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City of Charleston Health and Wellness Meeting, May 4 2022
A
All
right
well,
thank
you,
everybody
for
joining
us
for
this
wednesday
may
4th
meeting
of
city,
charleston
health
and
wellness
advisory
meeting
on
a
beautiful
may
wednesday
and
for
those
star
wars,
fans
may
the
fourth
be
with
you
before
we
jump
completely
in
some
of
you
may
have
heard
us
talk
and
I
just
want.
I
want
to
thank
carolyn
murray
for
an
awesome
podcast.
She
did
sunday
with
police
chief
luther
reynolds.
I
hope
that
you'll
look
at
it.
Some
of
you
may
see
it
in
the
chat.
A
I
left
a
link
there,
but,
but
you
know
just
an
incredible
story
of
a
miraculous
recovery
healing
is
you
know
his
positive
attitude,
his
faith
and
everything
carolyn
did
an
amazing
job
of
pulling
that
out.
So
I
hope
you'll
take
time
to
to
look
at
that.
I
think
that
the
members
of
this
committee
will
appreciate
that
so
and
we'll
will
enjoy
that
podcast.
So
carolyn.
Thank
you
for
doing
that.
We
appreciate
it.
B
Kevin,
thank
you
very
much.
I
am
really
grateful
and
didn't
expect
to
hear
that
this
morning,
but
but
I
appreciate
it
and
I
do
invite
everyone
and
encourage
you
to
listen.
It's
an
amazing
story.
It
really
doesn't
matter
where
you
are
in
your
life.
There
are
takeaways
from
the
interview
it
that
interview
had
nothing
to
do
with
me.
It
really
is
indicative
of
the
spirit
of
the
chief
and
the
spirit
of
this
community.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
those
kind
words
kevin
and
I
do
invite
all
of
you
to
listen
thanks.
A
All
right,
thank
you
very
much.
Okay
and
we'll
move
on
to
our
to
our
minutes
in
that
packet
of
minutes
from
april.
6
paul
also
included
a
lot
of
information
on
the
low
country
mental
health
conference
and
how
you
can
attend
in
person
or
virtually
those
dates
are
july,
27th
through
29th
and,
of
course,
it's
going
to
be
down
at
the
gill
yard
over
on
calhoun
street.
A
A
Can
I
get
a
second
on
that?
Second,
okay.
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.
Thank
you,
susan
johnson.
All
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
any
oppose
okay,
so
the
those
minutes
are
approved
and
so
we'll
move
on
to
our
next
agenda
item.
I
think
paul
weeders
and
joey
curran
are
going
to
kind
of
give
a
team
effort
and
go
through
a
presentation
addressing
disparity
disparities
and
life
expectancy.
D
You'll
see
the
I'm
seeing
the
difference
so
joey
put
together
this
presentation
back,
I
think
in
february,
and
I've
added
to
it
with
just
some
numbers
that
the
mayor's
has
continually
to
ask
us
for
what's
going
to
be
a
baseline
of
what
we're
looking
at
and
what
I
had
is.
I
had
an
intern
last
semester
that
was
was
a
student
at
the.
D
He
was
working
on
his
nurse
practitioner
doctrine
and
his
name
was
tyler
ramirez
he's
at
working
at
roper,
saint
francis,
as
a
as
a
nurse
currently
he's
from
the
san
diego
area.
But
but
we
worked
on
looking
at
all
the
disparities
listed
on
the
city
health
dashboard
and
from
there
pulled
together
those
numbers.
D
D
03
is
the
area
around
the
east
side.
The
29403
area
number
15
is
around
the
just
south
of
mount
pleasant
street
down
to
down
to
right
around
hampton
park,
and
then
he
looked
over
in
west
ashley
and
he
pulled
out
the
area
around
ardmore
from
art,
from
arden
well
from
the
area
right
off
of
highway,
17
behind
bessington's
barbecue
toward
walker,
road,
it's
ardmore
area
and
those
were
the
four
lowest
age
groups
or
life
expectancies
in
our
community.
D
D
Yeah,
I'm
missing
the
the
so
what
we
do
when
you
look
at
the
maps
on
when
I
do
these
slides.
When
you
look
at
the
maps,
the
maps
are
going
to
change
every
time.
I
change
a
screen,
the
the
and
so
when
we
each
maps
a
little
bit
different.
I
l
and
the
rate
resilience
and
equity
that
considers
the
impacts
of
flooding,
high
water,
natural
hazards
on
individuals,
communities,
institutions,
business,
economic
development,
public
infrastructure
and
facilities
and
public
health
and
safety.
So
we
know
to
improve
access
to
healthy
foods.
D
We
have
to
reduce
the
food
deserts
and
promote
a
healthier
lifestyle.
Collaboration
will
be
in
many
stakeholders
in
our
community
to
make
that
all
happen
to
help
build
local
markets
or
other
ways
to
get
into
our
community.
But
if
we
take
these
areas
that
we
look
right
now,
the
limited
access
to
the
health,
healthy
foods.
Thinking
about
those
first,
four
zip
codes
that
you
see:
29405
number
44,
number
9
and
2702
number
15.,
the
top
three
and
29405
44
and
9..
D
It's
95.8
for
those
that
have
limited
access
to
healthy
foods
in
the
back
community
63
as
we
come
down
to
the
east
side
and
then
in
west
ashley
ardmore
in
the
area
is
considered
81.5
as
a
limited
access
to
healthy
foods
and
the
same
thing
at
the
bottom.
If
you
look
at
racial
and
ethnic
diversity
in
that
in
our
community,
you'll
see
those
four
areas
again,
there
are
our
high
high
areas
on
it
all
the
next
one.
We
looked
under
equity
from
the
city
transportation
standpoint.
D
D
The
next
slide
talks
about
economic
development,
a
little
bit
about
how
we
limit
the
access
to
healthy
foods
again
and
and
on
this
one.
I've
got
one
on
the
the
value
on
this
slide
changed
on
me,
but
the
the
the.
If
we
looked
at
poverty
in
our
community
you're
going
to
see
that
poverty
again
focus
on
the
29405
area
down
in
the
east
side
area
and
it's
not
as
bad
in
the
29407,
but
it
does
have
an
impact
on
it.
All.
D
That's
actually
the
side
for
the
the
children
in
poverty,
but
you
can
see
those
numbers
that
are
right
there
that
are
that
are
popping
up
diabetes
is,
is
in
our
community.
It's
one
that
we're
we've
got
under
control
in
some
areas,
but
in
the
the
lowest
life
expectancy
compared
to
the
highs.
You
can
see
the
big
difference
there
from
the
under
10
percent
to
over
20
percent
up
in
the
neck
area,
and
that's
the
area
that
we
have
to
pay
really
attention
to
that.
D
So
I
think
it's
going
to
be
good
for
us
listening
more
and
more
to
figure
out
what
partnerships
are
going
to
be
out
there
to
help
us
with
addressing
that
housing
is
one
of
the
areas
that
we
can
contribute
to
a
lower
life
expectancy.
We
noted
the
area
codes,
29403
and
405
have
the
most
residents
with
the
lower
high
school
graduation
rates
and
unemployment
and
poor
housing.
D
So
those
are
the
areas
that
we
have
to
keep
a
focus
on
to
make
sure
that
people
aren't
living
in
unsafe
conditions
that
compound
their
current
health,
such
as
heart,
disease,
diabetes
and
cancer,
and
we
also
know
housing
costs
are
a
factor
when
where
residents
can
lead
so
all
of
those
items,
we've
got
good
plans
throughout
the
city
working
on
them.
But
this
one's
going
to
have
to
hold
our
our
foot
to
the
pedal
to
make
sure
we
make
it
move
on
it.
D
City
value
for
housing
with
potential
lead
risks
is
something
we
always
look
at.
I
thought
it
was
interesting
to
look
at
those
numbers
inside
the
city.
Still
looking
at
29405
and
403
is
having
some
high
rates
of
lead
poisoning
that
we
that
dhec,
we
know
will
be
helping
us
continue
to
keep
the
focus
on,
and
then
the
one
that
was
worrying
me
was
this
in
the
land
use
as
we
look
at
land
use.
Policies
is
what
is
happening
with
obesity
in
our
community.
D
If
you
look
at
the
the
three
healthiest
groups,
they're
all
under
the
the
norm
in
in
our
community,
but
there
again,
you
look
right
at
the
the
poor
of
the
communities
that
we're
have
identified
as
lower
health.
Those
numbers
are
popping
up.
We
need
to
encourage
walkable,
efficient
neighborhood
patterns
that
support
connectivity,
mobility
and
health
through
development
regulation
sentence
continue
to
work
collaboratively
with
cog
and
north
charleston
provide
transit-oriented
developments
along
low
country,
rapid
transit
and
we've
got
to
pay
attention
to
what
we're
doing
with
our
children
in
those
areas.
D
D
Those
areas
are
is
is
right
there.
It
is
that
we
see
that
association
between
obesity,
high
blood
pressure
and
physical
inactivity
in
all
four
of
our
our
low
life
expectancy.
Neighborhoods.
These
factors
reciprocally
influence
each
other
and
worsen
health
of
outcomes
for
residents,
with
the
help
of
our
city
departments
and
and
policy.
Maybe
we
can
increase
what
we're
doing
with
sidewalks
the
development
of
urban
parks.
It's
the
best
thing
we
can
do
is
educate
our
residents
to
have
some
physical
activity
each
day
to
increase
their
life
expectancy.
D
As
we
look
at
natural
resources,
if
you
come
down,
you
can
see
our
park
access.
Probably
29405
has
most
limited
areas
green
space
up
there,
but
areas
that
we
we
definitely
have
to
pay
attention
to.
I
will
say
the
29414
that
number
area
number
56
that's
carolina
and
the
bay
park
area
bay
area,
carolina
park,
carolina
bay
area
and
those
areas.
D
D
As
we
look
at
resiliency
and
equity,
we
need
to
continue
to
promote
urban
agriculture
and
community
gardens,
especially
in
areas
qualifying
as
food
deserts
again
that
healthy
foods
is
going
to
keep.
I
keep
showing
that
one,
but
that's
the
one
where
we
really
have
got
to
figure
out
how
we
we
move
the
needle
to
help
make
that
happen.
D
Resiliency
and
equity.
We
have
to
look
at
uninsured
individuals
based
on
communities
of
flows,
life
expectancy.
You
see
that
area
again.
That's
at
29405
403
areas
are
going
to
need
some
help.
We
know.
Income,
equity
and
uninsured
individuals
are
associated
with
four
unhealthiest
zip
codes.
Poverty
affects
whether
or
not
an
individual
can
obtain
health
insurance.
The
lack
of
health
insurance
associated
with
higher
care
costs,
decreased
quality
of
life,
increased
disease
prevalence
and
poor
health
outcomes.
D
E
Much
for
that-
and
the
data
you
know
is,
is
pretty
clear
about
where
we
want.
We
want
to.
You
know,
not
change
right.
We
can
see
the
areas
time
and
time
again,
no
matter
which
health
outcome
you're.
Looking
at
where
we
see
you
know
worse,
health
outcomes
for
folks
in
those
zip
codes
and
specifically,
we've
even
gotten
this
track.
So
that's
a
good
start.
We
now
know
kind
of
where
we
want
to
focus
our
efforts,
but
then
the
next
question
is
okay.
E
So
what
are
the
leading
causes
of
premature
death,
which
is
a
direct
indicator
of
life
expectancy?
And
if
we
look
at
south
carolina
in
2020,
we
see
the
leading
indicators
for
premature
death
really
fall
into
some
pretty
these
main
categories.
We
look
at
things.
We
see
things
like
unintentional
injury,
which
largely
is
made
up
of
you
know
things
like
traffic
fatalities.
We
see
several
chronic
diseases
built
in
this
list
as
well.
E
We
see
cancer,
we
see
infant
mortality,
which,
of
course
is
a
is
a
big
one,
pulling
our
life
expectancy
numbers
average
down.
We
also
see
gun
violence
and
suicide,
and
I
know
that
those
gun,
violence
and
suicide
have
been
issues.
We've
brought
up
with
this
group
time
and
time
again,
so
you
know
to
see
that
in
the
list
means
that
you
know
it's
something
that
we
need
to
be
paying
attention
to
and
as
we
think
about
things
like
chronic
disease,
these
chronic
diseases.
E
What
are
the
the
leading
causes
of
those?
Well,
it's!
It's
generally,
you
know
diet,
exercise
and
access
to
affordable
health
care.
So
so
I
hope
a
pattern
here
where
we
see
some
of
these
same
things
coming
up
over
and
over
again
and
we're
trying
to
help
kind
of
determine
what
areas
we
want
to
focus
on
in
our
initiatives.
Next
slide.
E
Okay,
all
right
well,
so
in
the
next
slide,
I
think
one
of
the
yeah.
I
think
one
of
the
pitfalls
that
we
run
into
sometimes
is.
We
generally
think
that
health
is
almost
entirely
based
on
a
person's
individual
behavior,
the
choices
that
they
make,
but
that's
actually
not
how
what
the
data
shows
it's
only
about
40,
which
is
still
a
large
number,
and
it's
something
to
certainly
be
looking
at
programs
that
help
with
behavior
change
on
an
individual
basis.
E
That's
important
for
us
to
be
supporting
and
looking
at,
but
we
want
to
also
take
into
consideration
that
you
know
the
social
and
environmental
factors
and
and
genetics
and
other
things
also
play
a
factor.
So
we
need
to
take
a
multi
geared
approach
here
and
we
need
to
ask
ourselves:
you
know
in
these
zip
codes
where
we
see
these
worth
worse,
health
outcomes.
What
does
the
social
environmental
space
look
like?
What
does
the
environment
that
folks
are
living
in
and
what
does
it
look
like?
What
what
things
can
we
improve
on?
E
Of
course,
health
care?
Is
there
too,
but
health
care
again
is
only
ten
percent.
So
you
know
the
the
factors
that
go
into
someone
going
to
a
hospital
and
receiving
care
only
accounts
for
about
ten
percent
of
those
premature
deaths,
and
so
what
what
we're
hoping
to
do
is
so
life
expectancy
is
our
is
our
mission,
that's
what
we're
hoping
to
affect
change
in,
but
to
do
that,
we
need
to
look
what's
upstream
these
upstream
indicators
right.
E
So
the
reason
why
we
put
this
slide
in
is
because
you
know
hear
about
health
and
all
policies,
health
and
all
policies.
Why
is
it
so
important?
Well,
it's
because
it
is
a
framework
that
helps
us
think
through
how
we
want
to
tackle
these
issues
and
the
big
tenets
of
health
and
all
policies
really
should
help
us
in
how
we
organize
ourselves
and
how
we
look
at
tackling
these
problems,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
we
engage
stakeholders.
E
We
have
some
of
the
the
smartest
and
experienced
people
in
the
health
and
wellness
field
on
this
call.
So
that's
a
really
good
thing
and
we
want
to
try
to
support
kind
of
that.
Intersectional,
intersectoral
collaboration
between
partners,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
we
promote
health,
equity
sustainability
right.
E
These
are
all
components
of
kind
of
how
we
we
approach
these
issues,
but
ultimately
we
want
to
create
some
structural
or
or
process
change,
and
I
think
that
the
best
way
for
us
to
do
that
is
through
considering
the
health
and
wellness
of
our
citizens
in
every
policy
that
gets
passed.
And
so
that's
that's
really.
The
framework
around
this
health
and
all
policies
approach,
and
that's
why
we've
decided
it's
the
best
way
for
us
to
kind
of
organize
our
efforts
here.
E
E
So
we
know
that
the
the
pieces
of
health
and
all
policies
that
were
put
in
there
really
kind
of
center,
around
transportation,
built
environment,
food
access
and
the
environmental
health,
and
so
what
we're
going
to
be
looking
for
is
areas
where
we
can
find
those
win-wins
where
we
can.
You
know,
embrace
the
collaborative
nature
of
the
different
organizations,
but
we
also
want
to
look
at
what
is
most,
what
the
cost
and
effectiveness
and
feasibility
are
of
some
of
these.
E
Some
of
these
policy
changes
or
or
programs
that
we
want
to
promote,
and
certainly
there
are
some
things
that
are
outside
of
the
city's
jurisdiction.
So
you
know
we
think
about
complete
streets.
There
are
some
streets
that
are
not
controlled
by
the
city,
so
we
really
need
to
be
taking
a
look
at
you
know.
What
is
what
can
we
get
the
biggest
bang
for
our
buck
here,
and
where
can
we
focus
on
those
indicators
that
are
most
that
most
affect
someone's
life
expectancy
and
certainly
want
to
focus
on
those
leading
causes
of
premature
death?
E
And
so
I've
listed
a
few
examples
here
of
kind
of
areas
where
we
could
focus,
but
once
again,
here's
here
are
the
specific
pieces
of
our
comprehensive
plan
that
we
have
already
made
a
commitment
to
trying
to
focus
on
in
the
next
10
years
as
a
city,
and
so
you'll
see
those
three
buckets
kind
of
built
out
there,
and
you
can
see
the
language
that
has
been
introduced
there.
So
I
think
this
is
a
point
for
us.
I
think
that
we
know
the
focus.
E
I
think
we
can
get
a
general
sense
of
what
areas
we
want
to
focus
on
and
then
really
the
work
of
of
our
health
and
all
policies,
subcommittee
or
or
at
large,
is
to
start
finding
is
that
we
can
introduce
enough
to
be
a
few
to
regulations.
It
can
be
through
promotion
of
programs
through
funding.
There's
lots
of
strategies
there,
but
I
think,
as
as
we
look
for
those
win-wins
and
we
look
for
where
it's
feasible
and
where
we
can
enact
the
most
change
in
those
zip
codes
that
we've
already
identified.
E
D
D
A
F
And
you
know,
one
of
the
the
benefits
of
of
having
a
quality
facility
that
there
will
be
just
getting
people
out
to
exercise,
and
you
know
you
know,
focus
on
those
quality
of
life
issues,
but
but
what
I
wanted
to
share
that
we
weren't
the
only
city
that
was
looking
at
these
life
expectancy
disparities.
There
were
two
or
three
other
mayors
that
had
various
projects
and
the
it's
the
same
story.
Second
and
third
verse.
F
You
know
low
income,
mostly
folks
of
color
having
this
lower
life
expectancy,
and
so
other
mayors
are
dealing
with
this
issue.
So
that's
just
an
observation
on
I.
I
guess
nick
might
be
commenting
in
a
minute
about
the
food
desert
aspect,
and
I
just
wanted
to
share
that.
I
read
an
article
about
a
month
ago
and
I
hate
to
say
I
forget
where,
but
it
focused
more
on.
A
G
B
G
Thank
you
tracy,
so
I
don't
want
to
spend
as
much
time
as
I
usually
do
on
cova
today.
I
want
to
talk
about
a
couple
of
other
things,
but
I
do
want
to
mention
that
cases
are
up
across
south
carolina,
including
in
charleston
they're
up
about
44
from
last
month,
and
thankfully
deaths
are
still
lower,
but
hospitalizations
are
starting
to
creep
up
so
just
a
few
reminders.
G
Those
are
still
information
about
where
those
are
available
are
still
on
our
backs
locator
website
at
the
dhec
website,
and
then
finally,
we
do
have
more
availability
of
the
treatments
for
covid.
So
really
we're
working
to
try
to
get
the
word
out
that
for
those
who
qualify
so
those
are
at
risk
for
more
severe
disease.
G
If
you
feel
like
you
may
be
at
higher
risk,
please
get
in
touch
with
your
provider
and
if
you
don't
have
a
provider
better,
we're
lucky
to
have
better
in
our
community
that
is
able
to
prescribe
and
and
give
pax
levitt
to
to
those
in
need
there
at
at
their
facility
after
an
appointment.
So
so
that
is
a
good
option
for
those
who
are
at
more
severe
risk
once
they
have
been
diagnosed.
G
We
continue
to
work
on
increasing
our
wastewater
surveillance
across
the
state
and
and
do
hope
to
have
more
information
about
that
on
our
on
our
website
shortly.
So
I
think
I'll
stop
there
with
covid
at
the
moment
happy
to
take
any
questions.
While
I
bring
up
a
powerpoint
on
our
new
charleston
county
health
department
that
will
be
opening
later
this
year,
so
let's
see
if
I
can
look
up.
A
G
G
G
We
will
have
our
pharmacy
there
disease
intervention
as
our
dis
that
provide
partner
services
for
those
diagnosed
with
hiv
and
syphilis
and
go
out
and
notify
partners,
so
they
can
be
tested
in
a
a
way
that
protects
the
privacy
of
the
person
with
the
infection,
our
epidemiology
program,
which
is
really
run.
Our
coveted
surveillance,
will
also
be
in
that
building,
along
with
public
health,
preparedness
and
drug
control,
and
so
we
are
combining
five
different
facilities
across
charleston
county.
G
G
So
the
environmental
affairs
side
will
stay
in
the
building
on
mcmillan,
not
the
same
building
a
different
building
on
mcmillan,
on
the
old
navy
base,
but
all
of
public
health
other
than
the
mount
pleasant
clinic
will
move
to
this
facility,
and
then
these
are
just
photos
of
what
it's
going
to
look
like.
But
but
I'm
excited
about
this
prospect.
I
think
it
will
be
great
for
the
city
of
charleston,
even
though
it
is
not
officially
in
the
city
of
charleston.
It
is
just
north
of
the
city
limits.
G
It
is
on
the
low
country,
rapid
transit
line,
it's
near
the
transit
hub
there.
It's
not
far
north
of
you
know
of
much
of
sort
of
you
know
the
peninsula,
and
so
we
definitely
hope
that
it
will.
It
will
draw
folks
from
across
the
city
of
charleston
being
close
to
cosgrove
avenue,
also
and
coming
from
from
west
ashley,
and
I'm
happy
taking
questions
about
that
as
well.
G
G
So
we
look
forward
to
that
any
of
you
who
are
interested
in
in
attending
or
being
there,
please
let
me
know-
and
we
appreciate
mayor
tecklenberg's
assistance
in
the
future
and
encouraging
mayors
other
mayors
in
the
tri-county
area
to
to
work
with
us
on
on
bringing
other
cities
into
this
initiative,
knowing
that
this
is
an
effort
that
obviously
crosses
city
boundaries
in
our
area.
So
that's
what
I
wanted
to
share
today
and
I'm
happy
to
take
any
questions.
F
F
F
We
all
know
all
these
issues,
don't
respect
jurisdictional
boundaries
and
if
you
look
at
the
life
expectancy
map,
including
the
southern
part
of
north
charleston,
really
that
facility
is
right
about
in
the
heart
of
where
the
need
is
the
greatest
just
from
that
perspective,
so
that
that's
terrific
and
just
going
back
to
covet
update.
I
did
want
to
share
with
everyone
just
for
the
record
that
since
the
legislature
passed
and
the
governor
signed
last
week,
a
a
law,
a
new
law
prohibiting
local
government
from
having
any
kind
of
covid
vaccination.
F
Mandates
that
we
have
suspended
our
vaccination
requirements
in
the
city
of
charleston
we've
really
dialed
it
all
back
down
to
just.
The
remaining
requirement
was
that
for
new
employees
we
had
a
requirement
for
a
vaccination,
but
we
we
can
no
longer
longer
do
that.
So
we've
suspended
that
policy
as
of
last
week
in
compliance
with
the
new
state
law-
and
I
just
thought
I'd-
let
y'all
know.
A
C
C
So
I
have
presented
to
this
group
on
multiple
occasions
some
of
the
work
that
we
are
doing
around
heat
health,
and
so
this
first
slide,
I
think,
is
really
important
to
just
share
with
you,
the
scope
and
diversity
of
our
partners.
You
know
so
we've
got
researchers
from
all
the
major
research
institutions
in
north
and
south
carolina
as
well
as
many
municipal
and
community
partners.
C
You
know
anyone
is
vulnerable
to
some
of
these
impacts,
but
some
more
than
others,
and
that's
where
we
really
want
to
look
at
kind
of
those
social
determinants
of
health
occupations
and
folks
who
are
more
at
risk
for
experiencing
these,
and
then
this
kind
of
really
ties
that
in
so
how?
How
is
how
are
all
of
these
interrelated?
So
the
climate?
We
know
that
vulnerable
populations
are
more
susceptible
to
the
negative
impacts
of
climate
change,
and
then
they
typically
have
you
know
underlying
health
disparities
as
a
result
of
their.
C
So
some
of
the
things
that
we've
been
looking
at
and
what
I
have
been
presenting
and
talking
to
with
this
group,
obviously
are
nature-based
solutions
and
then
some
more
structural
built
environment
solutions.
So
this
just
kind
of
captures
the
fact
that
we
do
live
in
an
urban
heat
island
and
we've
been
doing.
You
know
kind
of
focusing
some
of
our
research
on
what
that
looks
like
in
terms
of
materials
wind.
C
You
know,
building
structures,
concrete
ground
cover
and
tree
planting
and
then
correlating
that
with
where
folks
are
are
living
and
what
where
those
vulnerable
populations
are.
So
these
are
some
of
the
focused
research
questions
that
our
team
has
been
looking
at,
and
these
again
are
our
collaborators
we
last
year
we
engaged
in
two
separate
research
studies
and
we
use
these
different
measures
of
heat
stress,
so
the
heat
index
which
people
are
most
familiar
with,
which
is
air
temperature
and
humidity,
but
then
also
being
able
to
capture
additional
data.
C
That
is
very
relevant
as
we
look
at
the
built
environment,
around
wind,
speed,
search
and
solar
radiation
and
how
we
can
implement
some
mitigation
strategies
to
address
those
concerns.
So
we
participated
in,
as
I
said,
two
research
studies.
One
was
specifically
related
to
work,
a
workforce
that
are
typically
outdoors,
so
we
looked
at
our
musc
grounds
and
public
safety
and
as
well
the
citadel
public
safety
and
grounds,
and
then
the
one
that
this
group
has
been
mostly
involved
with
was
the
charleston
heat
watch.
C
So
we
applied
to
be
a
part
of
the
kappa
heat
watch
last
year
and
we
were
accepted,
and
so
we
captured
data
on
july
31st
across
charleston,
and
these
were
the
organizations
that
were
involved.
I
know
I
was
recruiting
from
this
from
this
group,
so
if
you
help
to
support
that
citizen
science,
we
really
appreciate
it.
C
C
You
know
some
of
the
things
that
we've
been
doing
is
just
raising
awareness,
so
you
know
writing
some
op-eds
in
the
post
and
courier
they've
been
doing
a
great
job
of
covering
our
work,
and
then
you
know
kind
of
just.
What
is
our
plan
for
this
data?
So
some
of
the
things
that
we
have
in
the
works
we
did.
We
were
able
to
thanks
to
the
health
and
all
policies
group
and
the
support
of
the
city
and
city
council.
We're
able
to
add
extreme
heat
as
part
of
the
comprehensive
plan.
C
I've
had
conversations
with
the
head
of
the
tourist
bureau
and
they
are
looking
at
donating
some
funds.
I've
had
conversations
with
john
or
jason
kronsberg
to
put
in
some
hydration
stations
along
common
tourist
routes,
which
we
think
will
be
great.
We
are
looking
to
develop
a
heat
advisory
system,
so
we
can
alert
our
community
members
similar
to
what
we
do
with
the
horse
carriage
the
horses
when
it
gets
too
hot.
They
they
are
not
running.
C
We
want
to
also
consider
outdoor
workers
and
other
vulnerable
populations
and
then
most
relevant
to
the
presentation
earlier
at
our
meeting.
Is
the
I'm
really
excited
to
share
that?
We
are:
we've
convened
a
group
to
look
at
a
public,
a
pilot
project
in
a
public
housing,
develop
a
public
housing
neighborhood.
C
So
this
would
combine
some
of
our
existing
partners
and
this
really
came
about
because
we
have
been
partnering
with
power.
Plant
sc
duke
energy,
donated
a
lot
of
money
for
tree
giveaways
and
we
had
a
conversation
earlier
this
year
and
felt
like
the
time
we
really
want
to
be
more
strategic
about
our
involvement
and
so
the
power
plant
group,
as
I'm
on
on
the
planning
committee,
has
agreed
to
work
with
us
and
donate
whatever
species
and
size
of
trees.
C
We
need
for
this
pilot
project
when
we're
ready,
and
so
we
have
looked
at
the
heat,
research
and
identified
areas
on
the
peninsula
that
are
the
you
know,
kind
of
the
hottest
and
then
most
vulnerable.
So
we
have
an
amazing
team.
We
actually
met
yesterday
and
I'm
just
going
to
quickly
share
with
you
who
is
on
this
team,
so
dale
morris,
our
chief
resilience
officer
from
the
city,
also
from
the
city
casey
conrad,
robert
houck,
kailyn,
cassella
and
katie
mclean
from
the
citadel.
C
C
But
we
have
a
lot
of
other
ideas
as
well
and
we
really
want
to
engage
the
community
and
the
folks,
the
residents
who
live
there
to
see
you
know
what
what
would
be
what
they
feel
like
would
benefit
them.
And
I
think
this
could
just
be
the
start
of
something
really
exciting.
We'll
be
working
with
one
of
our
researchers
from
musc,
john
pierce
he's
been
working
with
the
lowcountry
alliance
model
community
in
rosemont,
and
there
are
just
a
lot
of
options.
Of
course,
musc
has
a
presence
at
west
edge.
A
Thank
you,
dr
johnson.
Any
questions
all
right.
Well,
thank
you
very
much
for
that
presentation.
You
can
see
in
the
chat
that
maggie
had
left
a
message
she
apologizes
for
having
to
leave.
They
had
a
staff
meeting
today
at
10
and
they
continued
to
offer
coveted
testing
and
distributed
at-home
test
kits
to
staff
and
offer
at-home
test
kits
to
students
for
parents
to
come
pick
up
in
their
april
25th
update
to
the
board.
A
They
had
about
17
staff
cases
and
32
cases
district-wide,
which
remains
significantly
below
where
they
were
at
the
start
of
the
year.
They'll
continue
to
monitor
rates
and
trends
overall
within
the
schools.
Graduations
will
be
taking
place
june,
2nd
through
4th
in
the
north
charleston
coliseum
and
performing
arts
center
and
they're
looking
forward
to
celebrating
their
2020
graduates,
and
she
wishes
everyone
to
have
a
great
week.
So
so
thank
you
to
maggie.
We
certainly
appreciate
what
you
do
for
charleston
county
schools
and
our
constituents
in
the
city.
C
So
I
would
like
to
invite
everyone
to
come
out
to
musc
on
friday
at
noon.
We
are
partnering
with
mayor
teklenberg
and
councilman
seekings,
and
the
city
on
the
new
bike
share
launch,
so
super
excited.
Let
me
just
pull
out
my
press
advisory,
so
it
will
be
the
ebike
sharing
program,
launch
and
we'll
also
be
hosting
a
first
ride
academy,
which
is
a
safe
riding
training
course,
and
the
press
conference
starts
at
noon
next
to
the
urban
farm
and
we'll
be
doing
some
helmet
giveaways.
C
C
C
They
during
covid
built
an
amazing
outdoor
fitness
facility
on
their
campus,
so
they
and
they
have
just
been
super
engaged
with
the
healthy
business
challenge
since
its
inception
and
do
a
great
job
engaging
with
the
community.
So
they're
going
to
be
sharing
about
all
their
great
work
and
then
they're
going
to
take
us
on
a
tour
of
their
facility.
C
B
Yeah
I
just
had
a
quick
one
thing
to
share:
may
is
mental
health
month
everyone
and,
as
we
have
probably
for
past
eight
years,
we
will
be
doing
an
art
of
discovery
show
at
the
circular
church
during
piccolo
spelado
from
may
27th
through
june
12th
it'll
be
open
the
from
11
to
7.
Every
day
this
and
this
year
we
are
featuring
kids
art
again
from
schools
from
all
around
charleston
berkeley,
horry,
county
beaufort
county
and
we're
having
a
reception
on
the
saturday.
B
H
H
So
this
is
anyone
can
leave
non-perishable
food
items
out
by
their
mailboxes
they'll,
be
picked
up
by
the
mailmen
and
they
will
be
collected
at
all
post
offices,
so
we're
working
with
all
the
post
offices
across
here
in
the
tri
county
to
work
to
collect
that
food
and
then
we'll
be
distributing
that
out.
I
think
historically,
we've
we've
been
able
to
collect
anywhere
in
excess
of
a
hundred
thousand
pounds
of
food,
so
it's
an
important
event
and
something
that
again
will
benefit
quite
a
lot.
H
A
Great,
thank
you
nick
great
work,
appreciate
all
that
you
do.
Thank
you
so
much
anyone
else.
Well,
I
just
want
to
tell
you.
Thank
you
so
much
a
lot
of
great
information.
Good
meeting
and
you
know
I
know
your
time
is
valuable
and
we
appreciate
you
giving
time.
It
certainly
helps
us
at
the
city
so
and
appreciate
all
your
expertise.
So
if
there's
nothing
else,
I
will
call
this
meeting
adjourned.
Thank
you.
So
much.