REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
March 19, 2020
FROM: WILMA QUAN, City Manager
JIM SCHAAD, Assistant City Manager
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
BY: SCOTT MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
SUBJECT
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***RESOLUTION - Staying implementation of City employee security protocols due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) (Subject to Mayor's veto)
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Council stay the effective date for implementation of security screening for employees from March 26, 2020 to April 27, 2020, due to uncertainties of the effects of the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and concerns over the potential transmission of the disease during the employee and baggage screening process. The City Manager would thereafter have authority to extend the stay so long as the Governor's State of Emergency related to COVID-19 remains in effect.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Employee screening is part of an overall program being implemented at City Hall to enhance safety. The Facilities Management Division will be ready to implement screening of employees and their baggage on the effective date of March 26, 2020. However, with the recent global spread of COVID-19 disease, there are concerns that the process of screening employees and their baggage, as well the time waiting to be screened in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet), may expose employees to additional transmission risk.
BACKGROUND
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is responding to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel (new) coronavirus that was first detected in China and which has now been detected in almost 90 locations internationally, including in the United States. The virus has been named "SARS-CoV-2" and the disease it causes has been named "coronavirus disease 2019" (abbreviated "COVID-19")
Per the CDC, the complete clinical picture with regard to COVID-19 is not fully known. Reported illnesses have ranged from very mild (including s...
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