Please be mindful that information may change rapidly, even by the hour.
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Public Health Update
- Broomfield Public Health currently has 18 cases under investigation. The CDPHE website lists Broomfield as having 17 cases. Please note that the numbers on CDPHE’s website are only updated once per day. To ensure rapid response to new cases, Broomfield staff monitors the reporting systems throughout the day.
- Cases in Colorado - Updated daily at about 4 p.m.
- 2,307 cases
- 326 hospitalized
- 46 counties
- 14,470 people tested
- 47 deaths
- 10 outbreaks at residential and non-hospital health care facilities
- Key Messages:
- Community response is critical in this emergency - public health officials do not know where the virus is in all cases and many people will experience mild symptoms, never knowing they have COVID-19. This is incredibly dangerous because those people can still infect their neighbors, their families and their co-workers.
- Self-isolate if you have COVID-19 type symptoms (fever, cough, and shortness of breath). Go to the hospital only if you need urgent/emergent care (for instance, if you experience severe respiratory issues or difficulty breathing). View information on isolation and quarantine.
- Board of Health - Broomfield will respond to Extraction's Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) today. The TRO prevents Broomfield from issuing a public health order suspending flowback until the state stay at home order is lifted. Read more.
Today’s FAQ’s:
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Broomfield’s Telephone Town Hall Recording
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State Update:
- Governor Polis discussed a projected time-frame of the curve. View the slides the Governor presented.
- Updates to state-wide Stay at Home Public Health Order:
- Critical businesses must comply with a stay at home and social distancing requirements and should minimize staff to those who are critical to the functioning of the business.
- Necessary travel now includes transporting children between separate households pursuant to a parenting plan or other agreement governing parental responsibilities and non-residents returning to their place of residence.
- Essential government services now include airports, activities related to the conduct of elections, and local governments.
- Minimum basic operations now include filling online product orders and to process customer orders remotely.
- The Governor signed executive orders Friday allowing Coloradans to get their marriage licenses without going in person (read the Executive Order,) and allowing the state to access additional funds from the Disaster Emergency Fund. (Read the Executive Order.)
- Residents are encouraged to download myColorado mobile app and utilize the State of Colorado’s many online services while staying at home to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Updated app features include: convenient access to COVID-19 information, 17 additional Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) services, and State of Colorado job opportunities. Additionally, Coloradans can receive COVID-19 alerts and other important information in real time through myColorado push notifications.
- The State of Colorado has been awarded approximately $9.3 million in supplemental funding from the federal government and intends to push about $5 million to local public health agencies. Broomfield Public Health and Environment stands to receive just under $100,000 in supplemental funding which can be utilized to cover costs related to incident management, jurisdictional recovery, information management, countermeasures and mitigation, surge management (ex: coordination with health care systems), and biosurveillance (ex: surveillance, reporting, equipment/supplies, data management).
- At the March 31 Council meeting, staff will be presenting and discussing the National, State and possible local assistance dollars that are coming on line.
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City Business:
- Public Health Order Compliance Team: Read the full explanation of Broomfield’s compliance strategy that can be explained using the HOME acronym.
- Work on construction projects in Broomfield are continuing. Read more about Dillon Rd./W. 144th Ave., Broomfield Community Center, W. Midway Trail/Bridge, Sheridan Blvd. and Midway Intersection, Emerald Park, Eldorado Blvd. and Interlocken Loop Intersection, Service Center and the Water Treatment Facility
- The City and County of Broomfield continues to accept and review development applications, review building permits for zoning compliance, answer emails and voicemail, issue fence and sign permits, Inspect on new houses, new commercial including tenant finish, and residential permits on exterior of house, process all permits (other than for inside existing houses) in the system prior to March 17, and are accepting new permits for re-roofs and PV solar permit.
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Property Tax Relief
Broomfield
property taxes
due on April 30 will not accrue interest for late payment if paid within 30 days of the due date. If a resident decided to split their payment, the due date for the 1st half was March 2, 2020. We will accept a 1st half property tax payment without penalty until April 20, 2020. The due date for the 2nd half property tax payment is June 15, 2020. Please don’t hesitate to contact our treasurer’s office with any questions or concerns at
treasurer@broomfield.org
or 303.464.5810.
Unfortunately, our online payment system is not set up to remove interest, therefore please plan to make payment either by: Dropping off payment at our dropbox located at One Descombes Drive or via postal mail to: PO Box 407, Broomfield 80038-0407.
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Another day...another amazing donation! This time from JBP Law Firm. The company
donated
500 spray bottles filled with hand sanitizer to the Broomfield Police Department! Thanks for the love and support! We are beyond grateful.
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inventHQ made cloth masks for FISH volunteers. These are fitted masks that are breathable, washable, and comfortable to wear. They passed the test of no foggy glasses while wearing the mask and glasses. The masks are made with four layers of fabric: two cotton and two non-woven interfacing, including a piece of metal sewn over the nose bridge. There is a shortage of elastic right now, so they found that hair ties work just fine for around the ears.
Check out the model
they are using.
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Stay at Home Activity
Take a virtual field trip! Broomfield Early Learning has assembled several virtual field trips on the
social distancing activity pages
. Take a trip to a new world from your home!
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- Bridge the Gap Program:
- For Residents: Broomfield launches a new “Bridge The Gap” program to provide housing payment assistance to residents who have lost wages due to the impact of COVID-19. See eligibility criteria, learn more and apply online at Broomfield.org/BridgeTheGap
- For Small Businesses: A modification to the Enhance Broomfield grant is being prepared to support small businesses impacted by COVID-19. More information, and an application will be announced next week.
- Help Colorado Now has raised $7.7 million dollars from nearly 4,000 individuals, foundations and companies since the fund launched. The grant process has now begun and will be on a rolling basis. Those interested in applying for relief funds up to $25K can apply here.
- 2-1-1 Is now set up to offer COVID-19 specific services and resources available across the state. Visit 211colorado.org/covid-19, dial 2-1-1 or 866.720.6489, text 898.211* or chat live with a representative through the website.
- Visit the Resources page on BroomfieldHealth.org for a constantly updated list of resources, support and information.
- View Broomfield Human Services benefits and program information.
- Apply for Unemployment Insurance.
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How you can help
- There is an urgent need for blood donations. Visit Vitalant.org or call 303.363.2300 for scheduling or questions.
- Donate Money:
- Cash donations can be made to the Broomfield Community Foundation in care of “Disaster Relief Fund” at BroomfieldFoundation.org.
- Broomfield FISH will no longer be accepting any individual donations of food (including snack kits) at the 6 Garden Center Building. Demand for emergency food has risen dramatically due to the current economic situation, so FISH is encouraging financial donations through the disaster fund at broomfieldfoundation.org.
- Donate Items: A Precious Child is accepting household items, including cleaning supplies and hygiene items. Website has donation information.
- Volunteer: Folks interested in volunteering should visit BroomfieldVOAD.org.
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Reliable, Updated Information
Help slow the spread of misinformation by relying on and sharing credible information from Broomfield Public Health, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, and the Federal Center for Disease Control:
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Show how you are supporting your community and doing your part
Using #WeAreBroomfield, #DoingMyPartCO
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