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          THE MEETING OF THE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT. 
          IT'S OCTOBER 12TH, 2021. 
          AND IT'S 9:09 AM OR MEETING HERE AT 700 LAVACA AND, UM, MAYOR ADLER, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO YOU TO START YOUR MEETING, JUDGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CONVENE THE CITY COUNCIL PORTION OF THE JOIN MEETING TODAY. 
          TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 2021. 
          UH, THE TIME IS, UH, NINE 10. 
          UM, WE, UH, ARE SHY ONE MEMBER FOR OUR QUORUM, SO WE CAN'T TAKE ANY ACTION, BUT WE'RE READY TO START LISTENING TO THE REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [1. Update on Covid-19 related matters]
UM, SO CALLED ORDER, THE JOINT MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONERS, TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO DR. 
          WACHS FOR A BRIEF GOOD MORNING. 
          EVERYONE SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE SEEN ONE ANOTHER. 
          UM, GOODNESS, IS THAT OUR SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE FOR HOSPITALIZATIONS? UM, HAS DECREASED, UM, WAS, UH, 28 ON THE 4TH OF OCTOBER. 
          AND IT'S DOWN TO 19 AS OF YESTERDAY. 
          UM, WE, UH, IF I CAN GET THE SLIDES UP, PLEASE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THE SLIDES. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO AS YOU SEE FROM THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, WE'VE HAD A DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES AND WE, UM, ARE SAYING A GRADUAL REDUCTION IN THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL AND ICU AND WITH VENTILATOR USE. 
          UM, SO WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DELTA SEARCH THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JULY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, UM, IMPACT OF, UH, UH, ON OUR HOSPITALS, UM, WE SEE THAT 47% OF THE ADMISSIONS TO OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS, WHERE ARE NOW FROM TRAVIS COUNTY RESIDENTS. 
          UM, THE VACCINATION LEVELS, UM, ARE LISTED HERE. 
          UM, WE HAVE UNKNOWN STATUS FOR 168 OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN HOSPITAL. 
          UM, SO THE NUMBER OF NOT VACCINATED PARTIALLY VACCINATED, UM, IS ONLY REPRESENTING, UM, A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF OF THOSE WHO ARE IN OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEMS AT THIS POINT. 
          AND, UM, THIS REMAINS AN SITUATION WHERE ALMOST ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN HOSPITAL ARE UN-VACCINATED THE, UM, CULTURE ON THE, UH, RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE, UM, DETECTS WHERE PEOPLE RESIDE, WHO HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED AND GIVES YOU A, UM, A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE GEOGRAPHIC, UM, FROM, FROM A GEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE. 
          AND YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE, UM, PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF OUR COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES WHO HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOSPITALIZATIONS BASED ON RACE, UM, YOU SEE THAT 72% ARE WHITE AND 44% OF THOSE HAVE REPORTED AS WHITE OR HISPANIC, UH, 10% OR 11% ARE BLACK. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A LARGE REPRESENTATION OF THOSE WHO ARE REPORTERS OTHER, UM, WHICH IS THE CATEGORY THAT PEOPLE ARE PLACED IN WHEN THEY, UM, DO NOT CHOOSE ONE OF THE OTHER RACES THAT ARE LISTED. 
          AND 2% OF THOSE HOSPITALIZED WERE ASIAN. 
          52% OF THOSE HOSPITALIZED WERE MALE, 48% WERE FEMALE. 
          AND DURING THIS LAST SEARCH WITH DUE TO THE DELTA VARIANT OF COVID-19, WE SAW A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF INDIVIDUALS HOSPITALIZED IN THE 30 TO 49 YEAR RANGE THAN WE HAD IN PREVIOUS SURGES. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THE AGE GROUP OF 
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50 TO 69, UM, CONTINUES TO BE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS HOSPITALIZED. 
          BUT AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THIS SEARCH, UM, WE HAD A GREATER PERCENTAGE OF THOSE IN THE CATEGORY OF THE 30 TO 49 YEAR OLDS HOSPITALIZED THEN FOLLOWED BY THOSE WHO WERE 70. 
          PLUS WE ALSO HAD A HIGHER NUMBER OF PEDIATRIC PATIENTS ADMITTED DURING THIS SEARCH. 
          UM, AND IN THE LAST REPORTING PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER 12TH, THROUGH OCTOBER 10TH, WE HAD 72 ADMISSIONS, 21 WERE AN ICU, AND ONE WAS ON A VENTILATOR. 
          AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAD EIGHT, UM, PEDIATRIC ADMISSIONS. 
          NONE OF THOSE WERE VACCINATED TO HER IN PEDIATRIC ICU OR PLUGIN. 
          AND, UH, ONE WAS ON A VENTILATOR. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          WE LOOK AT OUR SCHOOLS, UM, WE SEE A SLOW DECLINE IN THE NUMBERS OF CASES. 
          HOWEVER, THEY REPORTING PERIOD OF OCTOBER 4TH THROUGH 10TH. 
          UM, MAY INDEED, UM, NOT BE ACCURATE IN THAT WE HAD A HOLIDAY YESTERDAY AND TYPICALLY SCHOOLS, UM, SEND IN THEIR REPORTS ON MONDAY. 
          SO THAT MAY BE ARTIFICIALLY LOW. 
          AND WHEN I DOES, UH, WITH THIS GROUP AND, OR SEND A MEMO NEXT TIME, UM, UH, I WILL UPDATE THAT. 
          SO THAT NUMBER MAY ACTUALLY BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. 
          UM, THERE WERE TOTAL OF 242 CASES RECORDED IN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          204 WERE IN STUDENTS, UH, 34 IN STAFF. 
          THERE ARE MORE CASES IN THE CLASSROOM SETTING, UM, AND THAT'S THEN FOLLOWED BY AFTERSCHOOL AND ATHLETIC EVENTS. 
          UM, WE HAD ONE CASE THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE NEWS WHERE A TEACHER, UM, UNFORTUNATELY PASSED, HAD SEVERAL, UM, CONTACTS, UH, CLOSE CONTACTS, UM, AND THAT'S RESULTED IN, UM, TWO POSITIVE CASES. 
          UM, THERE'VE BEEN SEVERAL CLASS CLOSURES OVER THE MONTHS THAT SCHOOL'S BEEN OPEN, UM, AND SOME, UH, SPORTS RELATED, UM, EXPOSURES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS WELL. 
          UM, AGAIN, MASKING IS WHAT HAS HELPED DECREASE, SPREAD AND VACCINATIONS. 
          WHAT KEEPS PEOPLE FROM GETTING SICK. 
          AND THOSE CONTINUE TO BE OUR MAIN, UM, AVENUES FOR PROTECTING OURSELVES FROM COVID-19 AND OUR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. 
          WE'VE HAD JUST 13 CASES IN THE LAST 14 DAYS. 
          UM, ALL OF THE CASES THAT HAVE OCCURRED WERE IN FULLY VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS AND NONE HAVE REQUIRED HOSPITALIZATION. 
          UM, AGAIN, SHOWING THAT OUR VACCINES ARE PROTECTING US FROM HAVING SEVERE DISEASE AND HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATH. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR BREAKTHROUGH CASES, UH, FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE BEEN VACCINATED, UM, WE SAY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CASES, 1,019, HOWEVER, WE'VE DEPLOYED, UM, OVER 1.6 MILLION DOSES OF VACCINE AND OUR COUNTY. 
          AND WE ALSO, UM, HAVE OVER 70 PEOPLE, 70% OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VACCINATIONS NOW FULLY VACCINATED IN OUR COUNTY, A GREAT MILESTONE. 
          AND OF THOSE 8,000 PLUS INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE HAD BREAKTHROUGH CASES. 
          UM, 89% OF THOSE WERE SYMPTOMATIC. 
          UM, 82 WERE HOSPITALIZED. 
          SO, UH, THAT PERCENTAGE IS VERY LOW. 
          THE MEDIAN AGE OF THOSE AFFECTED WITH THE VACCINE BREAKTHROUGHS WERE, WAS 72 YEARS 41 RECEIVED PFIZER TWENTY-FIVE MODERNA AND 16 J AND J THERE WERE 43 COVID, UH, ASSOCIATED DEATHS IN THIS GROUP. 
          UM, THE 
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STRESSES, THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR CONTINUING TO USE MASKING TO PREVENT SPREAD INDOORS. 
          UM, WE'VE JUST CROSSED THE THRESHOLD OF STAGE THREE, BUT I WOULD URGE OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO CONTINUE THOSE, UM, PRACTICES THAT HAVE KEPT US SAFE AND HELPED US GET THROUGH THIS PREVIOUS, THIS LAST SEARCH, THE, UM, VACCINE BREAKTHROUGHS, UM, REPRESENT A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE AS I MENTIONED OF THE CASES THAT WE'VE SEEN. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED TO GO AND GET THAT VACCINE. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RE INFECTIONS. 
          UM, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE TO IDENTIFY HOW OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM IS RESPONDING TO COVID-19 AND PRODUCING NATURAL IMMUNITY IN THOSE THAT HAVE HAD COVID-19, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE, UM, WHAT THE APPEARANCE OF THIS DELTA VARIANT ON THE SCENE, THERE WAS A SPIKE IN THE NUMBER OF REINFECTION. 
          UM, SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PRODUCE ANTIBODIES IS IMPORTANT. 
          IT IS OUR BODY'S WAY OF FIGHTING OFF DISEASE. 
          HOWEVER, NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES MAY NOT WORK AS WELL ON SUBSEQUENT VARIANTS, AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE DURABILITY OR HOW LONG THOSE ANTIBODIES THAT ARE PRODUCED FROM NATURAL DISEASE LAST. 
          SO THERE IS SOME PROTECTION CONFERRED, AND WE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH ANTIBODIES NEEDED TO KEEP YOU FROM GETTING SICK FROM COVID-19 AFTER YOU'VE HAD COVID 19. 
          AND AT THIS POINT, WE ARE STILL SAYING THAT THE PROTECTION ONLY LASTS FOR 90 DAYS THAT MAY CHANGE WITH FURTHER RESEARCH AND, UM, ASSESSING, UH, WHAT OUR BODY, OUR BODY'S IMMUNE SYSTEM IS ABLE TO DO. 
          SO I SLEPT SHOW THIS SLIDE TO SAY IT IS STILL IMPORTANT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE HAD COVID-19 TO GO AND GET VACCINATED. 
          UM, AND IT'S STILL IMPORTANT FOR US TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM GETTING COVID-19 BY WEARING MASK DIZZY SLIDE. 
          UM, THE CONTENTS OF WHICH, UM, SHOW THAT THE COVID VACCINES THAT WE HAVE IN THE U S ARE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AGAINST COVID-19 INFECTIONS, UM, THAT REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION, ICU ADMISSION, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, OR URGENT CARE CLINIC VISITS. 
          UM, AND THIS VACCINE EFFECTIVENESS IS EXTENDED TO POPULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY SARS COVID TWO OR COVID-19. 
          SO, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO VACCINATE OUR POPULATION ON THE SLIDE FOLLOWING THAT, UH, IS DISCUSSING THE DEATHS THAT WE'VE SEEN, UM, RELATED TO COVID-19 SINCE VACCINES ARE DEPLOYED IN, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, PLEASE, UM, THAT W SINCE EVER DEPLOYED IN JANUARY, AND WE'VE SEEN 549 DEATHS SINCE JANUARY, UM, 7.8 OF THOSE WERE IN VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS. 
          UM, AND THE TAKEAWAY FROM THIS SLIDE IS THAT VACCINES DO PRODUCTION PROTECT THOSE WHO, UM, ARE RECEIVING THEM FROM SEVERE DISEASE, HOSPITALIZATION, AND DEATH. 
          AND THOSE WHO DIED, UM, FROM OUR CASE INVESTIGATORS REPORTS, UH, WERE THOSE WHO HAD COEXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, TRAVIS COUNTY ADMISSIONS, AGAIN, ARE BEING REPORTED HERE. 
          AND AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THAT WE HAVE 47% OF ADMISSIONS FROM TRAVIS COUNTY AND THE REMAINDER ARE FROM SURROUNDING COUNTIES. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK, UM, TO CONTINUE VACCINATE OUR COUNTY RESIDENTS AND ALSO TO LOOK AT, UM, ENCOURAGING OUR COMMUNITIES 
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THAT'S AROUND US, UM, AND HAVE THEM VACCINATE AS WELL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'VE HAD A HUGE SUCCESS IN VACCINATING OUR POPULATION. 
          UM, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WITH THIS VARIANT, THAT WE'VE JUST THAT WE STILL ARE, UM, BATTLING, UM, THAT MASKING WORKS TO DECREASE FRAUD. 
          SO AS WE MOVED, UH, THIS SHOULD, THE STUDY IS ONE FROM GERMANY THAT SHOWS THAT WITH MASKING, WE CAN, UM, HAVE A GREAT REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT WE'VE SEEN. 
          AND AS WE LOOK AT OUR SUCCESS IN, UM, WORKING THROUGH THIS LAST SEARCH, AS WE HAD AN INCREASE IN MASKING, WE SAW A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT WERE HOSPITALIZED. 
          AND ALSO AS WE REACHED THAT 70% MARK OF ELIGIBLE, UM, PEOPLE THAT WERE VACCINATED, WE SAW THAT HAD A, UM, ANOTHER GOOD IMPACT AND DECREASED OUR CASE NUMBERS. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS GOING FORWARD. 
          WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED. 
          UM, WE STILL HAVE THE FLU TO CONTEND WITH. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE RECEIVE THEIR FLU VACCINE. 
          UM, AND AS WE MOVE INTO STAGE THREE, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING THAT MASKING, UH, CONTINUE FOR UN-VACCINATED AND PARTIALLY VACCINATED PEOPLE, INDOORS AND OUTDOORS, WHERE SOCIAL DISTANCING IS NOT POSSIBLE MASKING FOR THE VACCINATED WILL BE, UM, RECOMMENDED INDOORS WHEN TRAVELING AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE HIGH RISK, UM, WHEN THEY'RE DINING INDOORS AND NOT ACTIVELY EATING AND DRINKING, HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS ARE ALSO RECOMMENDED TO AVOID CROWDS AND INDOOR VENUES AND ABOARD NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL. 
          THERE WILL BE ONE, UM, CHANGED TO THE RISK-BASED GUIDANCE CHART THAT WE'RE, UM, SHARING WITH YOU TODAY. 
          AND THAT WILL BE THAT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT INSTEAD OF THE STAGE ONE CATEGORIES SHOWING LESS THAN FIVE CASES, UM, IT'S GOING TO SAY ZERO TO FOUR CASES. 
          UM, SO THAT'S A CHANGE THAT YOU'LL NOTICE, AND WE'RE GOING TO, UH, CONTINUE TO, UH, STUDY THE IMPACT OF THE DELTA VARIANT WORK WITH OUR UT MODELING GROUP TO ASSESS, UM, VACCINATION, UM, MASKING AND OTHER FACTORS THAT IMPACTED US DURING THIS LATEST SEARCH. 
          WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW VARIANT, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, LOOK TO GIVING OUR COMMUNITY, UM, ACTIONS AND BEHAVIORS THAT THEY CAN TAKE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES, UM, THE PRIMARY ONES BEING VACCINATION AND USE OF MASKING APPROPRIATELY. 
          HOWEVER, UM, WE'RE GOING TO, UM, LOOK TOGETHER AS A GROUP AND, UM, DEVELOP A STRATEGY FOR COMMUNICATING AND MESSAGING THAT SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN CONTINUE ON WITH PROTECTING ITSELF AND DO SO, UM, IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS AND SAFE MANNER. 
          AND WITH THAT ALL IN MY REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          WACHS. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING, HADRIAN STIRRUP INTERIM DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON COVID-19 OPERATIONS. 
          UM, I WILL TRUNCATE MY PRESENTATION A LITTLE BIT TO LEAVE TIME FOR MY PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY TO GIVE THEIR UPDATES, BUT DURING THE QUESTION AND ANSWER, PERIOD, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I DIDN'T MENTION, I WILL BE HAPPY TO GO OVER. 
          SO JUST LOOKING AT, UM, OUR RESPONSE ACTIVITIES OVER THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE GIVEN OVER 3,600 VACCINES ADMINISTERED OVER 10,000 TESTS. 
          WE HAD AN OVER 11,000 NEW COVID-19 CASES REPORTED AND PROCESSED BY OUR EPI TEAM. 
          OUR EQUITY LINE TOOK OVER THROUGH AND NURSE LINE TOOK OVER 3000 PATIENT INBOUND AND OUTBOUND 
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CALLS. 
          AND THOSE INCLUDE CALLS FROM COMMUNITY CALLING ABOUT THE REGIONAL INFUSION CENTER. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING OUTBOUND CALLS, HELPING FOLKS GET SCHEDULED FOR A THIRD DOSES. 
          AND NOW THAT BOOSTERS ARE ONLINE, WE'VE CONTINUED TO DO THAT WORK AS WELL. 
          UM, OVER 1000 FAMILIES WERE SUPPORTED THROUGH PPE AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION, AND WE PROVIDED OVER 21 VACCINE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES WITHIN COMMUNITY. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT, UM, THE DOSES THAT WE'VE GIVEN OUT, UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE MAJORITY IN OUR COMMUNITY IS NOW PFIZER. 
          SO FIRST DOSES ADMINISTERED IN SEPTEMBER WERE 1400. 
          WE ADMITTED MINISTERED 1502ND. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THOSE BEING PFIZER AGAIN AND OVER 600, JUST UNDER 700 DOSES, THIRD DOSES OF MADONNA. 
          AND I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW, THIRD DOSES, THAT CATEGORY DOES INCLUDE BOOSTERS AND WE'RE WORKING ON A WAY IN OUR SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO, UM, BREAK THOSE OUT ACCORDINGLY WITH THE TEST. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT ST JOHN'S CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST POPULAR PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND GET A COVID TEST JUST UNDER 7,000 ADMINISTERED 226 MOBILE TESTS. 
          AND AT OUR DEAF SPRING SITE, WE SAW JUST UNDER 3000 COMMUNITY RESIDENTS. 
          AND SO OUR TESTING OPTIONS REMAIN THE SAME. 
          UM, DURING, FOR THIS NEXT, UH, OPERATIONAL PERIOD, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AT THE DOVE SPRINGS REC AT ST. 
          JOHN'S IN HOME. 
          TESTING IS AVAILABLE. 
          IF YOU CALL 3 1, 1 OR FIVE ONE TWO NINE SEVEN FOUR, 2000, WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS WITH FACILITY TESTING AND LONG-TERM CARE SHELTERS AND OTHER CONGREGATE LIVING SPACES. 
          AND WE ARE STILL PROVIDING MOBILE TESTS FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT NEED MOBILE TESTS. 
          THEY CAN CALL 5 1 2 9 7 2 5 5 6 0. 
          AND WE WILL COME OUT AND GIVE YOU A COVID TEST. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR VACCINATIONS BY WEEK FOUR IN TRAVIS COUNTY, UM, WE CAN SEE THAT WE'RE TAPERING OFF AGAIN WITH JUST, UM, UNDER SEVEN 1,000,700 DOSES DELIVERED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR TRAVIS COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED A SECOND DOSE, THAT GREEN PIE KEY OR TEAL KEEPS GETTING SMALLER. 
          UM, THE LAST TIME I WAS IN FRONT OF YOU, WE WERE AT ABOUT 210,000 PEOPLE WHO WERE UN-VACCINATED. 
          AND NOW THAT NUMBER IS AT 201,000. 
          UM, AND SO FOR THE FOLKS THAT JUST HAVE ONE DOSE, WE SEE THAT IT'S AT 107,000. 
          AND SO WE'RE MAKING SOME REALLY GOOD PROGRESS TOWARDS, UM, GETTING OUR FOLKS FULLY PROTECTED. 
          AND WHEN WE SAY FULLY PROTECTED, WE MEAN THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLETED EITHER A TWO DOSE SERIES OF PFIZER OR MADRONA, OR HAVE HAD A JENSEN SHOT, UM, SOME S SOME GOOD CHANGES, NOT A LOT, UM, AND OUR VACCINE DATA BY RACE AND ETHNICITY. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE WEEK OVER WEEK, WE ARE SEEING INCREMENTAL INCREASES IN OUR HISPANIC AND BLACK POPULATIONS, BUT THERE ARE, THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE. 
          AND THAT IS THE MAIN FOCUS OF ALL OUR VACCINE AND, UH, COMMUNITY-BASED STREET TEAMS REALLY BEING IN COMMUNITY SPACES IN PLACES TO ENCOURAGE AND PROVIDE VACCINE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THIS MAP IS KEY TO US, UM, HELPING DEFINE OUR, UH, OPERATIONAL EMPHASIS FOR THE WEEK. 
          UM, THE FIRST DOSE MAP IS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. 
          THERE'S JUST THAT ONE YELLOW SPOT HERE. 
          UM, AND WE KNOW, UM, INTUITIVELY IT'S PROBABLY A DATA ISSUE, UM, BECAUSE THAT REPRESENTS A LOT OF UT STUDENTS. 
          WE DO KNOW THAT THE, UH, UT IS DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK WITH TESTING. 
          UM, AT OUR LAST HOSPITAL CALL, I BELIEVE THEY REPORTED A POSITIVITY RATE THAT WAS LESS THAN 1% FOR THEIR STUDENTS. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR SECOND DOSE MAP, UM, UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S STILL SOME YELLOW HERE, UM, IN 6 1 7 AND IN THE 4, 4, 5, AND IN FIVE THREE, BUT NOT FOR THE LACK OF EFFORT ON THE PART OF APA, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY COLLABORATIVE. 
          UM, AND I'M SURE THEY'LL TALK ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS IN THOSE AREAS. 
          AND SO OUR VACCINE OPERATIONS, WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, WALK UP OPTIONS ARE STATIC LOCATIONS, OUR SOUTHEAST BRANCH LIBRARY, A LITTLE WALNUT CREEK PFLUGERVILLE, AND AT THE DELCO ACTIVITY CENTER AND DID AT SIMS ELEMENTARY. 
          UM, WE DID HAVE TO END THE CONTRACT WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS ALLIED HEALTH 
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INSTITUTE TO COME TO ITS NATURAL END, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL HAD A PRESENCE IN THAT COMMUNITY, WE ARRANGED TO HAVE SPACE AT SIMS. AND SO WE WILL BE PROVIDING MODERNA AND PFIZER AT THOSE LOCATIONS. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR MOBILE OPERATIONS WILL BE AT SEVEN DIFFERENT MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          WE'LL BE AT THE AUSTIN TRANSITION CENTER. 
          WE'LL HAVE A PRESENCE, A PRESENCE AT THE FEST IN PFLUGERVILLE. 
          I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY TO SAY THAT FIRST WORD AND, UM, AT THE HEALTH WORKER CAREER FAIR. 
          AND FIRST, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND SO BOOSTER AND PEDIATRIC VACCINES. 
          UM, A LOT OF BUZZ IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK, UM, THE FDA COMMITTEE IS EXPECTED TO MEET ON THE 14TH AND THE 15TH TO DISCUSS, UM, BOOSTER DOSES OF MADONNA, AS WELL AS J AND J. 
          UM, AND ALSO TO GIVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE ABILITY TO MIX AND MATCH, UM, YOUR BOOSTER DOSES FROM YOUR ORIGINAL SERIES, UM, A PARTICULAR INTEREST LATER THIS MONTH, THE FDA FDA WILL MEET TO LOOK AT PFIZER'S DATA FOR VACCINES FOR FIVE TO 11 YEAR OLDS. 
          AND SO PLANNING AHEAD FOR A PD VACCINES WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE KEY POINTS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY IN ANTICIPATION OF THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR PFIZER. 
          WE WERE MOSTLY A MADONNA COMMUNITY. 
          UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT ONCE THESE COME ONLINE, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONLY OPTION FOR KIDDOS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH VACCINE ON HAND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ACTIVE OR PROACTIVELY ADDRESSING VACCINE HESITANCY, UM, WITH KIDS, PARENTS ARE THEIR PRIMARY CAREGIVERS. 
          UM, WE'RE ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY DRIVEN, VACCINE DEMAND. 
          SO REALLY WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THOSE BOOTS ON THE GROUND EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO FOLKS, UM, IN VEHICLES AND IN SPACES WHERE THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE AND TRUSTING. 
          WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT VERY SPECIAL, UH, WORKFORCE IDENTIFIED. 
          IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON I'M TOLD TO GIVE A PD SHOT. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN STEADILY RECRUITING THOSE NURSES AND OFFERING TRAINING AND SUPPORT. 
          AND WE KNOW BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT, UM, OUR ELIGIBLE POPULATION WILL INCREASE BY 114,519. 
          AND SO REALLY, UM, THE WORK THAT, UH, CASSANDRA DELYON, WHO IS OUR CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OVER DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION, SHE LEADS ALL THE VACCINE EFFORTS, THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING WITH MR. BROTHERTON AT THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CONCERTED STRATEGY TO ADDRESS PD VACCINES IS QUITE ENCOURAGING. 
          AND I HATS OFF TO BOTH OF THEM FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THOSE EFFORTS. 
          UM, AS PART OF THE RESOLUTION ONE 10, THAT WAS ISSUED, UM, A FEW MONTHS BACK, WE, AT OUR LAST MEETING, I GAVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE INITIAL LESSONS, LEARNED FROM THE VACCINE ROLLOUT, UM, ON THE 25TH OF OCTOBER, AND ON THE 30TH OF OCTOBER, WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          UM, BUT THROUGH A FIRST, UH, VIRTUAL TOWN HALL, WE REALLY WANT THE COMMUNITY'S VOICE TO BE REFLECTED IN THE UPDATED BOOSTER, AS WELL AS THE PD STRATEGY. 
          AND SO, UM, OUR APH PIO, AS WELL AS THE CITY'S PIO TEAM IS REALLY WORKING TO MAKE SURE THIS IS AN INCLUSIVE EVENT. 
          UM, IT WILL BE, UH, CENTERED ON EQUITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE LANGUAGES AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS TO PARTICIPATE AND FEEL COMFORTABLE. 
          UM, AND SO THAT MEANS SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION, AS WELL AS BREAKOUT ROOMS BY SOMEONE'S PREFERRED LANGUAGE, SO THAT WE CAN REALLY HAVE THAT TWO WAY DIALOGUE. 
          THIS IS A, A PLACE WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO REPORT OUT. 
          WE WANT TO DO AS MUCH LISTENING AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THESE, UM, ENGAGEMENTS WILL BE CALLED INTO THE FINAL REPORT THAT WE WILL PRESENT TO, UH, MARIN COUNCIL EARLY NOVEMBER. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE VIRTUAL TOWN HALLS, WE WILL ALSO HAVE A SURVEY THAT WILL BE, UM, PUSHED OUT WILDLY, UM, THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE OFFER EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, PEOPLE TO, TO SHARE WHAT THEY LOVED ABOUT GETTING THE VACCINE, WHAT THEY HATED, UM, WHAT THEIR HESITANCIES ARE AND WHAT THEY FEEL WE SHOULD BE DOING MORE OF, UM, PART OF THIS EFFORT, UM, TO BE MORE IN TOUCH WITH THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY HAVING THAT, UM, INTENSE, INTENTIONAL FOCUS IS BEEFING UP OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER STAFF. 
          AND SO WE ALREADY HAD 
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ONE HEALTH FAIR. 
          WE'RE HAVING GREAT RESPONSE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS. 
          WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER, UM, HEALTH FAIR SPECIFICALLY FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ON THE 16TH. 
          UM, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO RECRUIT A STRONG POOL OF APPLICANTS THAT ARE NOT ONLY BILINGUAL, BUT HAVE ROOTS IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON TO HELP US IMPROVE OUR, OUR REACH. 
          AND VERY BRIEFLY JUST TALKING ABOUT SOME OUTREACH EVENTS. 
          WE WERE AT ST. 
          JAMES MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. 
          WE SERVE 445 FAMILIES WITH PPE. 
          UM, AND THEN ON THE NINTH, WE WERE AT DITMAR PARK AGAIN, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT COMBINATION OF HELPING YOU PROTECT YOURSELF WITH PPE AND INFORMATION ABOUT VACCINES, BUT MAKING SURE YOU GET YOUR BASIC NEEDS MET AS WELL. 
          UM, PLACES THAT WILL BE THIS COMING WEEK WILL BE THE NORTH NORTHEAST EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY WILL BE AT THE MAIN OR NIGHT OUT THE MEXICAN CONSULATE, THE DUTCH AND FEST. 
          UM, AND WE WILL ALSO BE AT THE WOODVIEW MOBILE HOME. 
          AND THAT IS IT FOR THE OPERATIONAL UPDATES. 
          I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. 
          REALLY GOOD, EXCEPT FOR DEUTSCHE AND WE'LL GET IT RIGHT. 
          WELL, WE LEARNED SOMETHING TODAY. 
          CHUCK OVER CONSTABLE ARE Y'ALL THERE. 
          JUDGE CHUCK BROTHERTON, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES. 
          GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COURT AND COUNSEL, UH, JUST TO UPDATE, Y'ALL QUICKLY ON THE ACTIVITIES OF OUR, UH, UH, COUNTY COLLABORATIVE. 
          I'M HOPEFUL. 
          YOU CAN SHARE MY SCREEN OR YOU CAN SEE MY SCREEN, UH, WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE LAST WEEK. 
          UH, WE DID A TOTAL THROUGH, UH, FROM LAST MONDAY THROUGH THIS PAST SUNDAY, UH, WE DID 841 DOSES AT OUR EXPO CENTER, AS WELL AS AT A VARIETY OF, UH, POP-UP OR STRIKE TEAM LOCATIONS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN CRESCENT, UH, 841 IS AN UPTICK FROM, UH, PRIOR THE PRIOR TWO WEEKS, UH, WHERE THE NUMBERS SEEM TO BE, SEEM TO BE DROPPING. 
          BUT THEN, UH, I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT OUR COMBINED EFFORTS, AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE TRAVIS COUNTY COLLABORATIVE IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR Y'ALL TO UNDERSTAND THAT TOGETHER WE DID ROUGHLY 7,500 DOSES, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I THINK IS VERY ENCOURAGING. 
          UH, AND THE WORK THAT WE CONTINUE DOING IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          TOTAL TRAVIS COUNTY RESIDENT SERVED FROM OUR, BY THE COLLABORATIVE WITH, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY, ESD 11 AS OUR VACCINATOR OF RECORD 32,600, 101 TODAY THAT IS STARTING FROM ABOUT, UH, APRIL TO PRESENT, UH, BEFORE THAT, UH, WE WERE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY CARE AS OUR VACCINATOR OF RECORD AND SHOTS DELIVERED BY COMMUNITY CARE. 
          WE'RE ABOUT 73,000. 
          SO TOGETHER ALL TOLD THE TRAVIS COUNTY COLLABORATIVE, UH, IS, IS ABOUT 105,000 DOSES, UH, SO FAR LOT GOING ON ON THIS PARTICULAR SHEET, UH, JUST QUICKLY LOOKING AT, UH, THE OTHER NUMBER HERE, 3,675, UH, TO DATE THOSE OTHERS ARE FOUND IN THE UPPER QUADRANT OF THIS SLIDE. 
          YOU CAN SEE BY THE VARIOUS COLORS AROUND THE COUNTRY, THE LITTLE DOTS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND TEXAS, UH, THESE ARE, UM, LOCATIONS THAT, UH, VACCINATORS, I'M SORRY, PATIENTS, UH, REPORTING OUTSIDE OF TRAVIS COUNTY REPORTED TO THE FROM. 
          SO YOU CAN JUST SEE THIS ILLUSTRATES JUST THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO ARE VISITING AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A SHOT, THOUGH. 
          OF COURSE, THERE MAY BE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOVED HERE AND JUST HAVEN'T YET CHANGED THEIR ADDRESS. 
          UH, LOOKING DOWN IN THIS PORTION OF THE SLIDE, BEG YOUR PARDON THERE. 
          YOU CAN SEE A VACCINE OVER THE PAST 30 DAYS, YELLOW IS FIRST DOSE RED, SECOND DOSE, AND THEN GREEN A THIRD DOSES AND BOOSTERS, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH OCTOBER THE 10TH, UH, JUST THE NUMBERS OF FIRST AND SECOND AND THIRD DOSES. 
          AND THEN WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME FROM, UH, THE END OF MARCH OF THIS YEAR, THROUGH THIS PAST OCTOBER, THE 10TH, THIS GRAPHIC JUST ILLUSTRATES THE, THE FLOW AND THE DEMAND OF FOLKS SEEKING SHOTS. 
          AND THEN IN THE UPPER, RIGHT. 
          OOPS, PARDON ME, SIR. 
          THE, UH, THE BLUE BOXES HERE INDICATE JUST BY SIZE, 
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UH, THE ZIP CODES AND THE VACCINE UPTAKE IN EACH OF THOSE ZIP CODES. 
          THEN ON THIS, UH, S THIS PAGE, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. 
          THE NUMBER OF STRIKE TEAM EVENTS HELD IN EACH OF OUR CRUCIAL ZIP CODES. 
          SO 7 8, 6, 5, 3, WE'VE HAD NINE STRIKE TEAM EVENTS FROM INCEPTION TODAY, 7 8, 7 2 4, RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE. 
          THAT'S WHERE THE COUNTY EXPO CENTER IS. 
          SO THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO BE, UH, QUITE HIGH 7 8, 7 4, 4 70 STRIKE TEAM EVENTS TODAY, OVER ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, THIS MAP SHOWS ZIP CODE IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DOSES FOR THE, THE PRECEDING WEEK, AGAIN, 7, 8, 7 2, 4 BEING THE HIGHEST AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE OUR EXPO CENTER IS LOCATED, WOULD ALSO LIKE JUST, UH, TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT YOU HEARD FROM DIRECTOR STIRRUP REGARDING THE CENTRAL TEXAS ALLIED HEALTH INSTITUTE. 
          UH, DR. 
          HOCKADAY'S CONTRACT WITH CITY OF AUSTIN DID COME TO ITS NATURAL CONCLUSION. 
          UH, AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY IS PICKING UP A CONTRACT WITH DR. 
          HOCKADAY IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS ALLIED HEALTH INSTITUTE. 
          AND JUDGE THAT IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, UH, FOR A CONTRACT TO TRANSITION THE, UH, THE CTA AHI, UH, EFFORTS FROM THE BRICK AND MORTAR, UH, AND A LARC CENTER, UH, TO STRIKE TEAM AND POP-UP LOCATIONS THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED TO BE WORKING ON FROM OCTOBER 1ST, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF OUR CONTRACT, UH, THROUGH FEBRUARY AND LIKELY BEYOND. 
          BUT WE ARE, UH, BRINGING A SIX IT'S A SIX MONTH CONTRACT WITH CTA AHI, WITH TWO OPTIONS TO RENEW, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF 12 MONTHS, AGAIN, TO, TO, UH, HELP US TO SUPPLEMENT THE EFFORTS IN GETTING INTO SOME OF OUR HARDER TO REACH, UH, UH, SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH DR. 
          HOCKADAY AND AT THIS TIME I WILL TURN IT OVER TO EXCUSE ME, TO, UH, CONSTABLE GEORGE MIRALIS WITH, UH, CONSTABLE PRECINCT FOR, FOR HIS UPDATES. 
          GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUDGE, AND MAYOR. 
          WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON OUTREACH AND EDUCATION DOING THE WORK TO ENSURE THAT OUR STRIKE TEAMS ARE SUCCESSFUL. 
          OUR MOBILE VACCINE TEAMS GAVE A COMBINED 841 SHOTS THIS PAST SEVEN DAYS, A TOTAL FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WITH 1,454, WITH 109 OF THOSE GIVEN AT ACL, WE HANDED OUT A TOTAL OF 3,100 FLYERS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 600 PHONE CALLS TO TARGETED AREAS. 
          WE STILL CONTINUE TO TARGET THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS IN A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE ZIP CODES AND AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORKING WITH AISD TARGETING OR TITLE ONE SCHOOLS. 
          WE HAVE PEREZ ELEMENTARY AND GRILLE THOMPSON ELEMENTARY SCHEDULED, UH, ALONG WITH 30 OTHER ADDITIONAL CLINICS THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS WEEK ALONE. 
          UM, ON TOP OF THAT, WE, THIS SUNDAY, WE WILL BE PARTICIPATING WITH SANDERO HEALTHCARE, WALGREENS, CONSTABLE FOR AND HOSTED BY THE DEL VALLEY COMMUNITY COALITION. 
          WE WILL BE DOING A DRIVE-IN MOVIE THIS SUNDAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE WE WILL BE OFFERING FLU VACCINES ALONG WITH COVID-19 VACCINES. 
          UM, AGAIN, SOME SPECIAL INTERESTS THIS WEEK, UH, PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS UNION MAYNOR ISD ELEMENTARY MAYNOR ISD BUS DRIVERS ST. 
          LOUIS HOUSE SYNACOR FOUNDATION, OF COURSE ARE STATIC LOCATIONS OF POLKA, LOCAL AND JDS SUPERMARKETS. 
          TURN IT BACK OVER TO CHUCK. 
          UH, AND AS I DO LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE COURT AND COUNCIL, JUST TO SHOW Y'ALL WHERE OUR VARIOUS, UH, VACCINE INFORMATION LOCATIONS ARE, ARE, ARE FOUND ON THE COUNTY'S WEB SITE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AS WELL AS ON VACCINES.GOV AT THE COUNTY LANDING PAGE. 
          VERY EASY FOR FOLKS TO FIND OUT WHERE WE ARE HOLDING VACCINATION POP-UP EVENTS, UH, ON ANY GIVEN DAY. 
          SO CLICK ON TRAVIS COUNTY, TX.GOV GO RIGHT TO OUR, UH, VACCINATION PAGE. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE OUR CALENDAR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS. 
          THESE ARE, UH, AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNITY CARE WILLIAMSON COUNTY. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT, UM, SEVERAL SITES THAT ARE, THAT ARE REGULAR LOCATIONS FOR APH. 
          OUR VARIOUS POP-UP LOCATIONS. 
          AS THE CONSTABLE MENTIONED, WE ARE AT THE FOUR JD MARKETS, UH, THIS EVENING STARTING AT ABOUT FIVE. 
          YOU PICK UP ANY PARTICULAR EVENT, CLICK ON IT, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S LANDING PAGE. 
          ALSO VERY EASY TO GET TO CURVE, UH, COVID-19 
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INFORMATION, AND THEN FIND LOCATIONS FOR FREE COVID-19, UH, VACCINATION HERE. 
          AND THEN IF, UH, FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR A COMMERCIAL PHARMACY, THEN VACCINES.GOV, WHICH IS PUBLISHED BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, UH, IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, UH, CLICK ON, FIND A LOCATION, ENTER IN A ZIP CODE, AND I WILL ENTER IN 7 8, 6 1 2, UH, WITHIN FIVE MILES AND THEN FIND A COMMERCIAL PROVIDER, PRIVATE PHARMACY. 
          I THINK WHAT YOU SEE HERE FOLKS IS THAT, UH, THIS REALLY UNDERSCORES THE NEED FOR US TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, BECAUSE IN SOME OF OUR, UH, EASTERN CRESCENT ZIP CODES THERE SIMPLY AREN'T COMMERCIAL PHARMACIES AVAILABLE. 
          UH, AND SO, UH, WE, WE ARE PROVIDING A VERY IMPORTANT SERVICE, UH, IN THOSE, IN THOSE PARTS OF THE COUNTY. 
          AND I WILL STOP SHARING MY SCREEN. 
          THEY'RE JUDGED, TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU AND THE MAYOR REQUESTING. 
          THANKS, CHUCK, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE REGULAR ORDER OF QUESTIONS AND WE'LL START WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER GOMEZ. 
          I DON'T RECOMMEND ANY QUESTIONS, JUST COMMENT. 
          UM, I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE ENTHUSIASM WITH WHICH THE, UH, COLLABORATIVE TEAM CONTINUES TO GO OUT AND, AND, UH, CONTACT PEOPLE, UH, GETTING THEM TO GET VACCINATED. 
          AND SO FOR THAT, I'M VERY, VERY THANKFUL. 
          AND SO KEEP IT UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER SHEA. 
          UH, THANKS, JUDGE. 
          AND AS USUAL, THANKS TO ALL OF OUR, UM, INCREDIBLY HARDWORKING STUFF. 
          I DUNNO WHEN CONSTABLE MORALES GETS ANY SLEEP, UM, BUT I ESPECIALLY WANT TO CALL OUT. 
          UM, THEY SET UP, UM, A POP-UP, UM, VACCINATION, UM, SET UP AT THE WELLS BRANCH NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WHICH I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE WERE HUNDREDS AT LEAST. 
          UM, AND, AND I'VE JUST BEEN REALLY STRATEGIC AND SMART ABOUT GOING TO WHERE THE POPULATION IS THAT STILL HAS SOME OF THE LOWEST VACCINATION RATES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND REALLY, REALLY TRYING TO HELP EDUCATE FOLKS, GET THEM PAST THEIR HESITANCY OR THEIR WORK, THE WRONG INFORMATION THAT THEY'VE HEARD ABOUT THE VACCINE. 
          SO I, I JUST REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WAS FROM HER ALISON, HIS WHOLE TEAM AND CHIEF BAILEY, EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN WORKING SO HARD TO REALLY REACH THE POPULATION THAT CONTINUES TO HAVE THE LOWEST RATE OF VACCINATION, SOME OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF, UM, UH, SPREAD OF THE COVID VIRUS. 
          SO HATS OFF TO ALL OF YOU, UM, BY JUST REALLY WANTING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT, UM, THAT ARE STRETCHING THIS TEAM AT THE COUNTY HAS DONE AND TRYING TO FIND THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WOMEN. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, THE TIME THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN AND, AND THE, AND THE CARE THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY, UH, WHEN, WHEN, UH, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE EFFORT THAT HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER, UH, NOT ONLY ACROSS THE COUNTY, BUT PARTICULARLY WITH OUR POP-UPS, I THINK, I THINK THAT SIGNIFICANT WORK HAS BEEN DONE. 
          WE, WE, WE STILL SEE THAT OUR NUMBERS NEED TO GROW. 
          AND, UH, AND, AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THE CONSTABLE IS, UH, CHALLENGE HIM FOR THE NEXT, UH, SEVERAL FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NIGHTS. 
          SO PFLUGERVILLE IS PLAYING WEISS AT THE FIELD ON FRIDAY. 
          SO I MIGHT HAVE TO CHALLENGE YOU TO BE AT THAT GAME. 
          AND, AND, AND IF THERE'S A PRECINCT FOUR VERSUS A PRECINCT, ONE GAME, I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU ON THAT ONE TOO. 
          UH, LET'S SEE HOW MANY COMMUNITY EVENTS WE CAN GET OUT TO BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE FOOTBALL SEASON, BUT I DO PLAN TO CHALLENGE YOU DURING BASKETBALL SEASON AS WELL. 
          SO, SO THE POINT THAT OUT, SO FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE FIELD, SO I'LL BE, I'LL BE LOOKING FOR, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. 
          UM, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I DO, I DO HAVE ANOTHER TEAM MEMBER ON THIS TEAM THAT, UH, I WOULD ACCEPT THAT CHALLENGE, BUT I'M GONNA CLEAR IT WITH HIM FIRST. 
          AND SECONDLY, WHEN IT COMES TO BACK AS BASKETBALL, WE KNOW AKINS AND DEL VALLEY IS ROCKING THE SHOW. 
          SO, UH, MIGHT GET AN ACCEPTANCE ON THAT CHALLENGE. 
          ALSO, I MIGHT HAVE A HAMBURGER, ONE OF THOSE, I DON'T KNOW. 
          WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, MR. HOWARD. 
          YEAH, I THINK I WANT IT ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. 
          FUN. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          THANKS FOR WORKING SO HARD. 
          I WANTED TO ASK, UM, ADRIAN, ABOUT THE SLIDES ON THE COMMUNITY, HEALTH WORKERS, UH, RECRUITMENT EFFORT, IT, AND THE SPEAK UP AUSTIN, IF YOU COULD JUST TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT THE COLLABORATION LIKE BETWEEN YOUR DEPARTMENT AND YOUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM 
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AT THE CITY, IS, ARE YOU HAVING TO DRIVE THAT WORK OR IS THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM DRIVING SOME OF THAT WORK? HOW, HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING THAT? WE'VE BEEN IN THIS SO LONG. 
          I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S KINDA LIKE WHEN YOU'RE AT A SLEEP OVER IN SOMEBODY, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE'S SOCKS ON AND YOU TOOK SOMEBODY ELSE'S BAG HOME. 
          UM, THE LINES HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN CROSSED, BUT APH DOES LEAD THE MAJORITY OF THE EFFORTS, BUT WITH SUPER SUPPORT FROM THE CITY CPI TEAM. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I ALSO WAS CURIOUS WITH CHUCK OR SOMEBODY, LIKE, WHERE ARE WE WITH REQUESTING ANY REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA OR THE FEDS ON, ON ALL THE MONEY THAT WE CONTINUE TO SPEND? UH, IT'S PROBABLY NOT FEMA, BUT, UM, IS THERE ANY NEWS ON THE REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS, COMMISSIONER HOWARD? UH, WE CONTINUE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR BUDGET OFFICE IN OUR AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRACKING ALL OF OUR EXPENSES. 
          WE KNOW FOR LONG EXPERIENCE THAT THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS TAKES TIME. 
          UH, AND SO THE DOCUMENTATION IS THE KEY AND WE CONTINUE DOING THAT. 
          UH, WE ARE IDENTIFYING, UH, JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING AT THIS POINT UNDER THE FEMA PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GRANT GUIDANCE, UH, SHOULD BE REIMBURSABLE. 
          AND I JUST EMPHASIZE SHOULD, UH, UH, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE RULES CHANGE, BUT, BUT AGAIN, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO BE DOING AT THIS POINT IS TRACKING OUR EXPENDITURES. 
          AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE BEING VERY VIGILANT ABOUT DOING THAT. 
          IT IS, YOU KNOW, IS IT OPEN TO SUBMIT YOUR PAPERWORK FOR REIMBURSEMENT OR, OR IS THE COUNTRY NOT THERE YET? NO, I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN, UH, SUBMITTED. 
          I HESITATE TO, UH, GET OUT TOO FAR OUTSIDE MY LANE. 
          I NEED TO CHECK IN WITH OUR AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND ERIC CARTER AND HIS TEAM AT OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, OFFICE, JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED SO FAR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THIS QUESTION I THINK IS FOR DIRECTOR STIRRUP OR DOCTOR WALKS. 
          SO FIRST ONE, A THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORTS THAT YOU'RE UNDERTAKING TO GET INPUT AND, UH, RAISE AWARENESS OF PEDIATRIC VACCINES. 
          THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO COME AT US. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE VERY SOON IS GREAT. 
          UM, ONE WRINKLE ON IT. 
          SO I CALLED MY PEDIATRICIAN'S OFFICE. 
          I'VE TWO KIDS, FIVE AND SIX TO SEE IF I COULD GET ON A LIST OR WAITLIST OR SCHEDULE SOMETHING. 
          IF, IF THAT IS TO COME AVAILABLE AND THEY LET ME KNOW THAT THEY DON'T DO FLU OR COVID VACCINES AT ALL, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THEM FOR 12 TO 17 YEAR OLDS. 
          ANOTHER FRIEND OF MINE, UH, HER OFFICE ALSO DOESN'T DO THEM, HER PDF, HER PEDIATRICIAN DOESN'T. 
          AND I'M GUESSING, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE JOYS OF PFIZER ARE THAT IT'S REALLY HARD, ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO MODERNA TO PREPARE. 
          AND IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A WHOLE TEAM OF STUDENTS FROM DEL VALLEY ISD, MIXING IT AT, AT CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS. 
          AND WE'RE SORT OF SUPPLYING IT TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY AT ONE POINT, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING TO BE UNDERESTIMATED, JUST HOW DIFFICULT IT IS, ESPECIALLY I WOULD IMAGINE FOR THESE REALLY SMALL PEDIATRICIAN'S OFFICES, I THINK MY PEDIATRICIAN HAS FIVE DOCTORS. 
          THE OTHER ONE I THINK THAT I HEARD FROM HAS THREE. 
          AND SO I CAN'T IMAGINE JUST THE LOGISTICS OF HOW THAT'S WORKING, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF I KNOW THAT WE ARE THE, I GUESS THE HOPE WOULD BE THE PEDIATRICIAN'S OFFICES WOULD HELP VACCINATE CHILDREN WHEN THIS BECOMES AVAILABLE. 
          BUT IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, COULD WE TRY TO GET A HANDLE ON THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT WORKING WITH, I DON'T KNOW, OUR HOSPITALS OR WITH, WITH OUR GREAT VACCINE TEAM FROM ASCENSION OR GEORGE THAT WE COULD MAYBE OFFER TO PREPARE VACCINES AND DISTRICTS, THERE'D BE THEM OUT TO, TO PEDIATRICIAN'S OFFICES. 
          OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT JUST WANTING TO SEE IF Y'ALL COULD FOCUS ON THAT MAYBE OVER THE NEXT WEEK TO SEE IF THERE'S, IF THERE, IF, IF IT REALLY IS THE CASE THAT A LOT OF PEDIATRICIAN'S OFFICES AREN'T OFFERING IT, THEN I FEEL LIKE WE REALLY NEED TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER PLAN, UH, OR HELP THEM OFFER IT IN SOME WAY AS YES, SIR. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, SINCE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE MANDATORY AND SINCE A LOT OF THESE KIDS WILL BE IN SCHOOL, COULD WE NOT COORDINATE WITH VARIOUS SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WORK THROUGH OUR SCHOOL NURSES PROGRAM? MAYBE THAT'S THE QUICKEST, EASIEST WHERE WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO MOBILIZE THEIR ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND WE ARE DOING THAT. 
          I'VE MET WITH CONSTABLE MIRALIS ABOUT TRYING TO DO THAT FIRST WEEK IN DEL VALLEY. 
          I JUST REMEMBER, I THINK SOMEONE FROM APH SAYING WE'RE ALSO RELYING ON PEDIATRICIANS AND YEAH, I AGREE. 
          I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY, BUT IF WE'RE IN A, YOU KNOW, A SCENARIO WHERE KIDS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET VACCINATED YEARLY FOR 
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COVID OR CORONAVIRUS OR SOMETHING, IT SEEMS LIKE FIGURING OUT NOW HOW TO MAKE THAT A PART OF JUST WHEN KIDS COME IN FOR THEIR WELL EXAM TO THE PEDIATRICIAN TO DO THAT, OR WHEN THEY GO BACK TO SCHOOL. 
          BUT YEAH, I THINK YOUR POINT IS A REALLY GOOD ONE. 
          AND WORKING WITH THE ISD IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT SOME FOLKS ARE DOING AND I WILL VOLUNTEER TO REACH OUT TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN PHYSICIANS COMMUNITY AND SEE WHETHER OTHER, WE CAN ORGANIZE SOME VOLUNTEERS. 
          THAT'S AWESOME. 
          CAUSE I DO THINK THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO, LIKE YOU SAID, REACH OUT TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATIONS, UH, UH, KIDS, THE NUMBERS, CURRENT PFLUGERVILLE, AND I REALLY DO HOPE THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON THAT, BUT DIRECTOR STIRRUP, ANY THOUGHTS ON THE PEDIATRICIAN ANGLE? SO I'LL SAY TWO THINGS AND THEN I'LL ALLOW DR. 
          WACHS TO COMMENT. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE YOU DOING SOME OF THAT LEG WORK. 
          I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE RESPONSE WILL BE FROM RETAIL PHARMACY, UM, BECAUSE THEY, THEY ARE THE LARGEST PROVIDER, UM, TO DATE OF VACCINE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND SO I'D BE, I'D WANT TO SEE LIKE THE WALGREENS AND THE OTHER PARTNERS THAT WE TYPICALLY PARTNER WITH, WHAT THEIR STANCE IS ON THAT. 
          UM, THERE ARE SOME LOGISTICAL NUANCES TO US, UM, PROVIDING VACCINE TO A PEDIATRICIAN'S OFFICE, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE SEPARATE PROVIDER AND THERE IT CAN BE DONE. 
          I THINK WHERE OUR SPACE WOULD BE IS EDUCATION AND SUPPORT. 
          UM, BUT DEFINITELY OPEN TO HAVING THE CONVERSATION. 
          SO FOR ME, IT WOULD BE TO ONE TO GET A HANDLE ON WHAT THE RETAIL PHARMACIES EXPECTATIONS ARE IN THIS SPACE AND THEN TO, TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITHIN THE PEDIATRIC NETWORKS AND PERHAPS DR. 
          WACHS CAN HELP WITH THIS TO SEE WHAT SUPPORTS, IF ANY, THEY WOULD NEED, UM, IN ORDER TO BE A PROVIDER, UH, DR. 
          WACHS, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? NO, I THINK YOU'VE COVERED IT. 
          UH, DIRECTOR STIRRUP, THE, THE NUANCE WITH THE PFIZER VACCINE IS OF COURSE, AS EVERYONE KNOWS THE STORAGE AND HANDLING OF THAT PARTICULAR PRODUCT. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THAT YOUR, THAT, UH, IN OUR VACCINE COALITION DISCUSSIONS, THAT THOSE, UM, ISSUES CAN BE DISCUSSED AND WE CAN FLUSH OUT HOW WE CAN BEST ASSESS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, MAYOR, I WILL PASS IT ON EVERYBODY. 
          THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. 
          UH, LET'S BEGIN WITH MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT ONE, AND YOU MAY, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, THIS WAS, UH, ANOTHER WINNER AND A SERIES OF COMPREHENSIVE MEETINGS WHERE MOST OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED AT THE LAST QUESTION I HAD WAS ABOUT, UM, TRAINING FOR PROVIDERS OF IMMUNIZATIONS FOR SMALL HUMANS. 
          I KNOW THAT CAN BE A CHALLENGE. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT Y'ALL ARE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT, UM, PROVIDING SPECIFICALLY TRAINING. 
          THE OTHER QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK WAS WHETHER OR NOT CENTRAL TEXAS ALLIED HEALTH INSTITUTE WAS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED IN THAT POOL ABOUT POTENTIAL PROVIDERS. 
          BUT THEN I HEAR THAT YOU GUYS ARE, UM, THE COUNTY'S TAKEN UP THE ITEMS UP THE ITEM TODAY, UM, FOR THE ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND CENTRAL TEXAS ALLIED HEALTH INSTITUTE, IN WHICH CASE, UM, THE ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE IS WHAT DOES OUR PROVIDER POOL LOOKS LIKE? LOOK LIKE, IS IT SUFFICIENT OR ARE WE STILL, UM, DEFICIENT ON PROVIDERS OF IMMUNIZATIONS? I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE QUESTION IS FOR MAYBE DIRECTOR STIRRUP. 
          I MEAN, I'LL, I'LL TAKE A STAB AT IT, BREAKING ALL THE PIO TRAINING WHEN THEY TOLD ME YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, SAY, I'LL GET BACK TO YOU. 
          BUT WHAT I DO THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THE ADULT VACCINE IN THE PLACES WHERE THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, AND SO FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, TO FULFILL OUR ROLE AND, AND BE THAT SAFETY NET INDIGENT CARE PROVIDER OF VACCINES. 
          THAT BEING SAID, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALSO HAVE A DUTY TO THE LARGER COMMUNITY AND WE'LL WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS. 
          COMMUNITY CARE IS, IS, UH, A HUGE PLAYER IN THIS SPACE. 
          UM, SO TO REACH OUT AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT THEIR PLANS AND CAPACITY, UM, WILL BE WITH RESPECT TO PROVIDING PD VACCINES WILL BE IMPORTANT. 
          UM, THANKFULLY WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE NETWORKS IN PLACE THROUGH THE VACCINE COALITION. 
          UM, DOCTOR WALKS IN HER WISDOM, INVITED THE HEALTH AUTHORITIES FROM OUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES. 
          AND SO WE CAN REALLY HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, TRAVIS COUNTY FOCUSED, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES IMPACTS 
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US AS WELL, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO THEM. 
          UM, AND SO I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES IN PLACE TO, TO, TO TAKE ON A SIGNIFICANT ROLE FOR THE COMMUNITIES WE USUALLY SERVE. 
          UM, WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO BEYOND THAT. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT SOUNDS TO ME AS THOUGH THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO PREEMPTIVELY, UM, DO SOME CAPACITY BUILDING AND THAT SPACE AS I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS, ONE THING I WILL ADD IS THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING A TERM OR PUTTING OUT A SOLICITATION FOR A TURNKEY VACCINE PROVIDER, WHICH THE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU MENTIONED WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO, UM, APPLY. 
          AND SO KEY TO THAT WILL BE, UH, THE ABILITY TO GIVE PEDIATRIC VACCINES AND THE EXPERIENCE WORKING IN COMMUNITY-BASED SETTINGS AND, UH, SERVICING DIVERSE COMMUNITY. 
          SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT SOLICITATION, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ATTRACTING A VENDOR THAT CAN FILL THOSE NEEDS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, UM, SO I FIRST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU THE, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY COLLABORATIVE, THE STRIKE TEAM FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. 
          I KNOW THEY ARE GIVING OUT VACCINES, EVEN AT ACL. 
          PEOPLE ARE GETTING VACCINATED DURING THE MUSIC FESTIVAL, WHICH IS GREAT TO HEAR, UM, SO APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND I APPRECIATE AWESOME PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND, UH, THE TEAM THERE FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE OUTREACH EFFORTS. 
          IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HEAR ABOUT THE UPCOMING COMMUNITY TOWN HALLS THAT ARE BEING PLANNED FOR LATER THIS MONTH AND THE INTENTIONALITY BEHIND BEING INCLUSIVE AND CREATING THAT SPACE FOR FOLKS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON HOW WE DELIVER VACCINES HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL LEADING THE CHARGE AND HOLDING THOSE TWO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES LATER THIS MONTH. 
          UM, AND ALSO THRILLED TO HEAR ABOUT US MOVING FORWARD WITH THE HIRING CAREER FAIR FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, AND TO SEE THAT INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY HAS MADE, AND THAT WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED FEDERAL FUNDING FOR MOVE FORWARD AND SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, EFFORTS TO INCREASE AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A ROBUST COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKFORCE AT THE READY, UM, IS EXCITING. 
          SO I'VE ALREADY SHARED IT OUT, LET THE PUBLIC KNOW LIKE, HEY, YOU WANTS TO JOIN OUR TEAM AND BECOME A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER, GO TO MONTOPOLIS REC CENTER AND FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION. 
          UM, I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE IS AROUND THE, UH, PEDIATRIC VACCINES. 
          YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I'M HEARING FROM MY COMMUNITY IS THE, UM, THE NEED FOR SOME TYPE OF WAIVER IN SCHOOL SETTINGS SO THAT, UM, SO THE KIDS CAN GET VACCINATED WITHOUT THE PARENT PHYSICALLY PRESENT. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP, LIKE HAVING A PROCESS IN PLACE WHERE PARENTS CAN SIGN A WAIVER TO ALLOW THEIR CHILD TO GET VACCINATED WHILE IN SCHOOL, UM, WAS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO BUBBLE THAT UP. 
          SO THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IS A, AN OPTION THAT I'VE HEARD. 
          SOME PARENTS WANT TO SEE HAPPEN JUST TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR FOLKS, ESPECIALLY WORKING FAMILIES WHO MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SCHEDULE MULTIPLE KIDS WITH THEIR PEDIATRIC DOCTOR AND, OR MIGHT NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT PHARMACY. 
          UM, AND LASTLY, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION IS AROUND INCENTIVES. 
          WE KNOW THAT GOVERNOR ABBOTT HAS ADDED TO THE CALL OR HAS ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER REGARDING PROHIBITING ANY ENTITY FROM HAVING A VACCINE MANDATE, UM, THEREBY MAKING IT HARDER FOR FOLKS, UM, FOR, FOR US TO, TO HELP, UM, ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A VACCINATED COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO, UM, MY QUESTION IS KNOWING THAT THAT IS HAPPENING OR WILL HAPPEN OR HAS HAPPENED, WHAT CAN WE DO REGARDING INCENTIVES? UM, SO DIRECTOR STRIP, IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO, I KNOW WE HAD AN INCENTIVE PILOT PROGRAM THAT, UM, THAT WE HELD UP FOR A LITTLE BIT, UH, BUT WHAT ARE, IS OUR PLANS AROUND VACCINE INCENTIVES? UM, AND OR WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UM, EMPLOYERS, WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO ENSURE THAT EMPLOYEES ARE GETTING THE VACCINE. 
          UM, I'D BE CURIOUS TO HEAR ABOUT THIS EFFORT, KNOWING THAT WE NOW HAVE, UM, STATE REGULATION PROHIBITING THOSE TYPES OF REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND SO, UM, WE HAVE INITIATED A PURCHASE OF GIFT CARDS TO CONTINUE THAT PILOT. 
          UM, AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THAT TRANSACTION TO BE COMPLETE. 
          UM, ONCE, UH, YOU KNOW, PER OUR CORPORATE PURCHASING FINISHED ITS ITS CONTRACTING PROCESS AND WE ACQUIRE THE GIFT CARDS. 
          UM, I, I THINK I HEARD DECEMBER OR JANUARY 
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THIS MORNING WHEN THEY WERE GIVING ME UPDATES. 
          WE WILL ROLL THAT OUT. 
          OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON MAKING SURE THAT COMMUNITIES GET THAT INITIAL PROTECTION. 
          UM, SO IT WILL BE FOCUSED ON FIRST AND SECOND DOSES STRATEGICALLY IN THE AREAS THAT WE STILL SEE ON OUR MAP THAT ARE NOT AT THAT 70% MARK. 
          UM, AND SO THE ROLLOUT WILL BE QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE PILOT. 
          WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THAT AND, UM, OUR HOPE IS TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE COLLABORATIVE, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING THAT REALLY GOOD BOOTS ON THE GROUND WORK AS WELL, TO SEE WHERE THOSE SPACES ARE THAT WE NEED TO BE. 
          ONCE WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE GIFT CARDS IN HAND, UM, AS FAR AS THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, I THINK THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS SET A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE WITH THE, UM, INCENTIVES THAT THEY PROVIDED, UM, THEIR EMPLOYEES. 
          WE CAN DO SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND, AND SHARE WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          UM, THAT WOULD BE A TASK FOR THE, OUR CORPORATE CPI TEAM. 
          UM, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AS A CITY, UM, THAT IF YOU ARE VACCINATED AND YOU UNFORTUNATELY CONTRACT COVID, THEN YOU GET SPECIAL, COVID LEAVE TO HELP YOU RECOVER. 
          IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME OUT OF YOUR, UM, SICK TIME. 
          OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD IS THAT THERE IS, UM, AN ADJUSTMENT TO INSURANCE PREMIUMS, MUCH LIKE THE TOBACCO PREMIUMS FOR FOLKS WHO ARE NOT VACCINATED. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CREATIVE IDEAS, NOT ONLY THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED AT US AS A CITY WITH THE LEAVE, BUT I'VE HEARD IN COMMUNITY. 
          UM, BUT WE CAN GET WITH CPIO TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN HAVE, UH, A COMMUNICATION STRATEGY OR PUSH TO ENGAGE OUR PARTNERS IN THE, IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WITH THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          THANK YOU DIRECTOR. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL INFORMATION. 
          AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THAT. 
          GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE, UM, LOCAL, THE APH VACCINE AND CENTER PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE. 
          UM, WE'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE US TO HAVE THAT SOONER RATHER THAN, THAN DECEMBER, JANUARY, KNOWING JUST HOW CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THAT FIRST LAYER OF PROTECTION. 
          UH, BUT THRILLED TO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, PROGRESS MOVING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES. 
          IF I MAY JUST TO, UH, UH, UPDATE Y'ALL ON WHAT THE COUNTY IS DOING AND COUNTY, UH, AT THE COURT'S VOTING SESSION LATER THIS MORNING, WE'LL BE HEARING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE EXPLORING, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT EMULATES WHAT HARRIS COUNTY HAS BEEN DOING, WHERE WE MAY PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT THEIR OUTREACH EFFORTS, TO BRING IN, UH, UH, FOLKS FOR, FOR VACCINATIONS. 
          SO I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT LATER TODAY. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M EXCITED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT, AND I LOVE THAT IT'S COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND SO THANK YOU, TRAVIS COUNTY FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'LL HAVE A PRETTY PACKED AGENDA TODAY. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          REMEMBER IT'S REAL AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH ME TODAY ON THE DICE KIND OF LONELY, JUST YOU AND I HERE I HAVE. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU, MAN. 
          UM, I JUST WANT TO FIND OUT IF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THAT ACL THAT WE JUST HAD, UH, HOW MANY, UH, POSITIVE INFECTION THAT WE HAD FROM WEEK ONE, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, WE HAVE HAD REPORTS OF A HANDFUL OF INFECTIONS AND WE'RE STILL DOING SOME ONGOING ON CASE INVESTIGATIONS OR THE CASES THAT WE'VE BEEN, UM, PRESENTED WITH IN THE LAST WEEK. 
          AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT GOING FORWARD, UH, FOR THE NEXT 14 DAY PERIOD, AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT HAS BEEN, BUT SO FAR IT'S BEEN JUST A HANDFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN I WENT THERE LAST WEEK, UH, I DIDN'T NOTICE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THEY ALL HAD THEIR MASKS ON WHEN THEY CAME IN, BUT WHAT SOON AS THEY GOT UP THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE, THEY TOOK IT OFF AND I WAS REALLY CONCERNED, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE WHAT A ACL DID WITH, UH, MANDATING THAT THEY HAVE TO SHOW A VACCINATION CARD OR A DOCUMENT SAYING THAT THEY TESTED ON NEGATIVE LAST THREE DAYS. 
          IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A REMINDER TO THE PUBLIC OF WHAT WE CAN DO KNOW THAT, UH, WE CAN HAVE SAFE ACTIVITIES IF YOU'RE VACCINATED, THEY COULD COME OUT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, AND, AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING, UH, GETTING THE COBRA. 
          SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK, UH, ACL FOR WHAT THEY DID. 
          AND, UH, YOU 
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KNOW, IT WAS, I WAS VERY WORRIED AT FIRST, BUT WHEN I HEARD THE REPORT OF THE, UH, OF HOW MANY, UH, INFECTIONS WERE LINKED OR POSITIVE, UH, RE UH, RESULTS THAT WERE LINKED TO ACL, I WAS REALLY, REALLY TO SEE THAT. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC, THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO IF EVERYBODY GETS VACCINATED. 
          AND, UH, SO, UH, PLEASE, UH, GET YOUR COVID VACCINE AND LISTEN, JOEL AT THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          . 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, IN MY TWO QUESTIONS, I HAD WRITTEN DOWN WHERE THE EXACT SAFETY TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, WHEN DISASTER, I WOULD PUT, CAN YOU ALL HEAR GREG? CAN YOU SPEAK UP REG? OKAY. 
          I THINK SO. 
          SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND WE'LL COME BACK TO HIM WHEN UP HERE HE IS, YOU NEED TO SPEAK UP. 
          OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          UM, MY TWO QUESTIONS WERE COUNSELOR POINTS AS IS EXACT TO, UM, UH, BECAUSE IN MY COMMUNITY I'M HEARING SAME QUESTION ABOUT PERMISSION SLIP AT SCHOOL AND ABOUT INCENTIVES. 
          UM, AND I WOULD SHOW YOU MY NOTES, PROVING THOSE WERE THE SAME TWO, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU COULD READ THEM. 
          UM, BUT, UM, DIRECTOR STIRRUP, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ACTUALLY GOT TO THE QUESTION OF PERMISSION SLIPS, UM, WHEN RESPONDING TO HER QUESTIONS. 
          SO I THINK IT WOULDN'T BE REALLY USEFUL FOR US TO HEAR WHETHER OR NOT ALL ARE ALREADY COORDINATING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENTS OR WHETHER IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR US TO REACH OUT TO PRINCIPALS IN SCHOOLS, BECAUSE THERE'VE BEEN A LOT OF FAMILIES. 
          I'VE, UM, I'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH  AND OTHER FOLKS TRYING TO SPREAD THE WORD WHO HAVE SAID THAT THIS IS A REALLY PERSISTENT ISSUE FOR PEOPLE IS FINDING THE TIME TO GET OFF OF WORK AND COORDINATE WITH THEIR KID EITHER AT THE SAME TIME AS A POP-UP. 
          AND I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT JUST THESE THOUSANDS OF KIDS WHO COULD SOON BECOME ELIGIBLE, IF EVERYBODY COULD GET SENT HOME AND GET A BACKPACK, A PERMISSION SLIP, THEY COULD JUST SIGN, WHICH WE'RE SO USED TO, YOU KNOW, SIGNING A THING, COMING HOME AND, AND, UH, THEIR SON OR DAUGHTER'S BACKPACK, UH, I THINK IT COULD BE REALLY EFFICIENT. 
          SO I THINK IT COULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO LAY OUT TO US IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT COMMISSIONERS OR COUNCIL COULD DO TO, TO HELP THAT THE UNIVERSITY, I BELIEVE THAT THE WILL IS ALREADY THERE. 
          UM, DOCTOR WALKS AND I MEET WITH THE, UM, SUPERINTENDENTS FOR THE COUNTY AND, UM, THAT HAS BEEN BOUGHT UP. 
          AND SO THEY'RE IN FULL SUPPORT. 
          UM, THE OPERATIONS TEAM WORK WITH INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES. 
          UM, WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SCHOOL NURSES THERE. 
          AND SO, UM, OUR, OUR PROGRAM STAFF HAVE SAID THAT IT IS DOABLE AND WORK COORDINATING WITH THE SPECIFIC CAMPUSES AND THE SCHOOL NURSES THERE TO, TO FIGURE OUT THE PROCESS THAT WOULD WORK FOR THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. 
          UM, AND SO I, AT THIS, I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE URGENCY AND THE NEED TO MAKE IT AS, UM, CONVENIENT FOR PARENTS AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND, UH, THE, THE WORK IS PROGRESSING. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT DIRECTOR. 
          AND JUST GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THAT COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN MENTIONED IT AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FLINTO STOLE THE QUESTION FOR ME. 
          I THINK IT, WE'RE, WE'RE HEARING SIMILAR THINGS RIGHT IN OUR COMMUNITIES MAY BE DIFFERENT, BUT THEY'RE LINKED IN SO MANY WAYS. 
          AND SO ALL THREE OF US RAISING THAT I THINK, UM, IS, IS PROOF TO ME THAT IF WE GET THIS DONE, IT WILL STEP. 
          SO THAT THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THE, UM, INFORMATION. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY AGAIN, TO SEE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROGRESS, UH, IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          UM, AND JUST WANT TO URGE AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE THAT, UH, THAT PEOPLE, UM, GET VACCINATED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS WITH US NOW MOVED INTO STAGE THREE GUIDELINES. 
          WHAT THAT EFFECT MIGHT HAVE ON CITY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE MASKING AND SILTING CITY BUILDINGS, IF THERE'S ANY EFFECT WHATSOEVER. 
          SO GO AHEAD. 
          DIRECT, UH, WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY, AS LONG AS THE HEALTH AUTHORITIES RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR MASKING 
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TO, UM, INDOORS OR IN EFFECT, OUR, OUR APH WOULD SUPPORT THE CITY MANAGER IN KEEPING THAT POLICY ENFORCED. 
          AND SO I'LL ALLOW YOU TO, TO COMMENT, DR WACHS, I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT WE PROCEED, UM, WITH THE SAME, UM, SAFETY MEASURES THAT WE KNOW HAVE WORKED THUS FAR. 
          UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE MITIGATING FOR COVID AND FOR OTHER RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES GOING FORWARD AS THIS IS THE SEASON FOR THAT. 
          AND WE'RE ALREADY SEEING SOME INCREASES IN THE NUMBERS OF FLU CASES. 
          SO ENCOURAGING VACCINATION FOR BOTH COVID AND FLU IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT. 
          UM, AND THEN TAKING THAT EXTRA, UM, BLAIR OF PROTECTION OF MASKING, PARTICULARLY IN, IN SITUATIONS WHERE, UM, THERE MAY BE HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS IN INVOLVED IN THE GROUP SETTINGS IN WORKPLACES. 
          I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS MAKE SENSE GOING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I KNOW THAT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN GETTING LOTS OF QUESTIONS FROM CITY EMPLOYEES, AND SO THAT CLARIFICATION IS VERY HELPFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN POOL. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO REMARK AGAIN ON THE REALLY GREAT DECLINE THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR NUMBERS. 
          THAT SPIKE IS REALLY A BAITING AND THAT'S TERRIFIC AND IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE REALLY PRESSING FORWARD ON GETTING THEIR SECOND VACCINATION. 
          OUR NUMBERS THERE LOOK REALLY GOOD, AND WE ARE PERSISTING IN WEARING MASKS WHERE, UM, WHERE INDICATED I, I CAN SEE WHY, UM, OUR, UH, DR. 
          WALKS YOU WOULD WANT TO, UM, UH, HOLD OFF ON, ON MAKING STATEMENTS ABOUT NOT MASKING INSIDE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE REALLY DO NEED TO KIND OF PUSH THAT, THAT, UH, DECLINING LINE EVEN FURTHER. 
          AND IT'S, UM, FOR MUSCLE MEMORY BETTER SIMPLY TO CONTINUE TO WEAR THE MASKS RATHER THAN TO BE PING-PONGING BACK AND FORTH. 
          SO, UM, THANKS FOR YOUR STEADY HAND ON THE TILLER, YOU AND DIRECTOR STIRRUP. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND ALSO THE FOLKS WHO ARE, UH, ON YOUR TEAMS BEHIND YOU AND ALSO WITH THE COUNTY. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          YES. 
          I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT'S GOING INTO MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE VACCINATIONS. 
          MY QUESTION IS ABOUT A TIMELINE. 
          I KNOW YOU SAID THAT LATER THIS MONTH ON THE 26TH, THE FDA WILL BE DISCUSSING THE PFIZER SHOT FOR KIDS AGED FIVE TO 11. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW LONG THEY MIGHT DELIBERATE OR IF THEY WERE TO APPROVE THE SHOT FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS? HOW LONG UNTIL THE ROLLOUT WOULD HAPPEN? TYPICALLY THAT'S TAKES, UM, AT LEAST, UH, TWO WEEKS OR SO. 
          AND THAT'S BARRING ANY REQUESTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR HICCUPS ALONG THE WAY. 
          UM, WE'RE WAITING WITH BATED BREATH. 
          UM, HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE OUR CHRISTMAS PRESENT AT LEAST, UH, AT THE VERY LEAST, BUT, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WAIT AND SAY, UM, THINGS WITH REGARDS TO, UM, MAKING SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN FIVE TO 11 ARE SAFELY VACCINATED. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE A CHANCE THAT SOME KIDS COULD GET SHOTS BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND MAYBE A SECOND SHOT BY CHRISTMAS, BUT PEOPLE SHOULD STILL JUST WAIT AND NOT ASSUME THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN QUITE YET. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANKS. 
          THANKS TO ALL ON THE CALL FOR YOUR TREMENDOUSLY HARD AND CONTINUED WORK. 
          UM, IT'S REALLY, REALLY ENCOURAGING AND JUST, UM, AWE INSPIRING BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING SO VERY HARD AND SO CONCERTEDLY FOR SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. 
          SO THANKS TO YOU AND ALL OF YOUR STAFF. 
          UM, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS. 
          THE FIRST IS THAT, UM, I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING THE SIGNATURE, THE PARENTS' SIGNATURES. 
          I KNOW ANESTHESIA HAS DONE THAT IN THE PAST WHERE FLU VACCINES, NOT CONSISTENTLY AND NOT EVERY YEAR, BUT I KNOW SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE HAD AN OPTION AS PARENTS TO SIGN THAT WAIVER AND HOWEVER OUR KIDS GET VACCINATED FOR THE FLU IN THE, IN THE SCHOOL. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY DYNAMITE IDEA. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. 
          I KNOW THAT PUBLIC HEALTH, THE COUNCILS PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE HAD ASKED FOR AN UPDATE 
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ON CENTRAL TEXAS ALLIED HEALTH INSTITUTES, UH, CONTRACT AND CONTINUED WORK. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU WOVE THAT INTO TODAY'S PRESENTATION, BOTH EXPLAINING THAT THE CITY'S CONTRACT WILL WILL END. 
          UM, BUT AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, THEY WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR SOME OF THE UPCOMING CONTRACTS AND THE COUNTY, UH, IS CONSIDERING A CONTRACT WITH THEM TODAY. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. 
          I THINK THEY DO VERY, VERY VALUABLE WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SEE THEIR, THEIR COMMUNITY-BASED WORK. 
          UM, CONTINUE IN THIS EFFORT. 
          I THINK WE REALLY NEED THEM. 
          AND JUST LASTLY, UM, AS YOU CONSIDER FOOTBALL GAMES, WHICH ARE, UM, AS A NEW HIGH SCHOOL PARENT, I AM OVERWHELMED AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP AT FOOTBALL GAMES, UM, FROM ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO THANKS COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN AND OTHERS FOR MENTIONING THAT. 
          BUT I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION MARCHING BAND CONTEST, WHICH SEEMED TO BE GOING ON, UM, IN MULTIPLE PLACES EVERY WEEKEND AND SOMETIMES INCLUDING THIS WEEK, UM, TWICE A WEEK. 
          AND THOSE ALSO ATTRACT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THE STUDENTS PERFORMING, BUT THEIR FAMILIES. 
          AND SO I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH FOLKS. 
          AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE GETTING OUT WITH THOSE MOBILE VACCINE CLINICS TO THINK ABOUT THE MARCHING BAND CLINICS AS WELL. 
          I MEAN, MARCHING BAND COMPETITIONS, THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR WORK. 
          THE BAND MEMBERS SHOW UP AT THE FOOTBALL GAME TO THEY DO, BUT YOU'VE GOT A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE ON SATURDAYS WITH ALL THE SIBLINGS WAITING FOR HOURS TO HEAR THEIR, THEIR, UM, FAMILIES. 
          BUT YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          FOOTBALL GAMES WOULD CERTAINLY CAPTURE THOSE FOLKS. 
          DO GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ALTAR. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I'LL JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN THINKING ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO, WHO ARE HELPING TO KEEP US HEALTHY AND SAFE. 
          UM, I WANTED TO JUST, UM, MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE, THE EARLIER REMARK ABOUT YOU NEED A SPECIAL PERSON TO DO THE PEDIATRIC SHOTS. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE. 
          UM, THEY ARE DOING FLU SHOTS AT THE SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU DO CONSENT. 
          UM, I WOULD BE VERY, UM, UNLIKELY AS A PARENT TO LET MY CHILD GET A SHOT WITHOUT ME THERE IF THEY WERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR YOUNGER. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A CHILD WHO DOES NOT LIKE SHOTS. 
          UM, SO I JUST WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE TIMES MAYBE AFTER SCHOOL OR SOMETHING WHEN PARENTS CAN, UM, BE THERE WITH THEIR CHILD. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S NOT GOING TO GET THAT FAR, UM, FOR THE YOUNGER AGES THAT WILL BE NEWLY, UM, ELIGIBLE BY DOING, UM, THE SIGNATURES ALONE. 
          THERE MAY BE SOME PARENTS FOR WHOM THAT'S FINE, BUT THAT WOULD NOT HAVE WORKED WITH MY CHILDREN. 
          UM, AND I JUST, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO THINK ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, THAT YOUNGER AGE. 
          AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU YOU'RE RECOGNIZING THAT THE DIFFERENCE IN, IN HOW YOU GIVE SHOTS TO THOSE YOUNGER, YOUNGER FOLKS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THINKING AHEAD ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I WANT TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE RELATIVE TO MOVING FROM, FROM STAGE FOUR TO STAGE THREE, UM, EXCITING TO SEE THAT WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THAT MAKE THAT MOVE. 
          UH, I THINK IT, IT, UH, SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN LOOK LIKE, LOOK AT AS, AS A RECOGNITION OF THE, OF THE EFFORT THAT THE COMMUNITIES, UH, UH, PUT FORWARD TO, TO GET VACCINATED, UH, THAT NUMBERS CONTINUED TO GO UP. 
          ALTHOUGH THERE ARE STILL OVER 200,000 PEOPLE, NOT YET VACCINATED, UH, THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE VACCINATED, BUT ALSO PEOPLE THAT ARE WEARING MASKS IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY'RE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY WITH OTHER PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, THERE'S KIND OF A REWARD ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          AND THAT'S SEEING THE NUMBER OF CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS GO DOWN. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'VE MOVED TO A DAILY AVERAGE COUNT NOW OF 19, UH, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THE 30 NUMBER THAT WE START TAKING A LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT TO MOVE TO STAGE THREE. 
          AND IT'S ACTUALLY FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE 15 NUMBER THAT WOULD MOVE US FROM STAGE THREE TO STAGE TWO. 
          UM, BUT EVEN THOUGH WE'VE, WE'VE MADE THOSE MOVEMENTS, YOU'RE STILL URGING PEOPLE TO BE CAUTIOUS AND TO STILL MAINTAIN THE, THE, THE, THE, THE PRECAUTIONS AS BEST WE CAN IN ORDER TO, TO, TO, TO PRESERVE THIS. 
          UH, AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A SECOND, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO SEE US GOING FROM STAGE FOUR TO STAGE THREE AS A SIGN THAT WE CAN, WE CAN KIND OF LET UP. 
          SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS DR. 
          WACHS, UM, HAVE YOU SEEN ANY KIND OF MODELING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS THAT SHOWS 
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WHAT HAPPENS? UH, IF WE STILL MAINTAIN, UH, THE PRECAUTIONS AS OPPOSED TO, UH, WE, WE, WE REALLY RELAX ON THOSE PRECAUTIONS. 
          UM, HAVE YOU SEEN ANY MODELING FROM UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS WITH RESPECT TO THAT? YES, SIR. 
          AND WITH CONTINUING TO HOLD THE TOW THE LINE AND, AND TAKE THOSE PRECAUTIONS, WE WOULD HAVE, UM, FEWER CASES, UM, AND AVERT HAVING ANOTHER SPIKE IN CASES ON THE DELTA VARIANCE, STILL 99% PRESENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH THE STILL UNVACCINATED INDIVIDUALS, UM, PRESENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UM, WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO PROTECT OURSELVES AND, AND OTHERS FROM, UM, HAVING ANOTHER SPIKE IN CASES FROM COVID. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED, UM, RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES ARE, UM, GOING TO BE, UM, THE GOING CONCERN IN THIS PERIOD OF TIME IN THE WINTER FALL AND WINTER MONTHS. 
          AND WITH HOLIDAY GATHERINGS, UM, INDOOR GATHERINGS, THE SPREAD OF RESPIRATORY ILLNESS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE CONTENDING WITH. 
          SO, UM, WITH, UH, CONTINUED USE OF MASKING INDOORS IN SITUATIONS WHERE YOU'RE WITH UNVACCINATED INDIVIDUALS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SYMPTOMATIC, UM, FROM RESPIRATORY ILLNESS, YOU'LL BE BEST SERVED AND PROTECTED, UM, BY WEARING A MASK OR AVOIDING THOSE SITUATIONS, PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE SOMEONE THAT'S AT HIGH RISK. 
          UM, IF WE GO DOWN INTO LOWER STAGES AND WE DON'T READ THE ROOM, SO TO SPEAK, UM, IN THOSE SITUATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND OURSELVES IN, IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON, UM, WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER SPIKE IN CASES BECAUSE OF THE NUMBERS OF UNVACCINATED INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE WITH REGARDS TO COVID. 
          SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE MODELING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS THAT I WAS ASKING ABOUT THAT YOU JUST CONFIRMED. 
          I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT TO THE MEDIA AS WELL. 
          SO IF SOMEONE WANTED TO GET ACCESS TO THAT TWO DIFFERENT MODELS THAT SHOW, UH, OUR NUMBERS COMING DOWN AND WHAT HAPPENS IF WE'RE CONTINUING TO BE CAUTIOUS, UH, AND WHAT HAPPENS IF WE'RE NOT, UM, AND THE MODELING FROM UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, WHICH HAS BEEN UNCANNING THE, UH, ACCURATE, UH, FOR US, UH, IN GUIDANCE, UH, SHOWS US WHAT COULD COULD HAPPEN JUST FROM COVID COMING IN THIS, THIS, UH, WINNER. 
          YOU ALSO MENTIONED, UH, THAT, UH, THERE ARE POTENTIAL COMPLICATING KIND OF FACTORS. 
          AND ONE OF THE MENTIONED WAS, WAS THE FLU. 
          THERE WAS A CHART THAT WE SAW EVERY DAY ALMOST FOR A YEAR. 
          I THINK WE'RE NOT SEEING IT NOW THAT COMPARED, UM, IN PRIOR YEARS TO FLU, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PERIOD OF TIME A YEAR AGO, UM, I SENT A COPY OF THAT LINK, I THINK, OVER TO THE, TO THE COUNTY TO SEE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO, TO PULL UP THERE. 
          IT IS, THIS IS A CHART THAT YOU GAVE TO, UH, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND THE PUBLIC AND TO THE COUNCIL, UH, THAT SHOWED, UH, THE, UH, UH, PERCENT, UH, OF FLU, UH, FOR, UH, THE THREE YEARS PLUS BLUE, WHICH WAS LAST YEAR. 
          UH, AND THIS CHART, THE BLUE LINE OBVIOUSLY CONTINUED PAST, UH, FEBRUARY. 
          UH, I JUST PULLED THIS ONE, UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE, UH, WHAT THE PREVALENCE OF FLU WAS IN THE 17, 18 SEASON, BUT ALSO THE 1819, ALSO 1920 LAST YEAR IN THE 2021, WE, WE SAID TO THE PUBLIC, PLEASE HELP US WITH FLU SO THAT WE'RE NOT FILLING UP OUR ICU'S, UH, WHICH YOU CAN SEE WE, WE DID IN THOSE PRIOR YEARS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THAT BLUE LINE LOW, BUT OF COURSE WE HAD MASK MANDATES THEN, AND WE WERE DOING ALL KINDS OF, UH, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT BLUE LINE PRETTY MUCH EXTENDED, UM, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH BELOW 2%, THE WHOLE REST OF THE WAY, DIDN'T IT. 
          SO I CAN SHOW YOU THE MOST RECENT, UH, VERSION OF THAT. 
          IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY IT, THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          YEAH. 
          IF YOU HAVE THAT. 
          SURE. 
          CAUSE THAT WAS MY QUESTION. 
          CAN YOU SHOW US, YOU KNOW, GO BACK TO SHOWING US IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT CHART SO WE CAN WATCH THE FLU SITUATION. 
          CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN? YES. 
          YES. 
          SO, UM, THE RED LINE IS THE 20, 20, 20 21 FLU LINE. 
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AND YOU'LL SAY, UM, AS I'D MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES. 
          UM, AND SO WE'LL BE TRACKING THAT GOING FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN URGING NOT ONLY HERE IN OUR COUNTY, BUT ACROSS THE NATION FOR, UM, OUR PATIENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GET VACCINATION AS WELL. 
          WOULD YOU PLEASE ADD A FIFTH COLOR TO THAT CHART AND HAVE THE 2122 SEASON BEGINNING WITH, UH, THE 1ST OF OCTOBER, I GUESS, IS WHEN THE CHART SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS PREPARED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES. 
          SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL ADD, UM, THE LAB, THE 2122 CHART BACK TO THE LEFT AND I GUESS A DIFFERENT COLOR, UH, STARTING IN OCTOBER. 
          COULD YOU START SHOWING US THAT CHART AS PART OF THE REPORT SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO WATCH THAT? SURE. 
          AND THE REASON I ASK THOSE QUESTIONS IS, IS SOMETIMES TWO CONCERNS. 
          FIRST IS WE GO BELOW 30 AND THE PUBLIC DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WHEN WE CROSS 30, WE DON'T IMMEDIATELY GO INTO STAGE THREE. 
          AND IF WE WERE TO CROSS 15 HERE, SOON, YOU MIGHT NOT AUTOMATICALLY GO INTO STAGE TWO. 
          AND EVEN AS WE GO DOWN IN STAGES, YOU'RE CONTINUING TO ASK THE PUBLIC TO REMAIN CAUTIOUS. 
          UH, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AND SETTING THE STAGES OTHER THAN JUST HOSPITAL, HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS. 
          UM, AND I WANTED, AND I WANT TO KIND OF GIVE KIND OF LIKE A PEEK INTO THAT ROOM THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT INSIGHT SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN, CAN, CAN UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR ANALYSIS OF THE DATA AND THE, LIKE THE OTHER FACTORS THAT YOU LOOK AT OTHER THAN HOSPITAL, UM, UH, ADMISSIONS ALSO INCLUDES THINGS LIKE THE, THE POSITIVITY PERCENTAGE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU HAD SAID TODAY IT WAS LIKE 5.9, WHICH IS CERTAINLY BETTER THAN THE 12 OR 13 OR CLOSE TO 15 THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. 
          AND THE DOUBLE DIGITS WE JUST SAW LIKE, UH, A MONTH OR SO AGO, BUT 5.9 IS NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE. 
          MY RECOLLECTION WAS WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS LAST YEAR, WE WERE TRYING TO GET IT DOWN TO LESS THAN 2% POSITIVITY IN THE COMMUNITY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          AM I REMEMBERING THAT RIGHT? WELL, WE'D LIKE IT TO BE ZERO. 
          YES. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE GREAT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, GRADATIONS, YOU KNOW, IF, IF 12 OR 15 WOULD BE RED, JUST LOOKING AT POSITIVITY, YOU KNOW, FIVE TO 10 MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, YELLOW OR, OR, OR ORANGE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COLORS WOULD BE. 
          YOU'D NEED TO DO THAT, BUT, BUT THAT'S AN INDICATOR THAT WE LOOK AT THAT TELLS US AT 5.9, WE STILL NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS BECAUSE IT'S LIKE KINDLING. 
          IF THAT COULD EASILY AT 5.9, GET OUT OF IT OUT OF HAND. 
          IN ADDITION TO POSITIVITY, YOU ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE FLU LEVEL, THE FLU CASES AS WE COME INTO THE SEASON, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING FLU, HOW MANY HOSPITAL HOSPITALIZATIONS WE HAVE FOR FLU OR WHAT THE POSITIVITY RATE IS FOR FLU, LIKE ON THE CHART THAT WE, THAT WE JUST SAW. 
          SO EVEN IF THE COVID NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN, THAT WOULD INDICATE TO US LOWER COVID. 
          IF THE FLU NUMBERS ARE GOING OUT, THAT MAKES US MORE RISKY AND MORE SUSCEPTIBLE. 
          IF WE DO HAVE, AS WE'VE BEEN SEEING EVERY TWO OR THREE MONTHS, A SPIKE, IT'S GOING TO PUT US IN A REALLY BAD PLACE. 
          SO YOU ALSO LOOK AT, UM, FLU NUMBERS. 
          UH, ANOTHER THING THAT YOU MENTIONED, I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO, UM, TO REMEMBER AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OUR POPULATION THAT IS STILL UNVACCINATED. 
          SO WE'RE OVER 200,000 PEOPLE. 
          IF THAT'S WORTHY OF, I DON'T KNOW, A YELLOW OR AN ORANGE, IF WE GOT TO BELOW 150,000, THEN THAT RISK LEVEL COULD GO DOWN. 
          I GOT BELOW 75,000. 
          OUR RISK LEVEL WOULD GO DOWN, BUT SO LONG AS WE'RE HAVING THAT HIGH A NUMBER, THAT'S ALSO A REASON FOR US TO BE CONTINUED TO BE CAUTIOUS, EVEN THOUGH THE HOSPITAL ADMISSION NUMBER, UH, STAGE IS GOING FROM, FROM FIVE TO FOUR TO THREE. 
          AND AT SOME POINT WE'D BE GOING TO, TO, TO, TO, AND ALSO MASKING, UM, AND I'LL SHOW THIS LAST THING BEFORE, UM, FOR EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT, AND THIS IS FROM THE CARNEGIE MELLON, UM, ASSESSMENT OF HOW WE'RE DOING 
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WITH REGARDS TO MASKING. 
          AND YOU CAN SAY THAT IN THE LATTER PART OF DURING JUNE OR MASKING RATES WERE LOWER. 
          AND THEN AS THE PANDEMIC SEARCH, UM, FROM DELTA STARTED AND WE IMPLEMENTED THE STAGE CHANGES THAT OUR MASKING RATES WENT UP. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE SLIDE THAT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER WITH REGARDS TO OUR, UM, CASE NUMBERS, THOSE STARTED TO DECLINE AS WELL. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          SO AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S A REALLY IMPORTANT, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD GRAPH FOR THE, FOR US AND THE COMMUNITY TO SEE THAT, THAT OUR BEHAVIORS HAVE IN FACT CHANGED, UH, THAT CHANGES IS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME, AS WE'RE SEEING ANY IMPACT OF, OF THESE KINDS OF BEHAVIORS AND THE LIKE, AND ALSO HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS THAT EVEN WITH THE STAGES GOING DOWN YOUR STORE, URGING PEOPLE, THAT'S NOT GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE IN JUNE OR JULY. 
          CAUSE WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE, WHEN WE RELAX THAT MUCH IN, IN JUNE OR JULY, I DON'T KNOW, DOCTOR DR. 
          WACHS, IF THERE'S A WAY FOR YOU TO, TO CREATE A DASHBOARD OR SOMETHING THAT, THAT GIVES TO THE PUBLIC QUICKLY, THE ABILITY TO HAVE INSIGHT OR TO SEE THESE OTHER FACTORS THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING. 
          BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD DEVELOP, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY HELPFUL DASHBOARD FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT REAL QUICKLY AND MAYBE A WAY THAT INDICATES TO THEM, WHETHER WE'RE DOING GOOD OR NOT DOING GOOD. 
          UM, UH, WITH RESPECT TO SOME OF THESE OTHER FACTORS THAT YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU'RE DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO MAKE STAGE CHANGES. 
          AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL SAY BEFORE I TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, JUDGE, UM, I'M, I'M, I'M STILL REAL CONFUSED BY THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER GA 40 YESTERDAY, THAT GIVES DIRECTIONS TO PRIVATE BUSINESSES ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS. 
          UH, I MEAN, IT JUST SEEMS TO ME TO BE REALLY ANTI BUSINESS, UH, AND, AND OUR, AND A REAL, REAL, UM, UM, UH, LIMITATION OF, OF, OF THE FREEDOMS AND LIBERTIES FOR SOMEONE TO SAY IN MY OWN PRIVATE BUSINESS, JUST LIKE I REQUIRE PEOPLE TO WEAR SHOES, OR I REQUIRE PEOPLE IN MY, SOME BUSINESSES CAN DO THAT. 
          SOME BUSINESSES CAN NOT DO THAT. 
          UH, BUT TO SAY TO BUSINESSES THAT YOU, YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO PROTECT THEIR EMPLOYEES OR THEIR CUSTOMERS, AND THEN LET CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES DECIDE IF THAT'S A PLACE THEY WANT TO WORK. 
          AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. 
          AND IT JUST SEEMS TO BE REALLY INCONSISTENT WITH, WITH, WITH SO MUCH, UH, I'VE I'VE, AS I'VE HEARD IN, IN THE PAST, UH, AND THE PRINCIPALS, UM, UH, SPOUSED BY THE GOVERNOR, UH, AND, UH, AND, UH, AND THE LEADERSHIP. 
          UM, BUT I WOULD STILL POINT OUT AS I READ THAT, UM, IT STILL ALLOWS FOR TESTING MANDATES, UH, DOESN'T SAY, PUT A LIMITATION ON THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO TESTING MANDATES OR TO LET PEOPLE THEN, UH, OPT OUT OF A TESTING REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A VACCINE DOESN'T REQUIRE ANYONE TO GET A VACCINE, BUT IF SOMEONE HAS VOLUNTARILY CHOSEN TO GET A VACCINE, IT ENABLES THEM TO, TO OPT OUT OF A TESTING MANDATE OR REQUIREMENT, KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE SAW AT ACL, UH, THIS, UH, PAST, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS. 
          UH, AND MY HOPE IS, IS THAT MORE, UH, UH, EMPLOYERS AND PRIVATE BUSINESSES AND ACTIVITIES WILL, WILL ADOPT THAT, UH, TESTING MANDATE WITH THAT, UH, UH, ENTIRELY OPTIONAL VACCINATION, UH, OPT OUT DIVISION. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY. 
          I THINK THE COUNTY STRIKE, TEAM'S DOING A GREAT JOB GETTING INTO THE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO GET INTO, BUT NOT JUST THEM, UH, AS WELL, UM, UH, UH, DIRECTOR STIRRUP, UH, APH IS ALSO FOCUSED ON THOSE POPULATIONS AS WELL. 
          AND, UM, NOW YOU'RE MAKING GREAT HEADWAY IN THAT TOO. 
          IT IS WAY TOO SLOW. 
          UH, BUT, BUT AS YOU SAID, THAT THERE'S NOT FOR WANT OF EFFORT, UH, AND THERE'S STILL PROGRESS BEING MADE, UH, WITH THAT, UH, JUDGE, UH, UH, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU, MAYOR, WHY DON'T ELEPHANTS LIKE COMPUTERS? I'M SORRY, WHAT W WHY DON'T ELEPHANTS LIKE COMPUTERS? UH, I DON'T KNOW YOUR, YOUR DAD. 
          DO I LOVE DAD JOKES? WHAT'S THE ANSWER THEY'RE AFRAID OF THE MOUTH FROM YOUR LOCAL FIVE-YEAR-OLD? UM, WELL, THEY'RE DEFINITELY IMPROVE, DEFINITELY IMPROVE. 
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THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYBODY, AND ESPECIALLY THANKS TO, UH, APH DR. 
          BULKS AND THE TRAVIS COUNTY, UH, FOLKS, UH, CONSTABLE MORALES, CHUCK YESTERDAY, 11 FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. 
          UM, WE WILL, UH, I GUESS THE JOURN COMMISSIONER PAVILION, 10 MINUTES, 10 MINUTES, 10 MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL COME BACK AT 10 55 AND I WILL PASS IT OVER TO YOU TO BE MARRIED, TO DO THE SAME JUDGE. 
          THANK YOU WITH A, WITH A, WITH A QUORUM THAT WAS ESTABLISHED DURING THE PRESENTATION. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN. 
          ALSO OUR PORTION OF THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE TRAVIS COUNTY COURT HERE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 2021, ALSO 10 45 COLLEAGUES, A 10 MINUTE BREAK, AND THEN LET'S, UH, GET TOGETHER, UH, AT, UH, FIVE TILL, UM, I DIDN'T SEE ANY POLL ITEMS. UH, WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM WE'RE GONNA ACT ON, UM, MAKE SURE THERE AREN'T ANY PULLED ITEMS WE'RE GETTING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          CAUSE WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT ARE TIMELY TO BE DECIDED THIS WEEK THAT NEEDED TO MOVE ON. 
          UH, WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE, UH, HERE TODAY CAUSE THE, UH, OUTSIDE EXPERT GIVING IT TO US, NEEDS TO BE ON A PLANE AT TWO. 
          UH, BUT WE CAN DISCUSS TIMING WHEN WE GET TOGETHER AT FIVE MINUTES TILL SEE IN 10 MINUTES OR ADJOURNED. 
          THANKS. 
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