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From YouTube: Emergency City of Charleston Council Meeting 4-24-20
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Emergency City of Charleston Council Meeting 4-24-20
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I
Good
evening,
mr.
mayor
members
of
council,
it's
been
a
busy
24
hours,
as
you
all
were
discussing
before
the
meeting
started
here.
Obviously
a
lot
of
efforts
in
the
last
12
hours
or
so
to
recover
from
the
heavy
rain
event.
Yesterday,
let
me
give
you
the
the
incident
command
objectives
remain
the
same
as
previously
discussed
again.
Just
a
reminder.
The
sixth
and
new
objective
assist
citizens
with
housing
instabilities
to
achieve
stable
housing
prior
to
the
onset
of
hurricane
season,
while
minimizing
the
transmission
risks
of
covin
19
internationally.
I
There
have
been
two
point:
seven
million
coab
in
19
cases
and
190
5313
deaths
as
on
the
330.
According
to
up
khun's,
today
there
have
been
880
6213
in
the
United
States,
with
50,000
780
deaths
in
South
Carolina,
according
to
D
Hague
at
525.
Today
there
were
5070
cases
statewide
with
a
hundred
fifty-seven
confirmed
deaths
in
Charleston
County
we're
at
416
cases
with
six
confirmed
deaths
and
Berkeley
County's
got
a
hundred
and
sixty-two
cases
with
six
confirmed
deaths.
I
I
Dr.
Crawford
from
MUSC
reports
that
serological
testing,
bukoba
19
antibodies
will
begin
this
coming
Monday
April
27th,
with
an
initial
capability
of
processing,
approximately
500
tests
per
day.
Priority
will
be
given
to
health
care
workers
and
first
responders,
with
plans
to
extend
availability
to
municipalities
in
the
general
public.
Sm
USC
works
to
expand
their
testing
capabilities
to
approximately
1000
per
day,
which
we
expect
sometime
in
mid-may
patients
may
initiate
the
process
through
mu
SCS
telehealth
program.
I
Charleston
County
MD
South
Carolina
in
de
sin,
traditions
to
DHEC
on
an
agreement
for
a
non
congregate
sheltering
for
code,
19,
horrible
populations
and
their
family
members
were
awaiting
d
hex
feedback
on
that
in
terms
of
keeping
order
in
the
city,
Charleston
Police
Department
responded
to
four
calls
for
service
regarding
large
crowds
or
gatherings
in
the
last
48
hours
and
120
total.
Since
March
16,
Police
Department
notes
that
call
volume
is
averaging
lower
than
normal
and
can
be
used
to
closely
monitor
calls
for
domestic
violence,
assault
suicide
and
overdose
incidents.
I
Fire
department
was
dispatched
or
responded
to
36
possible
co19
calls
the
last
48
hours.
There
was
a
large
surge
in
call
volume.
Yesterday,
of
course,
due
to
the
severe
weather,
however,
medical
call
volume
remains
low,
since
Wednesday
liveability
and
tourism
officers
conducted
a
hundred
and
fifty-three
proactive
inspections
that
include
40
construction
sites
and
113
non-essential
businesses
for
operating
compliance.
There
were
two
nonessential
businesses
found
in
violation,
one
of
which
was
issued
a
warning,
while
the
other
received
a
summons
for
code
enforcement
complaints.
I
Today,
37
collection
apparatus
were
in
operation
and
continue
to
focus
on
completing
unfinished
routes.
Crews
also
worked
to
collect
yard
and
leaf
bags
and
West
Ashley.
As
of
this
morning,
80%
of
all
yard
debris
and
40%
of
bulk
items,
collection,
item
collection
is
completed.
Citywide
livability
continues
to
work
closely
with
Public
Works
to
assist
with
garbage
can
pickup
and
delivery.
There
are
currently
no
issues
with
police
or
fire
lacking
PPE.
I
In
fact,
another
order
was
just
put
in
for
20,000,
more
surgical,
masks
or
in
relatively
good
shape
there
in
terms
of
preserving
the
workforce
with
1254
employees
accounted
for
and
15
of
15
departments.
Reporting.
We've
got
mainly
that
the
same
numbers
that
you're
used
to
36
percent
in
the
office,
twelve
percent
working
from
home,
32
percent
in
the
field
and
the
rest
remain
on
some
type
of
leave.
I
E
I
E
So
to
speak
and,
and
so
they've
worked
out
a
protocol
with
180
place
to
kind
of
reopen
and
and
utilize
their
positions
there
and
we're
gonna
they'll
have
a
little
more
detail
for
y'all
on
Tuesday,
as
we
approve
that
CDBG
budget.
In
addition,
they're
there
they're
putting
recommending
quite
a
few
of
those
dollars
to
go
to
a
few
of
our
agencies.
The
one
that
comes
to
my
mind
is
palmetto,
Community,
Action,
Agency
that
they
have
a
fund
that
and
it's
all
set
up
already.
D
E
This
will
be
on
May,
8th,
we've
already
garnered
a
hundred
and
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
in
donations
for
the
fund
this
year,
which
we
won't
have
very
much
expense
because
we're
not
having
a
real
live
concert,
but
all
the
musicians,
including
shovels
and
ropes,
and
some
other
local
great
musicians
will
be
online
virtual
making
recordings
and
so
on,
May
8th.
We
plan
to
have
this
telethon
and
raise
some
more
money.
E
So
if
you
add
the
CDBG
and
the
new
objectives
and
then
the
support
of
the
homeless
to
hoechlin,
we
really
hope
over
the
next
two
to
three
months
to
address
those
who
are
experiencing
homelessness
in
our
city
and
community.
So
I
just
thought
I
would
mention
that
everyone
and
then
the
second
thing
I
wanted
to
I
know.
E
It's
time
to
do
that
and
then
and
then
lastly,
I
didn't
want
to
shout
out
to
the
statistic
that
Shannon
mentioned
about
the
storm
drains
and
Tracy.
Do
you
mind
taking
a
minute
and
just
sharing
what
Robert
and
Dan
ratio
others
have
been
working
on
about
the
storm
drains?
I
know
we
had
this
huge
rain
fall
last
night
and
you
might
not
recognize
that
some
extra
people
that
I'll
clean
them
the
storm
drains,
but
they
have.
E
J
Shocker,
so
I
just
happened
to
pull
this
up
as
you're
speaking
so
I
thought
I
would
thought.
I
would
share
this
little
dashboard.
As
a
mayor
mentioned,
the
livability
team,
let
some
of
those
folks
have
been
out
inspecting
storm
drains
around
the
city
and
cleaning
those
as
needed,
so
they've
actually
inspected
for
him.
Four
hundred
and
seventy
five
different
storm
drains
this
week,
so
they're
doing
a
doing
a
great
job
with
that,
and
this
is
a
dashboard
that
was
built
by
the
GIS
team
to
monitor
that.
J
So
all
of
the
livability
folks
who
are
doing
storm
drain
work
have
an
app
either
on
a
tablet
or
a
phone,
so
they
just
select
the
storm
drain
that
they're
at
determine
whether
it
needs
cleaning
or
night
and
love
the
information
right
there
while
they're
there
and
they
clean
it
if
it's
needed
and
they
were
actually
going
to
go
out
after
yesterday's
rain,
are
going
to
go
out
and
look
at
some
of
those
they've
already
clean
to
see
if
they
need
cleaning
again.
So
hopefully
we
can
start
to
collect
some
data
and
that'll.
J
Allow
us
to
be
a
lot
more
proactive
about
how
we
clean
and
monitor
some
of
these
storm
drains
around
the
city
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions,
and
yes,
I'll
be
more
than
happy
to
send
everybody
something
that
they
can
share
within
their
network
about
the
census.
Taking
the
US
Census
they're
happy
to
do
that.
J
D
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
wanted
to
go
back
a
couple
of
topics
when
you
were
talking
about
our
new
goal:
number
six,
stable
housing
and
all
that
good
work
that
everybody's
been
doing
more
than
brainstorming.
Actually
taking
action
on
serve,
bless
you
and
thank
you
for
all
of
that,
and
maybe
I've
missed
it,
but
I
really
haven't
heard
the
the
anything
about
the
navigation
Center
recently.
Did
we
close
them
during
our
emergency
or
what?
What
are
they
able
to
do
for
people
who
you
know
kind
of
come
in
off
the
street
Oh
they've.
E
To
tell
you
the
truth:
180
has
not
been
accepting
any
new
clients
for
the
last
few
weeks
because
of
the
trepidation.
The
fear
that
someone
might
have
the
virus
so
part
of
what
we're
doing
with
Chris's
and
and
Gianna's
effort
is
to
you
know
before
we
were
isolating
and
testing
individuals
who
were
symptomatic
wait
next
week,
we're
gonna
start
isolating
and
testing
folks
who
are
on
the
waiting
list
for
180
so
that
they
can
go
ahead
and
accept
those
individuals
and
kind
of
get
the
process
worried.
A
E
I
mean
right
now,
there's
15,
feds
or
so
I
understand
available
at
180,
and
you
know
we
got
people
on
the
waiting
list,
so
we're
gonna
try
to
get
those
folks
tested,
whether
they're
symptomatic
or
not
just
to
make
sure
they're
they're
not
contagious
and
kind
of
get
do
so.
Most
of
those
people
have
been
going
to
the
navigation
Center,
basically
every
day
to
get
some
relief
and
service
get
a
shower
or
whatever
they
they've
been
busy
as
all
get-out.
It's.
D
Great
to
hear
I
mean
I
sort
of
assumed
that
but
I
just
really
hadn't
heard
the
words
so
I'm
really
glad
to
know
I'm
and
while
I
have
my
my
hand
up
could
I
just
ask
Shannon
talked
or
touched
on
the
liveability
Public
Safety
officers
going
around
and
trying
to
help
the
businesses
acclimate
to
the
change
in
our
guidelines,
for
if
they
are
open
everything
if
they
need
to
do
to
meet
our
safety
precautions
and
I
was
just
hoping.
We
could
hear
a
little
update
from
you
know,
either
chief
Reynolds
or
mr.
Ishii.
D
Oh
I
see
him
on
as
to
how
are
they
finding
cooperation
among
the
retailers,
we
had
a
lot
of
pushback
from
some
of
the
retail
Association
leaders,
not
necessarily
individual
businesses,
that
that
we
were
going
to
be
asking
the
impossible
of
our
smaller
retailers.
So
I
just
wanted
to
hear
if
that
is
playing
out,
or
you
know,
I'm
expecting
that
everyone's
bending
over
backwards.
H
I'm
here
mayor,
yes,
everyone's
been
very
compliant.
We
have
been
to
many
many
businesses
to
offer
our
information.
We
have
handouts
that
we're
giving
the
businesses
and
so
far
honestly
like
any
business.
They
they
want
to
do
the
right
thing.
They
want
to
comply
and
want
to
keep
their
employees
and
the
customers
safe.
So
far,
so
good,
it's
it's
it's
it's
going
very
well!
In
my
mind,
I've
got
officers
out
through
the
weekend,
so
we're
available
to
continue
what
we
have
started
and
again
so
far
so
good.
H
It's
very
gradual.
To
be
honest:
it's
not
a
boom
that
I
expected
I
expected
just
big
rush,
but
I
think
and
I
equated
I've
talked
to
mark
will
Burton
Richter
earlier.
You
know
the
governor
with
the
exemptions
that
were
offered
kind
of
peppered.
If
you
will
pardon
the
wanting
you
know
whatever
the
lingo,
it
was
peppering
these
businesses
in
and
I.
That's
why
I
did
not
see
that
trend
of
a
big
influx,
but
we're
here
and
ready
to
to
educate
the
businesses.
As
we
get
going.
H
B
J
J
J
H
This
week
councilman,
we
just
started
this
process
right
with
the
initiative
of
trying
to
you
know
bringing
our
employees
back
to
do.
You
know
productive
things,
I've
volunteered
several
employees
to
stormwater
and
public
service
to
assist
this,
the
stormwater
storm
drain
initiative.
We
started
this
last
week.
It's
a
learning
curve,
I've
actually
got.
H
We
started
with
just
one
officer:
I
had
two
from
Wednesday
to
Friday
and
next
week,
I
all
have
five
dedicated
that
we
can
start
expanding
to
West,
Ashley,
James
and
John's,
Island
and
other
areas.
So
this
has
been
a
learning
curve
for
us
to
figure
out
how
to
best
do
it
and
use
best
practices
with
it,
but
no
we're
not
leaving
you
out.
B
Appreciate
that
in
you
you
know
why
I
asked
that
question
because
I
think
and
I
know
the
city
took
on
the
peninsula
took
a
heavy
hit,
but
my
phone
was
ringing
off
the
hook
all
last
night
with
several
areas
and
so
and
I
knew
this
was
a
pilot
program.
We
started
in
appreciative
that
you
will
look
at
several
areas
in
West
Ashley.
Do
you
need
some
suggestions?
I've
got
a
couple
ideas.
D
F
F
Yeah
I
mean
I,
really
we
had
terrible
rains
last
night,
of
course,
but
there
was
some
work
done
on
Grove
Street
between
10th
and
11th
by
Charleston,
Water
Works,
and
they
left
mounds
and
mounds
and
mounds
of
mud,
and
most
of
that
is
gone
now
and
it
went
down
in
the
drains.
So
if
we
can
take
a
look
at
the
corner,
tenth
and
Grove
with
those
two
drains
where
most
of
that
that
soil
went
just
to
see
whether
or
not
it's
still
clear,
because
that
corner
was
like
lakefront
property
yeah.
E
F
E
K
K
Yes,
sir,
about
huge
you
in
Kings
and
far
as
our
line
and
King,
and
that
was
blocked
in
so
everybody
was
blocked
in
in
that
whole
area,
from
Jane,
from
Simmons
school
anyway,
between
King
and
huge
King,
and
our
meeting
on
huge
E
Street
from
King
and
Rutledge
on
huge
King
in
between
King
and
Rutledge.
All
the
way
down
to
Lime
Street,
so
I
mean
I,
know
we
all
are
having
problem
with
the
drainage,
but
they
can
see
how
bad
that
was.
K
Net
dot
water
on
King
Street
was
over
four
feet
deep
in
in
the
firemen's
they
went
out
and
they
went
and
saw
a
car
was
stranded
there,
so
they
pulled
up
far
as
they
could
go
and
check
that
out.
Firemen's
went
out
to
check
to
see
if
anybody
was
stranded
in
those
cars
I
think,
but
the
H
came
back
and
say
everybody
was
alright,
but
they
didn't
even
go
through
the
water
they've
had
to
back
up
back
to
Congress
Street
and
turn
around
and
go
back
around
because
that
what
it
was
deep.
K
A
Thank
You
mr.
mayor,
believe
it
or
not.
We
also
got
some
rain
over
in
district
11
last
night,
but
I
wanted
to
give
a
special
shout
out
to
our
public
works
department,
Tom
and
Matt
for
getting
the
sweet,
Streeters
street
sweepers
rather
out
in
South
Windermere
and
some
other
neighborhoods
in
my
district
I
know
that
residents
greatly
appreciated
that
also
I
think
a
knuckle
boom
was
was
in
the
area.
A
Picking
up
some
debris
and
you
know
we
could
we
can
do
a
lot
on
stormwater
with
maintenance
and
proactive
improvements,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
I've
been
telling
my
constituents
this
because
I
think
it's
the
truth.
You
get
six
seven
inches
of
rain
in
a
couple
hours,
any
any
systems
gonna
be
overloaded,
especially
when
it's
at
a
high
tide.
That's
that's
the
other
thing
that
made
this
so
impactful
last
night,
so
I'm
so
I
think
most
people
understand
that
we're
doing
the
best
we
can
with
limited
resources.
A
L
First
I
just
want
to
apologize
for
being
late
as
council
member
Jackson
can
attest.
I've
had
some
internet
issues
based
on
our
human
resources.
Meeting
I'm
someone
to
let
Vanessa
know
I
did
in
fact
make
it
and
then,
if
we,
if
we
hadn't
already
I,
wanted
to
wish
councilmember
Griffin
a
very
happy
birthday,
and
this
week,
I.
M
D
F
E
D
Sorry
I
just
had
a
thought
since
we're
all
on
the
same
meeting
together.
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
tell
us
what
what
you
may
or
may
not
be
doing
to
respond
to
some
of
the
advocacy
groups
who
are
encouraging
us
to
ask
the
Army
Corps
to
extend
the
public
comment
period
for
the
peninsula
report.
Do
you
have
any
thoughts
about
that
or
have
you
tried
or
do
you
think
it's
not
not
wise
of
us?
Could
you
just
sort
of
speak
to
that
question?
E
E
B
E
Know
properly
distance
and
all
like
that,
but
you
know
typically,
the
core
will
do
like
the
apartment
of
transportation
does
and
when
they
have
a
physical
gathering.
They'll
have
multiple
stations
separated
in
various
parts
of
a
big
room,
and
so
I'm
hopeful
we'll
be
able
to
do
that.
If
we're
not
by
the
end
of
the
sixty
days,
I
will
join
the
coastal
conservation
league
and
others
and
as
for
an
extension
of
the
engagement
period.
D
Mayor
would
you
speak
to
the
next
phase,
because
I
think
well,
I
I
mean
I,
know
I've
had
conversations
with
the
leaders
of
conservation
league
in
particular,
so
I
know
that
they're
pretty
adamant
about
wanting.
You
know
wanting
the
opening
public
comment
that
is
coordinated
by
the
Army
Corps
to
be
extended
beyond
60
days.
But
let's
assume
for
the
minute
that
it's
not
after
that
we
will
have
our
own
public
engagement.
D
E
Let
me
ask
for
detail
of
this
will
be
coming
Monday
and
Tuesday
at
public
works
committee
and
at
City
Council
will
have
Mark
Wilber
give
a
more
full
report,
but
you
know
until
this
council
decides
over
a
year
from
now
as
to
whether
we're
moving
forward,
we
will
all
be
involved
in
public
engagement
on
this
matter.
In
my
opinion,
up
till
the
point
where
we
make
a
decision
decision
on.
D
B
E
We
mark
is
planning
on
being
a
public
works
meeting
on
on
Monday
at
4:00.
If
anybody
wants
to
join
we'll,
have
this
discussion
about
this
and
in
a
whole,
more
detail
and,
of
course,
we'll
bring
that
forward,
Tuesday
and
speaking
of
which
kind
of
like
we
did
last
week
or
whenever,
rather
than
meeting
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
next
week,
I
would
propose,
since
we
have
a
regular
council
meeting
on
Tuesday,
that
we
just
meet
Tuesday
and
Thursday.
If
that's
okay
with
everyone
well.
B
E
F
E
All
right:
well,
you
all
have
a
great
weekend
thanks
to
everybody,
for
everything,
everybody's
doing
the
staff
I,
don't
have
to
say
it.
Y'all
know,
they're,
incredible
team
to
work
with
and
are
doing
so
much
beyond
the
call
of
duty
sort
of
in
our
city
and
our
citizens.
During
this
time,
my
hat's
off
to
them
y'all
have
a
great
weekend
we'll
see.