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From YouTube: September 21, 2021 Manager Reports
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Mark Schwartz | Arlington County Manager
A
A
So
as
to
the
economic
and
fiscal
outlook
like
last
year,
I'm
sharing
a
very
preliminary
look
right
now
at
the
september
board
meeting
about
next
year's
budget
and
that's
a
little
bit
earlier
than
we
normally
do,
but
considering
the
outlook
that
we
have
and
discussions
that
we
have
upcoming
on
the
american
rescue
plan,
I
thought
it
was
important
that
we
get
this
information
out
there
now.
So
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
emily
hughes
from
the
department
of
management
and
finance
and
she
will
give
us
an
overview
of
the
fiscal
year.
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D
D
Our
consumption
taxes
that
are
received
monthly,
including
sales
meals,
car
rental
and
hotel
tax,
have
been
impacted,
perhaps
more
than
any
other
revenue
source
you'll
see
that
the
graph
on
the
left
here
combines
those
sources
by
fiscal
year.
In
our
last
normal
year
of
fiscal
2019.
These
taxes,
together
made
up
just
over
10
percent
of
total
general
fund
taxes
in
fy
2021.
Each
of
them
was
down
significantly
when
compared
with
fy
19.
D
D
On
the
other
hand,
our
residential
real
estate
market
continues
to
show
strength,
although
we
will
not
know
until
later
in
the
calendar
year
how
much
residential
real
estate
values
have
increased.
Preliminary
sales
data
shows
positive
growth.
The
graph
on
the
right
shows
data
from
mls
on
the
number
of
home
sales.
The
blue
line
is
all
sales.
The
yellow
line
is
attached
homes
and
the
blue
line
detached
homes.
In
recent
months,
you
can
see
that
the
activity
in
the
market
has
been
greater
than
in
2020
and
in
2019.
D
Similarly,
home
prices
have
been
increasing
over
prior
years.
This
calendar
year
in
june
and
july,
there
was
some
leveling
off
and
many
sources
are
suggesting
a
return
to
more
normal
levels
of
market
activity
and
price
increases.
The
prices
and
sales
that
we've
seen
this
calendar
year
will
impact
the
assessments
of
residential
properties
in
january.
D
Given
the
market
activity
that
we've
seen
in
the
residential
market,
we
are
anticipating
positive
growth
and
residential
property
assessments.
The
chart
on
the
left
shows
our
expected
positive
growth
in
residential
assessments
in
red.
You
see
on
the
far
right
that
the
red
bar
is
the
fy
22
anticipated
increase
in
residential
assessments,
but
potentially
offsetting
this
anticipated
growth
in
residential
assessments,
we're
anticipating
pressure
in
the
commercial
sector,
as
we've
mentioned
in
previous
budget
conversations,
there's
continued
uncertainty
in
the
office
real
estate
market.
D
There's
also
the
continued
uncertainty
of
the
return
to
the
workplace
and
changes
to
how
businesses
are
evaluating
the
need
for
physical
office
space
for
hotels,
which
are
also
in
that
commercial
sector
of
real
estate
assessments.
We
continue
to
see
slow
recovery
in
tourism,
but
and
we're
also
anticipating
costs
as
a
result
of
inflation
and
interest
rates.
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D
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
we're
in
a
better
fiscal
position
and
we
have
a
more
solid
outlook
than
we
had
this
time
last
year,
but
similar
to
last
year,
there
are
a
number
of
funding
priorities
and
economic
uncertainties
to
navigate
in
the
fy
23
budget.
These
economic
uncertainties
will
impact
the
tax
base,
but,
more
importantly,
our
community.
D
We
expect
there
will
be
some
level
of
continued
pandemic
response
to
support
both
the
health
and
welfare
of
our
community,
as
there
are
lingering
economic
impacts
on
individuals
and
businesses.
Also,
in
order
for
us
to
maintain
delivery
of
high
quality
government
services,
we
face
a
real
challenge
in
employee
recruitment
and
retention.
D
D
We're
going
to
be
getting
additional
data
points
each
month
on
sales
meals
and
hotel
taxes
that
are
going
to
help
us
set
our
best
estimates
for
fiscal
23
revenue
for
these
sources,
we'll
be
getting
department,
input
on
the
impact
of
inflation
and
other
contractual
cost
pressures,
as
well
as
input
on
the
needs
related
to
the
economic
and
pandemic
support.
That's
going
to
be
needed
at
this
point.
Our
assumptions
for
the
fiscal
23
budget
include
that
real
estate
assessments
will
be
increasing
one
to
two
percent,
and
other
revenue
will
be
up
five
to
ten
percent.
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D
This
graph
shows
a
general
timeline
from
now
until
the
fiscal
year
starts
next
summer,
we're
working
with
the
county
managers
communications
office
to
lay
out
how
we
can
engage
with
the
public
and
they
can
engage
with
us
over
the
next
few
months.
This
will
probably
include
both
sharing
information
through
videos
or
other
means,
as
well
as
opportunities
for
online
feedback
with
stakeholders,
and
that
will
conclude
my
presentation
on
the
fy
2023
budget
outlook.
B
E
Go
ahead,
mr
canton,
only
a
I
mean.
First
of
all,
thank
you
that
was
very
comprehensive
and
it's
actually
a
great
great
experience
to
start
the
september
with
patches.
So
on
the
v
on
the
vacancy
rate,
I
saw
a
projection
up
to
19.4
percent.
So
do
we
have
an
idea
why
we
project
that
I
mean
what
what
is
the
underlying
assumption.
A
Yes,
so
that
actually
is
not
a
projection.
That
is
the
current
vacancy
rate
and
mr
tucker,
who
is
here,
might
want
to
step
up
and
offer
some
thoughts
on
that,
because
he
was
feeling
left
alone
in
the
back
there.
But
he
can
give
you
an
explanation,
I
think
of
just
a
short
summary
of
what
what
he
sees
of
the
future
trend
over
the
next
quarter
or
two.
Something
like
that.
F
Good
evening,
county
board
and
thank
you,
mr
manager,
currently,
yes,
the
vacancy
rate
is,
is
hovering
in
the
neighborhood
of
19
to
20
percent.
We
have
seen
about
a
five
percent
increase
since
the
the
time
the
pandemic
has
started.
Some
of
that
we
knew
was
coming
with
the
vacation
of
spaces
by
some
of
the
federal
tenants
who
had
given
notice
a
few
years
back,
but
similarly,
we've
seen
a
significant
number
of
subletting
of
spaces
on
the
market
that
gets
factored
into
the
vacancy
rate.
F
As
I
understand
its
calculation
also,
we,
the
normal
activity
that
we
would
see
with
in
terms
of
industry,
renewing
new
leases
that
has
slowed
down.
Many
many
companies
have
put
that
on
pause
until
they
have
more
predictability
about,
what's
going
to
happen
in
the
market
and
also
those
clients
who
were
looking
at
the
market.
F
I
think
it
will
take
some
time,
but
I
think
the
communities
that
will
be
best
poised
to
to
rebound
and
have
an
economic
economic
recovery
will
be
those
that
incorporate
some
flexibility
into
things
like
uses.
Considering
there
will
be
businesses
that
don't
survive
the
pandemic,
and
so,
when
we
have
those
vacant
spaces,
how
do
we
plan
to
reuse
them?
F
And
I
think
we
are
very
pleased
that
during
the
planning
work
session
last
week,
our
planning
department
is
working
with
aed
and
looking
at
some
of
those
how
we
consider
everything
from
ground
floor
uses
to
upper
floor
users
and
particularly
many
of
our
office
buildings,
so
happy
to
answer
any
specific
questions
that
you
might
have.
But.
B
Thank
you,
mr
mr
tucker,
and
I
know
it's.
This
is
a
source
of
focus
of
each
member
of
the
board
and
we're
we're
not
asking
you
to
single-handedly
say
that
there
wouldn't
be
any
rise
in
the
office
vacancy
rates
in
the
mid
in
the
fall
of
the
pandemic.
But
your
thoughtful
remarks
are
really
helpful
as
we
think
about
the
fiscal
outlook
for
the
coming
year.
So
I
don't
have
any
other
questions.
I
think
it
would
be
back
to
the
manager,
for
maybe
a
revenue
forecast
in
our
discussion.
A
Thank
you,
mr
tucker,
so
I
wanted
to
move
on
to
the
american
rescue
plan
act.
Discussion
and
what
we're
going
to
do
is
share
some
guiding
principles
on
the
use
of
the
funds.
A
number
of
our
sister
jurisdictions
took
different
approaches
when
it
came
to
arpa
funding,
and
you
know
the
reason
why
we
have
waited
until
now
was
we
were
waiting
for
a
few
things
once
was
for
some
clear
guidance
from
the
federal
government
on
the
appropriate
use
and
the
eligibility
restrictions
that
surrounded
rescue
plan
funding.
A
I
wanted
to
go
ahead
with
the
presentation
and
remind
the
community
of
the
funds
we
received
and
suggest
a
potential
approach
using
some
principles,
but
I
will
be
back
to
you
next
month
with
very
specific
allocations,
except
in
a
few
circumstances
that
I
think
you're
gonna
you're
familiar
with,
so
I
think
we're
gonna.
Someone
is
gonna,
put
up
the
slides.
I
think.
A
In
march
of
this
year,
president
biden
signed
a
1.9
trillion
dollar
arpal
legislation
and
the
main
purpose
of
that
is
to
provide
states
and
localities
with
funds
for
fiscal
recovery.
Arlington's
allocation
out
of
that
1.9
trillion
is
46
million
dollars,
and
that
comes
in
two
equal
allotments,
the
first
one
we
received
in
may
of
this
year.
The
second
one
we
receive
in
may
of
next
year
and
those
funds
must
be
obligated,
the
first
tranche
by
the
end
of
2024
and
the
second
by
the
end
of
2026..
A
It's
also
important
to
note
that
there
are
within
the
1.9
trillion
dollars.
There
are
a
number
of
other
sources
of
funding
streams
that
we've
been
paying
close
attention
to.
Arlington
residents
have
benefited
from
about
7
million
dollars
in
rental
assistance
above
the
funds.
I've
identified
the
23
million
dollars
and
also
there's
been
close
to
10
million
dollars
that
has
assisted
us
in
some
of
our
transit
programs
and
in
addition,
our
colleagues
at
arlington
public
schools
separately,
have
been
allocated
close
to
19
million
dollars.
A
We
go
on
to
the
next
slide.
You
know
michael
stewart
who's.
Our
deputy
director
of
the
department
of
management
finance
is
probably
one
of
the
has
studied
and
really
knows
the
details
of
the
permitted
use
of
these
funds
and
they
fall
essentially
into
four
buckets.
The
first
is
to
support
covet
19
response
efforts.
A
The
second
is
to
replace
lost
revenue
for
governments.
That
is
not
mean
anything
goes,
but
it's
a
fairly
broad
interpretation
of
what
revenue
we
have
foregone,
that
we
might
be
able
to
use
these
funds
to
replace
it's.
Another
set
of
factors
where
the
funding
can
be
addressed
is
to
address
the
systemic
challenges
that
have
come
about
with
the
way
the
pandemic
has
really
affected
our
community.
In
many
cases,
there's
been
inequity
in
the
way
those
effects
have
hit
our
community
and
then
also
finally,
supporting
economic
stabilization
for
businesses
and
households.
A
Let's
go
on
to
the
next
slide,
so
the
23
million-
that's
the
number
to
focus
on
so
in
april,
the
county
board.
Knowing
that
we
had
remember,
we
got
the
money
in
march,
you've
already
allocated
3.8
million
dollars
of
that
23
million,
and
that
3.8
million
dollars
was
used
to
restore
some
budget
cuts
that
had
been
built
into
the
proposed
fiscal
22
budget.
A
That
3.8
million
dollars
went
to
reopen
our
cherrydale
and
glenn
carlin
libraries
to
reopen
our
department
of
parks
and
recreation
community
centers
to
provide
some
funding
for
our
tourism
staff
to
make
sure
they
could
stay
on
board.
Since
the
tourism
industry
and
our
hotel
revenues
had
plummeted
and
also
to
provide
some
maintenance
funding
needed
for
some
of
our
parks.
A
A
A
A
So
here
are
some
of
the
guiding
principles
you
can
call
them
buckets
call
them
circles
with
nice,
graphics
in
them.
These
are
the
areas.
We
think
that
we
should
be
focused
on
trying
to
direct
those
funds
and
weighing
the
values
and
focus
on
the
vulnerable
in
our
community
and
those
areas
that
would
be
most
benefited
by
the
funds
and
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
each
of
the
graphics
there.
You
see
what
they
are.
A
Let's
go
on
to
the
next
slide
this.
This
is
actually
important.
This
is
a
chart
that
we're
using
and
we
hope
that
the
community
will
take
a
look
at,
which
is
that
I've
described
everything
in
that
first
column,
the
5
million
for
pandemic
response,
the
restoration
of
the
22
cuts
the
grants
and
then
the
12.2
million
that's
available.
A
Now
that
is
the
first
tranche
of
23
million
dollars
now
that
second
tranche
of
23
million
dollars,
which
I'm
not
going
to
spend
a
lot
of
time
talking
on.
There
is
right
now,
arguably
already
a
claim
on
that,
since
we've
used
close
to
four
million
dollars
to
restore
services,
those
services
are
ongoing
services.
They
include
libraries,
recreation
centers,
and
they
will
need
to
continue
so,
to
that
extent,
there's
already
a
claim
on
that
second
tranche
of
money
and
that
4
million
or
4.2
million
dollar
number
we
have.
A
A
A
We
will-
and
I
will
be
talking
about
retention
bonuses
and
critical
staffing
areas,
equity
and
disadvantaged
neighborhoods.
We'll
also
be
talking
a
little
bit
about
a
crisis
intervention
center
function.
We
have
at
the
department
of
human
services
and
then
also
child
care
options.
Interestingly,
this
came
up
a
little
bit.
There
was
an
article
in
the
paper
over
the
weekend.
A
That
has
been
one
of
the
primary
drivers
of
some
of
the
economic
dislocation
we've
been
seeing
also
for
transit
and
transportation,
we're
very
actively
considering-
and
I
seek
your
your
feedback
on
the
possibility
of
waiving
revenue
that
we
might
receive
from
students
who
use
art,
in
other
words,
saying
that
all
arlington
public
school
students
who
pay
any
bus
fare.
We
would
give
them
a
pass
on
that.
A
We
would
subsidize
that
so
free
transit
for
students
and
then
also
looking
selectively
at
those
individuals
who
use
transit
to
see
not
everyone,
but
those
who
are
economically
disadvantaged,
giving
them
a
pass
on
having
to
pay
for
transit.
And
then
you
can
see
also
some
additional
focus
on
workforce
development
programs.
A
So
there
is
that
12.2
million
dollars
there's
a
mix
of
items.
There
we've
gone
back
to
a
number
of
departments
and
asked
for
their
ideas.
I
will
come
back
to
you
in
october
with
some
very
specific
recommendations
on
the
allocation
of
those
funds,
and
it
is
my
suggestion
that
those
allocation
ideas
sit
out
in
the
community
and
that
the
board
take
action
on
a
final
adoption
of
those
in
november.
Now
there
will
be
an
exception
to
that
that
I'll
talk
about
after
this
presentation.
A
So
let
me
summarize
the
next
steps
we
have
in
october
I'll
be
presenting
proposed
allocations
of
the
rescue
plan.
Those
of
you
at
home,
who
are
big,
are
budget.
Nerds
will
know
that.
That's
also
the
time
when
we
come
to
you
with
closeout
of
fiscal
22
and
allocations
of
the
one-time
dollars
available.
Then
I
think
upcoming.
A
The
board
is
going
to
discuss
the
possibility
of
budget
guidance
and
adopting
that
in
october
we
will
have
a
pretty
very
active
community
feedback,
we're
going
to
seek
on
any
of
the
proposals
we
put
out
there
and
then
final
adoption
of
all
those
allocations
in
november
and
saving
the
second
tranche
for
later.
So
that
is
my
brief.
I
hope,
hopefully
informative
presentation
on
the
rescue
plan.
B
G
Help
me
understand
your
your
thinking
in
terms
of
how
that
marries,
with
the
projected
rate
of
overall
revenue
recovery
for
the
county,
because
a
significant
number
of
those
budget
cuts
were
from
what
had
previously
been
generally
ongoing
operations
of
the
county,
which
we
would
expect
to
return
in
the
form
of
being
fully
funded
in
your
budgets.
Once
we
return
to
economic
health.
A
So
that
question
points
out
something
that
I
did
not,
and
I
should
have
emphasized
on
the
slide
as
we're
talking
about
rescue
plan
funds.
That
is
just
a
a
subset
of
what
will
go
into
the
full
budget.
When
we
adopted
when
the
board
adopted
the
fiscal
22
budget
built
in
there,
there
was
approximately
12
or
13
million
dollars
of
additional
one-time
funds
used
to
support
that
budget.
A
So
what
you
have
pointed
out
is
we
run
the
risk
of
building
a
budget
that
is
relying
on
a
higher
percentage
of
one-time
funds.
I
think
in
the
presentation
you
heard
from
emily
hughes,
you
see
that
there's
strength
beyond
what
we
had
anticipated
last
april
and
additional
ongoing
revenue
coming
in
I'm
fairly
confident
that
we
will
be
able
to
fill
most
of
that
gap
that
was
created
in
one-time
funds,
but
not
all
of
it.
So
that
is
the
reason
why
I'm
saying
we
might
want
to
make
use
of
some
of
these
one-time
funds.
A
I
remain
more
optimistic
and
feel
like
we'll
be
on
a
firmer
footing,
but
I
don't
want
anyone
to
think
that
we'll
be
fully
back
to
the
point
where
we
will
be
using
ongoing
funds
for
every
one
of
our
ongoing
functions,
there
still
will
be
some
need
much
less
than
that
13
million
I
mentioned
in
the
other
part
of
the
budget
and
the
4
million
I
mentioned
here
less,
but
still
nevertheless,
still
a
piece
of
what
we
have
thanks.
So
much.
B
H
Thank
you
so
much,
mr
chair,
and
just
wanted
to
add
my
voice
to
where
mr
dorsey
was
going
last
year
was
so
challenging
because
we
we
did
have
between
what
was
then
the
cares
act
right,
the
first
round
of
federal
leave
and
then
just
one-time
sources,
for
example
the
savings
on
the
leasing
of
this
building.
We
were
simultaneously
having
a
very
just
difficult
conversation
about
the
constraints
of
ongoing
funding,
while
also
being
in
an
environment
with
a
fair
bit
of
one-time
funding.
H
That
is,
the
type
of
environment
that
makes
it
very
tempting
to
engage
in
behaviors
that
are
not
responsible,
and
I
think
we
saw
that
happen.
For
example,
all
across
the
commonwealth,
when
the
general
assembly
and
governor
and
their
wisdom
said
that
there
would
be
teacher
salaries
to
be
raised
if
only
the
localities
would
match
them
at
a
time
that
the
localities
were
experiencing
significant
shortfalls
and
ongoing
revenue,
but
awash
in
one
time,
and
so
I
think
this
is
going
to
be
a
challenging
budget.
H
I
think
there
is
a
story
to
be
told
on
a
number
of
issues
in
which
the
pandemic
focused
our
attention
and,
in
some
cases,
significantly
exacerbated
long-standing
problems,
not
only
in
the
arlington
community,
but
our
society.
What
is
exciting
to
me
about
the
potential
of
the
arpa
dollars
is
that
I
think
arlington
has
the
building
blocks
to
tackle
some
of
those
problems
in
a
really
meaningful
way,
and
I
hope
that
we
can
use
these
funds
frankly,
as
jet
fuel
to
do
it.
H
Child
care
is
another
one.
You
know
I
was
just
saying
to
somebody
earlier
today.
It
feels
like
the
rest
of
the
country
has
caught
up
to
where
arlington
was
back
in
2018
was
acknowledging
that
we
had
this
really
severe
challenge.
You
know,
I
think
we
have
weathered
better
than
a
lot
of
communities.
The
the
closures,
for
example,
of
daycare
centers
we've
seen
fewer,
but
we
know
from
our
risk
and
reach
analyses
about
like
some
very
specific
places.
We
can
make
investments.
H
You
know,
I
think
it
is
within
striking
distance
to
meet
the
kind
of
remaining
delta
of
low-income
kids
and
families
that
need
reliable
child
care.
I
think
the
arpa
funding
is
an
opportunity
to
take
a
big
bet
on
things
like
non-traditional
hours
of
child
care,
which
we
know
is
a
huge
need
in
our
community,
and
the
last
point
too,
that
I'll
make
as
well
is
is
transit.
You
know
we
have
done
regionally
through
the
northern
virginia
transportation.
Commission.
H
Some
really,
I
think,
thoughtful
analyses
about
the
opportunities
for
zero,
fair
transit
and
and
the
need
to
to
approach
that
with
some
finesse
right
that,
especially
in
a
system
where
so
much
of
our
fares
on
art
are
actually
paid
by
the
federal
government
via
smart
benefits
right
entirely.
Zero
fare
may
not
make
sense,
but
there
are
so
many
opportunities
for
us
to
figure
out
exactly
as
you've
teed
up
for
us.
H
So
I
am
now
at
risk
of
kind
of
belaboring
the
theme,
but
I
the
phrase
it's
so
hackneyed
that
comes
to
mind
is
a
crisis
is
a
terrible
thing
to
waste
and
I
just
think
about
how
we
have
a
once-in-a-generation
infusion
of
one-time
funding.
We
have
the
needs
that
have
grown
during
the
pandemic,
but
we
also
have
the
the
the
the
policy
analysis,
the
staff
work
and
the
political
will
to
tackle
these
in
big
ways.
I
Thank
you.
I
think
I'll
pick
up
where
both
my
colleagues
were.
I
am.
I
also
think
this
is
a
once
once
in
a
generation
opportunity,
and
it
is
important
to
do
some
of
these.
I
think
that's
where
we
all
want
to
go.
However,
I
found
myself
thinking,
I
think,
along
the
lines
of
mr
dorsey,
watching
the
presentation,
so
we
have
46
million
dollars
which
we're
going
to
get
half
and
21
and
half
22.,
and
then
we
have
to
have
it
all
spent
by
the
end
of
26..
I
Is
that
right?
So
I'm
just
wondering
and
sorry
this
is
like
just
came
to
me,
while
sometimes
things
get
revealed
by
presentations.
Might
we
want
maybe
not
this
year
but
the
next
year?
So
I
think
we
don't
want
all
that
money
to
get
spent
and
like
then,
we
fall
off
a
cliff
because
it
feels
like
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
provide
the
support
so
as
our
hopefully,
our
vacancy
rate
goes
down
and
we
do
better
and
better.
I
You
know
we
kind
of
have
a
nice
kind
of
down
a
glide,
so
possibly
not
this
year,
but
possibly
the
next
budget
year.
Have
you
thought
of
sort
of
being
explicit
about
the
fact
that
not
all
this
money
is
going
to
get
spent
in
these
two
budget
years,
but
we
may
want
to
be
parsing
it
out
so
that
spreading
it
out
so
that
we
can
do
come
to
more
of
a
glide
path
down
and
hopefully
we'll
be
up
and
running
by
the
time
the
money
gives
out.
A
I
think
one
of
the
good
things
about
the
rescue
plan
is
the
money
doesn't
have
to
be
obligated
right
away,
so
the
concept
of
keeping
10
or
20
of
it
available
for
an
as
needed
basis
and
seeing
how
we're
doing
might
make
a
lot
of
sense,
and
so
that's
something
the
board
can
weigh.
As
we
look
at
the
proposals
coming
forward
next
month,.
I
Thank
you
and
I
think
it'll
really
come
home
next
year,
but
this
puts
us
at
a
hard
point.
I
I
was
thinking
in
some
ways.
We
can
kind
of
relax
a
little
bit
because
we've
got
the
support.
But
then,
ms
crystal
you
brought
up
the
issue
of
child
care.
We
don't
want
to
get
that
off
to
a
roaring
start
and
then
two
years
later
have
the
bottom
drop
out
and.
H
I
B
E
You,
mr
chair,
thank
you,
mr
schwartz.
I
fully
agree
with
miss
crystal
and
and
mr
dorsey
and
miss
garvey
on
this.
Yes,
it's
an
amazing
opportunity
to
do
things
that
we
otherwise
would
have
to
postpone
or
or
ration
in
a
way
that
would
be
very
difficult
to
lift,
and
we
can
do
that.
On
the
other
side,
we
we
do
have
two
basic
pressures.
One
is
the
general
operation
of
the
government
begins
to
be
more
expensive,
and
you
know
we
started
you,
mr
schwartz.
E
You
started
already
talking
about
the
pressure
of
competitive
wages
and
retention
funding
this
this
is
concerning
to
me
because
I
know
that
this
adds
to
the
base
of
our
operation
budget.
So
this
is
not
like.
We
are
cruising.
The
second
thing
is
one.
One
thing
that
I
believe
is
crystal
forgot
is
housing.
So,
for
example,
we
want.
We
know
that
our
pressure
on
on
housing
grants
funds,
for
example,
will
be
higher,
and
last
year
already
we
we
tried
to
to
find
ways
to
you
know.
E
On
the
one
side
we
had
the
eviction,
prevention
and
rental
assistance,
funding
that
that
is
100
call
it
related.
I
do
think
that
in
during
the
recovery
we
will
be
moving
from
this
into
into
you
know:
building
structures
that
are
more
more,
you
know
longer
term,
medium
and
longer
term,
and
this
is
to
me,
you
know
the
first
thing
that
comes
to
mind.
E
E
E
B
Dhs,
there's
there's
needs
there
on
mental
health
as
well,
but
I'll
also
be
trying
to
think
about
one
of
our
other
deficits,
which
seems
to
be
the
the
challenge
we
face
with
respect
to
the
thirty
thousand
arlingtonians,
who
have
household
income
less
than
thirty
five
thousand
a
year,
and
so
I'm
interested
in
the
arpa
piece,
in
addition
to
employing
employee
compensation,
seeing
if
we
can
make
strategic
investments
there,
while
mindful
of
being
fiscally
responsible.
So
I
want
to
just
mr
schwartz
you.
I
saw
your
your
light
on.
Did
you.
A
Go
ahead,
the
only
thing
I
wanted
to
add-
and
it
just
highlighted
in
all
of
your
comments,
which
is
that
there's
a
delicate
balance
going
on
here,
but
making
sure
that
we
realize
the
arpa
funds
are
one
time.
We
also
see
an
improvement
in
our
ongoing
revenue,
but
we're
not
back
to
where
we
were
in
2019.
A
A
One-Time
use
of
these
kinds
of
dollars
for
personnel
can
be
effective,
but
not
for
base
salaries.
It
can
be
effective
for
other
types
of
of
things,
so
I
actually
you
know,
I'm
optimistic
that
we
have
the
team
right
behind
me
and
the
people
in
front
of
me
and
we
have
a
community
we'll
get
to
actually
a
good
place,
and
I
think
people
can't
lose
sight.
The
rescue
plan
is
actually
a
good
thing.
A
B
With
respect
to
budget
comments,
so
then
I'll
just
quickly
ask
for
transparency
for
our
community
and
with
the
forgiveness
of
a
few
staff
in
the
audience.
Just
a
second
miss
jacobs.
We
worked
on
a
set
of
draft
guidance.
This
is
for
fiscal
year
23
and
I
want
to
clarify.
We've
been
focused
on
the
arpa
discussion.
B
This
is
in
this
is
for
fiscal
year
23,
and
this
is
mostly
not
so
that
people
can
try
to
read
really
quickly
every
word,
but
it
is
meant
to
show
our
community
that
the
board
is
has
worked
on
draft
guidance
that
we
will
finalize
over
the
coming
month
and
adopt
next
month.
That
reflects
a
lot
of
the
priorities
that
were
discussed,
but
this
is
for
ongoing
budget
needs,
and
this
is
a
draft.
We
will
also
post
this
on
our
budget
website
over
the
coming
couple
of
days.
B
There's
just
a
little
bit
more
for
illustrative
purposes
on
the
second
page,
if
you
don't
mind,
madam
clerk
miss
jacobs
so,
and
there
are
a
couple
we
did
not
talk
in
in
detail
about
climate
change
challenges.
We
have
to
address
that.
That
will
be
part
of
our
budget
guidance
as
it
is
a
shared
priority
of
all
members
of
the
board.
So
with
that
will
conclude
and
I'm
mindful
that
there
are
other
presentations
unless
and
we'll
send
it
back
to
mr
schwartz,
maybe
on
the
census.
I
know.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I'm
going
to
ask
if
we
can,
if
chief
pen
and
anita
friedman
go
up
to
the
microphone
there
and
that
in
endeavor
will
sit
behind
and
I'm
gonna
ask
given
the
hour.
I
do
want
to
ask
the
indulgence
of
the
board,
because
I
it's
unusual
for
me
as
I
go
through
in
preparation
for
a
board
meeting
to
feel
like.
I
need
to
come
to
you
and
talk
about
something
that
is
of.
I
don't
want
to
overstate
it.
A
A
You
know
with
more
people
up
and
about
as
the
pandemic
seemed
to
be
loosening
its
grip.
That
was
going
to
be
the
purpose
of
the
conversation,
but
you
know
related
and
important
issues
come
up
over
the
past
two
weeks.
So
that's
the
reason
why
I've
asked
chief
pen
and
our
staff
from
dhs
to
be
here
today
and
to
answer
your
questions.
A
Last
week,
a
story
was
published
in
local
local
media.
That
highlighted
some
of
the
retention
issues
facing
the
arlington
county
police
department
and,
as
chief
penn
reported
to
me
on
friday,
to
date
this
calendar
year,
46
officers,
have
either
announced
their
intent
to
leave
the
force,
have
left
or
retired
46..
A
A
Police
have
lost
26
staff,
nine
of
whom
were
supervisors,
and
the
chief
can
talk
a
little
bit
about
it.
He
is
not
intending
to
fill
those
supervisory
positions.
Just
given
some
of
the
issues
I
laid
out,
there
are
two
other
important
trends
to
highlight:
the
departure
of
police
officers
in
arlington.
It's
not
unique
to
arlington,
so
there's
some
trends
here
that
you
know
we
like
to
think
we
can
control
our
destiny
but
other
things
that
are
going
on
on
the
national
level.
A
You
know
the
job
of
police
officers
has
become
more
complicated
and
whatever
your
view
on
what's
going
on
nationally,
you
know
we're
really
proud,
and
this
board
talked
about
it
in
july
and
many
times
about
our
professional
police
department
and
how
we're
a
model
agency,
but
our
police
officers
have
made
it
clear
that
the
demands
and
stress
are
really
weighing
heavily
on
them
and
part
of
that
article.
That
came
out
last
week,
a
survey
of
current
police
staff
showed
that
close
to
100
are
thinking
of
leaving
within
the
next
12
months.
A
Some
recently
who
have
left
have
left
the
profession
while
for
the
first
time
in
memory,
some
choose
to
leave
the
police
department
to
join
the
fire
department
and
others
have
simply
retired
early,
and
then
some
have
taken
advantage
of
something.
I
know
I
talked
to
the
board
about
this
in
2018
and
2019
when
amazon
was
coming.
I
said,
thank
god,
amazon
is
coming.
A
Our
police
participated
actively
and
we
worked
closely
with
the
police
practices
group
this
past
year.
Our
officers,
our
chief,
this
board,
was
incredibly
excited
about
how
we
have
an
opportunity
to
have
much
more
of
our
mental
health
care
treatment
handled
by
clinical
professionals
and
the
board
appropriated
funds
for
that
to
stand
up.
Crisis
teams
and
police
in
dhs
have
been
working
literally
day
and
night
to
make
that
board's
commitment
and
the
community's
wish
and
the
desire
of
police
and
dhs
a
reality.
A
However,
since
july
9th,
when
the
commonwealth
of
virginia
shut
down
admissions
to
nearly
all
state
psychiatric
hospitals,
arlington
county
police
have
been
called,
as
they
always
have
to
a
number
of
serious
and
urgent
situations
where
people
require
immediate
attention
for
their
mental
health
needs.
In
these
circumstances,
when
a
temporary
detention
order
is
required
and
no
mental
health,
no
mental
health
beds
are
available
in
arlington
or
anywhere
else
in
the
state.
A
A
A
The
work
of
our
officers,
which
is
often
rewarding
and
was
envisioned
just
recently
when
I
talked
about
creating
the
community
engagement
division
with
deputy
chief
vincent
and
the
work
of
our
officers
to
enhance
traffic
safety
and
to
work
with
businesses
and
restaurants,
is
being
left
untended.
If
those
trends
continue,
you
know
our
police,
I
want
to
make
it
clear
to
the
community.
Our
police
will
always
be
there
to
respond
to
violent
crimes
in
our
community.
A
However,
the
work
that
makes
the
job
of
a
police
officer
fulfilling
some
of
those
things
I
just
mentioned
the
chance
to
make
a
difference
by
being
part
of
the
solution,
rather
than
just
showing
up
to
pick
the
pieces
of
shattered
lives.
Picking
those
up
that
soon
could
be
missing
if
these
trends
continue,
and
I
can't
fulfill
my
charge
as
county
manager
to
keep
this
community
safe
with
a
great
police
department
without
a
fighting
chance.
So
I'm
going
to
have
some
proposals
I'll
discuss
about
that
in
a
minute.
A
A
A
The
job
of
being
a
behavioral
health
emergency
service
worker
has,
like
police,
become
more
complex,
with
increased
acuity,
seen
in
the
person
served
with
elevated
expectations
and
a
high
public
profile.
This
work
requires
significant
clinical
training
and
certification
as
a
pre-screener.
It
is
a
mandated
service
critical
to
public
safety.
A
A
This
is
a
trend
we've
seen
over
the
last
three
years.
Key
positions
such
as
emergency,
clinicians
and
psychiatrists
are
extremely
hard
to
fill
as
a
result
of
a
national
again.
A
national
shortage.
Public
demand
escalating,
needs
compensation,
complexity
of
the
work,
24-hour
demand
and
competition
with
surrounding
jurisdictions
when
there
are
not
enough
staff
available.
Other
dh
staff
who
are
dedicated
to
addiction,
treatment
or
other
acute
issues
are
required
to
fill
in,
and
the
department's
ability
to
carry
out
its
most
important
and
most
immediate
mission
is
impaired
and
like
police.
A
When
patients
in
a
behavioral
health
crisis
must
board
until
their
service,
they
desperately
need
becomes
available,
a
number
of
steps
have
been
taken,
but
the
critical
need
right
now
is
for
therapeutic
staff
to
provide
24
7
365
coverage
in
the
crisis.
Intervention
center
to
ensure
the
needs
of
persons
in
crises
are
met
and
they
are
in
a
safe
and
calm
environment
that
need
is
currently
not
budgeted.
A
We
have
challenges
in
our
libraries.
Our
businesses
have
challenges
in
hiring
restaurant
workers
and
grocery
staff
and
when
hiring
and
retention
challenges
affect
the
community's
health
and
safety.
That
is
the
most
important
challenge
I
have
as
county
manager,
and
so
I
want
to
be
clear
to
everybody.
The
time
will
come
soon,
not
today,
but
soon
to
address
the
challenges
about
filling
our
staff
at
libraries
and
parks,
our
staff
and
planning
and
technology
and
many
of
our
other
departments.
But
I'm
saying
today
the
challenges
we
face
for
health
and
safety
positions
can't
wait.
A
So
what
I'm
going
to
do
is
I'm
going
to
suggest
today
an
idea,
and
I
will
then
consult
with
labor
representatives,
I'm
going
to
ask
the
board
if
they
would
not
take
a
formal
action
but
I'll
call
it
a
soft
set-aside
of
three
million
dollars
of
that
12
million
dollars.
I
just
talked
about
to
set
aside
for
potential
retention
and
incentive
bonuses,
one-time
payments
to
the
workforce.
I've
just
talked
about
just
to
emphasize.
I
don't
have
a
specific
proposal
for
you
today.
A
A
Please
don't
leave,
we
need
you,
we
need
those
payments
and
again
these
are
just
one
of
the
steps
that
we'll
be
able
to
take.
So
I
know
I'm
speaking
in
somewhat
dire
tones.
I
feel
like
the
situation
is
really
critical
and
I
will
stop
there
and
I
know
you'll
have
a
number
of
questions.
I
I
hope
your
questions
really
will
be
for
the
chief
and
for
our
staff
at
the
department
of
human
services
and
I'm
also
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
B
H
Thank
you
very
much.
I
think
that
was
a
very
excellent
and
compelling
summation
of
a
set
of
issues
that
I
think
we've
sort
of
seen
swirling
for
a
while
and
it
you
know,
I
think,
to
some
extent
the
closure
of
the
state
hospitals
might
have
been
a
precipitating
event
for
something
that
has
been
a
challenge
that
has
been
slow,
moving
and
yet
very
severe.
H
You
know
we've
been
able
to
compensate,
I'm
not
going
to
say
well
right,
like
we've
heard
very
loud
and
clear
from
our
employee
groups,
at
least
in
the
public
safety
side,
and
so
I'm
certainly
not
going
to
say
you
know
very
well
objectively
but
very
well,
relatively
and
so
to
the
extent
that
there
were
still
folks
in
this
field
to
recruit.
Arlington
could
make
a
good
play
for
them
and
now
with
the
pandemic,
and
I
think
the
shortages
of
people
willing
to
enter
these
professions
or
stay
in
these
professions.
H
For
the
very
good
reasons
you've
described,
you
know,
there's
almost
no
outrunning
to
be
done.
This
has
come
for
all
of
us,
which,
I
suppose
is
a
roundabout
way
of
saying
you
know,
is
this
something
that
can
be
solved
with
with
recruitment
and
retention
bonuses.
I
know
you've
talked
about
these
structural
issues.
H
H
J
I
think
there's
a
lot
that
goes
to
it.
You
know
I
want
to
begin
by
talking
about.
You
know,
I'm
incredibly
fortunate
to
have
very
talented
and
professional
staff.
I
mean,
I
think
it's
important
to
acknowledge
that
and
the
great
work
that's
done
daily,
I'm
incredibly
proud
of
of
the
police
department
and
the
men
and
women
that
work
there,
and
you
know,
I
think,
we've
always
we've
continued
to
provide
service
at
an
above
average
or
an
exceptional
level,
and
part
of
the
conversation
really
needs
to
be
the
the
setting
of
expectations.
J
J
J
You
know
having
a
work-life
balance
and
work.
Where
are
we
going
to
prioritize
our
work?
I
mean
you
know.
There
was
a
lot
of
conversation
which
you
know.
We
certainly
supported
where
law
enforcement
should
do
less
with
mental
health.
I
think
we're
doing
more
mental
health
now
than
we
have
in
some
time,
and
you
know
the
need
is
to
help
people
get
the
care
and
treatment
that
they
need,
but
you
know
it.
J
K
Thank
you,
county
board,
members
and
and
mr
manager,
and
I'm
here
with
deborah
warren
who's,
the
executive
director
of
our
community
services
board.
I
think
the
simple
answer
to
your
question,
ms
crystal
is:
we
cannot
afford
not
to
take
action.
Emergency
services
is
a
mandated
service,
not
just
that
it.
K
K
So
it
is
key
that
we
be
able
to
retain
these
people
and
we
simply
cannot
function
at
sixty
percent
of
of
a
hundred
percent
staffing
plus
we
have
come
under
increasing
pressure,
and
you
know
I
we
very
much
engage
with
the
advocates
in
conversations
throughout
the
years.
You
know
director
warren
has
been
in
conversations
with
nami
and
our
so
our
arlington
mental
health
associates,
but
we
cannot
do
everything
at
the
same
time.
Yeah
and
although
certain
things
are
are
important.
Of
course.
K
K
C
Yes,
well,
there
are
okay.
Well,
there
are
a
lot
of
options
for
people
who
are
credentialed
licensed.
Clinicians,
including
you
know,
telehealth
was
a
great
opportunity,
but
now
there's
all
kinds
of
private
entities
that
are
recruiting.
You
know
I
get
these
lovely
cards
in
the
mail.
All
the
time
you
know
come
work
for
us.
C
You'll
get
a
signing
bonus,
you
less
paperwork,
so
so
a
couple
of
points
I
think,
in
terms
of
sort
of
a
state
level
I
think
working
on
with
the
you
know,
lobbying
for
less
regulation,
licensing
standards,
less
standards
around
medicaid
and
so
forth.
I
think
we
also
need
it's
just
very
hard
to
do
the
work,
the
amount
of
paperwork,
it's
unbelievable,
but
also,
I
think,
there's
a
longer
term
piece
that
you're
addressing
which
is.
We
have
pipeline
issues.
C
People
don't
want
to
go
into
this
work,
it's
it's
not
lucrative
relative
to
you
know
and-
and
it
involves-
and
we
share
so
many
pieces
of
this
puzzle.
It
involves
face-to-face
work
with
people
who
are
are
truly
in
a
crisis
and
may
be
behaving
in
a
way.
That's
scary,
or
you
know
be
threatening
and
people
can
do
other
things,
there's
so
many
jobs
available
right
now.
H
I
really
appreciate
that,
and
I
think
certainly
stopping
the
bleeding
right
is
part
of
it
and
the
hemorrhaging
of
stuff,
because
I
it's
clear
right
that
creates
the
cycle
you're
more
likely
to
have
to
work
overtime
when
they're
under
strength,
you're
more
likely
to
have
to
handle
the
hardest
cases.
When
you
can't
share
a
spectrum
of
them.
H
I
don't
want
to
oversee
the
applicability
of
this
example,
because
it's
so
much
smaller
in
scale,
but
it
the
example
does
come
to
mind
of
of
how
having
in
community
or
more
or
less
in
community
resources
for
sexual
assault.
Nurse
exams
reminds
me
a
little
bit
of
this
situation,
because
we
had
officers
right
who
would
have
to
accompany
a
victim
of
sexual
assault
or
domestic
violence
to
woodbridge
or
petersburg
right
and
would
chew
up
the
entirety
of
their
shift.
H
Being
able
to
bring
those
services
into
the
community
was
really
helpful
for
not
only
the
survivors
but
also
less
time
for
for
officers,
and
so
you
know
I
I
don't.
I
don't
think
there's
a
magic
bullet
here
on
the
on
the
mental
health
emergency
side
and
I
think,
probably
because
it's
so
large
in
scale,
but
I
do
you
know
to
the
extent
we've
got
upstream
options.
H
It's
a
it's
a
yes
and
strategy.
I
guess,
but
I
really
appreciate
I
think
one
of
my
takeaways
listening
to
to
both
sides
of
this
very
interrelated
phenomenon
is
is
the
setting
of
expectations
is
really
important
and
at
a
time
when
we're
in
such
crisis,
you
know
a
community
that
has
always
prided
itself
on
innovation
and
new
approaches.
H
B
J
No,
I
was
just
going
to
follow
up
on
one
point
I
mean
you
know,
I
think
the
expectation
piece
is
important
and
you
know
the
signaling
to
staff,
how
much
their
work
matters
and
the
work
life
balance
and
the
job
satisfaction
is
key.
I
mean
you
know,
I
think
we've
continued
to
provide
service
at
a
level.
J
I
Yeah,
thank
you
and
I'll
just
say.
I
want
to
thank
the
manager,
for
this
was
not
easy
to
listen
to,
and
I
think
in
all
my
years
and
it's
been
a
lot.
This
is
something
that's
kind
of
got
my
stomach
clutching
more
than
most
things
that
come
before
us,
but
thank
you
because
we
need
to
hear
it
and
the
community
needs
to
hear
it.
So
I
appreciate
it
and
I
think,
in
listening
to
ms
crystal's
line
of
questioning
and
sort
of
thing
and
some
of
the
responses,
it
seems
pretty
clear.
I
It's
good
that
ms
help,
ms
health
helfer
is
here
our
communications
person
par
excellence,
because
it's
both
communicating
expectations
to
our
community.
What
we're
going
to
be
able
to
do
what
the
situation
really
is,
which
is
going
to
be
something
new
for
them?
This
is
not
something
arlington
is
used
to
hearing
and
then
communications,
obviously,
to
our
employees
that
we
do
value
them
care
for
them
and
we're
going
to
try
and
do
everything
we
can
to
make
these
these
jobs,
something
that
they
want
to
continue
in
and
attract
folks.
I
Hopefully
we
can
maybe
even
reach
out
to,
and
then
I
think
for
us,
there's
gonna
be
work
on
the
the
the
government
level
with
the
state
and
the
federal.
If
we
can
work
on
those
those
regulations,
you
know
during
covid
it
was
emergency
situation.
You
hear
about
emergency
standards
of
care
right
in
idaho,
maybe
for
mental
health.
I
At
some
point,
maybe
we've
got
to
ask
and
get
some
kind
of
emergency
standard
of
care
right
now,
for
so
that
we
can
do
this,
and
not
have
to
do
quite
all
that
paperwork
and
get
that
down
to
reasonable
levels,
and
that's
maybe
something
we
can
help
with
both
our
legislators
on
both
the
state
and
the
federal
level,
and
I
think
we're
willing
to
to
work
on
that.
But
it
feels
like
this
needs
to
be
a
full
court
press,
a
really
full
court
press
and
I'm
all
in.
Thank
you.
G
Yeah,
thank
you.
This
is
all
incredibly
sobering,
but
as
colleagues
you
have
acknowledged
not
all
together,
unexpected
given
circumstances,
but
you
know
at
the
core,
aside
from
the
very
real
circumstances
that
you're
describing
among
officers
and
that
mental
health
clinicians.
What
we
have
here,
mr
karentonis,
can
join
me,
and
this
is
a
good
old-fashioned,
labor
shortage,
and
you
really
don't
have
a
whole
bunch
of
tools
to
deal
with
those.
Those
are
those
are
fairly
straightforward.
G
J
I
I
do
because
I
I
want
to
thank
mr
dorsey,
for
when
I
was
talking
about
crisis
standards
of
care.
I
was
talking
about
the
paperwork
that
you
just
say
is
just
impossible
and
not
and
not
worthwhile,
and
that's
that
that
was
my
focus
not
on
the
quality.
So
thank
you,
mr
dorsey,
for
making
that
clear.
We
do
want
to
continue
with
quality
people.
I
The
one
point
I
meant
to
also
see
is,
I
think
we
could
be
long
term
talking
to
our
local
universities
and
the
community
college,
because
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
recruiting
to
be
done
there,
that
we
could
do
and
a
lot
of
folks
that
might
be
interested
in
these
fields,
so
calling
us
to
make
some
of
those
outreach
efforts
too.
If
that
would
be
helpful.
Thank
you.
Thank.
E
E
For
example,
I
mean
to
be
honest
with
you,
one
of
the
scary
things
for
me,
being
a
relative
newbie
in
this
is
that
in
six
months
you,
you
lost
50
percent
of
your
workforce,
because
if
I
understand
it
correctly
from
march
1st
to
september
2nd
13
people
less
right,
more
or
less,
or
did
I
understand
it
wrong,
so
how
fast
in
the
in
the
crisis
intervention
center?
How
fast
did
we
lose
50
of
our
people.
E
K
K
K
K
K
K
E
No,
I
I
understand
this
is
a
dynamic
that
we
need
to
understand
because
it
it
really
affects
how
we
you
know
have
to
plan
for
for
for
a
response
to
that,
because
you
know
just
stemming
the
bleeding
right
now
it
doesn't
hire
you
the
13
people
that
you
would
need
right.
It
just
keeps
you
know
the
30
people
who
are
now
there
and
the
same
applies
to
the
police
force.
I
guess
only
in
the
police
force.
I
understand
that
we
have
a
pipeline
right.
E
J
Sure
we
have,
you
know
an
overall
higher
strength
in
342
or
three
today,
but
you
know
we
have
24
people
in
field,
training,
20
or
so
people
in
the
academy,
and
then
we've
already
started
hiring
for
the
january
academy.
So
when
officers
are
in
this
training
phase,
they
don't
count
as
a
functional
officer,
and
you
know
years
ago
those
class
sizes
were
8,
10,
12.
J
and
now
we're
at
23
24,
because
we've
seen
higher
numbers
of
people
leaving
and
we're
having
higher
numbers
of
people
in
a
dif
in
one
of
the
three
different
training
statuses
that
we
have.
So
you
know
right
now
we
have
45
or
so
people
in
a
training
status,
because
we've
had
tire
higher
turnover.
Certainly
this
year
and
and
in
years
before,
it's
been
elevated,
so
chief,
how.
E
E
J
I
think
it's
a
multi-step
conversation.
I
think
you
know
you
know
monetary
is
showing
the
appreciation
for
their
work.
I
think
there's
things
inside
that
it's
important
to
me
to
have
a
scenario
where
you
know
it's
a
reasonable
work-life
balance.
We're
not
over
demanding
have
different
career
paths.
That's
really
big
for
new
officers
have
opportunities
to
do
different
things
and,
as
my
numbers
shrink,
my
ability
to
let
people
go
be
a
detective
or
do
plain
clothes
or
be
promoted
to
supervisor.
J
J
How
do
we
manage
expectations
with
the
community
on
what
we
can
do
and
what
we
can't
do
and
maybe
roll
back
some
of
the
things
we
take
reports
for
the
the
goal
being
that
we
continue
to
provide
the
core
services
and
provide
them
at
a
very
exceptional
level.
But
where
can
we
find
space
to
balance
the
workload
balance?
The
ability
for
officers
like
the
manager
was
talking
about
to
make
a
difference
in
the
community
to
really
enjoy
coming
to
work
and
not
go
call
to
call
to
call
or
spend
eight
hours
sitting
with
somebody.
J
E
Thank
you,
of
course,
I'm
supportive
of
the
of
the
proposal
right
now.
The
only
thing
is
that
I'm
also
mindful
that,
thank
you.
We
need
to
find
the
other
pieces
of
the
solution
or
you
know,
align
the
other
pieces
of
the
solution
that
gets
us
to
hire
the
appropriate
staff
sooner
rather
than
later,
and
I
don't
know
how
soon
this
should
be.
I
believe
that
you
know
in
the
case
of
the
of
our
mental
health
response
it's
yesterday,
so
we
don't
have
any
time
there.
I
think
that's.
E
G
It
seems
like
a
program
such
as
that
which,
for
the
benefit
of
everyone
else,
they
actually
put
people
through
the
same
training
that
they
do
foreign
officers
and
ultimately
treat
them
as
sworn
officers,
with
the
primary
difference
that
they
don't
pay
them
a
dime.
And
so
I
was
wondering
if
that
was
something
that
you
had
looked
into
either
as
a
replica
model
or
something
that
you
could.
G
You
know
copy
as
a
hybrid
to
solve
not
all
of
your
issues,
but
some
of
the
issues
in
terms
of
you
know
over
taxing
individual
officers,
keeping
them
in
one
duty
area
having
to
have
them
do
things
that
are
not
their
calling
for
policing
is
part
of
their
regular
routine.
It
seems
like
maybe
having
other
folks
who
could
who
could
do
that,
while
still
upholding
a
level
of
training
and
excellence
could
help
won't
help
tomorrow,
but
long
term.
J
No,
we
do
have
an
auxiliary
program
of
auxiliary
officers
and
I
think
that's
one
of
those
things
you
know
we'd
use
auxiliaries.
We
use
interns,
we're
one
of
the
very
few
police
departments
that
have
interns
following
up
on
some
of
the
criminal
investigations,
the
lower
level
things
I
mean,
I
think
we
are
looking
for
every
way
we
can
to
balance
the
workload
provide
the
service
at
the
highest
level.
J
We
can
but
have
a
balance
to
where
you
know
we
have
the
opportunity
to
make
the
difference
in
the
community
be
engaged
in
things
and
not
call
to
call
to
call
so
I've
not
read
that
book,
but
I
am
interested
in
it.
I
think
you
know:
we've
tried
to
step
outside
the
box,
do
different
things.
Some
somebody
mentioned
colleges.
J
L
B
A
So
what
I
normally
would
do
is
I'd
say
you
know,
make
a
motion
vote
to
allocate
three
million
dollars
to
be
spent
in
the
following
way.
The
problem
is,
I
haven't,
got
the
following
way:
figured
out
exactly
yet
so
hearing
from
you
that
you're
all
supportive
of
generally,
I
may
not
need
the
full
amount,
but
I
I
will
come
back
to
you
with
a
refined,
fully
fleshed
out
proposal.
I'm
I
know
that
anita
and
deborah
and
andy
have
been.
A
A
The
final
contours
of
the
plan
are
no
small
feat
and
we
will
come
back
to
you,
maybe
even
before
the
next
board
meeting
and
ask
you
to
bless
a
specific
plan,
but
I
just
wanted
to
know
that
at
least
I
had
your
support
for
the
concept
and
the
allocation
generally
before
you,
even
I'm
not
asking
you
to
vote
on
anything
specific
right
now.
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
it.
B
Exactly
I
was
trying
to
figure
out
whether
it
was
it's
not
you
raised
it,
so
it's
not
direction
to
the
manager.
It's
ratifying
the
direction
you're
already
headed
as
far
as
communications,
I
suspect,
there'll
be
a
few
officers
and
a
few
mental
health
leaders
who
are
paying
attention
to
this
moment
and
so
I'll
ask
just
that.
You
also
coach
us
if
there's
anything
communications
wise,
that
this
board
needs
to
do.
In
addition,
we're
fully
with
you,
mr
schwartz,
chief
pen,
on
on
moving
forward
with
this
and
also
ms
friedman
and
miss
warren.
B
I
I
really
think
you
summed
it
up
with
a
a
powerful
sentence,
miss
friedman.
If
we
don't
do
this,
we
can't
afford
not
to
do
this.
So
thank
you,
mr
schwartz,
for
bringing
it
forward
we'll
want
to
understand
the
fiscal
details
and
be
responsible,
but
first,
let's
move
forward
and
address
this
there's
a
through
line
between
our
police
department
and
our
mental
health
services
and
that's
with
respect
to
staffing.
That's
what
we
have
to
move
quickly
and
the
board
is
ready
to
do
that
with
you,
mr
schwartz.
A
I
I
thank
the
board.
I
know
that
we're
you
know
we
sometimes
lose
sight
of
this.
This
problem
is
happening
everywhere
right
now
in
virginia
everywhere,
and
I
feel
we
have
more
of
the
tools
and
certainly
the
will
here
to
do
what
we
can
to
try
to
stave
what
have
really
really
been
a
tide.
That's
been
lapping
at
the
dyke
to
to
use
that.
So
I
want
to
thank
everybody.
A
To
give
you
an
update
on
the
initial
results
from
the
2020
census
and
as
you
know,
we
had
a
complete
count
committee
and
they
worked
tirelessly,
and
you
know
we
had
an
enumeration
rate
of
99.98
and
I
think
I'm
going
to
be
digging
both
elizabeth
and
emily
on
their
performance
appraisal
for
missing
that
final
0.02
percent.
But
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
elizabeth
and
emily
for
a
presentation.
B
M
Great
thank
you
for
having
us
here
tonight.
We
are
excited
because
this
is
a
once
every
10
years
thing
that
we
get.
We
get
census
data,
so
we're
here
tonight
to
talk
about
redistricting
data
that
has
been
released.
If
I
can
get
this
to
go
okay,
so
in
august
the
census
bureau
started
to
release
2020
census
data
that
started
with
the
pl
file.
That's
public
law
file
94-171,
and
that
is
a
file.
M
M
You
might
recall
that
the
stay-at-home
orders
were
issued
pretty
much
the
same
week
that
the
census
came
out
and
asking
people
to
participate
a
good
thing
that
this
time
around
it
was
online.
So
it
made
it
a
lot
easier
for
people
to
participate,
but
the
census
was
extended
to
to
make
sure
that
they
got
everyone
counted.
M
Another
issue
that
has
led
to
the
delay
is
differential
privacy
and
you
might
have
heard
this
at
northern
virginia
regional
commission
meetings.
We
are
working
with
fellow
northern
regional
demographers
trying
to
get
a
handle
on
this
issue.
Essentially,
what
it
is
is
that,
with
the
rise
of
computing,
the
rise
of
open
data
information
out
there
for
public
consumption
when
you
combine
it
with
census
data,
there
are
opportunities
to
identify
individuals
and
that's
a
very
serious
thing
for
the
census
bureau,
because
you
know
the
census
bureau
takes
the
privacy
and
security
as
one
of
their
foundations.
M
As
you
might
recall
that
you
know,
data
cannot
be
released
for
72
years,
so
the
new
methodology
used
this
time
around
to
protect
people's
information
is
called
differential
privacy
and
it's
essentially
adding
noise
to
data.
That's
at
the
substate
level
and
as
you
go
down
in
your
geography,
so
you
start
the
state.
That's
a
big
geography,
go
down
to
county
track,
block
group
and
then
block
the
smaller
the
geography,
the
less
accurate.
The
data
is
so
we're
working
with
our
northern
virginia
colleagues
to
understand
what
is
this
impact?
How
do
we
deal
with
it?
M
How
can
we
use
use
the
data
for
those
small
level
geographies
and
it's
really
it's
a
hard
concept
to
get
and
understand
with
so
this
is
an
example
that
the
university
of
virginia
weldon
cooper
center
came
out
with
in
one
of
their
blog
posts.
They
said
you
know
with
in
areas
that
had
black
minority
areas,
which
localities
that
were
less
than
two
percent
of
the
population
identified
as
black
in
2010.
M
M
So
in
this
statement
from
them
they
say
they're,
confident
that
the
overall
racial
distributions
are
largely
due
to
their
changes
in
the
questions
and
to
their
processing.
But
there
are
also
some
demographic
changes
that
went
on
as
well.
I
just
want
to
review
very
quickly
what
those
changes
of
the
questions
were.
So
this
is
the
hispanic
origins,
question
and
the
changes
was
to
that
last
check
box
and
they
took
out
the
word
print
origin.
They
took
out
the
word
origin.
M
If
we
look
at
the
race
question,
there
were
about
seven
changes
that
occur
occurred
to
this
question
number
one.
They
wanted
participants
to
mark
one
race
and
print
their
origins,
and
this
was
the
first
time
you
could
print
your
origin.
If
you
were
of
white
or
black
african-american
categories,
they
also
provided
six
groups
of
of
white
black
or
african
american
american
indian
alaskan
native
categories
based
on
the
largest
populations
in
the
country.
M
They
changed,
the
census
bureau
changed
how
they
coded
race
as
well.
So
previously,
the
number
of
characters
that
you
could
put
in
the
write-in
was
30,
that's
up
to
200
now
and
they
also
coded
the
responses
for
six
codes.
So
this
is
this.
Is
this
graphic
here
is
to
to
help
me
explain
what
this
means
before
in
2010
that
you
could
have
up
to
two
different
codes
for
your
race.
Now
you
can
have
up
to
six.
M
M
And
this
leads
to
our
results
by
race.
If
we
look
at
the
white
population,
we
came
in
at
58.9
percent
white
and
this
is
the
the
lowest
that
the
white
population
has
has
ever
been
in
arlington,
meaning,
conversely,
that
the
non-white
population
is
the
highest
it's
ever
been
in
arlington.
So
after
the
white
population,
the
second
highest
is:
are
those
of
hispanic
latino
origin
at
15.7
percent,
followed
by
the
asian
population
at
11.4,
and
then
the
black
or
african
american
population
in
8.5.
M
And
if
we
look
at
the
growth
over
the
last
10
years,
I'm
just
going
to
go
down
this
list
and
just
highlight
some
things.
The
white
population
grew
by
5
that
is
only
higher
than
the
populations
that
declined,
the
american,
indian
alaska,
native
declined
and
also
native
hawaiian
or
other
pacific.
Islander
declined.
However,
since
they
are
such
small
populations,
I'm
not
sure
this
is
an
actual
decline
of
population
or
a
differential
privacy
induced
decline.
M
Those
of
some
other
race
or
two
or
more
races
had
substantial
increases
over
double,
and
I
think
this
is
in
due
to
the
fact
of
the
form
changes
that
we
saw
and
then
those
of
us
manufacturing
origin
increased
by
19.1
percent.
If
you
may
be
recalling
from
2020
to
2010,
we
had
a
huge
decrease
in
the
hispanic
population,
but
now
we're
up
and
over
the
levels
that
we
were
in
in
2000.
L
Great
so,
as
elizabeth
mentioned,
this
data
release
included
population
age
18
years
and
older.
We
were
able
to
subtract
the
population
18
years
and
older
from
the
total
population
to
get
the
population
under
18
years
old,
which
is
42,
080
people,
county-wide
age
group
grew
by
9454
persons
or
a
29
increase
since
2010
arlington's
population
under
the
age
of
18
years
old
had
the
largest
increase
in
both
number
and
growth
rate
since
1950
to
1960,
but
the
total
is
still
lower
than
the
peak
of
48
995
reported
in
the
1960
census.
L
L
The
growth
in
the
white
population
under
the
age
of
18
was
over
six
times
that
of
the
white
population
18
years
and
over
those
of
hispanic
or
latino
origin
under
the
age
of
18
grew
twice
as
fast
as
those
18
years
and
over
the
asians.
Some
of
the
race
and
those
of
two
or
more
races
had
higher
growth
rates
for
the
population
18
years
and
over
compared
to
those
under
18
years,
in
particular,
the
18
years
in
overpopulation
that
identified
as
some
other
race
grew
over
twice
as
fast
as
the
under
18
years.
Population.
L
The
black
and
african
american
population
under
18
years
grew
at
a
rate
of
18.6
percent.
This
is
very
close
to
the
18
years
in
overgrowth
rate
of
19
and
could
be
considered
to
grow.
At
the
same
rate,
the
american,
indian
or
alaska
native
population
are
the
smallest
racial
groups
in
arlington
and
when
broken
down
by
age,
a
slight
change
will
result
in
a
significant
percentage
change.
L
The
census
bureau
classifies
all
people
not
living
in
housing
units
as
living
in
group
quarters.
A
group
quarters
is
a
place
where
people
live
or
stay
in
a
group
living
arrangement
that
is
owned
or
managed
by
an
entity
or
organization
providing
housing
and
or
services
for
its
residents
from
2010
to
2020.
Arlington's
group
quarters
population
increased
by
94
persons
from
2892
in
2010
to
2986
in
2020
for
this
census.
The
incarcerated
population
was
counted
differently
instead
of
being
counted
in
the
location
where
they
are
incarcerated.
L
L
On
the
other
hand,
characteristics
pertaining
to
housing
such
as
vacancy
and
occupancy
are
impacted
by
differential
privacy.
Because
of
this,
these
numbers
are
preliminary
and
are
subject
to
change
upon
the
release
of
the
detailed
demographic
and
housing
characteristic
files
to
be
released
by
the
census
bureau
in
2022.
L
L
Over
the
last
decade,
11
862
households
were
added
to
arlington
the
largest
amount,
since
the
1970
census,
arlington's
average
household
size
or
the
number
of
people
per
household
has
been
between
2.07
and
2.12.
Since
the
1980
census,
the
2020
census
reported
a
2.14
average
household
size
increasing
by
2.7
percent
since
2010,
and
only
the
second
time,
arlington's
average
household
size
increased
in
its
history.
L
L
B
Thank
you
both
welcome,
although
you've
been
here
for
a
little
while
miss
garrett.
Thank
you
and
I
I'm
guessing
we'll
have
at
least
one
comment
that
is
positive
and
so
thankful
for
all
that
has
been
done.
I'm
sort
of
trying
to,
I
think,
miss
crystal
having
been
the
co-chair,
but
I
think
it's
wise
that
the
0.02
that
is
not
counted
is
not
deducted
or
or
counted
with
respect
to
your
great
workforce.
B
Thank
you
is
the
the
big
thought,
and
certainly
I
think
I've
sent
one
note
hoping
for
aged
data,
and
I
know
why
that
is
going
to
come
in
due
course
down
the
road
in
2022,
but
on
behalf
of
all
of
us,
a
big
thanks.
If
there's
anything
you
wanted
to
add,
after
getting
through
a
very
helpful
slide
deck,
we
will
want
the
slide
deck
in
addition
to
going
to
those
two
sites.
That
would
be
great
but
a
big.
Thank
you
for
all
the
work
and
the
patients
this
afternoon.
A
K
A
B
A
You
last
last
item,
and
certainly
not
least,
but
I
want
to
thank
dr
miller
and
dr
varghese
for
waiting.
We
have
an
update.
I
know
that
was
july
was
the
last
time
that
we
actually
did
an
update
to
the
community,
and
a
lot
has
happened
in
the
area
of
covid
and
I
think
that
both
aaron
and
reuben
are
going
to
walk
through
sort
of
a
quick
summary
of
where
we
stand
on
issues
and
then
I'm
sure
you'll
have
some
questions
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
dr
varghese.
To
start.
N
I
think
I
can
start
even
without
that
up,
but
there
is
so.
I
don't
think
it
surprises
anyone
that
I'm
going
to
say
that
pandemic
continues
and
we
are
at
high
covet
transmission
in
arlington
in
the
region
and
the
state
and
truth
be
told
in
the
entire
nation
and
so
just
to
reorient
everyone
to
the
picture
in
the
audience.
N
Unfortunately,
we
had
the
second
peak
coming
in
december
and
january,
fortunately
fewer
deaths,
but
that
you
know
isn't
very
comforting,
had
a
lot
of
disease
in
the
community
and
as
things
improved
and
hoped
that
the
vaccine
would
actually
change
the
situation,
we
did
see
improvement,
but
I
think
it
is
another
thing
to
remind
everyone
that
vaccine.
While
it's
an
important
element
in
the
strategies-
it's
not
the
cure-all.
N
I
think
some
people
have
gotten
the
mistaken
impression
that
breakthrough
infections
was
something
unanticipated
and
in
fact,
when
the
fda
originally
approved
the
vaccines.
The
entire
purpose
was
to
reduce
the
risk
for
severe
illness
manifested
by
hospitalization
and
death,
and
from
that
perspective
it
has
actually
been
effective
for
the
length
of
time
they
have
never
said,
and
the
cdc
has
had
that
very
clear,
but
it
wasn't
picked
up,
but
they
never
said
that
there
would
be
no
infections.
N
N
So
we
get
it
and
it's
an
important
thing
and
thank
you,
dr
miller,
that
we
actually
remind
people
that
the
vaccine
can
lead
can
protect
you
from
severe
consequences,
although
it's
not
absolute
and
you're
still
at
risk
for
infection,
and
it's
why
we
continuously
talk
about
in
public
health
that
it's
more
than
one
strategy
to
try
to
reduce
this
and
was
going
to
actually
ask
the
website
gurus
out
there.
I
believe
cara
is
out
there
in
the
background,
if
you
could
actually
pull
up
that
website
a
little
earlier
than
I
was
expecting
to.
N
N
However,
the
more
you
use
together
overlapping
layers
blocks
holes
more
and
reduces
how
much
cova
19
may
get
through
to
you
or
to
other
people,
and
so
obviously
it's
going
to
be
my
pitch.
I'm
going
to
put
the
health
hat
on
right
now,
the
more
individuals
who
can
do
as
many
of
these
layers
as
possible,
you're
protecting
yourself
you're,
protecting
other
people,
and
I
know
we
want
to
return
to
normal.
N
Schools
will
remain
open
if
there's
less
disease
going
into
the
schools,
and
that
only
happens
if
there's
less
disease
in
the
community,
so
that
is
my
fervent
hope
is
that
people
will
try
to
do
as
best
as
they
can
to
do
as
many
of
these
layers
all
the
time
as
individuals
to
reduce
that,
so
that
we
actually
can
keep
all
of
the
essential
things
we
need
to
do
open
in
our
community
and
that's
just
something.
I
think
we've
done
that
and
there's
more
to
go.
N
I
think,
with
that
sermon
there
I
would
like
to
go
to
the
vaccine
slide
the
actual
progress.
So
that
I
can
review
some
of
the
good
news
first
before
I
deliver
some
of
the
sobering
other
context,
so
we've
made
progress,
we're
at
78
percent
vaccination
with
at
least
one
dose
in
arlington,
and
you
know
that
a
while
back
that
wasn't
as
high,
and
I
suspect
that
the
number
is
even
higher
while
we've
gotten
the
maryland
data
that
didn't
give
us
enough
of
a
bump.
N
We
only
got
about
500
from
the
bump,
so
I'm
putting
out
all
hope
that
there's
more
of
a
bump
from
the
d.c
district
of
columbia,
data,
the
state
of
virginia
and
the
district
of
columbia,
are
working
through
the
legal
agreements
to
share
data.
This
is
happening
across
the
nation,
so
I'm
hoping
it'll
be
better
than
this,
but
I've
admit
this
is
still
pretty
good,
and
so
please
don't
get
me
wrong.
I'm
pleased
overall.
N
N
That
can
and
from
my
concern,
they're
at
higher
risk
than
the
vaccinated
for
infection,
serious
illness,
hospitalization
and
death,
and
I
think
that's
the
thing:
how
do
we
help
people
realize
that
risk
is
still
there
and
then,
of
course
it
does
impact
our
community,
but
I'm
going
to
still
talk
about.
We
can't
hector
people,
it's
a
trust
issue
sometimes,
and
if
we
force
it
too
much,
we
may
win
the
battle,
but
lose
the
war,
and
you
earlier
talked
about
building
trust
in
communities
and
so
on.
N
How
do
you
have
that
right
balance?
So
I'm
very
grateful
to
brian
helfer
and
the
team.
That's
been
leading
the
cvc
activities
to
try
to
keep
this
issue
out
in
the
forefront
and
every
week
we
are
seeing
more
vaccination.
It
may
not
be
at
the
level
that
people
would
love
to
see
in
getting
to
100,
but
I
think
we
have
to
realize
we
have
plenty
of
vaccine.
N
N
But
what
I
want
to
remind
people
is
the
vaccine.
Is
there
if
the
people
listening
who
are
vaccinated
can
convince
other
people
in
their
lives?
Who
may
not
be
that's
the
likely
best
way
to
get
that
conversion
to
happen,
because
it's
not
going
to
be
me
as
a
trusted
agent
or
any
of
you.
Ultimately,
it
is
going
to
be
the
people
most
proximate
to
them,
and
that's
why
the
more
we
can
get
the
message
out
that
the
vaccine
is
safe.
It
actually
prevents
serious
outcomes
like
hospitalization
and
death.
N
That's
very
critical
and
try
to
be
gentle
with
people.
I
realize
it
can
be
frustrating
and
I'm
not
saying
I
don't
get
frustrated
as
well.
I
would
like
this
to
go
away
and
that
you
never
see
me
for
about
four
to
six
years
so,
but
I
think
that's
one
of
the
things
that
how
do
we
do
that
message
and
so
just
to
remind
people,
I
think,
we've
gotten
to
the
enthusiasts.
N
I've
been
telling
people
I'm
roughly
going
for
84.
Where
did
I
get
that
number
national
data
suggests
that
it
could
be
up
to
sixteen
percent
of
the
population?
Who
will
never
get
the
vaccine
I'd
like
to
believe
arlington's
better
than
that?
But
for
the
moment,
let's
start
there
that
would
mean
eighty-four.
84
of
our
eligible
population
could
get
it
we're
actually
not
that
far
away.
B
Or
sure
want
to
go
to
dr
miller,
but
if
we
can
leave
this
page
up,
I
think
I'll
have
a
question
eventually
on
that,
but
and
maybe
I'll
just
ask
it
now-
the
the
22
percent
dc
and
maryland
are
pieces,
but
the
federal
employees
who
may
not
yet
be
counted
is
it
am
I
guessing
correctly
that
in
that
22
percent,
there's
some
percentage,
perhaps
more
than
one
percent,
but
we
don't
know
how
big
that
has
been
vaccinated
but
is
still
in
the
gray.
Is
that
the
right
conclusion,
or
not.
N
I
think
it's
the
right
conclusion.
What
we
don't
know,
though,
is
how
much
of
the
14
000.
we
have
not.
We
don't
get
really
much
information
about
the
federal
doses
we
heard
about
maryland
and
the
district
which
are
different
from
necessarily
the
federal
doses,
so
there's
some
degree
of
possibility
and
they're
trying
to
do
agency
by
agency.
I'm
not
sure
why
that
has
to
happen
that
way.
But
if
anyone
can
convince
the
federal
government
to
tell
all
of
their
agencies,
you
must
share
the
data.
N
That
would
be
very
helpful,
but
they
also
their
data
quality
issues
and
portrait
was
trying
to
find
out
what
its
rate
was
because
of
the
historic
nature
of
where
they
are
for
a
lot
of
people
who
are
stationed
there,
but
have
not
been
there
for
years,
and
suddenly
the
population
of
vaccinated
was
greater
than
the
actual
number
of
people
in
the
community.
So
that's
why
we
have
to
look
at
the
data
to
make
sure
that
it
actually
is
telling
us
what
it
needs.
N
O
One
of
the
key
components
that
dr
varghese
mentioned
as
part
of
the
swiss
cheese
model
and
that
you've
heard
us
talk
about
since
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic
has
been
testing
right,
and
so
I
wanted
to
just
briefly
provide
an
update
on
that
and
then
a
refresher
for
those
listening
at
home.
So
as
a
reminder,
there
are
three
main
types
of
tests
administered
for
detection
of
covit
antibody
tests,
antigen
tests
and
what
we
call
a
diagnostic
or
in
vitro
or
sometimes
maybe
referred
to
as
a
pcr
test.
O
O
Antigen
tests
are
designed
to
test
for
a
specific
protein
in
your
blood,
excuse
me
or
in
the
body
that
is
a
reaction
created
by
your
immune
system
and
does
detect
active
infection
and
then
again
what
we
refer
to
as
the
as
as
the
gold
standard,
the
pcr
test
generally
sent
to
a
lab
throughout
the
pandemic.
Through
monday,
we've
had
about
333
800
pcr
tests
reported
to
the
virginia
department
of
health
in
arlington.
O
O
We
attribute
that
to
one
to
return
to
school
to
the
end
of
summer
travel
and
then
some
some
increases
within
local
and
state
requirements
for
either
proof
of
vaccination
or
a
negative
test
to
attend.
For
instance,
events
in
the
district
of
columbia
or
per
employer
requests.
As
we
see,
those
mandates
going
in
arlington
still
maintains
three
sites
open
to
the
public.
O
Those
are
at
virginia
highlands
park
in
the
courthouse,
plaza
parking
lot
and
at
arlington
mill
community
center.
Those
are
open
still
11
am
to
7
pm
every
day
of
the
week.
No
appointment
is
necessary,
however.
It
is
encouraged,
easily
easy
to
make
online
or
by
calling
our
covid
hotline,
which
can
still
help
direct
you
through
that
process.
O
O
The
virginia
highlands
site
was
out
of
commission
from
september
17th.
Tomorrow
morning
it
comes
back
online.
It
suffered
some
storm
damage
and,
as
a
result,
we
didn't
want
to
have
staff
in
the
at
the
site.
We
wanted
to
make
the
necessary
repairs
to
make
sure
it's
safe,
so
that
comes
back
online
tomorrow
tomorrow
morning.
So
I
wanted
the
community
to
know
that
test
positivity
rate.
As
dr
vargas
mentioned,
we
do
see
an
increase
there.
O
Still
not
record
highs,
hovers
around
3.3
3.5
for
the
last
90-day
period
and
the
the
last
week
period,
I
think,
is
somewhere
around
refreshment
memory.
Some
are
hovering
between
three
point.
Five
and
four
percent
numbers
are
escaping
me
right
now,
which
is
indicative,
as
dr
varghese
mentioned,
of
of
of
considerable
amounts
of
community
spread
and
higher
than
what
we
saw
at
some
of
the
lowest
points
in
the
plateaus.
O
So
still
a
reminder
that
if
you
wake
up
and
have
a
cough
that
you
don't
normally
have
right
as
part
of
your
allergies,
if
you've
got
the
sniffles,
if
your
daughter,
who
is
in
school,
who
is
going
to
probably
get
sick
comes
home
with
the
sniffles,
you
should
avail
yourself
of
the
available
testing
options.
They
are
free,
they're,
easy
to
access.
We
have
language
access
there
on
site
to
help
with
folks.
O
We
want
you
to
be
able
to
know
your
status,
protect
yourselves,
your
family
and
your
community
is
an
important
part,
even
if
you
are
vaccinated,
because
there
are
others
in
your
life
that
may
not
be
vaccinated
and
as
dr
fergus
mentioned,
you
still
have
the
ability
to
get
sick
and
we
don't
want
folks
unknowingly
to
be
walking
around
sick.
So
thank
you.
B
Thank
you
for
that
report
as
well
open
to
questions
I'm
mindful
of
time.
I
I
do
you
know
just
wanna
there's
a
couple
of
different.
I
have
two
big
picture
questions.
If
colleagues
will
indulge
and
then
I
would
say
that
amidst
the
challenge
of
delta,
we
have
just
looked
up
again.
We
have
we
have
hospitalizations
but
we're
seeing
a
s,
we're
not
losing
as
many
arlingtonians
you
know,
maybe
three
or
four
over
the
last
any
is
too
many,
but
three
or
four
over
the
last
90
days.
B
But
is
there
a
way
to
succinctly
describe
sort
of
we
don't
know
yet
on
five
to
11
year
olds?
That
process
is
ongoing
and
we
on
the
same
is
true
for
a
more
robust
for
our
seniors.
Can
you
speak
to
those
two
issues
kind
of
briefly
as
far
as
boosters,
because
I
know
there's
folks
interested
but
just
wanted
to
touch
on
those
very
briefly.
N
N
So
it
is
not
that
they
are
rushing
the
review,
but
that
does
mean
in
a
sense
some
people
may
say
the
pipeline
for
other
medications
and
vaccines
may
not
move
as
quickly
because
they
are
actually
shifting
staff
to
review
this
so
that
they
can
say
they've
crossed
every
t
and
across
every
eye
is
dotted
everywhere,
I'm
cross-eyed,
apparently
so
so
that
they
can
actually
reassure
the
public.
One
process
had
been
maintained
as
well
as,
given
that
it's
about
children,
I've
said
it
before.
N
We
apply
even
stricter
standards
for
making
sure
the
vaccine
is
safe
for
children,
and
this
is
not
a
coveted
related
phenomena.
This
has
been
true
for
any
vaccine
prior
for
children,
so
if
that
happens
hopefully
it'll
be
approved
by
the
end
of
october.
But
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we've
always
been
very
bad
at
is
how
to
predict.
N
What's
actually
going
to
happen,
all
of
it's,
the
timing
of
whatever
information
happens,
and
that
would
be
pfizer,
and
then
we
don't
know
when
companies
like
moderna
and
johnson
johnson
may
be
submitting
those
things
because
they
are
trying
to
cross
their
t's
and
dot
their
eyes.
And
so
I
know
a
number
of
people
are
frustrated,
but
we
know
that
there
have
been
some
adverse
events
or
side
effects
like
with
young
men
having
some
more
indications
of
myocarditis
heart
inflammation
that
went
away.
N
So
how
do
you
balance
it
so
that
we
go
to
that
trust
issue?
That
people
know
that
the
process
was
maintained
and
it's
as
safe?
As
we
can
say,
it
is
for
the
public.
So,
there's
that
the
fda
did
panel
did
recommend
having
certain
groups
get
the
possibility
of
boosters,
and
that
was
those
over
65
and
those
with
underlying
chronic
medical
conditions,
those
16
and
older
for
the
pfizer
product.
The
fda
has
not
come
out
yet
and
said
that
they're
going
to
approve
that
we're
anticipating
they'll,
make
a
decision
sometime
this
week.
N
If
that
happens,
it'll
then
go
to
the
cdc
and
their
advisory
group
to
say
you
know
which
populations
would
they
officially
consider?
If
that
all
happens,
then
the
group
that
had
originally
gotten
pfizer
would
be
eligible
for
those
things,
and
the
fortunate
thing
is
a
number
of
the
folks
who
got
the
elderly
who
got
the
initial
vaccine,
especially
nursing
homes.
It
was
more
likely
to
be
pfizer
than
not
so
that
could
be
an
option.
N
What
will
also
have
to
see
is
will
cdc
say
in
the
cases
of
those
who
are
eligible
under
the
general
criteria
of
over
65
will
they
say
it's
acceptable
for
a
person
who
got
moderna
to
also
get
pfizer.
I
can't
predict
that
right
now
and
I
realize
people
are
probably
waiting
for
that-
there
are
pros
and
cons
to
those
things,
and
so
that's
why
they
have
to
wade
through
that
and
let's
see
what
the
experts
actually
show
or
say,
but
I
want
to
remind
everyone:
it's
not
like.
N
Suddenly
the
immunity
turns
off,
and
so
we
are
in
one
sense.
This
may
not
be
the
best
analogy,
but
we've
been
building
the
plane
as
we're
flying
it.
There
was
no
choice,
it's
safe,
but
we
don't
know
how
long
the
immunity
lasts
and
there's
only
one
way
we're
going
to
learn
that
over
the
passage
of
time.
B
B
G
Just
a
quick
one,
dr
varghese,
are
you
getting
any
sense
of
of
whether
or
not
we're
seeing
the
normal
uptake
for
flu
vaccinations
this
year,
and
should
we
take
this
as
an
opportunity
to
do
as
you
so
ably
do
to
always
remind
people
to
not
forget
about
that
upper
respiratory
ailment
as
we're
dealing
with
with
covet?
Thank
you
for.
N
N
They
are
already
starting
to
arrive,
and
so
there
should
be
ample
supply,
and
for
those
who
are
concerned
you
can,
the
cdc
has
said
you
can
get
both
the
coronavirus
vaccine
and
the
flu
shot
at
the
same
time.
So
you
don't
need
to
delay
things,
so
you
do
not
want
to
get
covered.
You
do
not
want
to
get
flu.
You
do
not
want
to
get
both
of
them.
Okay,
so
please
get
vaccinated
and
all
those
other
layers
will
also
help
reduce
the
risk
from
flu.