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helpful to refer to: Emergency phase, early recovery phase, resilience phase. If the next <br />phase of the state’s response is aligned with early recovery type actions it would be good to <br />follow that context. <br /> <br />Slade then said that the counterpoint to being very specific, is that we might be in this for a <br />long time and recovery depends on federal leadership. This letter might be better received <br />by the next government. <br /> <br />Rubinoff then asked if this letter is political, how do we distribute it? <br /> <br />Marcoplos said that if there is value in having governments across the state sign on to the <br />letter, we do not have much time. It’s still worth the time to do this even if we can only get <br />a few additional supporters identified. <br /> <br />Kauffman said that in the progressive caucus, they included 3 principles of FDR’s plan Relief, <br />Recovery, Reform. <br /> <br />Monast responded to Marcoplos’s point about the number of meetings, do we want to <br />move forward with this letter as is, or take the time to develop a more complete letter. <br />Monast indicated his opinion that it’s more valuable to send the letter as-is to help the <br />governor frame the issue even if the letter is general. <br /> <br />Janway agreed and stated a question for staff. Does this letter represent the Towns? Staff <br />representative might not have the capacity to sign on as they are not elected officials. <br /> <br />Marcoplos said that he thought the letter needs to come from the elected bodies. <br /> <br />Trueblood said that the Council would ask the governments to sign. We don’t know what <br />the next phases will be but the Governor would be one good audience and then the federal <br />legislators would be good as well. <br /> <br />Marcoplos called for a decision. <br /> <br />Rubinoff agreed that we should not send this out ourselves without involving the other <br />elected bodies in the County. <br /> <br />Marcoplos confirmed. <br /> <br />McCullough said that she was excited about sending the letter, and might have comments <br />but agreed with getting the letter out. She pointed out that the Council is more than just <br />the local governments. We are non-profits and the community as well. If we send all <br />communications through the governments, we might lose that synergy of representation <br />that we have. <br /> <br />Slade then reinforced the importance of the WHO letter in aligning the interests of COVID <br />response and climate change. <br /> <br />Clayton then weighed in to say she agreed and thanked everyone for the work. She <br />reinforced that if we want to send a letter we should go ahead and not wait any longer. <br /> <br />Marcoplos then asked for a quick show of hands to see who might want to move the letter <br />forward. He saw a majority of hands and then asked if Monast would feel comfortable