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ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
(Agenda Related Writings/Documents provided to City Council or Staff after distribution of the
Agenda Packet for the February 21, 2023 Council Meeting)
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February 21, 2023
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
Carrie Gallagher, City Clerk
(858) 668-4535 or cgallagher@poway.org
Item 2 - Resolution Finding and Declaring an Emergency Within the City
of Poway No Longer Exists Due to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Global Pandemic
Attached please find correspondence received after the agenda posting deadline.
Reviewed/Approved By:
Wendy Kaserman
Assistant City Manager
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Reviewed By:
Alan Fenstermacher
City Attorney
Approved By:
ChSJ
City Manager
February 21, 2023, Item #2
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Joe st. Lucas
Councilmembers: Jeff Chumbley: Chris Hazeltine: Carrie Gallagher
Poway Council Feb 21st Agenda Item 2, Poway Emergency Covid Ending
Friday, February 17, 2023 3:48:57 PM
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This item concerns ending Poway's Covid Emergency Declaration on Feb 28, 2023, at the
same time that the State of California ends theirs.
I have some questions about this. First, if the Governor somehow decides to extend the end
date for the state of California, will Poway follow that date or is Feb 28th the end for us,
period?
Next, the agenda item talks about the repayment of the PEARL loans and I have no questions
about that. However, the agenda item leaves out some of the things that were tied to Poway's
Emergency Declaration.
For instance, "we" purchased some picnic tables and gave them to businesses that were
hurting because indoor dining was restricted and the tables gave them the opportunity to
provide outdoor dining. These tables were advertised as going to Poway's parks when the
Emergency Declaration was ended and were not supposed to be a gift to the business. This
agenda item completely skips talking about these picnic tables. How many tables are there
altogether, and how many are going to which parks, AND WHEN? How long do the
businesses have to return the picnic tables to the city , and when will the city ( or Parks and
Rec Dept) provide dates for their disposition?
To help out the struggling businesses during the Emergency, some were allowed to expand
their business outdoors onto the sidewalks and into the parking lots in some cases, with the
idea that, while this wouldn't be allowed because of existing zoning codes, the Emergency
Declaration will temporarily allow them flexibility and once the Emergency is over, the
business footprint will return to normal with no outdoor presence unless they were initially
zoned for that.
When will the city require these businesses to "return to normal" by taking the outdoor dining
away?
The Poway Businesses were allowed to put flags and other items out from Friday-Sunday
normally, but because of the Emergency Declaration they were given the flexibility to put
these flags out every day. When will this stop?
If the Emergency Declaration is ending Feb 28, I would assume that on Wednesday March 1,
the picnic tables will be returned to the city, the businesses will take all of their outdoor dining
off the sidewalks and parking lots, and that the temporary business flags will be gone until the
weekends.
If this is not the case and there's a different timeline, it should be discussed when this agenda
item is presented.
Thank you,
Joe St. Lucas
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14829 Sumise Dr.
Poway, CA 92064
858-679-8386
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