File #: 20-900    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Request Status: Passed
File created: 10/22/2020 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 11/10/2020 Final action: 11/10/2020
Title: RATIFICATION OF EMERGENCY REGULATIONS RELATED TO COVID-19 ACTIVATED UNDER CHAPTER 95 OF THE DELRAY BEACH CODE OF ORDINANCES
Sponsors: City Attorney Department
Attachments: 1. Agenda Cover Report, 2. 31ST Extension Emergency Declaration - COVID -19, 3. 32nd Extension Emergency Declaration - COVID -19, 4. 33rd Extension Emergency Declaration - COVID 19, 5. Res. No. 192-20 COVID

TO:                                          Mayor and Commissioners

FROM:                     Lynn Gelin, City Attorney

DATE:                     November 10, 2020

 

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RATIFICATION OF EMERGENCY REGULATIONS RELATED TO COVID-19 ACTIVATED UNDER CHAPTER 95 OF THE DELRAY BEACH CODE OF ORDINANCES

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Recommended Action:

Recommendation

Motion to Ratify the 31st,  32nd, and 33rd Extensions of the State of Emergency for COVID -19 and Resolution Number 192-20.

 

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Background:

Chapter 95 of the Code of Ordinances provides the necessary organization, powers, and authority to enable the use of City resources during a state of emergency.  On March 13, 2020, the City Commission of the City of Delray Beach declared a state of emergency due to the spread of the Novel Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19).  Thereafter, due to the continued spread of COVID-19 and its impacts on the City of Delray Beach, Interim City Manager Jennifer Alvarez executed the following emergency regulations in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Delray Beach and the public at large:

 

                     •                     31st Extension of the Declaration of Emergency dated 10/15/20 extending the local state of emergency for 7 days;

                     •                     32nd Extension of the Declaration of Emergency dated 10/22/20 extending the local state of emergency for 7 days;

                     •                     33rd Extension of the Declaration of Emergency dated 10/29/20 extending the local state of emergency for 7 days;

                     •                     Resolution Number 192-20;  Extending directives on wearing of facial coverings consistent with Palm Beach County  COVID-19 Order Number 2020-029;

 

Pursuant to section 95.05(B) of the Delray Beach Code of Ordinances, the City Commission shall confirm any declaration of state of emergency and all emergency regulations activated or rescinded under the provisions of Chapter 95.

 

City Attorney Review:

Approved as to form and legal sufficiency.