page 2 Library & Cultural Arts • Beginning today, all three Carlsbad City Library locations will offer limited curbside checkout of library materials that were on hold when the libraries closed March 16. Library staff began contacting community members Thursday, May 28 to offer appointments to pick up these items. Patrons may also return library materials with the curbside service. • Cultural Arts launched Aging Creatively, a series of four virtual classes from San Diego Dance Theater offering movement and dance for people 55 and older. • Cultural Arts, in partnership with Playwrights Projects, is offering local families and seniors an opportunity to learn how to write short monologues and scenes based on interviews with loved ones to capture family histories. Participants can submit scripts that may be chosen to be read and recorded by professional actors on the city’s website • In partnership with a MiraCosta College music professor, Cultural Arts is hosting a virtual interview of local music duo MandoBasso this Saturday. Viewers are invited to submit questions. Communication & Engagement Communicated via city communication channels about the following topics related to the COVID-19 public health emergency: • Latest data on case numbers, testing, hospital capacity and other related information • Update on the governor’s Friday announcement that counties would determine when to move further into stage 2 once state guidance is issued • Announcement about the first step to sign up for the city’s new small business loan program • Support local businesses • Regional need for plasma donations • Updated beach rules coming June 2 • New county health order available • New requirement for hotel guests • New free legal assistance service • Updated dashboard of what’s open and closed • Reminder about the importance of face coverings • How to wash and care for face coverings • Thank you to ASVR for face mask donations • Online community services and activities: o Firefighter story time o Folkloric dance o General fitness and enrichment o Friday movie night o Zoom classes for 50+ CORONAVIRUS ACTIONS June 1, 2020 Page 3 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