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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 03 - COVID-19 Update GRA EVINE T E X n s COVID = 19 VW, I�+r Emergency Management Briefing April CURRENT SITUATION Worldwide United States (4/7) ■ Total cases: 1 .3 million ■ Total cases: 374,329 ■ Total deaths: 76K ■ Total deaths: 12,064 ■ Total recovered: 292K CURRENT SITUATION TEXAS Huihand Human Texas Department of State servo,... Health Services Texas Case Counts COVI D 19 CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 88,649 Lab Confirmed COVID-19 Patients Total Tests 5,962 11252 Public Labs 82,687 Currently In Texas Hospitals Private Labs 8, 262 Cases Reported 154 Fatalities CURRENT SITUATION Denton County Confirmed Cases Collin County Confirmed Cases 41-712020,3:00 PM 4/7/2020,7:00 AM 91 Recovered 117 Recovered 366 �" 306 7 Deaths Tarrant County Confirmed Cases 4/7/2020,12:00 PM Dallas County Confirmed Cases 4/7/2020,12:00 PM 53 Recovered Fw; C�djrHfl 1261 w • 18 DeathsHERE Car FAO,USGS.NGk EPA,NPS Met-plea Map Edit Data TX DSHS Case C.. CDC US Case Counts I JHU World Cases RATE OF COVID- 19 CASES PER 100,000 RESIDENTS r a R 3 City Grapevine Rate Category 15 to 29 Rate per 1Q[1,4DD Residents 2U.36 Positive Cases 11 Death Rate per 10[1,DD0 Residents Q.� ❑eaths Q 115 ■ 29 1 to • ■ Mti050 to 100 �i *Over !1 Y i CURRENT ORDERS AND DECLARATION ■ City of Grapevine — City Council Extension of a Declaration of Local Disaster Due to Public Health Emergency (3/ 17 — 6/ 15) ■ Tarrant County — Executive Order of County Judge B. Glen Whitely (4/4 — 4/30) ■ State of Texas — Executive Order by the Governor (4/2 — 4/30) ■ Texas Department of State Health Services Commissioner — Declaration of a Public Health Disaster (3/ 19) DEPARTMENT ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO COVID 19 Human Resources City Secretary ■ Providing seamless services by utilizing a city IP ■ Suspended door to door solicitations phone while working from home ■ Worked with IT to provide alternative ■ Working with the Fiscal Services to implement methods for holding public meetings processes in compliance with new federal legislation for Coronavirus DEPARTMENT ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO COVID 19 Information Technology Parks and Recreation ■ Receiving daily shipments of laptops to ■ Senior Care continues to provide lunches and facilitate telecommuting—staff is completing care for seniors (phone calls, well-checks, (on average) 10 laptops per day and distributing groceries & pharmacy) to staff ■ Staff Grapevine Cares hotline (255 call ■ Completed infrastructure improvements to submissions (March 17 —April 7) meet bandwidth demand of telecommuting. ■ Public Awareness in parks, trails and public area ■ Partnered with GCISD to provide free WiFi in for social distancing. parking lots at the REC, Library, along Main ■ Recreation programming continues via the new Street, and Botanical Gardens "GO Virtual" online Recreation programming. ■ Lake Park maintenance continues to manage ■ Implemented Microsoft Teams to provide flood activity ( I 4+ feet over normal) virtual meeting and communications for all departments DEPARTMENT ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO COVID 19 Economic Development Library ■ Created a website that provides an overview of ' Providing online story times, community federal, state, and local covid 19 programs information, puppet shows, instructional videos, pathfinders and collaborative games. ■ In direct contact with between 60 to 70 firms ■ Established an e-Library card system providing free ■ Continuing to respond to inbound requests for access to eBooks, eAudiobooks, streaming movies, information for corporate and commercial uses and music. ■ Enabling educators and parents to locate online resources via the Grapevine Public Library digital collections. ■ Supporting IT in their efforts to provide free WiFi access for GCISD students. DEPARTMENT ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO COVID 19 PublicWorks Development Services ■ Split Streets and Water staff into two teams ■ Code Enforcement/Building Inspectors that report for duty at separate locations or continue to investigate complaints of alternate days. nonessential services and illegal gatherings ■ Most administrative staff are working remotely ■ Temporarily allowing signs and banners with daily team conference calls advertising curbside service and delivery for ■ Advancing work on Main Street with the restaurants current business interruptions DEPARTMENT ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO COVID 19 CVB Public Information ■ Maintaining daily calls to Grapevine stakeholder ■ Providing daily updates via website, social businesses. media, and email ■ Providing daily updates to Grapevine CARES ■ New flashing alert button on city homepage Hotline and CVB website. ■ Working to rebook cancelled meetings & ■ Continuing Shop Local reminders conventions as well as pivot to new business ■ Good news stories — Rainbow Challenge development ■ Saving pictures to document our city's ■ "Grapevine High-Five" social media initiative experience through COVID 19 includes five ways residents can stay connected to the community virtually and support local businesses. DEPARTMENT ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO COVID 19 Fire Police ■ Placed a paramedic in Dispatch to screen calls ■ All personnel who have contact with the public and provide Tele-Paramedicine are equipped with PPE ■ Placed a fourth ambulance into service ■ Limiting interactions between personnel and specifically for COVID- 19 patients and with the public by practicing social distancing transports. ■ Dispatchers are asking additional screening ■ Implemented new protocols and PPE questions to determine potential exposure requirements for all personnel. risks ■ Ongoing coordination with Assisted Living ■ Increased patrols around parks, schools, and Centers and Nursing Homes closed businesses DEPARTMENT ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO COVID 19 Finance ■ Established Project Fund for tracking of equipment and supply costs ■ Special leave codes have been created to track employee time and emergency assignments ■ Launched 100% digital accounts payable process to allow for digital routing and approval ■ Budget contingencies in place to cost contain BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE GRAPEVINE A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT CHRISYORK ■ We've been blessed to see a flattening of COVID cases in our community over the past week. ■ Our modeling suggests we will see a surge in DFW towards the end of April/beginning of May. ■ We have surge plans in place that would accommodate substantially more COVID patients than we are -- currently seeing. = _ ■ On behalf of our care team, we are grateful for the love, u Y•� t_�r support and food provided to our clinicians by this ' amazing community. ■ The community support has made a tremendous impact on the resilience of our team.Thank you all!