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Home My WebLink About061720 COVIDRecoveryCommentsFrom:Port Townsend Foundry LLC To:CovidRecoveryComments Subject:public comments Date:Wednesday, June 17, 2020 3:36:04 PM Attachments:6 17 2020.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. From:John Mauro To:ptf@olypen.com; "Brian Kuh"; Kate Dean; "Eron Berg" Cc:CovidRecoveryComments Subject:RE: Public in put link Date:Wednesday, June 17, 2020 1:03:17 PM Attachments:6 17 2020.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Thanks, Pete. I’m assuming this is specifically for tonight’s joint meeting. I just sent a test email to covidrecoverycomments@co.jefferson.wa.us … and it didn’t bounce back (yet). Best John From: ptf@olypen.com <ptf@olypen.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 12:55 PM To: 'Brian Kuh' <director@edcteamjefferson.org>; 'Kate Dean' <KDean@co.jefferson.wa.us>; 'Eron Berg' <Eron@portofpt.com>; John Mauro <JMauro@cityofpt.us> Subject: Public in put link CAUTION: External Email I just want to let you that the link for public impute is not functioning and e-mails are bounced back as undeliverable. Please make the attached part of the record . Thanks Pete Peter R. Langley Port Townsend Foundry LLC 251 Otto St. Port Townsend WA. 98368 P. 360 385-6425 F. 360 385-1947 "The bigger the dream, The larger the reality" www.porttownsendfoundry.com www.facebook.com/Port-Townsend-Foundry-LLC </html From:John Mauro To:CovidRecoveryComments Subject:testing Date:Wednesday, June 17, 2020 12:58:03 PM Attachments:image001.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. John Mauro | City Manager City of Port Townsend | www.cityofpt.us 250 Madison Street, Suite 2 | Port Townsend, WA 98368 P: 360.379.5043 | M: 360.531.2916 Follow us on Facebook: fb.me/CityofPT CITYOFPT NOTICE REGARDING PUBLIC DISCLOSURE: Public documents and records are available to the public as required under the Washington State Public Records Act (RCW 42.56). The information contained in all correspondence with a government entity may be disclosable to third party requesters under the Public Records Act. From:Ursula Gallucci To:jeffbocc; Board of Health; CovidRecoveryComments Subject:Letter to BOH/BOCC regarding Mask Directive Date:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 8:13:03 PM Attachments:Stubbed Attachments.htm This message's contents have been archived by the Barracuda Message Archiver. Part 1, Whereas#1-4, Letter to CC, BOH.pdf (3.5M) CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hello all: Please see attached letter. I would appreciate if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter within a couple of days. Thank you. Feel free to reply with any questions or comments or for further discussion. -Regards, Ursula Gallucci From:Joan Best To:CovidRecoveryComments Subject:Covid Recovery Date:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 11:59:30 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I think the joint effort is an excellent idea. In light of the other major issue before the public at this time, police behavior and training, I would suggest greater cooperation and coordination between the sheriff and the City of PT police. Having two separate policing forces for a population of slightly over 30.000 population is a redundancy. The County does not have enough in some areas and the city too much. Sincerely, Joan Best From:David Neuenschwander To:CovidRecoveryComments Subject:Recommendation Against the COVID Recovery & Resilience Resolution Date:Monday, June 15, 2020 4:47:24 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Greetings Recommendation—Do Not Adopt the COVID Recovery & Resilience Resolution · There is much about the COVID Recovery & Resilience Resolution that is problematic · There are simpler alternative actions that might be taken that could prove more effective at minimal cost · The Resolution should not be adopted PROBLEMATIC CONSIDERATIONS COVID Recovery & Resilience—Multi-Governmental Process—Costs versus Benefits · The proposed Resolution establishes the following o Intergovernmental Collaborative Group o Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee o Six Task Forces · Final Recommendation is not due until December 12, 2020 o This seems to be roughly the earliest time a COVID vaccine could be developed · Costs o One can only wonder at the required person-hours, the administrative support, and the bureaucratic coordination needed to create a Final Recommendation o And after the Final Recommendation is created, one wonders at the costs of executing it · Finally, one wonders what the benefits will be: o Elimination of COVID? Hardly likely. o Restoration of the economy? There may be less involved ways to accomplish the same thing. · Given the above considerations, it seems unlikely that the resolution will do much to move the needle on the issue of recovery and resilience COVID Recovery & Resilience—Multi-Governmental Process—Some Areas Possibly Outside the Legal Purview of a Jurisdiction · One cannot help but wonder whether the Port or the PUD have the authority to engage in what is essentially a public health issue · To be sure, the economy has been damaged by heavy health regulations · But the Port and the PUD have limited lawful authority to ameliorate those economic damages and zero authority on health issues · If the Port and the PUD cannot legally act, this mitigates against adoption of the resolution COVID Recovery & Resilience—Red Herrings · A red herring is anything that detracts from the issue at hand o The following are red herrings because they have nothing whatsoever to do with COVID Recovery and Resilience § Equality § Climate Change § Broadband § Affordable Housing § Food Security o These considerations alone should be reason enough to reject the resolution ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS The following are alternatives to be considered instead of the COVID Recovery & Resilience Resolution COVID Health Risks—Known and Knowable · By now the health risk is known and preventive measures are knowable. o Known Risk § In Jefferson County, roughly one person in ten thousand has become sick from the virus and not one has died § One can say with a high degree of confidence that the risk of contracting the disease in this county is slight · It does not take a great leap of faith to infer that the open and operating essential businesses have not contributed to the spread of the disease o Knowable Preventive Measures § Masks § Wash hands § Hand sanitizer § Maintaining distance § Self-isolation § Avoiding risky environments COVID Recovery & Resilience—Regulations · The best governments can do to foster COVID Recovery and Resilience is to regulate as lightly as possible o Heavy Regulation—Results—Benefits and Costs § Lockdowns and prohibitions may have limited the spread of the disease, although to what extent no one can say with any certainty § Lockdowns and prohibitions have certainly caused serious economic damage · Lost wages · Lost business revenues · Lost tax revenues · Cost of compliance with rules and regulations by businesses, schools and governments § So far, it appears safe to say that economic damage caused by government orders has far outweighed the benefit of prevention of actual (or even possibly prevented) illnesses or death § Based on the above, it seems reasonable to say that heavy-handed, all- inclusive protective measures for all members of society should be avoided o Minimal Regulation—Simple Information Campaign—Nudge Factors—Reasonably Speedy Recovery § The lightest regulatory approach is an Information Campaign that · Is widely disseminated · Explains the risks · Recommends use of Knowable Preventive Measures (see above) § This puts the responsibility for individual health in the hands of the individual, but nudges toward compliance · If the individual does not want to get sick, the individual should take Knowable Preventive Measures · Businesses and governments will have an incentive to take preventive measures in order to provide more or less safe environments for their patrons § This appears to be a more reasonable approach to public health · The cost of the informational campaign is minimal · Economic damage is mitigated and allows for reasonably speedy economic recovery · Economic damage is not entirely eliminated, as some members of society may choose to avoid businesses, bars or restaurants o However, that damage is the result of personal choices, not governmental decrees o Special Cases—Additional Regulations § Additional regulations might be required in some cases · When local hot spots arise, officials must trace the outbreaks to their origin and be ready to curtail specific activities that are sources of spread o The public is clearly willing to follow focused guidance o But broad shutdowns are unlikely to be tolerated · Other cases o For certain high risk persons in high risk environments (nursing home residents) o Persons incapable of knowing the risks (institutionalized persons or possibly children in a school setting) § Yet for the most part, these regulations will likely be formulated at the State level, not at the County level, and certainly not at the Port or PUD level Summary—Do Not Adopt the COVID Recovery & Resilience Resolution · There is much about the COVID Recovery & Resilience Resolution that is problematic · There are simpler alternative actions that might be taken that could prove more effective at minimal cost · The Resolution should not be adopted David Neuenschwander 142 Old Lindsay Hill Rd. Quilcene, WA 98376 360.765.3151