The Miramar City Commission held a workshop on April 2, 2024, primarily focused on a presentation detailing a foreign direct investment (FDI) strategy for the city. The meeting also included updates on community health events, recognition of an Olympic athlete, COVID-19 vaccine information, and a personal testimonial from a hit-and-run survivor.
The workshop adjourned at approximately 6:55 p.m., with a regular commission meeting scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
Industry uh visit. So, for example, if you don't want to get out, Jesse Tries on Friday, October 21st, is offering it through teledentistry, or you can go in person and get a cleaning or an oral health screening. They will have a great setup for you for that. They are also doing mental health screenings. These are free, right? Absolutely free. They also, they're the only facility that's also doing HIV screenings and STAI screenings, prep screenings. So that their location is the only one doing that. Um, they are also doing flu shots, they are the only one and COVID vaccines and boosters. They also have the monkeypox vaccine. They're the only of the four sites doing the monkeypox vaccine if you're interested in that. And they're doing all of the you know, blood pressure, diabetes, uh, cholesterol checks, they're doing all of those screenings as well. Um, and if you fall between the ages of 50 to 64, if you're a woman between the ages of 50 to 64, and you want to male. This is specific. If you're between 50 and 64, a woman and uninsured. So this is a very specific category. You can get a referral for a mammogram, right? Um, so that's important. Yeah, so that's good. You can get a referral for it. That's specific 50 to 64 women uninsured. But now all the other things are for anybody, okay? For anybody who wants to do this. Then we have two more screening days that are Saturdays. Saturday, October 22nd, the last two Saturdays of the month, Saturday, October 29th. The 22nd is at UMC, Universal Medical Clinic. Now they're doing kind of your basic screenings, blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol check. Um, and they have free food. So let me put that out there. They're at the clinic that's saying we have free food that day, and they're doing it on Saturday, the 22nd from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. And then the last Saturday of the month, the 29th, is UHI Community Care Clinic from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. They're also doing the basic screenings, diabetes, blood pressure, adult screenings. They also though have flu shots, so it's a good chance if you hadn't got your flu shot. And if you get your flu shot, and you're the first 30 people to get a flu shot there, you get a 25 Amazon gift card. Wow, that's October 29th. So you guys have covered all the bases, Dr. Grace. This is amazing. October 18th, 21st, 22nd, and 29th. Uh, we're gonna give the website where people can find all this information because truly all of it is free. That's the best part about it. Um if you cannot afford it, then this would be a great time to come in. And dental is amazing. I love the fact that mental health is included as well. Um, it's not just your blood pressure and your um diabetes, it is you you guys are doing the whole program. Hello, my name is Roy Verden. I'm the director for the utilities department. In 2017, conversion began from automatic meter read, which required field drive-by data collection and has the ability to be upgraded to newer technology known as advanced metering infrastructure or AMI.