File #: 21-006    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Request Status: Passed
File created: 12/17/2020 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 1/5/2021 Final action: 1/5/2021
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. 39th Extension Emergency Declaration - COVID 19, 3. 40th Extension Emergency Declaration - COVID 19, 4. 41st Extension Emergency Declaration - COVID 19, 5. Res No. 209-20 - Curfew, 6. Res. No. 210-20

TO:                                          Mayor and Commissioners

FROM:                     Lynn Gelin, City Attorney

DATE:                     January 5, 2021

 

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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 39th, 40th and 41st  Extensions of the State of Emergency for COVID -19, Resolution No. 209-20 and Resolution 210-20.

 

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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:

                     

•                     39th Extension of the Declaration of Emergency dated 12/09/20 extending the local state of emergency for 7 days;

•                     40th Extension of the Declaration of Emergency dated 12/16/20 extending the local state of emergency for 7 days;

•                     41st Extension of the Declaration of Emergency dated 12/23/20 extending the local state of emergency for 7 days;

•                     Resolution No. 209-20: Authorizing a curfew.

•                     Resolution No. 210-20: Extending Directive on Face Coverings.

 

 

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.