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August 20, 2020Disaster Council Minutes <br />Alameda County <br />• Office of Emergency Services <br />• Alameda County Fire Department <br />• Alameda Public Health Department <br />2.B. <br />Alameda County OES reported the elected officials’ call was on Wednesday and the <br />health order was updated to allow low risk activities, like swimming and personal <br />services, and requirements for opening schools. Dr. Stacy will be taking over while Dr. <br />Moss is on family leave. This week - 15,836 tested positive, 205 hospitalizations, 69 in <br />ICU, 228 deaths, with hospitalizations and ICU rates rising. The county remains on the <br />state monitoring list because of the positivity rate being 125 out of 1,000. The county <br />has enough hospital beds and PPE and 165 contact tracers. <br />Due to the SCU fire complex, Cal Fire has set up a basecamp at the Pleasanton <br />Fairgrounds, which is also being used for large animal evacuation, food distribution <br />and COVID testing and were affected by the heat and poor air quality. Air quality levels <br />are different throughout the county due to microclimates and location. The county is <br />monitoring the levels. Social media is being used to get word out about air quality and <br />fire evacuations. PG&E said the power grid is stable with no planned outages/rolling <br />blackouts, though some customers are without power due to the fire. City emergency <br />managers are receiving information about the fires from the state and county. <br />Alameda County Fire Department (ACFD) reported that they are providing staffing at <br />four different fires, while still staffing within county. Any smoke advisory messages will <br />come from ACPHD. The Department’s response to COVID has stabilized. Chief Rocha <br />retired officially last week and Chief Willie McDonald started this week and will get him <br />to the next meeting. <br />San Leandro City <br />• San Leandro City Manager <br />• San Leandro Police <br />2.C. <br />Assistant City Manager Warmerdam reported the City’s highest priority is staying on <br />top of the smoke issues for employees and residents. People can check the <br />BAAQMD website for information. The City has been looking at the cooling sites other <br />than MCC and SCC but are having difficulty with the air filtering system because of the <br />different needs between COVID requirements and smoke. The testing site has <br />expanded hours from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The council created a budget task force to <br />focus on how funds will be prioritized, and the applications are due at the end of this <br />month. <br />San Leandro Police reported that the department received mutual aid requests for the <br />fires, which they have not been able to assist with, but that may change. EBRPD has <br />closed most of their noncoastal parks, and the City has closed Chabot due to fire <br />danger. <br />ACPH dashboards have been updated with more data and to be very user friendly, <br />including information by zip codes (COVID-19.acgov.org). In San Leandro, positivity <br />rates are shown by zip codes - 94577 - 5.8%, 94578 – 7.7%, 94579- 4.8%. The PG&E <br />Community Resource Center agreement is close to being signed and those involved <br />were thanked for their input. Emergency Services has been reaching out to Davis <br />Street, the Senior Center, Kaiser and ACPHD to see the best way to provide a drive <br />thru flu shot clinic and to develop a plan to provide flu vaccines. <br />Page 3City of San Leandro <br />53