Consider Sending a Letter to Alameda County Requesting Assistance in Protecting Essential Workers, Especially Grocery Store and Retail Drug Store Employees during the COVID-19 Pandemic. (Councilmember Vella)
Okay. So then we come to a counselor referral nine if we can do it in 3 minutes. Considered dynamite. Best Consulting is sending a letter to Alameda County requesting assistance and protecting essential workers, especially grocery store and retail drugstore employees during the COVID 19 pandemic. Okay. That's serious. Councilmember Vela. Yes. So Council. City Council in Emeryville has already sent a letter. No masks are required for under the public. Face coverings are required. My hope is that we can actually have it so that the big box retailers will start providing it. They have an ease. It's easier for them to obtain some of their simple PPE, whereas the workers are busy working. And so I just hope that we can support this recommendation to the county. I know some of the Board of Supervisors will be supporting it as well. Okay. I mean, there are safeguards in place, but I think more can be done. And and I think this is a well-stated letter. I think the city manager might have if we'd given him a minute, here to talk about the testing facility we're working on bringing to the city soon. And it would provide the opportunity for essential workers, which are which include our grocery clerks and and the people at the restaurants who are doing the, you know, the takeout and delivery and meeting the public. So we're going to do our part now, limited, too. Okay. So, Councilmember Vallabh, would you like to add any any clarifying questions, discussion from the council? Councilmember Vela, would you like to make a motion? I just move that we authorize the city manager to send a letter on city letterhead with whoever whatever councilmembers want to sign on to supportive of this. Okay. Do you have a second? We've just changed the language. It's been moved by Councilmember Vela, seconded by Councilmember Ody. Do we have any discussion? Since then, we have had any public comment. No public comment on this item. Okay, maybe we have a roll call vote, please. Councilor, decide. Yeah, right. Next light. Hi. Odie. Hi, Vella. I may or as the Ashcroft. I think. Carries by five eyes. Great. Okay. I'm going to leave one minute at the end because we're going to adjourn in someone's memory tonight. But we're now on to item ten. We could do council communications really quickly. Who wants to start? That's it? No. For you, counselor. Everybody. Anybody? Councilmember de SAC. Okay. Hearing then. So council we. I'm asking that we adjourn our meeting tonight in memory of a very recent member member of our Commission on Persons with Disabilities. His name was Anto.