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meet the communities ever changing needs. Councilmember Jacobsen asked if cable programming in the schools had been considered. Ms. Healy stated she needed to do a better job to partner with the schools. She noted CTV had recently partnered with two high schools to complete virtual graduations and explained additional programming was being considered for 2020. Councilmember Jacobsen thanked CTV for unifying the community through their programming. Councilmember Fynewever inquired how CTV could work to engage a wider demographic in the community. Ms. Healy stated this would depend on the platform or the type of audience that was trying to be reached. Mayor Johnson questioned if the 1,731 CTV site visits included those New Brighton residents who viewed City Council meetings. Ms. Healy estimated about 1,700 viewed City meetings in 2019 and noted this number would be higher in 2020. Mayor Johnson asked if this number included City Commission meetings. Ms. Healy stated this included all City meetings. Mayor Johnson commented she wanted to see viewership for City meetings increased. Ms. Healy commented some cities were taking a clip or a still frame of the meeting and pushing it o ut on social media with a quote. She indicated this would provide viewers a tease and would push viewers into possibly viewing the meeting. Councilmember Dunsworth thanked Ms. Healy for her presentation. She noted she served on the Cable Commission. She explained she was incredibly impressed with how Ms. Healy has transformed, reinvented and diversified this organization. She anticipated New Brighton underutilized CTV and should consider how to make better use of CTV in the community. She thanked CTV for providing Spanish translations for the governor’s messages to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Healy thanked Councilmember Dunsworth for her kind words and noted the translations would soon be available in Hmong and Somali. Mayor Johnson asked how people sign up for the e-newsletter from CTV. Ms. Healy reported residents could sign up for this on CTV’s website. She indicated the e-newsletters were sent out every Friday. Mayor Johnson inquired if CTV had found a new space. Ms. Healy indicated she has been working with her current landlord to downsize the current space. Mayor Johnson thanked Ms. Healy for her service to the community and for her thorough presentation to the City Council. Mayor Johnson stated she has received requests from the public to have the City of New Brighton mandate masks. She questioned how the Council felt about this mandate. Councilmember Allen commented he wished everyone would wear a mask at this time and explained the Council may have to revisit this issue if the numbers begin to rise in the region. Mayor Johnson agreed explaining there have been some special event requests made to the Public Safety Department and noted masks may be required. She indicated at this time masks would be encouraged by the City of New Brighton but would not be mandated.