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From YouTube: Board Wrap-Up: COVID-19 Response - Reopening
Description
Arlington Board members discuss actions they took in May on re-opening, and on expanding support for our business community, and our residents who have been hit hard by the economic fallout of this pandemic.
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,
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
said,
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
one
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
which
I
think
was
great
last
month.
B
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
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.
B
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.
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.
B
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
right,
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.
C
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
of
Virginians
and
proud
to
be
a
part
of
the
Commonwealth.
We
recognize
that
most
of
our
residents
have
their
mobility.
C
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
They
won't
even
need
to
exhibit
symptoms
and
we're
trying
to
get
particularly
folks
who
are
underserved
medically
may
not
have
a
doctor
or
may
not
have,
but
they
are
in.
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
going
to
do
a
lot
of
testing
that
day
and
I'm
very
hopeful?
B
B
Loudoun
and
our
partners
in
in
fairfax,
county
and
alexandria
are
all
going
and
are
all
going
first
before
us
and
prince
william,
and
then
we'll
be
doing
it
and
that's
all
being
done
in
the
space
of
about
five
days
by
working
days
and
then,
hopefully
we're
going
to
just
keep
it
going
because
the
whole
region,
again
as
christian,
was
pointing
out
we're
really
all
in
this
together.
And
we
need
to
be
doing
this
kind
of
testing
to
know
where
that
virus
is
and
then
the
contact
tracing
to
follow
up
for
people
who
test
positive.
Now.
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
are
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.
C
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
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.
C
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
Where
are
their
areas
say
in
the
street
where
we
can
push
out
in
restaurants
can
do
dining
out,
and
maybe
we
take
over
a
little
bit
of
the
public
right
away
for
dining,
but
we
have
to
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
coverings.
B
A
Baker's
crust
yeah.
We
are
going
to
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.