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From YouTube: Ames Responds to COVID-19 | Episode 7
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The next episode of “Ames Responds to COVID-19” includes comments by Dan Culhane from the @AmesChamber about businesses in Ames beginning to reopen; some thoughts by Crystal Davis with Ames Convention and Visitors Bureaus (@CytesofAmes) about events this summer, and City Attorney Mark Lambert explains how Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’ directives affect City of Ames policies.
A
Hi
welcome
to
aims
response
to
cope
in
nineteen
aquestion
and
answer
program
where
aims
area
organizations
answer
koban.
Nineteen
questions,
I'm
susan
gliosis,
a
public
relations
officer
for
the
city
of
Ames.
We
have
several
questions
that
have
come
in
this
week
and
we
have
several
guests
who
are
all
ready
to
respond
if
you
have
a
Cova
nineteen
related
question:
call
our
city
of
Ames
hotline
at
505,
two,
three:
nine:
five:
six:
seven:
zero
or
email
us
at
coba,
nineteen
at
city
of
Ames
org,
we'll
try
to
get
your
question
on
our
next
program.
A
B
B
Ames
feels
recession-proof
and
lots
of
things
that
happen
around
the
world
around
the
country.
Don't
don't
happen
here.
We
hear
that
a
lot.
This
has
happened
here
and
we've
seen
the
layoffs,
we've
we've
felt
the
layoffs
inside
our
organization
and
some
it's
a
position,
elimination
and
so
we've
seen
that
across
the
board
in
all
sectors.
There's
a
few
exceptions
where,
where
businesses
haven't
been
impacted
by
this,
but
by
and
large,
our
large
employers
are
major
manufacturers.
People
like
that
have
all
had
had
some
some
change
in
their
staffing.
B
At
the
end
of
the
day,
though,
there's
there's
renewed
optimism
with
some
of
the
the
reopening
that's
occurring,
it's
slow
and
when
it
so
what
I'd
say
is
that
our
business
community's
been
highly
conscious
of
precautionary
measures
to
make
sure
that
not
only
are
their
employees
safe,
but
their
customers
are
as
well
so
well,
I
think
some
of
the
construction
projects
and
opportunities
that
were
out
that
we
knew
about
may
slow
down
a
little
bit.
I
do
know
that
Amcorp
is
a
large
employer
here
in
town.
B
They
are
moving
full
speed
ahead,
speed
ahead
with
their
construction
project
and
their
expansion,
and
we
know
of
a
number
of
others
that
are
as
well
and
so
I
think
our
service
industry
industry
will
be
the
one
that
responds
the
slowest,
but
but
the
balance
of
our
business.
They
will
come
back
as
they
feel
comfortable.
I
talked
to
a
couple
of
our
technology
companies.
Today,
large
technology
companies.
B
They
have
a
lot
of
people
and
they
said
they'll
come
back
sometime
in
late
June,
maybe
the
first
part
of
July
not
because
they're
overly
concerned
about
their
business,
because
business
has
worked
well
from
home,
but
they
just
want
to
give
people
plenty
of
time
to
acclimate
to
the
idea
of
coming
back
to
work.
Do.
B
B
You
know,
a
lot
of
things
have
happened
in
this
communities
and
the
time
that
I've
been
here
that
were
hardships
and
flooding
and
things
of
that
nature,
and
this
is
a
resilient
place
and
it's
it's
a
terrific
place
to
live
and
do
business
and
all
the
things
we
talk
about
and
so
I'm
confident
in
the
business
leaders
we
have
here
and
the
elected
leaders
and
a
whole
host
of
folks
that
are
contributing
to
providing
calm
and
some
level
of
reassurance
to
others
throughout
this.
This
public
health
crisis,
so
I'm
encouraged
by
that
thanks.
A
Dan,
our
next
question
will
go
over
to
Crystal
Davis,
with
the
aims
Convention
and
Visitors
Bureau
for
an
organization
that
kind
of
relies
on
hospitality
and
visitors
and
guests
to
Ames.
We
know
that
the
AMC
VB
is
hard
hit
by
this
pandemic
as
we
look
into
the
summer.
What
does
it
look
like
for
Ames
residents
who
are
looking
forward
to
a
lot
of
activities
and
if
those
events
are
not
coming
back,
do
you
think
we'll
see
them
in
2021
I.
C
Think
Susan
yeah
the
summer
is
gonna,
be
a
little
bit
different,
a
little
bit
quieter,
but
no
less
meaningful.
You
know,
we've
got
several
events
that
we
love
to
host
here:
names
that
iose
you
and
so
some
of
our
events
come
in
the
form
of
conferences
and
meetings.
C
We've
been
working
with
all
of
our
partners
and
Iowa
State
University
Conference
planning
management,
and
while
our
events
are
pretty
much
canceled
through
the
month
of
July,
we
can
say
that
we're
working
towards
the
future
and
almost
all
of
them
are
coming
back
and
plan
to
return
next
year.
So
we're
very
excited
about
that.
C
Local
events,
particularly
the
Ames
commencement
visitors,
bureau,
community,
grant
events
a
little
bit
quieter,
but
most
of
them
are
either
postponed
until
fall,
where
they
can
gauge
the
temperature
what's
happening,
what
can
they
do
safely,
but
the
ones
that
are
canceling
and
postponed
until
next
year?
They
are
coming
back,
so
we're
very
excited
about
that,
like
Summerfest
in
campus
and,
unfortunately,
it's
cancelled.
But
it's
back
next
year
by
Iowa
was
gonna,
be
this
August.
C
C
You
come
pick
something
up
and
take
it
home
in
a
contact
list
5k
on
the
4th
put
on
by
our
friends
at
Friendship,
Park
they're
gonna
do
a
virtual
race
instead,
so
still
continuing
to
try
to
engage
folks,
get
them
to
participate,
and
so
we're
very
excited
that,
while
it's
a
little
slower
this
time
right
now,
people
are
being
great
and
they're
gonna
move
forward
because
they
want
to
be
here.
Anyone
a
welcome
people
here.
They.
C
A
Know
it's
very
hard
to
look
ahead
to
the
summer
and
see
sort
of
a
drought
of
activity,
but,
as
I
remind
people
again
and
again,
the
priority
is
always
the
health
and
safety
of
the
participants.
It
really
has
to
be
the
driver,
and
these
decisions
are
not
popular
and
we
understand
that.
But
knowing
your
line
of
work,
you
know,
making
sure
people
are
safe
is
is
also
extremely
important
right.
C
We're
all
behind
that
we
want
to
be
hospitable
welcoming,
but
we
want
to
be
safe
and
healthy
about
it,
and
I
will
say
kudos
to
all
of
our
community
organizers
and
meeting
planners.
They
are
putting
things
in
place
to
keep
their
staff
healthy
and
then,
when
they're
ready
for
visitors
to
come
back
to
them
and
some
of
any
phased
openings
to
like
slowly
reopen
safely
and
as
well
as
our
conference
and
meeting
planners
for
those
big
groups
they're
very
hard
on
what
can
be
virtual.
C
A
Great
thanks
crystal
our
last
question:
episode
will
go
to
City
Attorney.
Mark
Lambert
mark
has
been
very
busy
interpreting
decisions
made
at
federal
and
state
level
and
here's
the
question
we
received
recently.
How
do
city
governments
incorporate
Governor,
Kim,
Reynolds
directives
into
decision
making
and
what
limitations
does
the
state
impose
on
the
city
of
Ames
and
can
the
city
do
something
different
than
the
state
says?
Okay,.
D
Thanks
Susan
well,
the
governor
has
broad
authority
under
the
code
of
Iowa
to
issue
public
health
disaster,
proclamations
and
those
have
the
force
of
law,
and
so
we
have
to
abide
by
them
here
at
the
city,
just
like
the
citizens
out,
there
have
to
abide
by
them,
and
so,
when
the
governor
closes
certain
types
of
facilities,
we
have
to
close
them.
But
when
the
governor
runs
up
facilities
that,
if
it's
a
city
owned
facility,
we
can
still
choose
to
keep
it
closed.
D
If
we
wish
a
good
example
of
that
is
the
downtown
Ames
Farmers
Market,
where
the
governor
well
back,
said
that
farmers
markets
can
be
open
with
restrictions,
but
theme
City,
Council
decided
to
take
a
little
time
and
look
into
it
and
decided
to
open
the
Ames
downtown
farmers
market,
but
add
a
few
little
restrictions
of
our
own.
So
so,
once
the
governor
says
something's
open,
it
doesn't
mean
that
that
the
city
has
to
have
to
go
along
with
that.
So
she
closes
something
we
have
to
close
it.
D
A
D
The
the
council
decided
to
keep
the
city
facilities
closed
through
July
1st.
Most
events
on
city,
property,
city,
streets
and
right
away
are
on
hold
through
the
end
of
August,
and
so
you
know
again,
the
city
controls
its
own
property.
So
we
can
make
our
independent
decisions
here
at
the
city
of
Ames
love
along
on
what
will
happen
with
city
facilities
and
city
property.
So.
A
D
Right,
the
the
governor's
announced
that
soon
swimming
pools
will
be
open
for
the
limited
purposes
of
swimming
lessons
and
swimming
laughs,
not
for
general
swimming
purposes.
The
city,
however,
has
not
decided
how
what
we're
going
to
do
in
terms
of
opening
the
pools
and,
if
we're
going
to
open
them,
and
that
decision
will
be
made
future
City,
Council,
I,
guess.
A
It's
important
to
point
out
at
this
point
that
not
only
do
them
elected
officials
look
towards
the
governor
into
the
federal
government,
but
also
to
the
CDC
I
important
to
Public,
Health
and
other
health
authorities
to
help
them
make
those
decisions,
and
obviously
people
will
come
to
different
conclusions.
That's.
D
A
Thanks
for
explaining
that
mark-
and
that
was
a
great
question-
I
want
to
thank
our
panel
of
experts
today
for
being
on
the
show
Dan
Cole
Haines,
with
the
Ames
Chamber
of
Commerce
crystal
Davis.
This
would
be
Ames
Convention
and
Visitors
Bureau
and
mark
Lambert
city
of
Ames
City,
Attorney
I'm,
aims.
Response
to
Cove
in
nineteen
is
an
opportunity
for
Ames
residents
to
ask
their
Co
by
nineteen
pandemic
questions
again.
A
If
there's
something
that
you're
curious
about,
let
us
know
give
us
a
call
at
five
one:
five,
two:
three:
nine
five:
six:
seven
zero
or
email
us
at
copán,
nineteen
at
city
of
Ames
org.
We
will
try
to
include
your
question
on
our
next
show.
Finally,
please
remember
that
we
are
living
in
rapidly
changing
times.
The
information
that
we
provided
to
you
today
is
current
and
enter
it
as
of
today,
but
please
remember
to
continue
to
track
to
check
trusted
new
sources
for
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