For City Council Meeting [September 28, 2021]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Sean Grayson, Fire Chief
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Request City Council to Receive an Update on and Confirm the Continued Existence of, and Provide any Further Direction in Relation to the Local Emergency Throughout the City of Rialto in Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak.
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BACKGROUND
On March 12, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution 7600 declaring a local emergency in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. In the action staff indicated that the item would be brought back to the City Council for updates at each City Council meeting for the duration of the local emergency. The City Council received an update on and approved continuation of the local emergency at each City Council meeting since the adoption of the resolution. Since the City's declaration of a local emergency and actions on March 16, 2020, there have been significant directives from the State of California and the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health. All of those orders were resolved on June 15, 2021, as the State of California began a process to roll back all Emergency Orders and effectively reopened the state to all sectors without COVID-19 restrictions for those persons that are fully vaccinated. There have been significant changes in the impact of COVID-19 on the community since State's rollback of specific COVID-19 protections.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
Metrics
On June 15, 2021 when the state rolled back its various orders the State, San Bernardino County and the City of Rialto were all at metrics for COVID-19 cases near the levels at the beginning of the pandemic and well below all previous surges. Since that time case rates, positivity rates, positivity rates in healthy places, and hospitalizations have all shown a significant increase.
These changes are attributed to many factors with the most significant being:
* The rise of the Delta variant, a reported ...
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