Aug 12, 2021 City Council Meeting - 08/12/2021

[ Call to Order]

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

AND WELCOME TO OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING CLERK.

WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL HERE? VICE MAYOR STEWART.

YEAH.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ HERE.

THAT'S A MEMBER ROW HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

THAT'S A MEMBER OF LANDO HERE.

WE HAVE A QUORUM, RIGHT? OUR INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR VICTOR HARDY OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF THE VALLEY.

OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

LET US PRAY.

NAH, NO, NO, NO.

THE SECOND, ANOTHER MINUTE.

NO, NO, NO, NO OTHER THING.

BUT AT THIS MOMENT WITH OUR ARMS OUTSTRETCHED, WE NEED YOU TO MAKE A WAY HE HASN'T, YOU I'VE DONE SO MANY TIMES BEFORE THROUGH A WINDOW OR NO HOOPING DOOR.

WE STRETCH OUR HANDS TO BE CALM ON RESCUE.

WE NEED YOU NOT ANOTHER SECOND OR ANOTHER.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO OTHER DAY.

BUT AT THIS MOMENT WITH OUR ARMS OUTSTRETCHED, WE NEED TO AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY I ALMOST SAT DOWN.

I WAS WAITING FOR MORE.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING OUR PLAY.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU, PASTOR.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH,

[1. Proclamation - Drowning Impact Awareness Month]

WE HAVE, UH, A PROCLAMATION TO READ TONIGHT ON DROWNING AWARENESS OR IMPACT AWARENESS MONTHS.

AND UM, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T FIGURE OUT WHO TO INVITE UP THERE WITH ME.

SO THE FIRST ONE THAT SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

I SHOULD HAVE GONE OUT THAT WAY.

THANK YOU.

AND IS THERE ANYONE COMING UP TO RECEIVE THIS OR VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

LET ME READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND UH, TURN THE SILVER FOR COMMENTS.

AND THEN WE WILL, UH, TAKE A PICTURE PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHANDLER'S COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL THOSE LIVING AND VISITING OUR COMMUNITY AND DEDICATED TO CREATING SAFE SWIMMING FACILITIES, AQUATIC PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE HEALTHY PLACES TO RECREATE AND LEARN LIFELONG SKILLS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

AND WHEREAS 10 PEOPLE DROWN EVERY DAY IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE DROWNING REMAINS THE TOP CAUSE OF INJURY AND DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS IN ARIZONA, WHICH IS 100% PREVENTABLE.

AND WHEREAS THE CHANDLER AQUATICS CHANDLER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CHANDLER POLICE UNDERSTAND THE ESSENTIAL ROLE THAT WATER SAFETY EDUCATION PLAYS IN PREVENTING DROWNING AND RECREATIONAL WATER RELATED INJURIES.

AND WHEREAS DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST, THE CITY OF CHANDLER WILL BE ENGAGED WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT ARIZONA TO HELP PREVENT DROWNINGS IN ARIZONA.

NOW, THEREFORE I, KEVIN HARTKE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER ARIZONA HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 2021 AS DROWNING IMPACT AWARENESS MONTH.

AND WITH THAT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS? RIGHT? UM,

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APPRECIATE IT.

UM, SO DROWNING IS, LIKE WE SAID IN THE PROCLAMATION, THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE.

SO WE ARE SUPER THANKFUL THAT THE CITY IS SUPPORTING US IN OUR EFFORTS TO COMBAT DROWNING.

JOURNEYING DOES NOT KNOW ANY ECONOMIC STATUS, IT DOESN'T KNOW RACE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ALONGSIDE WITH FIRE AND POLICE AND GETTING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND STOPPING DROWNINGS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY TO LESSEN THAT IMPACT ON FAMILIES, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU WELL SAID, I GUESS I'M GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

UM, SO YOU KNOW, DROWNING BEING THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR TEENS AND CHILDREN IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.

AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS OUR PRIMARY FOCUS HERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN US AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND AQUATICS, WE ARE HAPPY TO LEVERAGE OUR CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES TOWARDS FIGHTING THE SCOURGE.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR ENDORSING OUR EFFORTS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU,

[ Consent Agenda Items listed on the Consent Agenda may be enacted by one motion and one vote. If a discussion is required by members of the governing body, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion and determination will be made if the item will be considered separately.]

WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE US THAT WE LOOKED AT ON MONDAY.

YEAH, UNLESS THERE'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, EMOTION WOULD BE AN ORDER.

MAYOR PLATTSBURGH THERE I'D LIKE TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 12TH, 2021.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE EMOTIONS.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER ROW FIRST.

SO WE'LL GO MOTION AND SECOND, UH, COUNCIL.

I KNOW HERE, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER LANDO.

YEAH, MAYOR.

I HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ITEM 17 HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT LIVES IN THE AREA AND I'D ALSO WANT TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO MR. BILL WOODRUFF WAS HERE.

BILL'S GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK ON YOUR FEET AGAIN, MY FRIEND.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR STATEMENTS? IF NOT, COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE AND CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH EXCEPTION OF ITEM 17 COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO DECLARING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST PASSES.

THANK YOU, CITY CLERK.

ALL RIGHT.

SO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE STILL HERE, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF BRIEFINGS AND YOU HAVE OPTIONS.

SO NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, WE DO HAVE, UH, TWO BREAK THINGS BROUGHT FORTH BY COUNCIL MEMBER

[43. Briefing on COVID-19 as requested by Councilmember Harris]

THE FIRST IS, UH, UH, AN UPDATE ON COVID 19 AS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WANTED TO BRING IT FORWARD, UH, UH, CHIEF DOING THIS TO TALK TO US ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH COVID-19 AND HOW WE'RE DOING AS A CITY.

UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY CONNECTED TO WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE'VE HEARD OF THE DELTA VARIANT AND WE HEAR IT IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT STRANDS AS A METAMORPHIS AND, AND I REALLY WANT TO BRING FORTH, ARE WE STILL PRACTICING? WHAT ARE THE NEW PROTOCOLS, IF THERE IS ANY AND HOW ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF VACCINATIONS FROM MAYBE A CITY OR A STATE PERSPECTIVE AND KEEPING ON THINGS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN OUR REGION, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE ANY THINGS, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL BEST PRACTICES THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND TO THE BODY? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, I DID PREPARE A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION AND WE WILL DISCUSS WHAT THE CURRENT CASE COUNT IS HERE IN THE CITY AND ACROSS THE REGION, AS WELL AS THE VACCINE PERCENTAGES, WHERE WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY.

UH, AND INCLUDING THAT I DID WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON THE HOSPITAL SITUATION AND WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THEIR STATUS AND THEN THE CDC RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO BEFORE I START, THERE ARE DIFFERENT DATA POINTS IN HERE AND ONE THING, AND I KNOW I'VE, I'VE HEARD FROM MANY OF YOU, UH, IT CAN BE VERY CONFUSING TRYING TO GET ACCURATE DATA, UH, REGARDING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY FOCUS ON THREE MAIN DATA SOURCES, WHICH IS THE CDC,

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AND SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE TONIGHT, UH, W WAS TAKEN FROM ONE OF THOSE SITES AND THEY WERE ALL UPDATED THIS MORNING AT 9:30 AM.

SO STARTING OUT, WE WANT TO LOOK AT OUR, OUR INFECTION RATE.

UH, AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A SLIDE THAT LOOKS AT THE PERCENTAGE OF A POPULATION, UH, IN EACH AREA HERE THAT HAVE, UH, RECEIVED A POSITIVE TEST AT SOME POINT.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE UNITED STATES, UH, IN GENERAL, THE POPULATION 11.2% OF ITS POPULATION HAS BEEN POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.

ARIZONA IS AT 13.2%, AND I BELIEVE ARIZONA RANKS 12TH IN THE NATION RIGHT NOW, MARICOPA COUNTY IS AT 12.9 AND THE CITY OF CHANDLER IS AT 13%.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CITY OF CHANDLER, UH, WE ARE VERY COMPARABLE TO WHERE THE COUNTY IS AND WHERE THE STATE OF ARIZONA IS.

AND WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE UNITED STATES, CHIEF PER QUESTION.

SO RELATED TO THAT, THAT'S OVER POSITIVE CASES OVER THE, TO DATE, CORRECT.

SO IT'S NOT A TODAY STATEMENT, ALTHOUGH IT'S ACCUMULATION UP TO TODAY, MALE THAT'S CORRECT.

THIS IS FROM THE FIRST CASE THAT SEEN IN THE UNITED STATES, CHANDLER ALL OF THESE AREAS.

SO THIS IS CUMULATIVE SINCE THE PANDEMIC, IT TOOK HIM THE HUGE SPIKE THAT WE HAD OR THE TWO CRESTS EARLIER.

ABSOLUTELY.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

UM, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ANSWER, DOES THIS ALSO INCLUDE, UM, ANTIBODY TESTING IN A CASE COUNT OR IS IT ONLY VIRAL POSITIVES, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THIS IS JUST POSITIVE PCR TESTS.

SO THIS IS NOT ANTIBODY TESTING.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

SO OUR NEXT SLIDE, THIS SLIDE IS ESPECIALLY THE SLIDE, THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS, THE CURRENT EPI CURVE.

AND THIS WAS PULLED OFF OF THE SITE THIS MORNING, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE THREE DISTINCT WAVES.

THE FIRST WAVE, WHICH OCCURRED IN JUNE OF 2020, THE SECOND ONE WAS JANUARY, 2021.

AND THEN THE CURRENT WAVE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS REALLY SPEARHEADED BY THE DELTA VARIANT, UH, YOU KNOW, IS, IS OCCURRING IN AUGUST.

UH, WHAT I HAVE HERE IS THIS IS JUST A POINT IN TIME.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT FIRST SPIKE, THAT FIRST WAVE, THE HIGHEST CASE TOTAL IN ONE DAY FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA WAS 5,510.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SECOND WAVE, WHICH WAS THE MUCH LARGER WAVE, THE ON JANUARY 4TH, THE HIGHEST CASE TOLL WAS 12,393.

AND NOW WE LOOK AT THE CURRENT WAIVER OF THE THIRD WAVE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.

AND THE HIGHEST CASE TOTAL WAS ACTUALLY ON AUGUST 2ND.

AND THAT'S 3,125.

NOW I KNOW TODAY'S NUMBERS.

I BELIEVE WE'RE AT 2,900 AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN A 3000 NUMBER YET.

WHAT HAPPENS IS AS THEY PUT THESE DATA POINTS IN THERE AND THEY UPDATE THESE CHARTS, THEY'LL BACKFILL.

SO THOSE NUMBERS WILL CHANGE THROUGHOUT TIME.

AND WE DID LOOK THIS MORNING AND THEY DID UPDATE AUGUST 2ND.

SO IT IS AT THE 3,100 POINT.

UM, WE DO EXPECT THAT TO, UH, THE CURRENT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE TODAY TO CHANGE.

UM, BUT AS FAR AS WHERE WE'RE GOING, JUST NOBODY KNOWS IT'S HARD TO PROJECT.

I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TODAY.

I HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH, UH, UH, DR.

REBECCA SONNENSCHEIN, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF MARICOPA PUBLIC HEALTH.

AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES IS THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTIONS OUT THERE.

UH, BUT WE, WE JUST DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS NOW GOING TO FLATTEN OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK DOWN.

UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING IT ONE DAY AT A TIME.

OKAY.

SO THE VACCINES IN THE VACCINES ARE SO IMPORTANT AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT VACCINES FOR A LONG TIME NOW.

AND SO WE WANTED TO SHOW A SLIDE THAT LOOKS AT OUR VACCINATION RATE.

AGAIN, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT VACCINE RATES ACROSS THE BOARD, THE WAY THAT IT'S REPORTED IS DIFFERENT, DEPENDING ON THE SITE, SOME PEOPLE REPORT IT FOR TOTAL POPULATION.

IN OTHER WORDS, FROM ONE DAY OLD, TILL 110, SOME WILL SAY 12 AND ABOVE BECAUSE THAT'S, WHAT'S CONSIDERED THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION BECAUSE PFIZER WILL ALLOW YOU GO TO 12 AND A LOT OF SITES AND PROBABLY THE MOST POPULAR ONES WILL DO ADULTS.

AND SO THEY'LL SAY 18 AND ABOVE.

IT'S VERY INCONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS TO SHOW YOU, UH, COMPARABLES THAT WERE THE SAME.

AND SO WE WENT WITH THE PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION WITH AT LEAST ONE DOSE.

UH, THAT MEANS THAT THEY MAY BE, THEY MAY HAVE JUST STARTED THEIR, THEIR VACCINE PROCESS.

THEY HAVE THE FIRST DOSE AND THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE 21 DAYS FOR THE SECOND ONE.

WE ALSO BASED THESE PERCENTAGES OFF THE TOTAL POPULATION.

WE DIDN'T GO OFF OF 12 YEAR OLDS OR 18 AND ABOVE.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE UNITED STATES, WE'RE AT 59.1%, ARIZONA'S AT 53.8%.

THE COUNTY'S AT 49.7 AND THE CITY OF CHANDLER

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I CAN TELL YOU IN RESEARCHING THE UNITED STATES AND ARIZONA AND MARICOPA COUNTY, THEY ALL GIVE A VERY SPECIFIC TO 18 AND OLDER.

IN EACH CASE, YOU CAN ADD ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 11 PERCENTAGE POINTS, AND THAT WILL BE WHAT YOUR ADULT POPULATION IS.

AS FAR AS THEIR VACCINATION RATE, WHEN WE GET INTO THE ZIP CODE DATA ON EASY DHS OR A MIRACLE, BUT PUBLIC HEALTH, THEY JUST DON'T DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE AGE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CONSISTENT.

HOWEVER, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, IT DOES SHOW ME THAT THE CITY OF CHANDLER RIGHT NOW IS OUTPACING THE COUNTY AS FAR AS OUR OVERALL RATE.

UH, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH ARIZONA AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT, UH, BEHIND THE UNITED STATES.

UH, ONE GREAT THING ABOUT THE, THE DATA THAT WE GET FROM THE COUNTY IS IT BREAKS IT DOWN INTO THE ZIP CODES.

AND SO WE KNOW BY ZIP CODES, WE KNOW THE POPULATION, WE KNOW EVERYTHING FROM THE GENDER OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RECEIVING THE VACCINE, THE VACCINE, THE ETHNIC BACKGROUND.

AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF USEFUL DATA.

IF MOVING FORWARD, THE COUNTY WANTED TO TARGET ANY TYPE OF MARKETING FOR THE VACCINE.

THEY HAVE CAPTURED THE DATA THAT THEY NEED TO DO THAT.

AND WE CERTAINLY IN CHANDLER, WE SEE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NORTH CHANDLER AND SOUTH CHANDLER, AS FAR AS THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE VACCINATED WITHIN THAT POPULATION.

OKAY.

SO OUTSIDE OF VACCINES, THE HOSPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE HAS ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT, UH, FROM DAY ONE.

THAT'S ONE AREA THAT WE NEEDED TO PROTECT.

AND SO WHAT THIS SLIDE DOES IS IT GIVES US A COMPARISON OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY VERSUS THE PREVIOUS TWO WAVES.

SO YOU CAN SEE IN JULY OF 2020, THAT WAS THE FIRST WAVE.

AGAIN, JANUARY, 2020 WAS SECOND ONE.

AND THE CURRENT ONE WE'RE IN, WHEN WE LOOK AT COVID-19 INPATIENT COUNT, JULY OF 2020 WAS AT RIGHT OVER 3,500, AND THIS IS ON ONE SINGLE DAY.

SO THIS IS THE HIGHEST POINT IN ONE SINGLE DAY IN JANUARY OF 2021, THE HIGHEST POINT WAS 5,082 AND IN AUGUST, 2021 RIGHT NOW, UM, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS YESTERDAY, IT WAS 1,527.

WHEN YOU GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE, THE, UH, ICU COUNT THE ER, COUNT THE VENTILATOR COUNT.

UH, IT'S ALL THE SAME IN THAT THE SECOND SPITE OBVIOUSLY HAD THE HIGHER NUMBER OF PATIENTS, UH, FOLLOWED BY THE FIRST BIKE.

AND THEN WHAT WE'RE GOING INTO NOW, IT BASICALLY WORKS OUT TO THE CURRENT WAVE THAT WE'RE IN IS ABOUT ONE THIRD OF WHAT THE FIRST WAVE WAS.

AND ONE QUARTER OF WHAT THE SECOND WAVE IS NOW, CAPACITY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

AND I KNOW I'VE HAD QUESTIONS BEFORE ABOUT HOSPITAL CAPACITY RIGHT NOW, HOSPITAL CAPACITY IS ABOUT THE SAME AS YOU SAW AT THE TOP OF THE SECOND WAVE AND THE TOP OF THE FIRST WAVE.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT IN BOTH CASES IN THOSE WAVES, THERE WERE MECHANISMS IN PLACE THROUGH EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT THEY STOPPED ELECTIVE SURGERIES, THAT THEY CREATED ADDITIONAL CAPACITY IN THE HOSPITALS.

AND THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.

AND WHAT THAT TELLS ME, AND I DID HAVE A GREAT CONVERSATION THIS WEEK WITH THE HOSPITALS THAT, UH, THOSE TRIGGER POINTS ARE STILL IN PLACE.

AND IF FOR SOME REASON, UH, WE SAW AN INFLUX WHERE CAPACITY WAS AN ISSUE.

THEY COULD VERY EASILY GO BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE AND CREATE THAT CAPACITY.

AND SO I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH, UH, WITH WHERE THEY ARE.

UM, I WILL SAY WITH THE HOSPITAL, AND YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THIS, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS STAFFING.

AND WE KNOW THAT STAFFING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE WAS A NURSE SHORTAGE.

UH, EVERY STATE IS TRYING TO STEAL THE OTHER STATE'S NURSES TO BRING THEM IN, TO, TO TREAT THESE PATIENTS.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN MOVING FORWARD, AS FAR AS WILL THEY HAVE THE PROPER STAFFING.

IF WE DO SEE AN INFLUX AND THEY ARE SEEING MORE COVID PATIENTS, BUT IT'S A MANAGEABLE, UH, NUMBER RIGHT NOW, THE OTHER ISSUE THAT'S LOOMING IS THE MANDATED VACCINES.

AND AS YOU PUT THE DATES DOWN FOR MANDATING VACCINES IN THE HOSPITAL, THERE'S A FEAR THAT SOME OF THESE NURSES, SOME OF THESE PHYSICIANS, THE PEOPLE THAT TREAT THESE PATIENTS WILL NOT GET THAT VACCINE AND POTENTIALLY WILL NOT BE EMPLOYED, WHICH WILL REALLY JUST EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM WITH THE STAFFING ISSUES ANYWAYS.

AND SO, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THE HOSPITALS HAVE STOOD UP THEIR INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

UM, THEY ARE MEETING FREQUENTLY TO LOOK AT AND ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS. UH, AND, AND RIGHT NOW, BASED OFF OF MY CONVERSATIONS THIS WEEK, I'M VERY CONFIDENT WHERE WE ARE OVERALL AS A SYSTEM WITH THE HOSPITALS.

OKAY.

SO CDC RECOMMENDATIONS, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THEY CHANGE, IT SEEMS LIKE BY THE WEEK, UH, WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS GO INTO THEIR SITE AND REALLY LOOK AT THREE OR FOUR, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I THINK WERE VERY APPLICABLE, UH, AND THAT MOST OF US ALREADY

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OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS VACCINATION.

UH, THERE ARE THREE VACCINATIONS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW, THE MADRONA, THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, AND THE PFIZER, AS I SAID EARLIER, THE PFIZER GOES DOWN TO 12 YEARS.

UH, BUT THE MODERNA AND JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, IT'S 18 YEARS AND OLDER, THE VACCINES SO FAR HAVE PROVED TO WORK WELL.

UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG TALKING POINTS TODAY AT, AT, AT THE MEETING WITH PUBLIC HEALTH IS THEY HAVE STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT ALL THREE OF THEM, UH, THEY PROVIDE 80% PROTECTION AGAINST BEING INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS.

THEY PROVIDE 85% PROTECTION FROM GETTING THE VIRUS AND BEING SYMPTOMATIC, AND THEY PROVIDE 95% PROTECTION AGAINST SEVERE ILLNESS, HOSPITALIZATION, OR DEATH.

AND THIS IS BASED ON NUMBERS THAT THEY'RE SEEING, UM, NOT ONLY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING, AND THIS IS ALL COMPARED TO THE DELTA VIRUS, THE DELTA VARIANT.

AND SO THEY ARE EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE DELTA VARIANT.

UH, MASS MASS ARE, UH, ARE STILL, UH, SOMETHING THAT THE CDC ARE RECOMMENDING.

UH, THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE.

UH, THEY ARE ASKING THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS VACCINATED OR NOT VACCINATED, I USE MASKS WHEN THEY'RE INDOORS IN PUBLIC FACILITIES IN AREAS OF SUBSTANTIAL OR HIGH TRANSMISSION.

AND SO THE CDC REALLY BREAKS DOWN TRANSMISSION INTO FOUR AREAS, LOW, MODERATE, SUBSTANTIAL, AND HIGH.

THEY GET THOSE AREAS BASED ON YOUR CASE COUNT PER 100,000, THE HIGHEST, UH, AREA IS OBVIOUSLY THE HIGH COUNT.

AND THAT IS ANYTHING OVER 100 CASES PER 100,000.

UH, THIS MORNING, THE COUNTY REPORTED THEY'RE AT 280 CASES PER 100,000.

SO MARICOPA COUNTY IN GENERAL IS RIGHT NOW IN A HIGH TRANSMISSION AREA, UH, SOCIAL DISTANCING, SOCIAL DISTANCING, IT'S STILL WORKS.

UH, THE RULE OUT THERE IS YOU WANT TO PUT SIX FEET OF DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, AND YOU WANT TO REDUCE YOUR EXPOSURE OR CONTACT.

WE SAY ANYTHING THAT IS WITHIN SIX FEET, MORE THAN 15 MINUTES, CUMULATIVE IS CONSIDERED A CLOSE CONTACT.

AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WOULD FALL INTO THE PROTOCOLS OF CLOSE CONTACT, OR THEY HAVE TO WEAR A MASK.

THEY HAVE TO GET TESTED.

SO IF YOU CAN DISTANCE YOURSELF, IF YOU CAN REALLY LIMIT YOUR EXPOSURE, UH, YOU SHOULD REALLY HELP TO, YOU KNOW, STOP OR PREVENT, UH, GETTING THE VIRUS.

THE LAST ONE IS HYGIENE.

AGAIN, HYGIENE IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT.

WASH YOUR HANDS FOR, FOR MORE THAN 20 SECONDS.

IF YOU'RE IN A WORKSPACE, MAKE SURE YOU'RE WASHING THOSE AREAS AS WELL.

OKAY.

BUT THE LAST SLIDE I HAVE HERE, AND THIS IS JUST FOR ANY INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE THAT ARE WATCHING THIS MEETING THAT ARE, I CHANGED THEIR MIND FOR SOME REASON.

I'M NOT SURE THAT WORKED.

UM, BUT THEY WANT A VACCINE.

IF YOU GO TO VACCINES.GOV, BACKSLAP SEARCH.

AND I, AND I DID THIS, UM, I DID THIS AND I, I PUNCHED IN OUR ZIP CODES.

THE FIRST SCREEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS GOING TO ASK FOR YOUR ZIP CODE.

IT WILL GIVE YOU A MULTITUDE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GET A VACCINE.

IT'LL TELL YOU WHETHER IT'S PFIZER, JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, UH, AND HONESTLY WITHIN THREE MILES IN ANY DIRECTION, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A CLINIC.

THERE'S A DRUG STORE.

THERE'S A GROCERY STORE.

THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S OFFERING THE VACCINE.

AND SO IF SOMEBODY, UH, IS STRUGGLING TO FIND ONE, THIS IS REALLY THE CLEARING HOUSE FOR ALL OF THE AREAS THAT ARE PROVIDING YOU, GO HERE WITHIN ONE MINUTE, YOU'LL HAVE FOUR OR FIVE OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN GO TO.

OKAY.

WITH THAT.

THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, CHIEF COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER HERE, YOU THANKS TO YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, JUST, JUST A LITTLE BIT, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

YOU TALKED ABOUT MASK.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE SHARED, REACHED OUT ABOUT MASS, UM, IS, IS THE PRIORITY TO GET VACCINATED BASED ON YOUR DATA THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, IS THE PRIORITY GETTING VACCINATED AND THEN USING THE MASS AS A PROTOCOL TO REDUCE THE SPRINT THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, UH, ABSOLUTELY THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS TO GET VACCINATED.

UH, THAT IS THE BEST THING THAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF.

UH, AS I SAID EARLIER, THESE VACCINES, UH, WORK VERY WELL AGAINST, UH, NOT ONLY, UH, COVID 19, BUT THE, THE, THE DIFFERENT VARIANTS THAT YOU SEE.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, THE FIRST THING THAT YOU NEED TO DO THE, AS FAR AS THE MASK GOES, UH, WE FOLLOW CDC PROTOCOLS, UH, AND WE REALLY DON'T.

I GET INTO THE SCIENCE, UM, BUT THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY ADVISE TO WEAR MASKS RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU'RE INDOORS IN HIGH

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AND SO IT'S, IT'S NOT AS HIGH UP AS THE VACCINE, BUT IT IS, IS THE SECOND ONE THAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING.

AND MY LAST QUESTION TO YOU, ACHIEVEMENT, THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCH SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW, GET THE FACEBOOK NEWS, THE TWITTER NEWS OR MORE.

SO FACEBOOK IS JUST SPREADS A LOT OF UNTRUTH, UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE MAKE UP THINGS EVERY DAY.

BUT, UM, PART OF THE, UH, PART OF THE CONCERN THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO RETWEETS AND WATCHES THINGS ON FACEBOOK, THEY SAY GETTING VACCINATED, UH, WILL ADD ANOTHER ARM, ANOTHER LEG, ANOTHER EYEBALL, ANOTHER SOMETHING TO YOU, OR, YOU KNOW, OR ANYTHING, UH, TO YOU.

SO I WANTED TO, JUST FOR THE RECORD, UH, IN THE STUDIES AND YOUR CALLS AND YOUR PHONE CALLS, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU LEARNED OF SOME MASSIVE BREAKUP OF DIFF UH, YOU KNOW, BREAKOUT DEFECTS FROM BEING VACCINATED, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF PHYSICIANS ON FACEBOOK THAT WERE ADVICE, UH, BUT WE, WE REALLY TRY TO STICK TO, UH, TO THE PROFESSIONALS.

AND, AND THIS WAS A QUESTION AGAIN THAT WAS EXPLORED THIS MORNING, AND IT WAS REALLY ABOUT PROTECTING FIREFIGHTERS AND TRYING TO OVERCOME THEIR FEARS OF GETTING THE VACCINE.

UH, THERE WAS A VIROLOGIST THERE FROM THE STATE WHO SAID THAT, UH, THERE ARE, UH, ADVERSE REACTIONS, AND I KNOW MANY PEOPLE PROBABLY IN THIS ROOM GOT THE VACCINE AND MAY HAVE HAD A SLIGHT FEVER OR FELT RUNDOWN FOR SIX TO 12 HOURS, UM, OCCASIONALLY.

AND IT IS EXTREMELY, UM, THERE ARE SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT COULD HAPPEN, BUT WHEN YOU BALANCE THAT OUT VERSUS GETTING THE VIRUS, UH, IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RISK REWARD THERE IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT.

AND SO, UM, I HAVE NOT SEEN A STUDY THAT THAT IS SHOWS, YOU KNOW, SOME CONSISTENT DISEASE PROCESS OR ISSUE FROM THE VACCINES.

I HAVE HEARD OF, UH, SOME THINGS, BUT THE NUMBERS WERE JUST LOW, UH, SO LOW.

IN FACT, IT'S PROBABLY EQUIVALENT TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE FROM ASPIRIN TYLENOL, ANY OF THE OTHER MEDICATIONS THAT YOU TAKE, WHERE YOU ALWAYS HAVE, YOU KNOW, A CHANCE THAT YOU COULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF REACTION.

SO YOUR FINAL RECOMMENDATION IS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD GET VACCINATED.

UH, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ABSOLUTELY, UH, VACCINATIONS IN THIS IS MY OPINION, BUT IT'S BASED OFF OF THE CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITH THE PROFESSIONALS, NOT ONLY WITHIN THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM, BUT WITHIN THE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH.

DHS IS THAT THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS TO GET VACCINATED.

COUNCILMAN BARILLAS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

YOU MENTIONED ABOUT NURSES, THE SHORTAGE, WHETHER IT'S, UH, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS, DOCTORS, AND THINGS, THE HOSPITALS THAT YOU HAVE SPOKEN WITH, OR, UM, IN THE TRENDS THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN ARIZONA, IS THAT THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING RIGHT NOW WITH MANDATED, OR IS IT STILL GOING TO BE UP TO THE PERSON TO BE VACCINATED, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER RIGHT NOW, THE STATE, THERE ARE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE MANDATING THE VACCINES.

UH, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, VALLEY WISE JUST DID THE OTHER DAY BANNER AND I'M PRETTY SURE DIGNITY DID TODAY.

THEY'RE MANDATING IT FROM NOVEMBER 1ST.

AND SO, UH, FOR SURE THERE'S, THERE ARE MANDATES COMING, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THAT, WHEN THAT DATE GETS HERE, NOBODY KNOWS.

THANK YOU GOT SOME BRILLIANT THINKING THERE.

UM, SO, UM, CHIEF, I WAS READING AN ARTICLE THE OTHER DAY, AND IF THEY BROUGHT THIS UP TODAY AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, I GOT CONFIRMATION IS THE EMERGENCY USE.

I, I THINK THERE'S LEGITIMATE CONCERN BY FOLKS OUT THERE.

I KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST SAYING TO ME, YOU KNOW, MATT, I WOULD GET IT, BUT I'M JUST AFRAID AS EMERGENCY USE.

AND I KNOW THERE, UH, UM, THEY'RE THE FEDERAL, UM, AT DAS IS LOOKING AT TRYING TO GET THIS APPROVAL AS SOON AS OBVIOUSLY IT'S FEASIBLE.

UM, THE NUMBER I SAW, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNTY BOARDING THIS UP TODAY WAS LIKE 25 TO 30% OF THE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY WAITING FOR THIS TO HAVE FINAL APPROVAL.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT THAT AT ALL TODAY, W W THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL OF ORLANDO, WE DID THIS SUBJECT DID COME UP AS WELL, AS FAR AS WHEN FDA APPROVAL WOULD OCCUR.

UH, AND THERE WAS SOME SPECULATION THAT IT COULD OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

AND THAT'S JUST FOR ONE OF THE MANUFACTURERS, THE OTHER TWO HAVE NOT APPLIED YET, UH, AS FAR AS A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING, UH, I HAVE, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING, OBVIOUSLY I'VE, I'VE HEARD THAT, UH, PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN ONCE THEY, FDA DOES APPROVE, THEY WOULD GET THE VACCINE.

UH, BUT AS FAR AS AN EXACT NUMBER,

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LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE JUST POLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT, UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, YOU SAID CHANDLER IS AT, UH, 54.2%.

DO YOU HAVE A BREAKOUT BY ZIP CODES OF WHAT AREAS ARE DOING STRONGER AND WHAT AREAS ARE PROBABLY NEED MORE, MORE, UH, EDUCATION COUNCIL MEMBER ROLANDO? I DO, UH, I PUT A COUPLE EXTRA SLIDES JUST IN CASE, CAUSE I, I CANNOT MEMORIZE ALL OF THIS.

UH, BUT IF YOU HAD THIS QUESTION, SO THIS WAS, UH, TAKEN FROM THIS MORNING, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE, UH, THE MARICOPA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SITE.

AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE BROKE IT DOWN BY THE ZIP CODE.

UH, WE SHOWED THE POPULATIONS, ZIP CODE, THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGE POSITIVE WITHIN THAT ZIP CODE.

AND SO THAT'S EVERYONE, UH, WITHIN THAT POPULATION.

AND THEN WHAT THE VACCINATION RATE IS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR HIGHEST VACCINATION RATE IS 8 5, 2, 4 9.

THEY HAVE A PERCENT POSITIVITY OF 13% AND THEN 8 5, 2, 2 5, WHICH IS ALSO OUR LARGEST POPULATED ZIP CODE.

IT'S GOT A 15% POSITIVE RATE AND THAT HAS AN VACCINATION RATE AT 47%.

SO THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE IN TARGET AREA FOR PUBLIC HEALTH TO WHETHER IT'S MARKETING OR WHATEVER ENGAGEMENT THAT THEY NEED TO DO TO SEE IF WE COULD INCREASE THE TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE VACCINATED.

YEAH.

OKAY.

WELL, MOSTLY THE COUNTY COMES UP WITH SOME IDEAS AND HOW MAYBE HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THEM IF POSSIBLE.

OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK OVER THERE ON GIVING VACCINATION.

CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I GUESS THE FINAL QUESTION I HAVE MAYOR, UH, IS, UM, CHIEF DOES THE CORRELATION OF THE, THOSE THAT HAVE VACCINATED AND THESE, THESE DIFFERENT ZIP CODES, DO THEY MATCH UP THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT WE'RE SEEING? IN OTHER WORDS, IS IT A PARALLEL IF YOU'RE GETTING VACCINATED, YOU SHOULD SEE A LOWER, UH, COVID POSITIVE RATE OR ARE WE SEEING SOMETHING COUNSELOR ORLANDO? SO WE, WE TRACKED, UH, DATA, THE SPECIFIC ZIP CODE DATA EVERY DAY FOR, IT SEEMS LIKE ALMOST A YEAR.

AND, UH, WE HAD STOPPED WITHIN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS.

UH, WE JUST STARTED LOOKING AT IT AGAIN, UH, 8 5 2, 2, 5.

WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE THE MOST CASES, BUT IT'S ALSO DOUBLED THE SIZE OF SOME OF THE OTHER ZIP CODES.

UH, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO GO RETRO.

AND I THINK THE FAIR THING TO DO WOULD BE TO DO IT NOW WHILE THIS DELTA VARIAN IS OUT THERE TO REALLY DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE SEEING VERSUS HOW MANY ARE VACCINATED? SO I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT NUMBER, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, WE COULD PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.

THAT'S FINE.

I, I WOULD JUST INTUITIVELY THINKING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE A RELATIONSHIP THERE, WHICH WE'RE SEEING NATIONWIDE IN SOME STATES AS WELL.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, HARRIS.

APPRECIATE IT.

COUNCILMAN GORILLAS.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM WE TALKING ABOUT THE CORRIDOR WHERE WE HAVE, UH, WE HAD THE MOST OF OUR ELDERLY POPULATION LIVING IN, UH, WISHES, ALSO INPATIENT AND, UH, AND THOSE THAT ARE IN NURSING HOMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

HOW ARE WE DOING ON THAT? AS FAR AS, UM, THAT POPULATION BEING ON THE TOP TIER, I KNOW THAT WE, WHEN WE WERE GIVEN VACCINATION, WE PRIORITIZE THEM FIRST.

AND THEN NOW, WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT POPULATION SPECIFICALLY IN CHANDLER? BECAUSE WE REALLY GOT HIT REALLY HARD IN THOSE CORRIDORS, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

UH, WE, UH, WE HAD SET UP A TASK FORCE WITH ALL OF OUR NURSING HOMES TO BRING THEM TOGETHER, TO SHARE RESOURCES, TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND BEST PRACTICES, UH, DURING THE FIRST WAVE, UH, DURING THE SECOND WAVE, WE HAD CONTACT ONCE A WEEK JUST TO SEE HOW EVERYONE WAS DOING AND THEY WERE DOING MUCH BETTER.

WE REESTABLISH THAT CONTACT ON MONDAY OF THIS WEEK, WE CALLED OUR SIX BIGGEST, UH, CARA HOMES.

WE WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THEY WERE AT WITH POSITIVE CASES, WHERE THEY WERE AT WITH PPE VACCINES AND, AND REALLY ALL SIX OF THEM ARE DOING OUTSTANDING RIGHT NOW.

THEY HAVE THEIR POLICIES, THEIR INTERNAL POLICIES IN PLACE.

UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THIS ONCE, SO THEY UNDERSTAND, UH, HOW TO, TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS IN ADDITIONALLY, I THINK THEY SAID 90% OF THEIR RESIDENTS ARE VACCINATED.

A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF THEIR WORKFORCE IS VACCINATED.

AND THE ONES THAT ARE NOT VACCINATED ARE TESTED TWICE PER WEEK.

UH, THEY DO HAVE 30 DAYS OF PPE SUPPLY.

UH, BUT THEY HAVE A GOOD LINE TO GET MORE PPE.

THEY CAN ONLY JUST GET IT ONE MONTH AT A TIME.

SO RIGHT NOW THEY HAD NO NEEDS FROM US.

AND WE DID ASK THAT WE CHECK IN ONCE A WEEK AGAIN, JUST TO SEE HOW EVERYONE WAS DOING AND THEY WORK IN TANDEM WITH THAT.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THE LAST TIME I MET WITH YOU, THAT WAS ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERN.

AND YOU KNEW I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THAT.

SO AGAIN, SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU WENT BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT

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APPRECIATE YOU.

NO PROBLEM.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

THANK YOU.

[44. Briefing on eviction prevention and utilities assistance as requested by Councilmember Harris]

YES.

THANKS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT COVID AND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS AND THE IMPACTS THAT IT'S HAVING ON OUR COMMUNITY.

WE DEFINITELY KNOW THAT COVID IS IMPACTING US FINANCIALLY, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD.

EVERYONE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THAT ARE IN MARCH, OUR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY IS STILL PROTECTED.

STILL HAVE RESOURCES TO RECEIVE DOLLARS FROM THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND JUST TO CONTINUE TO KEEP US UPDATED ON WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR CARES ACT FUNDING.

AND THEN ALSO TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW OUR PARTNERS, WHO THEY ARE, HOW THEY CAN REACH OUT TO THEM.

UH, AND IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE CAN PROVIDE AT THIS TIME WOULD BE GREAT.

BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED TO GO FURTHER, HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR PARTNERS THAT WE'VE DESIGNATED AT THIS TIME, THEY CAN DO THAT TOO, AND HOW THEY DO IT.

SO, YEAH.

YEAH.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS FOR INVITING ME THIS EVENING, GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH THIS, WE'LL START WITH THE TIMELINE TO REMIND EVERYONE THE FIRST EVICTION MORATORIUM BEGAN IN MARCH OF 2020, AS YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN EXTENDED.

A NUMBER OF TIMES, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A LAPSE BETWEEN JULY 31ST AND AUGUST 3RD, WHERE THE MORATORIUM HAD CEASED FOR A FEW DAYS.

IT IS BACK ON, UM, UNTIL OCTOBER 3RD.

THE DIFFERENCE WITH THIS MORATORIUM THOUGH IS IT'S TIED TO COUNTIES THAT ARE AT THE SUBSTANTIAL OR HIGH LEVEL AS THE CHIEF JUST SPOKE ABOUT.

AND SO ANY, AND RIGHT NOW ALL OF ARIZONA IS CONSIDERED IN THE HIGH LEVEL.

IF YOU ALSO LOOK ALONG WITH THIS ARE THE FUNDS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD TO THE CITY.

AND, UM, WE STARTED WITH OUR CARES ACT.

WE MOVED INTO OUR EERO ONE, WHICH I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU MORE DETAIL ON IN A MOMENT.

AND THEN THE THIRD SET OF FUNDS THAT WE HAVE TODAY THAT WE HAVE NOT BROUGHT TO YOU FOR ALLOCATION YET.

BUT WE ANTICIPATE DOING THAT IN SEPTEMBER IS OUR ERA TO MONEY.

SO THIS RIGHT HERE TALKS ABOUT THE ERA ONE, AND WE HAVE SERVED THROUGH ASCEND, WHO IS OUR PARTNER, THAT'S OUR CAP OFFICE.

THE SENSE HAS BEEN THE CAP OFFICE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW.

IT'S NOT JUST WITH THESE DOLLARS, BUT IT'S ALSO RECOGNIZED AS THE, BY THE COUNTY, AS THE OFFICIAL CAP OFFICE FOR CHANDLER THE COUNTY TOO GIVES FUNDING TO ASCEND FOR CAP SERVICES AND THROUGH THE CAP OFFICE, THERE'S 432 HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE BEEN SERVED.

YOU CAN SEE OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES AT 3.2 MILLION.

WE WANTED TO BREAK OUT THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE FOR YOU.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THERE THE 358 AND UTILITIES AND OF THOSE 358, THERE ARE 70 HOUSEHOLDS IN WATER.

NOW THAT MAY SEEM LIKE A LOW NUMBER.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS IF YOU, FOR MOST OF THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT RENT THE WATER IS INCLUDED IN THEIR RENT, THE ERA $1 ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR RENTAL.

THEY'RE NOT FOR HOME OWNERS.

CAP OFFICE DOES HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT HAVE, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE FOR HOME OWNERS.

AND, UM, THERE ARE SOME FUNDS AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT WE HOPE MIGHT TRICKLE DOWN, THAT IT COULD ALSO BE USED FOR HOME OWNERS.

OUR CHANDLER CARES TEAM, WE ASSEMBLED THE CHANDLER CARES TEAM AND AUGUST OF 2020.

AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE OUR THREE CARES TEAM MEMBERS HERE, CC LILLIA AND DYLAN DYLAN'S HAPPENS TO BE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.

THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB OF REACHING OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED, AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE RENT AND MORTGAGE AND UTILITIES.

THERE'S MANY OTHER THINGS YOU CAN SEE.

WE HAVE ABOUT 14% OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT CONTACT US THAT ARE FOR OTHER REASONS.

SO, SO FAR SINCE WE STARTED TRACKING AT THE END OF AUGUST, UNTIL THE END OF JUNE, WE HAVE HAD OVER A THOUSAND RESIDENT CONTACTS TO DATE AND OF THOSE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S 870 AGENCY REFERRALS.

UM, THIS NEXT PIECE ABOUT THE COURT CALENDAR.

I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT AGAIN IN A MINUTE, AND THEN OF COURSE, DISTRIBUTION OF OUR FLYERS.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WILL ALSO COVER AGAIN IN A MINUTE, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO RAMP THAT UP DURING THIS NEXT, THE, DURING THE CURRENT MORATORIUM.

SO A LOT OF KUDOS GOES TO OUR CARES TEAM FOR SPENDING A GREAT DEAL OF TIME, HELPING OUR RESIDENTS IN NEED.

ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DO IS THEY MONITOR THE COURT CALENDARS.

SO THIS IS FOR THE SAN TAN AND SAN MARCOS JUSTICE COURTS.

ALL OF THE EVICTIONS ARE RAN THROUGH THE JUSTICE COURT SYSTEM.

THE SAN MARCOS COURT HAS A HUNDRED PERCENT CHANDLER RESIDENTS THAT ARE PART OF IT, BUT THE SAN TAN COURT HAS RESIDENTS NOT ONLY FROM CHANDLER, BUT MESA, GILBERT QUEEN CREEK.

UM, SO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EVICTIONS THAT THEY HAVE SEEN HAS OVER 1800, BUT WE DRILL THAT DOWN TO HOW MANY ARE FROM CHANDLER AND THEN HOW MANY WE CAN GET CONTACT INFORMATION FOR.

AND THAT'S WHERE IT GETS TRICKY.

UH, THE STAFF HAS TO LITERALLY RESEARCH AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE COURT

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THEY'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT GETTING A HOLD OF 316 HOUSEHOLDS.

AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE BEEN 119 EVICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVENTED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.

ALSO EQUALLY PROUD TO SHARE THAT THE CITY ON A WEEKLY BASIS, I MEET WITH THE OTHER HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTORS FOR THE OTHER CITIES AND WITH MARICOPA COUNTY AND THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED THROUGH THE CARES TEAM WITH MONITORING THE COURT CALENDARS IS GOING TO BE REPLICATED IN OTHER CITIES BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SUCH A POSITIVE OUTCOME.

IN ADDITION, RECENTLY, MARICOPA COUNTY CONTRACTED WITH COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE AT EVERY ONE OF THE JUSTICE COURTS.

SO THROUGH THAT, WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE CONTACT INFORMATION OR HAVE THE COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE, BE ABLE TO REFER PEOPLE OVER THE BENEFIT OF BEING ABLE TO CAPTURE THE FAMILIES AT THIS POINT IN THE EVICTION IS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH ASCEND TO GET THEM AT THE FRONT OF THE LIST FOR THE EVICTION PREVENTION DOLLARS.

SO IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO THE TWO, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THESE FAMILIES ARE REALLY THEY'RE THEY'RE AT COURT, AND THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT BEING EVICTED.

EXCUSE ME.

UM, SO THIS HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO GET THOSE COUNTIES REALLY KIND OF TO THE FRONT OR EXCUSE ME, THOSE FAMILIES REALLY, TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE AT A CRITICAL POINT.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

AND BEFORE MOVING ON FROM THAT SLIDE, SO AGAIN, YOU TALK ABOUT THE THREE 16, I MEAN, OVERALL IT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD SUCCESS RATE.

HOWEVER, UM, IS THERE A NOTE OR HE PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE COLOR ON THOSE THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO PREVENT IT? WAS IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T QUALIFY IT BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF, AGAIN, OTHER REASONS OR RESTRICTIONS ON WHY PEOPLE CAN PREVENT IT TO BE EVICTED DUE TO THE COVID IMPACTS.

BUT IF THEY WERE OUTSIDE OF THAT, THEN DO WE HAVE THAT AGAIN, OURS, OUR SUCCESS RATE EVEN HIGHER BECAUSE OF THESE NOT SUCCESSFULLY EVICTED IS BECAUSE THEY JUST WEREN'T ELIGIBLE TO NOT TO BE YES, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC DATA, BUT WE DO KNOW, AND ACTUALLY THE CARES TEAM ACTUALLY DOES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FUNDAMENTALLY KNOW SOME OF THAT DATA, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

THERE ARE OTHER REASONS THAT PEOPLE GET EVICTED THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH LATE RENT.

SO IF YOU WERE TO BE ABLE TO DRILL IT DOWN JUST TO THE RENTAL PIECE, IT WOULD, THE SUCCESS RATE IS EVEN HIGHER.

OKAY, PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

THE TAKEAWAY THAT WE WANT TO REMAIN, GIVE EVERYONE TONIGHT, OF COURSE, IS WHERE WE'RE AT.

WE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF DOLLARS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

WE HAVE SPENT ABOUT 51% OF OUR ERA, ONE MONEY.

WE NEED TO SPEND 65% BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

AS I SAID BEFORE, WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD THE ERA TO MONEY TO BE ALLOCATED BY COUNCIL.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO AS SOON AS WE HIT THAT 65% ON THE ERA ONE, WE ACTUALLY WILL HAVE TO SHIFT FUNDS OVER DUE TO OTHER DEADLINES, BUT WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU.

SO WE WANT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF FUNDS AVAILABLE TO HELP THEY CAN PAY FOR PASTURE RENT, FUTURE PAYMENTS, UTILITIES, MOVE IN, FEES, DEPOSITS WITH THE ERA TO MONEY.

THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT, SOME OF THE USES ON THAT.

THERE'S A PIECE THAT CAN GO FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AS FAR AS GUARANTEEING SOME FUTURE RENT.

SO WE JUST REALLY WANT TO GET THAT WORD OUT.

AND AGAIN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANY RESIDENT IN NEED AND CHANDLER TO GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH OUR CARES TEAM BECAUSE THEY CAN TAKE THAT, LOOK AT YOUR CASE AND GO THROUGH IT AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO EXPEDITE IT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE HEARD IS THAT THERE'S A BACKLOG OF APPLICATIONS.

AND I WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT THERE.

UM, THE CAP OFFICE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL AT CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THEIR PROCESSES AND RECENTLY THEY JUST MADE SOME PROCESS CHANGES AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF PAYMENTS THEY'VE MADE OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

AND SO THEY, THEY'VE KIND OF LOOKED AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, ALL OF THE CAP OFFICES IN THE AREA, STRUGGLING WITH STAFFING.

IT'S, THEY'VE ALL BEEN COMPETING FOR THE SAME STAFFING POOL AND ALL HAVING TO RAMP UP WITH ADDITIONAL STAFF.

ONE OF THE OTHER POSITIVES THAT CAME OUT TODAY AS THE COUNTY HAS CONTRACTED WITH SOLERI AND SOLARITY IS GOING TO BE TAKING, UM, THE APPLICATIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE NOT FOLLOWED THROUGH ON.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW THERE'S 650 APPLICATIONS, ROUGHLY, AT A SENSE, SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN THERE OPEN SINCE MARCH, AND IT'S A MATTER OF THE APPLICANT, NOT FOLLOWING UP ON WHATEVER DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS NEEDED.

ASCEND, DOESN'T CLOSE THOSE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THAT PERSON DOES COME BACK, THAT YOU CAN VERY QUICKLY RESPOND TO IT.

SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO DO IS ALSO HAVE A SOLARI ASSIST WITH MAKING CALLS TO THOSE OPEN FILES AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND OUT IF IT'S THE PERSON IS NO LONGER IN NEED OR IF IT'S A MATTER OF THEY JUST HAVEN'T FOLLOWED THROUGH AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO URGE THEM TO FOLLOW THROUGH? AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE REALLY WANT TO DO, LIKE I SAID, IS REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC IN THIS NEXT 30 DAYS OR SO.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION THAT STILL ISN'T AWARE OF THESE DOLLARS.

AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE GET CALLS EVERY DAY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MARKETING TO THAT SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION THAT WE FEEL MAY BE EITHER HESITANT TO LOOK FOR THE ASSISTANCE OR JUST UNAWARE