FROM THE OFFICE OF THE RIO VISTA CITY MANAGER
Subject: Coronavirus update and impact to City Facilities
City Hall, Fire and Police facilities to remain restricted access.
I wanted to take a moment and provide an update on the Coronavirus response in Rio Vista. While the City is still under 10 reported cases, many counties in California are seeing significant increases in positive cases of COVID-19.
The World Health Organization on Sunday reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, at more than 183,000 new cases in the latest 24 hours. Brazil led the way with 54,771 cases tallied and the U.S. next at 36,617. Over 15,400 came in within India. Within the United States, there have been 2,504,175 cases with 44,703 new cases reported as of June 28, 2020. In California, we saw 2,986 new cases. In our country, many states are trending upwards.
In Rio Vista, we need to be able to count on our public safety, public works, and City Hall staff to continue to work in this challenging environment. I had hoped to reopen the fire, police departments and city hall on a limited basis in early July. However, based on the continued increase in COVID-19 cases, I will need to delay that reopening until such time as the data supports a reconsideration and our risk is decreased. The primary way the City Team can support our citizens it to do our best to protect the health of our city employees—and I want to emphasize that it is very critical for our police and fire personnel to stay healthy in order to be able to respond to our citizens’ needs.
We have been and will continue to provide city services to our citizens and to move projects forward as best we can under these unusual circumstances.
I understand people are tired of the restrictions that have become our new norm. But the virus does not care. We need to continue our efforts to keep our family, friends, and community safe.
The health and safety of our community has been and continues to be our top priority! We can overcome this with kindness, patience, and understanding that we are all going through this together.
Rob Hickey
City Manager