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Council to hold special called meeting today
Monday, June 29, 2020 by Elizabeth Pagano
Though technically on summer break, City Council will convene today at 1 p.m. to discuss an agenda of Covid-19-related items. Though the agenda is brief, Mayor Steve Adler went into some detail about the meeting on the City Council Message Board. In a Sunday post, he wrote that Council will take up:
o General updates from Dr. Escott and APH
o Modeling update from Dr. Meyers
o Strategy and actions to address disproportionate cases in LatinX, African American, nursing homes and other susceptible populations
o Testing and testing strategy
o Contact tracing plans and strategy
o Data availability and Dashboard
o Any anticipated needs for additional resources to increase capacity for our public health response
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