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<br />Make sure people are social distancing in popular areas of the park. <br />During periods of sustained community transmission, park administrators <br />should: <br /> Monitor areas where people are likely to gather and consider temporary <br />closure to support social distancing practices. These areas might include <br />sports fields, playgrounds, skateparks, basketball courts, tennis courts, and <br />picnic areas. In the event of facility closures, park administrators might want <br />to place physical barriers in these areas and post signs communicating that the <br />area is closed. <br /> Post signs discouraging groups from gathering in larger numbers than are <br />currently recommended or allowed. <br /> <br />To date, we have not deployed our portable restroom facilities. This decision was previously <br />supported by the Parks and Recreation Committee. At their last meeting, the Committee <br />asked staff to consider, at least, a limited use of portable restrooms at our larger parks, where <br />people travel from further distances than a small neighborhood park. With the high usage of <br />our trails in recent weeks, there is certainly a need for these facilities. It is important for us to <br />find a balance between the public health risk associated with a communal bathroom during a <br />pandemic and the public health risk of not having bathroom facilities available when people <br />need them. <br /> <br />While neither the state nor CDC dictate that portable restrooms must or must not be <br />deployed, the CDC does offer this guidance: <br /> Cleaned and disinfected regularly, particularly high-touch surfaces <br />such as faucets, toilets, doorknobs, and light switches. Clean and disinfect <br />restrooms daily or more often if possible. The EPA-registered household <br />disinfectants listed here are recommended. Ensure safe and correct application <br />of disinfectants and keep products away from children. <br /> Regularly stocked with supplies for handwashing, including soap <br />and materials for drying hands or hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol. <br />Oftentimes restroom facilities without running water, such as portable toilets <br />and vault toilets, are not stocked with hand hygiene products. Encourage <br />visitors to be prepared to bring their own hand sanitizer with at least 60% <br />alcohol for use in these facilities. <br /> <br />Therefore, beginning on May 18, we will have portable toilets available at LaMotte Park, <br />where people from around the city and beyond visit. This park is also along the regional trail, <br />which provides longer walking and biking trips. The portable restrooms will be serviced <br />more frequently than normal. For the immediate future, we will not have portable restrooms <br />available at neighborhood parks, where our visitors are usually closer to home. <br /> <br />It is assumed, that even after the Stay at Home Order expires on May 18, most social <br /> <br />