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From YouTube: 2/2/21 | City Mgr. Dave Sykes presents City's Response to COVID-19 & Continuity of Operations Plan
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San José City Council February 2, 2021 Meeting, Agenda Item 3.1
B
Again,
I'm
lee
wilcox,
chief
of
staff
at
city,
manager's
office
and
eoc
director,
along
with
kip
harkness
deputy
city
manager.
It's
been
over
a
year
since
we
initiated
our
pandemic
response
team
in
the
city
of
san
jose.
Here
in
the
united
states,
we've
lost
over
400
000
of
our
friends
and
family,
including
an
all
too
painful,
1414
locally
right
now,
there's
a
little
less
than
500
patients
in
our
hospital
system,
struggling
with
coven
19.,
while
our
case
count
has
been
declining
in
the
past
two
weeks.
B
Our
community
and
economic
recovery
team
is
working
hard
to
build
out
a
robust
infrastructure
to
mobilize
community
film
bankers
for
the
covet
19
vaccination
campaign.
You'll
hear
more
about
this
from
me
later
on
in
the
presentation
and
lastly,
on
this
front,
the
team
has
applied
and
received
30
million
dollars
in
federal
funding
for
a
rental
relief
program.
B
More
details
will
be
brought
forward
on
february,
9th
by
city
staff,
describing
how
we're
working
with
key
stakeholders
and
partners
to
develop
the
program
and
before
I
turn
it
over
to
matt.
I
did
want
to
say
that
last
week
we
received
our
first
major
storm
of
the
year
through
an
atmospheric
river
and
and
like
the
rest
of
last
year,
and
this
year
certainly
came
with
a
punch
to
handle
it
with
an
emergency
operation
center.
B
Since
we
were
already
activated
similar
to
how
we
dealt
with
the
psps
shut
offs
from
the
summer,
we
stood
up
an
incident
command
team
to
focus
foley
on
the
storm
and
potential
flooding
and
matt
kano
led
that
team,
on
behalf
of
the
city
and
the
emergency
operations
center.
So
I'd
like
to
turn
it
over
to
matt
to
go
over
last
week's
actions.
Thank
you.
Matt.
C
Thank
you
lee
and,
as
lee
mentioned,
and
as
you
all
know,
matt
cano,
director
of
public
works
and
last
week's
atmospheric
river,
was
definitely
projected
to
have
a
significant
impact
in
the
city
of
san
jose.
I
want
to
really
thank
all
the
departments
that
participated.
Public
works,
dots,
city
managers,
emergency
management,
prns,
housing
and
others
for
really
pivoting
from
the
the
intense
daily
work
that
everybody
already
had
to
make
sure
that
we
were
prepared
for
what
may
have
come
last
tuesday
evening.
C
The
first
thing
that
we
did
and
under
a
lot
of
the
guidance,
obviously
of
ray
riordan
and
his
team
in
emergency
management,
engage
valley,
water
right
away.
We're
really
proud
of
the
how
far
we've
come
in
our
relationship
with
valley,
water
on
on
storm
and
flood
response.
It
was
just
a
great
working
partnership
with
them.
The
entire
time
really
wanted
to
thank
them
for
their
partnership
throughout
the
day
and
throughout
the
night,
both
our
eoc
as
well
as
valley
waters,
eocs,
were
activated.
C
So
we
were
in
communication
the
entire
time,
in
addition
to
engaging
valley
water,
we
we
notified
residents
in
areas
that
we
knew
could
could
be
prone
to
flooding.
There
were
three
specific
areas
in
the
city
that
we
did
special
notifications
on
around
the
penitentia
guadalupe
and
ross
creek.
We
stood
up
an
evacuation
center
at
camden
community
center,
starting
at
midnight
on
last
tuesday
evening.
C
The
past
few
years
is
the
field
information
teams
where
we
actually
station
employees
at
the
areas
along
the
creek,
where
we
are
concerned
about
possible
over
topping,
and
we
have
them
take
measurements
throughout
the
night
at
15
and
30
minute
intervals.
Those
measurements
are
fed
directly
into
our
database,
along
with
pictures
that
our
staff
takes.
So
we
can
see
those
measurements
and
pictures
real
time
when
we're
sitting
in
the
eoc
on
our
computer
and
not
waiting
for
a
phone
call
or
something
like
that
from
somebody
to
say
the
creek
is
getting
high.
C
C
Fortunately,
the
atmospheric
river,
the
really
intense
portion
of
the
rainfall
did
not
last
as
long
as
had
been
originally
projected.
So
none
of
the
creeks
came
close
to
over
topping.
There
were
a
number
of
local
ponding
and
catch
basin
back
up
and
a
lot
of
issues
that
transportation
and
part
of
the
public
works
team
were
taken
care
of
throughout
the
night,
but
fortunately
no
major
flooding
occurred
and
we
ended
up
deactivating,
the
eoc
or
standing,
I
would
say,
closing
the
physical
eoc
around
5
a.m
on
wednesday
morning.
C
But
we
continued
to
monitor,
throughout
the
day
with
the
weather
service
and
the
water
district,
to
make
sure
we
were
ready
in
case
the
storm
came
back,
and
fortunately
it
didn't
in
summary,
really
appreciate
everybody's
response
to
it.
It
we've
learned
a
lot
of
lessons
the
past
few
years
and
we
felt
very
ready
for
what
could
have
happened.
D
D
D
Eligibility
for
a
hotel
room
is
determined
by
a
medical
professional
from
the
valley
homeless,
healthcare
program
and
is
based
on
public
health
recommendations.
The
eligibility
criteria
has
been
modified
during
the
course
of
the
pandemic.
It's
based
on
the
number,
the
type
and
the
severity
of
the
conditions.
D
D
D
D
D
The
blue
bar
or
the
bar
to
your
left
is
actual
number
of
people
who
slept
there,
and
the
bar
to
your
right
is
the
indicates.
The
number
of
beds
that
were
reserved
and
what
it
means
to
have
a
reserved
bed
is
that
somebody
was
already
in
the
bed,
and
there
was
every
expectation
that
the
person
was
going
to
come
back
and
initially
before
the
inclement
weather
season.
D
So
recent
improvements
that
we've
done
is
we've
just
expanded
the
overall
access
to
the
hotline,
so
it
used
to
be.
We
only
had
the
hotline
open
monday
through
friday,
and
now
it's
been
expanded
to
seven
days
a
week
from
nine
to
six.
However,
during
inclement
weather,
we've
made
additional
changes
to
improve
access
to
the
shelters,
including
expanding
the
hours
to
the
hotline,
from
six
to
nine
pm,
providing
transportation
to
people,
so
they
can
get
to
one
of
the
available
beds,
reserving
beds
for
outreach
and
then
eliminating
the
reserve
bed
policy.
E
E
E
The
president
is
implementing
this
roadmap
through
a
series
of
executive
orders
and
through
new
funding
in
his
proposed
american
rescue
package
slide
please,
on
executive
orders,
the
president
signed
several
directly
related
to
the
pandemic,
everything
from
authorizing
the
use
of
the
defense
authorization
act
from
vaccine
production
to
requiring
mass
and
transportation
facilities,
including
at
our
airport
special
note
to
the
city.
Just
today,
the
president
signed
an
executive
order
that
expands
to
100
fema
reimbursement
to
cover
food
and
sheltering
costs
based
on
last
january,
from
last
january,
which
is
really
exciting
news
for
the
city.
E
The
president
also
introduced
a
next
slide.
Please
lisa.
The
president
also
introduced
a
1.9
trillion
dollar
american
rescue
package.
This
package
includes
many
of
the
items
that
the
city
has
been
advocating
for
for
the
past
year,
including
direct
local
government
assistance,
homelessness,
funding,
vaccine
deployment,
child
care,
food
and
small
business
support
on
child
care.
The
president's
proposal
includes
25
billion
dollars
to
providers
an
additional
15
billion
in
child
care.
Development
block
grants
that
families
apply
for
directly
from
states.
E
Unlike
the
president's
proposal,
the
republican
group
proposal
does
not
include
local
and
state
funding
and
has
smaller
figures
for
direct
stimulus
payments
and
for
child
care
support.
Our
delegation
has
been
strong
champions
for
our
issues.
They
are
well
positioned
to
help
us
push
forward
our
priorities
for
local
funding
and
to
serve
the
most
vulnerable.
For
example,
representative
khanna
is
on
the
key
house
oversight
committee
that
is
drafting
the
language
around
local
government.
Support
representative
eschew
sits
on
the
energy
and
commerce
committee.
That's
working
on
vaccinations
and
representative
lofgren
leads.
E
The
california
delegation
is
really
seen
as
a
key
leader
on
immigration
issues
to
make
sure
that
our
immigrant
community
doesn't
fall
through
the
cracks.
We're
currently
updating
our
advocacy
letter
to
provide
fresh
information
about
the
needs
we
see
on
the
ground,
communicate
how
we
spend
previous
rounds
of
federal
funding
and
to
make
the
case
for
additional
federal
support.
We're
also
working
closely
with
the
national
league
of
cities
and
through
the
mayor
on
the
u.s
conference
of
mayors,
to
push
members
of
congress
throughout
the
nation
on
these
priorities.
Next
slide
on
the
state
level.
E
E
As
part
of
this
early
package
last
friday,
the
governor
signed
sb
91,
which
extends
the
statewide
renter
protection
measures
to
the
end
of
june
of
2021
and
lays
out
rules
for
how
the
state
will
implement
the
federal
emergency
rental
assistance
program.
As
we
mentioned,
the
administration
is
currently
working
closely
with
the
state
on
their
implementation
rollout
and
will
come
out,
come
back
to
council
on
february,
9th,
provide
more
information
and
get
council
direction
on
this
program.
E
The
city
has
weighed
in
with
the
legislature
to
support
the
governor's
early
action
proposals
and
key
elements
of
his
budget,
including
early
childhood
education
funding.
We
have
also
asked
the
governor
to
include
direct
funding
to
cities
for
homelessness
and
ask
the
state
to
fast-track
vaccine
deployment
funding.
B
I
wanted
to
start
the
the
vaccination
update
with
just
a
little
bit
of
a
framework
of
of
how
the
emergency
operations
center
is
approaching
this
work
and,
as
we
talked
about
in
the
previous
3.1,
there's,
there's
really
kind
of
three
layers
of
this,
and
so
I'll
go
over
those
and
how
we're
approaching
them.
You
know,
at
a
federal
level
we're
really
trying
to
understand
how
things
are
evolving
and
changing
and
our
role
there
is
really
one
of
advocacy
at
a
state
level
as
well.
B
So,
first
on
the
framework
on
january
26,
state
officials
unveiled
that
in
february
the
state
began
vaccinating
educators,
child
care,
workers,
food
and
farm
workers,
as
well
as
remaining
first
responders
and
health
care
workers,
emergency
workers
and
californians
65
and
over
the
state.
After
this
period,
the
state
will
then
transition
to
an
age-based
eligibility
system,
but
detail
on
on
how
and
when
this
will
come
about
and
how
it
will
be
implemented.
Implemented
has
still
not
been
worked
out
in
the
direction.
B
B
Next
to
blue
shield,
another
major
health
care
provider,
kaiser
permanente,
will
also
help
with
the
efforts
to
deliver
vaccines
speedily
and
equitably
across
the
state.
According
to
the
state,
many
groups
have
been
reaching
out
to
the
governor's
office
state
legislature
as
well
health
and
human
services
department
to
voice
concerns
pertaining
to
the
opposed
proposed.
Abrupt
changes
to
the
state's
vaccine
distribution
system,
including
california,
state
association
of
counties,
the
urban
counties
of
california,
the
rural
counties,
representatives
of
california,
the
county
health
executives,
association
of
california
and
many
other
cities,
including
us.
B
The
city
is
advocating
that
the
county
of
santa
clara
and
counties
that
outperform
the
state
averages
demonstrate
effectiveness
and
equity
and
rapidly
vaccinating
our
communities
receive
direct
allocations
from
the
state.
Certainly,
the
state
does
need
to
make
changes,
because
the
remainder
of
california
remains
very
underserved,
but
those
counties
that
continue
to
meet
and
exceed
expectations
when
vaccines
are
distributed
to
them
should
continue
to
receive
that
direct
allocation.
B
B
We're
really
approaching
our
work
at
a
local
level,
around
outreach
and
communications
campaign,
vaccination
site
support
and
then
looking
at
our
own
internal
vaccinations
for
employees
and
so
for
the
broad
messages
of
the
campaign
in
partnership
with
the
court
with
the
county.
There's
two
simple
messages
and
the
first
message
addresses
people
who
want
to
get
vaccinated,
so
it
it
involves
clearly
communicating
who
can
get
vaccinated
at
any
point
in
time.
B
If
available,
kaiser
is
working
out
details
with
us
actively
on
any
logistics
and
sites
that
the
city
owns,
and
it
should
be
noted
that
kaiser,
through
this
efforts
plan
to
not
only
vaccinate
kaiser
permanente
members,
but
members
of
the
community
as
well.
Overall,
we've
also
been
working
with
healing
grove.
A
B
Partner
program
sites
and
reviewing
our
premise
use
agreements
with
schools
now
to
actively
focus
the
county
or
other
people
who
are
asking
for
psych
possibility
to
those
sites.
So
the
focus
here
is
to
support
locations
and
sites
in
our
at-risk
populations
to
not
have
as
many
barriers
as
they
would
now
then.
Lastly,
our
own
internal
vaccination.
B
One
thing
I
wanted
to
mention
I
wanted
to
mention
as
part
of
the
campaign
is
there,
there
are
a
number
of
community
partners
with
the
counties
trying
to
corral
around
campaigning
around
a
vaccination,
and
so
our
own
vaccination
task
forces
and
our
emergency
emergency
public
information
officer
have
been
coordinating
with
the
county
and
a
lot
of
other
cities
and
given
the
stages
we're
in
and
who
has
access.
Looking
at
how
we
really
target
communications.
B
B
A
little
less
than
60
percent
had
no
vaccine
appointment,
scheduled
37
and
a
half
had
not
received
any
info.
How
to
get
vaccinated
and
34
wanted
to
receive
more
information,
and
so
our
our
vaccination
task
force
has
continued
to
meet
with
the
county
a
number
of
cities
throughout
the
county,
including
cupertino,
santa
clara
and
los
gatos,
who
have
been
actively
involved,
as
well
as
stakeholders
from
the
county's
adult
and
aging
workshop
to
discuss
opportunities
and
avenues
to
increase
this
outreach
and
for
us
to
scale
this
effort.
B
We've
worked
to
share
our
own
scripts
with
all
the
other
cities
and,
as
I
noted,
this
initial
pilot
program
was
to
simply
give
information
to
those
individuals
as
we
move
forward.
There
is
acknowledgement
from
the
county
and
other
cities
that
taking
a
next
step
and
having
city
staff,
county
staff
or
volunteers
actually
register
seniors
in
the
program
and
book
appointments
would
be
helpful,
so
the
county
is
working
on
removing
the
attestation
under
perjury
requirement
from
its
registration
form,
so
that
other
other
people
can
help
register
seniors
for
vaccinations
appointment.
B
As
we
discussed
last
week,
council
has
adopted
a
new
legislative
program
policy
that
directs
our
advocacy
efforts,
be
focused
on
the
hardest
hit
san
jose
communities,
as
mentioned
by
bennett.
The
federal
and
state
landscape
continues
to
evolve
rapidly.
Our
own
city
staff
and
community
partners
best
understand
where
the
hardest
hit
communities
are
and
how
to
meet
their
needs
with
cultural
services,
and
that's
why
we
focused
on
ensuring
that
apple
funding
and
vaccine
supply
be
available.
B
Our
outreach
to
decision
makers
continues
to
evolve
and,
in
the
past
weeks,
there's
been
dozens
of
letters
meetings
working
with
coalitions
to
influence
how
money
is
spent
at
the
federal
and
state
level
and
how
vaccines
and
resources
are
directed
to
our
city
and,
as
bena
mentioned,
with
the
new
executive
order,
around
fema
going
to
100
cost
share
for
shelter
and
food.
I
do
feel
like
our
voice
with
many
others
is
starting
to
be
heard
by
the
new
administration
and
congressional
leadership.