June 2020 Newsletter

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Chamber Announces New Covid-19 Economic Recovery Task Force

he Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors voted unanimously at their May board meeting to create a new Covid-19 Economic Recovery Task Force.

This new task for will work closely with the City of Scotts Valley’s Economic Recovery Team, which includes Mayor Randy Johnson and Vice Mayor Derek Timm.

Representing the Chamber on this Task Force will be: Chamber Executive Director Danny Reber, Phil Neuman (CyAsTech), Victor Alejandro (Cisco Systems), Joanne Guzman (Bruno’s Bar & Grill), and Board President Stephen Hoversten (Modern Woodman).

Outreach services that the Chamber will provide all businesses that need support in various areas such as marketing, advertising on multiple communication platforms including social media and guidance for requirements at the local city, county and state levels that include compliance checklists for various industries and assistance with completing or follow-up with the various federal government SBA loans, EIDL Grants and Payroll Protection Program.

The City of Scotts Valley Provides Restart Toolkits to 100 City Businesses!

As businesses are able to open back up for in-store sales and the reopening of other business sectors is on the horizon, the City of Scotts Valley wants to support these efforts by providing up to 100 businesses with a Restart Toolkit, including one free gallon of locally produced hand sanitizer and 50 disposable face masks.

Toolkits will be available for pickup in front of Scotts Valley City Hall (1 Civic Center Drive) on Monday, June

1st and Tuesday, June 2nd from 9-10 am. Businesses must fill out this form to receive a toolkit.

THE PROCESS: • Fill out the form and choose a pickup window.

• During the selected window, business representative pulls up to City Hall in vehicle and pops trunk or unlocks door.

• Representative gives identifying business information through window.

• Masked/gloved City representative will place toolkit in car and shut trunk/door.

• Get back to business!

The goal of this committee will be to anticipate and meet the needs of our local business community during these unprecedented times, as well as be their voice to our local, County, and State leaders. One of the first tasks requested of this group will be create a unified marketing message on behalf of the City of Scotts Valley and assist with reopening kits being provided by the City of Scotts Valley.

We are so grateful to all of our Scotts Valley businesses from providing outstanding service to our community.

We look forward to continuing to partner with you to get our local economy thriving again.

Resilience Roadmap Stage 2 Begins

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State Approves Santa Cruz County Variance Application

he California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has accepted the County’s variance attestation. Furthermore, Santa Cruz County Health Officer Dr. Gail Newel has issued an order implementing allowed activities, including dine-in restaurant services and barbershops/ hair salons, with modifications. Both of these activities are allowed to resume immediately.

Operations that involve touching

faces such as eyelash services, eyebrow implement Social Distancing Protocols waxing/threading, and facials are and design worksite-specific plans, not allowed. The Santa Cruz train employees, and implement County Health Officer does control measures to prevent the not intend to allow schools to spread of COVID-19. No further resume campus learning at this County approvals are needed time. State guidance on schools before operations may resume. is expected shortly, at which time Before reopening, all facilities the Health Officer will review the must: guidance and local epidemiologic data • Perform a detailed risk assessment to determine the next steps. and implement a site-specific Social Before opening, businesses must Distancing Protocol

Congratulations to All Graduates!

• The Social Distancing Protocol must explain how the business is achieving the following, as applicable: • Limiting the number of people who can enter into the facility and work areas at any one time to ensure that people in the facility and work areas can easily maintain a minimum six-foot distance from one another at all times, except as required to complete the Essential Business activity; “Stage 2” page 14

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Mountain School Music and Little Mozarts Collaborate Together for Online Classes A s for everyone, it has been a bumpy ride since Little Mozarts 4 FUN transitioned our in-person group and private piano lessons online due to Shelter In Place rules. The LittleMozarts4Fun team embraced the new standards with instruments such as video conferencing and social media.

Their accent is to engage our lively students via laptops, ipads and loaned equipment if needed. They miss the inperson exchanges with students and eagerly anticipate when everyone can return to regular lessons.

Little Mozarts moved quickly to transfer students onto online sessions. Thanks to our established harmonious teacher-student relationships, the children adjusted smoothly with a few distractions such as playful siblings and pets. In a smooth transition, they were pleasantly surprised by how technologically savvy a 5-year old could operate and problem-solve technology.

Parents are grateful that they simply sign their children on to the lesson and then they are free to do their own thing. The biggest take-away from this interlude is that kids need to interact with their peers. LittleMozarts4Fun is committed to finding the bridge between safe teaching and social learning.

They have announced their new summer group class.

A new outdoor studio is was built to teach small groups of 3-4 students within proper social distancing guidelines. A transparent cube-like structure with visibility between students will let them socialize and learn safely. Currently, we are ready to begin our

lessons outdoors. As restrictions ease, we will transition back into the studio.

Our soonest upcoming class is June 22 for the Piano Presto Summer Session for 7-10s. Call 831439-9125, email: littlemozarts4fun@ gmail.com or www. littlemozarts4fun.com.

We banded together with our colleagues at Mountain Music School to offer an online music class for under 5s to support busy parents. Children and parents are loving this new group!

At Mountain Music School, their goal is not to just give music lessons,

Online Music Classes for Children under 5

but to inspire our students and our community through this rich and diverse language.

Mountain Music School’s mission is to sharpen minds through music. Time and time again, music has been proven to improve the lives of those who engage with it.

Be it fine motor skills, personal discipline, improved concentration, or even working well with others, music is so much more than just a hobby. It is an expression of life well lived.

Their philosophy is that the best music comes from people that are passionate about learning and playing music. Every single one of the teachers are world-class performers who have a love for teaching

students and helping them reach their highest potential.

More than that, they seek to be role models to their students, hoping to inspire a love for music and for the community in which we live in. They want their students to become as passionate about music as they are because everyone knows how music can improve the world!

Our soonest upcoming class is June 22 for the Piano Presto Summer Session for 7-10s. To register for classes please call 831-439-9125, email: littlemozarts4fun@gmail.com or www. littlemozarts4fun.com.

••• Mountain Music School: Kings Village Shopping Center 831-201-9605 Nextdoor to Scotts Valley Chamber!

Local Scotts Valley Business Makes KN95 Masks Available

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he owner of Flex Education, Rui Li, has a source to obtain KN95 masks and she would like to share that resource with the community. These are high quality respirator masks.

Her cost for these masks is $2.70 each and she would like to pass that offer along to anybody in our community who needs them. She can also order masks in bulk if you are business that requires them for essential employees.

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If you are in need of masks for yourself or your employees, please feel free to contact Rui Li of Flex Education, located at 216-b Mt. Hermon Road, in the

Kings Village Shopping Center.

••• Rui Li can be reached at 831-406-7472 or email her at liruirui@gmail.com.

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Armitage Wines: Finding New Ways to Keep The Wine Flowing!

B randon Armitage of Armitage Wines moved quickly to adapt to the temporary closure of his tasting room in March. As state and county guidelines are coming into place, they are preparing to reopen the tasting room

with new protocols for social distancing between parties, outdoor seating, guest limits, and more. Soon to open again in June.

Complimentary deliveries to homes and businesses in Santa Cruz County, as

well as complimentary shipping within California will continue.

Armitage produces highly acclaimed Pinot Noir grown on the historic Heart O’ the Mountain estate in Scotts Valley, famously owned by Alfred Hitchcock.

Other offerings include a heavenly Santa Cruz Mountain Chardonnay and a crisp, dry Rosé of Pinot Noir.

Armitage will deliver to your doorstep locally, and for case orders will deliver to surrounding counties. for the continued support by his community. Customers can order on the website, by phone, or by email. Curbside pickup hours at the Aptos tasting room are Fridays from 4pm-6pm.

New for Armitage is the White label series, an excellent Pinot Noir and Chardonnay produced for a few select large retailers, including the Santa Cruz Costco.

Acknowledging the need for a more economical choice during these uncertain times, these wines will retail for about $25 and are an excellent choice and representative of Armitage’s much lauded, classic style of winemaking.

You can also find Armitage wines at many local restaurants and wine shops, and special vintages are released exclusively to members of the Armitage Allocation Club.

Says Brandon, “I do this all for the pure love of making wine. There’s nothing else I’d rather do and nowhere else I’d want to be.”

••• Armitage Wines is small, family-owned winery producing 1200 cases a year of Santa Cruz Mountain Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Visit the tasting room in Aptos at 105c Post Office Drive, Aptos. Call 831-708-2874 — Current hours are only for curbside pickup every Friday 4-6pm. Follow on social media for updates and specials.

We remain open even under difficult circumstances.

Disasters create a tremendous amount of stress.

In this time of uncertainty, Edward Jones is ready to help. If your Edward Jones office is temporarily closed, please call our Client Relations department at 800-511-5768.

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MANAGE YOUR WATER USE FROM HOME

SV Water District Declares Stage 2 Scotts Valley Water District’s new i-Meter program features a web portal to help you monitor water usage, be more efficient and save money.

No Surcharges Are Planned Due to COVID-19 Pandemic • View hourly usage history and set up alerts for high usage.

• Compare consumption to similar households.

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• Explore water-saving ideas.

n Monday, the Scotts Valley Water trict money-saving service are • Sign up for personalized tips.has remained relatively District announced the district since the start of the pandemic, • Access statement steady and apply for rebates. has established Stage commercial, industrial 2 Water Supply Conditions, and institutional water use following a declaration by the declined by 40 percent and is Board of Directors based on expected to remain low for the data indicating a relatively dry foreseeable future.

SIGN UP: svwd.org/i-meters year — Scotts Valley received about 50% of “Although the dry rain year has an its normal rainfall. impact on groundwater levels, we have Typically, such a declaration would experienced an unexpected reduction in activate drought surcharges, as well as a water demand due to the novel coronaneed to reduce water demand by 15 percent to reduce the draw on the groundwater aquifers. However, due to reduced water “Stage 2” from page 11 demand caused by the COVID-19 pan• Where lines may form at a facility, demic, the board chose not to implement marking six-foot increments at a systemwide water restrictions or specific minimum, establishing where indidemand reductions. viduals should stand to maintain The district’s “Water Shortage Continadequate social distancing; gency Plan” stipulates a four-stage demand • Providing hand sanitizer, soap and reduction plan, with the amount of rainfall water, or effective disinfectant at or in a given year or series of years being the near the entrance of the facility and basis for defining the stages of action. in other appropriate areas for use by The district has experienced a the public and employees, and in locanoticeable decline in water demand since tions where there is high-frequency the COVID-19 shelter-in-place order was employee interaction with members issued by the County of Santa Cruz health of the public (e.g. cashiers); officer on March 16. While residential • Providing for contactless payment water use in the Scotts Valley Water Dis-

virus,” District Manager Piret Harmon said. “We are pleased we can maintain the same level of high-quality, reliable water service to our customers without adding the stress of additional costs or restrictions during this unprecedented time.”

District crews have upgraded approximately 85 percent of all water meters to new intelligent meters (i-Meters), providing the vast majority of customers the ability easily view, understand and manage their water

use through the WaterSmart customer web portal on the District website.

The district continues to encourage the efficient use of water, asking customers to limit outdoor irrigation to three days a week before 10 a.m. or after 5 p.m.

The district also offers several rebates for installation of water-efficient devices and landscaping. Learn more: https:// w w w. s v w d . o rg / b e - w a t e r- e ff i c i e n t / water-efficiency-program.

systems or, if not feasible to do so, then providing for disinfecting of all payment portals, pens, and styluses after each use; • Regularly cleaning and disinfecting other high-touch surfaces; • Posting a sign at the entrance of the facility and work area informing all employees and customers that they should: avoid entering the facility if they have a cough or fever; • Maintain a minimum six-foot distance from one another; sneeze and cough into one’s elbow; not shake hands or engage in any unnecessary physical contact; and • Adhering to additional social distancing guidance recommended by

the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at: https://www.cdc.gov/ coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/ guidance-business-response.html.

For industry-specific guidance related to dine-in restaurants, please go to covid19. ca.gov/pdf/guidance-dine-in-restaurants. pdf. For industry-specific guidance related to babershops/hair salons, please go to covid19. ca.gov/pdf/guidance-hair-salons.pdf.

For local information on COVID-19, go to www.santacruzhealth.org/coronavirus, call 211 or text “COVID19” to 211211. Residents may also call (831) 454-4242 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., seven days a week.

MANAGE YOUR WATER USE FROM HOME

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Scotts Valley Water District’s new i-Meter program features a web portal to help you monitor water usage, be more efficient and save money.

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• View hourly usage history and set up alerts for high usage.

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• Compare consumption to similar households.

• Explore water-saving ideas.

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