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ATTACHMENT 1 Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Alameda and City of Pleasanton for COVID-19 Testing Services Purpose and Parties to this Memorandum of Understanding The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is to describe the working relationship between the County of Alameda, (hereinafter COUNTY) and the City of Pleasanton, hereinafter (CITY) for the provision of post disaster survivor's services, which may include goods, services, and/or facilities as described in the Scope of Services, below Background On February 28, 2020, the COUNTY reported its first case of infection with a new coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 or SARS-CoV-2) that causes a respiratory illness known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019. As of June 15, 2020, the number of reported COVID-19 cases has risen to more than 7.8 million confirmed cases across more than 210 countries and territories and resulted in more than 431,500 deaths worldwide. The United States has reported more than 2 million confirmed cases and 115,000 deaths with California reporting more than 151,000 cases and 5,089 deaths. In Alameda County, the COVID-19 pandemic has infected more than 4,300 persons and resulted in 112 deaths in Alameda County. The COUNTY proclaimed a local health emergency on March 10, 2020. The Governor of California proclaimed a state of emergency in California on March 4, 2020. The President of the United States issued an Emergency Declaration on March 13, 2020. As a result of this proclaimed disaster event in the COUNTY, facilities, services, resources, and inventories of disaster supplies may be in critically short supply. Under these circumstances, the COUNTY will use pre-designated relationships, as outlined in the Alameda County & City COVID- 19 Testing Partnership Framework (Attachment II), and Memoranda of Understandings (MOU's) with cities to fulfill critical unmet needs. This MOU outlines an agreement to cooperate in the provision of emergency response activities and the provision of goods and services for communities impacted by COVID-19. This Memorandum shall identify both the potential services and goods that may be made available by the CITY, as well as establish the administrative, record keeping, communication, and reimbursement protocols. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), testing for individuals who are at high risk for contracting the virus is an important strategy to reduce community transmission of COVID-19, especially as the county relaxes shelter-in-place restrictions and expands contact tracing. 1 of 13