City of Grand Rapids Commission Briefing #3 April 14, 2020

COVID-19

2554,849 Cases21,942 Deaths

COVID-19 US StatisticsAs of April 13th

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COVID-19 State of Michigan Statistics As of April 14th

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COVID-19 Kent County Statistics

Stay Home, Stay Safe Reports● Review Process-311/Code/PD/FD● 144 Complaints ● 124 Business Operating/Open ● 16 Parks/Parties/Individuals ● 4 Construction Companies

311 Data Summary (as of 4/9/20)

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GR311 Info March 12 – April 10, 2020 ● 17,263 Interactions (5.6 % decrease in calls)● 3,950+ COVID-19 Related Inquiries

• City Yard Waste Dropoff Site• Water Shutoff• How to pay bills-water, refuse cart, income

tax• Transportation Rapid Schedule• Food Security Inquiries• 211 transfers

Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) UpdatePURPOSE: To provide education and guidance around the issues which

could lead to potential spread in an extremely vulnerable population

● The HOT team (Homeless Outreach Team) is in the very formative stages● HOT will be responding to the issues relating to the pandemic which surround social

distancing and group gatherings which exceed recommendations or orders● TEAM: one police officer and one fire fighter will be directly interacting with the

shelters and social service agencies to provide key assistance during this emergency● In the future, the team would ideally become more robust by adding both a social

worker partner and mental health component ● This team will present data based on interactions , complaint responses and make

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• City Efforts • Community Partners

Recovery

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Experience Grand Rapids, the Grand Rapids Chamber and The Right Place, Inc. convened the coalition aimed at making critical information more accessible to all area businesses and their employees. Coalition members include Grand Rapids Chamber, the Right Place, Inc., Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce (West MI), City of Grand Rapids, Downtown Grand Rapids, Inc., Experience Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Area Black Businesses, Start Garden, Local First, Grand Rapids Urban League, Kent County, National Business League, Inc., West Michigan Hispanic Chamber, Linc Up, and West Michigan Works!, and various private sector partners.

https://www.covidwm.org/

The Private-Public Partnership

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City Update

• $2.2 million Community Development Block Grant COVID-19 (CDBG-CV)• $1.1 million Emergency Solutions Grant COVID-19 (ESG-CV)• GR Business Assistance Team

• Digital online form and call 311• Direct email contact with Corridor Improvement Authorities (CIA)• Direct email contact with Development Center Partners • Neighborhood Match Fund-Resiliency and Recovery• City Manager’s FY2021 Preliminary Fiscal Plan Recommendations

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COVID-19 Economic Response and Recovery

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QUESTIONS

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