Tennessee governor bill lee held a hearing yesterday on how his state is handling coronavirus response. Governor lee good afternoon. Hank you for joining for our wednesday covid19 briefing for the state of tennessee. Talk about in to covid1919, i want to revisit and continue to talk about the disaster that our state continues to face, the tornadoes that happened earlier this month and the subsequent damage that tornadoes. Om those yesterday, i received word that disaster pproved our declaration, which opens up funding, among other things, for the remaining counties that had not previously been approved. Affected are now covered by fema. Hat would be denton county, carol, davidson, putnam, smith, and wilson counties. While other states are somewhat solely focused on covid19, we here in tennessee those e to focus on victims of the tornadoes on their families, on the relief targeted efforts that we have put in places for victims tornadoes. And we will continue to do so. The support and th
Agenda. Do i have a motion to approve . So moved. Do i have a second . Second. Any discussion . Call the question. All in favor . Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Next up on the agenda is approval of the november 6, 2019 minutes. Do i have a motion to approve . So move zb. Do i have a second . Second. Any discussion . Call the question. All in favor . Any opposed. Thank you. Next up, directors report. Thank you. Director sherreen mcspadden. To achieve a longterm funding bill, the house and Senate Appropriators still have to approve funding allocations for federal agencies, and of course that means that the Older Americans act is caught up in that wait. So essentially, National Association of area agencies on ageing which is our federal or National Organization that really lobbies for the Older Americans act is asking for continued advocacy for localities to push the Older Americans act in with the house suggested forward. So we still dont know yet what thats going to look l
Agenda. Do i have a motion to approve . So moved. Do i have a second . Second. Any discussion . Call the question. All in favor . Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Next up on the agenda is approval of the november 6, 2019 minutes. Do i have a motion to approve . So move zb. Do i have a second . Second. Any discussion . Call the question. All in favor . Any opposed. Thank you. Next up, directors report. Thank you. Director sherreen mcspadden. To achieve a longterm funding bill, the house and Senate Appropriators still have to approve funding allocations for federal agencies, and of course that means that the Older Americans act is caught up in that wait. So essentially, National Association of area agencies on ageing which is our federal or National Organization that really lobbies for the Older Americans act is asking for continued advocacy for localities to push the Older Americans act in with the house suggested forward. So we still dont know yet what thats going to look l
Upfront costs for being green are high, so in terms of why that matters in terms of framework, it could be interesting to do that. Another thing is why it matters for people . I think that stormwater regulation does matter for people, especially when its raining and things are flooding. Thats a huge reason, so im wondering if this body could help with translating how some of this work shows up in peoples daytoday lives. And part of that could be with the universitys developing scorecards on why those things matter that can be easily disseminated and digested by the community. And the other thing is just metrics impact. Thinking through one of the things i was thinking is interesting theres already a lot of what you mentioned here, too, in terms of goals and items that Treasure Island is delivering on, but i still dont know what those things are and what they actually mean. We talk about carbon sequester, but what does that mean to people . I guess, like, what is the baseline in like, l
Agenda. Do i have a motion to approve . So moved. Do i have a second . Second. Any discussion . Call the question. All in favor . Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Next up on the agenda is approval of the november 6, 2019 minutes. Do i have a motion to approve . So move zb. Do i have a second . Second. Any discussion . Call the question. All in favor . Any opposed. Thank you. Next up, directors report. Thank you. Director sherreen mcspadden. To achieve a longterm funding bill, the house and Senate Appropriators still have to approve funding allocations for federal agencies, and of course that means that the Older Americans act is caught up in that wait. So essentially, National Association of area agencies on ageing which is our federal or National Organization that really lobbies for the Older Americans act is asking for continued advocacy for localities to push the Older Americans act in with the house suggested forward. So we still dont know yet what thats going to look l