Fountain Valley officials this week announced the soft reopening of City Hall, the Police Department and the Recreation Center this week based on Stage 2 of the state’s Resiliency Roadmap.
The Center at Founders Village Senior & Community Center will remain closed until further notice.
Stage 2 of the roadmap allows for retail (curbside and delivery only), manufacturing, office workplaces, limited personal services, outdoor museums, child care and essential businesses to be open with modifications
If you do need to enter City Hall, city officials say you must wear face coverings. City staff will monitor and limit the number of customers in the lobby to ensure there is sufficient social distancing.
City officials added that based on state and federal guidance, the reopening plan is subject to change.
While the senior center is closed, city officials continue to provide meals every Thursday.
The Community Services Department, working with Meals on Wheels OC, is providing seven frozen meals weekly for seniors to pick up and take home from the Center at 17967 Bushard St.
Pickup is on Thursdays from 11 a.m. till noon. Residents can sign up onsite if they had not previously registered with Meals on Wheels OC.
The city will also extend the suspension of street sweeping enforcement until further notice.
And speaking of lunches, the Fountain Valley School District Food Services program continues to provide drive-through free lunch meals for any child 18 and under at three locations in the district.
The lunches are available for pickup on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Meals will be provided for free regardless of what school they attend or if they receive free, reduced or paid status lunch.
Children must be present in the car in order for meals to be provided. Meals are being served between noon and 1 p.m. Monday. The drive-through service takes place in the parking lot or bus lane at each participating school.
Parents should remain in their car, meals will be passed through based on the number of children in the car.
Meals are available at the following schools: Cox Elementary School, 17615 Los Jardines East, Fountain Valley; Tamura Elementary School: 17340 Santa Suzanne St., Fountain Valley; and Oka Elementary School, 9800 Yorktown Ave., Huntington Beach.
