Saturday, November 13, 2021

Covid-19 Safety Plan For Paws In The Park 2021

Nonfood & Food Vendors:

• All vendors and their staff are required to wear masks at all times. No admittance without a mask on.
• Staff will check the temperature of vendors and their staff prior to allowing vendors to set up.
  • Temperature at time of entry, must be under 100.4 or no admittance.
• All vendors are required to limit their staff inside tent space sizes to two staff per 10 feet.
• Vendors with high customer volume will be located in areas with more space.
• Each vendor will have at least 10 feet of space between booths.
• No guests will be allowed to enter a vendor’s booth space. All shopping / promotional booth information will occur around perimeter of booth.
• Vendors may use: chalk, cones, caution tape, rope or ribbon to define lines for customers that indicate where customers should wait to be served/pay, in six-foot increments.
• All vendors must wipe down (with sanitizing wipes or cleaner) high frequency areas such as point of sales after each guest.
• All vendors will be required to provide their own container of hand sanitizer; large enough to accommodate a large number of attendees.
• Food vendors will provide utensils to each guest individually (no baskets allowed).
• Food product samplings will be prohibited.
• Food and beverage staff will wear disposable gloves and change gloves frequently.
• Food and beverage vendors will post prominent signage indicating where customers can wait to order, where they can wait to pay and where they can wait to pick-up.

General:

• Guests and staff will be asked to not attend Paws in the Park if they are experiencing:
  • Respiratory or flu-like symptoms
  • If they are sick including fever, cough, or gastro-intestinal issues
  • If they have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past 14 days, or had direct contact with an individual diagnosed with or suspected to have COVID-19 in the past 14 days.
• We will strongly recommend that anyone who is considered to be “high-risk” under CDC guidelines, refrain from coming.
• All guests and staff will be required to wear masks per PBC Ordinance & CDC guidelines
  • Costume masks are not considered appropriate and are prohibited from being worn.
• All staff will have their temperatures checked at time of set-up. Staff temperature must be under 100.4 or no admittance.
• Staff will monitor crowds at the event and will facilitate flow to less crowded areas, when needed.
• Will create directional “lanes” throughout the event to control flow of traffic.
• Will post prominent signage throughout the event asking attendees to observe social distancing of six feet.
• Will post prominent signage throughout the event asking attendees to practice CDC best hygiene practices for reducing infection.
• Cleaning crew will sanitize high-touch areas frequently.
• Provide additional handwashing and hand sanitizer stations.
• All guest tables will be distanced at least 6ft apart
• Cleaning crew will be onsite to clean and disinfect picnic area after each use.