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Minneapolis Public Health, Environment, Civil Rights, and Engagement Committee Meeting
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A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
and
welcome
to
this
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
public
health
environment,
civil
rights
and
engagement
committee
for
March
16th
2020.
My
name
is
Philippe
Cunningham
and
I
am
the
councilmember.
Who
is
the
chair
for
this
committee
with
me
at
the
Dyess,
our
councilmembers
Cano
Schrader
council,
chair
vice,
excuse
me
committee,
vice-chair
Gordon,
councilmembers,
Johnson
Council,
vice
president
Jenkins
and
president
bender.
Thank
you
for
joining
us.
It's
been
a
lot
so
thanks.
So
let
the
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum
and
can
conduct
the
business
of
this
committee.
A
Colleagues
we
are
going
to
and
we
have
four
items
on
the
consent
agenda
and
right
now
right
as
of
right.
Now
we
have
four
items
for
discussion,
but
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
move
to
postpone
one
cycle.
The
office
of
violence
prevention,
up
fund,
update
the
2019,
labor
standards,
enforcement
division,
annual
reports
on
sick
and
save
time
and
minimum
wage
ordinance
and
formal
enforcement
and
the
bring
your
own
bag
ordinance
update
report.
Are
there
any
questions
on
that?
A
Seeing
none
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
in
that
item.
That
item
carries
going
back
to
the
consent
agenda.
Item
number
one
is
confirming
a
mayoral
appointment
to
the
transgender
equity
council
item
number
two
is
authorizing
the
submittal
of
a
grant
application
to
the
US
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
for
a
five-year
period
to
correct
lead-based
paint
hazards
and
other
housing
based
health
hazards
in
Minneapolis
residential
units
for
income,
qualified
properties.
A
Item
number:
three
is
a
list
of
green
cost
share
and
stem
pathways
program.
Fund
transfers
and
item
number
four
is
authorizing
an
affiliation
agreement
with
the
University
of
Minnesota
School
of
Nursing
for
their
students
to
receive
practice
in
turn,
X
internship
experience
through
the
school-based
clinics
and
the
Minneapolis
Health
Department
programs,
with
agreements
to
be
automatically
renewed
annually
up
to
10
years
unless
discontinued
by
either
party
I
move
approval
of
these
four
items.
Are
there
any
questions
or
comments
from
my
colleagues
all
right?
A
Seeing
none
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it,
and
that
item
carries
now.
We
will
move
on
to
our
discussion
where
we
will
be
receiving
and
fun
receiving
and
filing
a
report
on
covet
19.
We
welcome
commissioner
Gretchen
music
and
to
get
us
kicked
off.
Thank
You,
commissioner.
B
Thank
You
mr.
chair
members
of
the
committee.
Sorry,
if
we
were
chatting
a
little
bit
back
here
but
we're
trying
to
include
the
most
up-to-date
information
which
seems
to
be
happening
by
the
minute,
so
I
would
like
to
start
today's
presentation
by
just
doing
a
little
bit
of
background
around
this
coronavirus.
B
Just
so
we
have
a
sort
of
place
in
time
and
we
can
think
about
why
we
might
be
feeling
anxious
and
rushed,
because
so
much
has
happened
in
a
short
period
of
time,
so
cases
were
first
identified
in
Wuhan
China
in
December
of
2019,
so
that
was
just
three
and
some
months
ago
the
World
Health
Organization
declared
a
global
pandemic.
Last
week
a
vaccine
and
virals
are
in
development,
but
they
are
not
imminent
in
terms
of
being
able
to
use
them,
so
most
interventions
will
be
non
pharmaceutical.
B
B
In
Minnesota,
we
have
identified
approximately
1,900
patients
who
have
been
tested
and
54
have
had
positive
results.
So
these
are
people
who
had
tests
but
of
those
only
54
had
positive
results.
Of
those
three
cases
have
been
hospitalized,
one
of
them
in
critical
condition.
To
date,
there
are
20
cases
in
Hennepin,
County.
B
Just
at
the
end
of
last
week
or
over
the
weekend,
we
discovered
that
three
cases
in
Dakota,
Hennepin
and
Ramsey
County
were
acquired
through
something
called
community
trans
transmission,
and
that
means
that
we
are
unable
to
identify
that
there
was
someone
specific
who
that
person
interacted
with
who
had
was
positive
for
carnal
virus
or
they
had
traveled
to
a
high-risk
location.
So
these
are
three
people
who
did
not
have
that
as
part
of
their
history
that
we
were
able
to
identify,
and
so
that's
considered
community
transmission.
B
So
a
little
bit
about
how
infectious
kovat
19
is
and
as
you
can
see
here,
if
we
look
at
the
MERS
example,
if
you
look
at
the
yellow
dots
that
that
would
be
assumed
to
be
somebody
who
has
an
infection
and
then
the
red
dot
is
the
number
of
people
who
are
likely
to
get
infected
from
that
one
person.
So
for
MERS
it's
less
than
one.
You
can
see
that
with
influenza,
her
common
seasonal
influenza
for
one
person,
it's
about
two
and
a
half
others
are
going
to
get
infected
by
being
exposed
to
that
person.
B
Another
question
is
how
deadly
is
covet
19
compared
to
other
diseases.
Seasonal
flu
is
0.1
percent
mortality.
The
estimated
case
fatality
for
Cova
19
is
2.3
percent
for
Ebola
it
was
50
percent.
These
numbers
are
still
in
flux
because
the
virus
is
moving
from
one
country
to
another.
We
have
different
kinds
of
information
in
different
countries
and
the
virus
itself
changes.
B
So
as
we
think
about
a
pandemic
and
how
to
address
it,
there
are
several
phases.
The
first
is
containment
and
during
containment
we
look
well.
The
next
slide
actually
will
help
us
define
the
term.
So
I'll
just
talk
about.
What's
on
this
slide,
the
first
phase
is
containment.
The
second
phase
is
community
mitigation,
which
we
have
leaned
into
and
are
implementing.
B
The
third
is
pandemic
management
and
then,
when
things
subside
demobilization
getting
back
to
our
former
state,
so
we
use
containment
when
there
are
just
a
handful
of
cases.
We
focus
on
isolation,
contact,
identification
and
quarantine
to
keep
those
known
cases
from
infecting
others
and
those
who
have
been
exposed
to
those
cases
from
inadvertently
infecting
others
should
they
get
sick.
B
So
here
we
are
postponing
or
cancelling
large
community
events
promoting
virtual
and
video
faith
services,
social
distancing,
those
sorts
of
things
pandemic
management
is
when
there
is
widespread
transmission,
hundreds
to
thousands
of
cases
across
the
state,
and
here
we
would
be
focusing
primarily
on
managing
scarce
resources,
making
sure
the
hospitals
are
operating
in
a
way,
that's
as
fair
and
equitable
and
continuing
to
encourage
self-isolation.
So
it's
still
important.
We
have
an
abandoned
those
early
practices,
but
we
are
adding
tools
as
we
move
through
the
phases.
B
I
think
this
is
a
fairly
memorable
over
overview
of
what
we
want
to
avoid
and
what
we
want
to
achieve.
So
the
great
big
purple
graph
is:
if
we
do
nothing,
that's
how
we
can
expect
an
outbreak
to
behave.
The
smaller
hill
is
what
we
hope
to
achieve
with
these
strategies
that
I
just
described.
So
we
are
not
going
to
be
able
to
have
no
cases,
we're
past
that
point
and
I
I,
don't
think
any
of
us
ever
thought
we
would
be
at
that
point,
but
we
want
to
have
fewer.
B
C
And
maybe
you
don't
necessarily
know
the
answer
to
this,
but
the
graph
there
has
one
axis
is
the
number
of
cases
and
then
the
bottom
is
the
number
of
days
since
the
first
case
I
guess
we've
heard
different
things
about
how
long
this
is
going
to
take.
Do
you
have
any
idea
how
many
days
or
weeks
or
months
or
whatever,
this
for
this
to
run
its
course
according
to
this
or
based
on
maybe
previous
pandemics,
the
were
looking
at.
B
Mr.
chair
councilmember,
Gordon
I
think
we
can
look
to
China
in
some
cases
and
see
how
their
curve
went
up
and
has
now
come
down.
Although
there
are
some
conflicting
stories
about
whether
or
not
it's
staying
down
or
coming
up
again,
the
the
benefit
of
kind
of
stretching
out
and
starting
later
and
smoothing
out,
even
if
it
takes
a
little
bit
longer,
the
other
curve
is
that
it
gives
us
ability
to
get
ready
and
to
spread
out
our
resources
over
time.
B
C
B
C
A
B
Yes,
thank
you,
mr.
chair.
That's
it's
a
really
important
point
so
to
think
about
Minnesota.
Now,
March
13th,
again
last
last
week
we
had
peacetime
state
of
emergency
declared
by
governor
waltz
and
the
recommendation
of
community
mitigation
strategies
to
cancel
or
postpone.
Last
week
we
heard
it
was
events
with
250
or
more
folks.
New
guidance
from
CDC
is
50,
and
so,
just
as
of
today,
we
heard
the
state
health
department
is
using
that
as
their
guide
as
well.
So
we
are
looking
at
large
events
of
50
or
more
and
canceling
or
postponing
them
small
events.
B
We
want
people,
you
have
a
6
feet,
distance
between
them,
and
so
today,
I
started
thinking
about
how
am
I
gonna
visualize
6
feet.
I
mean
there's
myself,
I
could
just
imagine
myself
falling
down
and
adding
a
foot
to
that,
but
another
Lewis
has
suggested
that
we
put
our
arm
out,
which
is
about
3
feet
and
imagine
the
other
person
putting
their
arm
out
and
then
adding
a
foot
to
that.
So
that's
six
feet.
If
you
need
help
thinking
about
how
to
space
yourself.
B
There
is
a
task
force
that
the
commissioner
of
health
put
together
that
has
now
had
two
meetings
pulling
together:
people
from
public
health,
business,
health
care
and
schools,
I'm
fortunate
enough
to
have
been
invited
to
be
one
of
the
two
representatives
for
local
health.
On
that
March
15,
the
governor
did
order
school
closure
between
March,
18th
and
27th
for
planning
purposes.
B
So
in
Minneapolis
the
Health
Department
activated
its
emergency
management
incident
management
team
in
late
January.
It
says.
Currently,
there
are
over
30
staff
involved,
and
that
is
true,
but
we
think
by
the
next
operational
period,
we'll
have
40
of
our
staff
involved.
So
it's
a
very
sizeable
commitment
on
the
part
of
our
department.
B
We
have
met
with
our
home
visiting
folks,
the
Minnesota
visiting
nurse
agency,
community
clinics,
long-term
care
providers
and
first
responders.
We
have
provided
guidance
and
communication
to
Minneapolis
residents,
employee
and
employees.
We
are
reaching
out
to
various
cultural
communities.
We've
had
the
opportunity
to
be
an
among
radio
show.
We
are
intentionally
working
to
connect
with
cultural
communities
to
make
sure
that
we
are
able
to
talk
about
this
in
ways
that
are
understood
from
their
perspectives
and
then
just
today
at
noon,
we
completed
our
first
meeting
of
a
multi-agency
coordinating
system
for
Hennepin
County.
D
You
mr.
chair,
just
because
communication
is
so
critical,
I
really
appreciate
that
you're
reaching
out,
but
there's
a
lot
more
at
risk
groups
than
just
the
ones
you've
listed.
How
are
you
testing
to
make
sure
that
the
message
is
getting
out
there
that
it's
not
just
being
broadcast
but
that
it's
actually
getting
to
the
audience
that
needs
to
get
to.
B
E
You
mr.
chair
I
was
wondering
when
we're
thinking
about
our
first
responders.
I
heard
this
concern
that
9-1-1
dispatchers,
maybe
weren't,
asking
about
symptoms
that
those
in
need
of
an
EMS
response
might
have
so
that
first
responders
were
going
in,
for
instance,
without
their
masks
only
to
find
that
they
would
encounter
somebody
with
a
cough
and
a
fever.
And
so
wondering
do
you
know
is
our
that
our
911
dispatcher
is
currently
asking
those
questions.
B
Chair
mr.
council
member
Johnson,
yes,
we
have
given
them
a
script
and
they've
been
using
it
for
at
least
a
couple
of
weeks.
I
believe
I'm,
sorry
to
hear
that
there
might
be
discrepancies
and
how
they're
using
it.
But
we
have
provided
that
and
are
expecting
that.
They
are
using
that.
B
We
believe
that
it
would
be
helpful
to
have
some
priority
setting
guidelines
and
so
I'm
sharing
these
with
you
today,
hoping
that
when
you
receive
and
file
my
report,
that
will
become
a
transparent
and
partially
official
act
for
these
and
that
there
might
be
other
acts.
The
City
Council
would
take
to
memorialize
these,
but
we
would
like
to
start
putting
these
into
action,
so
the
guidelines
include
well,
first
of
all,
they
will
be
implemented
only
after
community
spread
is
confirmed
and
present
in
the
city,
and
certainly
that
is
true
in
the
county.
B
Use
of
scientific
guidelines
and
epidemiological
practices
will
guide
the
allocation
request
for
and
planned
use
of.
Personal
protective
equipment
must
also
include
other
means
of
reducing
exposure
and
limiting
risk,
and
so
sometimes
there
are
policies
or
procedures
or
approaches
that
can
allow
people
to
screen
a
situation
initially
do
some
other
things
that
would
diminish
the
number
of
times
you
have
to
protect
yourself
against
the
unknown.
B
In
addition
to
limiting
person-to-person
transmission,
personal
protective
equipment
should
support
overall
health
care
capacity.
So
if
its
use
means
that
we
can
help
people
stay
in
the
nursing
home
and
not
be
transported
and
not
have
to
use
a
finite
amount
of
hospital
resources,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
our
personal
protective
equipment
is
is
part
of
making
that
possible.
B
Masks
should
be
given
to
workers
who
may
be
exposed
to
contagious
individuals
due
to
the
nature
of
their
work,
so
their
ongoing
work,
and
we
know
that
these
guidelines
may
change
based
on
the
virus
impact
in
the
city,
and
so
we
would
change
them
as
necessary.
So
I
know
there
have
been
questions
about
testing.
B
Currently,
testing
is
being
conducted
by
the
state
health
department,
their
lab
the
protocol
is
for
patients
to
be
tested
for
a
panel
of
respiratory
infections.
So
someone
comes
in
some
of
the
there's
more
availability
to
test
someone
for
seasonal
flu
for
influenza,
A
and
B
in
addition
to
kovat,
19
and
so
oftentimes.
F
You
mr.
chair
and
I'm
happy
to
be
here
to
answer
our
questions
that
you
or
my
colleagues
might
have
about
anything
else.
That's
happening
out
really
this
response,
but
just
a
specific
question.
This
last
item
I
wondered
if
folks
are
in
isolation
or
quarantine,
or
that
is
for
now
just
in
their
own
home,
or
is
there
any
discussion
within
the
public
health
community
of
setting
up
quarantine,
housing
or
isolation?
Housing
like
we've
seen
in
other
countries.
B
Mr.
chairman
and
president,
we
are
in
at
multi-agency
coordination,
a
system
with
Hennepin
County.
One
of
the
prior
priorities
is
to
identify
places
and
spaces.
Should
people
not
be
able
to
return
to
a
home?
Perhaps
they
don't
have
a
home
or
maybe
they
live
with
quite
a
number
of
folks
where
they
could
stay
out
their
isolation,
either
because
they're,
recovering
or
because
they're
in
waiting
to
see
if
they
develop
symptoms.
So
we
are
developing
that
capacity
here
in
the
city
and
elsewhere
in
the
county
as
well.
E
You
mr.
chair
Commissioner,
I,
really
appreciate
the
presentation.
I
think
is
very
helpful
and
to
have
this
all
this
information
available
and
what's
happening
elsewhere
and
the
broader
response
what's
happening
in
our
city.
You
know
a
number
of
other
cities
have
made
the
decision
to
close
restaurants
and
bars
and
cafes
out
of
an
abundance
of
caution,
wondering
if
you
think
we
are
headed
in
that
direction.
E
Having
had
multiple
small
businesses
reach
out
to
me
today,
I
know
they
are
the
lifeblood
of
our
economy
and
they
are
looking
for
guidance.
They
are
trying
to
figure
out.
What
can
they
do?
How
can
they
support
their
workers?
How
can
they
support
the
community?
How
can
they
promote
public
health
and
so
they're
really
looking
to
us
for
those
answers,
and
so
any
any
suggestions
you
have
or
could
provide
as
well
to
them
on
how
they
could
respond
most
effectively?
I
think
would
be
greatly
appreciated.
E
B
B
Certainly,
we
are
leaning
into
the
idea
and
trying
to
figure
out
how
other
communities
are
coping
with
more
stringent
expectations
on
popular
finding
out
how
New,
York
and
Philadelphia
and
other
communities
are
implementing
stricter
criteria.
That
would
be
takeout
only
kind
of
expectations
so
that
we
can
bring
that
information
here
and
decide
what
of
those
approaches
might
or
might
not
make
sense.
B
G
Thank
You
mr.
chair
wondering,
commissioner,
if
you
could
unpack
a
little
bit
more
about
this
comment
you
made
and
during
the
presentation
about
there's,
not
enough
tests
or
not
enough
testing
ability
and
if
you
could
just
help
us
understand
why?
Because,
obviously
you
know
some
of
us
are
like
wow
Minnesota
is
like
really
solid
and
so
many
things
and
we
have
some
of
the
best
things
in
the
nation
parks
and
amenities,
and
so
what
what's
the
miss?
What's
the
gap
here
like?
Why?
Don't
we
have
enough
tests?
G
Because,
just
this
morning,
I
was
talking
to
somebody
that
works
on
Lake
Street,
that
is
wanting
to
get
tested
and
I
didn't
know
what
to
tell
them.
You
know
I
was
like
well,
you
couldn't
call
them
th
hotline
and
I
hope
they
can
help
you.
But
it's
hard
to
know
what
to
tell
folks
with
so
I
just
want
to
know
like.
Why?
Isn't
there
enough
tests.
B
B
That
decision
seems
to
have
slowed
things
down
and
then
they
distributed
tests
and
some
of
them
were
found
to
be
unreliable,
and
so
that
slowed
us
down
for
another
another
week.
So
it
really
isn't
something
that
is
that
to
this
date
has
been
created
or
controlled
at
the
state
level.
I
think
there
is
innovation
happening
at
the
state
level
and
we
certainly
see
people
coming
forward
with
private
sector
developed
tests
and
I.
Think
the
testing
environment
is
going
to
change
radically
in
the
next
week
or
two.
H
You
so
yes,
as
commissioner
said,
I
mean
the
world
is
needing
to
us
and
all
of
everybody's,
using
the
same
reagents
to
conduct
those
tests,
and
so
the
piece
that
is,
if
an
issue
is
the
availability
of
those
reagents
and
sufficient
quantities
for
to
meet
the
need.
The
fact
that
we
are,
we
know
we
did
not
go
with
the
w-h-o
test
and
CDC
develop.
H
Its
own
has
created
some
delays,
but
now
it's
that
more
of
a
supply
chain,
issue
of
making
sure
that
we
can
get
adequate
supply
of
reagents
to
all
of
the
laboratories
that
are
conducting
these
tests.
Mayo
is
developing
something
different
and
is
doing.
Testing
and
quest
in
lab
core
are
also
coming
online,
but
the
underlying
issue
is
going
to
be
the
supply
of
the
raw
materials
to
actually
conduct
the
testing
and
it's
not
about
Minnesota
or
Washington
or
New
York.
It's
it's
really
a
worldwide
issue.
G
The
this
question
of
the
small
businesses
is
really
important
and
I've
been
talking
to
a
lot
of
them
over
the
past
five
five
days
or
so,
and
and
already
we
see
the
decline
of
customers
going
to
those
businesses
and
business
owners
are
concerned,
and
this
morning
I
was
chatting
with
one
one
Latino
business
owner
who
had
very
basic
questions
about.
Where
did
the
virus
come
from?
G
Don't
know
what
you
have
is
through
this
big
challenge,
and
so
are
you
aware
of
like?
Are
we
as
a
body
working
on
something
like
that
that
where
we
can
print
like
a
flyer
or
a
poster,
and
just
put
it
up
on
on
you
know,
either
in
Spanish
or
in
Hmong
or
in
Somali,
or
just
to
explain
the
basic
three
things
about
this
thing
that
we're
going
through
because
it's
the
information
is
just
like
not
getting
out
there.
G
G
We
have
our
spanish-language
radio
station
and
I'm
hoping
radio
program
unless
a
radio
station
I'm
hoping
you
can
go
it's
from
3:00
to
4:00
and
if
you
can't
go
I'll
go
but
I'm,
hoping
that
that
we
have
an
expert
talking
about
this
issue,
because
I
think
the
questions
coming
from
the
spanish-speaking
community
are
still
at
a
very
basic
level
like
what's
going
on
like
how
do
how
do
people
get
this
thing?
And
what
are
we
supposed
to
do?
G
So?
It's
just
I'm
trying
to
look
for
like
what
kind
of
popular
education
tools
are.
We
able
to
churn
out
fast
that
we
can
easily
share
and
print
and,
like
literally
like
go,
deliver
to
the
front
door
of
these
businesses,
so
they
can
put
information
up
for
their
customers
and
and
that
idea
about
the
color-coded
tabletops.
B
G
Thank
you
and
I
just
wanted
to
close
by
telling
my
colleagues
that,
when
I
spoke
to
clues
this
morning,
they
mentioned
that
their
applications
for
food
benefits
and
other
supports
is
going
up
and
that
they
anticipate
another
spike
in
that
on
Wednesday
and
Thursday,
when
Minneapolis
Public
Schools
officially
closes
for
the
next
couple
of
weeks
here.
So
our
urgency
on
this
is
really
important.
A
F
Thank
You
mr.
chair,
I'm,
happy
to
and
I
know.
Mr.
rough
is
here
and
mr.
Neilsen.
If
there
are
legal
procedural
questions
from
my
colleagues,
so
mayor
Frey
engaged
a
lot
with
myself
and
council
vice
president
over
the
weekend
and
I
know
he
got
a
chance
to
speak
with
most
of
you
as
well
as
we
accelerated
the
city's
response
to
Cove
in
nineteen
in
response
through
a
lot
of
the
new
things
that
were
coming
out
from
the
state
and
changing
guidelines.
F
So
mayor
Frye
has
declared
a
state
of
emergency
as
of
a
little
while
ago.
Today,
with
my
support,
we
work
together
to
craft
the
declaration
document
incorporating
feedback
from
myself
and
council
vice-president
that
clarified
some
of
the
procedural
ways
that
the
City
Council
will
be
involved
in
in
decisions
going
forward
under
the
state
of
emergency.
We
have
a
unique
system
of
government
in
Minneapolis
in
the
while.
The
declaration
of
emergency
does
specifically
relate
to
kovat
19.
F
All
of
these
things
are
subject
to
council
actions,
so
the
declaration
of
emergency
itself
will
have
to
come
to
a
council
meeting
for
approval
within
72
hours
of
the
declaration.
So
mr.
Karle
is
probably
right
now
working
on
that
he
I
see
you
stepped
out,
so
that
will
happen
on
Thursday,
we'll
be
checking
in
and
scheduling
that
as
soon
as
possible.
That
is
not
subject
to
amendment,
so
it
is
a
simple
up
or
down
vote
of
approving
or
not.
The
declaration
I
have
been
talking
with
a
number
of
you.
F
Those
have
I've
been
able
to
talk
to
you
about
how
we
might
reorganize
ourselves
in
our
work
going
forward
as
a
council.
Starting
this
morning,
our
aides
and
our
staff
were
all
on
a
phone
call
together
so
that
we
could
share.
So
we
could
gather
questions,
share
information,
answer,
technical
questions
about
remote
working
and
so
I
think
that
is
one
way
that,
as
a
council
body,
we
are,
can
establish
our
rhythm
of
collecting
questions
and
sharing
information.
I
think
we
want
to
strike
the
right
balance
of
a
you
know.
F
Every
single
council,
member
and
our
staff
brings
tremendous
resources.
Brings
community
connections
brings
an
important
commitment
to
those
stakeholders
and
gets
students,
constituents
that
contact
us
and
that
we
represent,
and
especially
with
vulnerable
populations
or
folks,
who
don't
speak
English
as
a
first
language
or
who
are
particularly
reaching
out
to
our
office
because
they
don't
know
where
else
to
go.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
centering
those
voices
and
leveraging
the
power
of
our
council
members
and
staff
to
work
together.
F
We
also
want
to
make
sure
that
ms
music
aunt
doesn't
receive
12
questions
from
each.
You
know
the
same
question
12
times
from
each
council
member
while
she
is
trying
to
guide
our
city
through
this
health
emergency,
or
you
know
same
for
any
of
our
department.
Heads
so
I
think
we
have
a
need,
more
than
usual,
to
streamline
communications,
to
gather
questions
from
Council
members
more
centrally
and
communicate
in
a
more
structured
way
than
we
usually
do
again,
because
so
many
of
our
frontline
staff,
our
department
heads,
you
know
the
superintendent
of
schools.
F
Other
elected
officials
are
all
really
all
hands
on
deck
working
to
get
those
outcomes
for
our
constituents
for
our
businesses.
So
I
don't
think
we're
quite
ready
to
say
exactly
what
that
looks
like,
but
have
had
a
number
of
conversations
and
inviting
a
lot
of
feedback
from
all
of
you.
I
know
that
just
naturally,
given
our
current,
you
know
our
current
roles
on
different
groups
or
our
different
relationships
within
the
community.
There
are
council
members
that
are
sort
of
naturally
engaging
in
conversations
or
hearing
about
particular
issues.
F
F
You
know
those
of
you
on
this
committee
have
shared
some
of
what
you've
done
in
the
last
few
days,
so
I
think
we
may
want
to
formalize
some
of
that
and
just
really
I
think
empower
and
trust
each
other's
leadership
at
the
same
time
that
were
streamlining
communications
and
making
sure
that
we're
not
overburdening
staff
are
partners
with
multiple
communications
about
the
same
thing.
So
my
commitment
to
all
of
you
is
that
you
know
going
forward
I.
Think
for
all
of
us.
F
It's
a
priority
to
maintain
transparency,
to
remain,
to
maintain
the
ability
of
the
public
to
comment
and
participate
in
our
decisions.
The
way
that
happens
is
likely
to
evolve
as
we
might
see
more
recommendations
and
restrictions.
As
we
look
around
the
country,
I
know
there
are
legislative
bodies,
you
know,
even
here
too,
that
are
shifting
to
online
meetings
or
other
remote
meetings,
and
so
our
staff
are
working
really
hard
to
set
that
up
in
a
way
that
is
again
transparent
and
allows
the
public
to
participate
in
our
decision-making.
F
So
while
things
are
moving
quickly,
I
think
it's
even
more
important
to
reiterate
that
commitment
from
all
of
us.
The
mayor
will
need
to
make
decisions
under
the
new
declaration
of
emergency.
The
declaration
itself
came
out
with
a
number
of
decisions
as
well,
and
so
I
think
it's
important
for
all
of
us
to
stay
engaged,
but
also
supported
some
support,
each
other's
leadership,
so
that
we
can
be
make
the
decisions
decisively
and
swiftly
when
we
need
to
happening
answer
any
questions
now
or
at
any
time
great.
I
I
It
really
puts
our
I
think
work
into
a
perspective
that
we
all
have
to
cooperate
together
to
create
I,
think
swift
actions
as
as
we
know,
this
is
rapidly
changing.
I
mean
we
had
an
agenda
and
just
right
before
this
meeting,
the
mayor
announced
a
state
of
emergency,
and
so
you
know
it
shifts
the
way
we
we
do
business
and
and
perspectives,
but
I
want
to
just
commit,
as
the
council
presidents
and
to
ensuring
that
there
is
consistent
and
transparent
communication
from
from
the
policy
group.
I
E
E
What's
your
level
of
advice
of
how
concerned
people
should
be
when
going
out
for
essential
needs,
whether
it's
groceries
or
to
the
pharmacy,
because
I
think
there
is
a
lot
of
fear
right
now
about
going
out
into
these
public
spaces,
where
inevitably,
most
of
us
have
to
at
some
point,
go
right,
and
and
what
is
our
risk
level
when
we're
out
there
and
what
are
the
reasonable
precautions?
You
would
recommend
people
take
when
they
are
out
there.
B
Chair
Cunningham,
council
member
Johnson,
that
six
feet
measure
is
is
an
important
one
and
something
that
goes
with
that
when
they
are
doing
contact
investigations,
so
they
find
somebody
who's
been
out
and
about
in
the
community
who
has
developed
and
is
symptomatic
for
the
corona
virus.
What
they
do
is
they
see
if
someone
has
been
in
contact
with
another
person
within
those
six
feet
for
at
least
ten
minutes.
B
A
I
have
a
question
about
the
life
course
of
the
virus.
So
if
someone
tests
positive,
are
they
positive
into
perpetuity
or
and
then
therefore
can
continue
to
spread,
or
does
it
run
its
course
and
therefore
there
is
a
time
in
which
it
will
pass.
Just
so
folks
have
a
clear
understanding
with
the
information
based
on
that.
Yes,.
B
Thank
you
for
that
chair,
chair
Cunningham,
so
the
most
recent
advice
is
that
if
you
have
the
coronavirus,
the
State
Health
Department
is
recommending
that
you
stay
home
for
at
least
seven
days,
and
you
need
to
have
three
days
that
are
fever
free
without
fever,
reducing
meds,
so
without
taking
aspirin
or
Advil
or
Tylenol
that
might
lower
your
temperature.
So
for
three
days
you've
been
home
or
wherever
without
a
fever,
then
you
are
considered
free
to
go
to
go
out
and
be
about
and.
A
The
guidance
okay
great,
are
there
any
other
questions
or
comments
from
my
colleagues
all
right,
seeing
none.
Thank
you
so
much
for
this
information.
Thank
you
for
the
recommendations.
The
this
information
will
be
around
the
responses.
Information
will
be
taken
seriously
and
incorporated,
hopefully
into
the
response.
So
thank
you
very
much.
We
will
explore
how
we
can
maybe
more
formalize
that
so
thank
you
for
your
leadership.
Thank
you
for
the
participation,
thank
you
to
the
department
heads
who
have
all
been
very
much
so
involved,
as
well
as
the
Health
Department
staff.