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Home My WebLink AboutCOW 2021-03-22 Item 4A - COVID-19 - Coronavirus Weekly ReportCOUNCIL AGENDA SYNOPSIS Initials Meeting Date Prepared by Mayors review Council review 03/22/21 RB ITEM INFORMATION ITEM No. 4.A. 1 STAFF SPONSOR: RACHEL BIANCHI ORIGIN AI, AGENDA DATE: 03/22/21 AGENDA ITEM TITLE A weekly update on the City's planning and response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) CATEGORY 11 Discussion 03/22/21 ❑ 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 03/22/21 Coronavirus Report 1 2 Coronavirus Response Update March 22, 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 and was later signed by the President. 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 $4.43 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. 3 * Human Services Human Services staff assisted two single adult household with a combined total of $3,550 in COVID rental assistance funds. Seven additional households have been approved and are in documentation collection process. Thirteen households are in the call-back pre-screening process. This week staff spoke with 12 households in need of rental assistance. The range of back -owed rent was $380 - $5,900. $0-499 = 1 $500-$1,200 = 3 $1,250-$3,500 = 3 $3,600-$4,000 = 3 Over $4,000 = 2 Staff has sent mass communications to all non-profit, spiritual, TSD, landlord partners and hundreds of residents regarding King County eviction prevention funds. We continue to alert every eligible resident we speak to about the relaunch of the KC EPRAP funds. The Communications Social Media and Publishing team has also put this critical resource out on all available sites and will be included in the upcoming Hazelnut and city utility billing inserts. * Business Recovery Business Re -Openings and Closings On March 11, Governor Inslee announced that Healthy Washington: Roadmap to Recovery will transition from a regional approach to a county -by -county evaluation process. He also announced a third phase of the Roadmap and that, effective March 22, the entire state will enter Phase 3. Under the updated plan, counties will be individually evaluated every three weeks with evaluations occurring on Mondays and changes taking effect on Fridays. The first evaluation is scheduled for April 12 which means we would continue in Phase 3 until at least April 16th. If a county fails one or more of the evaluation metrics, it will move down one phase. For King County to remain in Phase 3, we will need to keep a 14 -day average of new COVID cases at or below 200 per 100,000 residents and a seven-day average of new hospitalizations per 100,000 at five or fewer. King County: Healthy Washington Roadmap to Recovery Goal to Stay in Phase 3 Estimated King County Metrics as of 3/17/21 New cases per 100,000 population per 14 days < 200 85 New COVID-19 hospitalizations per 100,000 population per 7 days < 5 < 2 Notes: 1) Unshaded cells indicate we are meeting the goal to stay in Phase 3 2) Shaded cells indicate we are NOT meeting the goal to stay in Phase 3 3) Data is from King County's COVID-19 Dashboard which is available at: https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/covid-19/data/daily- summary.aspx and estimated assuming King County's population is 2.3 million people. Phase 3 allows a significant increase in activity compared to Phase 2. Generally, all of the indoor and outdoor activities allowed in Phase 2 that were capped at 25% occupancy will now be allowed up to 50% occupancy to a maximum of 400 people. Examples of these activities are dining, retail, professional services, personal services, worship services, card rooms, museums, gyms and fitness, and movie theaters. Other types of indoor entertainment are also allowed with 4 restrictions, such as: karaoke and recreational singing, darts, billiards, arcade games, trampoline facilities, indoor playgrounds, and training classes. Another significant change in Phase 3 is that in-person spectators at events with permanent seating will be allowed. This includes professional and high school sports, motorsports, rodeos, and other outdoor spectator events. Spectators will be capped at 25% of permanent seating up to 9,000 people. The State is still working to provide more guidance on the recently allowed activities which we expect will be available by March 22. In all cases restrictions such as distancing, masking, hygiene, and spectator guidelines will still be required. Business Assistance 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. The federal government's new $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act includes very significant funding to support business including $28.6 billion for a Restaurant Revitalization Fund, an additional $15 billion for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), an additional $10 billion for State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), and an additional $7.5 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Those programs will be administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Unemployment The unemployment claims data report will be included monthly. The report through February is included as an attachment to this report. On March 11, 2021 the President signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act. The new law extends Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), which is for workers who have exhausted all other benefits, plus 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 distribute it through our social media accounts over the next few weeks. * Meeting our Community's Basic Needs Tukwila Food Pantry • 3/9 - 584 • 3/11- 587 • 3/13- 488 • 3/16 -673 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 eleventh meal distribution of the year (March 15 - 19) included: Duwamish Curb (Tuesday's Duwamish Curve Cafe' - curbside pickup meals): 70 Meals on Wheels — 13 residents, 148 meals 5 Operation Senior Meal Drop - 283 meals, 43 households, 52 residents The Park n' Play youth meal and recreation activity kit distribution for the week of March 8 -12th was as follows: Meals: 219 Breakfasts: 126 Snacks: 126 Activity Kits: 240 Masks: 206 Overall Attendance: 219 Community fitness and wellness opportunities at the TCC Fitness room welcomed 132 users, and 110 people attended Group Fitness Classes during the week of March 8th — 12th Public Safety Plan Construction Protects There have been no changes to the Public Safety Plan projects since the last report. 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. • 3/17 — 132 individuals tested • 3/16 —132 individuals tested • 3/15 — 223 individuals tested • 3/14 — closed • 3/13 —159 individuals tested • 3/12 — 145 individuals tested • 3/11 — 150individuals 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. 6 3/17 — 53 vaccinations At the March 1, 2021 Council meeting, staff was asked to provide an update on vaccination information. As of March 17, 2021, Seattle & King County Public Health reports that 510,679 King County residents have received their first dose of the vaccine and 279,296 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: 28.2% 65 years old and higher: 72.4% 75 years old and higher: 76.5% 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 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 Public Health - Seattle & King County COVID-19 Outbreak Summary Update date 3/18/2021 8:22 AM Click on the icons to explore this dashboard: Overview Demographics Geography Geography over time Select city to compare: Count New since yesterday Tukwila Summary of counts for Tukwila Overall Percent Rate per 100,000 Compared to King residents County rate Past 14 days Count Percent Positives 1,576 4 7.3% of all tests 7,529.9 . 38.00 83% Hospitalizations 76 -1 4.8% of all positive cases 363.1 . 1.0 2.6% Deaths due to 12 0 0.8% of all positive cases 57.3 0.0 0.0% COVID•19 illness All test results 21,541 30 102,919.3 . 459.0 People tested 9,295 11 44,409.9 • 144.0 Legend: .7 Lower than overall King County rate • Similar to overall King County rate . Higher than overall King County rate 7 8 City of Tukwila Allan Ekberg, Mayor INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM TO: City Council FROM: Derek Speck, Economic Development Administrator DATE: March 17, 2021 SUBJECT: Unemployment Insurance Report through February 2021 The attached graphs show the number of workers receiving unemployment insurance for zip codes 98168 and 98188 through the week ending February 27, 2021. The charts reflect three types of unemployment insurance claims: Regular, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC). As you can see from the graphs, the number of workers receiving unemployment insurance has improved significantly from the peak in May 2020. This reflects that many people returned to work as businesses reopened and customers returned. Even so, the number of people who are unemployed remains very high. At the end of February, 10.6% of the workforce in 98168 and 15.0% of the workforce in 98188 received unemployment compensation. For the same time period for all of King County 6.0% of the workforce received unemployment compensation. The higher rates of workers receiving unemployment compensation in these two zip codes as compared to King County is due to differences between the types of jobs and industries. Workers in these two zip codes are more likely to work in jobs that cannot work remotely and in industries that have been most affected by the pandemic such as entertainment, hospitality, retail, restaurants, and transportation. Notes: (1) Unemployment insurance claims data is not available for the specific boundaries of the City of Tukwila. The attached charts represent two zip codes, which include parts of Tukwila, SeaTac, and possibly parts of unincorporated King County. (2) Regular unemployment is the standard program for unemployed workers. Eligible unemployed workers may receive regular unemployment for up to 26 weeks. (3) Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) is a program for self-employed people, independent contractors, and part-time workers (with fewer than 680 hours). (4) Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) is an extension of regular unemployment benefits. (5) Data is from https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/covid- 19/data/impacts/unemployment.aspx. (6) The percent of workers receiving unemployment insurance compensation is related but not the same as the "unemployment rate". Official unemployment rates are not available for cities under 25,000 in population. Currently, unemployment rates likely understate the actual percent of workers who are receiving unemployment compensation. 9 10 INFORMATIONAL MEMO Page 2 92,206 King County workers received unemployment benefits from February 21, 202.1- February 27, 2021 Number of adults age 16-64 receiving unemployment benefits from 2/21/2021-2/27/2021 K,sap Number of continued claims paid 4,755 57 m v 0K m mv m m y .�.i �� =m u.� a a �o a Vi„ 'nn .00 71.1"1: um:m ni ol :1",,, m mi a M_ aN n m m o1,...1 51 2 m N U) N N N [r, 4 V N amN LNn UN1 CO M11 r0om 01: o o ,_ _ NN. I N1NNNI�m NNN? 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See Notes tab for details. 1( INFORMATIONAL MEMO Page 3 92,206 King County workers received unemployment benefits from February 21, 2021- February 27, 2021 Number of adults age 16-64 receiving unemployment benefits from 2/21/2021-2/27/2021 Kltsap Number of continued claims paid 4 4.755 5K 4K 3K 1K 03 Click on the map to view claims for each ZlP code in chart below Number of workers receiving unemployment in 98188 by week cct t m ry 1.0 (.0 a m m View: Number of Workers Receiving UI Percent of Workers Receiving. Ul New Claims Filed This Week Use slider or arrows to change week shown on map: 2/21/2021-2/27/2021 Show history Highlight ZIP code: No items highlighted *Estimated bythe total number of new 51 claims per 100 people ages 16-64 - UI = Unemployment Insurance; - PUA = Pandemi5.c Unemployment Assistance; - PEUC = Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Claims_ See Notes tab for details_ m �' m m m • Continued claims ILN R n N m l4 m O kO O . N N � N N 111000111111111111 11