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Fairgrounds,and the City of Dublin invoiced the City related to Fairgrounds testing <br /> services.The City will also invoice the County for its$100,000 contribution towards <br /> SVC's testing services.The$100,000 will reimburse the City's General Fund.The City <br /> has no other financial obligation under the proposed First Amendment. <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> In December 2019,an outbreak of a respiratory illness due to a novel coronavirus(a <br /> disease known as 2019 Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19)was first identified in Wuhan <br /> City, Hubei Province,China.As of December 18,2020,the number of reported COVID- <br /> 19 cases has risen to more than 18.3 million confirmed cases and resulted in more than <br /> 320,000 deaths in the United States.California reported approximately two million <br /> cases and more than 23,000 deaths. <br /> On January 23,2020,the CDC activated its Emergency Response System to provide <br /> ongoing support for the response to COVID-19 across the United States. In addition,the <br /> Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health <br /> emergency in the United States on January 31,2020.In Alameda County,the Board of <br /> Supervisors(Board)adopted a resolution ratifying the declaration of a local health <br /> emergency by the County Health Officer on March 10,2020. <br /> According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), <br /> testing for individuals who are at high risk for contracting the virus is an important <br /> strategy to reduce community transmission of COVID-19.To support efforts by cities to <br /> expand testing services,the Board adopted the Alameda County&City COVID-19 <br /> Testing Partnership Framework on June 30,2020 to coordinate resources and provide <br /> technical assistance to cities to increase equitable access to testing and lab processing <br /> services for residents most impacted by COVID-19. <br /> The Cities of Dublin,Livermore and Pleasanton and the County partnered with Stanford <br /> Health Care-ValleyCare to provide COVID-19 testing services at the Fairgrounds <br /> beginning April 28,2020 and ending August 28,2020.The goals of these testing <br /> services were to alleviate pressure off of hospital emergency rooms;provide quicker <br /> answers for recently exposed first responders,health care workers,and persons with <br /> recent suspected exposures to COVID-19;and to enhance the region's capacity to <br /> suppress new transmissions through isolation after testing.The scope of the testing <br /> services later expanded to include any resident from Dublin, Livermore or Pleasanton. <br /> The Alameda County Board of Supervisors delegated authority to the Alameda County <br /> Health Care Services Agency(HCSA)to negotiate and execute the MOU with the City, <br /> to act on behalf of the three Tri-valley cities to incur the approved Stanford Health Care <br /> -Valley Care testing costs and submit required documentation to HCSA for <br /> reimbursement.On August 18,2020,the Pleasanton City Council approved the draft <br /> MOU with the County. <br /> SVC continued to provide testing services at the Fairgrounds beyond August 28,2020 <br /> and requested the County to help fund those services.The County agreed to do so <br /> through December 30,2020 which is the date by which the County needs to fully <br /> expend their federal CARES Act allocation.The City requested that FEMA reimburse its <br /> $100,000 allocation to the Fairgrounds testing and was advised to have the County <br /> submit the City's request along with the County's FEMA reimbursement requests for <br /> Page 2 of 3 <br />