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From YouTube: Board Wrap-Up: COVID-19 Response, May 2020
Description
COVID-19 Response
1. Reopening
2. Emergency resolution
3. $20 million CARES funds
4. ConnectArlington agreements with Arlington Free Clinic
5. Loan payment waivers to support COVID-related emergency needs at properties with committed affordable units
6. Appropriating BIDs funding for Small Business GRANT Program
A
Hello
I'm
Tara
O'donnell,
and
this
is
County
Board
wrap-up,
Arlington
televisions,
monthly,
deep
dive
into
the
county
board's
actions
on
issues
that
affect
you,
your
neighborhood
and
our
community.
As
you
can
see,
this
episode
comes
to
you
virtually
once
again
today
and
joining
me
today
from
their
homes
are
Arlington
County,
Board,
Chair,
Libby,
Garvey
and
board
member
Christian
Dorsey.
Thank
you
both
for
joining
us.
A
Thank
you
for
having
us,
okay
and,
of
course,
this
month,
just
like
last
month,
we're
gonna
be
talking
about
the
issue,
that's
affecting
each
and
every
one
of
us,
and
of
course,
that
is
Cove
in
nineteen,
including
the
board
actions
from
this
month
on
reopening,
as
well
as
expanding
support
for
our
business
community,
as
well
as
our
residents
who
have
been
hit
hard
by
the
economic
fallout
of
this
pandemic.
But
we're
going
to
start
by
talking
about
the
reopening
plan,
the
gradually
getting
into
the
area
of
phase
1
and
I
guess.
B
But
we
are
as
I
think
everybody
knows
who
lives
here.
Northern
Virginia
is
a
different
kind
of
place
than
the
rest
of
the
state
very
connected
with
the
District
of
Columbia
and
what's
going
on
in
Maryland,
and
the
virus
has
been
much
more
active
here.
So
the
governor
and
I,
which
I
think
was
great
last
month,
actually
let
laid
out
the
quiet
criteria
for
moving
to
phase
one,
and
that
was
you
know,
downward
trend
and
percentages
in
the
number
of
cases
and
an
over
14
days
see
this
downward
trend.
B
Number
of
hospitalizations,
also
making
sure
we
had
enough
hospital
beds
and
that
we
had
some.
You
know,
increase
in
testing
and
in
contact
tracing.
So
it
was
clear
a
week
ago
and
the
governor
was
poised
to
move
the
the
state
into
phase
one
that
we
here
in
Virginia
really
didn't
meet
any
one
of
those
metrics,
some
of
them
we
might,
but
we
just
really
didn't,
have
the
data.
B
So
we
came
together
and
there
are
public
health
directors
really
and
set
out
what
the
data
was
and
they
all
agreed
and
came
to
and
came
to
the
elected
officials,
and
we
then
attached
their
memo
to
us
about
and
to
the
governor
about
what
was
going
on
and
said.
You
know
we're
not
here's
the
data
and
we
agree
with
your
criteria,
but
it
doesn't
show
that
we're
ready
to
move
into
phase
one
like
the
rest
of
the
state
might
be
so.
C
B
Governor
agreed,
so
the
rest
of
the
state
has
moved
into
phase
one
and
we're
still
at
phase
I
guess
you'd
call
it
phase
zero,
but
I
expect
us
to
be
moving
into
phase
one
pretty
soon
and
all
I,
don't
like
Christian
to
say
some
things.
We've
got
some
indications
that
you
know
I
think
I
think
we'll
be
ready
to
do
that
by
the
end
of
the
month.
Christian.
You
want
to
add.
D
No,
it's
really
supportive
and
proud
of
the
region
for
coming
together
to
actually
stand
up
for
what
is
happening
here
in
Northern
Virginia,
so
that
we
just
didn't
lump
in
the
entire
state
together
to
really
mask
the
unique
issues
that
we
were
experiencing
and
as
much
as
we're,
proud,
Virginians
and
proud
to
be
a
part
of
the
Commonwealth.
We
recognize
that
most
of
our
residents
have
their
mobility.
D
That
goes
through
not
just
the
Commonwealth
but
Maryland
and
the
District
of
Columbia,
so
to
be
to
be
ignorant
and
blind
to
that
interaction
would
have
been
at
the
peril
of
everyone's
health
and
safety.
So
the
way
we've
proceeded
has
been
responsible
and
it
looks
like,
as
chair
Garvey
has
said
that
we
will
be
entering
phase
1
relatively
soon
enough.
Now,.
A
B
You
got
to
know
where
it
is
to
contain
it
in
right
and
we're
about
to
launch
in,
in
cooperation
with
a
state
on
this
Tuesday
coming
Tuesday
testing
at
the
Barcroft
community
center.
Actually
there
in
the
parking
lot
in
the
garage
and
we're
planning
to
do
about
a
thousand
tests
and
people
will
not
need
doctor's
order.
They
won't
even
need
to
exhibit
symptoms
and
we're
trying
to
get
particularly
folks
who
are
underserved
medically.
It
may
not
have
a
doctor
or
may
not
have,
but
they
are
in.
B
You
know
jobs
that
expose
them
to
this
virus
quite
a
bit
and
often
living
in
tighter
or
living
quarters,
and
that's
where
we
really
need
to
be
aware
of.
Where
is
the
virus
in
that
population
so
that
we
can
start
to
contain
it
if
we
find
it
so
we're
gonna
do
a
lot
of
testing
that
day
and
I'm
very
hopeful.
That
is
the
beginning
of
at
least
a
weekly
broad
testing
like
that,
because
we're
gonna
need
to
keep
this
up
for
a
long
time.
B
A
One
thing
I
think
folks,
we're
a
little.
You
know
it's,
it
can
be
frustrating
to
hear
the
rest
of
the
state
is
going
to
phase
one.
We
had
to
take
a
little
pause
there,
but
others
are
calling
it
an
opportunity
and
that's
giving
our
businesses
our
various
entities
a
chance
to
really
prepare
and
make
sure
we're
doing
phase
one
right
so
to
speak.
Yeah.
What
are
some
of
the
things
that
they
can
be
doing
here
in
the
meantime,
to
really
prepare.
D
That's
a
great
question
and
Kara
I'm
glad
you
brought
that
up,
because
this
delay,
or
at
least
the
separate
date
from
the
rest
of
the
Commonwealth,
helps
us
actually
plan
to
ensure
that
once
we
enter
phase
one,
we
don't
have
to
step
back
and
put
impose
restrictions
later
on
which
would
really
hurt
businesses.
So
this
this
extra
a
couple
weeks,
if
you
will,
will
allow
businesses
to
start
thinking
about
how
they
operate
with
reduced
occupancies,
how
they
think
about
maybe
outdoor
space
as
a
way
to
expand
their
ability
to
promote
responsible
social
distancing.
D
So
this
really
is
I
think
an
opportunity
to
get
this
done
right
as
opposed
to
what
we're
seeing
elsewhere
in
the
country
where
people
have
cased
Illyrio
pijn
they've
been
overwhelmed
by
either
demand
or
not
having
the
workforce
ready
and
they've
had
to
close
down
again,
we
don't
want
that
at
all.
We
hopefully
want
our
businesses
to
enter
phase
one
and
then
steadily.
We
see
an
upward
arc
as
opposed
to
going
backwards
and
forwards
and.
B
I
think
it's
gonna
allow
us
more
time
to
get
the
message
out
again.
We
are,
we
don't
have
them
yet,
but
we're
hoping
soon
to
have
enough
cloth
face
coverings
for
everybody
in
the
county
and
the
expectation
will
be
you
know
all
the
businesses
will
be
using
it.
All
of
our
employees
will
be
using
it
and
we
hope
every
member
of
our
public
when
they're
out
with
groups
of
people-
and
it
just
gives
us
another
couple
weeks
to
kind
of
socialize
that
hopefully
get
the
mass.
We
don't
have
them
in
hand.
B
Yet,
although
a
lot
of
people
have
them-
and
you
know
there
ways
of
making
simple
ones
but
I
think
as
Christian
said,
the
crucial
part
is
to
kind
of
get
prepared
and
do
it
right
put
down
the
marks.
I
mean
a
lot
of
them.
We
see
their
marks
where
you're
supposed
to
stand.
How
you're
supposed
to
do
it
and
we're
doing
a
lot
of
work.
I
know
looking
at
art.
B
But
we
have
to
work
that
through
carefully
and
I,
think
we're
also
working
on
signage
I
think
we
may
come
up
with
some
more
creative
kind
of
messaging
out
there
about
one
where
people
are
supposed
to
stand,
how
many
people
are
supposed
to
be
there
reminding
people
to
wear
face
covering
so
there's
a
lot
of
work
to
do
and
I
can't
guarantee
we'll
be
totally
ready
when
it's
time,
but
we'll
be
a
lot
better
prepared.
So
that's
helpful
right.
A
There's
crust
yeah,
we
are
gonna,
take
a
quick
break
now
and
when
we
come
back,
we're
gonna
ask
the
board
members
about
that.
Twenty
million
dollars
in
federal
emergency
funds
will
be
used
for
as
well
as
steps
the
county
took
at
this
past
month
to
protect
low
to
moderate
income.
Renters
living
in
committed,
affordable
housing
stay
with
us.
A
Hello
and
welcome
back
to
our
virtual
edition
of
county
board
wrap-up
I'm
your
host
Cara
O'donnell,
and
we're
talking
today
with
board
chair,
Libby
Garvey,
as
well
as
board
member
Christian
Dorsey
about
the
steps
the
board
took
in
May
to
support
our
community
during
the
Cova
19
pandemic.
We'll
begin
with
some
of
the
board's
emergency
resolutions
extending
the
stay
at
home
for
Arlington
Ian's
and
let's
get
started
with
that.
Now
the
board
adopted
a
what's
called
a
continuity
of
government
emergency
resolution.
Tell
me
about
this.
Why
was
it
necessary?
Well.
B
We
already
did
it
once
and
it's
just
making
it
legally
possible
for
us
to
meet
this
way.
You
know
and
they'd
like
this
broadcast,
we're
doing.
We
do
our
meetings
this
way,
because
a
lot
of
the
times,
it's
been
so
clear
that
the
Virginia
Code
and
the
Freedom
of
Information
Act
require
none
of
them
anticipated
an
age
of
technology
and
none
of
them
anticipated
a
pandemic,
and
consequently
we
have
ways
that
we
can
really
function
pretty
well,
but
we
have
to
make
these
legal
actions
to
make
sure
that
they're
actually
legal
to
do
it.
B
That
way.
So
we
have
to
declare
that
there's
an
emergency
and
that's
why
we're
doing
it,
and
it's
also
to
ensure
that
you
know
our
democratic
processes,
don't
get.
You
know,
don't
get
lost
while
we're
doing
this,
we
actually
maintain
the
continuity
of
and
the
ability
of
our
residents
to
participate
when
they
want
to
and
our
ability
to
be
transparent
and
get
information
across.
So
that's
what
that's
what
that's
all
about,
as
well
as
to
give
the
manager
some
authority
to
move
quickly,
because
there
were
two
different
things
we
did
and
nimbly
and
we've
had.
B
We
had
a
little
bit
of
back
and
forth
with
our
residents,
which
is
good
because
I
mean
people
are
very
concerned
about
how
the
Arlington
way
will
continue
with
the
manager
in
an
emergency.
They've
got
some
things
that
he
needs
to
do
if
he
had
to
come
back
to
us
and
convene
a
meeting
and
we
had
to
advertise
it
and
do
all
his
it
would
take
a
long
time
and
sometimes
in
an
emergency.
You
want
to
be
able
to
right
now
allow
people
to
do
this,
prevent
people
from
doing
that.
B
A
D
Know
I
think
there's
always
that
abstract
concern,
because
it's
different
it's
different
than
the
norm,
but
I
think
once
people
actually
engage
virtually.
They
realize
a
couple
of
really
key
things.
One.
You
can
stand-up
meetings
much
more
quickly
as
opposed
to
scheduling
them
once
every
two
weeks
or
four
weeks.
So
if
you
actually
need
to
connect
with
people,
you
can
establish
it
within
the
parameters
of
the
law
a
little
bit
more
quickly,
so
you
could
actually
have
more
substantive
engagement
there.
D
So,
in
other
words,
even
though
we're
in
a
different
time
and
we're
using
different
media
doesn't
mean
that
it
actually
has
to
result
in
in
lesser
quality
or
lesser
engagement.
In
fact,
we
can
enrich
engagement
and
I.
Think
people
are
starting
to
see
the
opportunities
with
that,
and
you
know,
as
Libby
talked
about
all
of
the
ways
in
which
this
resolution
would
allow
us
to
function
in
the
emergency.
I
want
to
highlight
what
it's
called
continuity
of
government,
not
limiting
of
government,
not
reduction
of
opportunities.
D
We
really
passed
an
ordinance
so
that
we
could
continue
to
do
the
essential
things
that
Arlington
ian's
have
come
to
expect
and
love.
But
to
deal
with
the
world
as
it
exists
now,
where
we're
not
present
with
each
other,
and
we
can
conduct
business
virtually
and
give
the
manager
all
of
the
flexibility
to
do
what's
required
to
keep
people
safe
and
operational
during
this
time
of
change.
So.
B
But
the
board
retains
its
authority,
although
I
would
say
Kari
I'm,
sorry,
I
interrupted
you,
because
there
is
the
whole
question
of
Commission's
and
I.
Think
Christian
idn't
that
and
I
don't
know
you
know
we
probably
ought
to
talk
about
that
a
little
bit,
because
that
is
a
slightly
different
issue
that
we're
really
still
working
through
I
would
say:
yeah.
D
Yeah
I
mean
I
think
we
found
a
way
to
help
our
Commission's.
You
know
one.
We've
enabled
them
to
be
able
to
meet
through
actions
of
our
ordinance
and
also
our
lobbying
of
the
Attorney
General
and
the
governor,
whereas,
prior
to
those
actions
they
wouldn't
be
allowed
to
meet
unless
it
were
explicitly
and
expressly
to
deal
with
the
emergency
at
hand.
So
we
broaden
flexibility
to
have
our
commissions
meet,
but
we
run
up
against
the
real-world
limitation
of
we
don't
have
the
staff
resources
to
stand
up.
D
You
know
fully
produced
video
conferences
for
each
of
our
50-plus
Commission's
who
meet
during
a
typical
month,
so
we
are
having
to
have
everybody
prioritize
their
work
to
marry
the
necessity
of
their
meeting
with
the
very
real
staff
limitations
that
we
have
so
I
think
we're
gonna
work
that
out
well
Libby,
I'm
optimistic.
What
about
you?
Oh.
B
Yeah,
no,
absolutely
it's
just
gonna.
Take
it's
gonna,
take
a
little
while
we
had
a
great
presentation
at
our
meeting
and
staff
had
done,
and
she
was
talking
about
how
she'd
had
this
wonderful
zoom
phone
call
with
her
grandfather,
you
know
and
how-
and
we
all
think
it's
so
easy.
Why
can't
we
do
that
and
I
putted?
Well,
if
you're,
having
a
great
you
know
brunch
with
your
parents
or
your
family,
you
still
don't
invite
the
entire
of
Arlington
County,
which
is
what
you
have
to
do
legally.
B
Nor
do
you
keep
minutes
of
it,
which
is
what
you
have
to
do
legally
I
mean
they're,
all
of
the
annuity.
You
would
have
to
make
sure
anybody
can
access
it,
whether
they
have
a
hearing,
impairment
or
visual
impairment
or
physical
impairment.
So
it's
very
different.
It's
we're
all
learning,
I
am
very
optimistic.
I
think
it's
to
be
better
in
the
end.
I
really
do
because
I
think
in
way
these
meetings
this
this
style
of
meeting,
does
it
allow
some
people
to
participate
who
otherwise
it
would
be
a
lot
harder
for
well.
B
So
they
could
participate
in
a
meeting
like
this,
but
couldn't
like
like
leave
the
kids
at
home
alone.
Right
I
mean
I.
Just
think
that
flexibility,
it's
adding
I
I,
do
when
I'm,
mostly
positive,
think
we're
gonna
end
up
actually
in
a
much
better
place.
It's
just
it's
a
painful
way
to
get
there,
but.
A
B
A
B
B
D
Only
thing
that
was
at
issue
was
the
amount
and
and
just
to
let
you
know,
kind
of
the
share
that
went
to
the
Commonwealth
of
Virginia
was
somewhere
three
plus
billion
dollars,
and
it
was
up
to
the
Commonwealth
to
decide
how
that
was
distributed
throughout
the
localities.
They
did
a
formula
based
on
population
and
you
know,
did
made
appropriations
to
localities
based
on
our
reflect
or
representative
share
of
the
state's
population
that
came
out
220mm
dollars
for
this
trunch
biggera.
D
So
when
you
think
about
all
of
the
money
that
is
being
spent
on
PPE,
the
money
that's
being
spent
to
not
have
people
evicted
from
their
homes
and
provide
emergency
financial
assistance
for
people
who've
become
on
and
underemployed.
When
you
think
about
the
small
business
assistance
to
help
them
retain
employees
and
not
go
under
when
we
think
about
contact,
tracing
and
and
further
testing,
which
is
going
to
be
required,
a
little
bit
later
on,
the
expenses
are
gonna,
add
up
real
quickly
and
we've
already
spent
in
actual
dollars
about
half
of
the
20
million.
D
A
B
C
D
Unfortunately,
Kara
you
know,
the
federal
government
has
decided
that
this
can't
go
to
replace
projected
lost
revenues.
So
you
know
our
hotels
are
not
functioning
and
they're
not
gonna,
be
able
to
get
up
to
speed
as
soon
as
the
fiscal
year
starts
in
July.
We
know
that
our
restaurants
and
bars
and
the
meals
taxes
that
they
generate
is
going
to
be
slow
to
return.
This
money
can't
go
to
solve
any
of
those
budget
holes.
It
can
only
go
to
direct
expenses.
So
a
lot
of
the
pain
that
localities
are
experiencing.
D
B
Yeah
and
that's
part
of
the
reason,
we're
working
so
hard
to
try
to
make
sure
our
businesses
survive
this,
so
that
they're
there
to
help
us
recover,
because
if
we
let
that
all
go,
the
recovery
will
be
so
much
harder.
I
believe
of
the
the
the
state
money
I
think
some
of
that
three
and
it's
like
30.
Well,
it
was
a
lot
of
billions
that
that's
actually
still
sitting.
B
B
I
was
on
a
call
with
one
of
my
colleagues
in
the
region
who
was
with
the
National
Association
of
counties
and
we're
hearing
on
a
national
call,
apparently
in
the
state
of
Texas,
the
state
decided
to
keep
all
that
money
and
not
send
it
down
to
the
localities
and
they're
in
a
real
world
of
hurt,
trying
to
figure
out
how
that
works.
So
we're
better
off
here
than
a
lot
of
places.
A
Welcome
back
to
County
Board
wrap-up,
we're
talking
today
with
County
Board,
Chair,
Libby,
Garvey
and
board
member
Christian
Dorsey
about
the
county's,
multifaceted
response
to
the
Cova,
19
and
emic,
and,
of
course,
one
of
the
most
difficult
issues
that
the
county
is
dealing
with
is
how
to
keep
people
who've
lost
their
livelihoods
as
a
result
of
this
also
keep
them
from
losing
their
homes.
Christian,
we'll
start
with
you.
The
county
will
approve
to
some
rather
unique
loan
payments,
yeah
yeah.
D
So
you
know
we
have
a
a
lot
of
ways
of
helping
people
who
have
been
affected
by
losing,
losing
or
reducing
having
their
income
reduced
as
a
result
of
kovat.
We
have
programs
directly
through
our
Department
of
Human
Services,
as
well
as
a
partnership
through
Arlington
thrive,
to
provide
direct
cash
assistance
to
people
who
are
short
on
making
their
mortgage
payments
or
who
have
had
their
income
totally
reduced.
If
you
are
an
eligible,
low-income,
Arlington,
ian's,
you're
eligible
for
that
cash
assistance,
and
we
have
added
substantial
amounts
that
are
available
to
meet
these
unprecedented
needs.
D
But
then
we
also
thought
well.
How
can
we
further
help
people
and
our
staff
came
up
with
an
innovative
way
of
leveraging
the
loans
that
we
make
available
for
nonprofit
providers
of
affordable
housing
and
presented
them
with
a
win-win
scenario:
you're
all
having
difficulty
making
your
mortgage
payments
when
tenants
are
late
or
behind
on
rent.
So
why
don't
we
allow
you
to
not
pay
loans,
your
monthly
payment
on
loans
until
the
the
year?
We.
B
We
had
a
pretty
good
safety
net
here
in
Arlington,
and
so
a
lot
of
the
structures
were
in
place
that,
as
this
pandemic
has
hit,
we've
been
able
to
ramp
them
up.
It
wasn't
like
we
were
starting
up
with
something
we'd
never
done
before,
so
we've
always
had
grants.
You
know
assistance
to
people
to
keep
them
in
their
in
their
homes
and
I.
Think
as
we
go,
we're
going
to
be
having
discussions
about
the
I
believe
as
a
community,
because
this
is
gonna
be
a
major
part
of
our
budget,
I
think
for
a
while.
B
But
of
course,
while
it's
expensive,
it's
really
not
nearly
as
expensive,
as
if
all
kinds
of
people
end
up
out
on
the
streets,
they
don't
have
a
home,
so
I
think
it's
not
only
the
right
thing
to
do.
I
think
it's
actually
better
for
our
community,
but
we'll
be
having
more
discussions
about
it,
and
we
do
have
that
again.
This
very
variety
of
ways.
Sometimes
we
support
the
the
property
owners
that,
where
our
nonprofit
partners
that
are
managing
these
apartments
so
that
they
don't
they
don't
have
to
worry
so
much
about
not
getting
the
rent.
B
C
B
A
Of
course,
another
area
of
concern,
for
especially
these
some
of
the
same
audience
is
healthcare
for
many
in
our
community,
losing
that
job
means
also
losing
that
health
insurance,
which
is
I,
don't
know
pretty
scary
when
you
think
about
it,
especially
at
a
time
of
a
pandemic
and
we've
seen
a
big
increase
in
the
need
from
the
Arlington
free
clinic
for
their
healthcare,
for
the
healthcare
needs
from
that
service,
and
in
this
past
month
you
took
a
step
designed
to
strengthen
that
clinic's
ability
to
serve
patients.
Tell
me
a
little
bit
more
about
that.
B
Now
terrible
is,
but
we
have
a
lot
of
people
who
just
never
had
health
insurance
or
they
had
they
may
have
lost
their
jobs,
but
that
job
never
provided
health
insurance
anywhere.
So
we're
having
a
lot
of
issues
to
deal
with
that.
This
pandemic
is
showing
so
clearly
problems
in
our
society
and
we're
now
realizing
that
by
not
supporting
people
in
some
very
basic
ways.
It
actually
harms
all
of
us.
So
hopefully
again,
as
we
said
earlier
in
this
I've,
been
this
broadcast
about
some
other
things.
B
A
Welcome
back
to
County
Board
rapa,
we're
talking
today
about
the
various
efforts
the
board
took
to
help
during
this
code
of
19
and
emic,
and
a
big
part
of
that,
as
we've
been
discussing,
was
the
effect
on
Arlington's
business
community,
specifically
our
small
businesses
and
now
the
county's
stepping
in
with
the
small
business
emergency
grant
program.
Let's
talk
a
little
bit
about
this
question.
We'll
start
with
you
tell
us
why
the
county
decided
to
establish
this
grant
program
and
what's
the
goal
well,.
D
You
know
there
are
lots
of
opportunities
that
may
be
available
to
small
businesses
who
are
impacted,
but
those
are
largely
going
through
commercial
banks
and
they
have
huge
lead
times
and
not
all
businesses
are
eligible.
And
when
we
look
at
the
businesses
to
some
6,000
small
businesses
in
our
community,
we
know
that
a
number
of
them
need
assistance
much
more
quickly
and
they
need
it
with
less
red
tape.
D
So,
thankfully,
our
Department
of
Economic
Development
came
up
with
a
way
to
really,
in
a
streamlined
fashion,
determine
eligible
businesses
who
would
be
well
qualified
to
receive
a
grant
so
that
they
could
devote
those
resources
into
meeting
the
necessary
expenses
and
hopefully
reducing
layoffs.
And
fortunately,
the
amount
of
money
devoted
to
the
program
has
grown
from
around
700,000
to
over
1.2
million,
and
that
will
help
because
we've
had
over
a
thousand
businesses
who
have
applied
and
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
help
out
all
of
them.
D
B
This
was
a
very
positive
thing
for
me:
I
felt
when
it
came
up
I
think
because
first,
our
staff
came
and
said:
let's
repurpose,
these
were
grants
for
something
else
for
startups.
Let's,
let's
put
that
to
helping
small
businesses,
and
that
was
about
a
little
under
$700,000
and
you
know
and
I
thought:
that's
smart,
that's
innovative,
that's
great,
and
then
we
got
ITA
funding
I!
A
D
Well,
you
know
yeah,
we
we
did
a
survey
Department
of
Economic
Development
did
a
survey
and
they
looked
at
businesses,
large
and
small
local
national,
and
really
tried
to
assess
what
are
their
issues
and
needs
and
concerns,
and
we
certainly
found
that
the
size
of
the
organization
is
very
much
correlated
to
whether
or
not
they've
suffered
extreme
issues
during
this
kovat
related
pandemic.
So
we
knew
that
we
wanted
to
focus
on
the
small
businesses,
businesses
of
50
or
less
not
the
federal
government's
500
or
less
right.
D
We're
talking
true
small
businesses-
and
you
know
it
doesn't
take
a
an
economist
or
a
rocket
scientist
to
know
that
there's
so
many
restaurants
and
coffee
shops,
cafes
and
and
boutiques
and
tchotchke
shops
in
Arlington.
That
could
very
much
benefit
with
this
critical
lifeline
of
being
able
to
get
resources
to
maybe
meet
any
lease
obligations
or
to
to
maintain
the
staff
who
can
allow
them
to
do
curbside,
pickup
and
and
maybe
delivery,
or
to
just
be
available
for
when
they're
ready
to
reopen.
B
And,
as
Christian
pointed
out
the
beginning
a
lot
of
times,
the
companies
have
to
have
for
the
federal
money
ship
with
a
bank
right,
it's
true
and
some
of
these
small
business
they
don't
and-
and
they
might
work
it
out,
but
they
can't
survive
that
long.
So
this
is
it's
a
bridge.
Really,
it's
get
us
get
us
across
to
the
other
side.
Yeah.
C
A
Well,
that
sounds
like
a
perfect
note
on
which
to
wrap
up
Libyan
Christian.
Thank
you
both
very
much
for
giving
us
some
insight
into
how
the
county
is
responding
to
the
pandemic
and
when
Arlington
Ian's
can
start
to
perhaps
see
a
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel,
so
to
speak,
I'm
Kara
O'donnell.
This
is
County
Board
wrap
up.
We
look
forward
to
joining
you
again
next
month
with
a
look
at
the
board's
actions
in
June
until
then
stay
safe,
we'll
see
you
soon.