Resolution Concerning Building Operations and Communication of Public Health and Safety Matters

RATIONALE: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, San Francisco State University has made an institutional commitment to public health as a cornerstone of our campus culture. Extensive planning and consultation have been pursued inside and outside the university under exceptionally challenging conditions to develop safe and inclusive policies and procedures for carrying out mission-critical work. While we recognize that state and local public health orders are the minimum operational standards that must be met, it is not sufficient to support our community's physical and mental health or carry out our mission as a university. A campus culture that supports accurate communication, consistent carry through of policies and procedures, to respond to concerns, and responsible individual behavior is also needed. The Students, Faculty, Staff, and Administrators that comprise the San Francisco State community are members of every other community, of every kind, in the San Francisco Bay area, and practices learned and engaged in here can have regional implications, both in the potential spread of illness and in the modeling of best practices.

a strong culture of public health is necessary to, and a reflection of, a healthy institution; and

campus- level policies and procedures impacting public health should be developed with an end goal of supporting the health and wellness of body and mind of all San Francisco State University community members; and

state and local guidelines dictating public health and safety standards related to the COVID-19 response are minimum standards that must be met, but can be exceeded; and

while accepted tenets of public health may be embraced by Administrators, and policies & procedures developed in support of those tenets may be set forth by Administrators, the success of any policy aimed at maintaining the health of the community will be resolved by the active engagement of all members of that community; and

inhibiting the spread of communicable illness requires personal & professional behavior and workflow modifications of all members of a population, and that enabling those behavior modifications and the following of best practices requires the ongoing support of Administrators; and

some community members have expressed concern over aspects of the communication and carry through on planning, decision- making, and policies developed around the COVID-19 response; and

some community members have expressed concern about various aspects of the physical infrastructure on campus, and how conditions on campus might affect their ability to work safely; and

some community members have expressed concern about their inability to provide feedback or input about aspects of the COVID-19 response, and/or the lack of communication on planning or policy that either directly affects them or involves their subject- matter expertise; and