McNally Community Restart

McNally Community Centre is reopened under the following conditions.
New from the AHS today, November 12, 2020:  Targeted Public Health Measures for November 13-27

Community-specific mandatory measures
  • Ban on indoor group fitness classes and team sport activities (Nov 13-27).
  • Ban on group performance activities: singing, dancing and theatre (Nov 13-27).
Mandatory measures
  • Restaurants, bars, lounges and pubs must stop liquor sales by 10pm and close by 11pm - applies to Class A, B or C licences (Nov 13-27).
  • 15-person limit on social and family gatherings - indoors and outdoors - where people are mixing and mingling.
  • 50-person limit on indoor and outdoor wedding ceremonies and funeral services.
  • Faith-based gatherings limited to 1/3 capacity at one time.
Voluntary measures
  • No social gatherings inside your home or outside of your community. Instead, socialize outdoors or in structured settings, like restaurants or other business that are subject to legal limits and take steps to prevent transmission.
  • Limit of 3 cohorts: your core household, your school, and one other sport or social cohort. Young children who attend child care can be part of 4 cohorts.
  • Wear a mask in all indoor work settings, except when alone in a workspace or an appropriate barrier is in place.
  • Employers in office settings should implement measures to reduce the number of employees in the workplace at one time.

Prevention of infection and transmission of COVID-19

These commonsense practices help prevent infection and transmission and must be part of what participants consider in the restart:

  • Frequent hand washing 
  • Sneeze or cough into your sleeve
  • Avoid touching your face
  • Practice physical distancing as much as possible
  • Disinfect frequently touched surfaces (door knobs, light switches, handrails

Measures for programs to restart

The following measures are required for programs to restart at McNally.
  • Policy: All participants must sign a waiver stating that McNally Community Association will not be liable should they contract Covid-19.  In addition, ALL participants must sign in EACH time they enter the building.  This will allow Alberta Health to trace cases should someone get ill.
  • Cleaning: Our custodian is in the building twice per week and will be cleaning and disinfecting high touch surfaces.  In between times, to keep surfaces clean and disinfected, we ask that participants/instructors use the disinfectant spray provided on high-touch surfaces in the bathrooms, kitchen and other used spaces.
  • Space: There will be no fitness classes until further notice.
  • Hand hygiene: We will ensure our washrooms are stocked with plenty of soap and hand sanitizing stations will be located throughout the building. 
  • Masks: Wearing masks in the building is mandatory except when working alone.
  • Symptomatic individuals: Any participants and/or instructors who have the symptoms of a cold, flu, or COVID-19 symptoms with coughing or sneezing must not enter the building.
  • Immunocompromised individuals: We would strongly suggest that participants at higher risk of experiencing severe illness should consider whether they should join in classes or activities at this time.