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>> Okay we begin with the roller. >> The Oct. 15th meeting of the St. Petersburg City Council can we begin with a row. Want to marry. We'll begin our meeting with a invitation. Followed by the pledge of allegiance to the occasion will be given today by I'm Jacqueline Joan Smith, price United Methodist Church. See you in the meeting. Mister Clerk is. >> This I am good at. And after all. Thank you good afternoon Chairman. Mountain aria vice chair Driscoll council members. Deputy mayor doctor Tomlin. It is just a pleasure to be here and to join with you today. Even though we are. Virtual let us unite our hearts and minds as one and let us pray. God of many names Annabelle people. We give you thanks for the gift of another day. Though physically separated we thank you for the wonders of technology that allow us to gather together in this session of the St. Petersburg Council City Council. We give you thanks for leaders who have answered the noble call a public service and for all presidents who care about our great city. Keep us mindful that in all that is accomplished today that government is not an institution. It is people and we are stewards of your great authority. So be present with us oh God we put the agenda before you and seek your purpose. We ask your guidance and blessings upon this session give was to our leaders as they consider the matters before them. Help us all in the conduct of these meetings to act with character and conviction to listen with understanding and goodwill to speak with charity and restraint and to see the humanity and dignity of all even those with whom we May disagree. So that all that is accomplished here today, we'll be in the best interests of the citizens of our community. We pray this together and the people of God saying a man. >> Thank you pastor, John Smith. Please join me now for the pledge of allegiance. 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If you wish to address to the council through the building you might use the rape and featured let me and so yeah, our interests are now on your phone at the time that you and I to meet that threat. When you get your turn to speak, you will be on needed extra state your name and address. At the conclusion of your comments or when you reach the 3 minute time limit you will be needed. Already and will be for each agenda item regardless of the method participation used normal rules apply, including the 3 minute time on comment. Never quite meant that any presentation that area must be submitted. It's bad for the meeting and the rules of decorum it's live public comment is disrupted by abolishing the Bureau of decorum that shares authorized to accept public comment. Alternate move cooling by email only. >> Would be to be to prove the agenda. But I I've got to council members that want to be good come from. You got. I thank you Chairman On to marry. Before we have to leave the agenda. I would like to add a under reports. Now that I see that pier playground sign is up. I have a few questions for Allen's a while and I would like to put that in reports place. Thank you. >> We'll go next to a council member. Thank you chair, I'm going to new business item f one. This was related >> being able. To have a little free p injuries in people's yards, initially, Sony felt like they were going to be changes needed for that to happen. And since then staff has come to the conclusion that it doesn't matter if there's books or canned goods and peoples. Little free Baines and that its ornamental yard. Work so at this time we don't need this item so I'm going to Dilley f one. >> Thank you hear I. Yeah, Rainfall right in honor of our you can't have a lie. Yeah, it up. >> That has the business. >> Some council members we agenda before us. We will add the item. The business item will make that effort to. Come the vice chair Driscoll fold see a 5 to report well as that is the 5 and Council member Foster hold her new business item which was f one and then we'll just 3 order. The item so we'll have to have one. With those changes. I'll entertain a motion to approve the agenda or any other. >> Chairman That includes the report that I had. >> We'll item. Make that item e 5. We have a motion I Miss You seconded the motion. >> House and your school pick. We have a motion a second to approve the agenda saying no requests to speak with what we call. >> Or sometimes humans. >> You know move to the consent agenda. With the changes that we outlined earlier entertain a motion to the consent agenda. We have a motion by. We have a motion in second to approve the content Mister Clerk do we have any speakers. >> The secure look that far but we speak he wants to speak out and sent others. Global we all we have are in the race for the Senate this one. That's what she wants before. This but we are you and consent. And please state your name and address for the record you have missed a City Council. My name is Barbara Vogel weighed on the executive director of the edge business district Association. My address is 29 65nd Avenue South in St. Petersburg I I know this is on the consent But I just wanted to voice our edge district support. Wholeheartedly for consent Item 5 which is the agreement between the city an artist deal on offer book to create the sun on the edge public art sculpture for the edge district Roundabout. At 11th Street and Central Avenue because it's such an important part of our ongoing edge district revitalization and it's yet another one of our projects from Ridge district improvement plan. We just wanted to to state how appreciative we are of the city staff that worked with us on the selection the rfp and the selection process. And are so thrilled the the concept that we finally selected the sun on the edge. By Mister Robert buck. It's recycled granite rays emanating from court and weathering steel really hit the mark when. We were looking for what would be the fitting of our city and our district and I think it will become a true center piece for us all. So again, thanks so much to Gary Jones after hometown share and make no venture who were all part of process with us and because there's another agenda item that's not which e one on your agenda today. And I'm not fortunately and unable to stay to speak to that, but I didn't want to voice our edge to strict support. For the approval of the agreement the inner local agreement on the in town West cra and tax increment fund because it is so. I'm sorry to interrupt Mister Chair. How college I just wanted to send. I cannot speak or light rain and you know for my now is just awful. >> Include your remarks. On 5 which is that over reports it at you. >> No that's that said thank you so much for your time. >> Mister Kirk we have any other speakers. >> We did not Mister Chair. >> We have a motion and a second to confirm the consent agenda with the clerk please call. >> What's the best man. >> Council vice chair Driscoll's new business items to buy your school. You have a whole. >> Thank you chair. And I love we. Opportunity you I'm. Cher is celebration and they like me regarding the air. It went in. Yeah I thought it would be. It. The City Council take the opportunity. You only gradually and safely on their way and every day I have then it I really should. Or they have something there. Record in helping to be trained in it here. But leadership Tampa Bay Lightning. Resolution rate has fallen. Whereas if you like me are a professional hockey in the capital I really happened and they didn't think either or. From their first meeting in Tampa. While only be in play as part of my head down and stay here for yeah Tropicana field which we can begin to pop the and hours later today that better now well I already have played with yeah, but they did and really not be. I mean I can't have a area. And we're out on Mar. 12. It May like the only way 78 when you take it endemic in late May. It's how you handle the remainder of the regular season. And whereas the July 8th, and is 05:20am a cup playoffs. It began on her intermediate weight plate. It May I don't. And whereas the Lightning impeded many rap. I need a t from there but why did he. Yeah for long and they have a history. When it. They wait my turn it over I hear real and then went on the run and New York Islanders are making their way to championship with grit and determination. Yeah, I'm in it or make sure that the gain. It gave him a lightning one here that I can take it I doubt start in big game. I want for as they can and should be right I think if you're headed, but crowds the Yeah, yeah, and the. And we're asking him a likely yes rate it all I mean politics your eye will her fans is that I think and I cherish for years to 5. Therefore be it resolved by City Council. I think here for for that that this would be helpful here by the way if they like me. I heard Marco Botti and and for any family top. Thank Base. Make a motion. Yes there are no need for it all. We have a motion that we have a second. >> Before we go I want to thank the vice chair Driscoll for taking the initiative and having this. Resolution drafted so that we too and the Saints. Thank you for City Council in join in the celebration of the. The Lightning like they had and we can share in there. Their celebration for the whole Tampa Bay region. So thank you for doing that. We have a motion and second on the floor seeing no further requests to comment public work we call the row. We'll move on to a good news. cb 5 which is now before rich was told by council member rise the metal on community garden to summarize going to come in. >> Good afternoon. Thank you chair. When Council first voted on think councilmember Foster and I are the only ones left now. You remember the snow a few years ago, someone it to pull this isn't good news item. And just as a way to us 10 million. From my colleagues to become more familiar with the million or to me with this Weeki >> and ecological center in the meadow on neighborhood. We started a number of years ago working with the Pinellas County school board sign a contract to use part of the school grounds which was 4 and an empty until after teen it. I have baseball field that this no longer in use and to transform that into I'm not just a community garden, a community garden and ecological center which means that we have a vision for bringing people into outdoor teaching facility to show people how to grow and plant food and even to share and Our hardest and bounty said we've been working on this awhile, I it took why did the time and going back and forth with the Pinellas County school board. Once that fell into place we had a transition but the project manager. So we've had a couple of delays but today is good news because we will hopefully be voting to approve a contract. And that means that the the phase one that's a card will be underway. We're tremendously excited about it. And at some future point accounts I will come back to talk about the vision for space too. I want to thank Rob Gray Davis and Susie a hot. I also want to thank the mayor who stepped in from time to time to help us out with moving things a lot of thank you mayor kriseman. Let me see there's a couple of other things I wanted to mention too. Susie a hot has worked with several. Including use farm and wonder farms. I doubt the garden there's potential really great volunteer and community support here. These groups are eager eager to work with us and we've also added to our new all agreements I keep you know it's beautiful and they are an offer some technical and volunteer support as needed. So thank you again I knew I that we have crews. Approved this contract. And I don't doubt cesium I just wanted to add on you're saying anything but I do move approval. Thank you. Thank you councilmember. Good afternoon City Council I think you you really covered it very well council member I really just want to thank you. For the leadership that you showed on this issue both with City Council and with the Pinellas County school board. As you mentioned it was a heavy lift on the inner local agreement and you really persevered and helped bring that home so we really appreciate that I also want to thank Marlene Marie and Matt along neighborhood Association has been very passionate. Advocates for this We're looking forward to getting the garden started and we are hopeful that you will pass a resolution today, thank you all so much. >> So we have a motion on the floor by council member rights that we have a second. To agenda item before. The park we have anybody from the all of which is stay on this. >> This is to the north emails. Motion passes unions. The item that council member Rice requests we put on the agenda. >> Alan with us. >> Yes he is and Chan is elevating can. >> Well while he is getting promoted to a panelist. I was that the pier last night and was kind of amazed to see that here playgrounds, police or family sign was already up. >> I guess my first question is is that the life-size model or is that the permanent sign that that's out now. >> Councilmember hopefully Council can hear London while city development administrator. Council member that that is the permanent site. And you have a pretty clear. I was just going to say you're probably wondering why it went up so fast and let me. Yeah right. Yes, let me let me try to answer that but then in the context of the very candid about it. So. The entity that has the naming rights. >> Moved a long time ago. To manufactured the site to produce the site. We told them that. That was a risk. They would have to take if they did that. We as you know only contributed $4,000 to the sign itself. And so if. Council had decided not to move forward with the sign. It would have had to be redone and we explain that to them. I will take responsibility for. >> That happening we try to prevent that from happening, but they got they got a little bit out in front of us on this one. And then when it was approved. It was ready to go. >> This city pays a $4,000 before the public hearing. Did the mayor issue and no detail. So that the ordinance would go into immediate effect because otherwise the ordinance for the naming and the sign doesn't become effective until 5 o'clock today. >> councilmember I. I was made aware of that recently I did I did not know that that was the case. Again if if I had to do it over again. I would have paid more attention to the timing on this and would have required it to be delayed until that. I think that five-day provision was met. >> I want to be really my my questions right now are about process between administration and Council. I'm so thankful for the glacier family contributions to this end. Our community and the entire region. I'm so proud and honored to have their name Foundation associated with the playground. And I voted for and signed last week I this isn't about the foundation. And in a sense for me anyway, it's not even necessarily about the sign it's about the process. It's about the process of holding a public hearing. And not be more forthright with Council about the fact that you are holding a public hearing and to beating something while the sign that and the naming and the sign itself was actually sitting in a warehouse somewhere as we were trying to get you know a little bit better answers and I know Jeanne address call House member addressed all. You have a number of questions about this. I'm not going to speak for her get into that she did have a number of questions about this and we have this discussion to public hearings and it was not disclose the sign already existed. You know. I'm bringing this out because I hear about. The dignity of city Council and the importance of Democratic procedures and this has nothing to do with personalities City Council. We are all elected to sit here as representatives. I love the community and the public hearing process is important for her transparency for input for balance of power balance of authorization. You know if this was a soccer game. This would be a red card. Now a French a penalty. I just wish you trusted us to know that you explained what was going on. I certainly would have been very understanding. But I'm not understanding of not being told the troops and that that's sad. I'm a little taken aback by appreciate thank you for your for your answers and commenting on this. I know that I know that it or not you buy the other way it would have been a Lucy and the foundation when it ultimately and the winds too take. Be responsible for having to redo their own sign. That first step in any major sign work is you have to get the sign off before it has to the designer before it gets fabricated. And I don't know what happened. Please Sir I don't want to see this happen again. I get cut council >> I I. I hear you loud and clear I understand your point I accept your point. It won't happen again. I do want you to know I think you do know that we didn't make the only reason why we didn't make an issues because we knew that if it was not approved decide would have to be changed. And we knew that so that there there was there was no issue in our minds of misleading you were you know trying to he did not divulge the proper information because we made it clear that we would have to change the sign if it went in that direction. It just so happened that it did and it was approved. And I missed the that five-day provision and I'll be the first one to admit that, but it won't happen again and I I I hear you loud and clear. >> One more question and then now c the fire. What's the rush. It seems like there's a rush. >> Well I I I don't think that there were there was necessarily or Russia think it was just it was approved so I thought that it could be put up. And so. >> You know that was that was pretty much it. I mean again we should awaited the 5 days I get that now. But it wasn't like we were on the phone saying you know put the sign up right away. It just so happened that you know they wanted to sign up and and so we facilitated that. You know move forward with the spirit of the agreement. >> I think you tear them down. >> Councilmember rights will go next to your school. >> Thank you chair and thank All right. I hear you. I have a that yesterday morning a 4. >> I know it this time from there. I really have I I know for a fact yesterday. I'm too it has reacted that. Or they can go on for me, but it's action. The. To me because I care so much higher. Look at the area and died a hero in particular that. And we're a good question. And it is it's a. Wait for the laugh track. Play out the air. Yeah I have the opportunity first reading. I. I be back out here. I got there again there was no knockout. All I can get my kid really calm Called it a lot. I'm wondering people got to see. What is that actually the guy and perhaps I get the motto. In. Okay councilmember know that was there was a markup that one point I didn't see it either. But I was told that it was put out there. And others did see it wasn't it wasn't the original sine. >> Well I say yeah actual it's all right May I hate it. You have to say. I do not have a date and have to get back to you on that. A good way to share that information with the household. Thank you. My question is why why did you it can direct the city after it was involved in it. She is not a good low. Good a fire it I heard the last of her mail. Why the threat during our. >> Well I I tried to explain that already in the question that council member Rice asked. I don't. I don't see where it's it was misleading because if the council had decided to go in a different direction we knew the sign was going to have to be changed. >> If you did not mention it already in May. And I think that it and I think you could say. >> I mean we have to wonder if agents about it. >> I know we spent an enormous amount of time. Speaking with all the council members prior to the item going before Council. I met with everybody when including yourself and you expressed your concerns. Listen to what everybody had said. There was a lot of comfort with those meetings. There was a rendering in the agenda item of what the sign would look like. Talk to many of the council members about that. And so you know I I I feel like we. We're very we had we had the dimensions of the there I understand and respect that you had concerns about that and did not particularly agree with the sign itself. So you know we tried to explain it as best we could. And again we knew that if Council did not approve the sighing. Then that sign would have been changed so there was no attempt to mislead or or to not tell the truth and and that I won't accept. But I do understand how it looks. And so I appreciate that and I you know I understand how sensitive the sign issues are to the council deeply respect that at which is why we met with everybody up front showed everybody the rendering. We thought we were you know in pretty good shape in terms of the feedback that we got other than yourself. >> They speaking with time. I said community convention that if I May I can not yeah just because you don't lie, what we need are >> Thank you vice chair Kris Council member better. >> Thank you And so let's start out by thanking Councilwoman Right. I have a meeting out of the pier tomorrow. And if I would have seen that I would have been in the same position that you are and when you thought yesterday Councilwoman Frankly I am shocked by that. I am completely different made by this naming rights is something that I I have Ben very transparent and mom. Feelings about and the way that we go about things and while most of that is regarding be a static of name right. You know if I'm transparent in the way that I feel about something I expect that same transparency to the return. I agree with both of my colleagues this does feel very kind of deceptive mission to me is deception I feel like it the duty of the administration to provide all the information. We have I'm meeting that would have been a great time from day one to let us know that that. Pete had already been fabricated or with almost done. It I mean it's hard at this point Allen for us to not why. Maybe even a conversation that went so far as to say well don't worry go ahead and fabricated because we feel like it's not going to be a problem. And when Councilwoman Driscoll started raising a question during the public hearing that would have been the time to stop and how much. 150% of the truth, leaving that ao it's frankly shocking. It's setting you all want to work with you all we ask is that you work with us as well and giving up all of the information and how we get to that decision possible. And so thank you Council woman writes for bringing it forward today. Thank you Council and wrestle for continuing to be our eyes on that here, I'm going to Trump that you will continue to do that and Alan going forward I'm going to try and in minutes duration. And the mayor, whenever he has one on one conversation but that get that all all of the information and does not leave out anything regardless of how insignificant you all May think that thank you. >> Thank you councilmember cavern so Allan I had a meeting with you in Crystal Astra and are to get his name the advisor signage of the year on the 23th of September was this sign. I don't know that I heard exactly the question but I think it was weather the sign was made prior to the meeting with you. Yeah on the 23th of. >> And I'm going to have to go back. Find out when the sign was actually made I don't have that answer as I'm sitting here today. I have got to look at when we what was the time in which we knew that the sign was made. I just don't recall that as I sit here today. >> I don't I don't know who has an open Mike in the meeting but if I can everybody in the meeting in cells when they're not thinking. Thank you. >> Allen who else knew about side. >> I believe got to check with my team on that Council Council chair. I don't I don't know when it was actually fabricated because we didn't have control of that that wasn't that wasn't our decision. We didn't say go ahead and fabricate the sign we never would say that. >> It was fabricated. By the entity that ended up with the naming rights agreement with us. I'm going to have to check in to who else May have known on my team about when that sign was actually fabricated. >> That fabric hated because I'm going to get even more that it was fabricated. Before the meeting that we had act on the 23th. >> I would like people. I would like to have a picture. The mock-up and the City Council. The market was made there's got to be evidence of this market I want to see a picture of a mock-up. Did a nice job of explaining why this is so important and you know I want to take the focus little bit off of City Council and but the focus in on the public because it was a public hearing. This is the public's chance to weigh in on order. Some Marines are whole process that we have in the transparency that we feel and every day when it comes to doing the people's business. Something like this happens. And I'm not happy about it. And I want to I want some answers. So I want to know when the sign was fabricated I want to know who knew this I must have fabricated and I like that information. And I'll leave it right there, we'll go next to council member Blackmon. >> Each I just a quick question I've been listening to everyone's comments owner he said, but. If we did already have assigned constructed. Why was the rocket created and how much to the mock-up costs and why wasn't the original sine he's used it do we know the construction materials were or or what our Constitution we put this mock-up up if it did exist. >> As a member I I don't know that the sequence of events. There was the mark mock-up that was done. I'm sure before the sign was fabricated that would be my my sense. I don't have an exact timeline on this. >> As I sit here, I have no idea exactly when they might have fabricated remember that they fabricated it that that the city. And we made it clear that that was at their risk if they if they did did so and that. Yeah the sign would have to be changed if Council been agreed to. So I I don't know to me that's being very straightforward with with the entity. In hand but I will look at the timing of all of this the Fed them I thought the fabrication of the sign and the timing of the meetings with the counts. >> I don't want to pile on here but. If we warm the Glazer family Foundation. I knew to do it their own expense. That means that we knew at least the sign-in process. No matter what it was the liver. So we had to have known for a significant amount of time to waste in the queue which then brings me to the fact it. It would be foolish of us spent responsible for us to spend the money making a mock up. If we knew there was a sign. In the queue. And I question whether or not there was an actual mock up or was just a sign of there was a mock-up it was financially responsible so it's kind of problematic either way is is kind of what I'm coming out. >> Yeah and council member I mean I hear I you know the the the mock-up was as I understood it was just simply. Some cardboard. It wasn't anything fancy. But I again I did not see the markup I'm not cups I I can't speak to exactly what it was but it was it was I think it was just kind of a cardboard. Element that just showed the dimensions of the sign itself so that people could get a sense. What it might look like on that site. >> a list of people who did see it. >> I don't have I don't have that. I Kristen Lester would would know better on that account. >> Mister Green and Mister Lester available. Mister Chair, I don't know that he is. But if if I May for just one moment. You know express, you know what Mister Delisle as has already expressed, you know this is not that did not play out the way ministration head. I planned or hoped that it would. There clearly has a lot of information that we're still trying to get a handle on. As well and you know I think the most important thing that that Mister Clough pointed out is you know that the entity knew that if they proceeded you know this was on there. Their dime. So to speak. So we're still you know and the unraveling of the events that happened and Allan I taking copious notes of what we need to deliver and we'll certainly follow up with the answer all those questions. >> Thank you for council member Blackman used up. Close this out and will go toward the general item but the other thing that really bothers me by character a school route her and a City Council meeting and. She took the time out of her busy schedule to go out there and meet with staff to talk about that. She was going to report back to City Council. When we're going to bring this back back up. And I just don't like the fact we wait for the council members time. And she had the best. Looking at The issue. Just like she she dealt with the Ackerman he's. I'll leave it at that and Mister That while Mister Green you have anything. We'll move on to open or. We have speakers of which you speak in open form. >> Mister Chair, their Norm and reach for all. They're not even. I can see part of what we hear in her discussion. >> Well close open or and will move to each end of the covid 19 update. And we're holding Management has her. Make the presentation good afternoon. Amber you have to pull up. Good afternoon chair ongoing team Council thank you for having me. Alright presentation can target. Okay we are a weekly update of covid 19 make like it. The state is up today as the yesterday Oct. 14th. So in the state of Florida. 741,632 Cape May. In a 15,595 that among Florida about didn't though, and the top brass bill on track to be the case is by day. We were seeing them. Some trend that we're very clearly going down we're not seeing that much anymore. Not that they're looking like it's going up on on the trap either so we have had a. Reduction in be created that makes them work or not going down anymore on the bottom graph is and that by day. Again it appears that they're decreasing and they are but richer member did the lagging indicator. So we start seeing an increase in cases. You know in the weeks that follow we could be right and that the debts are that are recorded. Her reported excuse me, I'm going to give you an idea from week to week. This data it has been increased that just over 35,000 cases are reported to you. 2 weeks ago, and which of the 4.7% increase. And then when I reported back on Oct. 1st. We were I'm the increase of the little bit higher, so it is a slow down of increase. We're not going down quickly and we were before and the next I will look at local data. The Pinellas County 23,510 cases and this is an increase of 1329 cases or 5.7%. Over my last update to you. That is that more of an increase and we had been thing I left that day came close. We're up about 4.6% we've risen to 4%. I know what we were typically thing. That 788 that that is still 3%. That's great. We haven't really seen a significant change in the race and ethnicity trend. There's been a light increase to an older demographic when we look at Cape load by day overall back in March. The median age of 43. All right next time. This shows are are curves just covid began. So you know there's a timber on the end of August or September we were seeing that downward trend and we're starting to see a lift there so if you look, I'm always the right side of the graph that yellow line of their 2 week average. Okay so you're starting to see it go back up. This is St. Petersburg the 9,411 cases in Saint Pete. Same type of trend we're seeing in the county of the hole. We had that peak. Through July we started coming down all the way through August. A fairly low in September with a couple. The blitz here and there and then now at the beginning of October we're starting to see or that the system right field is the lower numbers there. But we're starting to see some the more consistent higher numbers. Right now we're averaging for 2 week average to go back to week forcing about 32 k through the day. I report on Aug. First it was about 29 people today, those small increase there. This is a death by day. In Pinellas County here locally the 788 total again that's about 3% of all cases. And again you know we're we're still declining on cases the rate of increase lower than it was. 2 weeks ago. Worry and what we're going to be watching very closely at the start of the new case numbers right. Again it's a lagging indicator. So the next couple weeks are going to be watching that very closely to see if it's just numbers start going. Back up the well. I know I was looking at the breakdown of death by age group. Out of those 3%. That's a 788. 88% of those occurred. And people 65 and older in 99% of the deaths were in age, 45 and older. The backyard that Dana. This is just showing the last 4 days. So after 14 yesterday back to Oct. 11th. Just to show you the rise. Back in July when we were seeing those sharp increases. This this chart with very helpful to be you know where are hot but we're and you can definitely be a an increase. And in some of the code. The last you know a few days or largest increases and 3, 3, 7, 0, 9, With their largest increase in the last few days. But does include a lot. A portion of unincorporated Pinellas as well but not just think he puts it back other than that 3, 3, 0, 2, 3, 3, 7, 1, 6, 3, 3, 7, 0, 5, Some more of an increase. We'll give you a better snapshot. The last week in the last 14 days when I was a little harder to see. But they're on the left you'll see the rise in and case and prove that code in the last 7 days and on the right in the last 14 days total. So there are number one right began 3, 3, 7, 0, 9, at 51 new cases. 3, 3, 7, 0, 1, thought 46, new cases, 3, 3, 7 here to sell 47 new cases. Thank you to everyone he rose to 42 new cases. So we're looking into those to see if we can find out why. You know in those because there are some of the larger. Long-term care facilities, but the possible that you know clusters are coming from there. You know possible that it it's from hospital. But just that data still haven't been allocated to the right but yet we have not built the code. And of course it could just be in others more community spread going on in the location. So again we're going to keep an eye on the data. I mean and if we can identify any emerging trend. We're going percent positivity so this is the daily percent positivity this is strictly every day on a ball that happens we built that command percent of them are positive. It's been looking really good the last. The reports that I've done for Council. We've been right at that 3% or lower Mark. Almost all of our days we're under 3. Percent and you'll see that the past 2 weeks, it is a little bit of a different trend. Our daily percentages. Hina the fairly in the grand scheme of things that they are going up. So where we were under 3% a lot of the time now we're above 3% a lot of the time and we've even seen our first 2 days over that 5% threshold which is their goal. So Oct. 12 Oct. 13 for both over that 5%. And today they there when it came out is back down to 4. 4.0 5%. So today was better, but it is you know worry them that we are seeing. No longer a decreasing trend somewhat of an increasing trend. And I have another graphic we'll show you that. Overlays that the policy decision though you know it's not necessarily a surprise that we're seeing. Some of these increases. This is the trend that look but it does capture data little differently though that the previous slide with each day. Percent positivity this takes the 2 week average each day. So you know we see the long term where we've been and that is you know maybe there's an outlier things like that. So again we were you know certain that 3% line for for several weeks an hour. Starting that climb though since Oct. First just the bow. We've been climbing from that 3%. 3.16% yesterday and today population of 3.85%. So we dropped below 5% on Aug. 17th were still there. But from the past week. We the weak data we are starting to climb towards that 5%. So here you see the blue line is percent positivity. Tracks that's by day and then it overlaid with the different. Policy level decision that have happened in the county. They'll there at the end of September the state. 3 reopening. Worry completed 2 weeks says that announcement we've entered into a 3rd week. They say it takes 2 to 3 weeks to start thing that different for the good or bad and we are starting to see that right there. After those those restrictions were looked then. We'll continue monitoring though. Long-term care This doesn't change slightly different than last update. So that thing out of. All of the cases in the county, but a few percent of those have occurred in facilities. And and on the other other side out of all the death in the county's 69% kind of facility now. It it disproportionate there. Since our update. 2 weeks ago. We've had a 135 new ability keep it and. 21 new facility that can touch up a first 10 to put that into it perspective there's been 35 little dust in the county. Over the 14 days in 21 of the banking Committee. I'm going to health care capacity. They can go on to the next one. Covid hospitalization. You know again with the rising case numbers population depriving diagnosed of covid have increased from the county. It's a very fluid number so we can go up and down. You know sometimes just a couple of than a day sometimes that is the change of 10 to 15 from day to day. Yesterday with a 118 today's report was a 113. We're seeing actually we were under that 100 mark an hour. We're starting to see between the 100 hurt 120. So we'll keep an eye on that trend. That availability is remains family table. We're seeing about 29% total availability of bed in the county that bin For a few months now and it jumps between the 2030%. Usually floating around the 25% mark. And just to give you an idea of. All of the hospital bed. 2% are covid occupied which is about a 118 beds. And again that the bullet number. Thank you Ben availability about 20% in the county. Again this is remains fairly stable. For some time we've been between that 1525%. But I knew that. It up though I keep I you bet about 8.2% are related to covid illness. Look at our snapshot of trends that we're looking at each week, I'm on the top or in the left hand side is our emergency department visit. So we will be that influenza-like illness has increased by about 28.6 Chris spent. Not Really were getting into flu season. We do expect this number to start going up as we get into the mid the Blues beat them. On the bottom of their covid like illness and those are actually down by about 11%. Then on the right there at the top of the document in new cases. No cases have increased by about 30% in the last 7 days. In percent positivity has increased as well. Ideally we want to be off for the indicators. Last week we talked about contact tracing it wasn't able to give a good update. I'm just then I talked to. Department of Health in Pinellas County you know you were there at the contact tracing and provide enough an update to us. So their goal and the goal that they're meeting right now is to investigate all new positive cases and 24 hours. That notification and of course the cabbie out there when proper contact information is available. Oppenheim. They'll find that you know there is any good contact information though they really try to to investigate as much as they can but contact is made within that 24 hour time frame. And then once a contract would be came within 24 hours. They try to contact the contact of the keep this within 24 hours of Ben, so I'm going to 48 The lab being repeated by the Department of Health. They have contacted by case and contacts. The current statistics over 18,000 contact but then again a 5 in track. I do acknowledge that March their goal with the contacts as if they're able to identify close contacts their investigation. They Keep up with those contacts. At least twice during the quarantine period. They off though they have that texting program so with that contact opt into the program under attack. I'm a detective done that will I reach out to them daily to see if they have any symptoms and entrapment or their quarantine I'm currently the most common contact identified or student for the contact with students at school. And you know working with the school that them that the. I guess you could be a little bit easier to trade contact. E with the school to the supporting the future supporting in. You know parents supporting that process that and then 15.7% of identify contact who later tested positive. Have been parent living in the household the student paper. Just the best doesn't. It challenges are potential challenges that could pop up and though the us was able to secure local and federal grant to illegal turn. The staffing and that the deal a the surveillance that to deal with the large and let the people. Contact tracing efforts of increase with both opening in the increase movement with that. Businesses and restaurants and things like that reopening more gatherings. The number of contact with me exposures continue to increase specially everybody's starting to try to get back to just the new normal and there's been a decrease decreasing the Cape willingness to share exposure information though you know really contact tracing can only be a You know the information they get from the Cape that into what they're seeing it. Some of these positive keep the thing less forthright with 2 they've had exposure to. So they're doing their best trade check that information that they can to close contact maybe not compliant with quarantine recommendations as well. In many cases continue to increase. The current staffing that the model could become strange though that something that volunteer wages radar that The delay in constantly working on. Just some other updates for you. Testing is up and running at the Tropicana field lot too. It's going very well on that model the little different to cater to the the different that out knock on wood weather's been quite nice out You know shut down for storm, even though it's hot and the sun whether that is underneath the overpass of the actually quite well they cool bit not miserable out there with the breeze that comes through and the numbers are a little bit lower right now than they were. Trending I'm happy I think people are getting used to the new location. But numbers aren't bad we're testing about 300 a day. So you know they're the court you know we definitely have lost capacity to do more. We're still running about a 2 to three-day turnaround time on results. We still get people that come in are you know beyond social media that haven't got their rebuilt and 6, 7, 8, days. And so you know for those folks I want to say you know make sure you call lot court and and let them know that they can rectify the situation. But with the number up here want to make sure everyone having to reach out to you you're welcome to ban them from and I can provide that number. Bill what we're seeing is that it's usually a mistake in the the registration process. But their clerical errors writing it down wrong that they're being the lab reports are being created. So. If anyone has been done this rebuilt after today. They should reach out to the number. And testing hours and days Tue. Through Sat. 8 to 3. A happy with more of the evening hours. But to accommodate the staff. The contract of nurses that the medical staff those hours have been shipped 8 to 3. Another question that came up at a live update with the rapid testing that the governor talked about the by now rapid covid 19 tapped, it's still have a lot of information on that I was in a call yesterday where it got a little bit more. The basically the tip there being distributed by federal and state partners down local long-term care facilities. And even says school the challenges. The county emergency management and county d o h you know wrapping their arms around those shipments in and seeing exactly where they're going want to make sure that you know this kind of ability there but all that to make sure that the folks that receive you can't understand what they're for and what to do with them and how to use them. So they're working on a strategy now to really just now down you know how many we have already how many are coming and to have them and and how we can just provide better accountability on the thing. Next slide to believe that is all that I have been happy to take in question that you have. Thank you. Thank you amber. >> Very a very good detail. >> Thank you chair. I thank you amber. I obviously I mean it goes about that. You know I have concern over. To districts that are the kids that because I'm sorry that are in my district specifically. So looking forward to getting a little bit more information about that I know you don't have it today like for lending was driving those numbers in mind that track. The sooner that you can get that information if you what happened on the better because that is something I know that my residents have been watching. Open just wanted to ask you on a contact First of all thank you for sharing all that information I know that something that you probably bring back so thank you. Early on in all of that and you know forgive me if I don't get so quite right because it's been so many months but there was a couple of texts from here Petersburg that we're working with the chamber kind of help with the contact tracing and doing some of that work that Google and android had talked about really early on with the technology that could be cell phone. I mean that kind of went away like we don't really hear much about that did you have any information about how I mean is that something that's never going to come to fruition. I mean you know, I'm I'm not sure as far as it will come to fruition. So good challenge with that sort of application is it. You have to be on land and it's not just that of the nickel level or County level really have to be on a level because of the movement you know of people. So if anything ever would have to be all in on the same platform and if you don't get the by and and it's just not going to be so successful that with the challenges that they were staying in and when I pushed the question up to the Florida division of emergency management I I didn't get her a lot of support for the product back. But I don't think it was but something that was at the top of their list. And unfortunately that has trickled down the local level. I have seen more of it in the news lately with other country. You know pushing it harder. It being them some good feedback from out of it and I think not a good feedback coming out of that now I know that is a fully of your question. But I think it's just you know just to the novel virat and we're learning more about the virus every day we're we're figuring out of contact tracing piece we've always been contact tracing for viruses. That this really take it to a new level and requirement that every day and unfortunately that one just had it hasn't yet taken off the ground here. >> Some of the things that you mentioned you know people all and their transparency and you know actually following through with recommendations. I mean some of that hit home. Just from some personal situations that have occurred in my own family that week. Just you know wanting to make sure that you know anything that we can do to support people being honest and transparent that they've been in contact with that because really I mean people deserve to know and that's something that is very concerning to me and so I just appreciate you touching on it and if we can continue to try to stay on top of that and you as much as they can to have influence with the Department of Health to make sure that that program and it is perfect as it could possibly be you know what the user data that we have. Thank you. A year. In just 50 back on that count the number is. You know part of the struggle of you it has been just that people being transparent for coming in and some of that is that the trust of it. They don't want to talk to the Department of Health they don't think their information is protected or. You know someone else you know they have it in 2. You know think differently you know there's a lot of a lot of reasons so those are some of pick up the in the process though. Any support you know the deal which has released the phone number that you know comes up on the caller id when they called it the people know it safe. It's not if you get that call the most forthright that you can be the more successful, you know contact tracing will be. >> Thank you, thank you amber, thank councilmember cavern at the very top. Thank you chair, and just want I share with Council and anyone might be watching. In our study that the has evolved to you step up enforcement. In the coming years and worth mentioning it watching number. That we been seen. There is they did concerning confusion about the mask mandate and how that manifests in Saint Pete. And so mayors reaching out to Chris I hocker working within 34 today. That message unlike the business community. Marking the marketing department will also be helping with that it can be stepped up in a measurable way but then we can make sure we're doing everything we can to mitigate in the. Rise in cases. You know I never comment. Hammer thank you for including the rapid test. Information that the question I had last time you were before us. Can you tell us a little bit more is there. Often ball with. You say to Germany to federal and state partners, some local facilities. The local facilities are. I In the call that I was on it was it was definitely a point of frustration. For the county. Just the lack of visibility on those head though they're being pushed down. Directly from the Fed on that level. 2 the facilities. I guess some of that information is getting locked. As far as who exactly is getting them and who has already reached the 7. And I'm I'm I'm going to follow back around. I want to get more information and I don't want to Miss Peak. For the county and keep that information has been found out that it is definitely a point of frustration. How many it has been spent already not to to Pinellas of a wide and where exactly they're going in. And another working on strategy too. Again not only find out to have them into getting them but to make sure the facility had testing strategy. Around that it and understand how to maintain the supply to make sure. You know the integrity of a compromise that the testing kit. So again I unfortunately I don't have more data for you right now the cartoons that they've gotten them and in it the expectation is for all the long-term care facilities to get them that certainly our goal. I just don't know that just yet. It appears to be a big work in progress and we're trying to catch up. It just seems logical that long-term care the counties with the effort. >> Especially when you look at the at that data that you share with us. It was also going to see the chart that you share what that's that. They have some very well. We saw the fares that happened in New York. When it came to long-term care. And the mistakes that were made up there. And I don't want those mistakes being made in our community. So you mentioned also and I know it might be just a little bit off topic. I think you mentioned by going into into flu season. And the city is pushing hard for people to get Bush r. Are you involved with any of that. >> Not with the flu vaccine. If you're healthy. Orton leading that effort. >> Yeah, I want to continue that make up our push. To go get the flu shot. Especially as we get into flu season. So I thank you so much for your presentation. I don't see any other. And we'll move now to the 2nd half of art. Frequent Haitian rent mortgage and utility assistance. Happy to introduce our neighborhood affairs administrator. Thank you Good afternoon again to you chair into City Council members. I appreciate your time was after afternoon an opportunity to speak to you about our response to covid 19 with the funding assistance that we're receiving especially as it relates to rent mortgage utility And also rapid rehousing for the homeless. And Mister Clerk if we could bring up the power point presentation. Before I get into the presentation I do just want to take a moment to thanks Joshua Johnson. Lynn for Linda buyers and Terry solar know and all the members of our housing and community development Department really stepped up and work hard. Accepting this grant funding process and processing it managing it. It's been a lot of additional work for the staff so I'm very grateful to them for the work that they're doing. And Mister Clark, I can't see the power point I don't know if it's. Thank you so much Sir if we could just go to the next slide please. Okay so this pie chart shows essentially amount of funds that we've been awarded mostly by outside entities. We did include some of the social action funding that was recently approved that was related directly to host a version but. Essentially $6.2 million. Of this funding is from outside agencies state and federal agencies and you can see that the lion share of the money that we've received is emergency solutions Grant dollars and community development block grant dollars such a significant amount of that has come in through the state federal government. For the covid response related to assistance programs. You also see there's a note there at the bottom that we are anticipating. Another round of the community development block grant money of approximately 1.5 million. Which we will be doing a notice of available funding and working through that funding sources well. Next slide please Sir. These are the current funded When I say funded programs what I mean is that the money's been accepted to City Council process. The money has been received from the agency December sippy an place in the funding is fully available. You can see from mortgage and utility assistance which currently $840,000. Mortgage assistance is being provided through the housing community development Department to housing staff. Its handling the mortgage assistance. This is the most difficult and complicated of the different assistance programs and when the buyers a specialist in this area. And its handling this for us. On the rental and utility assistance you can see approximately $687,000 folks a bully. Center and Catholic charities on the rental utility side. These to some recipients bowling Catholic charities are handling the rental and utility assistance portion of the programs. You know response to our notice of available funding in the first round of funding that we received we did get responses from a service Association Park and what you're turning point. And you can see that we were able to provide some funding to those agencies for items related to covid 19. Food and hygiene interior air quality. And interestingly in my perspective to West you're turning point to provide services to social distancing with technology. Next slide that report. This is additional funding that's in process and when I say in process essentially this money has been accepted by City Council. It's been allocated. But we have not received the final. Grant award from the fund are yet so it's very close to being out the door everything is in place. But we're just. Not quite there yet. You can see this additional funding an additional 500,000 for both only and Catholic charities for rent and utility assistance, an additional 538,000 for mortgage assistance. Another public service activity helping Castle through this. A difficult time with covid 19 and then we get into some significant funding for homeless services which we all know has been. A serious issue during the covid 19 pandemic so 257,000 to take it to Paul for hotel motel, vouchers. Which are important to help get homeless off the street during this pandemic. And a significant amount of money towards rapid rehousing to Catholic charities directions for living and also Saint Vincent de Paul. Next slide please Mister Clerk. We didn't include specifically some of those social action funding that you recently approved and Theresa Jones and Helen Wright you're working on getting up to the door of these dollars are specifically related to. Homelessness diversion helping people to to stay where they're at and rapid rehousing and so we did included in this live to see you are aware that is certainly not all the social action funding. And all social action funding issues for homeless services but these are particular to prevention next slide. Please Sir. Okay so if you look at the main funding source is the main awards that we have a new look at the totals for the different programs on the mortgage utilities One point $3 million approximately rent utility 2.3 million. And rapid rehousing 1.3 million. So you can see that this is a significant amount of funding that is coming from both state and federal government. That is being put in place. To move forward and to assist people during this covid 19 next slide please. Okay, I wanted to go through some of the guidelines for you on the different funds and how they can be used I thought this might be of interest to council members to provide traditional understanding. Pretty self evident here on the slide you can see that psg you can serve 50% area median income and below. Community development block grant 80% of a mind low ship dollars 120 am I blow and coronavirus relief and we're crf also a 120%. Am I close you can see currently with a different funding sources that we have in place we have a good wide range here. Assistant. All the way to a very low income up 220%. Am I and how the income is calculated is basically looking at the person's cu