Dear City Council Members, As an avid lap/masters swimmer myself, but more importantly as a concerned community member anxious to get all the kids, teens, and adults who utilize our great public pools--who are not able to access high priced country clubs and depend on our amazing public institutions--back into their healthy activities safely, I urge you to allow for the reopening of Burgess Pool, which I know is well prepared to enable lap swimming safely, and to take all the outlined precautions of San Mateo County Health Order No. c19-5d -- Appendix C-2, issued May 15, 2020, which states: "The “Additional Activities” listed below may resume, subject to the requirements set forth in the Order and to any additional requirements set forth below or in separate guidance by the Health Officer. These activities were selected to implement an initial measured expansion of activity based on health-related considerations including the risks of COVID-19 transmission associated with types and modes of activity, the ability to substantially mitigate transmission risks associated with the operations, and related factors, such as the following: Increase in mobility and volume of activity—the overall impact resumption of the activity will have on the number of people leaving their homes and interacting with others in the community; Contact intensity—the type (close or distant) and duration (brief or prolonged) of the contact involved in the activity; Number of contacts—the approximate number of people that will be in the setting at the same time; Modification potential—the degree to which mitigation measures can decrease the risk of transmission. List of Additional Activities Notwithstanding Section 15.a regarding outdoor recreation areas and shared recreation facilities, for the purposes of this Order Additional Activities include the following: (1) Indoor and outdoor pools, outdoor recreation areas, and outdoor shared recreation facilities may be opened, but only if they are actively monitored and managed to ensure that the facility is either (1) only used by members of the same household or (2) used in a manner that ensures that all social distancing, face covering and all other requirements (including the prohibitions against gathering and shared equipment), including Health Officer orders, are enforced. Any measures put in place must be reflected in the required posted written protocols. a. Basis for Addition. Indoor and outdoor pools, outdoor recreation areas, and outdoor shared recreation facilities that are actively managed and monitored in a manner that ensures that the social distancing, face covering and all other requirements (including the prohibitions against gathering and shared equipment), including Health Officer orders, are enforced, the likelihood of transmission is significantly reduced. Thank you, Sarah Eisner -- Sarah Liniger Eisner *** Received on Tue May 26 2020 - 08:43:02 PDT
