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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2021.01.07 Public Comments - McCall City Council Regular MeetingID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Start time 1/4/2021 5:15:20 PM 1/4/2021 5:26:30 PM 1/4/2021 5:21:37 PM 1/4/2021 5:31:16 PM 1/5/2021 8:50:37 AM 1/5/2021 9:06:52 AM 1/5/2021 1:59:57 PM 1/5/2021 1:59:51 PM 1/5/2021 2:35:12 PM 1/5/2021 7:29:34 PM 1/6/2021 8:34:50 AM 1/6/2021 9:52:20 AM 1/6/2021 10:05:41 AM 1/6/2021 11:45:52 AM 1/6/2021 1:10:11 PM 1/6/2021 6:50:21 PM 1/7/2021 9:54:19 AM 1/7/2021 12:08:47 PM 1/7/2021 2:13:36 PM 1/7/2021 2:29:31 PM 1/7/2021 2:48:41 PM Completion time 1/4/2021 5:19:47 PM 1/4/2021 5:28:10 PM 1/4/2021 5:30:56 PM 1/4/2021 5:56:51 PM 1/5/2021 9:01:09 AM 1/5/2021 9:31:29 AM 1/5/2021 2:04:24 PM 1/5/2021 2:08:01 PM 1/5/2021 2:43:12 PM 1/5/2021 7:38:29 PM 1/6/2021 8:38:40 AM 1/6/2021 10:00:33 AM 1/6/2021 10:17:58 AM 1/6/2021 11:57:12 AM 1/6/2021 1:18:58 PM 1/6/2021 7:03:24 PM 1/7/2021 9:59:26 AM 1/7/2021 1:22:01 PM 1/7/2021 2:19:44 PM 1/7/2021 2:32:52 PM 1/7/2021 2:49:47 PM Email anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous Name Enter First and Last Name - A bona fide name is required in order for public comment to be communicated to council. Kaila Tanner Brian Recher Ryder Tanner Haden Tanner Sean cochran Jason Haugen Joseph Dorn Pamela McChrystal Richard McChrystal Larinda Spencer Sheree Sonfield McKenzie Kraemer Andrew Kirsch Sarah Kays Angie Chambers Kelly Mendoza Julie Platt Christen Costa Kilmeny Parker Jennifer & Matt Hurlbutt Sandra Marsh Schultz Enter Complete Address 1312 Dawson Ave 14005 Hogue Hollow Drive. McCall ID 83638 1312 dawson ave Mccall id 1312 Dawson Avenue, McCall, Idaho 83638 200 e Lake st mccall if 83638 1006 Rowland Street McCall, Idaho 83638 495 Deinhard lane #1642 PO Box 235 Donnelly Idaho 83615 88 Clearwater Court, Donnelly Idaho 83615 1519 Roosevelt POB 3191, McCall, ID 83638 PO Box 295, McCall, ID 319 Thula, McCall, ID 83638 McCall, ID 700 Hayes St. #4 McCall Idaho, 83638 1305 S Main St, Riggins, ID 83549 12756 Skain Road 53 Silver Fox Trl 665 Woodlands Drive #4123, McCall Idaho 83638 500 Wanda Ave 300 Colorado Street 1325 Greystone Drive Enter Public Comment - All Public Comments are public record I would like to see item 7 c removed. Kids need to get exercise and be involved in youth sports. There is a reason that the Governor allowed youth sports in his latest health order. The kids need this for both their physical health and mental health. PLEASE allow the kids to keep playing youth sports. I believe that adding section 7c prohibiting all non school sports is ridiculous. I, AND MY FAMILY ARE 100 PERCENT AGAINST THIS. This has been dropped out of the governors list as wel My name is Ryder Tanner and i am a young student athlete. Sports are one of my top priorities and something i love. When sports gets shut down that causes my and others athletes grades to drop Because we don't have what we enjoy doing. Sports can take our mind off things that are stressing us out and we can lose focus if those things get shut down. So if youth sports get shut down that will affect many athletes in many diffrent ways. It is with great concern that I am writing with today. The proposed new advisory order that is being taken up on January 7th is overstepping, vague and detrimental to the overall community; especially the children. Business implement delivery / curbside services does this mean that they will no longer be able to have in store patrons? Why single out children who participate in extracurricular activities? Are their needs, wants, mental health, physical health as important as kids that play school sports? What makes non-school sports less safe than school sports. In fact most "non-school" sports can social distance and have had way less negative impact and cases than school sports have had. What science or methodology is behind shutting down adult and youth sports however keeping school sports going? Skiing, nordic skiing, hockey, figure skating, biathlon, etc are some of the most attended sports by the youth of McCall. These sports are also the only health / exercise that adults get. According to CDHD's website Valley County in its entirety as of 01/04/2021 has had 408 confirmed cases with the recent and current trend is declining. The city council should vote NO in its entirety to the newly proposed advisory ordinance. This is way above your authority to dictate. You were elected to run city functions not to run my day to day living. I am capable of making my own health decisions and deciding what risk are acceptable to my family and myself. Like it or not mccall is a tourist dependant city and those that decide to travel here and do business here know and accept the very low risk associated with doing so.while I don't sure with most decisions you have made so far I am still running half occupancy and providing a safe environment for them to eat and drink. Further restrictions are not required and and anyone who votes for this will not have my vote next election I respectfully ask you to take into consideration the comments below regarding the Draft Advisory Order to be discussed on Thursday, January 7th, 2020 by the McCall City Council. Specifically, I request that the council excludes item 7c, non-school youth and adult sports/activities, from the Advisory Order. Central District Health (CDH) had a similar youth sports restriction in their original Draft Order to be voted on December 4, 2020 but decided to exclude youth sports from the Draft Order due to data supporting the fact that there is limited risk to spreading Covid through youth sports that have proper protocols AND that there is significant evidence that there are implications to youth mental health by restricting youth from participating in sports. As support I point to excerpts from two letters sent to CDH by the Friends of Idaho Ice Sports on December 3rd and December 7th. “Per the Journal of the American Medical Association Psychology article, dated October 16, 2020, “Suicide Prevention in the Covid Era, Transforming Risk into Opportunity”, youth are in the high risk population.” Idaho lags behind the country in its prioritization of mental health programs, with Idaho’s suicide rate already being 1.5X higher than the national average according to Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Given that suicides have soared by over 400% in some counties this year alone, and that increase does not yet include the November and December holiday season numbers, we are falling further behind. Hospitalizations for suicide have soberly increased as well per Vital Statistics. As such, we all need to concurrently address COVID-19 numbers AND prevent this negative mental health trend from continuing by not making the solution worse than the cause." . . . , per the American Academy of Pediatrics, “Re-engaging in sports activity with friends has both physical and psychological health benefits for children and adolescents. Participating in sports allows youth to improve their cardiovascular health, strength, body composition, and overall fitness. Mentally, youth may experience benefits from the increased socialization with friends and coaches as well as from the return to a more structured routine. These psychological and physical benefits can help support their developmental growth. Exercise also has immune system benefits.” In closing, unless there is overwhelming medical evidence to support effectively shutting down youth activities, please allow these children to continue to participate in youth sports for the benefit of their mental and physical health, utilizing existing and already proven safety protocols with the case in point that there has not been a single Covid transmission documented at an ice rink in the district since the pandemic began." I fully support enacting another public safety health order. Our sick cases continue to rise and I don't imagine then going down without safety measures begin or into place. Even though the winter carnival has been canceled we are seeing an increase of our of county individuals that do not seem to take Covid-19 seriously. If a health mandate was enacted this would help put our county into a healthier state of condition then what we are currently in. Please consider enacting it. It is quite obvious that McCall city and Valley County is going backwards on its fight against COVID. Without enforcing the rules I don’t know how we are ever going to get through this. This past Christmas and News Years was a nightmare of tourists not giving a damn about the health and safety of our community. I don’t have a solution for people behaving badly but we need to enforce masks with fines and limit the amount of people coming into town or another lockdown will be necessary. Thank you. As a local provider diagnosing and treating Covid positive patients I can tell you that we are still seeing some very sick people on almost a daily basis. At St Luke's we care for not just our Valley county residents but also Adams County where these restrictions are not being implemented and per capita it is my understanding that the positivity rate is higher there than anywhere else in the state. While I would encourage these proposals to be statewide I certainly certainly believe these common sense recommendations will be beneficial for us to attempt to stem the spread of Covid 19 I highly discourage the council from limiting the non-school sports activities. The COVID risk associated with the sports activities is very minimal and the current protocols in place are keeping the participants safe. Stopping the activities would result in a higher likelihood of people being at risk. People remaining active with exercise is good for their health and limiting the activities that are proposed would cause harm physically and mentally for those who are participating in the non-school sanctioned sports. The kids that are participating would be at risk of doing other activities that would put them more at risk for illness and discontent leading to trouble. Use facts to make the appropriate decisions on behalf of the community. Not your personal opinions. I am 66 years old and I strongly support this because it's an effort to keep us all healthy and safe. I really appreciate your efforts to do this, thank you. But I doubt people will follow the advice just as they don't mask up when needed and properly. You'll need to figure out some way to enforce what's in place now and any other resolutions like this proposal. Unfortunately, many people are acting naively and with ignorance. I am very much in favor of an advisory order that helps convey the seriousness of the COVID-19 situation in McCall and in Valley County. I agree with items #1 - #6, but am really struggling with the points in #7. Singling out specific business types (i.e. saying restaurants should provide curbside only while gyms are able to remain open at 50% capacity) does not make any sense to me. Perhaps this could be revised as an advisory to continue the diligent efforts our local businesses have implemented including offering curbside/takeout where possible, offering online or virtual services where possible, limiting capacity (in all businesses) to maintain physical distancing requirements, etc. The way this is written now feels disrespectful to the immense amount of innovation, flexibility and hard work local businesses have put in to stay open and keep everyone healthy. On that note, I would put forward the Council include language that supports the efforts of many of our local businesses and ask residents and visitors alike to be informed and prepared and comply with those policies intended to keep patrons and staff safe and our businesses open. Thank you for your consideration! I’m opposing to instituting another order for corona restrictions. All local businesses have come up with their own policies to protect themselves and their clientele. We do not need more unenforceable overreach from the city council when the local businesses have already reached a compromise that works for them. I am opposed to moving restaurants to curbside and delivery only. This would result in an abundance of restaurant employees being laid off again. How do you plan to support these individuals in the loss of their income? The stimulus check of $600 is not enough money to cover the cost of living in our beautiful town. Restaurants have gone to great lengths to provide a safer dining experience. I understand the need to keep our community healthy and we also have to be mindful of the financial health of our working class year round residents. I hope that you continue with the protections. As the FedEx Express courier covering McCall I appreciate any efforts you make to help keep me healthy. I would say that 80% of businesses in McCall do not wear masks & I feel that whatever regulations are in place could only help. I vote against. Wearing masks is a level I feel we all can participate in as a community -whether or not thoughts are shared on its effectiveness. We as Americans should have the right to make the safe choice on whether to go to dinner, a birthday party, or out for an activity. I do not agree with taking rights away. Possibly, there will be less defiance (in time) simply because rights have not been taken away. I do feel, as Americans, we each should be diligent in protecting ourselves and our family. However, I do not feel it should be through the restriction of our rights. That will not solve the issue the way it needs to be solved. Please do anything to stop the spread of COVID. I’m so discouraged with the amount of out of town people running around without masks and absolutely no enforcement of the county mandate. The sign boards are gone entering town, the vacation rentals are booming, and the valley residents are held hostage in their homes. Please require businesses to enforce masks, and slow the tourist traffic down. Thank you for your concern and consideration. Regarding: AB 21-002 Request Adoption of Resolution 21-04 in Support of Central District Health’s November 17, 2020 Public Health Advisory to Slow the Transmission of COVID-19 (ACTION ITEM) I respectfully ask that City of McCall’s City Council consider the negative impacts on mental health that restricting athletic activities creates. My 12-year-old son is a 7th grade student at Payette Lakes Middle School. Sal attends school Monday, Wednesday and every other Friday. Not only have his days-in-school been reduced, but so have his days-on-the-ice. He is a hockey player on the McCall Youth Hockey Association’s PeeWee Team. My son has a dream to be an elite athlete when he gets older. He has committed to a healthy diet and good grades in school. But that alone will not help him achieve his goals of competing at higher levels of competition; including at the collegiate level. When I told Sal about the possibility of discontinuing his hockey season because indoor sports would be disallowed, his reply was “Really, that’s scary.” I asked why. “Because I love hockey and I don’t want to stop playing,” said Sal. Sal is also a skier. I am so thankful that we live in a community where outdoor recreation is possible. My family and I downhill and Nordic ski in the winter. But not all children have the means to participate in these same activities – or other outdoor activities. Please do not take away the ice rink as a place to play and exercise. Skiing is a fantastic cross-training exercise that compliments Sal’s skating skills, but it doesn’t replace his hockey development as a player and student-athlete. I am not only thinking about my son as I write this letter, but our whole community of youth. As Executive Director for McCall Winter Sports Club and Board Member for McCall Youth Hockey Association, I have worked hard with others to keep the sports of skiing and hockey still available to our community. I can truthfully say as witnessed first-hand and practiced myself that the COVID policies carefully put in place for our athletes, coaches and parents are being followed. These include designated entrances and exits, wearing a mask, distancing from others, completing a pre-training health check and dis-allowing indoor spectators. In order to fulfill these restrictions we’ve staggered practice starts and finishes – and reduced total practice times. Because we’ve strictly adhered to these policies there have been NO known cases of COVID infection or spread amongst our local hockey and ski teams. Thus, I ask that these children be allowed to continue participating in youth sports utilizing existing and already-proven safety protocols; including at the ice rink. Respectively, Christen Costa I believe this is an Unnecessary advisory. Our community has lost enough of its workforce already due to this pandemic and I believe that we would lose even more of our workers if the advisory was to be followed. Wouldn’t it be more beneficial to find a way to encourage the local businesses to enforcemasking/social distancing Thank you for reading this email and taking it into consideration.  We own & operate Salmon River Brewery.  We currently employ about 30+ people.  We have been extremely diligent in operating our business during these trying times.  We have adhered to every single rule and order put in place.   We are fortunate to have employees that take this virus as seriously as we do.  We are currently open for In House dining, To Go & Delivery. We are extremely concerned about the proposed City of McCall Advisory Order that is currently being considered.  If Central District Health has deemed restaurants as safe and having the ability to keep their employees, customers, and the general public safe then why does the City of McCall want to take it upon themselves to shut down our town?   We will continue with To Go and Delivery throughout the winter season - even though we had never done that prior to the virus.  Our To Go and Delivery sales, while we were shut down in March and April of last year, totaled about 8% of typical sales during that time in previous years.  While we have continued to offer Take Out and Delivery throughout the year, our Take Out and Delivery sales equal 9% of our total business.  Not enough to pay the bills, keep our doors open & pay our employees.  If you choose to shut down McCall restaurants to Take Out only - our people will suffer and businesses will suffer.  We have a huge fear that being shut down again might just close our doors. We respectfully ask that you let us continue In House dining, please do not close it down!  We need to be open during ski season.  We have so many lives that rely on us! In addition to the restaurant section of the order, there is also the part about discontinuing non-school related sports.  Our town, children, families, and the public all need and rely on our winter sports to thrive and maintain sanity, health and welfare.  Our current mask mandate and social distancing rules already apply to this section and it seems to us that everyone is complying as best as they can. In truth, we hope that this Advisory Order is dismissed.  We hope that you feel the same and will allow businesses to continue safely servicing the public.  Thank you for serving our beautiful little town!  We appreciate you guys.  We know you are trying to protect our town - all of us are!    Respectfully- Jennifer & Matt Hurlbutt I support and encourage the adoption of Resolution 21-04 in Support of Central District Health’s November 17, 2020 Public Health Advisory to Slow the Transmission of COVID-19.