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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board discuss and possibly approve actions related to re-opening El Dorado County for employers and businesses related to the COVID-19 public health emergency and related orders and guidelines issued by the Governor and the California Department of Public Health, consider approval of additional letter(s) to the Governor regarding additional aspects of re-opening of the local economy which the County feels the State should consider, and provide related direction to staff based on these discussions.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Since March 19, 2020, all California residents and businesses have been operating under a Stay-at-Home order from the Governor which prohibits all but essential businesses and activities. On April 14, the Governor presented the Pandemic Roadmap, a four-stage plan for modifying the Stay-a-Home Order, but did not set forth timing for when Stage 2 would start. On April 28, El Dorado County's Public Health Officer presented the County's proposed Stage 2 plan at a special board meeting (#20-0617), sharing the County's Reopening Guidelines for all businesses and employers. At the conclusion of that meeting, the Board sent a letter to the Governor requesting that he allow El Dorado County to move forward into Stage 2.
On May 4, the Governor announced that entry into Stage 2 of the plan would be imminent. The County set a special meeting to be able to move to Stage 2 as quickly as possible. On May 7, the Governor held a press conference and the California Department of Public Health released a document setting forth the process by which counties could increase the pace by which they could advance through Stage 2.
On May 8, 2020, the Board of Supervisors considered action to submit plans to the State of California for El Dorado County to move at an accelerated rate through Stage 2 of re-opening. During that discussion, the Board requested that staff place additional discussion items on the a...
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