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Remember- we are not out of the woods. Keep staying home except for essential activities. Stay away from anyone you don't live with. Physically distance.

Governor Inslee has a 3:30 press conference today: link here to watch. The Secretary of the Department of Corrections, Steve Sinclair, will also be joining the Governor, so the topic is probably the spread in the Monroe Correctional Complex and efforts statewide in our correctional facilities.

Costco is temporarily allowing priority access to warehouses for Costco
members who are health care workers and first responders such as
police officers, EMTs and firefighters. Healthcare workers and first
responders who present a Costco membership card and official
identification of their role, will be allowed to move to the front of any
line to enter the warehouse

You're probably not thinking about renewing yours, and you would not be surprised to hear that there is a long wait.
While people can still apply in person for a U.S. passport at some acceptance facilities and renew through the mail, significant delays receiving passports and citizenship evidence documents should be expected. Please consider waiting to apply until normal passport operations resume. Expedited services have been suspended. In-person service at passport agencies or centers will only be available for customers with a qualified life-or-death emergency and who need a passport for immediate international travel within 72 hours.

A great KUOW story with inspiring initiatives that will brighten your day. Read to smile about what others are doing, or get inspired to try your hand at one of these sometimes simple ideas.

Also, let's celebrate our very own UMC, who has created a portable hand washing station. This is a great innovation for our working world in the future, too. Moving this hands free station to construction sites where a sink is far away will surely increase hand washing! Check out the KIRO story about it here.

Our County is leveraging guidance from the Snohomish Health District on best practices for making, donating, and using face covers in Snohomish County during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is to make the face covers available at area food banks AND for them to arrive in individually sealed plastic bags with an accompanying message explaining steps users should take before putting them on their faces.

Instructions on how to prepare and package face coverings for donation can be found on the City website.

A map with food bank locations and info is available here.

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network site has some good resources for parents and caregivers taking care of kids and wondering about long term impacts. Here is some of the content available there:

There is age specific information at the links on the site, here is one of them. Check out pages 4-5 to see what to look for and how to handle reactions in preschoolers, kids ages 6-12 and ages 13-18.

Something we can all do to help take care of kids is to donate to the Mukilteo Schools Foundation relief efforts. Really specific needs are listed here.

COVID-19 Relief from Auto Insurers & Lenders
It's a long list, you should contact your insurance agent for options. There are a few with automatic refunds and discounts, which is great to see.

• Allstate: 15% off April and May premiums
• Ally Loan Payments: loan payments can be deferred for up to 120 days
• American Family Insurance: returning $50 to its customers, per vehicle
• Amica Mutual Insurance: penalty-free grace period through Tuesday, June 2, 2020
• Auto-Owners Insurance: plans to announce a special COVID-19 premium refund program in the near future to assist personal auto customers
• Bank of America Loan Payments: offering payment deferrals
• BECU: offering payment relief, loans, and other resources
• Citi: offering payment deferrals for credit cards and personal loans for 2 statement cycles*
• Chase Loan Payments: offering auto loan and lease, credit card, and mortgage payment assistance
• Farmers Insurance: will not cancel due to non-payment through May 1, 2020; due dates for policies up for renewal can be extended until at least May 1
• Geico: offering a credit in the same amount for customers who renew their policies before Oct.7, or on any newly purchased policies
• Key Bank: offering payment deferrals, temporary assistance loans for existing customers, and has suspended repossessions of vehicles, residential property foreclosures, and evictions
• Liberty Mutual/Safeco: 15% discount on auto premiums for the next two months
• Progressive: will not cancel or non-renew any active policies due to non-payment through May 15, 2020
• State Farm: contact your agent for options
• USAA: auto insurance holders will get a 20% credit on two months of premiums
• Washington Federal Mortgage Lender: monthly mortgage payments can be deferred for three months
• Wells Fargo Loan Payments: suspended residential property foreclosure sales, evictions, and involuntary automobile repossessions. Also, on a case-by-case basis, Wells Fargo is offering fee waivers and payment deferrals.

All parks are closed except for 76th Street/Community Garden entrance to Japanese Gulch for trail access. If you want to access Big Gulch, I would encourage you to park at the library, rather than on the street near 92nd Street Park.

Trails and sidewalks continue to be open for your physical activity! Please respect physical distance of six feet.

All City Facilities closure: City operations will continue via primarily phone, email and online. The public is encouraged to call (425) 263-8000 for assistance with City services or visit our website at www.mukilteowa.gov.

Remember the non-emergency number at (425) 407-3999 or email cv19violations@mukilteowa.gov. If you have an emergency, call 911. (But don't call with questions about the Governor's order and what's open or not). You can also report violations or questions about violations to the State via this link.

For more information on city facilities, see this link.

Current case count is 40 confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases identified in Mukilteo, with no deaths amongst those cases. County case counts are available at this link, updated each weekday at 2pm.

City of Mukilteo COVID-19 page

Snohomish Health District
Washington State Department of Health
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
COVID-19 Testing Guidelines from Public Health – Seattle & King County
Find information in other languages
Washington State COVID-19 Response

What to do if you are sick: CDC Resources

Watch out for COVID related scams. If you are unsure about whether something is real or a scam, the Justice Department created a central fraud hotline (1-866-720-5721 or disaster@leo.gov). You can also call the non-emergency line at 425-407-3999.