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2021 AND IT IS 9:03 AM EATING HERE AT 700 LAVACA, UH, WITH COMMISSIONER HOWARD AND COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN, WHO HAS POINTED OUT THAT I DO NOT HAVE A TIE ON TODAY, UH, WHICH HE HAS OFFERED TO HELP ME TIE IT NEXT WEEK.
SO I'VE GOT THIS THING ON FOR SIX WEEKS, SO MAYBE WE'LL DO THAT NEXT TIME.
UM, ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO YOU MAYOR ADLER TO CALL, TO ORDER THE MEETING.
SO HERE ON THE SAME DAY, SAME TIME LEAVING THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.
WE HAVE A QUORUM ALSO BEING PULLED, UH, HOW THE YEAR, UH, REMOTELY, UH, AND I'M NOT WEARING IT BY IN SOLIDARITY, JUDGE.
UM, AND ALSO LET ME ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER GOMEZ AND COMMISSIONER SHAY JOINING US REMOTELY.
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UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.DO YOU HAVE ANY CALLERS RIGHT NOW? WE SURE DO JUDGE.
UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE, UH, THREE CALLERS.
UH, SO STAND BY FOR JUST A MOMENT.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE THAT OUR FIRST CALLER IS, UH, KATHY MCCOURT, KATHY.
GOOD MORNING, JUSTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
I'M SEEING ON BEHALF OF THE AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY SUCCESS BY SIX COALITION ON AGENDA ITEM 10, ASKING YOU TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO FULLY FUND A SUCCESS BY SIX RECOMMENDATIONS TO TRANSFORM THE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION SYSTEM DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE ESSENTIAL ROLE THAT QUALITY CHILDCARE PLAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN OBVIOUS.
AND IN ADDITION TO WHAT ITS IMPACT ON CHILDREN'S LONG TERM EDUCATIONAL TRAJECTORY, STARTING A SCHOOL READINESS IS AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY SWIFT ACTIONS TO SUPPORT THE CHILDCARE SECTOR WITH RELIEF FUNDING.
HOW MANY PROVIDERS REOPENED OR REMAIN OPEN DURING THE CRISIS, BUT THE CHILDCARE SECTOR WAS FRAGILE BEFORE THE CRISIS FROM RETURNING TO THE STATUS QUO WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY FAMILIES OF COLOR.
WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE AND RESILIENT SYSTEM BY INVESTING NEW FEDERAL SENTENCING KEY INFRASTRUCTURE, SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING TO STRENGTHEN EXISTING PROGRAMS IN THE SHORT TERM AND INVESTING IN NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS IDENTIFIED GAPS.
PLANNING FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN ONGOING THROUGH THE DECADE LONG WORK OF THE COMMUNITY WIDE SUCCESS BICYCLE COALITION, AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY DATA INCLUDE INPUT AND BUY-IN FROM COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ON THIS FOCUS ON EQUITABLE SYSTEMIC CHANGES.
THOSE OUTLINED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, THE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE ADDRESSED THE FOLLOWING GOALS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CHILDCARE FUNDING TO ADDRESS GAPS CREATED FOR FAMILIES DUE TO CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT, STATUS, SUSTAIN AND SCALE.
INNOVATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE CAN INCREASE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE QUALITY CHILDCARE, THE EIGHTS, THE NEEDS OF ALL FAMILIES, INCLUDING FULL DAY, YEAR ROUND PRE-K PARTNERSHIP AND FAMILY HOME-BASED CHILDCARE SUPPORT PLANNING, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS STOP SUCH AS THE LACK OF NON-TRADITIONAL HOURS CHILDCARE AND TO STRENGTHEN THE CHILDCARE SYSTEM THROUGH SHARED SERVICES, WHICH STRENGTHENS THE BUSINESS SIDE OF CHILDCARE STABILIZING THE CHILDCARE WORKFORCE, WHICH IS THEY'RE PREDOMINANTLY COMPRISED OF WOMEN OF COLOR, EARNING POVERTY LEVEL WAGES AND STABILIZING PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN OUTSIDE OF FULL-TIME CHILDCARE.
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND USING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING.
WE DESIGN OUR ECONOMY AND SYSTEMS SO THAT THEY WORK FOR ALL FAMILY.
OUR SECOND CALLER IS, UH, CYNTHIA SMITH, MCCOWEN CYNTHIA, GOOD MORNING, UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY TODAY ON ITEM 10.
UM, I'M VYING IN SUPPORT OF ALLOCATING $6 MILLION, UM, FROM THE NEW AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS TO STRENGTHEN AND SUSTAIN THE CHILDCARE SYSTEM IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
UM, UH, MY NAME AGAIN IS CYNTHIA SMITH MCCOLLUM.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OPENDOOR PRESCHOOLS.
WE'RE A NATIONALLY ACCREDITED PRESCHOOL, A TEXAS RISING STAR FOUR STAR PROGRAM, AND WE PRIORITIZE ENROLLING FAMILIES WHO RECEIVE WORKFORCE SUBSIDY AND THERE'S CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
I LIVE IN COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHERE OUR IN STATION SCHOOL IS.
OUR CENTRAL SCHOOL IS IN COMMISSIONER HOWARD'S DISTRICT AND WE'RE PLANNING A THIRD LOCATION, THE OPEN END CONDITIONER SHAY'S DISTRICT NEXT YEAR.
OUR SCHOOLS ARE PART OF THE PRE-K PARTNERSHIP IN ADDITION TO SUCCESS BY SIX.
UM, I SEE FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT HIGH QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION HAS ON CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND, UM, ON OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IN SUCCESS BY SIX OUTLINE PRO PROVEN AND EFFECTIVE WAYS TO STRENGTHEN SYSTEMS AND INCREASE ACCESS
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TO HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN TRAVIS COUNTY INCREASED ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE WILL POSITIVELY SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH BY ALLOWING PARENTS TO GO BACK TO WORK WITH STUDENTS, KNOWING THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE WELFARE BEFORE OUR 45 YEAR OLD PROGRAM STARTED 2020 WITH THREE SCHOOLS, BUT WE WERE FORCED TO PERMANENTLY CLOSED ONE LOCATION.UM, DUE TO THE CHALLENGES THAT WERE BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE PANDEMIC, INCLUDING, UM, STAFF RECRUITMENT AND RETAINMENT INCREASED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PVP AND OTHER COVID PROTOCOLS THAT WERE REQUIRED AND, AND CHOOSE TO FOLLOW TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE, THE CDC RECOMMENDATIONS AND A, UH, DRAMATIC DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT, UM, IN OUR PROGRAMS THAT HAS STILL NOT FULLY RECOVERED.
UM, WE APPRECIATE THE COUNTY FOR RECOGNIZING HOW ESSENTIAL CHILDCARE, UM, IS TO OUR ECONOMY.
UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S THE SECTOR THAT MAKES ALL OTHER WORK POSSIBLE.
UM, THE ARP RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT ARE OUTLINED IN ITEM 10 ARE CRUCIAL.
IF THE EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE INDUSTRY IS GOING TO SURVIVE AND BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PARENTS, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL STRENGTHEN FAMILY, FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR CARE.
UM, WE KNOW A MAJORITY OF LOWER INCOME AND HIGH-RISK FAMILIES STRUGGLE TO FIND QUALITY CARE AND THE RECOMMENDATION OR LAYING OUT, UH, PLANS TO BUILD NETWORKS, UM, SHARE RESOURCES AND HELP UNLICENSED PROVIDERS BECOME LICENSED AND CONNECTED WITH RESOURCES AND SUPPORT.
IT ALSO BUILDS SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES THAT NEED NON-TRADITIONAL HOUR CARE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PARTICULARLY EAGER TO BE INVOLVED WITH BECAUSE WE KNOW AT THIS NEW LOCATION, UM, IN BOSTON, UH, ISD, SORRY, UM, THAT WE WANT TO PRAY, UH, JUST BEFORE WE TAKE THE THIRD CALLER, UM, APOLOGIES.
WE HAD THOUGHT THAT THESE COLORS WERE DIRECTLY SPEAKING TO COVID AND, UH, AS YOU CAN TELL, THEY'RE SPEAKING TO ITEM 10 AND WE BELIEVE THE THIRD COLOR IS AS WELL.
SO JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW IT'S BEST TO PROCEED.
LET'S HOLD OFF ON COMMENTS FOR ITEM 10 UNTIL WE'RE BACK AT THE REGULAR COMMISSIONERS COORDINATING.
IN THAT CASE, WE GIVE YOU THE FLOOR BACK.
SO THAT'S ALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE JOINT SESSION ON THE COVID BRIEFING.
S SCOTT, ARE YOU THERE? YOU ARE.
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RIGHT, JUDGE, CAN YOU ALL SEE MY SLIDES? YES.UH, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE, UH, THE COUNCIL AND COMMISSIONERS COURT ON OUR COVID-19 RESPONSE, A COUPLE OF QUICK UPDATES HERE.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS A UPDATE OF OUR PIE CHART, AS IT RELATES TO OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS HERD IMMUNITY.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 43% OF OUR OVERALL POPULATION.
THAT'S EITHER PARTIALLY OR FULLY VACCINATED, UH, A KNOWN 6% OF OUR POPULATION WITH THE CONFIRMED DIAGNOSIS OF COVID-19 SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC AND ESTIMATED 13% ADDITIONAL, UH, CASES THAT WENT UNDIAGNOSED, WHICH LEAVES ABOUT 38% OF OUR POPULATION VULNERABLE.
AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, ASSUMING THAT THERE IS ZERO OVERLAP BETWEEN THOSE WHO HAVE HAD COVID-19 AND THOSE WHO'VE BEEN VACCINATED, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OVERLAP.
UH, SO IT'S BEST TO TERM, AT LEAST 38% OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, IS STILL, UH, UH, DEEMED BE VULNERABLE TO COVID-19.
SO WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO, BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY MAKING PROGRESS.
UH, THIS GRAPH IS AN UPDATE OF OUR PROGRESS, UH, AS COMPARED TO OTHER METROPOLITAN COUNTIES RELATED TO VACCINATIONS.
UH, SO I'M SHOWING YOU TWO THINGS HERE.
ONE IS, UH, ON THE LEFT, THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS AGED 16 AND OVER WHO HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED AND ON THE RIGHT 16 AND OLDER WITH AT LEAST ONE DOSE.
SO WE ONLY HAVE TWO COUNTIES THAT METROPOLITAN COUNTIES THAT HAVE REACHED THAT ONE THIRD THRESHOLD FOR, UH, FOR FULL VACCINATION.
THAT'S US AT 36.1% AND EL PASO COUNTY AT 39% SIMILARLY, UH, WE ONLY HAVE TWO METROPOLITAN COUNTIES THAT HAVE SURPASSED THAT 50% MARK IN TERMS OF, UH, INDIVIDUALS WITH AT LEAST ONE DOSE.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S TRAVIS COUNTY AT 52.9% IN EL PASO COUNTY AT 59.8%.
NOW THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF VARIABILITY ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN COUNTIES IN TERMS OF
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THE VACCINATION RATES.AGAIN, UH, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ALL OF US ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR VACCINATION, NOT WHICH IS CERTAINLY GOING TO HASTEN OUR, OUR, UH, UH, ACHIEVING OF, OF HERD IMMUNITY.
UH, SO WE WILL CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS AND CONTINUE THAT OUTREACH.
UH, BUT AGAIN, UH, WE NEED EVERYBODY TO DO IT.
THIS IS, I THINK OF OUR GRAPH, UH, RELATED TO CONFIRMED CASES IN TRAVIS COUNTY YESTERDAY, WE'RE IMPORTING 95 NEW CASES, WHICH GIVES US A MOVING AVERAGE OF 81.
THAT'S A 31% DECREASE IN THE MOVING AVERAGE SINCE LAST WEEK.
SO WE'RE CERTAINLY PLEASED WITH A, A CLEAR DOWNWARD TREND IN TERMS OF NEW CASES.
UH, LAST WEEK I SPOKE ABOUT A CONCERN REGARDING OUR INCREASED PLATEAU.
SO WE HAD MOVED FROM ABOUT A HUNDRED, UH, CASES ON A MOVING AVERAGE TO ABOUT 120 CHASES.
AND SO NOW WE'RE, WE'VE DROPPED EVEN LOWER THAN THAT PREVIOUS, UH, PLATEAU AT A HUNDRED.
UH, SO AGAIN, I'M MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THIS IS AN UPDATED OF OUR, UH, NEW ADMISSIONS TO THE HOSPITAL.
AGAIN, OUR KEY INDICATOR, UH, FOR OUR, OUR STAGES OF RISK YESTERDAY, WE REPORTED 24 ADMISSIONS TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A MOVING AVERAGE OF 19.
UH, THAT'S A 17% DECREASE AS COMPARED TO A WEEK AGO.
AGAIN, WE HAD THAT, THAT PERIOD, UH, THE FRIDAY BEFORE LAST AND SATURDAY WHERE WE HAD SIGNIFICANT JUMPS IN ADMISSIONS TO THE HOSPITAL, 37 AND 30 ON THOSE TWO DAYS LAST WEEK, WE SAW A BIT OF A PLATEAU AND A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF LAST WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND, UH, YESTERDAY OR ON SUNDAY REPORTED A, UH, A LOW FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME, UH, SEVEN ADMISSIONS TO THE HOSPITAL, WHICH IS THE FIRST, UH, THAT WE'VE HAD SINGLE DIGIT ADMISSION SINCE OCTOBER THE FIFTH.
UH, SO AGAIN, UH, THINGS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE IMPROVING IN TERMS OF ADMISSIONS AS WELL.
UM, SO WE EXPECT GIVEN, UH, THE, THE DROP IN CASES, AS WELL AS, UH, CHANGES IN POSITIVITY, UH, THAT THIS WEEK WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE A DOWNWARD TREND.
OR, UH, HOSPITAL, UH, NUMBERS.
SO THE BALLOON WE GET IS THE, UH, TOTAL HOSPITAL BEDS BEING UTILIZED, ORANGE ICU BEDS, AND THE GRAY OR VENTILATORS OR HOSPITALIZATIONS YESTERDAY WERE ONE 38 WITH A MOVING AVERAGE OF ONE 40.
UH, THAT'S A SLIGHT INCREASE OF 1% COMPARED TO A WEEK AGO, UM, FOR ICU 46 YESTERDAY WITH A MOVING AVERAGE OF 40, THAT MOVING AVERAGE IS UP 3% FROM LAST WEEK, OUR VENTILATORS 22 WITH A MOVING AVERAGE OF 20, A DECREASE OF 5%.
UH, SO RELATIVELY FLAT IN TERMS OF OUR HOSPITAL NUMBERS.
AGAIN, THE CHANGES IN HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE LAGGING INDICATOR, BOTH IN THE UPWARD DIRECTION AND, UH, IN DOWNWARD MOVEMENT.
SO WE DO EXPECT TO SEE, UH, DECREASING NUMBERS THIS WEEK, GIVEN THE OTHER MEASURES THAT I'VE DISCUSSED AN UPDATE OF OUR HOSPITALIZATIONS BY AGE GROUP.
UH, YOU CAN SAY THAT THE OLDER AGE GROUPS ARE, ARE RELATIVELY FLAT IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGES OF HOSPITALIZATIONS.
WE'VE GOT SOME OF THEM DECLINE AND PARTICULARLY THE 60 TO 69 AGE GROUP.
UH, HOWEVER, GENERALLY YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE YOUNGER AGE GROUPS, UH, THAT 20 TO 29 AGE GROUP AND THE YELLOW AND 10 TO 19 AGE GROUP IN THE GRAY, AND EVEN THE ONE TO NINE AGE GROUP IN THAT, UH, THAT LIGHTER ORANGE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE EXPECTED TO SAY, GIVEN THE INCREASES IN VACCINATIONS, AMONGST PEOPLE 18 AND OLDER, UH, AND CERTAINLY A FOCUS ON INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OLDER, UH, IN THE OLDER AGE GROUPS IS GOING TO DRIVE DOWN DISEASE IN THOSE AGE GROUPS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE RELATIVE INCREASES IN THE YOUNGER AGE GROUPS WHO ARE NOT YET VACCINATED.
NOW, THIS GRAPH IS THE SAME DATA, BUT, UH, UH, PROVIDES THE NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS HOSPITALIZED.
UH, WE'VE SEEN A 19% DECREASE IN OVERALL HOSPITALIZATIONS LAST WEEK AS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS WEEK, UH, ONE 68 TO ONE 36.
NOW YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNIFICANT COMPRESSION OF THOSE OLDER AGE GROUPS, UH, WITH, UH, IN PARTICULAR, OUR 60 TO 69 AGE GROUP DROPPING FROM 31 ADMISSIONS, UH, THE PREVIOUS WEEK TO 15 ADMISSIONS LAST WEEK.
UH, AND YOU SEE SOME ACROSS THE BOARD DECREASES IN THOSE OLDER AGE GROUPS.
UH, AGAIN, YOU DON'T SEE, UH, THE SAME THING IN THE YOUNGER AGE GROUPS.
IN FACT, WE SEE SOME EXPANSION, UH, 8.1% OF OUR HOSPITALIZATIONS LAST WEEK, MORE FOR INDIVIDUALS, 19 YEARS AND YOUNGER.
UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S 11 CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS HOSPITALIZED FROM COVID-19 LAST WEEK.
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OF THE HOSPITALIZATIONS LAST WEEK WERE FOR INDIVIDUALS YOUNGER THAN FORWARDING.SO AGAIN, AS WE SEE IMPROVEMENT IN THE OLDER AGE GROUPS, AS THEY GET VACCINATED, UH, WE ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO SEE, UH, RELATIVE INCREASES IN THE PERCENTAGE OF HOSPITALIZATIONS AND LOTS OF YOUNGER AGE GROUPS.
AGAIN, I WANT TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, THAT 20 TO 29 AGE GROUP.
UM, WE HAVE SEEN WEEK OVER WEEK, SIGNIFICANT HOSPITALIZATIONS IN THAT AGE.
VERY, UH, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THOSE AGE GROUPS ARE, UH, LESS EXCITED ABOUT GETTING BACKSTAGE BECAUSE THEY PERCEIVE, UH, THE DECREASE RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH.
HOWEVER, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS, UH, OUR YOUNG, UH, MEMBERS OF THE WORKFORCE, IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT THEY GET VACCINATED BECAUSE THEY WILL SEE AN IMPACT FROM COVID 19.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE HOSPITALIZATIONS, UH, AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO EXPERIENCE, UH, DEATHS IN THAT AGE GROUP.
UH, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THAT AGE GROUP, UH, HAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER NUMBERS OF INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER PEOPLE AS COMPARED TO OLDER AGE GROUPS.
SO FROM THE TRANSMISSION STANDPOINT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE ARE TARGETING THOSE YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS, UH, WHO ARE LIKELY TO SPREAD IT, UH, MORE READILY TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS AN UPDATED BOOK, A GRAPH OF HOSPITALIZATIONS BASED ON RACE AND ETHNICITY.
YOU CAN SEE SOME INCREASES IN OUR WHITE NON-HISPANIC, UH, GROUP, UH, WHICH IS THE BLUE LINE AT THE TOP.
YOU SEE SOME INCREASES IN OUR LATIN X COMMUNITY, THE GREEN LINE AND SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOSPITALIZATIONS LAST WEEK, MOVING PERCENT, 17.2% TO 10.1%.
UH, SO SOME ONGOING MOVEMENT THERE, AGAIN, UH, WE MAINTAINED OUR CONCERN REGARDING THE, THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, UM, AND, UH, DIRECTOR HAYDEN, HOW, AND WE'LL TALK LATER ABOUT SOME OF THOSE OUTREACH EFFORTS IN TERMS OF VACCINATIONS FOR, FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS THE SAME DATA, AGAIN, BROKEN DOWN BY NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS HOSPITALIZED.
AGAIN, YOU SEE AN OVERALL DECREASE IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS HOSPITALIZED, UH, IN THIS GRAPH, UH, 49 TO 45 FOR LATIN X COMMUNITY, UH, 65 TO 57 FOR ARE WHITE NON-HISPANIC.
AND AGAIN, A BIG DROP FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY WITH 25 HOSPITALIZATIONS THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND 12 LAST WEEK.
UH, SO AGAIN, UH, SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
THIS IS AN UPDATE, OUR POSITIVITY, UH, ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN POSITIVITY.
UH, SINCE THE REPORT LAST, NOT SAY AGAIN, YOU SEE THAT, UH, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO, THREE WEEKS AGO, SORRY, WE WERE AT 4.8%, TWO WEEKS AGO, 4.5% IN LAST WEEK.
UH, SO WE CONTINUE TO EDGE CLOSER TO THAT 3% MARK THAT WE'D LIKE TO BE AT TO REALLY ENSURE THAT, UH, TRANSMISSION IS UNDER CONTROL.
UH, SO AGAIN, WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND I'M CERTAINLY THANKFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR THEIR ONGOING WEARING OF MASKS, UH, PARTICULARLY INDOORS, WHICH IS, UH, CERTAINLY CONTRIBUTING TO THIS SUCCESS.
THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THAT POSITIVITY BY RACE AND ETHNICITY.
AGAIN, YOU SAY SIGNIFICANT DROPS, UH, ALMOST ACROSS THE BOARD IN, IN THESE RACES ETHNICITIES, I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW, UH, OUR LATIN X COMMUNITY DROPPED FROM 6.4% POSITIVITY.
THE PREVIOUS WEEK TO 5.9% LAST WEEK, AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY 4.6% TO 3.9%.
OUR ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY 4.1% TO 3.1% AND ARE WHITE NON-HISPANIC NUMBERS 4% TO 3.1%.
UH, SO, UH, IN THOSE RACES AND ETHNICITIES ACROSS THE BOARD DECREASES, UH, WE HAVE, UH, MADE CONTINUE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS THERE, BUT OF COURSE WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO TO GET EVERYBODY BELOW THAT, THAT GREEN DOTTED LINE, WHICH IS THAT 3% POSITIVITY RATE.
AND THIS IS THAT POSITIVITY BROKEN DOWN BY AGE GROUP.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, MOST AID GROUPS HAVE DROPPED IN TERMS OF THEIR POSITIVITY, UH, WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS THAT TEND TO 19 AGE GROUP IN THAT GOLD COLOR, UH, HAS HAD AN INCREASE CERTAINLY WELL ABOVE THAT, UH, THAT 5% THRESHOLD ABOUT, UH, FIVE AND A HALF TO 6%.
UH, WE ARE, UH, CONTINUE TO SEE SIGNIFICANT POSITIVITY ALSO IN OUR 40 TO 49 AGE GROUP.
UH, BUT OUR OLDER AGE GROUPS ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO DROP, UH, FOR THE MOST PART, UH, WITH, UH, OUR, UH, UH, 70 TO 79, EIGHT YEAR AND AN 80 PLUS AGE GROUP AT, OR BELOW THAT
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3% THRESHOLD.UH, SO AGAIN, UH, THE HIGHEST POSITIVITY THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS IN THE AGE GROUPS THAT EITHER, UH, UH, DO NOT HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO, UH, VACCINATIONS, OR THEY'RE NOT GETTING VACCINATIONS, YOU KNOW, SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT, PARTICULARLY IN OUR YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT WE HAVEN'T FOCUSED ON AS MUCH OVER THE PREVIOUS WEEKS, UH, TO GO AND GET VACCINATED.
UH, CERTAINLY THERE'S PLENTY OF AVAILABILITY NOW, BOTH THROUGH APH, THROUGH THE CODE OF SITE, AS WELL AS THROUGH PRIVATE PROVIDERS, PHARMACIES CLINICS, DRUG STORES, AND, UH, AND, UH, UH, GROCERY STORES.
THIS IS IT, HUH? I THINK OF OUR POSITIVITY IN SCHOOL, AGE, CHILDREN IN TRAVIS.
UH, AGAIN, WE SEE THE SAME TREND AS WE'VE BEEN SAYING IN PREVIOUS WAVES WITH HIGH SCHOOLS OR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS OVER THAT COMMUNITY, UH, POSITIVITY RATE IN ELEMENTARY AND PRESCHOOL UNDER THAT 8.1% FOR HIGH SCHOOL AGED STUDENTS LAST WEEK, NOT MIDDLE SCHOOL, 4.1% ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 2.9% AND OUR PRESCHOOLERS, UH, 1.4%, UH, AGAIN, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CASES, NOT WE ARE NOT SEEING CLASSROOM TRANSMISSION.
THOSE TRANSMISSIONS ARE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY RELATED TO EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES OR SOCIAL GATHERINGS WHERE THAT MASKING AND THE DISTANCING ARE NOT BEING FOLLOWED.
THIS IS ENOUGH STATE OF OUR LONG-TERM CARE OF SLATE DASHBOARD.
AGAIN, UH, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE FROM OUR LOWS AND PREVIOUS WEIGHTS, UH, 16 CASES IN THE LAST 14 DAYS, 25 IN THE PREVIOUS 28 DAYS.
AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING A SMALL NUMBER OF, UH, FACILITIES THAT HAVE, UH, RELATIVELY SMALL OUTBREAKS.
UM, WE HAVE ONE FACILITY THAT HAS, UH, NINE CASES.
UH, THE REST HAVE, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE OR ONE CASES.
UH, 64 FACILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE ZERO CASES, UH, WITH NINE FACILITIES WITH ONE OR MORE CASE, IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF, UH, OF OUTBREAKS IN THESE FACILITIES.
OUR TEAMS CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THOSE AND OFFER SUPPORT FOR THOSE FACILITIES TO, UH, DECREASE THE SPREAD WITHIN THOSE FACILITIES PUT UP IN OUR ORIGINAL INFUSION CENTER.
UH, AGAIN, UH, THIS WAS, UH, OPENED WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ON JANUARY THE SIXTH, 1,049 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN TREATED WITH FREE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY THERAPY, UH, THAT ANYBODY THERAPY HAS CHANGED WITH A CHANGE IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE FDA.
UH, BUT AGAIN, OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE COMING IN OR BEING REFERRED FOR THE THERAPY.
SO AS A REMINDER, OUR COMMUNITY, IF INDIVIDUALS ARE DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 AND ARE HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE DISEASE, THEY SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THIS REGIONAL INFUSION CENTER FOR THIS, UH, THERAPY, WHICH HAS BEEN SHOWN TO DECREASE THE NEED FOR HOSPITALIZATIONS IN THOSE HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS.
UH, AGAIN, AN UPDATE ON OUR, UH, INFLUENZA REPORT, 1.3, 2% POSITIVITY LAST WEEK, A TOTAL OF TWO NEW INFLUENZA CASES.
OVERALL 1.2% POSITIVITY, UH, WITH JUST OVER 150 CASES FOR THE SEASON.
UH, AGAIN, UH, WE WERE TRACKING FOR A RECORD LOW SEASON THIS YEAR.
UM, YOU CAN SAY THERE'S A BIT OF LAG IN THE REPORTING HERE, BUT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL SIGNS INDICATE THAT, UH, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THAT RECORD LOW SEASON.
UH, AND, UH, YOU COULD SAY THAT THE INFLUENCE SEASON ENDS AT THE END OF MAY.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL CONTINUE THIS, UH, UH, TREND THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE SEASON THROUGH THROUGH MAY.
AND, UH, WE CAN MARK THIS IN THE RECORD BOOKS AS A, AS A SUCCESS FOR, UH, FOR INFLUENZA AGAIN, UH, WE REMAIN IN STAGE THREE NOW OF OUR COMMUNITY BASE RISK GUIDANCE.
I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, UH, IN, UH, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE HERE I DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, A RE-ANALYSIS OF THE TRIGGERS ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH COVID-19, UH, AND THAT RISK-BASED GUIDANCE, UH, THAT RE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN DONE.
UH, AND IT IS APPARENT THAT WAYNE CAN MAKE A SHIFT IN OUR TRIGGERS FOR A TRANSITION INTO STAGE TWO.
UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT, UH, AND EXPECT TO FINALIZE THAT IN THE NEXT WEEK, UH, AND LIKELY WE'LL PRESENT THAT TO THE JOINT SESSION NEXT WEEK.
UH, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF OTHER UPDATES.
UH, THERE WAS A PUBLICATION THIS MORNING, UH, IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, UH, WHICH WAS, UH, A, UH, IMPORTANT PAPER, BUT IT'S COME OUT.
UH, AND THIS PAPER ANALYZES, UH, PRIOR
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PUBLICATIONS, WHICH REALLY INDICATES THAT THE AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO BE THE PRIMARY METHOD OF TRANSMISSION OF COVID-19.UH, YOU KNOW, THE PREVIOUS WORKING THEORY WAS THAT IT WAS LARGE DROPLETS, UH, WHICH PLAYS SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE ON DISTANCING THAT SIX FOOT OF DISTANCING WAS THE, UH, THE DISTANCE NECESSARY FOR THOSE DROPLETS TO FALL AND TO AVOID TRANSMISSION.
NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF, OF CLUSTERS.
UH, IT, IT APPEARS MORE LIKELY AT THIS STAGE THAT AIR WARM PLAYS A MORE SIGNIFICANT ROLE.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US? IT MEANS THAT THAT ALL THE PROTECTIONS ARE NOT EQUAL OR LESS LIKELY TO BE EQUAL, UH, WHICH MEANS THAT MASKING IS PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT AND DISTANCING IS LESS IMPORTANT.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT DURATION OF EXPOSURE IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR AS WELL.
SO LET ME GIVE YOU A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE FROM THIS PAPER, AND THIS IS A 12 PAGE PUBLICATION THIS MORNING, SO I'M GOING TO SIMPLIFY IT WITH ONE EXAMPLE.
UH, YEAH, IF WE TAKE A TYPICAL CLASSROOM SPACE WITH 19 STUDENTS AND WE TAKE AWAY MASKING AND AN INDIVIDUAL WITH COVID-19 ENTERS THAT CLASSROOM, THEY'VE CALCULATED USING SOME MODELING THE MAXIMUM DURATION BEFORE THERE'S SIGNIFICANT RISK ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSMIT.
SO THAT DURATION WITHOUT MASKING, UH, IS WITH, WITH NORMAL VENTILATION IS 1.2 HOURS, UH, WITH MECHANICAL VENTILATION WITH GOOD AIR TURNOVER.
WHEN YOU ADD MASKING INTO THAT.
YEAH, SIMPLE CLOTH MASK, NOT IN 95, ANYTHING FANCY, A SIMPLE CLOTH MASK.
THOSE NUMBERS CHANGE TO EIGHT HOURS FOR NORMAL VENTILATION AND 80 HOURS FOR GOOD VENTILATION SITUATIONS.
SO THIS INDICATES THAT THAT MASKING IS GOING TO REMAIN IMPORTANT IN THAT INDOOR SETTING, BUT IT INDICATES THAT, UH, WE CAN PROBABLY REASSESS THAT DISTANCING ISSUE, PARTICULARLY INDOORS, UH, SO THAT, THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO MODIFY THOSE, THOSE GUIDELINES, UH, AS YOU ALL ARE ALL LIKELY AWARE, UH, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING TO CONGRESS THIS MORNING REGARDING UPDATED CDC GUIDANCE, UH, ON, ON MASKING AND DISTANCING, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO OUTDOORS.
UH, SO WE ARE GOING TO, TO ANXIOUSLY AWAIT, UH, THE CDC RELEASE ON THOSE REVISED GUIDANCE AND INCORPORATE THOSE INTO OUR GUIDELINES AS WELL.
UH, WE DO KNOW THAT OUTDOOR TRANSMISSION IS RARE, UH, AND IT'S LIKELY THAT WE WILL FURTHER RELAX THOSE REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR, FOR MASKING AND OR DISTANCING OUTDOORS.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE RELEASING THIS WEEK, UH, GUIDANCE ON SUMMER CAMPS AND GUIDANCE ON GRADUATION CEREMONIES AS THOSE THINGS ARE COMING UP IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
AND ONE FINAL THING THAT I WANT TO MENTION BEFORE WE TRANSITION TO DIRECTOR HAYDEN HOWARD, UH, IS, UH, THE JOHNSON JOHNSON OR YONSON VACCINE.
UH, WE HAD A CAUSE FOR A WHILE AND, UH, AND BOTH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND DSHS HAS APPROVED, UH, THE, UH, USE OF JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE AGAIN.
UH, BUT THERE'S SOME CONCERN BECAUSE, UH, THE COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED BECAUSE PEOPLE IN COLON DATA ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS LIKELY TO TAKE THE VACCINE NOW, UH, SO WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, UH, THE RISK VERSUS BENEFIT OF THE VACCINE AND THE RELATIVE RARITY OF, UH, THE, THE CLOTTING EVENTS THAT WE'RE SEEING.
UH, SO THIS DATA IS FROM CDC AND THERE'S TWO GROUPS.
AGAIN, THE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY CLOTS AND THEN FEMALES BETWEEN 18 AND 49.
NOW THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CASES IN INDIVIDUALS OVER 49, BUT THIS GIVES A SNAPSHOT OF THE RISK OF COVID-19 VERSUS THE RISK OF THE VACCINE.
SO FOR EVERY 1 MILLION DOSES OF JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE IN FEMALES, AGE 18 TO 49, WE CAN EXPECT ABOUT 13 CASES OF THOSE RARE BLOOD CLOTS.
UM, HOWEVER, IN THAT SAME GROUP, WE'RE GOING TO PREVENT 12 DEATHS, 127 ICU ADMISSIONS IN 657 HOSPITALIZATIONS.
UH, SO OBVIOUSLY, UH, IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE, THE BENEFIT OF THE VACCINE FAR OUTWEIGHS THE RISK OF THE VACCINE.
SIMILARLY, IN, IN MORE SUBSTANTIALLY IN FEMALES OVER THE AGE OF 50 WEIGHT CAN EXPECT OUT OF A MILLION VACCINES, TWO CASES OF BLOOD CLOTS, NOT DEATHS, JUST CASES OF BLOOD CLOTS, UH, BUT IN THAT SAME GROUP, THE PREVENTION OF 593 DEATHS, 1,292 ICU ADMISSIONS AND ALMOST 5,000 HOSPITALIZATIONS.
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ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHILE WE ARE GOING TO, TO ISSUE GUIDANCE FOR CLINICIANS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, TO LOOK FOR THESE BLOOD CLOTS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING THE VACCINE ABOUT BLOOD CLOTS.UM, THE BENEFIT OF THE VACCINE, THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE FAR OUTWEIGHS THE RISKS OF THESE RARE BLOOD CLOTS WITH THAT.
I WILL TRANSITION OVER TO DIRECTOR HAYDEN HOWARD.
I WANT TO START A BRIEFING, UM, BY GIVING A SNAPSHOT OF THE APH, UH, VACCINE DASHBOARD.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE HAVE, UM, DATA FROM COMMUNICARE.
WE HAVE, UM, DATA FROM, UM, FROM, FROM COTA, FROM THE EFFORTS THERE, AS WELL AS APH.
UM, THE, ACCORDING TO OUR DASHBOARD, UM, THE ASIAN POPULATION, UM, HAS RECEIVED 12% HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.
UM, AFRICAN-AMERICAN IS 5% AND THE HISPANIC LATIN X, UM, 21%.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ON THIS, UM, DASHBOARD, UM, IS THAT THERE IS A, UM, IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC SECTION, YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, NEXT TO IT HAS, UM, MAP ON IT.
UM, YOU CAN GO TO THAT MAP AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, KIND OF HOVER OVER AND BE ABLE TO SEE, UM, WHERE WE HAVE PROVIDED VACCINES, UM, IN AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY, BUT THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, OTHER PLACES AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE WITH THE, UM, UM, VACCINES FOR, UM, CHILDCARE, UM, EDUCATION AND OUR SENIOR POPULATION.
UM, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH HAS PROVIDED, UM, 273,000, UM, VACCINES.
UH, LAST WEEK WE PROVIDED 21,955 VACCINES, UM, CONTINUING TO, UM, PROVIDE VACCINES TO CHILDCARE AND SCHOOL STAFF, UM, AND, UM, SHOWS YOU KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR SENIOR POPULATION RECEIVING THEIR FIRST AND SECOND DOSES.
UH, ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENTATION ON THE DISHES WEBSITE, 104,000, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE 65 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER HAVE AT LEAST RECEIVED, UM, ONE VACCINE, NEXT SLIDE.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, WE, UM, UM, DID PILOT OUR, UM, OUR WALK-IN, UH, LOCATION AT DELCO ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD A VERY GOOD, UH, TURNOUT, UM, ON, UM, ON THURSDAY.
UM, WE PROVIDED 887 VACCINES AND, UM, ON FRIDAY 710 VACCINES, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE WEATHER, UM, WAS VERY CHALLENGING FOR US ON FRIDAY, UH, AT OUR BURGERS SITE.
UM, WE DID NEED TO COUNSEL THOSE APPOINTMENTS, BUT THEN AS FOLKS, UM, TO GO OVER TO DEL CO, UH, ON BOTH OF THOSE DAYS, UM, IF THEY, YOU KNOW, COULD MAKE IT THE SAME DAY THAT THEY COULD COME BACK THE FOLLOWING DAY TO RECEIVE THEIR, UM, VACCINE, UM, HOWEVER, WITH THE, WITH THE FOLKS, UM, WITH THE WALK-INS, UM, STAFF HAVE, UM, DEVELOPED A SYSTEM IN ORDER TO REALLY BE ABLE TO, UM, MOVE THEM THROUGH VERY QUICKLY.
AND SO, UM, WE ARE MOVING TO NO APPOINTMENT IS NECESSARY.
UM, OUR SITE WILL BE OPEN TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AT DELCO.
UM, WE ALSO WILL HEL HAVE OUR INTERPRETERS, UM, AVAILABLE AS WELL.
AND, UM, OUR ONLINE SCHEDULING IS OPEN.
UM, AND SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S OPEN EVERY DAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FRIDAYS FROM 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM, UH, WHICH ALLOWS, UM, SOME TIME FOR US TO, UM, UM, MAKE SURE WE'RE UPDATING AND WORKING ON OUR, UM, OUR SYSTEM.
NEXT SLIDE WANTED TO SHARE OUR MOBILE VACCINE, UM, PROGRAM, UM, FLYER.
UM, WE HAVE THIS IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH, UM, THEY ARE WORKING ON THE OTHER TRANSLATIONS.
AND SO, UM, JUST KIND OF WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS CALL THROUGH ONE TOMORROW, THREE, ONE, ONE TOMORROW, UM, THAT ARE, UM, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SCHEDULE
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THE APPOINTMENT.AND SO WHAT OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN DOING AND THEIR CONVERSATIONS AS THE EQUITY TEAM HAS BEEN CALLING FOLKS THERE THAT ARE AT HOME, THEY ASK THEM, DO THEY HAVE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE HOME, UM, THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE VACCINE TO.
SO IF IT'S A CAREGIVER THERE AND IF THERE ARE OTHER MEMBERS IN THE HOUSEHOLD, UM, WE WILL, UM, PROVIDE THAT, UM, VACCINE TO THEM.
WE JUST ASK THAT WHEN THEY SCHEDULE THE PROGRAM, UM, TO COME OUT, THAT THEY, UH, ALERT FOLKS TO HOW MANY FOLKS THEY HAVE IN THE HOUSEHOLD, UM, THAT WE CAN COME PREPARED TO PROVIDE THAT VACCINE.
UM, THE MOBILE TEAM IS CONTINUING TO PROVIDE, UM, VACCINES.
WE HAVE, UM, FULLY VACCINATED OVER 2000, UM, 281 INDIVIDUALS.
WE HAVE PROVIDED OVER 3,617 VACCINES.
SO THAT'S YOUR FIRST AND YOUR SECOND DOSES.
UM, THEY'RE CONTINUING, UM, WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MODEL, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, WE COMMUNICATED THAT WE WOULD BE, UM, SHIFTING TO NEIGHBORHOOD MODEL.
WE WILL MAINTAIN DELCO AND BERGER, UM, AS WELL, KIND OF DURING THIS PROCESS.
BUT, UM, WE ARE, UM, THIS WEEK WE'RE WORKING, UM, WITH FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES AT ARBITRARY IS GUIDELINE TERRANCE.
UH, WE ARE ALSO WORKING IN BOARD AND CARE FACILITIES AND, UM, UM, PROVIDING THOSE VACCINES TO THEM AS WELL.
UM, ALSO THIS WEEK, WE WILL BE AT BOOKER T WASHINGTON PROVIDING VACCINES, UH, AT THAT LOCATION.
OUR GOAL IS, IS TO CONTINUE TO, UM, WORK WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, MOVE THROUGH ALL OF THEIR PROPERTIES, AS WELL AS THE FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, UM, SITES AS WELL, UM, WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION, UM, ALL GUESTS AT ALL OF THE PROLOGIS HAVE BEEN OFFERED THE VACCINE.
UM, NOW WE'VE HAD SOME THAT HAVE NOT ACCEPTED INITIALLY.
SO, UM, WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK AND OFFER THAT TO THEM, BUT AT, UM, THREE OF THE LODGES, THEY ARE FULLY VACCINATED.
AND THEN, UM, AT, UM, ONE OF THE LARGEST, UM, SEVENTY-FIVE OTHER FOLKS HAVE RECEIVED THEIR FIRST DOSE AND STAFF WILL BE GOING BACK TO, UM, PROVIDE THEIR SECOND DOSE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH, UM, UT, UM, UH, DAILY COMMUNITY CARE ON, UM, ON THE HOMELESS POPULATION.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE, UM, UH, BEEN TO THE ARCH AS WELL AS THE SALVATION ARMY, UM, AND, UM, AND COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE.
UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THOSE VACCINES TOO.
AND SO, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK IN COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, UM, UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, TO COMPLETE THIS.
AND SO MY HOPE IS, IS THAT, UM, YOU WILL SHARE THE MOBILE VACCINE, UM, FLYER AND YOUR NEWSLETTERS, UM, AND, AND ANY KIND OF COMMUNICATIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO ALERT THE PUBLIC, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE READY TO PROVIDE MORE VACCINES NEXT MONTH, WANTING TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, THAT THE, UM, DEPARTMENT HAS, UM, A HEALTH EQUITY WEBSITE THAT IS NOW ACTIVE, AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE WEBSITE THERE, UH, BUT BASICALLY WHAT IT CAPTURES IS THAT IT CAPTURES THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, UM, IN THE SPACE OF KIND OF OVERALL COVID, UM, IN GENERAL, BUT IT PICKS UP ON, UM, THE TESTING AS WELL AS THE VACCINE EFFORTS.
SO, UM, MY HOPE IS YOU'RE ABLE TO GO AND, UM, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE, UM, THAT, UM, COMPLETES MINE PRESENTATION AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I'M JUST GOING TO ADD A LITTLE DATA TO THAT FROM CODA THIS WEEKEND, WE ALSO SHIFTED TO, UH, ALLOWING PEOPLE JUST TO DRIVE UP, TO GET AN APPOINTMENT OR TO GET A VACCINE WITHOUT MAKING AN APPOINTMENT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD SOME APPOINTMENTS.
SO ON, I THINK, FRIDAY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, THERE WERE ABOUT 200 SHOTS GIVEN SATURDAY, THERE WERE 617 THAT JUST SHOWED UP AND 1100 WHO HAD APPOINTMENTS OF ABOUT ALMOST
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1700 PEOPLE SATURDAY.AND THEN SUNDAY, UH, SIMILAR, WE HAD, I THINK A THOUSAND SHOW UP WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT IN ABOUT 755 WITH AN APPOINTMENT.
SO 1755 TOTAL, UH, ON SUNDAY AS WELL.
AND THEN, UH, OTHER EFFORTS OF THE TRAVIS COUNTY COLLABORATIVE INCLUDED, UH, HILLCREST ELEMENTARY IN DEL VALLEY, UH, MAYNARD HIGH SCHOOL SITE, AND THEN TEAMS LED BY CHIEF BAILEY AND CONSTABLE MIRALIS THAT HAVE GONE TO APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND DONE INDIVIDUAL SHOTS THROUGHOUT SORT OF EASTERN AUSTIN AND EASTERN TRAVIS COUNTY.
BUT WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT ON, I GUESS IF I COULD ASK ONE QUESTION, UH, DR.
S SCOTT, UM, ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO GO LAST, I APOLOGIZE.
UH, I'LL I'LL RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER GOMEZ FIRST FOR THE QUESTIONS.
UH, JUDGE, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, UH, I HAVE, UH, TWO QUESTIONS WITH THEIR BRIEF.
ONE IS OUR, WHAT INFORMATION DO WE HAVE ABOUT, UM, UH, DOCUMENTING OUR TRACKING, UM, THE CIRCULATION OF THE VARIANTS, THE MUTATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND ALSO, UM, THERE WAS A NEWS STORY ABOUT, I THINK, 3 MILLION OR SO PEOPLE HAD NOT, NOT GOTTEN THEIR SECOND DOSE, UH, WERE CLEARLY WELL PAST THE TIME THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GET IT.
DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE FOR WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S AN ISSUE IN THIS COMMUNITY, PEOPLE NOT GETTING THEIR SECOND DOSE, LET ADDRESS THE BARRIER ISSUE FIRST, UM, WHEN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AT UT AS WELL AS DSHS, UH, TO, UH, MONITOR THE VARIANCE.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE THE DETECTION OF VARIANTS, UH, WHICH IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US, PARTICULARLY IN THOSE BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE COMPLETELY VACCINATED AND DEVELOP COVID-19.
UH, SO THERE, THERE IS SOME OF THAT CONTINUING TO BE DONE.
UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE THAT EFFORT OVER A LONGER DURATION OF TIMES SO THAT WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS REGARDING THAT, UH, PARTICULARLY AS, UH, NEW VARIANTS EMERGE, UH, PARTICULARLY THE HOTSPOTS, UH, IN PLACES LIKE INDIA.
NOW THAT IS BEING DEVASTATED BY COVID-19 AT THE MOMENT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF STEPHANIE WANTS TO TAKE THE SECOND PART, UM, ACCORDING TO, UM, UH, STAFF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT HAVING, UM, A BIG NOTE SHOW RATE WITH THE SECOND DOSE.
UM, TYPICALLY IF THEY DON'T SHOW, UM, OUR STAFF ARE REACHING OUT TO THEM, UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE KIND OF MORE ACTIVE OUTREACH TO RESCHEDULE THEM FOR AN APPOINTMENT, UM, AND, UM, JUST ASKING THEM IF THEY HAVE RECEIVED THEIR SECOND DOSE, UM, FOR THEM TO ALERT US.
AND SO THAT IS BUILT INTO OUR SYSTEM TO ALERT US ABOUT THEM RECEIVING A SECOND DOSE.
UH, I SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE IT, IT, IT SEEMS THAT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, PUT A SYSTEM TOGETHER THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO, UH, TO, UM, NOT ONLY GET PEOPLE IN MORE COMFORTABLY, BUT ALSO MOVED WITH, WITH, UH, MOBILE APPARATUS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITY IN COMMUNITY.
AND, AND I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO AT THIS POINT IS NOT MONITORING WORK IT'S QUALITY WORK HOURS, THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE BEGIN CONTINUING EDUCATION PROCESS ABOUT VACCINE HESITANCY.
WHAT ARE OUR PLANS TO DO THAT? UM, WHICH INSTITUTIONS ARE WE WORKING IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY? WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHURCH.
WE TALK ABOUT SICK AND SHUT-IN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CHURCHES HAVE THOSE LISTS ON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIATIONS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO THE QUALITY WORK, THE PLANNING WORK, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UH, WHAT I WANT TO SEE OVER TIME IS A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN BECAUSE WE WILL BE HERE IN SIX TO 12 MONTHS TALKING ABOUT BOOSTERS.
SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE PLAN? SO WE ARE, UH, WE, UH, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH EVENTS, UH, SHOTS TESTING, OR EVEN EMERGENCIES, LIKE BAD WEATHER, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD A PLAN TO REACH OUT TO OUR COMMUNITIES CONSISTENTLY AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT, UM, WHEN YOU ARE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY AND CAN BE TRUSTED TO REACH
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OUT TO THEM ALL EFFECTIVE.SO I'M, I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN GOING FORWARD.
AND WHAT ARE WE, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS WHAT DO WE BUILD, OR WHAT ARE WE DOING TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE PLAN THAT CONSIDERS, UH, THE MAKING SURE THAT WE GET TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IS HESITANT, BUT THEN ALSO THAT WE ARE PREPARING FOR HOW BOOSTERS WILL ROLL OUT IN SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, UM, COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN, UM, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY, UM, BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT, UM, HAS REALLY SOLIDIFIED RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SPACE OF, OF EQUITY.
UM, AND SO DURING THIS TIME, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH SOME ADDITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARTNERS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD NOT TYPICALLY PARTNERED WITH BEFORE, WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
UM, AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE DEPARTMENT HAS, UM, SEVEN CONTRACTS WITH, WITH NONPROFIT PROVIDERS, UM, THAT ARE, ARE REALLY, UM, HELPING US FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
UM, AND SO, UM, REALLY TRYING TO ADDRESS THE HESITANCY, UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, OUR STAFF ARE WORKING ON THAT, UM, AS WELL.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE, UM, UH, REALLY LOOKING AT IS, IS THAT SOMETIMES AS I STATED ON LAST WEEK, THAT CONVERSATION HAS TO HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES.
AND SO PROVIDING THAT EDUCATION, UM, GIVING REASSURANCE, UM, ABOUT THE VACCINE ITSELF, UH, SO AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, KIND OF LOOKING AT WHERE WE HAVE TYPICALLY BEEN, UM, AS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, AS YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST WE HAVE PROVIDED, UM, WE HAVE ATTENDED HEALTH FAIRS.
WE HAVE ATTENDED, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, EVENTS, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE HAVE PROVIDED THE FLU VACCINE.
UM, AND SO LOOKING TO REPLACE THAT, UM, THOSE EVENTS WHERE WE ARE THERE PROVIDING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COVID VACCINES AS WELL, UM, AS WE, YOU KNOW, START TO, UM, LOOK AT, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF BOOSTERS, WE'RE ALSO PLANNING, UM, FOR WHAT THE ROLLOUT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR CHILDREN ONCE THAT IS APPROVED.
UM, THAT IS THE KIND OF PLAN THAT IS, YOU KNOW, NEAR DEAR WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON, AS YOU KNOW, UM, WE ARE ONE OF THE, UM, UH, PROVIDERS FOR CHILDREN WITH VACCINES.
AND SO I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT HOW THAT WILL ROLL OUT, UM, IN ADDITION TO, UM, COMING BACK TO PROVIDE THE BOOSTERS AS WELL.
WE KNOW THAT, UM, THERE MAY BE INSTANCES WHERE WE STILL NEED TO DO A HYBRID, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, THE BOOSTERS.
UM, SO WHETHER IT IS, UH, A COUPLE OF, OF MATH SITES, UM, BUT WE KNOW WE NEED TO KEEP THE, THE MOBILE VACCINE PROGRAM GOING, GOING INTO THE COMMUNITIES, UM, IN THAT PARTNERSHIP.
AND WE ALSO, UM, KNOW THAT, UM, HAVING THOSE, UM, NON-TRADITIONAL LOCATIONS IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.
THE OTHER THING, UM, IS THAT WE HAVE EXTENDED OUR HOURS.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE, BUT PROVIDE SERVICES.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE GET OFF FROM WORK, THEY CAN COME INTO THOSE SITES AND ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE THAT VACCINE.
THESE, UM, THESE PROGRAMS, UM, ARE SUSTAINABLE OVER TIME.
UM, AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, WORK THERE, BUT WE HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE.
SO EVEN WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER PLANS AND WE KIND OF LAY OUT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO WITH COMMUNICATE THAT WE STILL HAVE TO COME BACK AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND MAKING THESE SHIFTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE IN ORDER TO MEET THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO MEET THEM, WHERE THEY ARE AND BEING FLEXIBLE.
AND THE IDEA BEHIND THE PROJECT PLAN FOR ME IS, UM, MORE TO HAVE AN ASSET MAP AND ITS OUTCOME SENATE.
SO WE KNOW WHO WE REACHED OUT TO.
UH, WE'VE GOT, WE MAINTAIN OUR CONTEXT THERE.
UH, WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE SERVED IN THAT AREA.
WE IDENTIFY ANY GAPS THAT ARE NECESSARY, AND WE INCORPORATE ADDRESSING THOSE GAPS INTO A PLAN.
UH, YOU ALL HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF BUILDING A PROCESS AND A SYSTEM.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE STRENGTHEN IT, STANDARDIZE IT AND ARE ABLE TO REPLICATE IT, UH, WHEN WE'RE GIVEN ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY SITUATION.
I JUST, I HAVE A, I STRONGLY SUPPORT PROJECT PLANNING AND ASSET MAPPING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL EVERY TIME A NEW EVENT OCCURS.
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SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.I JUST WANT TO DOCUMENT JUDGE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PROGRESS BEING MADE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE FIREFIGHTERS, UM, IN WEST, IN THE WESTERN PARTS OF TRAVIS COUNTY WHO ARE GIVING SHOTS OR IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND AT FIRE STATIONS.
SCOTT, I HAD ONE QUESTION ABOUT ONE OF YOUR SLIDES.
I THINK IT WAS SHOWING THAT THERE WAS LIKE 6% OF PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW HAVE HAD COVID WAS TALKING ABOUT WHO HAS BEEN VACCINATED AND WHO MIGHT BE, UM, HAVE SOME IMMUNITY, I GUESS, TO COVID.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO TELL WHO THAT 6% IS THAT HAD IT AND COMPARE THAT TO WHO EXACTLY HAD SHOTS TO KNOW IF THERE'S OVERLAP OR NOT, OR IS THAT A HARD THING? WE CAN'T TELL, UH, JUDGE, UH, IT'S, IT'S A DIFFICULT NUMBER TO GET TO BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT DATABASES.
UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO APH VACCINATED, UH, 5,246 OF THEM WERE, WERE CASES IN THE PAST.
SO THEY HAD CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 AND THEN WERE VACCINATED THROUGH APH.
UH, I CAN'T TELL YOU ABOUT THE 350 OTHER PROVIDERS, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL FROM NOT FROM THE STATE ON, ON THE INTERACT SYSTEM.
UH, SO THERE IS SOME OVERLAP HOW MUCH OVERLAP WE DON'T.
UH, WE'LL START NOW WITH DISTRICT 10 AND WORK OUR WAY BACK TO DISTRICT ONE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER GOOD MORNING.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UM, TO WHAT EXTENT WE'VE SEEN THESE BREAKTHROUGH CASES WHERE FOLKS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AND GOTTEN COVID IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO HOW PROTOCOLS HAVE CHANGED WITHIN THE HOSPITALS, UM, FOR PATIENTS TO HAVE THEIR ADVOCATE OR ANOTHER ADULT OR PARENT OR GUARDIAN ALONG WITH THEM AS WE ARE IN THE CURRENT STAGE, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE ABOUT 30 CASES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH BREAKTHROUGH, UH, COVID-19 INFECTIONS, UH, AGAIN, OUT OF A VERY, VERY LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS VACCINATED, A VERY SMALL NUMBER, UH, WHO WENT ON TO HAVE COVID-19 AFTER THEY WERE COMPLETELY VACCINATED.
UH, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER, UH, A TOTAL OF 246 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD ONE DOSE AND THEN SOMETIME AFTER THAT ONE DOSE, BUT BEFORE THE SECOND DOES, UH, WERE DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19.
UH, SO AGAIN, VERY SMALL NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS, UH, VACCINATED WITH ONE OR TWO DOSES, UH, THAT WENT ON TO GET COVID-19.
UH, WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR HEALTH CARE EXECUTIVES REGARDING RELAXATION OF THE, UH, THE VISITATION POLICIES, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY ALL WORK INDEPENDENTLY, SO THEY HAVE AN INDEPENDENT GROUPS, UH, THAT ARE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THAT.
BUT I DO AGREE THAT PARTICULARLY FOR VISITORS OR PATIENT ADVOCATES WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED, UH, IT MAKES SENSE FOR THOSE, UH, FOR THOSE ROLES TO BE RELAXED, TO ALLOW FOR THOSE PATIENTS TO HAVE MORE NORMAL OF A, OF A HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE, WHICH, UH, CERTAINLY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR HEALING.
DO WE HAVE ANY ANALYSIS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THOSE BREAKTHROUGH CASES TO UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN SCHOOLS WE KNOW VERY CLEARLY IT'S EXTRACURRICULARS.
DO WE, DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF PATTERNS AND HOW FOLKS WHO ARE VACCINATED AMONG THE SMALL FEW WHO ARE GETTING IT, UM, WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE, UH, THOSE CASES ARE REFERRED TO, UH, TO DSHS? UM, I, I CAN SEE IF THERE'S ANY DETAILS WE CAN SHARE, BUT, UH, I, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY PARTICULAR PATTERN PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE, UH, THOSE BREAKTHROUGH CASES, AGAIN, JUST IN CONTEXT, UH, FOR VACCINATION, FOR ANY DISEASE, WE EXPECT SOME VARIABILITY AND, UH, THE PROTECTION THAT, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL WILL AND, UH, PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY MAY RECEIVE.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE VERY WELL-PROTECTED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE PARTIALLY PROTECTED AND HAVE A BREAKTHROUGH INFECTION THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE RELATIVELY LITTLE PROTECTION, UH, BECAUSE THEY DON'T MOUNT THAT IMMUNE RESPONSE.
UH, SO THIS IS CERTAINLY EXPECTED, CERTAINLY WHAT WE SEE WITH, WITH OTHER VACCINES,
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UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE EFFICACY OF THE VACCINE, GET IT IN, IN LARGE, NOT EVALUATIONS OF EFFICACY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 90% OR GREATER, UH, AS A FRAME OF REFERENCE, THE BEST INFLUENCE OF VACCINE THAT WE'VE EVER DOCUMENTED IS 60% EFFECTIVE.UH, SO W WE HAVE INCREDIBLY POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE VACCINES.
THANK YOU, UH, ACCOUNTS FOR TOTAL.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND THEY'RE SUCH GOOD QUESTIONS.
UM, MY MAIN QUESTION IS, IS REALLY JUST A REQUEST.
ASCOT MAKE AVAILABLE THE SCIENTIFIC PAPER THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT THIS MORNING, STAFF COULD POTENTIALLY ATTACH IT TO THE BACKUP TODAY'S MEETING DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
CAN YOU NOT HEAR ME? YEAH, I WAS JUST ASKING MY ONLY, MY ONLY QUESTION TODAY IS REALLY A REQUEST.
S SCOTT COULD MAKE AVAILABLE TO US, THE SCIENTIFIC PAPER, HE INDICATED THIS MORNING TALKING ABOUT, UM, AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION AND, AND SOME OF THE NEWER INFO EITHER VIA OUR DIRECT EMAIL OR AS BACKUP, UH, COUNSELOR.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT, UH, I WILL GET WITH, UH, WITH THERE'S SOME COPYRIGHT ISSUES.
I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN TRANSMIT THAT.
I EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO GET IT TO IF IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
I'M SURE WE'LL JUST SEE SUMMARIES OF IT OUT THERE IN THE MEDIA.
UM, FACTOR S SCOTT, CAN YOU TELL US WHY WE'RE STILL SEEING HIGHER NUMBERS IN THE 10 TO 19 AND 40 TO 49 AGE GROUP? IS THAT A MATTER OF WHERE IT'S BEING TRANSMITTED OR IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON? WELL, I THINK CLEARLY THE 10 TO 19 AGE GROUP, UH, IT'S FOR TWO REASONS, NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT VACCINATED.
AND NUMBER TWO, BECAUSE, UH, 10 TO 19 YEAR OLDS HAVE ABOUT THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF INTERPERSONAL INTERACTIONS WITH ANY AGE GROUP, UH, YOU KNOW, THE 40, 49 AGE GROUP IS A BIT MORE DIFFICULT, UH, TO, TO ASSESS THE WISE AGAIN.
NOW WE'RE COMMONLY SEEING THESE TRANSMISSIONS HAPPENING IN AND SOCIAL ENCOUNTERS AMONGST UNVACCINATED PEOPLE.
UM, AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY LOOKING BACK AT OUR VACCINATION STRATEGY REALLY DID FOCUS ON OLDER AGE GROUPS.
UH, SO THAT EIGHT, THAT, UH, VACCINATION RATE IN THE 40 TO 49 AGE GROUP IS NOT GOING TO BE WHAT IT IS AND THAT 65 PLUS AGE GROUP.
UH, SO, UH, I THINK THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO NOW IS TO ENCOURAGE THAT FOLKS IN ALL AGE GROUPS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE NOW TO GET VACCINATED AND TO MAINTAIN THE MASKING AND DISTANCING, EVEN AS THE CASES FALL, WE'RE STILL GOING TO SEE THAT TRANSMISSION HAPPENED IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE WE HAVE UNVACCINATED PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT USING THOSE PROTECTIONS TO PREVENT TRANSMISSION.
AND THEN, UM, IS THERE STILL AN EXPECTATION THAT BY SUMMER, SOME OF THE AGE GROUPS UNDER 16 MIGHT BE ABLE TO START GETTING VACCINATED? I THINK THAT WAS, UM, A HOPE THAT WE HAD EARLIER IS, ARE WE STILL ON TARGET FOR THAT? UH, I, I BELIEVE SO.
UH, AGAIN, MOST OF US ARE EXPECTING, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, 12 TO 16 AGE GAP WILL BE FILLED SOMETIME IN MAY, UH, WITH THE MODIFICATION OF THE EUA FOR THE PFIZER VACCINE, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, UNDER 12, IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT AT LEAST IN THE SUMMER TO LATE SUMMER FOR THAT ONE.
UH, BUT THE 12 TO 16 IS AN IMPORTANT GAP.
AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE POSITIVITY RATES IN OUR SCHOOL, AGED CHILDREN EVERY WEEK, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE WELL ABOVE THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY, UH, POSITIVITY RATES AND THE ELEMENTARY AND PRESCHOOL ARE WELL BELOW.
UM, SO AGAIN, IF WE CAN EFFECTIVELY HIT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND HIGH SCHOOLERS, IT'S, THEY, THEY, UH, FALL SEMESTER SEMESTER FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND I REALLY HAVE A CHANCE OF LOOKING ALMOST NORMAL, UH, WOULD BE MY HOPE AGAIN, THAT'S GONNA DEPEND ON THE VACCINE BEING APPROVED AND PEOPLE GETTING VACCINATED AGAIN, THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED.
UH, SO AGAIN, THAT WILL BE CERTAINLY BE THE FOCUS FOR LATE SPRING AND FOR THE DURATION OF THE SUMMER.
ESCA, UH, TO REPEAT WHEN HE THINKS WE MIGHT BE MOVING INTO STAGE TWO, UH,
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WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER.UM, MY EXPECTATION IS WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THAT THRESHOLD PER STAGE TWO, UH, FROM 10 TO 15, UM, WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE DATA TO GO THROUGH AND WE STILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL PICTURE OF, OF THE RISK BASED GUIDANCE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MODIFY THOSE.
BUT AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE POSITIVITY DATA FOR LAST WEEK, UH, AND THE EXPECTATION THAT HOSPITALIZATIONS THIS WEEK WILL DECLINE BECAUSE OF THAT INCREASE IN POSITIVITY, DECREASE IN NEW CASES.
UM, WE COULD ENTER THAT STAGE TWO TERRITORY THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK AGAIN, UH, WE WANT TO SEE US STAY IN THAT TERRITORY BEFORE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE SWITCH TO STAGE TWO.
UH, BUT THAT COULD BE HAPPENING VERY SOON.
I REALLY LIKED THE FACT THAT THAT WERE MORE, UM, UH, CERTAIN ABOUT THE LOW TRANSMISSION WHEN OUTSIDE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE OVERALL SOME PRETTY GOOD NEWS THIS WEEK.
AND AGAIN, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY WAITING THAT GUIDANCE FROM CDC TODAY FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN AS WELL.
UM, OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, VACCINATED PLUS OUTDOORS, UH, THINGS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY RELAXED FOR THAT GROUP, UH, UNVACCINATED OUTDOORS WITH DISTANCING THINGS, EVERYBODY BEING TAX FOR THAT GROUP.
UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUTDOORS, PLUS CLOSING THE DISTANCE PLUS NO MASKING, THAT'S STILL GOING TO BE A CONCERN.
UH, SO WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE THE ISSUES WITH LARGE GATHERINGS.
UM, BUT I, I EXPECT, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT OUTDOOR GATHERINGS THAT ARE RELATIVELY LARGE PLUS MASKING WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE SUMMER NOW.
BUT AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE MORE UPDATES ON THAT NEXT WEEK.
SCOTT AND DIRECTOR HAYDEN HOWARD, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON COVID IN TRAVIS COUNTY, AS MANY OF, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT SIX INCLUDES A PART OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LOOP INTO GOOD WORK IF SHE HAD TO PREVAIL IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY TEAM UP THERE FOR A MOMENT I READ IN THE NEWS THAT THE COVID-19 VACCINE SUPPLY AND WILCO HAS CAUGHT UP WITH THE DEMAND, THE VACCINE THIS WEEKEND, I SPOKE WITH JUDGE RAVEL AND HE SAID THAT THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEEK THAT WILLIAMSON COUNTY USES MASS VACCINATION SITES FOR FIRST DOSE APPOINTMENTS.
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET A FIRST DOSE THIS WEEK CAN STILL GET1@THEDELLDIAMONDBYSIGNINGUPATCURATIVE.COM FOR INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE COUNTY'S HANDLING COVID.
YOU CAN GO TO WILCO.ORG/CORONAVIRUS THIS WEEKEND.
I'LL BE GETTING MY SECOND VACCINE DOSE, AND I WANTED TO TAKE A BRIEF OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME AND TO GO OUT AND GET VACCINATED.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL OR CALL MY OFFICE WITH YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
I'D BE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW MY EXPERIENCE WAS AN EASE, ANY CONCERNS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANKS AGAIN, COUNSELOR KITCHEN.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON A COUPLE OF THINGS, UM, RELATED TO, UH, TO HOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE, TO HELP MORE PEOPLE GET VACCINATED.
SO WE HAD ASKED, UH, I HAD ASKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS OUT LAST WEEK THAT I BELIEVE YOU WERE PUBLICLY WORKING ON, BUT I'D LIKE YOU TO JUST SPEAK TO THAT.
WE HAD TALKED IN TERMS OF, UM, MORE OUTREACH.
SO, UH, OUR MORE PROACTIVE OUTREACH.
SO IT'S THE QUESTION OF THE REVERSE NINE, 11 OR SOMETHING SIMILAR.
SO IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO WORKING ON THAT, UM, AND THEN WE'D ALSO ASKED FOR SOME KIND OF TEMPLATE OR GUIDE FOR EACH OF OUR OFFICES, SO THAT WE CAN BE HELPFUL TO YOU ALL IN REACHING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
SO I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THAT, AND THEN THE FINAL RELATED TO THAT, I THINK COMMISSIONER HOWARD HAD MENTIONED FIRE STATIONS PROVIDING SHOTS.
SO IF YOU COULD OBTAIN ON WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
SO THOSE ARE MY THREE, THE THREE RELATED THINGS RELATED TO OUTREACH.
AND THEN, UM, I HAD ALSO ASKED LAST TIME ABOUT DATA THAT WE WERE TRACKING, UH, POLLING DATA POLLING OR OTHER DATA.
SO IF YOU COULD, UM, UH, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING YET.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST LET US KNOW THE STATUS OF THAT TOO, SO I'LL START KIND OF BACKWARDS AND THEN MOVE TO THE BEGINNING.
SO, UM, WITH THE LAST QUESTION, UM, YOU ASKED, UM, OUR STAFF, UM, ARE PULLING THAT DATA TOGETHER.
UM, WE WILL SHARE THAT AT THE, UM, REAPING ALL ON NEXT WEEK.
UM, WE, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO, UM, RECEIVE THE INFORMATION, UM, FROM A COUPLE OF OTHER SURVEYS THAT WE WERE ALERTED ABOUT.
SO WE'LL PULL THAT TOGETHER AND HAVE THAT READY ON NEXT WEEK.
UM, YOU KNOW, DURING THIS TIME.
UM, AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS THE, THE
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GUY THAT YOU MENTIONED, UM, IS BE HELPFUL FOR THE TEAM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN THAT GUY.UM, TYPICALLY, UM, AS DR. SCOTT MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, OUR STAFF ARE ABLE TO TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS TYPES OF GUIDES, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE CONTENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO REACH, UM, AND THEN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, AS HE MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE, UM, UH, PUSHING OUT GUIDANCE FOR GRADUATIONS, UM, AS WELL AS SUMMER CAMPS.
SO WE'LL NEED TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
UM, WELL, LET ME, LET ME JUST SPEAK, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT REAL QUICKLY IF YOU'D LIKE, UH, THE GOAL IS THE GOAL IS SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR COUNCIL OFFICES HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, WITH YOUR STAFF TO SET UP EVENTS IN OUR DISTRICTS.
SO A GUIDE IS PROBABLY TOO, YOU KNOW, TOO FORMAL WORD.
I'M JUST WANTING TO KNOW IF WE WANT TO BE HELPFUL IN OUR DISTRICTS.
WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM US? AND WHAT DO YOU NEED US TO DO TO SET UP, UM, UH, AN EVENT OR AN EFFORT TO REACH CERTAIN PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT? SO IT MIGHT JUST BE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU CAN SEND US THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF YOU ARE CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, A GEOGRAPHIC AREA OR A APARTMENT COMPLEX, OR A POPULATION IN YOUR DISTRICT, AND YOU WANT TO BE HELPFUL IN REACHING THEM, HERE'S THE INFORMATION WE NEED FROM YOU IN ORDER TO, TO SET SOMETHING UP, THAT'S ALL I'M LOOKING FOR.
SO, SO AT THE HEART OF THE MATTER, UM, YOU'RE WANTING TO DO A VACCINE EVENT IN YOUR DISTRICT, UM, AND THE HEART OF THE MATTER.
AND, AND SO YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, SOME LOCATIONS THAT YOU WOULD WANT OUR STAFF TO LOOK INTO TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE VACCINES AT THAT LOCATION.
CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WOULD WANT FROM US IS A LOCATION.
I JUST NEED A LIST OF WHAT YOU WOULD WANT FROM US.
AND I'M, I'M ASKING THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT'S INTERESTED IN DOING THIS.
AND SO IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL FOR ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
I WILL GET WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY, UM, RICE HAS BEEN SENDING OUT DATES AND SO, UM, I'LL ASK JEN TO GET WITH HIM AND THEN THEY CAN INCLUDE IT IN THE UPDATE THAT HE, UM, BEDDING SENDS OUT.
THAT'S THE HIGH LEVEL DOCUMENT, UM, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, UH, PROVIDING VACCINES, BECAUSE I THINK THE THING THAT IS REALLY WOULD BE HELPFUL, UM, PUT THAT IN THERE IS HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU'RE WANTING TO TARGET, BECAUSE THEN THAT KIND OF DEFINES WHAT TYPE OF TEAM WE SENT OUT TO BE ABLE TO DO THE VACCINES.
AND THEN, UM, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION, UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING ON THAT WITH OUR, UM, WITH OUR VENDORS.
UM, I UNDERSTAND, UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT, UM, UM, A POLL, UM, AND SO I'VE ASKED STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GET WITH THE VENDORS.
UM, AND SO THEY CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS FAR WITH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT THEY'VE DONE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, MY STAFF, UM, ARE RECOMMENDING, UH, MAYBE, UM, UH, MORE OF A, UM, WHAT'S CALLED A CASPER.
UM, UM, IT'S A DOOR TO DOOR, UH, TYPE OF ASSESSMENT WHERE WE GATHER INFORMATION, UM, ABOUT THE VACCINE, BUT YOU ALSO GET INFORMATION ABOUT KIND OF ANY OTHER KIND OF HEALTH CHALLENGES.
UM, SO THE TEAM IS LOOKING AT THAT AND, UM, AND ARE GOING TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US.
SO I'LL, I'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
UM, FROM A, UM, FROM A KIND OF PUBLIC RELATIONS KIND OF MARKETING, UH, PERSPECTIVE, UM, WE HAVE, UH, BEEN PROVIDING A, UM, WHEN MOST PEOPLE GO TO GET THEIR VACCINES, WE GIVE THEM, UM, A STICKER.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE A BRACELET, BUT WE DO HAVE A STICKER.
AND THAT IS A PART OF OUR, UM, OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGN SHOWING THAT YOU RECEIVE YOUR VACCINE.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AND THEN I THINK, UM, WITH THE REVERSE NINE ONE, ONE, UM, OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, UM, HAS
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A CONTRACT, UM, WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO SEND, UM, TEXT MESSAGES AND COMMUNICATIONS.SO I THINK FOR US, UM, BEING ABLE TO MAYBE KIND OF NARROW IT DOWN, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC, UM, FOLKS IN TARGETED AREAS.
AND SO WE WOULD WANT TO WORK WITH THE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL AS, UM, HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR, UM, OUR HOUSTON STAFF ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
SO, SO WE'LL, WE'LL COME WITH MORE INFORMATION.
AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE FIRE STATIONS.
SO WE MET WITH, UM, WE MET WITH, UH, UH, FIRE CHIEF STAFF LAST WEEK, UM, AND WE'VE, UM, IDENTIFIED A FEW LOCATIONS KIND OF GIVEN THEM THE AREA.
AND SO, UM, SO THEY ARE GOING TO GO BACK AND ASSESS AND LOOK AT, UM, WHERE WE CAN BE IN THAT SPACE.
UM, WE HAVE AGREED TO, UM, PROVIDE THE, UM, SO THEY PROBATE, WE CAN COVER THE SALARY OF THAT INDIVIDUAL.
AND SO, UM, THEY DID ALERT US TO THE FACT THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO USE RETIREES.
AND SO THEY ARE GOING TO KIND OF GO BACK AND KIND OF LOOK AT THAT.
UM, AND SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
IT MAY NOT BE NEXT WEEK, BUT IT'LL PROBABLY BE THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
UM, BEFORE WE TALKED ABOUT DOING WAS, UH, JUST STARTING, UM, WITH A PILOT, UM, AND ONE PARTICULAR SITE.
AND, UM, AND THEN KIND OF SEE HOW THAT WORKS AND THEN KIND OF LOOK AT SOME ADDITIONAL SITES.
SO THAT IS DEFINITELY IN THE WORKS WITH THE, FROM OUR, UM, OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND SO YOU'VE IDENTIFIED LOCATIONS AND CAN YOU SHARE THOSE LOCATIONS? UM, NO, NOT AT THIS TIME.
UM, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO GO BACK AND THEY NEEDED TO SEE IF, SO THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, ONE, THEY WANT TO LOOK AT THE KIND OF SPACE IT IS IF IT NEEDS TO BE INDOORS, IF IT NEEDS TO BE OUTDOORS.
SO THEY NEED TO GO BACK AND CHECK THROUGH ALL OF THOSE, UM, SITES, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM A KIND OF DO ALL OF THE LOGISTICS OF THAT.
AND SO, UM, AND SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT, WE ARE LOOKING, UM, IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT, UM, THAT IS KIND OF WHERE OUR PRIMARY, UM, KIND OF FOCUS IS IT'S ALONG THE EASTERN CRESTON.
UM, AS WELL AS THE, UM, ROMBERG AREA IS THE OTHER AREA THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.
I JUST WANTED TO ALSO MENTION WE'VE CHANGED OUR MEETING AND BRIEFINGS TO THE ALTERNATE WEEKS IN ORDER TO FREE US UP, UH, TO, TO HAVE MORE ENGAGED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO CERTAINLY IF, IF YOU OR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HOSTING A TOWN HALL OR
UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK TO GET US OVER THIS, THIS HURDLE OF HESITANCY, WE NEED TO HAVE MORE DIALOGUE DIRECTLY WITH THE COMMUNITY ANSWER QUESTIONS AND, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, PROMOTE THAT VACCINATION EFFORT.
SO CERTAINLY IF WE CAN BE OF SERVICE IN THAT PROCESS, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO SO.
SO I SAW THAT THE DELCO CENTER IS AVAILABLE FROM ONE TO 7:00 PM THROUGH SATURDAY.
UH, I SAW THAT ONLINE, ARE WE AT A PLACE YET WHERE WE CAN SAY THAT THAT IS, UM, UH, THAT IT'S GOING TO KEEP HAPPENING EVERY DAY UNTIL FEATURED NOTICE? IS THAT THE CURRENT PLAN OR WHAT'S THE CURRENT MESSAGE AROUND, UM, HOW, HOW OFTEN PEOPLE CAN EXPECT THAT, THAT WALK UP OPPORTUNITIES THERE? YES.
UM, THAT, THAT IS THE PLAN FOR US JUST TO MOVE, UM, TO THAT IS AS A MODEL.
SO YOU CAN DEFINITELY SHARE THAT WITH, UM, ANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
SORRY, I BROKE UP A LITTLE BIT THERE AND LOST YOU, BUT BASICALLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE SAYING IS THAT THAT IS, THAT IS UNTIL FUTURE NOTICE WHEN TO KEEP ON BEING, UM, AVAILABLE UNTIL WE LET FOLKS KNOW WITH SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 1:00 PM THROUGH 7:00 PM.
UM, SO IT'S IS TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND IT'S NOON UNTIL 8:00 PM.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR CORRECTING ME ON THAT.
UM, ON THE, ON THE WEBSITE, I THINK IT SAYS ONE THROUGH SEVEN, SO MAYBE SOMETHING FOR US TO GO IN AND FIX.
UM, AND THEN, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE, AS FAR AS THE
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W WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS LIKE WHEN YOU SHOW UP THERE ARE FOLKS, SHOULD FOLKS BE EXPECTING A SMALL LINE, OR DOES IT SEEM LIKE AT THIS POINT, WHEN PEOPLE SHOW UP, THEY'RE ABLE TO QUIT GET QUICKLY VACCINATED? WHAT'S THE EXPERIENCE LIKE THERE THAT WE SHOULD, UH, WHEN WE GET QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THEY SHOULD EXPECT, UM, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS, IS, UM, WE ARE HONORING, UM, IF YOU SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, WE ARE HONORING THE FACT THAT YOU STILL DON'T WANT AN APPOINTMENT.SO, UM, I MEAN, IF ANYONE HAS MAYBE EVEN GONE TO LIKE DISNEY WORLD WHERE YOU CAN DO THE FAST PASS, SO IF YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, YOU MOVE THROUGH FASTER, UM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, UM, YOU MOVE THROUGH A DIFFERENT ENTRANCE, UM, BUT YOU DO KIND OF WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH.
UM, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALSO JUST STILL ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO DO, UM, IS THE VACCINE IS, IS THE APPOINTMENT.
UM, BUT IF NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL SEEING THEM, BUT IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING IN TO THE PROCESS, UM, TO MAKE SURE WE ARE HONORING THOSE, UM, UM, PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPOINTMENTS FILL A QUICK PROCESS THOUGH.
AND SO SOMETIMES THERE'S A SHORTER LINE.
SOMETIMES THERE'S A BUTTON, BUT STILL PRETTY QUICK ABOUT, ABOUT HOW LONG SHOULD FOLKS EXPECT TO WAIT MORE OR LESS.
UM, I AM NOT PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UH, I WON'T GET WITH STAFF TO HAVE AN IDEA.
UM, AND, UM, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT STAFF, UM, DID SOME, UM, KIND OF TOUCH BASE WITH FOLKS WITH, THAT WERE IN THE LINE AND TALK WITH THEM ABOUT WHY THEY CHOSE THE WALK-UP, UM, AS OPPOSED TO, UM, GO IN THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
AND, UM, AND SO THEY FELT LIKE IT WAS CONVENIENT.
UM, IF THEY DECIDED THAT DAY, THEY WANTED THEIR VACCINE, THEY JUST DROVE OVER, UM, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE.
AND SO, UM, LIKE THE FACT OF HAVING THAT FLEXIBILITY TO GO WHENEVER THEY WANT TO GO, UM, NOW AFTER THEY MADE THEIR MIND UP TO GET THE VACCINE AND THEY LIKED THE LOCATION TOO, THEY SAID IT WAS EASY TO, TO GET TO, UM, AT DEL CO I APPRECIATE THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER, ENTITY INTERMARRIAGE, AND ALSO ON THE THIRD CALL THERE, STEPHANIE.
AND LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK, KEVIN, BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WALK-UP SAN JOSE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
IT'S GOING TO BE THIS SATURDAY, STARTING AT NINE O'CLOCK.
AND THE ADDRESS IS 24 35 CREST AVENUE IN SOUTH AUSTIN.
SO EVERYONE IS INVITED, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A WALKUP.
SO YOU CAN TAKE, UH, YOU CAN GET YOUR VACCINE SHOT THERE.
I GUESS FIRST, I WANT TO SAY I'M THRILLED AND GRATEFUL TO HEAR THAT WE'VE MOVED TO A NEARLY ON DEMAND SCHEDULING SYSTEM BEING OPEN NEARLY EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FRIDAY.
UH, I THINK THAT'S GREAT AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ROLL OUT A MOBILE VACCINE PROGRAM STARTING TOMORROW FOR OUR HOME BOUND INDIVIDUALS.
I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING, AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE EFFORTS.
A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO FLAG.
SO JUST HEARING FROM THE DATA, THE NUMBERS THAT WERE REPORTED FROM THE WALKUP VACCINE CLINICS HOSTED BOTH BY APH AND BY THE COUNTY COLLABORATIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS OVER 3000 VACCINES ADMINISTERED THROUGH A WALK UP METHOD.
AND SO I'M CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE, WHAT IS APA WHOSE EFFORTS TO, UM, SCALE AND ACCELERATE MOBILE VACCINE POP-UP CLINICS IN THIS SPIRIT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD APPROACH? I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN SUCCESS IS TYPE OF AVAILABILITY.
IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE HAVE MORE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND WHILE I'M VERY HEARTENED AND GLAD TO HEAR THAT DELCO WILL REMAIN A WALK-UP CLINIC OF, YOU KNOW, OPEN, UM, YOU KNOW, SIX SERVE FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT ARE, WHAT IS APH DOING TO PROVIDE MOBILE VACCINE CLINICS ALL THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY? UM, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED LAST WEEK THAT THERE WERE TALKS OF DOING SOME APARTMENT LEVEL STRATEGIES.
UH, IF YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, HOW HAS THAT BEING COORDINATED WITH THE COUNTY? I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND SOME OF THE COUNTIES
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POP-UP CLINICS, UM, THAT WE HAD THIS PAST WEEK AND THEY WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND IT, I MEAN, IT SUCH A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE AND FOLKS ARE DRIVING BY AND THEY SEE THAT YOU'RE IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEY WANT TO HEAR, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I MEAN, I PERSONALLY SPOKE WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE HESITANT TO GET IT, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THEM, THEY WERE LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET IT.UM, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT BECAUSE COUNTY'S ALSO DOING MOBILE VACCINE, UH, THESE POP-UPS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COORDINATED WITH OUR CITY'S EFFORTS BECAUSE WE'RE TARGETING THE SAME, YOU KNOW, HARD HIT COMMUNITIES TO BE, COULD SPEAK TO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS, PLEASE.
UM, SO WE ARE COORDINATED, UM, WITH, UH, WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, AND SO, UM, UH, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, UNFORTUNATELY WE COULDN'T MEET LAST WEEK.
UM, UM, HOWEVER WE ARE MEETING, UM, THIS WEEK TO, UM, KIND OF LOOK AT LOGISTICALLY, UM, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE.
UM, WE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT THE LOCATIONS THEY WERE GOING TO BE AND WHERE WE WERE GOING TO BE AS WELL.
UM, THE GOAL IS, IS TO BE ABLE TO, UM, PUT THAT ON THE WEBSITE, UM, TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF CALENDAR.
UM, SO OUR COMMUNICATIONS FOLKS WILL BE WORKING ON THAT TO PUT THAT ON THE WEBSITE.
SO FOLKS WILL HAVE THAT AWARENESS, UH, OF WHERE, UH, WE WILL BE IN THEIR ABILITY TO KIND OF WALK UP TO THOSE LOCATIONS, UM, AS FAR AS, UM, UM, APARTMENT COMPLEXES, UM, THAT IS DEFINITELY IN THE WORKS, UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON, UM, THE FOUNDATION COMMUNITY LOCATIONS AS WE MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH ALL OF THOSE.
UM, AS WELL AS THE, UM, HOUSING AUTHORITY SITES, UM, AS YOU GO THAT THERE ARE, UM, 15 LOCATIONS OF THOSE, UM, KIND OF THROUGHOUT, UM, AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE GROUP HOMES SINCE WE CONTINUE TO DO THOSE.
NOW, THAT IS A, UM, A SEPARATE TEAM.
UM, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE SACRED HEART EVENT, UM, THAT IS A SUBSET OF THE FOLKS THAT WOULD BE AT YOUR DELL CODE, YOUR BURGER, ET CETERA.
UM, AND SO THEY ARE WORKING, UM, WITH LEADERS TO KIND OF RECEIVE THOSE, UM, LOCATIONS OF EXISTING EVENTS, SO WE CAN KIND OF PARTNER WITH THEM, UM, AND BE IN THAT SPACE.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ARE WORKING WITH AISD TO PILOT, A COUPLE OF THEIR LOCATIONS AS WELL.
SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, REALLY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MOVING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, UM, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE, THE AT LEAST ONE LARGE SITE AVAILABLE, UM, AND THEN START TO GRADUALLY SHIFT MORE AND MORE SO AS WE START TO SHIFT MORE AND MORE, YOU WILL HEAR, UM, WITH THE MAP THAT WILL BE LOCATED ON THE SITE THAT WE'LL BE SHARING.
UH, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE PLANNING TO GO, UM, GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF THAT CALENDAR FOR THE MONTH OF WHERE WE WILL BE.
I JUST WANT TO JUST SHARE A SENSE OF URGENCY OF WANTING TO GET THESE MOBILE VACCINE CLINICS OUT THERE AND SCALED UP AND READY TO GO.
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT AT LEAST FOR THE LAST MONTH, AND IT WAS PART OF THE RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A MONTH AGO.
AND SO JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY DEAN, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT, UM, PLEASE COUNT ON ME, UM, IN THAT EFFORT.
AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO FLAG IS THERE'S WHEN YOU'RE DOING THESE MOBILE VACCINE CLINICS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, AND VERY IMPORTANT AND KEY COMPONENT OF IT IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS CANVASSERS WHO GO DOOR TO DOOR AND KNOCK ON THE SURROUNDING DOORS OF WHEREVER THE CLINIC IS.
AND THAT PIECE IS SO CRITICAL BECAUSE IT'S AN OFFLINE WAY FOR US TO REACH OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S SO NEEDED BECAUSE WHILE WE CAN PUT A LOT OF RESOURCES AND ATTENTION TO SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, WE'RE STILL MISSING A KEY SEGMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO AS, AS WE DEVELOP THE NAPERVILLE MODEL AND START IMPLEMENTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD MODEL, I'D LIKE TO ALSO CONSIDER, UM, IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN SUPPORT EFFORTS, CANVASSING EFFORTS ARE, YOU KNOW, DOOR TO DOOR, NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH EFFORTS, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE KEY FOR US TO REACH HERD IMMUNITY.
UM, UH, MY COLLEAGUES ASKED MOST OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD ASK THEM THAT I WAS OTHERWISE THINKING.
UM, THERE IS ONE THAT CAME TO MIND.
SO IF GIVEN THE SHIFT IN OUR SORT OF PRIMARY, UM,
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THAT THE PRIMARY FOLKS WHO ARE, WHO ARE SHOWING POSITIVE, AND THEN THE INCREASE IN, UM, YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF FORETHOUGHT RIGHT NOW ABOUT HOW, WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE FOR THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.WELL, SOME GOOD COUNCIL MEMBER, I EXPECT THAT, UH, THAT WE'LL SEE THE VACCINE BE APPROVED FOR THAT 12 TO 16 AGE GROUP, SOMETIME IN MAY.
UM, SO REALLY THEY, THE NORMALCY OF THE FALL SEMESTER DEPENDS UPON THE VACCINATION EFFORT FOR THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE OVER THE SUMMER.
UH, WE CERTAINLY ENGAGED IN DIALOGUE WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENTS.
UH, WE'VE ENCOURAGED THEM TO, UH, YOU KNOW, FOCUS IN PARTICULAR ON THOSE STUDENT ATHLETES WHO ARE, WHO START EVEN EARLIER THAN THE NORMAL STUDENTS, SO THAT WE CAN, UH, HAVE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF, OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE VACCINATED PRIOR TO THE FALL SEMESTER.
MY GUESS IS THAT, UM, THAT THERE'S LIKELY TO BE MASKING, UH, EARLY IN THE FALL SEMESTER AS WE CONTINUE TO GET THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND HIGH SCHOOLERS VACCINATED.
UH, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE AN OCCUPANCY LIMIT, UH, ON SCHOOLS IN THE FALL SEMESTER.
UH, SO AGAIN, MY EXPECTATION IS FALL SEMESTER LOOKS RELATIVELY NORMAL FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND HIGH SCHOOLERS WITH THE POTENTIAL EXCEPTION OF MASKING.
AND I ASSUME THAT YOU EXCLUDED, UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT, THAT THE VACCINE WILL BE APPROVED FOR THE ELEMENTARY AND CERTAINLY PRESCHOOLERS BEFORE IT LEADS TO MIDSUMMER.
AND PERHAPS LATER THAN THAT, UH, SO I, I, I DON'T THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT, UM, THAT WE'LL SEE, UH, SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF VACCINATED PRIOR TO THE FALL SEMESTER.
HOWEVER, THE DISEASE TRENDS IN THOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND, UH, AND PRESCHOOLS HAS BEEN VERY LOW NOW THAT DATA HAS BEEN CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.
UM, SO AGAIN, I THINK THAT ELEMENTARY AND PRESCHOOL, UH, ENVIRONMENTS RIGHT NOW ALREADY LOOK RELATIVELY NORMAL.
UM, SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE MUCH CHANGE AT LEAST IN THE EARLY FALL SEMESTER FOR THEM.
UH, AND, AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION I SUPPOSE, IS, WOULD SORT OF BE A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING, BUT I WONDER IF IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO REACH OUT TO THOSE SUMMER CAMPS, ESPECIALLY THE OVERNIGHT ONES AND SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO ENCOURAGE, UH, THE 12 AND OLDER, UH, POTENTIAL CAMPERS BEFORE THEY COME TO RECEIVE BOTH VACCINATIONS, UH, YES, COUNSELOR, THEN THAT WILL BE PART OF OUR GUIDANCE, UH, PARTICULARLY IF, UH, AND, AND WHEN THAT, UH, THAT PFIZER VACCINE IS APPROVED, UM, YOU KNOW, DO THE TIMING, UH, IT, YOU KNOW, THE EXPECTATION, IT MAY SOMETIME, UH, WE MAY END UP WITH PARTIALLY VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS, UH, GOING TO SUMMER CAMPS, BUT I AGREE THAT THAT WOULD BE A CERTAINLY A MECHANISM TO HELP, UH, ENCOURAGE VACCINATIONS OF, OF THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS OF HIGH SCHOOLS OVER THE SUMMER IS, UH, TO CREATE A REQUIREMENT, CERTAINLY SUMMER CAMPS THAT DO REQUIRE VACCINATION PRIOR TO START HAVE A LOT MORE ABILITY TO, TO HAVE NORMAL SUMMER CAMPS, UH, THAN OTHERWISE MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.
UH, IF THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT, I APPRECIATE IT.
SCOTT AND DIRECTOR, UH, EIGHT AN HOUR.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK TRAVIS COUNTY.
UM, THE, THE NUMBERS OF THE FACILITIES AND THE OPERATIONS, UH, UH, THAT ARE BEING DONE THROUGH TRAVIS KARODY ARE, ARE GREAT.
AND IT'S, IT'S INCREASING OUR CAPACITY TO REACH ALL COMMUNITIES.
UM, BRITTANY HAYDEN, HOWARD, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE EQUITY PAGE, UH, AND STANDING IT UP.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT GOING.
WE'RE ALREADY SENDING THAT OUT TO PEOPLE SO THEY CAN LOOK AT IT.
UH, I WANT TO REPORT AND THANK THE OVER A HUNDRED DOCTORS THAT HAVE NOW VOLUNTEERED ON THAT LIST TO, TO PROVIDE, UH, UH, HELP PROVIDE THE VACCINATIONS AS WE MOVED TO A MORE DECENTRALIZED PLACE.
UH, AND JUST TO NOTE, UM, THAT, UH, AGAIN, UH, THE BEST VACCINE FOR SOMEBODY TO TAKE IS THE VACCINE THAT IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE, UH, THE HIGH LEVEL OF VACCINATION THAT'S HAPPENING IN TRAVIS COUNTY, UH,
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COMPARED TO OUR PEER AND COLLEAGUE CITIES.UM, UH, MY DAUGHTER, SARAH AND I BOTH, UH, HAVE TAKEN THE JJ BACKSEAT.
UM, AND I KNOW EVERYBODY JUST TAKES THE VACCINE.
THAT'S, THAT'S THERE FOR THEM, BUT, UH, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, PUBLICLY, SO THAT PEOPLE COULD SEE THAT, THAT WE'RE ALL TAKING, UH, ALL OF THE VACCINES AS WELL.
HI, WITH THAT, UH, JUDGE, UH, I, UH, TURN THE, UH, THE GAVEL BACK TO YOU.
[2. Briefing on funding for the City and Travis County from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.]
ITEM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JOINTLY, JUST TO, BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN SOME REQUESTS FROM A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AMERICAN RESCUE ACT PLAN, HOW THAT PROCESS WILL LOOK AT THE COUNTY LEVEL AND AT THE CITY LEVEL.SO THE THOUGHT IS THAT A COUNTY AND CITY STAFF TODAY WILL JUST GIVE US A SHORT BRIEFING, VERY SHORT BRIEFING ON, UH, KIND OF WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM, UH, THE RULES ABOUT IT, AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROCESS, BUT NOTHING ABOUT SPECIFIC PROGRAMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AS THE MONEY WOULD GO TO THAT PROCESS WILL BE, WE'LL START THAT THIS AFTERNOON, UH, AT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO DISCUSS INTERNALLY AND WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM COLORS AT THAT POINT ABOUT IDEAS UNDER ITEM 10.
UH, BUT FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM, AS, AS THE JOINT EFFORT, IT'S REALLY JUST TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE, ON THE PROCESS AND WHAT THE RULES ARE.
SO, UM, BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO LAY OUT THE FUNDING SOURCES AVAILABLE PAST ACTIONS, FEDERAL RULES, UM, NOT SUGGESTING ANY SPENDING POSSIBILITIES OR PRIORITIES AND JUST NOT TRYING TO DISCUSS OR DEBATE ANY, UH, SPECIFIC, UH, POSSIBLE FUNDING RECIPIENTS OR, UH, SUBJECTS TODAY.
SO WITH THAT THOUGH, I WILL PASS IT.
UM, I GUESS FROM OUR SIDE, I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, JESSICA RIO, I BELIEVE WILL HANDLE THAT PART.
AND THEN I THINK, UH, UH, CITY MANAGER, SPENCER CRONK YOUR TEAM ON THE CITY SIDE WILL HANDLE THE LAYOUT IF I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL JUST WE'LL ADJOURN AND GO BACK TO OUR, OUR SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS, UH, AND, AND TAKE QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UH, LATER AT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
AND THEN Y'ALL CAN DO THAT SEPARATELY AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT THAT WAS CLEAR AS MUD.
AND, UM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND PASS IT OVER TO JESSICA, OR WHOEVER'S GOING TO KICK OFF THE, OKAY, DAD'S CHESCA RIO COUNTY, EXECUTIVE PLANNING A BUDGET.
I'M ACTUALLY GONNA PASS IT ALONG TO THE CITY TEAM.
AND, UM, TRAVIS COUNTY DOES HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES IN HERE AND WHEN IT'S THE APPROPRIATE TIME, I WILL SPEAK UP.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, JUDGE AND CORDS AND MARION COUNCIL, UH, SPENCER CRONK, CITY MANAGER FOR AUSTIN.
AND AGAIN, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT FRAMING, UH, JUDGE BROWN, BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE AT STAFF.
WE HAVE COORDINATED, UH, BETWEEN THE 30 AND THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE, OF THESE FUNDS.
AND SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO OUR INTERIM BUDGET, OFFICER CARRIE LANG FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO FRAME THE CONVERSATION.
GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND, UM, COUNSEL.
I AM THE, UM, INTERIM BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
CAN YOU ALL SEE MY, MY SLIDES CORRECTLY? YES, WE CAN.
UM, I AM GOING TO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, AN OVERVIEW ON THAT, AND, AND EXCUSE ME, IN THE ESSENCE OF TIME, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PASS IT ON TO OUR CONSULTANT, RALPH
UH, UH, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
AND I'LL GO, I THINK I'M DOING THE FIRST FEW SLIDES.
UM, SO THIS FIRST SLIDE, UH, IS, IS JUST KIND OF INTO, UM, PERSPECTIVE THIS, THE SCALE OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLANETS.
THE BIGGEST PART OF THAT IS, IS $424 BILLION FOR, FOR PAYMENTS TO INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS.
THOSE ARE THE $1,400 CHECKS, BUT THEN THE NEXT BIGGEST POT OF MONEY IS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL ASSISTANCE, UM, $360 BILLION.
UM, AND THEN YOU, YOU SEE ALL OF THE OTHER, UM, UM, POTS OF MONEY, SOME OF WHICH WILL ALSO COME DOWN TO, TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, UM, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO THESE ARE, UH, ESTIMATED DIRECT ALLOCATIONS TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
UM, AND, AND YOU'LL SEE, THE CITY WILL RECEIVE AN ESTIMATE AND THESE ARE JUST ESTIMATES.
I, I, THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT HASN'T PUT OUT OFFICIAL ALLOCATIONS YET.
THESE ARE ALL BASED ON, UM, AN EXCEL CHART, THE HOUSE GOVERNMENT, UM, REFORM AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE PUT OUT, UM, BACK IN THE BACK WHEN THE BILL WAS MOVING.
BUT, BUT I THINK THESE ARE, UM, AS GOOD AS WE'RE GONNA, THEY'RE PRETTY ACCURATE.
UM, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, OR RECEIVE $195.8 MILLION, UM, OUT OF THAT 360 BILLION,
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UM, EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE.AGAIN, THIS IS AN, UH, AN, AN ESTIMATE 22 MILLION, AND THEN THIS LAST ONE WE KNOW, UH, HYDE HAS PUT OUT THESE ALLOCATIONS, THE CITY WILL RECEIVE, UM, $11 MILLION, UM, FROM THAT.
AND THEN THE COUNTY WILL RECEIVE, UM, $247 MILLION IN FISCAL ASSISTANCE AND IN AN ESTIMATED 10.6 MILLION IN EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
SO, SO, SO A LOT OF MY, UH, I'VE, I'VE WORKED FOR, FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN WASHINGTON FOR, UM, JUST OVER 25 YEARS.
AND, AND THIS IS, UM, GENERALLY THIS IS ONCE IN A GENERATION KIND OF MONEY COMING DOWN TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
AND, AND THIS, UH, THE WAY THAT THE STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL ASSISTANCE IS GOING OUT, UM, UM, CDBG, ENTITLEMENT CITIES, UM, AUSTIN PFLUGERVILLE ROUND ROCK WILL RECEIVE A DIRECT ALLOCATION, UH, COUNTIES, UM, ALSO RECEIVE A DIRECT ALLOCATION AND THEN NON ENTITLEMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WILL RECEIVE THEIR FONTS OF ALLOCATED FROM THE STATE.
THE STATE HAS TO SUB ALLOCATE THESE FUNDS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIVING THEM.
AND, AND THIS SHOWS YOU WHAT THE VARIOUS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN TRAVIS COUNTY WILL, WILL BE RECEIVING.
SO THERE'S, AS YOU SAW IN THAT FIRST, THAT, THAT PIE CHART, WHICH, WHICH WAS A REALLY CROWDED PIE CHART, THERE'S A LOT IN THIS BILL AND THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES DON'T COME CLOSE TO COVERING EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THIS BILL, BUT THIS IS JUST KIND OF A, UH, A BROAD OVERVIEW.
THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO RESTAURANT, UM, TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
UM, THE RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND, THE I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT TODAY AND TOMORROW SBA IS HOLDING WEBINARS FOR POTENTIAL RECIPIENTS OF THOSE FUNDS, AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO OPEN APPLICATIONS SOON, UM, APPLICATIONS FOR SHUTTERED VENUE GRANTS OPENED YESTERDAY.
THE SBA HAD SOME GLITCHES WITH THEIR WEBSITE, BUT THAT IS NOW OFTEN RUNNING, UM, THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.
CONGRESS EXTENDED THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM THROUGH THE END OF NEXT MONTH.
AND, AND, AND THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN INCLUDED EXTRA MONEY FOR THOSE LOANS.
UM, ALSO INCLUDED AN EXTRA 15 BILLION FOR ECONOMIC INJURY, DISASTER LOANS.
AND THEN, UM, THE BILL INCLUDED $8 BILLION IN ASSISTANCE FOR AIRPORTS, UM, OF WHICH 800 MILLION IS SET ASIDE FOR, UM, AIRPORT CAN AID TO AIRPORT CONCESSIONS.
UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, UM, AID TO HOUSEHOLDS.
THE, THE BIG PART OF THAT WAS, AGAIN, THE $1,400 CHECKS THAT MAKES UP $424 BILLION OF THE BILL, BUT THERE IS A ONE YEAR, UM, EXPANSION TO THE CHILD TAX CREDIT, A ONE-YEAR EXPANSION OF THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.
UM, ALSO ONE YEAR EXPANSION OF THE CHILDCARE, INDEPENDENT TAX CREDIT, UM, INCREASED, UM, AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SUBSIDIES AND, AND A LOT OF ADDITIONAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE.
UM, MOST OF IT RUNNING THROUGH THE REST OF THIS YEAR AS WELL.
UM, SO, SO THAT'S, AND PARTICULARLY ON THE CHILD TAX CREDIT EXTENSION, THAT IS, UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGER, UM, PARTS OF THE BILL AND, AND THE, AND THE, THE CHILD TAX CREDIT IN 2021 IS, UM, IS REFUNDABLE, WHICH BRINGS, I THINK AN ESTIMATED $19 MILLION, 19 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS INTO THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND IN ADDITION TO BEING REFUNDABLE, THE LEGISLATION MAKES IT, UM, MAKES HALF OF THE TAX CREDIT AVAILABLE IN MONTHLY PAYMENTS.
UM, THAT WILL START ON JULY 1ST, UM, NEXT SLIDE.
OH, AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE I END UP BEFORE I TURN IT OVER.
I'LL I'LL, I'LL SAY, LIKE I SAID, THAT, THAT, THAT DOESN'T, UM, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN COVER EVERYTHING IN THIS BILL IN A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THERE'S THERE'S ASSISTANCE TO TRANSIT IN THIS BILL CAPITAL.
METRO IS SLATED TO RECEIVE, I THINK ABOUT 130 MILLION, UM, THERE'S ASSISTANCE TO AIRPORTS TO THAT MENTIONED, UM, $8 BILLION THERE.
WE STILL DON'T HAVE THOSE ALLOCATIONS.
AND JUST, UM, AND JUST SO MUCH MORE, I WILL MENTION, UM, REALLY QUICKLY, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
ONE OF THE PROVISIONS IN THE BILL IS, UM, IS, UH, ASSIST FUNERAL ASSISTANCE FROM FEMA.
AND THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO HOUSEHOLDS THAT IS OPEN.
AND I MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE, UM, WHEN FEMA PUT OUT ITS PORTAL AND IT'S ONE 800 NUMBER FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR THAT ASSISTANCE, THEY ALSO PUT OUT A FRAUD WARNING, UM, IN, IN, SO I THINK, UM, SAME WITH, WITH THE CHILD TAX CREDIT AND A LOT OF THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE IN THIS BILL.
I THINK THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF FRAUD.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT THE CITY AND COUNTY CAN DO IN TERMS OF EDUCATION, UM, TO HELP HELP PEOPLE OUT THAT WAY.
AND NOW ROSIE TRULA WILL SPEAK TO THE SPECIFIC FUNDING THAT WE
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ANTICIPATE COMING TO THE CITY.GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS ROSIE, TRUE LOVE, AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY'S HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE HAVE AS A DIRECT ALLOCATION FROM TREASURY, WE HAVE ABOUT $22 MILLION THAT WILL BE COMING TO US FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE DEPLOYED IN PHASES, UM, AND CAN BE USED FOR ELIGIBLE THINGS SUCH AS, UH, RENT RENTAL, ARREARS, UTILITIES, AND HOME ENERGY COSTS, UTILITY AND HOME ENERGY COSTA REARS, AND OTHER EXPENSES RELATED TO HOUSING AS DEFINED BY THE U S TREASURY.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, FUNDING, AS RALPH MENTIONED, THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING TO US THROUGH OUR HOME, UH, ALLOCATION, UM, FROM HUD THAT IS SPECIFICALLY TO BE USED, UH, FOR HOMELESSNESS, AND THIS WILL BE $11 MILLION.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY GUIDANCE ON THIS YET FOR WHEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR, OR PLAN OUT THESE DOLLARS.
UH, WE DO ANTICIPATE GETTING THAT, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR $11 MILLION TO BE SPENT DIRECTLY ON HOMELESSNESS.
AND THIS CAN BE USED AGAIN FOR THINGS SUCH AS TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF RENTAL HOUSING PURSUANT TO THE HOME PROGRAM, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, HOUSING COUNSELING, HOMELESS PREVENTION SERVICES, AND THE ACQUISITION OF NON CONGREGATE FILTERS THAT CAN BE CONVERTED TO PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT CAN BE USED AS AN EMERGENCY EMERGENCY SHELTER OR, AND CAN BE CONVERTED TO PERMANENT HOUSING OR REMAIN AS NON CONGREGATE SHELTER.
SO IT IS SOME, SOME DOLLARS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE THAN OUR STANDARD HOME DOLLARS.
THERE IS FUNDING THAT WILL BE COMING TO THE STATE.
UM, THIS WILL BE ALLOCATED FROM THE TREASURY, UH, THE TOTAL ALLOCATION FOR THIS AS 9.9 MILLION.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE FUND.
WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS.
UM, BUT THIS, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS WILL BE ABLE TO BE USED FOR MORTGAGE PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ALLOW HOMEOWNER TO REINSTATE A MORTGAGE OR OTHER OKAY.
OTHER HOUSING RELATED COSTS, PRINCIPAL REDUCTION, UH, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THIS WILL BE COMING THROUGH THE STATE AND WILL BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN APPLY TO BE PART OF.
AND THEN LASTLY, I WANTED TO MENTION, UH, THAT WE WILL BE THAT OUR LOCAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES WILL BE GETTING, UM, ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY, UH, IN CRIMINAL SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER, SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS TO TRANSITION HOMELESS PEOPLE OR PEOPLE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS TO STABLE HOUSING, UH, TOTAL FUNDS, UH, FOR THIS ALLOCATION IS 5 BILLION.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE STILL WAITING TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UM, TO OUR HOUSING AUTHORITIES ABOUT HOW THESE FUNDS WILL BECOME ELIGIBLE OR HOW THESE VOUCHERS WILL BECOME ELIGIBLE.
UM, SO I THINK NOW I'M TURNING IT OVER TO TRAVIS COUNTY.
UM, SO REALLY THE FOCUS OF THE NEXT THREE SLIDES IS, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD WITH COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE, UH, LATER TODAY, THE, UM, PROGRAM CATEGORIES THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS FAR THUS FAR WITH COMMISSIONER'S COURT INCLUDE EXISTING PROGRAM, STARTING THE CRF FUNDS, WHICH WERE THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS.
UH, AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE RECEIVED 61, A LITTLE BIT OVER $61 MILLION LAST YEAR.
UH, AND, AND THOSE FUNDS WENT TO DIRECT AND JOINT RESPONSE, UM, AS WELL AS OTHER VITAL PROGRAMS, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON BUDGETS, UH, FOR COMMISSIONERS COURT CONSIDERATION FOR SELECT PROGRAM AREAS, INCLUDING FOOD DISTRIBUTION, NONPROFIT, AND SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON RENTAL ASSISTANCE CURRENTLY THROUGH THAT IRAP FUNDING.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE CONTINUED ONGOING RESPONSE AND JOINT RESPONSE, AND THEN WE ARE ALSO TRACKING IN THE BUDGET OFFICE, THE REVENUE REPLACEMENT, UH, ANY ELIGIBLE AREAS TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO COMMISSIONER OF COURT.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO BEEN DISCUSSING RESILIENCY, PLANNING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, AND OF COURSE, GIVEN THAT THE ARPA FUNDS ARE ONE-TIME PROGRAM EVALUATION AND THEN NEW PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED LATER TODAY WITH COMMISSIONER'S COURT AS WELL.
SO WE'RE MULTITASKING QUITE A BIT AT THE COUNTY.
UH, WE'VE OUTLINED THREE TRACKS, AND, UM, LIKELY TODAY LATER TODAY WE'LL DISCUSS A FOURTH TRACK, A MORE DIRECT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TRACK, UH, BUT TRACK ONE AS PRESENTED HERE ARE THOSE FIRST YEAR OR PHASE ONE BUDGETS FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION, WORKFORCE INVESTMENT, NON-PROFITS SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT.
UH, WE'LL BRING THOSE BACK AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO BE CONSIDERED BY COMMISSIONERS COURT PRACTICE TO, OR THE PROGRAM AREAS, UH, MENTIONED JUST A FEW SECONDS AGO THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE COMMISSIONERS COURT TODAY, AND THEN, UH, TRACK THREE, OUR BUDGETS WERE
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DUE YESTERDAY.AND SO WE HAVE OVER 50 INDEPENDENTLY ELECTED OFFICIALS AT TRAVIS COUNTY, AND WE WILL BE LOOKING THROUGH THOSE BUDGET SUBMISSIONS TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY AREAS THAT MATCH UP TO THE ARPA FUNDS OR NEED TO BE DISCUSSED IN THAT CONTENT X SLIGHTLY.
AND THEN FINALLY JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME KEY DATES.
OBVIOUSLY THIS CALENDAR COULD BE MODIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER COURT.
THIS CALENDAR WAS PROVIDED BY STAFF, UM, AS SHOWN, UH, WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION ON PRIORITY PROGRAM AREAS, UH, AS SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF COURT AND THEN DISCUSS A APPROPRIATE PRIORITIZATION OF SUCH PROGRAM AREAS AT A LATER DATE.
AND, UM, OF COURSE, WHEN I ALSO MENTIONED THAT WE'RE AWAITING GUIDANCE FROM THE TREASURY AND SUCH GUIDANCE, ONE FORM, HOW WE PROCEED.
UM, AND ONE LAST THING JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS A PHASED APPROACH.
WE ARE, UH, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE RECEIVING THE FUNDING OVER TWO FISCAL YEARS.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE FUNDS SPENT BY DECEMBER 20, 24.
WE HAVE TIME TO BE THOUGHTFUL.
AND AGAIN, LIKE I WAS SAYING EARLIER, MULTITASK HAVE FASTER TRACKS FOR SOME THINGS THAT, UM, CAN BE STOOD UP QUICKLY AND THEN TAKE, UH, TAKE THE TIME NEEDED TO STAND UP MORE THOUGHTFUL PROGRAMS AND LONGER TERM PROGRAMS. AND I BELIEVE THAT IS IT FROM THE COUNTY AND I WILL PASS IT BACK TO THE CITY.
IF SOMEBODY THINKS SOMETHING, I'M NOT HEARING A JUDGE, OUR INTERIM BUDGET OFFICER CARRIE LANG, AND SO WAS TRYING TO UNMUTE HER, UH, SCREEN JUST ONE SECOND.
UM, THE CITY STAFF WILL BE PRESENTING ON MAY 6TH, UM, TO ACCEPT THE FIRST TRAUNCH OF FUNDING FROM THE ARP.
UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO APPROPRIATE SOME FUNDS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE AND CITY STAFF IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE PROCESS TO RESPOND TO COUNCIL'S RESERVOIR.
WHERE WERE YOU IDENTIFIED FOR, OR TEAS OF HOMELESSNESS, EARLY CHILDCARE AND EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS AND FOOD AND HOUSING INSECURITY.
SOME THINGS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION TO THE THEME OF FUNDING, UM, FREE FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS.
WE HAVE NOT PROVIDED, THEY HAVE NOT PROVIDED A FINAL DETERMINATION ON THE ELIGIBILITY OF COSTS FOR THE NON CONGREGATE SHELTERS.
WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT AT 75% COST RECOVERY RIGHT NOW, UM, WE ARE ALL STILL WAITING ON THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE FINAL DETERMINATION OF ALLOWABLE USES FOR THE ARP FUNDS.
AND AS THE COUNTY STAFF MENTIONED, UM, THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ON PRIORITIZATION OF PROGRAMMING FOR FUNDING, OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE WILL LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF ARE THE, UM, THE WAYS THAT THE FUNDS, THE STATE AND FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL REP RECOVERY FUNDS CAN BE USED, DOES INCLUDE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO COVID-19, UM, ANY NECESSARY INVESTMENTS IN WATER SEWER, OUR BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES, TO THE EXTENT OF THE REDUCTION IN REVENUE DUE TO COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, UM, TO PROVIDE PREMIUM PAYMENTS TO INSTINCTUAL EMPLOYEES AND ARE PROVIDING GRANTS TO EMPLOYEE EMPLOYERS OF CONSENSUAL EMPLOYEES, FUNDS CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO A PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION INVOLVED IN THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS, OUR CARGO, OR A SPECIAL PURPOSE UNIT OF THE STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
AND THEN FINALLY THINGS THAT THE, UM, CAN NOT BE USED FOR INCLUDE PENSION FUNDS.
UM, SORRY, I'M A THEME WITH THAT INCLUDES PENSION FUNDS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? SO JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING THIS TODAY.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENSURING TRANSPARENCY AROUND THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, BOTH FROM THE COUNTY SIDE AND OBVIOUSLY FROM THE CITY SIDE TOO.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KIND OF HEAR ALL THIS LAID OFF FOR US.
SO THANKS TO THE CITY AND COUNTY STAFF FOR PRESENTING TODAY, WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS PRESENTATION AND ALSO BEHIND THE SCENES ON ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND THAT YOU WILL BE DOING IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS TO FIGURE OUT THIS, THIS NEW PROCESS AND THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE ALL HAVE HERE TO, TO HELP
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HELP OUT ON THE LOCAL LEVEL.UM, HERE AT TRAVIS COUNTY, COMMITTED TO A TRANSPARENT, EQUITABLE, VERY ACCESSIBLE PROCESS.
THAT'S INFORMED BY THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN MOST DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY COVID.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION WITH COMMISSIONERS DURING OUR REGULAR MEETING TODAY.
UM, I WILL JUDGE, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE OUR LEAVE IF IT'S OKAY.
UH, AND, UH, AGAIN, THANKS TO THE COURT FOR LETTING US JOIN IN THIS JOINT MEETING.
AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE OUR STAFFS WORKING WITH ONE ANOTHER TO SEE IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE ANY COMMON PRIORITIES THAT MIGHT EXIST.
AND WITH THAT, UH, JUDGE, IT IS, UH, 10 54.
I'M GOING TO RECESS THE, THE CITY COUNCIL PORTION OF THIS, UH, OF THIS JOINT MEETING.