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Home My WebLink AboutReg 2021-03-15 Item 7A - COVID-19 - Coronavirus Weekly ReportCOUNCIL AGENDA SYNOPSIS Initials Meeting Date Prepared by Mayors review Council review 03/15/21 RB ITEM INFORMATION ITEM No. 7.A. 37 STAFF SPONSOR: RACHEL BIANCHI ORIGIN AI, AGENDA DATE: 03/15/21 AGENDA ITEM TITLE A weekly update on the City's planning and response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) CATEGORY 11 Discussion 03115/21 ❑ Motion Mtg Date ❑ Resolution Mtg Date ❑ Ordinance Mtg Date ❑ Bid Award Mtg Date ❑ Public Hearing Mtg Date ❑ Other Mtg Date Mtg Date SPONSOR n Council 11 Mayor ❑ HR ❑ DCD ❑ Finance ❑ Fire ❑ TS ❑ P&R ❑ Police ❑ PTV SPONSOR'S The City is actively engaged in regional efforts to address the coronavirus (COVID-19). SUMMARY Staff are providing the Council with updated information regarding the City's response to COVID-19. REVIEWED BY ❑ Trans&Infrastructure ❑ CommunitySvs/Safety ❑ Finance Com ❑ Planning/Economic Dev. ❑ LTAC ❑ Arts Comm. ❑ Parks Comm. ❑ Planning Comm. DATE: N/A COMMITTEE CHAIR: RECOMMENDATIONS: SPONSOR/ADMIN. COMMITTEE N/A N/A COST IMPACT / FUND SOURCE EXPENDITURE REQUIRED AMOUNT BUDGETED APPROPRIATION REQUIRED $ $ Fund Source: Comments: MTG. DATE RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTION MTG. DATE ATTACHMENTS 03/15/21 Coronavirus Report 37 38 Coronavirus Response Update March 15, 2021 * Denotes All New Content in the Section Essential Services and City Operations With the recent Governor's order, staff is being extra vigilant to ensure that worksites are being inhabited under the mandated 25% capacity and that City facilities are being utilized only be staff who must report to work in order to complete their jobs. * Financial Stability The Finance Director was provided the next COVID Financial Update to the Council on Monday, March 8, 2021. American Rescue Plan On Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Congress passed the American Rescue Plan. The $1.9 trillion package now heads to the President's desk for signature. The Plan includes a variety of opportunities that can assist the Tukwila community, including: • Direct stimulus payments to qualifying households of $1,400 per person to single households making $75,000 or less and couples earning $150,000 or less. Individuals with dependents will also receive a $1,400 tax credit per dependent on their 2020 tax returns. • Enhanced unemployment payments of $300 per week. • Temporary child tax credit and monthly payments to qualifying households. • $7.25 billion in additional Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for small businesses. • $128 billion in support for educational institutions. • Additional support for the most vulnerable, including more funds for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIEHEAP) for utility assistance, temporary increase to WIC funds and more. • $25 billion for emergency rental assistance. • $65.1 billion for cities. The City of Tukwila expects to receive $4.3 million in direct allocation as a part of the American Rescue Plan. Under the act, cities are authorized to use federal funds to: • Respond to the COVID-19 pandemic; • Cover costs incurred as a result of the public health emergency; • Replace lost, delayed, or decreased revenues due to COVID-19; • Address the negative economic impacts of the pandemic; and • Make necessary investments in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure. City staff will work with the Council's Finance Committee and the full Council to determine how the City will prioritize the funds. The City will receive the first half of the funding between 60 and 90 days of the President signing the legislation and the second half within one year. Police Staffing and Calls for Service There have been no changes to Police staffing since the last report. Fire Staffing and Calls for Service There have been no changes to Fire staffing since the last report. 39 * Human Services Human Services staff assisted a single adult household with $950 in HB 1406 rental assistance funds. Staff is working with an additional nine households in various stages of the intake and data collection process. Thirteen households are in the call-back pre-screening process. This week staff spoke with nine households in need of rental assistance. The range of back -owed rent was $385 - $3,800 $0-499 = 1 $500-$1,200 = 2 $1,250-$3,500 = 6 $3,600-$4,000 = 2 Over $4,000 = 1 King County is planning to expand and re -launch a rental assistance program to support households economically impacted by the coronavirus due to illness, loss of income or unemployment who have been unable to meet rent obligations. This program seeks to help those who are at risk or may become at risk for evictions. King County anticipated launching an expanded Eviction Prevention and Rental Assistance Program (EPRAP) by April 1, 2021. If you are interested and would like to receive information on the program, please complete this interest form: EPRAP Interest Form. If you have questions, email DCHSRentalAssistance@kingcounty.gov or call 206-263-3481. * Business Recovery Business Re -Openings and Closings On January 5, Governor Inslee announced a new COVID-19 phased recovery plan called "Healthy Washington — Roadmap to Recovery", which began on January 11. The State now follows a regional recovery approach and every region started in Phase 1. On January 28, the Governor announced modifications to the recovery plan through which every two weeks a region's phase will be determined by the State's Department of Health (DOH) based on four metrics. The metrics would be updated on a Risk Assessment Dashboard every two weeks and regions could move forward or back based on the metrics. Tukwila is in the Puget Sound Region, which includes King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties. We started in Phase 2 on February 1. On February 24, Governor Inslee paused all movements between phases. All regions will remain in Phase 2 for the time being and phase change metrics will not be updated. Now that we are in Phase 2 basically all types of activities are allowed; however, many are under significant restrictions. The following indoor activities are the permitted but limited to 25% of capacity and other restrictions such as distancing, masking, hygiene, and more: dining, retail, professional services, personal services, worship services, card rooms, museums, fitness and movie theaters. Other types of indoor entertainment are also allowed with restrictions, such as: karaoke and recreational singing, darts, billiards, arcade games, trampoline facilities, indoor playgrounds, and training classes. Business Assistance Work continues on Experience Tukwila. Websites for the Great Tukwila Carry -Out and SavingLocalKC are still available to the public but we are not promoting them and may reposition their use in the future. The State has approved a $2.4 billion of federal funding for COVID assistance which includes $240 million for small business assistance grants. The grants will be administered by the State's Department of Commerce. We anticipate their application portal will open in late March and we will update our businesses when it does. 40 Unemployment The unemployment claims data report will be included monthly. The report through January was included in the corona virus report for the Council meeting of February 22. On March 10, 2021 the US House of Representatives passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, which had already been approved by the US Senate. It is likely the President will sign it immediately and it will be law by the time this update is published. The new law extends Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), which is for workers who have exhausted all other benefits, and the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), which benefits people who do not qualify for regular unemployment such as self-employed people and independent contractor, for an additional 29 weeks. It also extends the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) which provides an extra $300 per week for eligible claimants who are receiving benefits from any unemployment program through September 6, 2021. Information on employment resources for community members that have been affected by job loss or reduced hours due to COVID is posted on the City's website and has been shared with social service partners. Staff will continue distributing it through our social media accounts over the next few weeks. * Meeting our Community's Basic Needs Tukwila Food Pantry • 3/4 - 498 • 3/6 - 589 • 3/9 - 584 Pantry numbers also include Door Dash deliveries. Five National Guard are currently on-site with the end date of June 2021. Senior Meal Distribution: The tenth meal distribution of the year (March 1- 5) included: Duwamish Curb (Tuesday's Duwamish Curve Cafe' - curbside pick up meals): 54 Meals on Wheels - 20 residents/220 meals/2 cases of Ensure Operation Senior Meal Drop - 304 meals delivered/47 households/51 residents The Tukwila Community Center welcomed 103 guests for in-person fitness classes the week of March 1— 5th and 129 guests who used the fitness room. The Park n' Play youth meal and recreation activity kit distribution for the week of March 1— 5th was as follows: Meals: 220 Breakfasts: 148 Snacks: 148 Activity Kits: 301 Masks: 301 Overall Attendance: 179 Public Safety Plan Construction Protects There have been no changes to the Public Safety Plan projects since the last report. 41 Compliance with the Governor's Order There have been no changes to compliance issues since the last report. * Covid-19 Testing Sites Below are the three current nearest testing sites in/to Tukwila. For more information on free testing sites in King County, visit https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/covid-19/testing.aspx • Tukwila Pantry, testing is no longer being offered at the Tukwila Pantry • Highline College, Wednesdays 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Church by the Side of the Road, beginning Tuesday, October 6, 2020, 8:30 to 5:30 Monday through Saturday. • Abu Bakr Islamic Center expects to offer free testing once a month. The following are the number of individuals tested over the past week at the Church by the Side of the Road. This is a regional testing facility drawing individuals from across south King County. Positive rates for the prior weeks was hovering around 18.5%. All testing locations in the region are seeing a significant surge in the number of people requesting tests. King County has contracted with off-duty officers to provide traffic management along Tukwila International Boulevard and Military Road to mitigate traffic impacts in the neighborhood. • 3/10 —167 individuals tested • 3/9 —173 individuals tested • 3/8 — 262 individuals tested • 3/7 — closed • 3/6 —110 individuals tested • 3/5 —110 individuals tested • 3/4 —117 individuals tested * Mobile Vaccine Team & Vaccination Update On Monday, March 1, 2021 the Tukwila Fire Department deployed its Mobile Vaccine Team (MVT) to provide COVID-19 vaccines to eligible under the state's 1B category. The MVT is focusing this initial effort on senior housing. The following is the information available as of this writing for vaccinations given by the MVT. 3/4 — 23 individuals vaccinated at SHAG and other adult family homes in Tukwila 3/5 —137 individuals vaccinated at SHAG At the March 1, 2021 Council meeting, staff was asked to provide an update on vaccination information. As of March 10, 2021, Seattle & King County Public Health reports that 438,758 King County residents have received their first dose of the vaccine and 250,097 have been fully vaccinated. In the Burien, Renton, Tukwila and SeaTac communities (the geographic location tracked by the Health Department) the following proportion of the total population has received at least their first dose: 16 years old and higher: 23.8% 65 years old and higher: 65.7% 75 years old and higher: 70.7% The Public Health department reports that supply continues to be an issue, which is the case across the country. While demand continues to exceed supply, with the imminent arrival of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, supply is expected to increase. However, additional groups have been added into the 1B category, including teachers, childcare workers 42 Public Health - Seattle & King County COVID-19 Outbreak Summary Overview and veterans. Public Health is routing these new groups to mass vaccination sites and continuing to prioritize seniors through the MVT efforts. This is a very dynamic situation, which changes almost daily. * Public Health —Seattle & King County Covid-19 Outbreak Summary—Tukwila King County Click on the icons to explore this dashboard: Select city to compare: Demographics Tukwila Geography Update date 3/11/2021 8:28 AM Geography over time Summary of counts for Tukwila Overall Past 14 days Count New since Percent Rate per 100,000 Compared to King Count Percent yesterday residents County rate Positives 1,554 4 7.3% of all tests 7,424.7 . 33.00 7.2% Hospitalizations 76 0 4.9% of all positive cases 363.1 . 2.0 6.1% Deaths due to COVH1-19 illness 12 0 0.8% of all positive cases 573 0.0 0.0% All test results 21,208 51 101328.2 ` 458.0 People tested 9,176 2 43,841.4 • 138.0 Legend: Lower than overall King County rate • Similar to overall King County rate . Higher than overall King County rate 43