Business on the sidewalk over there. But the mayor strongly feels the city should have authority over public orders because the berkeley has its own Public Health department and the case count is far lower. Then the rest of the county. I respectfully disagree. But the states decision i think its going to really burden or Small Businesses and neighbors alternate places their jobs. I think its going backwards. Berkeley mayor Jesse Arreguin speaking out at a virtual town Hall Saturday against the states guidance banning Outdoor Dining in Alameda County or fiction writers under like some of our other neighboring jurisdictions and so i think you know we should have the ability to be able to make our own decisions about. Orders city manager Dee Williams Ridley says berkeley will be reaching out to state officials to try to obtain its own variance to allow Outdoor Dining but in the meantime we are going to have to comply with that order we are hoping that this will be a very short temporary h
Organizations. Healthcare workers from our state travel across our state and also across our country to be deployed to 100 person Response Teams to new york City Hospitals to help handle the search of patients there. The physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and other professionals they were there for weeks often 24ho hour days. Partnership the university of utah health is ramped up the state lab services, medication trials have Testing Capacity including the hero project which is tested more than 10000 utah to assess the spread throughout the state. The u. S. Wellness bus brought mobile testing to underserved areas across our state. Groups around campuses are using 3d printers to produce hundreds of face shields. Community. Ve the businesses of silicon slopes have helped to expand state testing efforts through the test utah challenge, tens of thousands have been tested through thise program. The Utah Manufacturers Association and its membership and businesses have spearheaded the
Stimulus checks in their hands. Lets help them get back to work as fast and safely as they are able to do so. Thank you mr. President and i ie would yield back the floor. Actions are inspiring and help save lives. I rise today to recognize some of these efforts and i would prefer to name individuals and their particular circumstancesce but because of the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands who participated, im going to talk about groups and organizations that have traveled across the state and across the country in 100 person Response Teams to new york City Hospitals to help the surge of patients there. The university has ramped up the lab services, medication trials and testing capacities including the hero project which has testedth more than 10,000 to assess the disease spread throughout the state. The universitys wellness book local testing to underserved areas across the state. Groups around the campuses are using three d. Printers to produce hundreds of face shields per da
Thank thank you, and i yield the floor. Over the last few weeks and months, iowans from every corner and county of our state have faced unforeseen challenges and hardship as a result of the covid19 pandemic. But in trying times like these, the American People have always banded together and have risen to the occasion, in this pandemic is no different. This has been especially true in iowa where ive seen and heard so many heartwarming stories of iowans stepping up to help other iowans. Take an and in macon, for exam, two teachers in the knoxville Kennedy School district. These two iowans noticed that some of the residence of the west Specialty Care center might need some additional entertainment due to social distancing. So they started an amazon wish list, and what help of their community were able to provide games and other fun items for the residence to use during the day. And then there are the hardworking folks at the Iowa Motor Truck Association who are helping provide meals to ou
Still outlined here in purple but what we dont have any more as that evacuation plan for evacuation extended the coast anymore this section and blue now has been downgraded to evacuation warning, which means residents here need to be ready to evacuate should the need arise as for the mandatory evacuation area you can see its more and more being swallowed up by the new fires that have been burning here in the last 24 to 36 hours. A good bit of it burning to the south where we see it really encroaching on some of want to one corridor communities like healdsburg like winds are 5 windsors been suffering a pretty pitched battle with firefighters are trying to ep the flames at bay but were also seeing now beginning to burn into neighbori napa county particularly in the area of calistoga i want to show you their map now you can see this area in bloom indicates what theyre caught classifying as an evacuation. Advisory right now which means its not mandatory and now warning just yet but people