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MEETING OF THE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR, UH, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2022.

IT'S 9:05 AM.

AND I'M JOINED HERE TODAY WITH COMMISSIONERS BILLION AND HOWARD IN PERSON AND COMMISSIONER GOMEZ, REMOTELY.

AND, UH, WE'RE MEETING HERE AT 700 LAVACA.

I FIRST, UM, I GUESS, UH, MAYOR, IF YOU ARE READY TO CALL YOUR SIDE'S ORDER, THEN WE CAN GO.

I THINK WE HAVE ONE CALLER ON THIS ITEM.

I DON'T REMEMBER.

MICROPHONE IS WORKING.

I CAN HEAR THAT ONE.

OKAY.

SAY SAME DAY, SAME TIME, FIVE WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

UH, WE'RE HERE, UH, HYBRID MEETING AND JUDGE, WE'RE READY TO PROCEED YOU GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU.

SO I'LL CALL THE ORDER, THE JOINT SESSION OF THE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.

AND, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT TODAY THE COURT HAS A FULL AGENDA AND THEN THE CITY ALSO NEEDS TO END BY 10 15.

SO REALLY GOT TO PRESS ON THE, ON THE LIMIT OF ONE QUESTION PER PERSON, IF THAT IS WORKS FOR YOU, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THEN ON, UM, SORRY.

I THINK WE HAVE ONE CALLER AT THIS TIME, SO LET'S GO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT, COLOR, SHELBY.

WE DO HAVE ONE CALLER SEND OB OF JOSEPH, MS. JOSEPH, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MATT, MANAGE COMMISSIONERS AND COUNCIL I'M ZENOBIA JOSEPH.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS RELATED TO SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.

I WANTED TO ASK SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THE VISA CARDS, HOW THE VACCINATION PROGRAM WILL WORK AND WHEN IT WILL BE LAUNCHED.

I WANT THE COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE, AS I MENTIONED TO TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT LAST WEEK THAT THE CASH FOR VACCINATION IS ACTUALLY A METHODOLOGY BEING USED BY ELWYN SUMMARY PANEL.

AND SO THEY ARE GIVING $50 FOR EACH SHOT.

AND I WONDERED IF IT WAS $50 PER SHOT WITH THE VISA CARDS.

AND I JUST WANT A COUNCIL MEMBER POOL AND ALSO RUN THROUGH TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS NOT CHARITY TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS, THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY GETTING BENEFITS AT TRAVIS COUNTY AS WELL.

AND SO PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF THE LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS THAT WILL RECEIVE THESE CARDS AND FLATLY.

I ALSO WANTED TO ASK, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL TO SPEAK TO THE $4.8 MILLION THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO RATIFY TO GET A REFUND FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES FROM THE COUNTY.

AND JUST TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WAS $110 MILLION SET ASIDE BY THE COUNTY FOR THE HOMELESS INITIATIVE.

AND SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP WANTING MONEY BACK AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR MAYOR PRO TEM AS FOR MONEY FOR THE CHILDCARE, UH, A MATCHING OF OVER 4 MILLION FROM, UH, R $3,513,000 LAST WEEK, THE COUNTY HAS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ACTUALLY FACING EVICTION.

AND SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO JUST KEEP REPAYING, UH, CITY, CITY COUNCIL.

AND SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY AND AS IT RELATES TO THE BALL WATER NOTICE, I WOULD JUST SAY, I APPRECIATE THAT THE CITY IS ACTUALLY HAVING WATER DISTRIBUTION SITES, BUT PLEASE RECOGNIZE THAT THE METROPOLITAN PARK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BY A BUS STOP, IT'S ABOUT A QUARTER MILE WALK AND THAT A BETTER LOCATION WOULD ACTUALLY DETECT GRUDGE PARKING LOT.

AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S RIDING THE BUS WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING FOR EMERGENCIES.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D LOVE TO ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME, BUT WOULD ASK THE COUNTY TO CONSIDER TAKING THEIR $10 MILLION BACK FROM THE CITY TO REPAY HIM FOR THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR NOW.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SO SYLVIE, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COLORS? WE DO NOT JUDGE, NOT AT THIS TIME.

OKAY, THANKS.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE,

[1. Update on Covid-19 related matters.]

UM, BRIEFING FROM DR.

WACHS AND AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND OTHERS, IF Y'ALL WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY.

GOOD MORNING.

I'M GOOD TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TODAY AND GIVE YOU SOME GOOD NEWS.

OUR SURGE FROM OMNICON HAS STARTED TO AND CONTINUES TO MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WE'RE SEEING THE CASE NUMBERS DECREASE.

UM, IF YOU CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, HERE, WE'RE SHOWING ON THE LEFT, THE CURVE HAS MADE A PRECIPITOUS DROP.

UM, WE'VE SEEN A LARGE SURGE IN CASES, UM, AND HOSPITALIZATIONS THERE HASN'T BEEN AS MUCH USE OF THE,

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UM, ICU AS WE'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS SURGES.

UM, BECAUSE I'M A CRON, AS WE'VE BEEN TOLD, HAS HAD A MILDER COURSE, PARTICULARLY IN THOSE WHO ARE VACCINATED AND BOOSTED.

UM, DURING THE DELTA SURGE IN THE JUNE SEPTEMBER PERIOD, UM, WE SAW, UM, MUCH HIGHER USE OF ICU.

UM, THE IMPACT, HOWEVER, IS STILL BEEN QUITE LARGE ON OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEMS. AS WE KNOW, THERE ARE STAFFING ISSUES AND SHORTAGES HAVE BEEN ONGOING, BUT WE HAVE WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS SEARCH NOW.

AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS STEPPED UP TO TAKE THOSE STEPS THAT WE NEEDED TO, UM, DECREASE OUR HOSPITAL USAGE BY PARTICULARLY VACCINATING AND I USING MASKING A RECENT STUDY SHOWED THAT, UM, IN THOSE WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED DURING THE PREDOMINANT OMNICON, UH, SEARCH, THERE WERE THOSE THAT HAD LESS SEVERE ILLNESS, UH, LESS REQUIREMENT FOR OXYGENATION AND USE OF LIFE SUPPORT IN THOSE WHO WERE VACCINATED, AS OPPOSED TO THOSE WHO PRESENTED IN THE DELTA SEARCH, WHICH, UM, CAUSED MUCH MORE SEVERE DISEASE.

THE, UH, APPROXIMATELY 20% OF THOSE HOSPITALIZED DURING THE SAMA CONCERT, UH, HAD NON COVID 19 CONDITIONS, UM, AND PRESENTATION TO THE HOSPITAL.

UM, HOWEVER, THIS DOES NOT DECREASE THE BURDEN ON OUR HOSPITALS AS THOSE COVID POSITIVE PATIENTS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL REQUIRE HOSP ISOLATION ROOMS USE OF PPE AND THAT ALL EXACERBATES SHORTAGES AND IN, IN THOSE ITEMS, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF THESE PATIENTS WERE EXPOSED AND MANY OF OUR HOUSE CARE WORKERS, UM, HAD TO CALL IN SICK DURING THE SURGE.

SO THE IMPACT OF OMNICON, ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS A CURIOUS TO BE LESS ON OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEM HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL DUE, DUE TO THE SHEER MAGNITUDE OF, UM, CASES THAT WE SAW THE REACHING OF THE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, AND THEY'RE GETTING, UM, ALMA CRON AND REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION AND THE IMPACT ON OUR STAFF.

WHEN WE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WHEN WE LOOK AT DEATHS, WHICH, UM, THIS IS A LAGGING INDICATOR, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PANDEMIC, UM, AND THE SURGERIES WE'VE HAD PREVIOUSLY, WE KNOW THAT DEATHS OCCUR LATER ON DURING THE COURSE OF THIS DISEASE.

AND DURING THE DELTA SEARCH, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 275 DEATHS THROUGHOUT THAT SURGE.

AS OF THE FIRST PART OF DECEMBER TO NOW WE'VE HAD 75 DEATHS AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING WE MAY HAVE MORE GOING FORWARD IN THE COMING WEEKS.

HOWEVER, UM, THAT NUMBER OF DEATHS DURING THE SEARCH HAS BEEN LESS THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH, UM, DELTA SO FAR AND LIKELY THIS IS DUE TO THE PROTECTIVE NATURE OF OUR VACCINES THAT WE HAVE, PARTICULARLY IN THOSE THAT ARE BOOSTED.

UM, ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THIS SLIDE, WE SEE THE FOAM MORBIDITIES, THE OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AND SUCCUMB TO, UH COVID-19.

AND IN THIS CASE, THE OMNICON VARIANT.

AND WE SEE THAT THE TOP THREE CAUSES OF CO-MORBIDITIES ASSOCIATED WITH DEATH AND THOSE WHO HAVE HAD THE VACCINE BREAKTHROUGH DEVELOPING THE DISEASE AND REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION, UM, ARE HYPERTENSION, DIABETES, AND CARDIAC DISEASE.

SO THE, THESE, UH, CO-MORBIDITIES, AS I'VE LISTED ARE JUST, UM, REMINDER TO THOSE THAT ARE VACCINATED AND REQUIRE BOOSTING THAT THEY GO TO GET BOOSTED SO THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE FULL PROTECTION FROM MAMA CRON AND ANY SUBSEQUENT VARIANTS OF COVID-19 THAT MAY, UM, ARRIVE HERE, UH, AND CONTINUE TO PRACTICE THOSE THINGS THAT PROTECT AS WELL TO GET THE EXTRA LAYER OF PROTECTION, SOCIAL, DISTANCING, AND MASKING.

IF YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROTECTION THAT IS AFFORDED US.

WHEN WE WEAR A MASK, A NEW WR STUDY SHOWS THAT WEARING A MASK INDOORS

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HELPS PROTECT AGAINST COVID-19 COMPARED WITH THOSE WHO REPORTED NOT WEARING A MASK COVERING PEOPLE WHO REPORTED ALWAYS WEARING ONE IN INDOOR PUBLIC SETTINGS WERE LESS LIKELY TO TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 RESPIRATORS, SUCH AS IN 95 WERE MOST PROTECTIVE.

SO WEARING A MASK IN INDOOR PUBLIC SETTINGS HELPS PROTECT, UH, OUR, OUR, US AND OUR LOVED ONES.

AND THOSE AROUND US FROM COVID-19.

UM, THOSE WERE THE N 95, OR RECEIVED AN 88%, UH, RISK REDUCTION IN DEVELOPING COVID A SURGICAL MASK PER TA PROVIDED 66% REDUCTION IN RISK AND COST MES RE PROTECT, UH, US AND REDUCE OUR RISK BY 56%.

SO MASKING CONTINUES TO, TO PROVE TO BE ONE OF OUR STABLES AND PROTECTION.

AND TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, THIS, THESE ARE SOME IMAGES FROM OUR CURRENT DASHBOARD.

UM, THE, THE LEFT-HAND SIDE SHOWS OUR SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE AND THE COLOR BARS, UM, TO CORRECT OUR RISK STAGES.

WE ARE STILL IN STAGE FIVE.

WE ARE HOWEVER, MOVING TOWARD STAGE FOUR, AND THAT WILL LIKELY HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 10 DAYS OR SO.

UM, WE STILL HAVE HIGH COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION RATES, SO WE WILL, UM, TAKE OUR TIME AND MAKING THAT MOVE INTO RELAXATION OF OUR CURRENT MITIGATION STRATEGIES.

UM, VACCINE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PIVOTAL MESSAGE OF ALL OF, ALL OF OUR MESSAGING THAT WE DO.

UM, IT NEEDS TO COME NOT ONLY FROM OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS, IT NEEDS TO COME FROM WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY.

UM, WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES, UH, TO GET, MAKE THE TIME, TAKE THE TIME TO GO GET THOSE BOOSTERS AND VACCINE SHOTS.

UM, AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US CAN BE A MESSENGER TO FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND COLLEAGUES, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO OUT AND GET VACCINATED AND BOOSTED.

THE PROTECTION THAT WE WILL GET FROM VACCINES WILL HELP US, UM, MOVE TO A NEW STAGE IN THIS PANDEMIC RESPONSE.

UM, IT'LL HELP US MAKE SOME CHANGES IN OUR MITIGATION STRATEGIES TO ALLOW FOR REASONABLE LAXATION, BUT FOR NOW WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH MASKING.

AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE INCREASE IN MASKING THAT'S OCCURRED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE AMR CRIME SURGE HAS CORRELATED WITH THE DECLINE IN CASES THAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING.

SO IF WE CAN PROTECT OURSELVES, WE WILL BE ABLE WITH VACCINE AND BOOSTING.

AND PARTICULARLY WHEN THE UNDER FIVE VACCINATION IS PROVED AND AVAILABLE AND GET THE REST OF OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS PROTECTED, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND, AND, AND SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THIS TUNNEL.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE MASKS AND ALL OF THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE USED FOR THE, UM, PROTECTION AND, AND MITIGATION OF COVID-19, WHICH IS AN ARROW A LOT.

SO ORAL ENTITY, UM, I'VE ALSO IMPACTED OUR FLU, THAT FLU CASES IN OUR AREA.

UM, THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE POSITIVITY RATE OF, UH, THE FLU, UM, IN OUR AREA.

HOWEVER, THAT POSITIVITY RATE IS CALCULATED BY THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE TESTS OVER THE NUMBER OF TESTS DONE, AND THERE WERE LESS TESTS DONE.

UM, SO WE HAVE A POSITIVITY RATE THAT'S UNAFFECTED BY THE NUMBERS OF TESTS.

UM, MORE SO THAN THE NUMBERS OF CASES, WHICH IS DEPICTED ON THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, THE PREDOMINANT TYPE OF FLU THAT CIRCULATING IN OUR COMMUNITY AT THIS POINT IS INFLUENZA A, UM, THE CDC REPORTS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD UPTAKE OF FLU VACCINE IN THE COUNTRY AND IN OUR AREA.

UM, THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN PUT OUT TO ASK EVERYONE TO NOT ONLY GET THEIR COVID SHOCK, BUT THEIR FLU VACCINATIONS AS WELL.

AND THIS VACCINE FOR FLU, AS WELL AS WASHING HANDS, SOCIALLY DISTANCING AND USE OF MASKS

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HAVE CONTINUED TO HELP US KEEP THE NUMBERS OF FULL CASES DOWN IN OUR AREA.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AS WE LOOK AT CROHN'S IMPACT ON OUR SCHOOLS, UH, WE HAD SOME TOUGH TIMES.

WE'VE HAD SOME DAYS, SOME WEEKS WHERE WE'VE HAD OVER 5,000 CASES REPORTED IN OUR ISD.

THESE NUMBERS ARE CONTINUING TO DECLINE.

UM, THE RECENT COLD WEATHER THEN, UM, HAS KEPT SOME CHILDREN THAT ARE CHILDREN AT HOME.

SO THAT'S ALSO HELPED TO KEEP OUR NUMBERS DOWN, BUT IN ALL THE EFFORTS OF VACCINATION AND MASKING, UM, AND SOCIAL DISTANCING HAND WASHING, AND ALL OF THE MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE BY OUR SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES AND LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES HAVE ALL, UM, AFFORDED US THIS NEW PERIOD OF TIME WHEN CASE NUMBERS ARE DECLINING.

AND THAT AGAIN IS GOOD NEWS.

THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, TO SUMMARIZE, UM, OUR HOSPITAL SITUATION ON THIS SLIDE, WE'RE SEEING THAT, UM, ADMISSIONS HAVE GONE DOWN WEEK OVER WEEK.

UM, OUR ADMISSIONS HAVE BEEN, UM, PREDOMINANT IN ALL AGE GROUPS.

UM, THERE ARE PEDIATRIC CASES IN HOSPITAL NOW, UM, 13, UM, DURING THIS LAST PERIOD, WE HAD ONE ADMISSION TO ICU OF A CHILD WHO HAD CO-MORBIDITIES.

UM, ALL OF THE PEDIATRIC PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL AT THIS TIME ARE UN-VACCINATED.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR VACCINES ARE SAFE.

THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 200 MILLION DOSES OF PEDIATRIC VACCINE DELIVERED IN THIS COUNTRY TODAY.

UM, ON THE 15TH OF FEBRUARY, THE FDA WILL BE CONVENING TO HEAR THE DATA THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED BY PFIZER REGARDING USE OF VACCINE AND THOSE UNDER AGE FIVE.

AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL BE APPROVED AND SUBSEQUENTLY, UM, APPROVED AND WE'LL RECEIVE GUIDANCE FROM THE CDC I SUBCOMMITTEE.

UM, THESE NUMBERS CAN CONTINUE.

WE'LL CONTINUE.

I'M HOPEFUL TO GO DOWN.

WE'VE HAD NO REPORTS OF THE BA TWO VARIANT TODAY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, HOWEVER, EVEN IF WE DO FIND THAT, UM, THREE WEEKS AGO, WE SUBMITTED A SAMPLE BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE THREE WEEKS FOR THE RESULTS TO COME BACK OF BA TO IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, BA TUBING, THE SUB LINEAGE OF OBAMA, CHRON THAT AS REPORTED TO SPREAD MORE QUICKLY, I THINK THAT WE WILL FIND THAT WE WILL STILL HAVE THIS DECLINE IN CASE NUMBERS BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS DOING WHAT IT NEEDS TO, TO PROTECT ITSELF.

UM, AND TO GET THESE CASES, THESE, THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, UM, UNDER CONTROL THE SITUATION WITH GETTING OUR VACCINATION RATES UP, UM, WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ONGOING STRUGGLE THAT REALLY, REALLY DOES, UH, REQUIRE A COMMUNITY EFFORT.

UM, OUR BOOSTER, UM, COVERAGE RIGHT NOW IS 31% OF THOSE WERE FULLY VACCINATED.

UM, SO WE HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO WITH GETTING THE REST OF OUR POPULATION VACCINATED WITH THE BOOSTER VACCINE.

THERE'S SOME CONFUSION ABOUT FULLY VACCINATED VERSUS UPTODATE.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT THAT A FULLY VACCINATED INDIVIDUAL AS SOMEONE WHO'S RECEIVED THE PRIMARY SERIES OF A VACCINE.

SO TWO DOSES OF MRN, A OR ONE DOSE OF THE JANE JAY VACCINE, A BOOSTER IS A SHOT THAT'S RECEIVED SUBSEQUENT TO THOSE PRIMARY SERIES BOOSTERS VACCINATIONS.

UM, SO IN THE CASE OF THE EMR AND A PFIZER OR MADONNA, A BOOSTER IS REQUIRED AT FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE MRI NAME ON JONAH, OUR PFIZER, UH, BOOSTERS, UM, RECOMMENDED AFTER TWO MONTHS, UM, FOR THE J AND J VACCINATION SERIES PRIMARY SERIES, THIS COVERAGE WILL BE CRITICAL AND CRUCIAL TO OUR MOVING FORWARD, AS I SAID TO THIS NEW STAGE IN OUR PANDEMIC, UM, AND MOVING OUT OF PANDEMIC TO ENDEMIC.

SO IT IS MY HOPE THAT, UM, THE COMMUNITY WILL,

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AGAIN, START TO GET OUT, UM, GO GET YOUR VACCINES, UH, BECOME UP TO DATE, WHICH IS THE TERMINOLOGY IS FOR ANY S ANYTHING AFTER THE PRIMARY SERIES, ANYTHING THAT'S, UM, THEN ADVISED AFTER THE PRIMARY SERIES, UM, AND RECEIVE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO ENJOY, UH, LOWER NUMBERS OF CASES, UM, RETURN TO A NEW NORMAL, UM, AND TO ALLOW US TO BE IN SITUATIONS WHERE, UM, MASKING IS NOT REQUIRED, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE SURROUNDED BY, UH, PROTECTED, UM, COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VACCINATED.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT ON TO DIRECTOR STIR, THANK YOU, DR.

WACHS.

AND, UM, I'M GOING TO QUICKLY GIVE AN OPERATIONS UPDATE TO ALLOW TIME FOR OUR OTHER PARTNERS TO BREATHE OUT AND THEN FOR COMMISSIONERS AND COUNCIL TO HAVE QUESTIONS.

SO HERE ON THIS FIRST SLIDE, YOU SEE, UM, OUR OVERALL RESPONSE IN OPERA OPERATIONS AND SERVICES FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, UM, A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF COVID SHOTS THAT WERE WERE GIVEN.

AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO FLIP THAT AROUND.

AND, UH, CONVERSELY, THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE FOR THE MONTH FOR, FOR TESTING WITH A TOTAL OF 21,000, UM, COVID-19 TESTS ADMINISTERED.

AND SO I THINK THIS IS INFORMATION THAT FOLKS KNOW, WELL, HERE ARE OUR OPTIONS FOR TESTING.

AND AGAIN, WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO, UM, GET TESTED.

IF THEY WERE EXPOSED, GET TEXTS TESTED.

IF THEY FEEL SICK, WHEN IN DOUBT, PLEASE GET TESTED.

AND SO FOR THE LAST WEEK WE DID OVER JUST 610 TESTS.

AND AS YOU ARE AWARE, OUR OPERATIONS WERE ALTERED DUE TO THE COLD WEATHER.

UM, BUT WE'RE BACK IN BUSINESS AT THE GEORGE MIRALIS DOVE SPRINGS REC AT THE EXPO.

WE CONTINUE TO OFFER A MOBILE AND IN-HOME TESTING AS WELL AS FACILITY TESTING.

SO WHEN WE TURN TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT'S NATIONS BY A WEEK IN, UM, TRAVIS COUNTY LAST WEEK, UH, OVER 7,000 VACCINES WERE PROVIDED IN THE COUNTY.

UM, WE REMAINED AT 72% FULLY VACCINATED FOR THOSE FIVE AND OLDER AND 83% OF THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION HAS RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR, UH, WINTER WEATHER OPERATIONS.

UM, EVEN THOUGH WE WEREN'T AT OUR PUBLIC SITES, WE DID SUPPORT AT THE EMBARKATION POINT PROVIDING, UH, TESTING AS WELL AS VACCINES FOR OUR GUESTS WHO SHOWED UP SEEKING SHELTER.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE FOR ALL OF THE ACTIVATIONS THUS FAR, WE'VE GIVEN OUT A TOTAL OF 108, UM, VACCINES, AND SOME OF THOSE WERE, UM, FLU, AND WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED A TOTAL OF, OH, THAT TOTAL LOOKS WRONG.

SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME QUICK MATH 3, 12, 14, 18 COVID TESTS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DISTRIBUTION FOR VACCINE AND TRAVIS COUNTY BY AGE, UM, WE CAN SEE THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME NUMBERS IN THE FIVE TILL 11 POPULATION FOR, UM, FOLKS WHO ARE IMMUNE COMPROMISED AND ARE RECEIVING THAT THIRD SHOT.

WE'RE ALSO SEEING THE NUMBERS GO UP FOR THE TOLL TO 15 POPULATION FOR BOOSTER.

AND THIRD DOSE.

WHEN WE LOOK AT APH IS WORK WITH REGARDS TO, UM, PEDIATRIC VACCINE.

WE CONTINUE TO BE PRETTY CLOSE TO, UM, UH, THE DISTRIBUTION BY RACE AND ETHNICITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, OUR TOTAL VACCINE DISTRIBUTION BY COUNTY, AND WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE DATA BECAUSE WE KNEW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS LAST WEEK.

SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS A BREAKDOWN OF THE TRAVIS COUNTY CENSUS POPULATION ESTIMATES BY RACE AND ETHNICITY.

AND THEN THE OTHER PIE CHART INCLUDES THE FULLY VACCINATED POPULATION BY RACE AND ETHNICITY.

AND SO THE FULLY VACCINATED CHART DEMONSTRATES THAT THE OTHER CATEGORY IS OVERREPRESENTED COMPARED TO THE OTHER CATEGORY PROVIDED IN THE TRAVIS COUNTY CENSUS ESTIMATE.

ADDITIONALLY, THE UNKNOWN CATEGORY ACCOUNTS FOR 4% OF THE TOTAL FULLY VACCINATED POPULATION, THE OTHER, AN UNKNOWN

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CATEGORY ACCOUNT FOR A TOTAL OF 27% OR 235,412 INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE OVERALL FULLY VACCINATED POPULATION.

WHEN WE LOOK AT TRAVIS COUNTY RESIDENTS WITH UP-TO-DATE, UM, VACCINES, AND THANK YOU, DR.

WACHS FOR MAKING THAT DISTINCTION CLEAR, WE SEE OUR PIE CHART AGAIN, AND WITHIN THAT FULLY VACCINATED, PAC-MAN GREEN PAC-MAN.

WE SEE THAT 40 JUST UNDER 41% HAVE COMPLETED THE PRIMARY SERIES ONLY WITH, UM, OUR BOOSTER RATE BEING AT 31%.

SO AGAIN, AS DR WACHS SAID, WE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO GO OUT AND GET VAXXED AND GET BOOSTED, UM, ALL BUT ONE, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR FIRST DOSE VACCINATED POPULATION BY ZIP CODE, ALL, BUT ONE ZIP CODE HAS, UM, ACHIEVED THAT 70% MARK.

AND THAT'S THAT 7 8, 7 0 5.

AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR SECOND DOSE FULLY VACCINATED POPULATION, UH, TWO NEW ZIP CODES HAVE MOVED INTO THE GREEN, UM, 7 8, 7 2 3 AND 7 8 7 5 8.

AND THAT MEANS THAT 70% OR MORE OF THAT POPULATION HAVE RECEIVED A SECOND DOSE, THREE ZIP CODES HAVE MOVED INTO THE YELLOW FROM THE BLUE, AND THOSE ARE 7 8 7 5 3 7 8 7 5 2 AND 7 8 7 4 2.

SO, UM, THIS IS JUST A DEMONSTRATIVE OF ALL OF THE GOOD WORK THAT OUR PARTNERS WITHIN APH, THE COUNTY AND COMMUNITY ARE DOING TO GET OUR FOLKS PROTECTED.

UM, OUR VACCINE OPERATIONS MAINTAIN ARE THE SAME FOR THIS WEEK OR AT DELCO PFLUEGER HALL, SIMS AND SOUTHEAST BRANCH LIBRARY.

UM, YOU CAN VISIT US AT WWW DOT AUSTIN, TEXAS DOT GO TO GET THE SPECIFICS FOR EACH LOCATION.

WE DO HAVE MOBILE OPS SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK, AND THOSE ARE LISTED THERE IN THE MIDDLE BLOCK.

AND AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE CALLER'S COMMENTS, UM, THOSE MOBILE OPERATIONS ARE STRATEGICALLY IDENTIFIED TO ADDRESS THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND RESOURCES, UM, TO GET VACCINATED.

AND TO HER POINT, AS WE SEE THERE'S A CALL FOR A TESTING OPERATIONS TO BE OPEN FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO WORK.

SO WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY TO EVEN TAKE CARE OF THEIR BASIC HEALTH NEEDS.

AND SO THAT, UM, THAT INCENTIVE THAT WE OFFER, UM, ALLOWS PEOPLE TO MISS WORK AND STILL BE SOMEWHAT WHOLE, STILL HAVE MONEY FOR GROCERIES OR WHATEVER THEIR IMMEDIATE BASIC NEEDS MIGHT BE.

WE CONTINUE TO ASK THE COMMUNITY TO HELP SHARE OUR THREE CORE MESSAGES, MATH, MATH GAP, GET UP TO DATE WITH YOUR VACCINES AND GET TESTED.

UM, WE CONTINUE OUR COMMUNICATION EFFORTS WITH OUR MEDIA Q AND A'S.

WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES WITH DIFFERENT PRESS RELEASES.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO RELEASE A PRESS RELEASE ON COVID-19 AND CHRONIC ILLNESS TODAY.

AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS HAVE INFORMATION IN FOUR DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, ENGLISH, SPANISH, SIMPLIFIED, CHINESE, AND VIETNAMESE.

WE CONTINUE OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UM, TO DATE 30,000 INDIVIDUALS OR REACHED THROUGH STAFF EFFORTS.

UM, FOR THIS WEEK, WE'LL BE AT THE, UH, LOCATIONS LISTED THERE ON YOUR SCREEN.

AND THIS LAST SLIDE IS JUST A REMINDER OF THE TYLER'S EFFORTS OF APA STAFF WERE OUT THERE IN THE CODE OF THE EAST LIBRARY OF DELIVERING THOSE VACCINES, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE JUDGE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.

THANKS JACK.

TRIPSTER.

UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHUCK BROTHERTON FOR REPORT FROM HIM AND CONSTABLE MORALES.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND CHUCK BROTHERTON, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES.

UH, APPRECIATE Y'ALL TAKING TIME TO, UH, GET A BRIEF UPDATE FROM CONSTABLE GEORGE MIRALIS THIS MORNING, AS WELL AS FROM TODD HAMILTON WITH CENTRAL TEXAS ALLIED HEALTH INSTITUTE.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CONSTABLE MORALES.

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUDGE, AND MAYOR.

THE GOAL OF THE MOBILE VACCINE TEAM IS TO CONTINUE TO OFFER BARRIER FREE VACCINES, OUTREACH, AND EDUCATION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR VULNERABLE ZIP CODES, AND OUR HARD TO REACH POPULATIONS THIS LAST WEEK.

OBVIOUSLY WE WERE SLOWED DOWN WITH THE, UH, WITH THE WINTER FREEZE.

SO WE DID ABOUT 178 SHOTS BRINGING OUR TOTAL FOR THE MONTH OF THE YEAR AT 8,566 TOTAL COMBINED SHOTS AGAIN, THE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE ZIP CODES, UM, WHO THOSE TO EVERYONE THAT HELPED BRING THE FIVE EIGHT AND THE FIVE, THREE, AND THE TWO FOUR UP,

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UH, FOR VACCINATIONS, UH, GREAT JOB TO APH AND OUR MOBILE BACK TEAM VACCINE COLLABORATIVE.

UM, AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS, AISD DBIS D MAYNOR ISD, HARMONY SCHOOLS, IDEA SCHOOLS, WAYSIDE, AND AGAIN, THIS WEEK MEXICAN CONSULATE, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE IN OUR STATIC LOCATIONS AT JDS GROCERY MARKET GHANA, UH, AGAIN, EXPO AND, UH, RANCHO IN LA FINCA, UH, THIS WEEK, UH, AGAIN, REPEATING TRAVIS COUNTY EXPO AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH HARVEST DEL VALLEY OPPORTUNITY CENTER, DAILY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND MONTOPOLIS RECREATION CENTER.

I'LL TURN THAT BACK OVER TO CHUCK, I THINK.

THANK YOU, CONSTABLE, UH, MR. HAMILTON, IF YOU WOULD GIVE, GIVE THE COURT AN UPDATE.

YES, SIR.

THERE ARE GOOD MORNING.

EVERYONE OF THE ECHOES, THE, UH, WORDS OF THE CONSTABLE IN DR.

WACHS CENTRAL TEXAS, OUR HEALTH INSTITUTE SUFFERED A, A SLOW DOWN IN VACCINATIONS DUE TO THE PHRASE, UH, WHERE WE ONLY DELIVERED 25 VACCINATION SHOTS.

WE HAVE, UH, STARTING TODAY STARTING TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

THEY REMIND PEOPLE THAT WE ARE HERE AND WE ARE WILLING TO SERVE YOU.

AS FAR AS THE VACCINATIONS, WE COULD TEACH YOU TO FOLLOW THE ORDERS OF THE COMFORTABLE AND OF COALITION AND THE DIRECTION THAT THE CHILD.

THANK YOU, TODD, UH, JUDGE, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN QUICKLY AND JUST SHOW OUR VIEWING AUDIENCE WHERE THEY CAN FIND INFORMATION REGARDING OUR VACCINE, UH, OPERATIONS ON THE TRAVIS COUNTY PUBLIC FACING WEBSITE AT TRAVIS COUNTY, TX.GOV, UH, CLICK IN THE UPPER LEFT TO, UH, UH, GET COVID-19 INFORMATION.

AND THAT TAKES ANYONE TO OUR DAILY SCHEDULE FOR A STRIKE TEAM AND VACCINATION CLINICS DAY BY DAY.

UH, YOU CAN SEE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, THE HOURS OF OPERATION AND THE LOCATIONS CLICK ON ANY ONE OF THESE THERE'S PFLUEGER HALL TODAY, STARTING AT 2:00 PM TYPES OF VACCINES, AVAILABLE AGES, UH, LOCATION, HOURS OF OPERATION, ET CETERA.

SO, UH, VERY CONVENIENT AND WE DO OUR VERY BEST TO KEEP THIS CALENDAR CURRENT.

UH, ONE FINAL NOTE, UH, WE ARE CONTINUING, AS YOU HEARD CONSTABLE, MARELLA SAY WE WILL CONTINUE DRIVE THROUGH VACCINE OPERATIONS THIS WEEKEND AT THE TRAVIS COUNTY EXPO CENTER ON DECKER LANE.

UH, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, WE ARE LOOKING, UH, AHEAD LATER THIS MONTH, UH, BY THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND, FEBRUARY 19 AND 20, WE WILL BE RELOCATING OUR DRIVE-THROUGH VACCINE OPERATIONS FROM EXPO TO THE COUNTY TAX OFFICE SLASH CONSTABLE PRECINCT FOUR OFFICES, WHICH ARE LOCATED AT 4 0 1 1 MCKINNEY FALLS PARKWAY.

AND WE WILL BEGIN OPERATIONS AT THAT LOCATION AGAIN ON FEBRUARY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19.

UH, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS, UH, UH, PUBLICIZED.

UH, EVERYBODY WILL BE MADE AWARE OF THAT CHANGE, BUT AGAIN, THIS WEEKEND WE WILL BE AT EXPO, UH, AS WE HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS THIS TIME I WILL PAUSE AND, UH, TURN IT BACK TO YOU, JUDGE, FOR QUESTIONS.

THANKS, COUNCILOR MIRALIS I GUESS IT COMES FULL CIRCLE BACK TO WHERE IT ALL STARTED.

YES, IT DOES JUDGE.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANKS AGAIN FOR DOING THAT.

AND THANKS FOR TAKING UP THE MANTLE OF GIVING OUT VACCINES AT YOUR OFFICE AGAIN AT, AT THE PRECINCT FOR LOCATION.

SO TODAY, SINCE, UH, COUNCIL HAS A HARD STOP AT 10 15, UH, THEY ARE GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS FIRST, TODAY.

UH, WE WILL ASK QUESTIONS SECOND.

WE STILL ALSO HAVE TO END BY 10 30.

SO COUNSEL, PLEASE DO LIMIT YOUR SELVES TO ONE QUESTION EACH IF POSSIBLE, MAYOR I'LL PASS IT OVER TO YOU, UH, COLLEAGUES, UH, WHERE AS YOU'VE HEARD, WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THROUGH THIS, UH, UH, MORE QUICKLY, I GUESS, THE ADORABLE TODAY.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH DISTRICT TAD AND THEN WORK OUR WAY UP TO THE DISTRICT WIDE AND I'LL GO.

UH, SO, UH, OUR MAYOR PRO TAB, YOU WANT TO START THIS OFF? THANK YOU.

UM, I THINK WE MIGHT'VE STARTED WITH ME LAST TIME, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR YOUR WORK.

OH, NO, I HEAR THE CHIPMUNK AGAIN.

OH, NO.

YEAH.

THINK, SHOULD WE COME BACK TO YOU? LET'S DO THAT.

IF A TECH FOLKS COULD WORK WITH KATHY A COUNSELOR, ALICE, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION IF THERE'S ANY EXPECTATION OF SUBSEQUENT BOOSTER SHOTS, SINCE A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN THEIRS.

IS THERE ANY UNDERSTANDING THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR THAT

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WE MIGHT NEED ANOTHER BOOSTER SHOT ON A CDC CALL YESTERDAY? THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE DISCUSSING SOME ADDITIONAL VACCINES, UM, AND SOME CHANGES TO THE SCHEDULING OF VACCINATIONS, BUT THERE'S MORE TO COME ON THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE DEFINITIVE ANSWERS ON THAT YET.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UH, YEAH, THANKS.

UM, AND I JUST SAW A NOTE FROM KATHY SAYING THAT SHE COUNCIL MEMBER TOBER WAS SIMPLY TRYING TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

UM, CAME OUT AS, AS THE CHIPMUNK AND I ADD MY THANK YOUS AS WELL, AND, UH, I'M GOING TO PACK UP AND HEAD TO OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.

THANKS TO ALL SOUNDS GOOD.

THANK YOU, CASPER KELLY, SHE WITH US.

HOW ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN? UM, THANK YOU.

UH, I HAVE A QUESTION.

I DO THINK IT BEARS REPEATING JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL CLEAR DR.

WALKS, THAT WE, WE ARE, UM, WE ARE SEEING A REDUCTION, UM, AND WE'RE HEADED TOWARD STAGE FOUR IF I GOT THAT CORRECT.

UH, WE'RE NOT YET OUT OF THE WOODS THOUGH, IN TERMS OF THE SURGE, IS THAT APPROPRIATE TO SAY SO THAT CONTINUING ASK IN THOSE, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND THAT ARE IMPORTANT, COULD YOU, UM, CLARIFY THAT FOR US? YES.

WE NEED TO MOVE THE NEEDLE LITERALLY AND GET MORE PEOPLE BOOSTED, UM, AND CONTINUE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO THOSE CASE NUMBERS GOES DOWN.

OUR COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION RATE YESTERDAY WAS, UM, STILL HIGH.

ANYTHING ABOVE A HUNDRED IS HIGH, AND WE WERE IN THE 400.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO, TO GET THE NUMBERS DOWN, BUT WE'RE DOING THAT.

AND WITH THE CONTINUED EFFORTS IN THIS COMMUNITY TO, UM, GET THEIR BOOSTERS, WEAR A MASK AND INDOOR PUBLIC SPACES, WE WILL GET THERE.

AND THEN WE CAN ALL HAVE THAT COLLECTIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT OUR NEW NORMAL IS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

COUNCILOR BERBER.

UH, NO QUESTIONS FOR ME, MAN.

OKAY.

THAT WAS .

I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, THE, UH, WORKERS OUT THERE WORKING REALLY HARD, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

AND THAT GUYS ARE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UH, I DON'T THINK THAT COUNTS.

REMEMBER FRED, THIS IS WITH US, UH, KELSEY, WHOEVER HARPER MADISON, IS SHE WITH US? OKAY.

LET ME ADD MY THANKS AS WELL.

UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE NUMBERS COMING DOWN.

UH, UH, WHAT'S REALLY ENCOURAGING.

I THINK DR.

WALKS ARE THE SLIDES THAT, UH, YOU HAD IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT SHOWED WHAT THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE WAS WITH MASKY.

UH, THE COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE IT BUMPERS WET UP OUR BASKET.

YOU GETTING UP THAT SERVICE INDICATING HOMELESS AT 80% LEVEL IN OUR COMMUNITY AT THE TIME THAT WE NEEDED IT MOST, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE DISCUSSION, UH, THAT YOU SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OCCASIONALLY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT ASKING ACTUALLY HELPS.

SO I APPRECIATE THE SLIDE THAT YOU PUT IN THIS TIME.

AND I WANT TO JUST POINT THAT OUT THAT, UH, WHILE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BOAST, THE BEST BASK IS, IS, IS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE.

EVEN A CLOTH MASK IS 50% EFFECTIVE.

THAT'S A, THAT'S A HUGE RELATIVE, UH, NUMBER.

I'M LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

AND, UH, WE'RE WHAT JUST OVER 60 RIGHT NOW, AS WE LOOK AT, UH, 50 BARK AND FOUR DAYS AGO, WE WERE AT 80.

SO IT, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THAT RUBBER IS GOING DOWN PRETTY, UH, UH, PRECIPITOUSLY.

I KNOW THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY MOVE JUST WHEN WE GET BELOW 50, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE INDICATOR TO GIVE THAT A SERIOUS LOOK AND FOR THE POLICYMAKERS TO ENGAGE IN THAT CONVERSATION, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR A COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT THAT IS TIRED, BUT DOING THE RIGHT THING, UM, UH, AND WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH RESPECT TO RULES AND REGULATIONS, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAME KIND OF NUMBERS FOR US LOCALLY.

AND, UM,

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UH, WE'LL APPRECIATE, UH, UH, THE MOMENTUM THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE HEADED THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO WE'LL WAIT TO BE HEARING WEB, UH, PEOPLE CAN, UH, MOVE TO STAGE FOUR ACTIVITY, ANXIOUS TO BE LOOKING FOR A SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST CAPRI GAP.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE NUMBERS ARE COMING DOWN.

AND, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY'RE WORKING PRETTY DILIGENTLY WITH UI PROTOCOLS TO MAKE THAT EVENT ONE THAT'S SAFE.

IS THAT CORRECT? DOCTOR WALKS AND DIRECTOR STIRRUP.

YES.

THEY'VE, UH, PRESENTED, UH, A SOLID PLAN AND, UH, THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD.

GREAT.

I POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE IT, PAST YEARS AT THIS POINT, WE PROBABLY HAD, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF HUNDRED, UH, UH, EVENTS, UH, KIND OF GEARED INTO THAT OR THIS YEAR.

IT SEEMS TO BE, UH, LAGGING A LITTLE BIT PEOPLE WAITING FOR THAT KIND OF INDICATION.

SO I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THAT AS THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GO, DATA BECOMES EVEN THAT MUCH MORE SOMETHING THAT, THAT COULD BE DONE IN A, IN A SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE WAY.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT EVENT, UH, HAPPENING AND PEOPLE PARTICIPATING, UH, WITH THAT, UH, JUDGE, UH, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO, TO YOU COLLEAGUES.

WE NEED TO BE FOR THE SW 20 SD 23, UM, A MEETING.

I THINK THAT'S AT 11:00 AM TO START, LIKE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START MOVING OVER THERE ABOUT 10 30.

SO WE'LL SEE YOU OVER THERE.

UM, I'M GOING TO, UH, UH, AT THIS POINT, JUDGE, UH, UH, UH, JUROR, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THIS JOINT MEETING, OBVIOUSLY COLLEAGUES COULD STAY ON OR CONTINUE TO LISTEN IF THEY WANT TO.

UH, BUT HERE AT TO, UH, UH, ADJURED GERARD PORTION SO THAT PEOPLE CAN MOVE WITH 82.

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO, JUDGE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I'M REALLY GLAD THAT NO YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING ME TOO.

I CAN MAKE YOU SWEAR.

I NEVER LOVE NOBODY ELSE BEFORE YOU EVER EVEN MANMADE, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO KNOW TAGGING NICE AND SLOW.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IS WRONG AND WHAT IS SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO SUE WHAT'S YOUR.