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Phase 1
Function Description:
- Most parks throughout the City remain open for usages in compliance with County and State Orders and CDC guidelines
- Exceptions: closure of the dog and skate parks
- After initial closures, all parking lots for all parks are open
- After initial closures, tennis courts are open
- Sports fields are closed
- Most amenities (including play structures, picnic shelters, basketball courts, Frisbee golf and weight training equipment) are closed
- All facilities, including the library, are closed and programs cancelled except for the following essential services:
- Senior meal distribution
- Homeless Outreach providing limited emergency services
- Park Rangers monitoring parks/amenities for compliance/outreach
- Provide on-line and telephonic research support to library patrons
- Develop and implement virtual recreational programming for each age group (youth, adults, seniors)
- Develop and implement social media campaigns aimed at both enrichment and recreation
- Open day camp for children of City emergency service workers
Public Health Measures:
- All Measures under “City Hall,” above, plus:
- Keep brick and mortar restrooms open for public hygiene
- Remove portable toilet structures due to the difficulty in maintaining adequate sanitation
- Post requirement that park patrons comply with all public health orders, including social distancing and facial coverings as prescribed by the County and State
- Park Rangers assist in notifying park visitors of County and State Orders
- Limit employees on-site by creating cohorts that alternate working in the facilities and teleworking
- Require employees to comply with all public health orders, including social distancing and facial coverings as prescribed by the County, State and/or City guidelines and policies
- Create and maintain day camp protocols including daily temperature checks, limitations on group sizes, team leader assignments and sanitizing protocols
Participants:
Employer / Employees / Public
Phase 2 (Current Stage)
Function Description:
- Begin to phase employees into the work place full-time, beginning with the library
- Begin curbside pickup services for library materials
- Continue virtual programming and outreach
- Continue social media campaigns aimed at both enrichment and recreation
- Maintain closure of facilities
- Open pickleball courts (once the park is completed)
- Open dog park
- Maintain closure of high-contact and high-density amenities (play structures, picnic shelters, basketball courts)
- Establish a plan for the reopening of facilities to patrons, including cleaning and disinfecting protocols, reduced maximum occupancy, and social distancing
Public Health Measures:
- Continue safety protocols for employees, including use of PPEs
- Regularly inspect and update park use and precaution signage as appropriate
- Continue park patron education and compliance efforts through Park Rangers
- Participants:
- Employer / Employees / Public
Phase 3
Function Description:
- Continue to phase employees into the work place full-time
- Sports programs resume (limited/no spectators) with social distancing if deemed allowable
- Resume recreational programs on a pickup/drop-off basis (limited/no spectators) if deemed allowable
- Homeless Outreach activities increase
- Reopen the dog and skate parks
- Reopen amenities such as playgrounds, picnic shelters, basketball courts and weight training equipment, if allowable
- Reopen the Community and Senior Centers with reduced programming and events
- Reopen the municipal pool for open swim and infant swim lessons
- Reopen the library
Public Health Measures:
- Implement queuing systems in facilities such as the library
- Maintain appropriate safety precautions for staff and patrons (i.e., cleaning, distancing, barriers, PPE, screening)
- Screening to include temperature checks for employees and patrons
- Continue reduced maximum occupancy at all facilities
- Park patrons comply with all public health orders prescribed by the County and State
- Employees comply with all public health orders prescribed by the County, State and City guidelines and policies
- Participants:
- Employer / Employees / Public
Phase 4 (Future Stage)
Function Description:
- All Community Services operations and staff presence at full capacity
- Reopen the youth center
- All Community Services facilities, amenities and programming at full capacity including:
- Sports parks and courts
- Sports programs with spectators
- Aquatics programs
- Recreational programs
- Senior programs
- Homeless Outreach Activities
Public Health Measures:
- Continue requisite safety and health precautions for facilities and programs on behalf of staff and patrons (i.e., cleaning, distancing, PPE, etc.)
- Require that park patrons comply with all public health orders prescribed by the County and State
- Require that employees comply with all public health orders prescribed by the County, State and City guidelines and policies
Participants:
- Employer / Employees / Public