Positive Covid 19 Case at Morrisville Aquatics and Fitness Center.  (See Last Section in this newsletter)

The facility is open now.

Wishing everyone a Safe Halloween.  

No Trick or Treating does not mean we cannot have safe, Halloween fun!

Election 6 days away. 

This will be broadcast live on Radio Mirchi (99.9FMHD4, 101.9 FM and 1490 AM) and also streamed live on https://www.facebook.com/steve.s.rao.  

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7nWBkeNUTNq9spv9exyHKg

On Monday, Amy Coney Barrett Sworn into the United States Supreme Court. Republicans push through a rushed nomination a week before election.   

This recent appointment will have a profound impact on the elections, health care, abortion, and voting rights now and well into the future.   

This appointment will also have an impact on all of these issues, in North Carolina.  

Affordable Care Act Case will be heard Nov 10th.   

We will be able to discuss this newest addition to the Supreme Court in our Fireside Chat this evening with Attorney General Josh Stein.

I was honored to interview former Democratic Presidential Candidate, Andrew Yang on Radio Mirchi and he visited us on Facebook for a few minutes.   

Enjoy his remarks here:

Thanks to everyone who came out our Facebook Live Chat with Joe John on the new Conservative Court and its impact on the elections, North Carolina and the role of judges and courts.

View the Conversation here:

Thanks for coming out to the Fireside Chat with NC Treasurer Dale Folwell.

View the Fireside Chat here:

https://www.facebook.com/steve.s.rao/videos/10157346918166360 

Thanks for coming out to the VIRTUAL FIRESIDE CHAT ON BULLYING WITH MAYOR DICK SEARS

View the Fireside Chat here:

The Nepalese and Asian American community have enjoyed soaring to the greatest of heights on our Remarkable American Journey.  

Please join Morrisville Council Member Steve Rao, Nepalese community leaders, other North Carolina officials with Special Guest Rep. Harry Bhandari, Maryland House of Delegates for an Oct 30 GOTV rally for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and all Democrats in North Carolina so we can take the state Blue! We will be organizing our precincts, and doing phone banking training as well with the Biden AAPI team!

We will always be First in Flight as a Community, as a State and Nation! Streamed Live on https://www.facebook.com/steve.s.rao and broadcast live on Radio Mirchi (99.9FMHD4, 101.9 FM and 1490 AM)

Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zUQVbo5qSQeGlX6E4AsYFw

You can view waiting time for all Early Voting sites at the Wake County Board of Elections Twitter site. 

Please request your Absentee Ballot at https://www.ncsbe.gov/.   Absentee Ballots must be requested by Oct 27th and received by Board of Election by Nov 5 to be counted.  (6800 Absentee Ballots from Black Voters are Incomplete)   

The Supreme Court will allow absentee ballots in North Carolina to be received and counted up to nine days after Election Day.

The justices, by a 5-3 vote Wednesday, refused to disturb a decision by the State Board of Elections to lengthen the period from three to nine days because of the coronavirus pandemic, pushing back the deadline to Nov. 12. The board’s decision was part of a legal settlement with a union-affiliated group.

Republicans had asked the high court to step in.

Under the Supreme Court’s order, mailed ballots postmarked on or before Election Day must be received by 5 p.m. on Nov. 12 in order to be counted

+ For More Information, please visit https://www.wcpss.net/Page/46163.  

At the last Wake County Board of Education meeting Chris Heagarty announced the generous donation of 42,000 K95 masks to the Wake County Public School system by UNC Health. These non-medical grade masks provide better protection than many standard face coverings and are highly rated for improved fit, something many teachers and staff have asked for.

 

When COVID began and UNC Health put out a call to the community for help – the community responded generously with donations and support. With more teachers and students headed back to the classroom, UNC Health is able to donate some of their non-medical grade mask inventory to local school systems.

 

UNC Health believes the health and safety of all across our community is of utmost importance. With COVID and flu season upon us, we encourage everyone to continue to follow the 3W’s: Wear your mask, Wait six feet apart and Wash your hands!

It takes many partnerships to cultivate a healthy community, and we are grateful to UNC Health for their community leadership.  

A special thanks to my good friends, Gary Park, COO, UNC Health, Steve Burris, President, UNC Triangle Region, and the entire management team at UNC Health for this wonderful gesture to our School System.  

Governor Cooper signed a new executive order expanding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's federal eviction moratorium.

Under the executive order, all North Carolinians--not just those in federally subsidized housing--will be protected from eviction proceedings until the order expires.

About 300,000 to 400,000 North Carolina households are currently unable to pay rent and 240,000 eviction filings would be expected to be submitted by January 2021.

North Carolinians can also seek help from the NC HOPE program, which can provide owed rent and utilities for up to six months. Cooper said more than 23,000 North Carolinians have applied for the program in two weeks.

You can apply for NC HOPE by calling 211 or visiting nc211.org/hope

On Monday afternoon, the Morrisville Aquatics & Fitness Center's staff was made aware that a patron of our facility had tested positive for COVID-19. This individual attended a group fitness class in the aerobic room on Thursday, October 22, at 6 p.m., and on Saturday, October 24, at 11 a.m. 

This person's visits to the facility were limited to the aerobic room, and during each visit, they followed MAFC's health and safety protocols as required. 

Once MAFC staff and the Town were notified of this, efforts were made to contact the Wake County Health Department, then proceeded to complete additional health and safety measures as directed by them. We also provided them with all necessary information for contact tracing. Next, our risk management team reached out to all patrons of the yoga classes in question to personally inform them of the matter.

Out of an abundance of caution, the Town made the decision to close the facility for the remainder of the day on Monday. 

Though MAFC staff had been closing our facility twice daily for sanitization, they took the rest of the day to perform another robust sanitization to ensure the wellbeing of our patrons upon our reopening, which occurred on Tuesday, October 27, at 6 a.m.

We are open at MAFC now. Come out and enjoy our new facility!