Common House minutes: 2020-05-05

Minutes:

Common House Committee - May 5th, 2020
Present: Gail, Elph, Marta

In response to the Steering Committee’s request to prepare for re-opening.

Proposal - to be coordinated with Meals, Process and Grounds.

Following logical stages by Michigan Governor, appropriate for the Southeast Michigan Public Health Region.

Current stage: High risk stage. Anyone with any symptoms must avoid the Common House. 10 out of 14 spaces, most rooms are closed and not sanitized. Kitchen is out of use. We sanitize available, frequently used surfaces, about 15 min a day. Kid’s room is closed. Hot tub is open. Laundry room is by reservation, for single household use only, fully cleaned and sanitized weekly.

Guest room must not be used for COVID positive person’s quarantine, at all. Reason: circulation of indoor air (filter cannot catch it) would spread virus everywhere.

Game room - single household use, per reservation, sanitization before and after by member.
Cannot do any activities in the CH with multiple households.

CH Committee anticipates not changing our current guidelines on CH usage until the State of Michigan has posted a low level of concern regarding COVID.

Further immediate action when a COVID-positive member traced to have been in the CH within the last 72 hours:
Close the CH (take door codes off) for the remaining part of 72 hours. Mailman needs individual attention. Office renter needs individual attention. “Association asks Post Office to hold mail for x number of days”

Reopening CH with extremely low risk activities, best practices:
Single household use of any reserved room if self-sanitized before and after
To be negotiated with Meals and Grounds if the GRILLS can be opened under this stage. No use of utensils from the kitchen.

Reopening CH with low risk activities:
Kitchen, if only crewed by a single household, including clean up.
Dining room is not open. Cups and plates not in circulation.
Laundry room remains on a single household, per reservation basis.

Reopening CH with all activities:
When we are no longer advised to wear a mask, we can resume the use of kitchen and dining room for common meals.
Before we open, a cleaning (that we missed for Spring Work Day) of the Common House needs to happen, as a community activity
We consider maintaining the laundry room for a single household per reservation only system even after opening the rest of the CH up.

Continuation of Zoom option for Community Meetings is a CHC recommendation. People can avoid going to the Common House if they do not feel safe.

Common House Committee will also offer the option of Zoom participation in CHC meetings.

We anticipate further updates to this proposal as needed.





















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