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Recommendation to Approve a Report on City Activities and Expenditures Related to the COVID-19 Emergency. (Human Resources 2510)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City started preparing for and responding to the COVID-19 emergency in February of 2020. On February 28, 2020 the City did a remote activation of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). On March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom issued a Proclamation of the State of Emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since March 16, 2020 the City has physically staffed the EOC.
During this period the City has implemented multiple actions focused on three crucial areas: the health and well-being of employees, the health of the community, and measures to mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19 to the community.
These actions include (but are not limited to):
* Remote and repurposing of work for many City employees in order to ensure the City continued to provide services to the community.
* An example of repurposing is that City employees have been assigned to the Food Bank and/or Mastick Senior Center.
* Implementation of employee pay provisions for employees without full-time work or unable to work
* Essential City services available on-line and by phone
* Increased focus on housekeeping and sanitation practices
* Provided personal protective equipment (PPE) and other protective measures for City employees
* Deployed 17 hand sanitizer stations across the City and continue to refill as needed
* Funded small business grants for local businesses
* Deferred payments for business licenses and transient occupancy tax
* Closed public facilities
* Changed public in-person meetings to virtual meetings
* Developed a program for rent relief for residential and commercial tenants
* Temporary prohibition on commercial and residential evictions
* Requested and deployed trailers to provide housing for up to eight unhoused residents who are non-symptomatic for COVID-19
* D...
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