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Second Reading and Action on Ordinance 20-017, an Ordinance Amending Ordinance 20-010 to Extend the Provisions Regarding a Public Health Crisis and to Revise Certain Measures which have been deemed necessary to slow the Community Spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the City of Brookings, South Dakota.
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Summary:
Brookings COVID numbers have increased dramatically over the past week. The guiding metrics have all been triggered with the exception of hospitalization. The current Ordinance (Phase 3) regulates bars, restaurants, salons, and retail. Additional regulations is needed to mitigate the increase in cases. Staff recommends extending the existing ordinance and necessary amendments including regulating residential gatherings to ten or less and ceasing the sale of alcohol past 10 p.m. Thursday - Saturday.
Background:
The City of Brookings is currently under Phase 3 with substantial conditions based on the past weeks data. As of Monday the seven-day positive rate is 34%. The desired rate is 5%. As of Monday Brookings County had 321 cases with 183 recovered or 138 active. This past week there have been substantial increases.
At the last City Council meeting thresholds and metrics were provided as guidance for Council and the public of existing conditions. This information is provided by local professionals and weighs metrics such as test positive rates, health care capacity, testing scope and capacity. As of the last report the only metric met was the capacity of hospitalization available.
The existing Ordinance 20-010 is set to expire September 8th.
Recommendation
Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval.
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Attachments:
Memo - 9/2/2020
Memo - 8/25/2020
Ordinance 8/25/2020
Summary of COVID Triggers - 9/2/2020