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          START US WITH A PRAYER, PLEASE. 
          ME? YES. JARED. 
          YOU GOT IT. 
          THANKS. ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO START MEETING WITH PRAYER WITH AN INVOCATION. 
          FATHER IN HEAVEN THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER WE'VE BEEN HAVING LAST FEW DAYS. I PRAY YOU'LL BE WITH US AS WE GO THROUGH THIS UNCHARTED AND UNVISITED TIMES. 
          GOD I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO SHARE YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR GUIDANCE FOR OUR COUNCIL AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT EVERYONE. 
          IN JESUS NAME. 
          AMEN. THANK YOU. OK. 
          THANK ALL OF YOU FOR MAKING TIME TO DO THIS SPECIAL MEETING TODAY. 
          SEVEN DAYS AGO. 
          WELL, ACTUALLY, A LITTLE MORE THAN SEVEN DAYS AGO, WE WERE TALKING TO CITY COUNCIL ABOUT HOW SHOULD OUR CITY BEGIN TO REOPEN? AND SOME CITIES ARE DOING TASK FORCES. 
          AND WE KIND OF AS A GROUP DECIDED THAT WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE VERY VALUABLE TO DO ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS WITH INDUSTRIES RATHER THAN PICK ONE PERSON FROM AN INDUSTRY TO SERVE ON A TASK FORCE. 
          WHAT COULD WE AS A COUNCIL LEARN IF [INAUDIBLE]. 
          SO MY LAST COUNT HAD US AT 19. 
          MY GUESS IS THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL THAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE THE MORE WE WERE HAVING THEM, THE MORE SOMEBODY SAID, OH, I'D LIKE TO. 
          AND YOU MIGHT HAVE CREATED SOME THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ON THE SCHEDULE. 
          SO I THINK WE'VE TOUCHED BASE WITH WELL OVER 200 CITIZENS IN THOSE 19 ROUND 19 PLUS ROUND TABLES. 
          DUE TO THE NATURE OF HOW QUICKLY AND FLUID ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING. 
          WE THOUGHT WE WERE REALLY GOING TO BE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT MAKING THE PLAN TO REOPEN. 
          THE SWIFT PLANT SITUATION IN MOORE COUNTY HAS BECOME A HOT SPOT THAT HAS DEFINITELY AFFECTED OUR NUMBERS HERE IN AMARILLO IN THE LAST FOUR TO FIVE DAYS. 
          WE'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT SURGE IN CASES HERE. 
          AND I'M GOING TO SHARE SOME DATA WITH YOU HERE IN A MINUTE. 
          BUT I THINK IT HAS CHANGED OUR PERSPECTIVE AND CHANGED NOT NECESSARILY THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING, BUT PERHAPS THE TIMING OF WHEN WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE ROLLING OUT SOMETHING TO REOPEN. NOW, THAT WILL BE FOR Y'ALL'S CONSIDERATION AND WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TUESDAY. 
          BUT TODAY, I WANT US TO SPEND OUR TIME AND IT IS LIMITED TIME. 
          I WISH WE HAD EIGHT HOURS TO GO THROUGH YOUR FULL REPORTS ON ALL OF THE ROUNDTABLES. 
          I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW IF YOU THOUGHT THEY WERE VALUABLE OR NOT. 
          I THOUGHT THEY WERE HIGHLY VALUABLE. 
          BUT WHAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE TIME FOR IS A FULL REPORT ON WHAT YOU HEARD. 
          WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON ARE WHAT ARE YOUR QUESTIONS THAT WERE GENERATED OUT OF WHAT YOU HEARD AND WHAT ACTION STEPS DO YOU SEE FOR US AS A CITY? SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO COMPRESS THAT CONVERSATION INTO MAYBE AN HOUR AND A HALF OR TWO HOURS. AND THAT'S JUST DUE TO OTHER MEETINGS THAT HAVE COME ON THE SCHEDULE THAT ALL OF US NEED TO BE AT. AGAIN, THIS IS A FLUID SITUATION AND WE'RE ALL RESPONDING TO THINGS THAT WEREN'T ON THE SCHEDULE A WEEK AGO OR EVEN MAYBE YESTERDAY. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT. 
          WE'RE SHOWING RESILIENCY AND ADAPTABILITY. 
          AND THOSE ARE SKILLS THAT WE VALUE VERY MUCH HERE IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. 
          SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M JUST GOING TO OPEN IT UP AND. 
          SOMEBODY RAISED THEIR HAND. LET'S VOLUNTEER WITH HEARING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD AFTER, WE'LL TRY TO JUST WORK AS FAST AS WE CAN THROUGH. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO HEAR THEM. 
          I WANT STAFF TO HEAR THEM AND THEN THEY MAY GENERATE OTHER SUB QUESTIONS AND WE'LL JUST TRY TO MOVE DOWN THROUGH THEM AS UNANSWERED QUESTIONS FOR THE MOMENT. 
          VOLUNTEER. HOWARD? TRY TO ZERO IN ON QUESTIONS. 
          BY THE WAY THE MEETINGS WERE VERY INFORMATIVE. 
          I THINK THE PEOPLE LIKED MAKING COMMENTS AND WE'VE GOT NOTES ON ALL THE COMMENTS THAT I CAN GET TO EVERYBODY OR MEETINGS THAT I ATTENDED. 
          I WAS ASSIGNED TO GO MEET WITH REALTORS, BUILDERS AND APARTMENT ASSOCIATION. 
          SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT CAN WE? NUMBER ONE IS CAN WE COME UP WITH A LOT OF MASKS IN THE CITY, HELP PEOPLE COME UP WITH MASKS. EVEN IF WE BUY THEM, SELL THEM AT COSTS OR WHATEVER. 
          BUT PEOPLE ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING MASKS AND WE RECOMMEND MASKS. 
          I THINK WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING MASKS. 
          SO IF WE CAN HELP WITH THAT. 
          AS FAR AS REALTORS ARE CONCERNED, I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY LEAST EFFECTIVE. 
          INSTRUCTIONS SAY THAT REALTORS CAN CONTINUE DOING REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. 
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I'VE GOT ONE GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND HAD ONE LAST WEEK FINISHED. 
          BUT SO THAT'S CONSIDERED AN ESSENTIAL DEAL. 
          BUT. THERE WOULD BE RESTRICTIONS, PEOPLE SHOW HOUSES THEY NEED TO WEAR MASKS. 
          AND THE PEOPLE THEY MEET OUGHT TO WEAR MASKS. 
          ONE REALTOR REPORTED IN THE MEETING WE HAD THAT SHE CARRIED 10 MASKS WITH HER SO THAT SHE MET FOUR PEOPLE OUT TO LOOK AT A HOUSE, THEY DIDN'T HAVE MASKS. 
          SO I THINK THE REALTOR ORGANIZATION, DENISE PRICE WAS GOING TO SEE ABOUT GETTING MASKS. 
          NOW, WHETHER SHE SUCCEEDS IN THAT OR NOT BUT THAT GOES TO THE OTHER QUESTION. 
          OPEN HOUSES IS PROBABLY A NO NO FOR REALTORS. 
          UNLESS IT'S AN UNPOPULAR AREA, AN OVERPRICED HOUSE WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO COME. 
          BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOW UP IN A MEETING AND SO I THINK ON REALTORS UNDERSTAND THERE WOULD BE LIMITED IN NOT HAVING OPEN HOUSES. 
          THAT'S REALLY THE THE TWO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I HAD TO MAKE FROM THE REALTOR MEETING. 
          YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE TO THE OTHER MEETING? YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT ON TRACK. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, BUILDERS. 
          IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT PEOPLE WEAR MASKS. 
          IS THAT TRUE FOR OUTSIDE SUBCONTRACTORS, FOR INSTANCE, YOU'RE BUILDING A HOUSE AND THEY GET A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR IT, SO IS THAT TRUE FOR OUTSIDE SUBCONTRACTORS OR NOT. 
          THAT'S A QUESTION I HAVE. 
          I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. 
          ONCE THE HOUSE GETS SLABBED AND FRAMED IN SHEET ROCK AND IT'S GOT AN INTERIOR. 
          PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER AS TO WHAT THE DOCTORS WOULD R ECCOMMEND ON SUBCONTRACTORS WORKING OUTSIDE. 
          BUT IT WAS PRETTY MUCH UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S HIRING SUBCONTRACTORS WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THE SUBCONTRACTOR KNOWS THESE RULES. 
          THEY NEED TO WEAR MASKS IF THAT'S THE CASE. 
          AND THEN A QUESTION CAME UP IN THIS IN THE BUILDER MEETING AND IT HAD TO DO WITH A DRIVE UP TO BANKS. YOU CAN'T GO IN A BANK. 
          AND SO PEOPLE DRIVE UP AND PUT YOUR DEPOSIT CONTRAPTION THAT GOES INTO THE BIKE AND THEY SEND IT BACK. IS THAT CLEANED? AND I KNOW CITY MANAGER SAID HE'S GOING TO CHECK ON THAT. 
          I HEARD AN ANSWER THAT. 
          GOOD QUESTION. IT OUGHT TO BE. 
          BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING DEPOSITS OR WHATEVER FROM CUSTOMERS ALL DAY, EVERY DAY THAT THEY'RE OPEN. SO THAT'S THAT'S AN AREA. 
          AND THAT FINISHES THE TWO QUESTIONS ON BUILDERS. 
          APARTMENT ASSOCIATION. 
          THE CLARIFICATION ON STEPS FORWARD IF TENANT OWNED PROPERTY TEST POSITIVE. 
          SO THEY HAVE AN APARTMENT WITH 50 UNITS OR 100 UNITS. 
          AND SOMEBODY TESTS POSITIVE. 
          ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO ANYTHING? TELL THEM TO STAY INSIDE. 
          DON'T COME OUT, WEAR A MASK. 
          THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          AND THAT LEADS TO THE OTHER THING WAS NEED MASKS. 
          THAT'S ON ALL THREE OF MY GROUPS. 
          THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT. 
          I CAN SEND TO SOMEBODY AT CITY HALL TO SEND TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN EACH OF THESE MEETINGS. 
          THAT WHAT YOU WANTED, MAYOR? THAT'S WHAT I WANTED. 
          YES. AND I THINK, JARED, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WILL YOU. 
          WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP US CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THIS DATA? I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO TAKE THE NOTES THAT WE HAVE AND DISSEMINATE THOSE TO COUNCIL SO WE CAN ALL REVIEW THEM. 
          YOU'RE ON MUTE. IT ONLY HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS THAT I KEEP FORGETTING THE MUTE. 
          WE'LL HAVE STEPHANIE COGGINS, WHO WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY MANAGER, COORDINATE AND CONSOLIDATE AND COMPILE THOSE NOTES INTO ONE DOCUMENT THAT BE SHARED ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBER. SHE HAS ALL THAT INFORMATION NOW OR MOST OF IT RIGHT NOW, AND SHE'S STILL COMPILING ANY THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE. 
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THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS THAT SHE COULDN'T SIT IN ON BECAUSE THEY WERE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. BUT SHE'LL HAVE THAT MEET THAT INFORMATION CONSOLIDATED AND READY FOR YOU ALL BY NEXT WEEK, POSSIBLY BY THIS AFTERNOON. 
          MAYOR. ON THAT LIST, COULD I ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE SURE AND NOTE WHO WAS IN THEIR MEETING WHO ATTENDED? SO IF WE GO FORWARD OR IF WE HAVE SOME OTHER ROUND TABLES WE MIGHT PUT TOGETHER PERSONALLY, WE KNOW WHO ALREADY HAS HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO KIND OF GIVE SOME INPUT. 
          THE LIST THAT I HAVE WHO SPOKE AT THE MEETINGS I WAS AT IT LISTS WHO MADE THE COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. OK. 
          AND THEN I'M HOPING, JARED, IS SOMEONE TAKING NOTES RIGHT NOW ABOUT ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO MINE OUT THESE QUESTIONS AND SOME OF THIS DATA Y'ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE FOR US. REAL QUICKLY, SOME IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO WORK ON. SO THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A PROCESS. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE HERE FOR OUR TIME TODAY AND HAVE ALL THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THEM. 
          BUT WHAT I HAVE IN MIND, COUNCIL, IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE QUESTIONS. 
          SOME WILL TURN INTO ACTION STEPS QUICKLY. 
          WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUALLY BE IN A LOOP. 
          THE LEADERSHIP LOOP FOR A VERY LONG TIME HERE OF ASKING QUESTIONS, DETERMINING ACTION STEPS, ASKING QUESTIONS, DETERMINING ACTION STEPS. 
          THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND TO THIS CRISIS. 
          AND WE'RE WATCHING STAFF DO THAT. 
          BUT I THINK AT COUNCIL LEVEL, AS WE CRAFT WHAT THE NEXT THINGS ARE FOR THE CITY, WE JUST NEED TO BE REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT STAYING IN THAT CONSTANT LOOP OF WHAT DO I NEED MORE INFORMATION ON? WHAT QUESTIONS DO I NEED TO GENERATE TO GET THAT INFORMATION? AND WHAT ACTION STEPS ARE WE GOING TO FORMULATE AND EXECUTE OFF OF THAT DATA THAT WE GET? SO THAT'LL JUST BE THE LOOP WE'RE GOING TO STAY IN. 
          SO WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET CLOSURE. 
          YOU'VE GOT JOB SECURITY. 
          YES, WE'LL BE DOCUMENT THE QUESTIONS AND WE REALLY ON A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS, WE ALREADY HAVE DOCUMENTED THEM AND ARE WORKING ON GETTING ANSWERS. 
          A LOT OF THEM WE PROVIDED ANSWERS DURING THE CALL, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE TO DOCUMENT THOSE FOR Y'ALL. FOR EXAMPLE, THE BANK TELLER QUESTIONS WITH THE CARRIER DEVICE. 
          WE'RE REACHING OUT THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TO JUST TOUCH BASE WITH THE BANKS. 
          WE'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE FROM THE START TO CLEAN FREQUENTLY TOUCH SURFACES LIKE COUNTERTOPS AND POINT OF SALE DEVICES. 
          THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY INCLUDE THE CARRIERS, BUT WE WOULD WANT TO REACH OUT INTENTIONALLY TO TOUCH BASE WITH AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE BEING SANITIZED ON A FREQUENT BASIS. 
          AND I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL BE VERY WILLING PARTNERS IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY VERY AGGRESSIVELY DOING THAT. NEXT. 
          GOOD JOB, HOWARD, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I'LL GO NEXT. I NARROWED DOWN AS OPPOSED TO LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIES. 
          I MET WITH THE HOTELIERS, LARGE RETAILERS, AND THEN ALSO JUST A ROUNDTABLE OF JUST PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND CONTACTS THAT I HAD IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I WOULD SAY NUMBER ONE QUESTION THAT KIND OF WENT ACROSS THE BOARD IS FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT HOWARD SAID. IT'S COORDINATION OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN THAT FOR MASKS, FOR TESTS FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TESTING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE QUESTION. 
          DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY MORE LEVERAGE AND INFLUENCE TO GET SOME OF THOSE THINGS? NOW WE CAN SAY, WELL, GO TO YOUR REGULAR SUPPLY CHAINS. 
          WELL, THOSE AREN'T WORKING IN A LOT OF CASES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE OR THOSE ARE DISRUPTED. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT FEMA, HOW DOES THE CITY WORK WITH FEMA? IS IS THAT WHERE PEOPLE SHOULD GO? AND SO MY QUESTION IS, PART OF THE ACTION STEP IS CAN WE AS THE CITY COORDINATE THAT? DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT? COULD WE ASSIGNS SOMEBODY TO DO THAT? YOU KNOW FROM A NATIONAL LEVEL. 
          THE THE STATES ARE A CONTACT FROM OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THEN FROM THE CITY ARE WE A CONTACT TO THE STATE CAPITAL THAT WOULD HELP WITH SOME OF THE DISBURSEMENT FROM WASHINGTON? THEY DON'T HAVE SUPPLIES. 
          AND THEN YOU KNOW WHERE IT WOULD JUST COME COME DOWN THAT SUPPLY CHAIN TO THE INDIVIDUAL OFFICE HERE IN AMARILLO FOR THEM TO BE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GET THOSE THINGS. 
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THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE QUESTION ON SUPPLIES. 
          IT'S IT'S VERY DIFFERENT. 
          THERE ARE SOME INDUSTRIES THAT ARE ARE WANTING MASKS. 
          OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT ARE SAYING WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH. 
          WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY CASES OF EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE GOTTEN SICK. 
          BUSINESSES THAT ARE MAKING LIKE TWELVE HUNDRED DELIVERIES WHERE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN USING MASKS AND JUST THROUGH OTHER SOCIAL DISTANCING IMPLEMENTATION THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANT MASKS MANDATED THAT THEY SEE THEY ARE OPERATING SAFELY BASED ON DATA THAT THEY HAVE NOT HAD IN THE OUTBREAKS. 
          THE MY OTHER OBSERVATION FROM THE MEETINGS IS THAT THIS VIRUS HAS IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS VERY DIFFERENTLY AND BUSINESSES VERY DIFFERENTLY. 
          THAT'S WHY THERE'S NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL RESPONSE OF WHAT DO WE DO MOVING FORWARD AND OPENING DIFFERENT BUSINESSES. 
          IT'S IT'S NOT AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IMPACTER. 
          YOU HAVE CERTAIN BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IMPACTED MORE SEVERELY THAN OTHERS. 
          AND WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WISH THEY COULD STAY HOME. 
          AND WERE NOT PART OF A CENTRAL BUSINESS. 
          DON'T WANT TO TAKE ON THE RISK. 
          WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING AT HOME WHO CAN'T GO WORK GOING. 
          I NEED TO GO BACK TO WORK. 
          I HAVE ZERO INCOME. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER AND HOW WE ADDRESS EACH OF THOSE PERSONS NEEDS ARE VERY DIFFERENT. I THINK IT'S PART OF THE CHALLENGE IN FIGURING OUT WHERE WHERE THAT'S WHERE OUR STEPS MOVING FORWARD GO. 
          AND I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE THINGS I GUESS ONE OF MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS FROM IT AND PROCESSING A LOT OF THE INFORMATION WAS THAT I THINK FOCUSING ON INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUAL RISK AS OPPOSED TO BUSINESSES OR AT LEAST IMPLEMENTING PART OF IT IN OUR PROCESS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THE CATEGORIES OF ESSENTIAL NON-ESSENTIAL LOW RISK. 
          I THINK IS A LITTLE CONFUSING, ALTHOUGH I'M SUPPORTIVE OF HOW WE HAVE DONE THAT AND ALLOWED FOR MORE OPERATION, A LITTLE BIT MORE FREEDOM MOVING FORWARD. 
          I WOULD SUGGEST WE LOOK MORE AT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT IT'S WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT FOR AGE 50 AND ABOVE, FOR PEOPLE WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH ISSUES, IT'S A HIGHER RISK CATEGORY. 
          AND THE SAME MEASURES WE NEED TO TAKE TO PROTECT THOSE SECTORS OF OUR COMMUNITY DON'T APPLY TO EVERYBODY. 
          AND SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE VERY SPECIFIC ON HOW WE LOOK FORWARD MOVING FORWARD THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENT IMPACT. 
          AND LET ME SAY IT A DIFFERENT WAY. 
          IN CASE THAT'S CONFUSING. 
          I FEEL LIKE THE APPROACH NOT HERE LOCALLY, BUT FROM THE TOP DOWN. 
          IT'S UPSIDE DOWN AS OPPOSED TO THESE OR IT NEEDS TO GO HAND IN HAND THAT BUSINESSES. 
          THERE ARE SOME BUSINESSES THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OPERATE WITH SOCIAL DISTANCE AND WOULD BE A A THREAT TO INDIVIDUALS 50 AND OLDER. 
          AND THAT OUR MESSAGE NEEDS TO COMBINE TO THOSE TO THOSE CATEGORIES. 
          WE NEED TO TRY AND SHELTER IN PLACE. 
          YOU NEED TO STAY PROTECTED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT ALLOW THOSE NOT IN THOSE CATEGORIES TO GET BACK TO WORK. OK. 
          GOOD. THANK YOU, ELAINE, I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. 
          NEXT. EDDIE, YOU WANT TO GO NEXT. 
          CAN YOU HEAR US EDDIE? YES, MA'AM. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO [INAUDIBLE]. 
          OK. I CAN GO NEXT. 
          YES. OK. 
          SO, MAYOR, I MET WITH FIRST OF ALL, I MET WITH THE FUNERAL HOMES. 
          AND THIS IS PROBABLY ONE INDUSTRY THAT WAS NOT ON YOUR LIST. 
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SO THE THE MAIN ISSUES THAT THEY ARE HAVING RIGHT NOW AND A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE REPETITIVE AND I THINK ELAINE SAID THIS PRETTY WELL, BUT A LOT OF THEIR ISSUES DEAL WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN. SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE THEY'RE WANTING TO KNOW FROM US THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WHAT HELP CAN THEY RECEIVE IN REGARDS TO BODY BAGS AND ALSO PPE EQUIPMENT OR PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT? THEY ARE THE LAST RESPONDERS. 
          AND OF COURSE, THERE IS ONE ENTITY THAT IS MORE OF A TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR MOST OF THE FUNERAL HOMES, NOT ONLY HERE IN AMARILLO, BUT IN THE SURROUNDING PANHANDLE AREA. 
          AND SO THEIR SUPPLIES ARE BEING DEPLETED FAIRLY QUICKLY. 
          SO THEY WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY CAN PARTNER WITH SOME VENDOR. 
          MAYBE WE COULD GET A DEEPER DISCOUNT AND BUY IN A MUCH LARGER QUANTITY, SUCH AS MASKS AND PPE EQUIPMENT AND, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT'S NEEDED, BECAUSE NOT ONLY WOULD THAT BE VALUABLE TO THE FUNERAL HOME INDUSTRY, IT COULD BE VALUABLE TOWARDS RESTAURANTS OR ANY OTHER INDUSTRY. 
          SO THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT. SO THAT'S A QUESTION THAT THAT THEY ASK. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE IS THEY WOULD LIKE CLEAR GUIDELINES THAT EVERYONE CAN FOLLOW AND PERHAPS THE SAME GUIDELINES OR GUIDELINES FOR ALL OF THE ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES AS WELL AS NONESSENTIAL. 
          SO THERE'S THERE'S BEEN. 
          SOME CONTRADICTING REQUIREMENTS. 
          YOU KNOW, WHERE SOME BUSINESSES FOLLOW WHAT HAS BEEN ASKED TO BE AND THEN OTHERS KIND OF DEVIATE FROM THAT. 
          THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE CONSENSUS MAYBE IN USING MASKS. 
          AND RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION AND NOT REALLY A REQUIREMENT AT THIS POINT FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO. 
          SO THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR ONE OF THEIR QUESTIONS AS WELL. 
          THEY, TOO, WOULD LIKE TO SEE A VERY SLOW ROLLOUT. 
          LET'S SEE HERE. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, THEY DIDN'T. 
          THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          THAT WAS THEIR MAIN CONCERNS, WAS REALLY SUPPLIES. 
          AND JUST CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS. 
          AND THEN I MET WITH THE CHURCHES AND I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM FROM THEM. SO IN REGARDS TO TESTING, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THAT THERE IS TESTING AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE TESTING IS BEING PAID FOR AT THE MOMENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF WHAT STATUS YOU ARE, THEY WOULD JUST LIKE FOR THE TEST TO BE AVAILABLE SO THAT EVERYONE HAS THAT ACCESS TO BE TESTED. 
          I'M GOING TO PAUSE RIGHT THERE BECAUSE THAT'S A SUPER IMPORTANT POINT. 
          JARED, WILL YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          SO I WAS LOOKING AT THE PAPERWORK. 
          WELL, THAT'S OK. 
          SHE WAS ASKING ABOUT TESTING. 
          AND WHAT DOES IT COST FOR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TESTED. 
          AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT EVERYONE THAT DRIVES THROUGH THAT DRIVE THRU TESTING LOCATION IS BEING TESTED AT NO COST. 
          SO IT DOESN'T MATTER THE COST TO THE TO THE PERSON BEING TESTED AT THE DRIVE THROUGH TESTING SITE AT THE TRI-STATE FAIRGROUNDS. 
          AND WHEN YOU CALL 3 7 8 6 3 0 0 0, THAT'S THE PUBLIC HEALTH NUMBER. 
          THAT'S HOW YOU GET SCREENED FOR THAT TEST. 
          THE COST OF THAT IS FREE. 
          IT DOES NOT COST THE PERSON GETTING TESTED ANYTHING. 
          THE COST TO THE HEALTH DISTRICT HEALTH DISTRICT. 
          AND THAT IS REIMBURSED IN LARGE PART THROUGH OUR GRANTS TO THE HEALTH DISTRICT THAT ENABLE THE OPERATION OF THE HEALTH DISTRICT AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          THE ACTUAL COSTS THAT WE EXPERIENCE IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 50 AND SEVENTY TWO DOLLARS DEPENDING ON WHAT LAB WE SEND IT TO. 
          THERE'S ALSO A VARIETY OF OTHER TYPES OF TESTS. 
          THE QUICK TESTS AND OTHER TESTS THAT OTHER DOCTORS ARE USING, I DON'T HAVE VISIBILITY ON THE COST OF THOSE TESTS OR THE COST TO THE PERSON RECEIVING THE TESTS. 
          BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE TESTING THAT'S DONE THROUGH THE CITY IS AT NO COST TO THE PERSON BEING TESTED. THANK YOU. 
          OK, SORRY TO INTERRUPT. 
          BUT THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I HAD A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT BECAUSE HOW HOW I HEARD THE QUESTION IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST INDIVIDUALS. 
          WERE THEY ASKING THE QUESTION, FRIDA WANTING EVERYBODY TO BE TESTED THAT ARE ASYMPTOMATIC? AND RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION, DO WE? SO IT'S LIKE IF YOU CALL THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE VETTED FOR SYMPTOMS. AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR TESTING RIGHT NOW. 
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YEAH. CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT THAT IF YOU TEST, TEST DO REQUIRE A PERSON TO BE SYMPTOMATIC AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TESTS TO BE ABLE TO JUST TEST ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO TEST. BUT WE DO HAVE PLENTY OF TESTS FOR THOSE THAT ARE SYMPTOMATIC AND THAT'S WHAT THE REQUIREMENT IS AT THE HEALTH DISTRICT, AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, RATHER. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ALSO THE REQUIREMENT AT THE HOSPITALS. 
          OK. SO. SO THANK YOU, SO MOVING ON. 
          SO HERE'S ONE OF THE QUESTION IS IF WE'RE ABLE. 
          IF WE ARE ABLE TO START HOSTING LARGER GATHERINGS AGAIN AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHURCHES, EVEN WITH LIMITATIONS AND GUIDELINES, WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEONE WHO ATTENDED OUR CHURCH IS THEN DIAGNOSED WITH COVID 19? ANOTHER ANOTHER CONCERN IS IF A COMMUNION SERVER OR CHILDREN'S MINISTER VOLUNTEER CONTACTS THE DISEASE. 
          WOULD WE HAVE TO QUARANTINE OUR CHURCH? WOULD THERE BE A PROTOCOL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR HOW WE WOULD NEED TO CLEAN OUR FACILITY? AND WHAT WOULD BE THE STEPS WE WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH TO WAIT TO REOPEN? SO THAT'S A CONCERN. 
          ANOTHER ANOTHER QUESTION THIS AND THIS PROBABLY FALLS IN THE AREA OF OUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. BUT CONGREGATIONAL SINGING, SINGING HAS THE CAPACITY TO AEROSOL PARTICLES THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE IN DROPLET FORM IF THAT IS THE CASE, IS 6 FEET OF SOCIAL DISTANCING SUFFICIENT OR WE SHOULD SAY PHYSICAL DISTANCING SUFFICIENT. 
          SO THAT'S A CONCERN HERE IS HERE IS A SUGGESTION OF HOW CHURCHES COULD ROLL OUT EARLY ON FOLLOWING THESE STEPS. 
          AND THIS WOULD BE THOSE IN THE HIGH RISK CATEGORIES, THOSE 65 AND OLDER AND THOSE WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH ISSUES MUST REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES AND PARTICIPATE IN THE SERVICES ONLINE, OBSERVE SOCIAL DISTANCING OR PHYSICAL DISTANCING. 
          CONGREGATES ARE SEATED ON EVERY ON EVERY THIRD PEW WITH TWO ROWS OF EMPTY SEATS BETWEEN THEM. HOW CLOSE TOGETHER WITH AT LEAST SIX FEET IN BETWEEN DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLDS, NO COMMUNION OR OFFERING TRADE PASSED AMONG THE CONGREGATION. 
          HAND SANITATION STATION ALL PEWS, CHAIRS SANITIZED AFTER EVERY SERVICE. 
          SO THAT IS A THAT IS JUST THE SUGGESTION OF A FEW GUIDELINES THAT THAT COULD BE HELPFUL. 
          THERE ARE SOME PASTORS THAT SAY THAT THEY ARE A LITTLE CAUTIOUS ABOUT TOO MANY GUIDELINES, SO THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR HOSPITAL CAPACITY. 
          THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ICU CAPACITY AND THE VENTILATOR CAPACITY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME THAT THESE MEETINGS WERE TAKING PLACE, YOU KNOW, OUR SUPPLIES WERE SUFFICIENT. 
          NOW WITH THE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED. 
          I DON'T KNOW AT WHAT LEVEL WE ARE IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, THE CAPACITY THAT WE DO HAVE. 
          SOME PASTORS WOULD LIKE US TO SHIFT FROM RISK ELIMINATION TO RISK MANAGEMENT. 
          OK. AND THERE THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT. 
          AGAIN, WOULD THE CITY HAVE MASKS FOR CHURCHES TO BUY? THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS. 
          CLARITY ON HOW THESE WILL HAPPEN. 
          ALSO, A WHOLE HOST OF SUMMER ACTIVITIES LIKE BIBLE SCHOOL MISSION TRIPS, SUMMER CAMPS, ETC. WHAT RUBRICS WILL THE CITY BE USING TO MAKE THAT DECISION? WHAT ARE WE WANTING TO SEE HAPPEN? AND WHAT SHOULD CHANGE FOR EACH STAGE? WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THAT LINE TO CROSS? SO DISHEARTENING TO EXTEND TWO WEEKS AT A TIME WITH NO END IN SIGHT. 
          AND THEN, THEY'RE SAYING THAT THIS IS KIND OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT OR HINDSIGHT, WOULD IT HAVE BEEN BETTER? WOULD IT? WOULD IT HAVE BEEN A BETTER FIRST STEP TO ASK THE ELDERLY AND THE VULNERABLE CITIZENS TO 
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STAY HOME BUT ALLOW THE REST OF THE ECONOMY TO KEEP GOING. 
          COMING OUT COULD THERE BE A FASTER ALLOWANCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT VULNERABLE OR ELDERLY TO GO BACK TO WORK? WE AS A COMMUNITY, CAN WE FIND A WAY TO GET THESE INDIVIDUALS FOOD AND SUPPLIES? EVERY INDUSTRY IS GOING TO HAVE AN ISSUE IN REGARDS TO DAY CARE, BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY, THE CHURCHES OR WHATEVER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PARENTS AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SINGLE MOMS AND DADS THAT NEED TO HAVE A PLACE FOR THEIR KIDS TO STAY WHILE THEY ARE WORKING. AND SO IN REGARDS TO DAYCARES, WE KNOW THAT DAYCARES ARE ALREADY HELD TO A VERY HIGH STANDARD. 
          SO AS FAR AS WE ALL KNOW, AS FAR AS SOCIAL DISTANCE OR PHYSICAL DISTANCING WITH KIDS, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY NEXT TO EACH OTHER AND THEY'RE GOING TO TOUCH EACH OTHER. I MEAN, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          SO ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS WAS LIKE MAYBE RIGHT NOW FOR DAYCARES THERE IS MAYBE 15 KIDS TO ONE TEACHER. 
          SO MAYBE WE MAYBE WE CAN REDUCE THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, FOR THE FOR THE CHURCH NURSERIES OR DAYCARES AND SAY, WELL, MAYBE WE HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT CHILDREN TO ONE TEACHER. 
          I DON'T KNOW. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE DAY CARE IS GOING TO BE A BIG ISSUE. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE THAT THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT EVERY BUSINESS INDUSTRY AT SOME POINT THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THE MOMENT. 
          EDDIE, DOES IT HELP YOU IF I GO NEXT? YEAH. OK. QUESTIONS THAT I HAD. 
          ONE WAS JUST A THOUGHT THAT I DISCOVERED TWO DAYS AGO. 
          TEXAS TECH HAS A LAB IN LUBBOCK THAT CAN CLEAN PPE EQUIPMENT, SPECIFICALLY N-95 MASKS. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE A BUSINESS THAT HAS A A SUPPLY OF N-95 MASKS, THEY CAN THEY CAN MAIL THEM TO LUBBOCK AND AT NO CHARGE TEXAS TECH WILL CLEAN THEM. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THEY THEY CAN CLEAN THEM AS MANY TIMES AS 20 TIMES. 
          SO THAT'S ONE WAY OF EXTENDING THE LIFE OF SOME OF THOSE SUPPLIES. 
          AND WE HAVE THAT DATA HERE. 
          STEPHANIE, I THINK HAS THAT DATA. 
          I KNOW I HAVE THAT DATA. 
          OUR SITUATIONAL PEOPLE HAVE THAT DATA. 
          SO WE NEED TO BE PUSHING THAT OUT, NOT JUST THROUGH OUR MEDICAL, YOU KNOW, BUT EVERY BUSINESS OWNER THAT'S TRYING TO PROVIDE MASKS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. IF THEY'RE USING A N-95 MASKS, THEY COULD BE RECYCLING THEM BY GETTING THEM CLEAN. OK. 
          HERE'S MY LIST OF QUESTIONS. 
          I WANT TO KNOW, ARE WE FACING A FUEL SUPPLY SHORTAGE? I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT HOW WE THE SUPPLY CHAINS ON THAT, BUT I KNOW GROUPS THAT I HOSTED WERE AGRICULTURAL, SO DAIRY FARMERS, BEEF INDUSTRY PEOPLE, CROP PRODUCTION PEOPLE. 
          AND THEN I HOSTED TWO OTHER ROUNDTABLES WITH JUST GROUPS OF LEADERS THAT I ASKED TO COME IN AND GIVE INSIGHT. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME AWAY FROM THERE IS DO WE HAVE A STRONG ENOUGH UNDERSTANDING OF HOW OIL AND GAS CRASH IS GOING TO AFFECT OUR ABILITY IN THE PANHANDLE TO PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL DIESEL SHORTAGES FOR JUST GASOLINE SHORTAGES? I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT WORKS AND GETTING SOME GUIDANCE ON THAT. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD WAS SHELTER IN PLACE IS A DRASTIC MEASURE. 
          AND I'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT FRUSTRATIONS ARE GROWING THE LONGER THAT WE SHELTER IN PLACE. 
          WERE THERE ANY EVEN SLIGHT MODIFICATIONS THAT WE COULD MAKE TO THAT SHELTER IN PLACE THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY REDUCE STRESS? YOU KNOW, THIS MUCH MODIFICATION THAT MIGHT REDUCE THIS MUCH FRUSTRATION. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT I WANTED US TO SPEND SOME TIME THINKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHEN I ALSO TALKED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE ONE OF MY ROUNDTABLES. 
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PEOPLE JUST WENT HOME TO SPRING BREAK NOT KNOWING THEY WEREN'T COMING BACK. 
          SO THERE ARE THINGS IN THE KIDS LOCKERS. 
          THERE ARE PERSONAL ITEMS. THERE'S MEDICATIONS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE HELD TIGHT TO THE SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER AND HAVE NOT PUT ANY OTHER THAN ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES NOT PUTTING BODY INTO THEIR BUILDINGS IN THEIR PARENTS FRUSTRATIONS AND KIDS FRUSTRATIONS ARE GROWING AS THAT TIMEFRAME EXTENDS, THAT THEY AREN'T ALLOWED TO GET IN AND GET TO SOME OF THEIR PERSONAL ITEMS. SO I WONDERED IF WE MIGHT CONSIDER HOW TO BACK OUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT COULD ADDRESS SOME SPECIFIC FRUSTRATIONS LIKE THAT. 
          I HAD SOME GREAT QUESTIONS ASKED BY BUSINESS OWNERS ABOUT HOW WE BEGIN TO. 
          MERGE CONFLICTS OR ADDRESS CONFLICTS LIKE CURRENT CITY CODE REQUIRES THIS, BUT OUR NEW WAY OF OPERATING IS GOING TO BE THIS. 
          AND AN EXAMPLE THAT WAS THROWN OUT AND I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW UNDERSTAND ALL THE DETAILS TO KNOW IF THIS IS VALID OR NOT, BUT IF WE REQUIRE X NUMBER OF BATHROOMS OR A RESTAURANT TO TO OPERATE. 
          IN THAT RESTAURANT, CAN'T GET CLEANING SUPPLIES TO CLEAN THOSE BATHROOMS OR THEY CAN'T GET TOILET PAPER TO STOCK THOSE BATHROOMS, ARE THEY STILL REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT BATHROOM? SO THERE ARE SITUATIONS LIKE THAT AS WE'RE ALL LEARNING TO OPERATE AND MAKE CHANGES TO OPERATE BUSINESSES IN A NEW WAY OR A NEW THING CODE WISE THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A CONFLICT THAT WE NEED TO BE ADDRESSING AND GIVING GUIDANCE ON? AND THAT'S PROBABLY AN ANTHONY ISSUE. 
          AND YOU MAY OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, ANTHONY KNOW OH, YEAH. 
          THERE'S TWO DOZEN OF THOSE THINGS AND I'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THEM. 
          BUT I DON'T WANT TO STOP AND ANSWER RIGHT NOW. 
          I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT QUESTION OUT. 
          THERE IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE GATHERING DATA ON. 
          IT COULD VERY WELL BE IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. 
          DATA IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M SEEING. 
          SO I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT DATA AND SYSTEMICALLY WE JUST NEED TO BE. 
          I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO IMPROVE OURSELVES AS A DATA BASED ORGANIZATION. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT SOME IN THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON DATA AND THAT THE BOOK THAT HOWARD GAVE US FOR CHRISTMAS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE STARTED IT, DUG INTO IT. 
          I HAD ASPIRATIONS FOR US TO DO IT TOGETHER AS A TEAM, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON THAT. BUT IT IS VERY MUCH SO ABOUT HOW YOU STRUCTURE YOUR CITY OPERATIONS TO GENERATE THE DATA YOU NEED AS LEADERS AND WHETHER AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL OR JUST INSIDE STAFF. 
          YOU KNOW, THE MORE DATA YOU HAVE, THE BETTER YOUR DECISIONS ARE GOING TO BE. 
          AND I THINK WE'RE RECOGNIZING RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOME ROOM TO IMPROVE ON HOW WE COLLECT DATA AND HOW WE EFFICIENTLY TURN IT AROUND SO THAT IT'S USEFUL TO PEOPLE IN DECISION MAKING POSITIONS. 
          SO THAT'S A KIND OF A VERY BIG OBSERVATION THAT WE NEED MORE DATA ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY AND THAT NEEDS TO BE AT OUR FINGERTIPS IN ORDER TO MAKE DECISIONS. 
          I HEARD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT [INAUDIBLE] GROUPS. 
          PEOPLE WERE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIRD, THIRD PARTY OPERATOR SITUATIONS LIKE. 
          WHAT COULD WE DO IN THE CITY TO TRANSITION GETTING CITY FUNCTIONS OR ANY CITY SERVICES TO THIRD PARTY OPERATORS THAT MIGHT EITHER SAVE US MONEY IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET OR IN YEAR OVER YEAR BUDGETS? ONE PERSON THAT I WAS ON A CALL WITH ACTUALLY LIVES IN FORT WORTH AND MENTIONED HOW FORT WORTH ZOO IS OPERATED BY A NONPROFIT. 
          THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A GIGANTIC DRASTIC STEP, BUT I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE AS AN EXAMPLE OF. 
          THIS IS SO DISRUPTIVE. 
          COVID IS DISRUPTING THE ENTIRE WORLD. 
          AND I THINK ONE OF OUR ROLES AS THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF IS TO USE A DISRUPTION AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THINGS IN OUR SYSTEM THAT WOULD ACTUALLY SAVE MONEY OVER THE LONG TERM MIGHT RUN MORE EFFICIENTLY. 
          IT'S GOING TO FORCE US TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN CONTENT TO SAY WHETHER WE LIKE IT. 
          WE LIKE THE WAY IT'S RUNNING. 
          SO JUST THIRD PARTY OPERATORS AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE IN THE GOLF 
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COURSE CONVERSATION. 
          BUT JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE FOR WHAT ELSE IS IN THE CITY THAT MIGHT BE A THIRD PARTY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN OPERATING. 
          THAT WAS A QUESTION I HAD FROM MORE THAN ONE CITIZEN. 
          I'M IN THE SAME LINE AS EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          OVER AND OVER AGAIN, I HAD BUSINESS OWNERS SAY KANSAS CITY PROVIDE BUYING POWER OR THEY AT LEAST BE AN ACCESS POINT FOR SOURCING PPE, CLEANING SUPPLIES. 
          SOME OF THE THINGS THAT BUSINESSES I MEAN, GRAIN ELEVATORS, THEY'VE NEVER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT THAT STUFF BEFORE. 
          AND SO TO SAY, YEAH, I JUST GO OUT TO YOUR SUPPLIER AND GET IT. 
          WELL, THEY THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE SUPPLIER CONTACTS. 
          AND SO ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO COALESCE AND HELP THEM SHORTCUT TO THOSE CONTACTS OR EVEN BETTER PROVIDE SOME BUYING POWER. 
          AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE TYPICALLY EVER DONE. 
          BUT THIS IS HISTORIC. 
          AND I THINK OUR RESPONSE TO IT NEEDS TO ENCOMPASS THINKING ABOUT SOME THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAN WE HAVE BEFORE. 
          SO I'VE HEARD THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN ABOUT BUYING POWER OR HELPING TO SOURCE SUPPLIES. 
          QUESTIONS ABOUT CAN WE CREATE SOME TYPE OF CERTIFICATION FOR A BUSINESS THAT A BUSINESS OWNER WOULD AGREE TO SIGN A PLEDGE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COMPLY WITH THESE STANDARDS IN RESPONSE TO COVID AND A CONSUMER WHO WANTED TO DO BUSINESS AT THAT STORE WITH THEM, SEE A STICKER ON THE DOOR THAT SAID, YES, THEY'VE PLEDGED TO ABIDE BY THESE COVID STANDARDS IN. 
          YES, ANTONY'S TEAM COMES BY EVERY SO OFTEN AND SIGNS OFF ON GIVES THEM A GRADE AND SAYS, YEAH, YOU'RE DOING IT OR NO, YOU'RE NOT DOING IT. 
          THE COMMENT CAME OUT OF SOMEONE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT CONSUMERS ARE GOING TO HAVE CONFIDENCE TO COME OUT AND RESTART THE ECONOMY. 
          WILL WE EAT AT RESTAURANTS AGAIN? WILL WE WANT TO GO SHOPPING AND TRY ON CLOTHES AGAIN? YOU KNOW, SO. 
          I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO WHAT WE CAN AS A CITY TO HELP AND REINFORCE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE, TO COME OUT WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT AND AND START SHOPPING, START USING THOSE BUSINESSES AGAIN. 
          AND THIS THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I HEARD MORE THAN ONCE A BUSINESS OWNER ASK ABOUT. 
          PEOPLE WERE ASKING ABOUT WHAT SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS DO WE NEED TO TAKE BECAUSE OF I-40? DOES I-40 CREATE AN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY? YES. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DRIVE THROUGH OUR CITY EVERY YEAR BECAUSE OF I-40. THEY BUY GAS AND THEY STOP AT RESTAURANTS. 
          AND SOMETIMES THEY STAY OVERNIGHT IN OUR HOTELS. 
          BUT IN THIS SITUATION, IS OUR CITY AT A HIGHER RISK BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE MOVING THROUGH IT ON I-40? AND I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AND. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESPONSE WOULD BE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF RESPONSE ABOUT EXTRA SIGNAGE. 
          YOU KNOW, IF IF WE WERE TO MOVE TOWARD A MANDATORY MASK PROGRAM, WHICH I DIDN'T REALLY HEAR MUCH OF THAT IN THE ROUNDTABLES, I DIDN'T HEAR PEOPLE. 
          SAYING THEY WANTED THAT TO BE MANDATORY, BUT HOW WOULD WE COMMUNICATE THAT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING OFF OF I-40 AND SO THAT THEY WOULD KNOW WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR INDIVIDUAL CONDUCT WHILE THEY WERE IN OUR CITY? SO THAT'S AND DOES I-40 INCREASE OUR RISK OF SPREAD, OUR COMMUNITY SPREAD? I HEARD QUESTIONS ABOUT SHOULD WE CONSIDER TEMPERATURE CHECKPOINTS INSIDE OUR CITY? SOMEBODY WAS THINKING REALLY BIG PICTURE AND THOUGHT IF WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND FREELY BECAUSE THAT HELPS US ECONOMICALLY, BUT WE WANT TO REDUCE THE RISK OF COMMUNITIES SPREAD. 
          COULD WE SOMEHOW SET UP TEMPERATURE CHECK POINTS WHERE YOU COULD DRIVE THROUGH. 
          GET YOUR TEMPERATURE CHECKED, AND THEN THAT DAY YOU WORE THE BRACELET AND EVERYBODY KNEW YOU HAD BEEN CLEARED THROUGH A CITY CHECKPOINT THAT DAY TO SHOW YOU DIDN'T HAVE SYMPTOMS OR YOU DIDN'T HAVE TEMPERATURE. 
          IT'S A BIG IDEA. 
          IT OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE A LOT TO IMPLEMENT AND TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE. 
          BUT I'M THROWING OUT ALL THESE IDEAS BECAUSE SOMETIMES A BIG IDEA CAN BE PIECEMEALED INTO A VERY PRACTICAL IDEA. 
          SO THEY JUST WE'RE TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE HELP BUSINESSES. 
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IF THE CITY COULD DO IT AT CHECKPOINTS RATHER THAN EVERY BUSINESS HAVING TO DO IT AS PEOPLE COME IN. 
          THAT WAS SOMETHING THEY WERE THINKING. 
          ALSO, QUESTIONS ABOUT SOURCING THE INFRARED TEMPERATURE READERS. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING ONE OF THE TYPES OF SUPPLIES THAT THE CITY COULD HELP? QUESTIONS ABOUT NOW THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT PEOPLE LIKE IT OR NOT, ARE SET UP TO WORK AT HOME. HOW DOES THAT CHANGE CITY OPERATIONS? COULD WE REDUCE THE FOOTPRINT OF OUR BUILDINGS BY PUSHING PEOPLE INTO THEIR HOMES AS EMPLOYEES? COULD THAT REDUCE OUR BUDGET NEEDS THROUGH REDUCING MAINTENANCE COSTS, REDUCING INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS? THAT'S A VERY LONG TERM QUESTION, BUT IT'S RELEVANT NOW THAT WE'VE ALL SHIFTED. 
          THE QUESTION IS WHO REALLY SHOULD COME BACK? AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          LOOKING AT HOW WE LEVERAGE THIS LEVEL OF DISRUPTION INTO OPPORTUNITIES. 
          HAD A GREAT VISIT WITH DR. 
          LORI RICE-SPEARMAN, WHO'S THE INTERIM HEALTH SCIENCES DIRECTOR, SHE'S THE REPLACEMENT FOR TED MITCHELL ONCE HE BECAME THE CHANCELLOR FOR THE TEXAS TECH SYSTEM. 
          AND THEN SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW TELEMEDICINE IS. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE RELYING ON IT HEAVILY DURING THIS AND THEY WILL THROUGH THE COMING MONTHS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE DRASTIC NEED FOR IT, ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THE REGULATIONS SURROUNDING IT HAVE JUST GONE AWAY. 
          AND SO NOW IT'S GOING TO BE EMBRACED AS A REGULAR PART OF OFFICE OFFERING MEDICAL CARE. 
          AND SO. PEOPLE WHO CAN OFFER TELEMEDICINE ARE GOING TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE, ESPECIALLY OUT INTO OUR RURAL AREAS. 
          AND I HAD HAD A CITIZEN MENTIONED TO ME THAT THEY THOUGHT MAYBE WI-FI ACCESS ACROSS THE ENTIRE PANHANDLE WAS ACTUALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US IF WE AS A PANHANDLE REGION COULD BE A WI-FI HOTSPOT. 
          WE SAW THIS HAPPEN, WHEN OUR SCHOOLS WENT TO DISTANCE LEARNING, THEY HAD TO PROVIDE BUSES THAT PEOPLE COULD DRIVE UP NEXT TO THEIR STILL PROVIDING IT DRIVE UP NEXT TO AND USE AS A HOTSPOT BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE IN OUR CITY CAN AFFORD INTERNET ACCESS. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE SOME CITIES IN THE NATION THAT PROVIDE THAT TO A COMMUNITY THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH A PROVIDER AND THROUGH COMMUNITY MANY TIMES TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 
          AND WE HAVE NOT MADE THAT CHOICE. 
          SO AS A CITY, WE HAVE A DISPARITY IN WHO HAS ACCESS TO ONLINE LEARNING AND WHO DOESN'T. 
          AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CHOSE TO MEET THAT WITH PUTTING BUSES IN HOT SPOTS ALL ACROSS THE CITY. BUT JUST FOR A MINUTE. 
          COULD YOU ENVISION IF THE ENTIRE TEXAS PANHANDLE HAD COVERAGE AND WE PROVIDED THAT TO CITIZENS JUST BECAUSE THEY LIVED IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THAT BECAME A SELLING POINT FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. 
          AND SO DR. 
          RICE-SPEARMAN AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT, AND SHE MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES SURROUNDING TELEMEDICINE. 
          AND I JUST ASKED HER, I SAID, WELL, WOULD YOU PLEASE KEEP US IN MIND THAT WE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE ENTIRE PANHANDLE COVERED WITH LOW COST OR NO COST INTERNET. 
          AND IF THERE ARE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TELEMEDICINE, THAT MIGHT ALSO PARTNER WELL WITH EXPANDING OUR I.T. 
          INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE PANHANDLE. 
          LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          SO THOSE ARE I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS SHE ASKED ME WAS, WELL, WHAT WHAT'S THE DATA? WHAT WHAT ARE THE STATISTICS ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE PANHANDLE THAT HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH SPEED INTERNET? AND I DON'T KNOW. 
          SO THAT'S A QUESTION THAT I TOOK AWAY FROM THERE. 
          BUT IF YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT, IF TELECOMMUTING IS NOW. 
          MORE ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL DOING IT. 
          AND NOT ALL OF US ARE GOING TO KEEP DOING IT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT. 
          BUT MAYBE A PERCENTAGE OF US DO JUST BECAUSE. 
          THAT'S NOW THE HABIT OR NOW WE'VE INVESTED IN THE TECHNOLOGY, BOTH IN THE LEARNING HOW TO DO IT AND THE BUYING THE HARDWARE TO DO IT. 
          CAN WE ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THE PANHANDLE AND TELECOMMUTE TO WHERE THEY WORK? SO IT'S A GROWTH OPPORTUNITY FOR US POPULATION WISE. 
          SO WHAT ARE OTHER? THIS IS TOTALLY CHANGING NOW. 
          THAT WAS A LONG EXPLANATION ON THAT ONE TOPIC. 
          WHAT ARE OTHER HIGH RISK BUSINESSES LIKE MEATPACKING PLANTS THAT ARE LIKELY HOT SPOTS IN 
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OUR CITY? HAVE WE SAT DOWN AND ACTUALLY PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO. 
          WHAT BUSINESSES ARE LIKELY TO HAVE SPREAD OF CASES, ONE OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WAS MENTIONED ON ONE OF OUR ROUNDTABLES WAS CHECK CASHING BUSINESSES BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE THEIR CHECKS CASHED IN. 
          OBVIOUSLY HOWARD OR SOMEBODY HAD MENTIONED BANK DROP OFFS. 
          BUT ARE WE AS A CITY COMMUNICATING TO THESE CHECK CASHING BUSINESSES WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO NOT BECOME A HOT SPOT OR SPREAD AMONG OUR ESPECIALLY OUR SOCIO ARE LOW INCOME AND THAT SOCIO ECONOMIC SECTOR OF OUR CITY? AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, AS WE BEGIN TO HAVE SOME IMMUNITY IN OUR CITY AND SO HERD IMMUNITY. DO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CERTIFY THAT SOMEONE IS IMMUNE? WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE PEOPLE'S WORD FOR IT. 
          ARE WE GOING TO WANT TO OFFER THEM SOME SORT OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS. 
          YEAH, THEY'VE BEEN ANTIBODY TESTED AND THEY ARE IMMUNE. 
          IS THERE. IS THERE A NEED FOR SOME TYPE OF RECORD KEEPING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ACROSS THE CITY THAT RELATES TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOW HAD THE DISEASE AND CAN BE MOVING FREELY WITHOUT MASKS AND ALL OF THAT. 
          HOW ARE WE GOING TO DOCUMENT THAT? OR DO WE NEED TO? OK. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          MAYOR, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON TO THAT, BEFORE I FORGET LATER ON SOME OF THE DATA RELATED TO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE IN OUR IN OUR AREA MIGHT NOT HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET. 
          I THINK OUR NONPROFITS ARE A GREAT SOURCE FOR THAT. 
          SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT JORDAN HAD US REACH OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THAT WAS ONE OF THE TOPICS AND IS THEY ARE SWITCHING A LOT OF THE DELIVERY METHOD OF THEIR SERVICES AND CLIENT OUTREACH. 
          THEY HAD SOME GOOD NUMBERS ON THAT. 
          SO WE MIGHT JUST PUT A NOTE BY THAT FOR FOR JORDAN TO CIRCLE BACK THROUGH AND GATHER SOME OF THAT DATA. THANK YOU. 
          WELL, THIS IS THE GOOD THING ABOUT GOING LAST. 
          I CAN SAY ALL OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASKED. 
          LITERALLY, VIRTUALLY EVERY QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED. 
          SO THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION BASICALLY COMING OUT IS WHERE DO WE STAND ON TESTING? AND THEN LASTLY, THE NEXT QUESTION IS THE ONLY QUESTION THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM EVERYBODY ELSE IS I THINK I HAD NONPROFITS, SMALL BUSINESS RETAILERS, BANKERS. 
          AND THEN I WAS WITH THE MAYOR ON THE DENTAL SIDE. 
          WE HAD A DENTAL CALL WITH THE PANHANDLE DISTRICT DENTAL SOCIETY BOARD. 
          AND THE BIGGEST QUESTION THAT I GOT BACK WAS I MUST HAVE HAD A BUNCH OF CAN-DOO KIND OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE THAT WAS THEIR QUESTION. 
          WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT CAN WE DO TO OPEN UP? AND THEN THAT'S. AND THEN PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THESE OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          SO I'M GOING TO SAY MOST OF MY STUFF FOR YOUR SECOND PART. 
          ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE SECOND PART THEN, AND THAT IS AS WE CONTINUE TO GET ANSWERS TO ALL THOSE QUESTIONS WE JUST LAID OUT AND WE I THINK I NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PACE US TO COME BACK AROUND TO SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS WHERE WE CAN HAVE MORE IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION. SOME OF THEM ARE LONG TERM THINKING QUESTIONS, SOME OF THEM ARE SHORTER TERM. 
          WE CAN MARK THAT OFF THE LIST. 
          MAYOR. CAN I ADD ONE OTHER ITEM ON THE QUESTION LIST THAT I DIDN'T HEAR COME UP ANYWHERE ELSE IS ALSO ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE CITY. 
          IF THERE ARE FEDERAL GRANTS, YOU KIND OF MENTIONED THAT EARLIER. 
          RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF OUR POPULATION SIZE, WE DIDN'T GET SOME OF THE CARES DOLLARS DIRECTLY AND THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE STATE. 
          THERE MAY BE A SECOND ROUND WHERE IT WOULD COME DIRECTLY TO THE CITY. 
          SO THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON THAT. 
          WE'RE ON HOW WE WOULD PURSUE GETTING SOME OF THOSE THAT FUNDING AND THEN HOW WE WOULD DISTRIBUTE IT, HOW WE WOULD DETERMINE WHAT BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIES NEEDED THAT ASSISTANCE. 
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OK. LET'S START TALKING THEN ABOUT WHAT ACTIONS STEPS CAN WE SEE NEED TO HAPPEN NOW WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE ACTION STEPS BASED ON ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS WE JUST PUSHED OUT. 
          BUT WHAT WERE SOME ACTION STEPS YOU SAW THAT YOU FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO START WORKING TOWARD AN EXECUTION PLAN ON. 
          YOU BROUGHT UP THE PART, THE QUESTION ABOUT HAVING A DESIGNATION. 
          THAT WENT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY GROUPS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE DENTAL, AND THERE'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. 
          THEY ALREADY HAD THEIR SET OF ACTION STEPS. 
          THEY'RE ACTUALLY ALREADY PERFORMING RIGHT NOW. 
          THE GROUPS THE CAME UP WITH WHAT THEY KIND OF FELT LIKE THE COVID CLEANING BUSINESS DESIGNATION AND IT WOULD GO IN THE WINDOW AND WE WOULD DEVELOP A SET OF GUIDELINES, JUST LIKE PROMOTE BUSINESS THAT HAVE GUIDELINES THAT YOU WOULD GO THROUGH TO GET THIS DONE. 
          SOME OF THEM TALKED ABOUT GOING THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, GOING THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT. 
          MY RESERVATION ON THAT IS I THINK IT NEEDS QUICKER THAN THAT. 
          AND THAT'S ALL THAT'S A LITTLE BIT. 
          THAT'S A SEVERAL MONTH PROCESS TO SAY, OK, WE'RE GOING TO USE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO CHECK UP ON IT. 
          OR WE COULD. AND ONE OF THEM SAID, WELL, WE COULD EVEN GET A THIRD PARTY OUTSIDE. 
          STILL, THAT TAKES A LOT. 
          SO IF WE WERE TO COME UP WITH A LIST OF THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE, THE BOTTOM LINE THAT I GOT FROM BASICALLY EVERYBODY IS THAT WE NEED TO CREATE HOPE, TRUST AND SAFETY. 
          AND IF WE CAN CREATE HOPE, TRUST AND SAFETY THEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET BACK OUT AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE STORES. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO BE JUST CREATING HOPE ALONE. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING RIGHT NOW IS TO CREATE SOME HOPE THAT WE ARE WE ARE GETTING THROUGH THIS AND THERE IS SOMETHING ON THE OTHER SIDE. 
          BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IS WE CAN OPEN THE CITY BACK UP. 
          AND UNLESS THERE'S TRUST AND IF PEOPLE FEEL SAFE WALKING INTO WHATEVER BUSINESS IT IS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WALK. I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IF I DRIVE INTO A PARKING LOT AND THAT PARKING LOT IS FULL OF CARS, I'M NOT GOING IN THE BUSINESS. 
          I MEAN, I'M JUST BEING REALLY HONEST WITH YOU. 
          AND MAYBE I'M BECOMING A LITTLE BIT OF A GERMAPHOBE, BUT I'M NOT GOING IN. 
          I DRIVE INTO A PARKING LOT AND THERE'S FIFTEEN OR TWENTY CARS THERE. 
          I'M NOT WALKING. I'LL GO FIND ANOTHER TIME TO GO THROUGH. 
          JUST BECAUSE. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE SAFE. 
          SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COVID CLEAN BUSINESS, I THINK IT FALLS BACK ON, BUT THE LOW THE LOW RISK BUSINESSES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID IS MAYBE PART OF THAT WOULD ALSO BE THAT YOU CREATE IN YOUR BUSINESS A COVID CAPTAIN OR SOMEBODY THAT. 
          SO THAT BASICALLY YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT ALONG WITH THEIR JOB, THEY'RE ALWAYS THEIR MAIN DUTY IS GOING TO BE TO WATCH OUT AND MAKE SURE ARE THESE THINGS TAKING PLACE AND THAT PLACE OF BUSINESS AND WE CAN SET AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE SET UP THAT PEOPLE WOULD FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT WALKING INTO WHATEVER BUSINESS IT IS, WHETHER IT'S A RETAIL OR SMALL RETAILER, A LARGE RETAILER, A DENTAL OFFICE, FOR THAT MATTER, OURS IS GOING TO BE REALLY EASY TO TO FULFILL THAT ONE. 
          OR IF YOU'RE WALKING INTO A HAIR SALON OR YOU'RE WALKING SALON OR TANNING OR ANY OF THOSE PLACES, YOU IF THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE SET OF GUIDELINES, YOU CAN FEEL SAFE WALKING IN THERE. YOU CAN TRUST THAT IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY A PLACE TO GO. 
          THIS ACTUALLY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WENT THROUGH ALL OF THEM WAS TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET PEOPLE BACK IN THE STORES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, SHOPPING LOCAL. 
          AND SO THAT WHOLE SHOPPING LOCAL DEAL THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH UP TO THIS POINT AND HOW GREAT IT WORKED. WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BRING THAT BACK AROUND AND HEIGHTEN THAT. ONE HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP AND I KNOW THIS WAS GOING ON IN OKLAHOMA CITY WHERE MY FOUR DAUGHTERS LIVE, THAT THERE WERE THEY DID A DEAL WHERE THEY WERE YOU WOULD ACCRUE POINTS ON A CARD. AND THEN ONCE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN IT, AND ONCE YOU GOT X AMOUNT OF POINTS, THEN YOU WOULD GET A 10 PERCENT, 50 PERCENT, 20 PERCENT, WHATEVER COUPON TO GO PURCHASE SOMETHING IN ANOTHER STORE. 
          AND THAT THAT THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT CREATING A VIRTUAL MALL. 
          WE FEEL LIKE THAT WE'RE FIGHTING AGAINST AMAZON ON EVERYBODY GOES HOME. 
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AND WHAT DO YOU SEE ON EVERYBODY'S FRONT PORCH, AMAZON BOXES ARE SHOWING UP ON THE PORCH. 
          RIGHT. AND SO WHAT IF WE COULD FIGURE A WAY TO CREATE A VIRTUAL AMARILLLO MALL THAT YOU COULD GO, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU COULD GO THERE, YOU COULD GET THE THINGS THEY COULD SHIP THEM TO, YOU COULD COME TO THEIR STORE AND GET THEM. 
          AND IT MAY MEAN THAT SOME OF OUR SMALL RETAILERS OR WHATEVER WOULD HAVE TO KIND OF CHANGE THE WAY MAYBE THAT SOME OF THEM ARE DOING SOME BUSINESS SO THAT YOU COULD ACCESS WHAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO OFFER. 
          ONE OF THEM WAS CONSIDER MAYBE DONE JUST IN AMARILLO, A TAX FREE TUESDAY OR TAX FREE THURSDAY, AND THEN THE WAY THAT THAT THING KIND OF CAME BACK AROUND WAS, OH, WE DON'T NEED THE CITY TO TO NOT DO THE TAX. 
          WE JUST REALIZED THAT WE'RE BASICALLY GOING TO GIVE THAT DAY WHATEVER YOU GET WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN 8.5 PERCENT OFF EVERYTHING THAT YOU BUY. 
          SO IN ESSENCE, GIVING THEM A TAX FOR TUESDAY. 
          A DEAL WHERE WE HIGHLIGHT SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          I GOT AN ADMONITION ACTUALLY FROM THE BANKING GROUP FOR THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE NEED TO BE ALSO. 
          WE NEED TO BECOME. 
          WE NEED TO. 
          WE NEED TO DEVELOP A RISK MANAGER TYPE OF A MINDSET. 
          THAT WE REALIZE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A [INAUDIBLE] FALLOUT THAT'S GOING ON AS WELL AS THERE IS THIS HEALTH FALLOUT THAT'S GOING ON, AND WE HAVE TO COME TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE READY TO BE OF THE MINDSET THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE A RISK MANAGER THAT WILL LOOK AT THIS IN A RISK MANAGEMENT TYPE OF MINDSET. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S PRETTY VALID BECAUSE WE CAN'T SHELTER IN FOREVER AND THINK THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AWAY ALL THE RISK. 
          WELL, IF WE SHELTER IN FOR TOO LONG OF A PERIOD OF TIME, GUESS WHAT WE DO? WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SHOVED INTO POVERTY. 
          THEY LOSE THEIR JOBS. 
          THEY CAN'T RECOVER. 
          AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORSE THINGS THAN THAT THAT BECOMES ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN'T COME OUT TOO EARLY BECAUSE NOW THAT WE RISK THE HEALTH AND THE LIVES OF THE REST OF OUR CITIZENS ALSO. 
          SO THEY WERE JUST SOME OF THEM WERE SAYING WE HAVE TO TAKE A RISK MANAGER TYPE OF APPROACH AT LOOKING AT THIS AND WE HAVE TO WEIGH ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN. 
          AND ACTUALLY, I THINK WHENEVER WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE ON OUR KNEES PRAYING A LOT TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT'S GONNA BE THE RIGHT ANSWER TO MAKE THOSE KINDS OF DECISIONS. 
          LET ME SEE IF I CAN COME UP WITH SOME OF THE OTHER ONES. 
          THERE WERE THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER THINGS THAT KIND OF CAME OUT. 
          HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO THROW OUT. 
          JUST ACTUALLY HONESTLY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MAYBE THEY MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND OR MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT IS IT CLEANLINESS IN THEIR OWN HOUSE OR WHEN THEY'RE OUT AND ABOUT. 
          DID YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND YOU TAKE ONE PART, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, WHICH IS 3 PERCENT THAT YOU BUY IN THE STORE AND YOU DO A FEW PARTS DISTILLED WATER AND YOU CLEAN YOUR SURFACES WITH THAT AND YOU LEAVE IT ON THE SURFACE FOR ONE MINUTE. 
          YOU WILL KILL ALL VIRUSES. 
          IT'S VIRUSCIDAL, ESPECIALLY FOR THE COVID VIRUS. 
          IT'S SO IT'S A WELL KNOWN THING. 
          HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IS KIND OF HARD TO FIND. 
          YOU CAN FIND IT HERE IN TOWN. 
          AND I HAVE FOUND SOME WE'RE ACTUALLY EVEN USING IT WHENEVER WE'RE SEEING EMERGENCY PATIENTS IN THE OFFICE. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO RINSE AND GARGLE WITH A 1 PERCENT SOLUTION OF IT. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO HELP US MITIGATE FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME. 
          WE CAN USE IT TO CLEAN SURFACES. 
          IT'S VERY INEXPENSIVE. 
          YOU CAN STILL FIND A BOTTLE OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE FOR LESS THAN A DOLLAR AND YOU CAN MAKE MORE THAN A HALF A GALLON, ONE PERCENT WITH SOME DISTILLED WATER. 
          SO IT'S A VERY INEXPENSIVE WAY THAT YOU CAN KEEP THINGS CLEAN AS FAR AS THIS THE COVID 19 VIRUS ACTUALLY GOES. 
          THOSE WERE THE THINGS THAT THAT KIND OF GOT GOTTEN OUT OF THAT [INAUDIBLE]. 
          I DON'T WANT TO. I WANT EVERYBODY ELSE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          BUT A LOT OF THAT WAS ABOUT HOW IT WAS. 
          WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW CAN WE MITIGATE THE SPREAD AND HOW CAN WE GET OUT AND AND GO TO THE BE ABLE TO OPEN OUR BUSINESSES AGAIN AND RETURN TO WHATEVER OUR NEW NORMAL IS GOING TO BE IN LIFE? IT WAS IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. 
          IT WAS VERY PROACTIVE. 
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AND SO THAT THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT THAT I HAD RECEIVED OUT OF THOSE MEETINGS. 
          THANK YOU. WANT TO GO NEXT WITH ACTION STEPS THAT YOU THINK OR OTHER TAKEAWAYS. 
          OK. I DON'T WANT TO. 
          I DON'T WANT US TO ALL RUSH IN TO TALK. 
          SO I'LL START. 
          SO I'LL JUST BE BRIEF AND QUICK. 
          SO ONE OF THE ACTION STEPS THAT WE CAN START DOING RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THAT IS WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WITH OUR FAITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          THE SECOND THING IS WE NEED TO HAVE GUIDELINES AND ENFORCEMENT [INAUDIBLE] SUPPLIES. 
          YOU KNOW, WE COULD START TO WORK ON THOSE NOW. 
          WE NEED THE SAFETY ASPECT OF IT. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, THAT'S JUST THE CLEANING, SANITIZING. 
          DOING EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO WITHIN ALL INDUSTRIES. 
          AND IF WE'RE ALL TAKING THOSE SAME STEPS, THEN WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE SAFE. 
          WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BRING JOBS INTO OUR CITY THROUGH THE ANNUAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WE'RE DOING THAT. 
          WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AREA. 
          TRANSPARENCY IN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AT THE CITY WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, WHICH WHICH THIS CAME OUT OF THE MY MEETING WITH THE CHURCHES SHIFTING FROM RISK ELIMINATION TO RISK MANAGEMENT. 
          THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'LL GO NEXT. 
          AND SO MY NUMBER ONE ACTION STEP WOULD BE APPOINTING SOMEONE TO COORDINATE THE SUPPLY ISSUES. IF IF THERE IS AN ADVANTAGE IN DOING THAT, IF WE HAVE SOME ACCESS IN THE CITY, CAN GARNER SOME INFLUENCE. 
          SECOND IS RELATED TO MESSAGING. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT BOTH ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM. 
          I HEARD FROM ONE SIDE OF THE MESSAGE IS NOT REFLECTING THE SERIOUSNESS TO THE OTHER SIDE SAYING THE MESSAGE IS THE OPPOSITE. 
          YOU'RE CREATING TOO MUCH CONCERN. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A PERFECT ANSWER TO THAT DATA IS DATA. 
          AND SOME PEOPLE WILL PROCESS THE SAME AMOUNT OF DATA, THE SAME INFORMATION ONE WAY, AND SOMEONE WILL LOOK AT IT AND GO. 
          WELL, THAT BRINGS ME A LOT OF CALM. 
          AND ANOTHER PERSON WILL LOOK AT THE SAME AND SAY, THAT GIVES ME CONCERN. 
          BUT I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WITH OUR MESSAGING THAT WE ARE BEING AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE. I KNOW WE HAD CONVERSATIONS LAST WEEK ABOUT CHANGING THE REPORT CARD A LITTLE BIT, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT CASEY AND JORDAN COME UP WITH. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY WAY WE ARE GIVING DATA IS CUMULATIVE NUMBERS IS KIND OF LIKE THE LEAD NUMBER. 
          SO THERE'S JUST ALWAYS GOING UP. 
          SO IT ALWAYS LOOKS LIKE THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. 
          AND TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE MESSAGING WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY AS AS A NET THAT WE'RE ALWAYS SUBTRACTING OUT THOSE THOSE THAT HAVE RECOVERED. 
          THE SECOND THING WITH THE MESSAGING, I THINK, IS SOME OF THE THE CLUSTER INFORMATION THAT IT'S IT'S THAT CASE INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT INVESTIGATION. 
          AND IT GOES BACK TO A QUESTION YOU HAD EARLIER, MAYOR, ABOUT BECAUSE WE'RE ON I-40 AND DO WE NEED TO BE MAKING BIG CHANGES BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC WE HAVE COMING THROUGH? WELL, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY CASES THAT HAVE INVESTIGATED, BEEN INVESTIGATED BACK TO A TRAVELER COMING THROUGH THAT HAS SPREAD, THEN THEN THAT IS IS NOT A POINT OF CONCERN. 
          SO I THINK IT NEEDS TO TRACE BACK TO WHERE HAVE WE FOUND THE SPREAD IN OUR CITY AND. 
          ESPECIALLY LIKE WITH MOORE COUNTY THAT IT'S IT'S OUTSIDE OUR JURISDICTION. 
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AND SO AND YET IT IMPACTS OUR NUMBERS. 
          AND SO AGAIN, IS AS MUCH CLARITY AND INFORMATION WHERE WE CAN IDENTIFY THE THE INCREASE IN CASES WHERE IT CAME FROM, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS A READILY IDENTIFIABLE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PUBLICLY IDENTIFIED THAT WE PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT. 
          SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE WHERE THOSE NUMBERS ARE COMING FROM. 
          AND I WOULD SAY MY THIRD ACTION IS BEING CONCERNED OF OVERREACTIONS. 
          THE ISSUES OF THAT, WHAT WE'RE SEEING NATIONALLY IS STILL THAT 88 PERCENT, I THINK OF THE OF THE DEATHS THAT HAVE BEEN RECORDED NATIONALLY WERE OLDER INDIVIDUALS WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH ISSUES. I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT CREATING SOME BIG BUREAUCRATIC RESPONSE TO SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS AT A MORE AGGRESSIVE RATE, A SMALLER SECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY, RATHER THAN BEING SURE WE'RE PROTECTING THEM, THAT WE BEGIN ENFORCING ALL KINDS OF LEVELS OF OF GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY ACROSS THE CITY IN RESPONSE TO IT. 
          THANK YOU. HOWARD? ANY ACTION STEPS? I'LL GO RIGHT AFTER YOU. 
          MAYOR, CAN'T HEAR YOU. 
          STEPHANIE, I WONDER IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO SEND OUT BY E-MAIL THAT DATA THAT WE HAD THIS MORNING. SO COUNCIL CAN LOOK AT IT CLOSELY, BUT IT DOES SHOW THAT THE STATEWIDE RATE. IS THE RATE OF INFECTION IS EIGHTY ONE PEOPLE PER HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          EIGHTY ONE PEOPLE PER HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          BUT POTTER COUNTY'S RATE IS A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT PEOPLE PER HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          SO WE'RE MORE THAN TWICE THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE. 
          FOR PEOPLE INFECTED. 
          PER CAPITA OR BY, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE RATED THEM BY THE SAME STANDARD AND THEN MORTALITY RATES. THE STATE IS 2.08 PER 100000. 
          POTTER IS 4.26. 
          AND RANDALL IS 2.18. 
          SO THAT'S A POTTER RANDALL AVERAGE OF 3.19. 
          SO WE'RE AHEAD OF THE STATE MORTALITY AVERAGE AS WELL, AND I JUST I WANTED JOE TO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW. 
          THE GOOD NEWS OFF OF NUMBERS IS THAT WE'RE ALSO AHEAD OF THE STATE AVERAGE ON TESTING. 
          THE STATE AVERAGE FOR TESTING IS EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY THREE PER HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          AND OUR AVERAGE IN POTTER RANDALL, IS ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT. 
          YES, MAYOR. THIS IS STEPHANIE, I HAVE FISHED OUT THAT E-MAIL. 
          OK. THANKS, STEPHANIE. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. SO YOU HAVE THOSE NUMBERS BY E-MAIL TOO. 
          GETTING BACK TO ACTION STEPS THAT I SAW. 
          HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE WILLING TO WEAR MASKS, BUT. 
          NOBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH THEM. 
          NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE RIGHT KINDS OF MASK TO WEAR ARE. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO HEAR OUT OF THE DENTAL GROUP THAT THEIR OFFICES ARE EQUIPPED. THEY THEY WEAR MASKS ALL DAY LONG. 
          THE REST OF US PUT IT ON FOR 15 MINUTES AND GO, I'M TIRED OF THIS. 
          I'M TAKING IT OFF. BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME MESSAGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE IN THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY TO TEACH US THE RIGHT WAY TO WEAR MASKS, TO TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF WEARING MASKS AND COMMUNICATE THAT OUT. 
          TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT USED TO WEARING MASKS. 
          I THINK THEY'RE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTION STEPS THAT I CAN SEE IS WE NEED TO CREATE SOME VERY INTENTIONAL AND VERY CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR BUSINESSES ON HOW TO REOPEN. 
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AND IN MY MIND, I ENVISION THAT AS BEING SOMEWHAT INDUSTRY SPECIFIC AND I THINK THEY DON'T NEED A 50 PAGE DOCUMENT, BUT SOMETHING THAT COULD COME IN THE FORM OF A CHECK LIST WITH SUPPORTING EVIDENCE. 
          BUT THEY THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE AS A CITY, I THINK, CAN ACT AS A INFORMATION SOURCE FOR HAVE THEY THOUGHT OF ALL OF THESE THINGS? AND I THINK IT WOULD GO HAND IN HAND WITH BUSINESS A COVID CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE THING IN THERE REAL QUICK? LIKE THE BUSINESS THAT JUMPED OFF THE PAGE THAT THEY BASICALLY SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THE MASKS WERE THE BANKS. 
          YES. AND YOU KIND OF SNICKER AT THE WHOLE DEAL WITH SOMEBODY WALKING IN THE BANK WITH THE MASK ON. YEAH, THEY'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THAT AND ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] GET THEM OUT OF THAT. 
          AND THEY BASICALLY SAID WE IF WE OPEN, IT'S GOING TO PROBABLY BE YOU WALK IN AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU NOT TO WEAR YOUR MASK. 
          WE'LL KEEP ALL THE OTHER THINGS AND KEEP ALL THE OTHER THINGS IN PLACE. 
          WE'LL PUT A SHIELD BASICALLY [INAUDIBLE]. 
          WE JUST, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE CONNOTATION, EVERYTHING WITH MASKS. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK FOR US. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, SIR. 
          IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE HEARD THAT FROM THEIR INDUSTRY. 
          THAT'S WHY I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO GO AND DO THESE ROUNDTABLES THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM]]] WAS VALUABLE TIME. 
          BUT I THINK HAVE PEOPLE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW TO ELIMINATE OR THAT THEY SHOULD ELIMINATE WAITING ROOMS, THAT THEY NEED TO THINK ABOUT ELEVATORS. 
          YOU SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET ON AN ELEVATOR WITH SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT YOUR FAMILY MEMBER BECAUSE YOU JUST CAN'T. CAN'T SPACE YOURSELF. 
          AND SO HOW DO WE TEACH PEOPLE NEW ELEVATOR ETIQUETTE? I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGES THAT WE GET TO THINK OF AS BUSINESS OWNERS, AND I THINK THE CITY SHOULD BE DRIVING THAT CONVERSATION. 
          I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THE CITY SHOULD BE CREATING THAT CONTENT. 
          I THINK THEY SHOULD BE TURNING TO INDUSTRY GROUPS AND ASKING THEM TO CREATE IT AND THEN TURN AROUND AND POLISH IT THROUGH THE CITY AND PUBLISH IT THROUGH THE CITY. 
          BUT I THINK WE SHOULD GO BACK TO THESE ROUNDTABLES AND ASK THEM AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE WILL SEE THE SAME THING. 
          NOT EVERY GROUP WILL SAY, WELL, THIS IS OUR POLICY ON ELEVATORS, BUT WE MIGHT NEED TO DROP THE POLICY ON ELEVATORS IN EVERYBODY IN EVERYBODY'S GUIDELINES. 
          SO I AGREE, I AM NOT ABOUT GOVERNMENT SOLVING PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS, BUT I DO THINK RIGHT NOW IN THE MIDST OF THIS UNCERTAINTY, PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOME. 
          THEY WANT TO KNOW, THEY WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          IT'S JUST RIGHT NOW NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE RIGHT THING IS. 
          AND SO AS WE REOPEN THE CITY AND GIVE GUIDANCE, I THINK THE CITY HAS TWO VERY IMPORTANT ROLES. PROVIDE ACCURATE FACTS. 
          AND HELP STEER GUIDANCE ON DECISIONS THAT BUSINESS LEADERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE BASED ON THE FACTS THAT THE CITY'S PROVIDING. 
          SO. WE'LL SEE WHAT OTHER ACTION STEPS HERE. 
          I THINK BACK TO MESSAGING. 
          I THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO CREATE A STUDENT LEADER TASK FORCE. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO GET OUR STUDENTS INVOLVED IN LEADING THROUGH THIS CRISIS. 
          AND. I WAS ON A CALL WITH SOME DOCTORS THIS MORNING AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THERE ARE TEENAGERS IN OUR CITY WHO ARE SICK WITH THIS. 
          THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THEM IN THE HOSPITAL. 
          SO. WHAT WOULD TEENAGERS SAY TO OTHER TEENAGERS AGAIN? HELPING PEOPLE DEFINE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN IN A SEASON OF COVID? WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT BEFORE. 
          WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S GOOD MANNERS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR SOMEONE TO SAY YES, MA'AM AND NO, SIR. 
          BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE WE'RE DEFINING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN IN A SEASON OF COVID. 
          AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THEM ON BOARD TO HELP US TALK ABOUT THAT AND 
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CREATE THAT. I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED A TASK FORCE ON PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY. I'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF BEING SHUT IN. 
          PEOPLE ARE DEPRESSED BECAUSE THEIR JOBS HAVE GONE AWAY OR THEIR BUSINESS OR MARKET HAS HAD DEVASTATING DAMAGE DONE TO IT. 
          AND HOW WE COME OUT OF THIS AS A COMMUNITY MORE MENTALLY HEALTHY. 
          THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO THAT. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT PBS HAS MADE WITH THE PANHANDLE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ALLIANCE. BUT I THINK WE MIGHT SHOULD TURN TO THEM AND AND SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO RESOURCE THEM TO TAKE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN OUR RECOVERY, NOT JUST OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY, NOT JUST OUR PHYSICAL RECOVERY, BUT COULD WE USE THIS TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH IN A WAY IT'S NEVER HAD A PLATFORM TO BE PROMOTED IN OUR CITY BEFORE. 
          I THINK USING THE CITY MICROPHONE AND THE MAYOR'S MICROPHONE TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES IS SOMETHING THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN IT EVER HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT TO SENATOR CRUZ AND SENATOR CORNYN AND REPRESENTATIVE THORNBERRY ABOUT AID PACKAGES THAT WE NEED FROM OUR DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES AND COMMUNICATING ALSO TO OUR STATE GOVERNMENT THROUGH OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT THINGS THAT WE NEED. 
          WHETHER THAT'S BUDGETARY SHORTFALLS AND WE NEED ACCESS TO THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE'RE GIVEN TO AUSTIN OR. 
          I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE MORE IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES AT BOTH OF THOSE GOVERNMENT LEVELS, AND THEN MY FINAL ACTION STEP WAS JUST GETTING VERY AGGRESSIVE ABOUT LOOKING AT GRANTS. 
          I THINK THERE WILL BE MORE GRANT FOCUS IN RESPONSE TO THIS. 
          I THINK TECHNOLOGY GRANTS, INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. 
          MAYBE MENTAL HEALTH GRANTS AND SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO CITY PARTNER TO PARTNER WITH A NONPROFIT OR EVEN OUR DEPARTMENTS INSIDE THE CITY, THAT COULD BE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT COULD GARNER SOME DOLLARS TO GO TOWARDS SOME PROJECTS WE HAVE ALREADY IN THE MIX. 
          I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S SOME GRANT APPLICATION OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE HAD BEFORE. BUT MAYOR, I INADVERTENTLY OVERLOOKED RESTAURANTS AND WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR COMMENTS AT A CERTAIN POINT. 
          MAY I. MAY I DO THAT? RIGHT NOW? YOU MAY DO THAT NOW. 
          THANK YOU. I CERTAINLY APOLOGIZE FOR THAT IN REGARDS TO RESTAURANTS HERE OR SOME OF THE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OR CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE HAVING. 
          SO ONE IS BABYSITTING IS A CHALLENGE TO BRING EMPLOYEES BACK TO WORK. 
          WILL DAYCARES OPEN UP SO WE CAN BRING WORKERS BACK? ARE RESTAURANTS IN PHASE ONE? ARE THE GUIDELINES? ARE THERE GUIDELINES WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH? WHAT CAN AND CAN'T THEY DO LIKE TAKING TEMPERATURES? DISPOSABLES MAY BE AN OPTION FOR SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS. 
          WE NEED A LOT OF CLARIFICATION FROM MR. [INAUDIBLE] IN ORDER TO COMPLY. 
          EVERYONE EVERYONE IS USING GLOVES IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE IS USING MASKS AS WELL, MEANING THOSE SERVERS THAT ARE SERVING THE CUSTOMERS ARE USING MASKS. 
          AND THERE IS NO CONCERN WITH THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY USING MASKS. 
          THEY JUST NEED ACCESS TO THEM. 
          SOME OF THE RESTAURANT OWNERS SAY THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO RE WORK THEIR RESTAURANT, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE MOVING A WALL TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT PHYSICAL DISTANCING. 
          WILL THEY BE ABLE TO KEEP THE ABILITY FOR ALCOHOL TO GO? THEY ARE SAYING IT WOULD BE GREAT TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY, FOR THE CITY TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT FOR RESTAURANTS AND GOING FORWARD. 
          RESTAURANTS WOULD DO THE BEST THAT THEY CAN TO PUSH THE RULES OUT AND PRACTICE CITY GUIDELINES SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH IT. 
          AND THEY'RE DOING THIS SAME THING IN HOUSTON, I BELIEVE. 
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AND SO I HAVE THAT INFORMATION IS DEFINITELY HAD THAT, TOO. 
          AND SHE CAN PUSH THAT OUT TO THE COUNCIL. 
          THEY'RE ALSO SAYING THAT THEY CAN PUT UP A SNEEZE GUARD BETWEEN BOOTHS TO ELIMINATE THE 6 FOOT SPACING SO THEY CAN DO THAT. 
          THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO PUT OUT THE MESSAGES OF, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO SHOP LOCAL AND ENCOURAGE THE SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
          THEY WOULD LIKE TO EMBRACE PARTNERING WITH THE HOTELIERS BECAUSE THEY ARE THEIR LIFELINE AND AMARILLO WILL SEE A GREAT FLOW OF TRAFFIC. 
          THEY DO NOT WANT US TO FOCUS ON ONE PART OF TOWN, THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          LET'S SEE HERE. AND THEY WANT TO KNOW IN REGARD TO THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM LOAN, HOW DO WE HELP THE SMALLER PEOPLE FILE FOR THOSE LOANS? SO THERE SOME INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT SURE WHERE TO GO FOR THOSE LOANS. 
          SOME OF THEM NEED HELP. 
          I'LL BE FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION. 
          SO THEY SAID THAT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ASSISTANCE. 
          SO THOSE WERE THE TAKEAWAYS FROM THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE], BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE POINTS REALLY TIES TOGETHER IN HEARING THIS QUESTION IS THAT THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY IS ALREADY COMING UP WITH ON HOW TO SELF-MONITOR, HOW TO MAKE THEIR SPACE SAFER. 
          I WANT US TO BE SURE WE FOCUS ON INSTEAD OF THE CITY. 
          AND I THINK YOU ADDRESSED THIS, MAYOR, YOU MENTIONED IT, BUT INSTEAD OF THE CITY COMING UP WITH REQUIREMENTS, IT'S LETTING THOSE INDUSTRIES CREATE THEIR OWN. 
          AND THEN IF WE'RE A SOUNDING BOARD TO REVIEW IT, KIND OF LIKE WE HAVE BEEN DOING WITH OUR LOW RISK BUSINESSES, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SUBMIT THEIR THEIR STRATEGIES, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP THE PUBLIC AND YOUR EMPLOYEES SAFE AND GIVE US A CHANCE TO HAVE ANOTHER SET OF EYES REVIEW? BUT THEY'RE COMING UP WITH THAT. 
          ONE OF THE ROUNDTABLES I HAD HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SALONS AND JUST HEARING ALL THE CREATIVE THINGS, WAYS THEY ARE COMING UP. 
          THAT IS AN INDUSTRY THAT THEY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THE SIX FOOT SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
          YOU CAN'T GET YOUR HAIR CUT AT THIS POINT FROM SIX FEET AWAY. 
          BUT WHERE THEY ARE COMING UP WITH THEIR STRATEGIES TO WHERE WHEN THEY GET THE GREEN LIGHT, THEY ARE READY TO GO. 
          THEY ARE. THEY WANT TO BE BACK AT WORK AND HAVING ALL APPOINTMENTS BOOKED AHEAD OF TIME, NOT DOING WALK INS. 
          AND NOW MAYBE NOT ALL WOULD DO THAT. 
          BUT WHERE AND THEN PEOPLE ARE VETTED. 
          YOU KNOW, THOSE QUESTIONS KIND OF LIKE THE SAME WAY. 
          HAVE YOU RUN A FEVER? DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY'RE INVESTING IN THE THE THE THERMAL THERMOMETERS WHERE THEY WHEN PEOPLE WOULD COME THROUGH, WHERE THEY ARE CHECKING THEIR EMPLOYEES, THEY'RE CHECKING CUSTOMERS THAT COME THROUGH, SPACING THE CHAIRS, PUTTING DIVIDERS IN BETWEEN. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY THEY WANT TO BE SAFE. 
          THEY WANT TO BUILD CONSUMER CONFIDENCE. 
          I JUST I JUST WANTED TO TO MAKE. 
          I JUST PUT IN A PLUG, A REMINDER THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT IT NOT TOP DOWN, BUT FROM BOTTOM UP, LETTING THOSE INDUSTRIES, THEY KNOW THEIR OWN BUSINESS BETTER THAN WE DO. 
          LET THEM DESIGN THAT. 
          THAT'S MY POINT. YES. 
          I TOTALLY AGREE. 
          BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT WE DON'T WANT THE CITY. 
          WE DON'T WANT US CREATING THOSE GUIDELINES. 
          AND ONE OTHER QUESTION ON THE ON THE NUMBER OF CASES WE HAVE PER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HIGHER WHEN WE'RE DOING MORE TESTS PER HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. 
          THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF YOU KNOW, IT PUTS US IN THE THE HIGHER RISK OR WE GET A YOU KNOW, WE GET A SPOTLIGHT ON US BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HIGHER NUMBER, BUT MAKES ABSOLUTE SENSE IF WE ARE DOING MORE TESTS PER HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED. 
          I WANT TO BE SURE WE LOOK AT THOSE STATISTICS ON THE NUMBER OF DEATHS PER HUNDRED. 
          THAT IS CONCERNING IF WE'RE HIGHER THAN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE OR COUNTRY THAT AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE UNDERLYING DID WE HAVE OUT OF OUR CASES, DID WE HAVE MORE NUMBERS THAT WERE OLDER OR DID WE HAVE MORE NUMBERS THAT HAD ADDITIONAL UNDERLYING HEALTH ISSUES? AND SO YOU WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES AND THAT WE'RE NOT, AGAIN, UNDER ACTING, UNDER REACTING OR OVERREACTING, BUT THAT WE'RE REALLY, TRULY BASING IT ON THE DATA. HOWARD, DO YOU HAVE ANY FINAL THOUGHTS FOR US? 
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I'LL MAKE SOME COMMENTS. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF BECAUSE EVERYTHING I HAD IN MIND HAS BEEN MENTIONED. BUT I THINK WE NEED GUIDELINES, AND I LIKE THE IDEA THAT ELAINE IS SAYING THAT WE DON'T NEED TO COME UP WITH GUIDELINES, WE NEED THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS TO COME UP WITH THEM. IT WASN'T ONE OF MY GROUPS, BUT I ATTENDED THE MEETING WITH PASTORS, CHURCHES AND ONE PARTICULAR PASTOR DID NOT ATTEND. 
          WASN'T ONE OF THE NINE OR 10 PASTORS THAT ATTENDED THE MEETING, BUT I GOT AN EMAIL FROM HIM AND HE SUGGESTED GUIDELINES. 
          AND I LIKE EVERYTHING EXCEPT ONE WORD IN IT I THINK HE'S COME UP WITH GUIDELINES. 
          I THINK WE COULD GO BACK TO THESE GROUPS AND SAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK? AND WE DIDN'T CREATE IT. 
          PEOPLE CREATED THIS, GET THEIR ENDORSEMENT AND THEN WE MAY ENDORSE IT. 
          NOW, ON THE SUBJECT OF MASKS, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER I'VE HEARD RECOMMENDED, WE DON'T. 
          WE DON'T WEAR A MASK. 
          AND I'M HEARING WE NEED TO WEAR A MASK. 
          WHAT THE ANSWER IS, I'M NOT THE ONE TO ANSWER THAT. 
          BUT THAT'S I THINK THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY, I THINK WE NEED GUIDELINES AND NOT NECESSARILY COMING FROM US. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THOSE ARE GOOD. 
          I THINK WATCH FOR DATA TO COME SUMMARIZED FROM STEPHANIE AS. 
          SO IF YOU DON'T MIND PUSHING HER YOUR NOTES FROM YOUR MEETINGS. 
          I THINK THIS WAS A VERY EFFICIENT WAY OF PROCESSING ALL OF THAT. 
          AGAIN, THE VOLUME OF PEOPLE THAT WE'VE TOUCHED IN THE LAST 10 DAYS IS IMPRESSIVE. 
          AND YOU GUYS HAVE EXECUTED THESE WELL AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP UP WITH WHO WE'VE TALKED TO. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION, ELAINE, BECAUSE I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, EXPANDING THOSE CIRCLES, BUT ALSO JUST CREATING THESE CIRCLES MORE REGULARLY. 
          ZOOM IS NOW A SKILL WE ALL HAVE. 
          AND IT'S PRETTY EASY TO SET UP. 
          I SAY THAT WINK WINK. 
          RIGHT, STEPHANIE AS SHE HAS SET UP 20 OR SO ROUNDTABLES FOR US IN THE LAST WEEK. 
          BUT JUST TO SAY TO PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE A ROUNDTABLE WITH, I'D LIKE 30 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME. AND IT INVOLVES YOU SIGNING ON EITHER FROM YOUR WORK OR YOUR HOME. 
          AND IT'S A PRETTY LOW BARRIER WAY TO GET FEEDBACK AND HEAR PEOPLE'S VOICES. 
          SO I THINK AS A TOOL. 
          AND ACTION STEP IS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO USE ZOOM TO DO ROUNDTABLES AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY. ALL OF THAT SAID, THOUGH, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO COMPILE THIS DATA INTO A FORMAT THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK BACK AT IT. 
          USE IT TO SPUR CONVERSATION AND BEGIN FORMULATING A PLAN FOR HOW WE PHASE OUT OPENING THE CITY. THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO WEIGH IN TO HOW AND WHEN WE REOPEN. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME GUIDELINES IN PLACE. 
          AND THEN HE ISSUED ANOTHER ORDER LAST WEEK THAT ACTUALLY FURTHER RESTRICTED WHAT'S WHAT BUSINESSES COULD DO. SO THE SITUATION IS FLUID, AND IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS OWNER WATCHING THIS MEETING AND YOU'RE FRUSTRATED WITH THE DIFFERENT VOICES OF GOVERNMENT, PUTTING OUT DIFFERENT GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS AND DOING IT ON DIFFERENT TIMEFRAMES. 
          WE WE WANT TO SAY TO YOU, WE'RE WE'RE SORRY. 
          WE'RE SORRY FOR THE FRUSTRATION WE MIGHT BE CREATING. 
          BUT THIS SITUATION IS JUST CHANGING SO QUICKLY AND IT'S LASTING A LONG TIME, WHICH IS CREATING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOVERNMENT TO INTERSECT AND NOT ALWAYS IN A FLUID OR COMPLIMENTARY WAY. 
          SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR GRACE. 
          WE WILL COMPLY WITH WHAT THE GOVERNOR ASKS US TO DO AND WE WILL COMPLY WITH WHAT THE CDC AND THE PRESIDENT ASK US TO DO. 
          IT SOMETIMES TAKES A MINUTE FOR ALL THAT TO FILTER DOWN. 
          I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW COUNCIL THAT JARED AND I DID GET ON A PHONE CALL LAST NIGHT WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. 
          WE VISITED WITH HIS CHIEF OF STAFF SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE MEATPACKING 
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PLANT, MOORE COUNTY, AND HOW IT'S AFFECTING OUR COUNTY AND OTHER COUNTIES. 
          WE ASKED SPECIFICALLY FOR MORE HELP FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT IS OUTSIDE OUR JURISDICTION. AND SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST GO UP THERE AND SPEND RESOURCES ON. WE KNOW WE CAN'T SPEND OUR DOLLARS ON IT AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORITY TO CHANGE BEHAVIORS. 
          SO I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP US. 
          BUT THE TRUTH IS, OVER 30 PERCENT OF OUR COUNTY'S CASES ARE TIED TO THAT HOT SPOT. 
          SO WHAT I'M TAKING AWAY FROM THAT AS A LEADER IS THAT WE WERE WE WERE ON THIS PACE. 
          I THOUGHT IN THE CITY TO REOPEN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT CHANGED VERY FAST. 
          THIS SPIKE OR SURGE OUT OF THIS ONE HOT SPOT HAS SURPRISED ME HOW MUCH IT CHANGED WHAT COVID IT LOOKS LIKE IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE US TO CHANGE THE TIMING AND THE WAY WE RESPOND TO REOPENING THE CITY. 
          I BELIEVE BUT THAT THAT WILL BE ON OUR AGENDA ON TUESDAY AND WE WILL HAVE UP TO DATE DATA TO CONSIDER FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER ON TUESDAY ABOUT THAT DECISION, BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING WITH REGARD TO MOORE COUNTY. 
          JARED, ANY FURTHER? THINGS YOU WANT TO ADD ABOUT THAT? WELL, ONE THING I WOULD. 
          EXCUSE ME, THE ONE THING I WOULD I WOULD ADD IS WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING ALL OF THESE ROUNDTABLES AS A RESULT AND AS A FUNCTION OF OUR GROWTH OF CASES AND THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE'RE HAVING IN AMARILLO, IN AMARILLO AND SPECIFICALLY IN POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES THROUGH AAPHA, THE AMARILLO AREA PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE JUST PUT OUT ON AMARILLOALERTS.COM IS THE UPDATE FOR TODAY. 
          WE WERE UP TO FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE CASES IN OUR TWO COUNTY AREA. 
          FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE DISTRICT. 
          THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE UP AROUND 60 CASES TODAY JUST IN POTTER COUNTY AND ABOUT TWELVE TO FIFTEEN TODAY IN RANDALL COUNTY TOTALS PLUS SEVENTY FIVE JUST TODAY, WHICH IS POSSIBLY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST SINGLE DAY GROWTH PERIODS FOR THE TWO COUNTIES. 
          IT'S WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A BIG GROWTH PERIOD. 
          I THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT IT'S JUST BEEN PUBLISHED. 
          SO I WANT TO JUST BE AWARE. 
          AND YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE VISITING WITH CITIZENS ABOUT THAT, AS ALL OF THIS WAS COMING ABOUT, THE FIRST POSITIVE TESTING IN TEXAS WAS, I THINK MARCH 4TH AND THE FIRST POSITIVE TEST IN AMARILLO WAS MARCH 18TH. 
          SO THAT'S A 14 DAY GAP. 
          AND YOU'LL REMEMBER, AS ALL OF THIS WAS COMING ON US, WE WERE WATCHING NATIONAL NEWS AND PEOPLE WERE SHELTERING IN PLACE IN HOSPITAL CAPACITY WAS BEGINNING TO BE AFFECTED. 
          AND IT WAS STILL LIFE AS NORMAL HERE. 
          I MEAN, WE WERE NOT FEELING THE EFFECT OF IT BECAUSE WE WERE ON A DIFFERENT TIMEFRAME AND WE'RE STILL ON A DIFFERENT TIMEFRAME THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. 
          AND SO I THINK. WE'RE SEEING FATIGUE FROM OUR CITIZENS WHO WANT LIFE TO GO BACK TO NORMAL. WE'RE SEEING FRUSTRATION FROM BUSINESS OWNERS WHO WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN THEIR BUSINESSES AND HARDER EMPLOYEES AND FEED INTO THE ECONOMY. 
          BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT AS WE'RE WATCHING OTHER CITIES PLATEAU AND DECLINE. 
          OUR TIMELINE IS DIFFERENT. 
          OUR TIMELINE WAS AT LEAST TWO WEEKS BEHIND THE REST OF THE STATE. 
          AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE A SURGE AND A SPIKE. 
          WE'RE SEEING IT ON THAT DIFFERENT TIMELINE FROM WHAT THE OTHER CITIES MAY BE SEEING ACROSS THE STATE. AND IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR US BECAUSE OUR OUR NATIONAL NEWS SOURCES AND OUR STATE NEWS SOURCES ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT REOPENING AND PLATEAUING AND DECLINING NUMBERS. 
          AND THAT'S NOT OUR CASE. 
          THAT'S NOT OUR CASE. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE DATABASE DECISIONS. 
          AND I DO. I REALLY LIKED HEARING ALL OF THIS ABOUT RISK MITIGATION. 
          I THINK THAT IS A GREAT TIME TO USE AND A GOOD PERSPECTIVE, A GOOD LENS TO WEAR AND MAKING THESE DECISIONS. 
          BUT WE WERE ONE OF THE LAST CITIES TO SHELTER IN PLACE BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING AT OUR DATA AND SO LOGICALLY AND TIME TIMELINE PROGRESSION. 
          IT MAY MEAN WE'RE ONE OF THE LAST CITIES TO REOPEN. 
          I HOPE OUR NUMBERS DON'T SHOW THAT, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE DIRECTLY TIED TO HOW GOOD WE 
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ARE AT STAYING IN THAT PHYSICAL DISTANCING, THAT WASHING OUR HANDS AND HOW MANY DAYS WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WITH AN UPTICK OF SEVENTY FIVE NEW CASES. 
          ANY FINAL THOUGHTS FROM ANYBODY? EDDIE HAD TO STEP OFF? HE HAS A MEETING REGARDING HIS PRACTICE. 
          IT STARTED AT 2:30, BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS FINAL THOUGHTS? YEAH. MAYOR, I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DO THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT I TALKED TO, THEY WERE JUST GRATEFUL THAT WE CONSULTED WITH THEM AND WE GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR OPINION. 
          WE GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. 
          AND I JUST LISTENED. 
          YOU KNOW, IN DID NOT REALLY INTERJECT OR TRY TO HAVE A TWO WAY CONVERSATION. 
          THEY WERE JUST APPRECIATIVE OF ME, JUST LISTENING TO THEM VOICE, THEIR IDEAS, THEIR OPINIONS, THEIR THOUGHTS. 
          SO I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING US TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME INPUT. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. 
          I WANT COMPLEMENT OUR STAFF. 
          JARED MILLER, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ZOOM MEETINGS HE'S BEEN ON, BUT HE'S GOT IT DOWN. 
          STEPHANIE COGGINS, SHE'D MAKE NOTES AND THE MEETINGSS I PARTICIAPTED IN. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHER MEETINGS SHE DID THAT. 
          STAFF HAS BEEN RIGHT ON. 
          WE'RE IN THIS CRISIS. 
          I APPRECIATE THEM JUMPING IN DOING THINGS THEY WEREN'T ORDINARILY DOING. 
          GREAT WORK. THANK YOU, HOWARD. 
          MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO REQUEST FOR NEXT TUESDAY AS WE ARE HAVING MORE UPDATES AND CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MOORE COUNTY TO TO HAVE A FOCUS ON WHAT WHAT IS GOING TO BE OUR ACTION STEP PLAN ON CONTAINING THAT. 
          WE KNOW WE KNOW THE SOURCE. 
          WE KNOW WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM, WHAT WHAT ARE ACTION STEPS, IF ANYTHING, DIFFERENT? AND AS FAR AS MESSAGING IS, WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ALTERING SOME OF OUR REPORTING TO CONSIDER HAVING THAT A SEPARATE CATEGORY ALL OF ITS OWN WHEN IT IS AND KNOWN SPOT A KNOWN CONTAMINATION IN AN UNKNOWN SPREAD. 
          I THINK THAT IS HELPFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHEN THAT WHEN WE SEE BIG NUMBERS LIKE THAT COMING IN TO SAY, WELL, WE WE KNOW WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM AND THIS IS OUR ACTION STEP. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING TO TO CONTAIN WHAT WE CAN IN OUR LIMITATION. 
          AS YOU ADDRESSED EARLIER, MAYOR. 
          WHEN IT'S NOT IN OUR JURISDICTION, WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER ANY MANDATES OF OPERATIONS IN THAT COUNTY. SO ONE LAST COMMENT, SO I SEE THAT THAT OUR NUMBERS TODAY AS A OF 2:30 FOR THE COVID CASES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED IS NOW FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN. 
          AND OF COURSE, EIGHTY EIGHT OF THOSE ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT. 
          BUT AGAIN, AS OPPOSED TO JUST TALKING ABOUT THE CUMULATIVE CUMULATIVE NUMBER, IF WE CAN BEGIN CHANGING OUR CONVERSATION INSTEAD OF ALWAYS REFERENCING THAT CUMULATIVE BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO GO UP AND IT'S GOING TO KEEP GROWING. 
          AND SO TO NET THAT OUT WITH THE NUMBER OF HOW MANY RECOVERIES DID WE ADD TODAY? AND SO WHERE ARE WE WITH NET CASES, I THINK IS WHAT WE ALWAYS NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THOSE TWO. WHAT WAS OUR INCREASE FOR THE DAY AND WHAT ARE NET CASES NOW AFTER RECOVERY CAUSE THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO BE WATCHING. 
          RIGHT. SO WE'RE UP TO 90 RECOVERY. 
          SO WE WOULD BE SUBTRACTING THAT FROM THE CUMULATIVE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, ELAINE? THANK YOU. YES. 
          SO AS OF 2:30 RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 90 RECOVERY IN THE CUMULATIVE TOTAL WOULD BE 517 REALIZING EIGHTY EIGHT OF THOSE ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT. 
          I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE JUMP FROM DAY TO DAY. 
          YEAH, THAT'S AN EASY STATISTIC TO TELL WHETHER WE'RE IN A SPIKE OR A PLATEAU. 
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WELL, WE'RE GONNA GET THIS FIGURED OUT, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S REQUIRED OF US, BUT ADAPTABILITY AND RESILIENCY ARE VERY IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS AND I THINK WE'RE GROWING IN THOSE AREAS RIGHT NOW. 
          AND I'M PROUD OF US. 
          NOT SAYING THERE ISN'T ROOM TO IMPROVE. 
          BUT I'M PROUD OF YOU AS A COUNCIL AND I'M PROUD OF THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO THE CITY. YOU ESSENTIALLY DROPPED EVERYTHING AND PICKED UP THE REINS TO THESE ROUNDTABLES THIS WEEK AND MADE LOTS OF GREAT CONNECTIONS THAT I KNOW YOU'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP ON. 
          NOW, I THINK WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO THINK AND PROCESS THE DATA THAT WE HEARD TODAY. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR THOUGHTS. 
          AND THEN WE MAY NEED A WORK SESSION WHERE WE COME BACK WITH STAFF AND AND TRY TO PROCESS SOME OF THIS DATA ON A DEEPER LEVEL, TOO. 
          BUT JARED, I WOULD ECHO WHAT HOWARD SAID. 
          THE STAFF IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB. 
          EVERY TIME WE ASK FOR SOMETHING, I'M WATCHING THEM CLIMB MOUNTAINS TO GET IT. 
          IN VERY SHORT PERIODS OF TIME DOESN'T MEAN IT'S ALWAYS ACCOMPLISHABLE, BUT IT'S NOT FOR LACK OF EFFORT AND IT'S NOT FOR LACK OF WILLINGNESS AND HEART ON THEIR PART. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I APPRECIATE THE DEDICATION THAT THE STAFF IS BRINGING TO THE CITY DURING THIS TIME. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH, AND THE REST OF COUNCIL. 
          THEY ARE PUSHING HARD AND THEY'RE WORKING HARD, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WELL, ALL AND THEY'LL KEEP DOING THAT BECAUSE WE'RE COMMITTED TO HELPING OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          SO BUT I APPRECIATE Y'ALL SAYING THAT. 
          I'LL MAKE SURE IT PASS ON [INAUDIBLE]. 
          OK. WELL, I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO A POINT. 
          COVERED A LOT OF MATERIAL IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH FROM YOU GUYS. SO MARINATE ON THAT OVER THE WEEKEND AND WE'LL BE BACK TOGETHER ON TUESDAY TO HAVE SOME MORE DISCUSSIONS. 
          Y'ALL STAY SAFE. Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. 
          OK.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.