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Agenda Packet
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Special City Council Meeting
TUESDAY, May 26, 2020
Council Chambers, City Hall
S:30 p.m.
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On May 19, 2020, Governor Dunleavy announced that starting May 22, 2020, the state
would be "open for business" which includes the re-opening of all businesses, houses of
worship, libraries, museums, recreational activities, and sports activities. The Governor's
release states that "It's the responsibility of individuals, businesses, and organizations to
minimize the spread of COVIDI9. We encourage all to follow local, state, national, and
industry guidelines on ways to conduct business and activities safely."
The Governor's health and safety guidelines remain in effect:
• Stay six feet or more away from non-family members
• Wash your hands frequently
• Wipe down surfaces frequently
• Wear a face covering when in a public setting in close contact with others
• Stay home if you are sick, and get tested for COVID-19 if you have any symptoms
• Be mindful and respectful to those Alaskans who are most vulnerable to this virus;
those being our seniors and those with existing health issues
PUBLIC NOTICE
TEMPORARY PROCESS FOR
CITIZEN COMMENTS & PUBLIC HEARING TESTIMONY
AT MAY 26, 2020 SEWARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING
The Seward City Council will hold a Virtual Special Meeting on Tuesday, May 26, 2020.
Because the City of Seward is currently experiencing a declared public health emergency due to
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), alternate methods for providing Citizen Comments and
Public Hearing Testimony have been created:
How To Virtually Attend The Meeting
1. The meeting will be Live Streamed on the city's YouTube page. Log onto YouTube and type
"City of Seward Alaska" into the search bar.
2. Listen on the radio. Tune to KIBH-FM 91.7
3. Watch on television. Tune into GCI Cable Channel 9.
How To Submit Your CITIZEN COMMENTS
1. Email your WRITTEN Citizen Comments to clerkkcityofseward.net no later than 5:00 p.m.
on Tuesday, May 26, 2020.
• Identify whether you want your comments READ ALOUD at the meeting or EMAILED
to council upon receipt. In response to your email, you should expect to receive a
verification email from the clerk confirming the method of delivery — if you do not
receive this email,please call the clerk at 224-4045.
• Comments requested to be read aloud will be delivered verbally to council by the City
Clerk at the appropriate time during the meeting.
2. If you wish to be called on the telephone during the meeting to provide your comments
TELEPHONICALLY, send an email request to the City Clerk along with your contact
information to clerk2cityofseward.net, including your full name and the telephone number
you wish to have called.
• The clerk must receive your request no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 26, 2020.
• Identify whether you wish to be called during the FIRST or SECOND citizen comment
period.
• If you wish to be contacted for the first Citizen Comment period, please be prepared to
answer your phone starting at 7:00 p.m.
• If you wish to be contacted for the second Citizen Comment period, there is no estimate
of time to expect the call. In response to your email, you should expect to receive a
verification email from the clerk—if you do not receive this email, please call the clerk at
224-4045.
• All Citizen Comments will be timed and limited to three minutes (first period) or five
minutes (second period). The telephone number will be called ONE time; if there is no
answer, the clerk will move on to the next citizen.
3. If you wish to appear in person to deliver your comments IN PERSON, email your request
to clerk2cityofseward.net no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 2020.
• Include a phone number that the clerk can use to contact you that evening.
• Identify whether you wish to be called during the FIRST or SECOND citizen comment
period.
• In response to your request, you will receive an email from the clerk with instructions on
how to appear.
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SPECIAL MEETING REQUEST
Pursuant to Seward City Code 2.10.030 (2), this is to serve as the written notice
calling a Special City Council Meeting on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.
for the purpose of:
Review and discuss the City's draft COVID-19 Recovery Plan.
The meeting will commence in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 410 Adams
Street, Seward. All interested persons are invited to attend the meetings.
Signed this 13t" day of May,2020.
Mayor r
2 Council Members
Upon this request the City Clerk will give due and proper notice as required by SCC
2.10.032
(No business shall be transacted other than stated above.)
SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE
Pursuant to Seward City Code 2.10.030 (2), this is to serve as the written notice
calling a Special City Council Meeting on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.
for the purpose of:
Review and discuss the City's draft COVID-19 Recovery Plan.
The meeting will commence in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 410 Adams
Street, Seward. All interested persons are invited to attend the meetings.
Posted: Monday, May 18, 2020
City Hall bulletin board
U.S. Post Office
Harbormaster's Building
Closed due to COVID-19
The City of Seward, Alaska
Special City Council Meeting
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 5:30 p.m.
Christy Terry 1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor
Term Expires 2022 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Sue McClure 3. ROLL CALL
Vice Mayor
Term Expires 2020 4. CITIZEN COMMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT EXCEPT
THOSE ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
Sharyl Seese [Those who have signed in will be given the first opportunity to speak. Time
Council Member is limited to 3 minutes per speaker and 36 minutes total speaking timefor this
Term Expires 2021 agenda item.]
John Osenga Is. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA
[Approval of Consent Agenda passes all routine items indicated by asterisk
Council Member (*). Consent Agenda items are not considered separately unless a council
Term Expires 2021 member so requests. In the event of such a request, the item is returned to
the Regular Agenda]
Dale Butts
Council Member 6. NEW BUSINESS
Term Expires 2022
A. Other New Business Items
Tony Baclaan
Council Member 1. Review and discuss the City's draft COVID-19
Recovery Plan.
Term Expires 2022
a. Draft Recovery Plan
Julie Crites b. App A— Color Coded System
Council Member c. App B— Temporary Rules 94
Term Expires 2020 d. App C — Community Outbreak Rules
e. App D—Local Resources
f App E— State Resources *
Scott Meszaros 7. CITIZEN COMMENTS[There is no sign in for this commentperiod.
City Manager Time is limited to five(5) minutes per speaker.]
8. COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS &
Brenda Ballou RESPONSE TO CITIZEN COMMENTS
City Clerk
9. ADJOURNMENT
Holly Wells
City Attorney
* =this information not received for the packet
City of Seward, Alaska Council Agenda
May 26, 2020 Page I
SEWARD'S COVID-19 RECOVERY PLAN
The City of Seward has been carefully monitoring the state of the COVID-19
outbreak in the State of Alaska and in the City as well as Alaska's statewide response to
this outbreak. Governor Dunleavy recently announced the State's Reopen Alaska
Responsibly Plan and has repeatedly stated that the State Plan works best when
applied uniformly. Governor Dunleavy also recognized that local jurisdictions may need
to implement more restrictive rules based upon the risks and resources available within
those jurisdictions. The City Manager and the City Emergency Operations Team is
tasked, first and foremost, with protecting the health and safety of the community from
the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Team recognizes
that any and all protective measures come at a cost and the Team must ensure that this
cost is a necessary one. This Plan ensures that the City's response to COVID-19, both
in the short and long term, is medically-based, fluid, and narrowly tailored. Additionally,
the Plan is designed to be easily understood by and communicated to Seward
community members and visitors. The Plan ensures that local mandates mirror State
mandates to the greatest extent responsible in light of the City's unique needs and risks.
It also aims to adopt easy to follow rules that are: 1) based upon medical and
epidemiological data regarding COVID-19 and 2) the City's resources to prepare and
respond to a COVID-19 outbreak.
THE STATE APPROACH: A 5-STEP SYSTEM TO RECOVERY
The State Plan anticipates a 5-phase climb to recovery for Alaska. In order to climb
from one phase to the next, the State's emergency management team, led by Governor
Dunleavy, will employ a color-coded status — red, yellow or green - to indicate whether
it's safe to move forward to a less restrictive phase or if a "roll-back" to red is needed.
While the State has not yet identified each phase of its Plan, The State Plan establishes
four basic metrics that will be tracked by Alaska Department of Health and Social
Services (DHSS) in determining when to move forward or "roll back." The Four Basic
Metrics are as follows:
1 . Epidemiology
Tracking disease trends and trend forecasting.
2. Testing
Monitoring overall testing volume and changes in the percentage of positive tests at the
community, regional, and statewide levels. Ensuring fast turnaround of tests and
reporting of results. The goal is to maintain COVID-19 positive tests at less than one
per one-thousand.
3. Public health capacity
Monitoring cases and conducting necessary contact investigations for positive cases.
4. Health care capacity
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Ensuring hospitals have adequate capacity and supplies (such as PPE and ventilators)
to care for COVID-19 patients and other patients needing urgent care.
TAILORING THE STATE'S APPROACH TO THE CITY: CLIMBING TO RECOVERY
In this Plan, the City adopts the State's four metrics and five phase approach to
recovery. To this end, the City's COVID-19 Rules have been revised to impose lock-
step social distancing restrictions with the State while also maintaining local
requirements regarding the submission of plans and protocols to local authorities, local
business postings, and mutual aid agreements. These postings and submissions
ensure that the City, its residents, and its visitors have the information needed to ensure
the public's awareness and compliance with State mandates.
Although the City embraces the State Plan, it also recognizes the need to provide the
Emergency Operations Team the flexibility to respond when the local situation worsens
but State COVID-19 metrics remain unchanged. To this end, the City Plan adopts the
State's red, yellow, and green alerts but adds a local "orange alert." The local "orange
alert" ensures the City can "roll back" reopening efforts in the event the City's metrics
fall out of line with the State. In an effort to ensure that every citizen and visitor knows
exactly what local rules apply in each recovery phase, the City has revised its rules to
eliminate any provisions more restrictive than those adopted by the State in the City's
COVID-19 Recovery Rules' and to adopt COVID-19 "Community Outbreak Rules." The
City's COVID-19 Community Outbreak Rules will only become effective when the City
Manager, in collaboration with the Emergency Operations Team, declares an "orange
alert," triggering the need for the implementation of stricter restrictions on the local level.
These rules "rollback" to social distancing and business operation restrictions previously
imposed by the State of Alaska and/or the City.
Seward's Orange Alert: When and How is Seward's Orange Alert Triggered?
The City's Orange Alert Rules will be triggered when the following occurs:
1 .) Epidemiology
A review of COVID-19 trends and trend forecasting suggests that there is an increase in
the transmission of COVID-19 in Seward or a substantial increase in neighboring
communities within Seward's industry markets, fisheries or transportation lines that has
not triggered a change in the State's alert level.
2.) Testing
The City's testing capacity diminishes or testing becomes unavailable at the community
level. Currently, the City has not yet had a positive COVID-19 test. The State's goal for
testing is to maintain COVID-19 positive tests at less than one per one-thousand. While
1 The COVID-19 Revised Rules retains posting and filing requirements as well as
mutual aid agreement requirements to ensure that the City and the public has the tools
and information necessary to monitor compliance with State mandates.
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Seward's size does not lend itself to analysis under the State goal, the City's goal to
maintain COVID-19 positive tests to less than five cases in a 14 day period is designed
to ensure the City has appropriate testing capabilities to detect COVID-19 in the City
and take steps to curb its spread before the pandemic overwhelms the City's limited
medical resources. This metric may be adjusted based upon recommendations from the
State or a medical advisor retained by the City.
3.) Public health capacity
The City's public health capacity is significantly impacted by the commercial fishing
industry and the influx of intrastate and interstate workers and visitors at certain periods.
During these periods, any COVID-19 positive test may warrant temporary imposition of
greater social distancing restrictions.
4.) Health care capacity
The City's limited ability to care for COVID-19 patients alongside other patients reaches
its limited capacity or the City exhausts or is at risk of exhausting its minimal PPE
supplies.
Orange Alert: How Does it Work?
In the event the City Manager declares an "Orange Alert," he will work with the
Emergency Operations Team to:
1) Post Notice on the City website and in at least three other City locations that the
COVID-19 Alert Status is "LOCAL ORANGE."
2) The Notice will be sent electronically or hand delivered to Council members within 24
hours of issuing the declaration. Council may schedule an emergency meeting to
repeal the City Manager's declaration of the orange alert via resolution. Any Council
member may request the emergency meeting and resolution. Failure of Council to
adopt a resolution repealing the orange alert within five business days from the
issuance of the alert shall constitute Council approval of the alert and implementation of
the "Community Outbreak Rules."
3) Orange Alert Status Notices will be provided for distribution to tunnel employees and
distributed if tunnel officials agree to such distribution.
4) Notice of the "orange alert" status and the reasons for the deviation from the State's
code level will be sent to the State of Alaska.
5) If practicable, the City will notify all businesses registered with the City of the "orange
alert" status and provide a copy of the "Community Outbreak Rules."
"The Community Outbreak Rules" or "Orange Alert Rules" shall be submitted to Council
for review and approved by Council before the adoption of this Recovery Plan. Unlike
promulgated City COVID-19 Rules, Council may amend, revise or supplement the
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Community Outbreak Rules. Any Council revisions or amendments to the Community
Outbreak Rules must be reviewed by the City Attorney for legality before becoming
effective.
APPENDICES
The City has attached the following documents and incorporates these documents into
this Plan:
1) Appendix A: Seward's Color-Coded System
2) Appendix B: Emergency Order 2020-03-Revised COVID-19 Emergency Rules
3) Appendix C: Seward's Community Outbreak Rules
4) Appendix D: Local Resources Regarding Alaska's COVID-19 Recovery
5) Appendix E: State Resources Regarding Alaska's COVID-19 Recovery
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UNDERSTANDING SEWARD'S COVID-19 ALERTS
GO: If we are seeing downward trends and all is going well,
we will methodically move to lift restrictions. Seward
Go follows the State's lead.
PROCEED WITH CAUTION: If the situation is stable or we
are seeing a slow increase in cases, we may ask for
voluntary measures to flatten the curve. Seward follows
the State's lead.
Caution
LOCAL OUTBREAK ALERT
Local Community Outbreak Rules Triggered
1) Consistent or rapid increase in cases within the City
Danger
2) Consistent or rapid increase in cases in a community
in the City market or a community with direct lines of
transportation with the City
3) The City is running out of capacity to care for COVID-
19 patients
STOP: If we are seeing a consistent or rapid increase in
cases or if we think we are running out of capacity to care for
people with COVID-19 (regardless of the trend in cases),
then we will need to reinstate some restrictions. Seward
follows the State's lead.
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EMERGENCY ORDER 04 REVISING THE CITY OF SEWARD TEMPORARY COVID-
19 EMERGENCY RULES AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF SEWARD RECOVERY
PLAN
City Manager Scott Meszaros, in his capacity as the Director of Civil Defense and
Disaster, hereby institutes the following revisions to City of Seward, Alaska's Temporary
Emergency Rules and Procedures Regarding the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
("Seward Emergency COVID-19 Rules") and adopts the City of Seward Recovery Plan
approved by Council on [Insert Date]. These revisions become effective upon
implementation by the City Manager and are necessary to protect the public health,
welfare, and safety within the boundaries of the City of Seward. These rules and
procedures may be identified as the "Emergency COVID-19 Rules" for ease of
reference. These revised rules shall be posted on the City website and the City Clerk
shall provide City Council members notice of these rules within five days of their
adoption. City Council may repeal these rules in whole or in part via resolution. Except
as otherwise provided in this revision, the Emergency COVID-19 Rules previously
implemented by the City Manager remain in full force and effect. The revised dates
contained in this Emergency Order are bolded and underlined.
Rule 1. Electronic City Council Meetings. Any regular or special meetings of
the City Council aye be conducted via electronic means, including audio or video
conference, unless the Mayor determines that a meeting must be conducted at City Hall
and that doing so does not pose a risk to the public health, safety, and welfare. The City
Clerk shall post telephone number(s) to call into telephonic or video conference
meetings on the City of Seward website and on the written agenda for all regularly
scheduled and special meetings. Council shall ensure that reasonable
accommodations are made to afford the public a right to be heard telephonically.
Telephonic participation by the public is not ideal but is reasonable when weighed
against the substantial risk to public health, welfare, and safety posed by group
gatherings during the COVID-19 outbreak. In the event the Mayor determines an in-
person meeting is necessary and does not pose a risk to public health, welfare, and
safety, no more than five members of the public shall enter the same space to make
comments at one time. The public may also submit written public comments for all
telephonic or video conference Council meetings. The public written comments shall be
read into the record during the public comment period at all Council meetings held
electronically, except Council work sessions. If written public comments exceed three
minutes, the first three minutes of the written comment shall be read during the meeting.
Written comments must include the name of the contributor in order to be read publicly
during telephonic or video conference meetings. Current time limits placed on public
comments and testimony shall apply to telephonic and written public comments
submitted under this rule. The City must continue to comply with meeting attendance
and scheduling requirements under the Seward City Charter Section 3.2.
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Rule 2. Council Meeting Notice and packet materials. The City Clerk shall
provide the public and media notice that is reasonable under the circumstances for all
emergency special meetings held by Council. All special meetings and agenda items
shall be posted on the City website no less than six hours before a special meeting.
Failure to post the meeting materials shall not invalidate the actions taken by Council
during an emergency meeting if Council states the reason for the failure to post
adequate notice or provide materials and clearly finds that the notice and material
access provided during the meeting was sufficient and reasonable in light of the
emergency circumstances underlying the meeting.
Rule 3. Meetings of Boards and Commissions. The City Manager may
cancel meetings of any board or commission if he finds that cancellation is necessary to
protect public health, safety, and welfare. Any such cancellation shall automatically
extend such deadlines for required actions by such board or commission as is specified
in the cancellation notice. All board and commission meetings may be held
electronically in the same manner proscribed for Council meetings in Rule 1 .
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Rule 5. Licensed or Permitted Activities. The City Manager may suspend
licenses or permits for special events or any other licenses or permits issued by the City
which in the judgment of the City Manager could impact the public health or well-being
of residents or visitors to the community.
Rule 6. Purchases. The City Manager may authorize any purchase for which
funds are available reasonably related to the emergency. Such purchases may be
made without following each formal requirement of Title 6 of the Seward City Code.
Rule 7. Personnel Policies. The City Manager may adjust any personnel
policies related to leave time, other benefits or terms and conditions of employment as
are reasonably related to providing sufficient staffing during the term of the emergency
while protecting City employees and the community from COVID-19.
Rule 8. Bargaining Units. The City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into
such temporary agreements, including memoranda of understanding with the City's
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bargaining units in order to promote the provision of City services and the health and
safety of the public and employees during the emergency.
Rule 9. City Facilities. The City Manager may close City facilities or limit hours
of operation as is reasonably required to protect the health of the public and employees
of the City.
Rule 10. Public Access to City Facilities. City offices and facilities shall be
open to the public so long as doing so does not pose a substantial risk to public health
and safety as determined by the Emergency Operations Team. City offices and
facilities may limit access to administrative departments by "appointment only" or restrict
the number of individuals permitted in City offices at one time. The City shall post its
hours of operation and terms of access on the City website and on all entrances to City
facilities. .re, nle,oe,rd tG the, r.i 1blin Until May 3, 2020 8XG8pt asspec�#+ed M.R this rule..;e
PU bl�Feerv+G8. City services and departments shall remain accessible to the public
via telephone and email .wring regularly scheduled business hours. Individuals may
request appointments for in-person meetings with City staff, which will be
accommodated if doing so will not jeopardize the health or safety of the community of
Seward or its members.
Rule 11. Private Facilities. The City Manager may require businesses and
commercial enterprises operating within the City to close or limit operations of ne,^e,E.Gapn
tG PPE)t8Gt P61bliG health, welfare, and-safety
when the City Manager has triggered
"orange alert" status under the City COVID-19 Recovery Plan and the Community
Outbreak Rules are in effect. The Gity Manager may nnl„ nrd-er s inh nlnci iroc nr
Rule 11.1 Business COVID-19 Protection Measures and Protocols. All
businesses operating within the City shall comply with all relevant State of Alaska
Health Mandates. All businesses serving members of the public at a physical location
within the City shall post "COVID-19 Protection Measures and Procedures" on all
entrances to and exits from the business. The "COVID-19 Protection Measures and
Procedures" shall include, at minimum:
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- . The sanitation measures taken by the business to prevent the spread of
COVID-19
The social distancing measures taken by the business to prevent the
spread of COVID-19
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C. A contact number for individuals to report any violations of these
measures to the business owner or his or her designee.
An example of COVID-19 Protection Measures and Procedures will be posted
on the City website. A "business" for purposes of this rule does not include state,
federal or municipal government operations or facilities.
Rule 11.2 Essential Large Business Protocol/Mitigation Plan Submission
and Acknowledgement./C4tic�{r;c -^t�uKe—Statue--Prn s. All businesses
continuing to operate at a physical location within the City or on its waters with more
than 25 employees R,�s;ir e6;6e6 shall 0.,d-on+ifior! ac "occor,+ia nr a "nri+inol infroc+r,,n+,ire
Order (State Health n ate 12 A«��T8Rt A) s„ submit all protocols,
COVID-19 Mitigation Plans or other State-mandated COVID-19 plans TequiFe d by State
of A1AgkA uoAi+h 54;;....Pdate to the City as soon as possible after filing these protocols or
plans with the State of Alaska. Businesses shall also provide the City confirmation of the
State's approval of its plan or protocol no more than five days after receiving such
approval. In the event a business plan or protocol requires amendment or is rejected by
the State, the business submitting that plan or protocol must notify the City no more
than 48 hours after receiving the State's notification of deficiency. Businesses required
to submit a State plan or protocol under this rule shall complete a "State Protocol
Acknowledgement" form and submit that form to the City with its protocol or plan.
Submissions under this rule should be submitted electronically to
manager(a)cityofseward.net. Businesses submitting a State plan and State Protocol
Acknowledgement form under this rule are exempt from filing a mutual aid agreement
under Rule 11 .3.
Rule 11.3 Mutual Aid Agreements. All businesses continuing to operate at a
physical location within the City or on its waters with more than 25 employees must
complete and file a Large Operator Mutual Aid Agreement with the City. This
agreement will be available on the City's website. Submissions required under this rule
shall be electronically submitted to manager(a)cityofseward.net. Businesses filing a
State protocol or plan and State Protocol Acknowledgement form under Rule 11 .2 are
not required to file a mutual aid agreement under this rule. "Businesses" under this rule
do not include state, federal or municipal government operations or facilities.
Rule 12. Social Distancing. All individuals shall comply with all State of Alaska
Health Mandates while located within the City and no person shall enter City boundaries
for an activity or in a manner that violates any State of Alaska Health Mandate. The City
reserves the right to enforce these rules and State health mandates to the maximum
extent permitted under law. In the event the City Manager issues an "orange alert," all
individuals entering the City must also comply with the City's "Community Outbreak
Rules" while the "orange alert" remains in effect. In the event that the City's Community
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Outbreak Rules are in effect, these rules shall preempt any other less-restrictive local or
state rules regarding social distancing or business operations.
Rule 13. Amounts Due and Owing. The City Manager, upon the
recommendation of the Finance Director, is hereby authorized to extend deadlines for
payment related to any amounts due and owing to the City.
Duration. These rules, as revised, are effective for 90 days from their date of
implementation. Council may repeal any or all of these rules by resolution. No rule shall
remain in effect for longer than is necessary to protect the public health, safety, and
welfare from the emergency public health crisis caused by COVID-19. These rules shall
expire immediately upon the repeal or expiration of the City of Seward declaration of
emergency arising from COVID-19.
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CITY OF SEWARD "CODE ORANGE" COMMUNITY OUTBREAK RULES
These "Community Outbreak Rules" were adopted by Seward City Council via
Emergency Ordinance 2020-_ on . These rules only go into effect
when the City Manager declares a "Code Orange" in Seward in compliance with the City
COVID-19 Recovery Plan. During all other recovery phases, the City's Emergency
COVID-19 Rules and the State of Alaska Health Mandates apply. To the extent State of
Alaska health mandates are in effect that impose stricter restrictions or requirements, all
those mandates shall apply.
Rule 0-1. Facial Coverings. All individuals in Seward must wear a cloth protective
covering over their nose and mouth when entering a building open to the public, in the
harbor on docks and ramps, and in any other settings where social distancing of at least
six feet is not possible. Individuals under the age of two, individuals with trouble
breathing, and individuals with a medical condition that prevents them from wearing a
facial covering are exempt from this rule. All individuals alone in a space requiring facial
coverings under this rule are not required to wear a covering unless and until another
person outside that person's household arrives at their location.
Rule 0-2. Reversion to State Strict Social Distancing and Travel Mandates. All
individuals entering the City and all private facilities operating within the City must
comply with State of Alaska Public Health Mandate 11 as it was issued March 27, 2020
("Original State Health Mandate 11") and attached to these rules. Except as otherwise
required in these Community Outbreak Rules, facilities and individuals shall continue to
comply with all other State of Alaska Public Health Mandates that are not in direct
conflict with Original State Health Mandate 11.
Rule 0-3. Medical Quarantine. Individuals under a healthcare quarantine order or an
individual testing positive for COVID-19 must:
1. Stay in his or her place of residence or lodging for the specified period of time
in the quarantine order or for a minimum of 14 days from the date of a positive
COVID-19 test if no quarantine order has been issued; and
2. Notify a healthcare provider that the individual is under medical quarantine or
has tested positive for COVID-19 before making any physical contact with that
healthcare provider or entering the provider's premises.
An individual subject to this rule may NOT leave his or her residence to attend work,
obtain supplies, engage in physical exercise or any activity except as permitted by State
of Alaska health mandate or permitted within the medical quarantine order issued to that
individual. The City shall not physically force individuals into quarantine under this rule
but the City shall fine individuals to the maximum extent permitted by law for violations
of this rule and may obtain a court order enforcing the quarantine order against the
individual. Each individual exit from quarantine constitutes a separate and distinct
violation of this rule.
Appendix C: Code Orange-Community Outbreak Rules
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Chambers)
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
7:00pm CC Mtg
Chambers
28 29 30 Jul 1 2 3 4
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30 31
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Da
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
6:00pm HPC
7:00pm P&Z Mtg Work Session
(Council (Council
Chambers) Chamber
7:30pm HPC
Regular
Meeting
(Council
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
7:00pm CC Mtg
(Council
Chambers
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
6:00pm P&Z
Work Session
(Council
Cham bers
26 27 28 29 30 31 Aug 1
7:00pm CC Mtg
Chambers
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23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30
30 31
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
Jul 26 27 28 29 30 31 Aug 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
7:00pm P&Z Mtg
(Council
Cham bers
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16 17 18 19 20 21 22
6:00pm P&Z
Work Session
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23 24 25 26 27 28 29
7:00pm CC Mtg
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30 31 Sep 1 2 3 4 5
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