Since then, we have taken a series of bold, aggressive actions to successfully flatten the curve and avoid the nightmare scenario projected by Public Health experts. As of today, we have had 34,812 confirmed cases of covid19 in maryland. A total of 6404 have been hospitalized in the state. And tragically, 1694 marylanders have died from this disease. But together, our actions and sacrifices prevented hundreds of thousands of marylanders from being infected and saved the lives of thousands of our friends, neighbors, and family members. This Global Pandemic has caused and is continuing to cause great hardship for so many people, not just here in the state, but all across america and around the globe. For the victims and the families of those who contracted the deadly virus, for the Frontline Health care workers, the doctors, nurses, first responders, for the Small Business owners and employees who were fighting for economic survival, and the hundreds of thousands of marylanders and tens
Start with brinkman. Thank you, very much, chair board and its going to be hard for me not to always call you director rubke and thank you for all the hard work you put into this and were a thoughtful and careful director and you have such empathy and i appreciated serving with you on the board and getting to know you as a friend and now we can talk and travel as long as we want and we wont have to sensor ourselves at all. Thank you so much for your years of service and i will miss you very, very much on the board. Director eakin. Thank you. Christina, director rubke, its been such an honour and privilege to serve with you. You bring an important perspective i hope you will stay in touch with us and weigh in on board items. You are always welcome to call and share your perspectives. Ive learned so much from you and i really join director borden to be sad that this will lose perspective and your insights. Thank you so much for your eight years of service and encourage you again to pleas
Regular budget and finance committee meeting. At this time, i will also be calling the Appropriations Committee. I am joined by supervisor [inaudible] broadcasting this meeting. Motion to for todays budget and appropriation committee. Thank you. Can i have a second please . Roll call vote, please, madame clerk. The motion . Walton aye. Mandelman aye. Yee aye. Fewer aye. There are five. Supervisor fewer thank you. Welcome. Madame clerk, any announcements . Yes, madame chair. Due to the covid19 Health Care Emergency and to protect members of the public, the board of supervisors and chamber room are closed. However, members will be participating as if theyre physically present. All the comments will Public Comment will be available. Streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. By calling 888 2045984. Press pound and pound again. When youre connected, dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the queue to speak. Youll be lined up in the order. While you
Gov. Hogan on march 5, i held a press conference informing marylanders that we had confirmed the first three positive cases of coronavirus in maryland. In order to mobilize all state resources, i immediately declared a state of emergency. Since then, we have taken a series of bold, aggressive actions to successfully flatten the curve and avoid the nightmare scenario projected by Public Health experts. As of today, we have had 34,812 confirmed cases of covid19 in maryland. A total of 6404 have been hospitalized in the state. And tragically, 1694 marylanders have died from this disease. But together, our actions and sacrifices prevented hundreds of thousands of marylanders from being infected and saved the lives of thousands of our friends, neighbors, and family members. This Global Pandemic has caused and is continuing to cause great hardship for so many people, not just here in the state, but all across america and around the globe. For the victims and the families of those who contrac
Specific safety for the day, and then, we go down to the water. Once we go to the beach, i dont want to go home. I cant change my circumstances at home, but i can change the way i approach them. Our program has definitely been a way for our students to find community and build friends. I dont really talk to friends, so i guess when i started doing city surf, i started to, like, get to know people more than i did before, and people that i didnt think id like, like, ended up being my best friends. Its a group sport the way we do it, and with, like, close camaraderie, but everybodys doing it for themselves. Its great, surfing around, finding new people and making new friendships with people throughout surfing. It can be highly developmental for students to have this time where they can learn a lot about themselves while negotiating the waves. I feel significantly, like, calmer. It definitely helps if im, like, feeling really stressed or, like, feeling really anxious about surfing, and i g