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"O!Lt Attachment ,,�ARQEN HILLS The City of Arden Hills is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace for all our employees and members of the public.To ensure we have a safe and healthy workplace,the city has developed the following COVID-19 Preparedness Plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. All employees are all responsible for implementing this plan. Our goal is to mitigate the potential for transmission of COVID-19 in our workplaces and communities, and that requires full cooperation among all employees. Only through this cooperative effort can we establish and maintain the safety and health of all persons in our workplaces. The COVID-19 Preparedness Plan is administered by the City Administrator,who maintains the overall authority and responsibility for the plan. However, management and workers are equally responsible for supporting, implementing, complying with, and providing recommendations to further improve all aspects of this COVID-19 Preparedness Plan.The city's managers and supervisors have our full support in enforcing the provisions of this plan. The city is serious about safety and health and protecting its workers. Worker involvement is essential in developing and implementing a successful COVID-19 Preparedness Plan.We have involved our workers in this process by working with each department to ensure feedback, questions, and concerns can be addressed and appropriate measures are utilized in the city's preparedness plan. The City of Arden Hills' COVID-19 Preparedness Plan follows the industry guidance developed by the State of Minnesota,which is based upon Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)guidelines for COVID-19, Minnesota's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Minnesota OSHA) statutes, rules, and standards, and Minnesota's relevant and current executive orders, and addresses: • Ensuring sick workers stay home and prompt identification and isolation of sick persons; • Social distancing—Workers must be at least six-feet apart; • Worker hygiene and source controls; • Workplace building and ventilation protocol; • Workplace cleaning and disinfection protocol; • Drop-off, pick-up and delivery practices and protocol; and • Communications and training practices and protocol. The city has reviewed and incorporated the industry guidance applicable to our business provided by the State of Minnesota for the development of this plan; while no specific industry guidance is available for cities we are following the general guidance from the state. Other conditions and circumstances included in the industry guidance and addressed in the plan that are specific to our business include: ❑ additional protections and protocols for customers, clients, guests,visitors; ❑ additional protections and protocols for personal protective equipment(PPE); ❑ additional protections and protocol for sanitation and hygiene; ❑ additional protections and protocols for hand washing;