20 - Extending the Mayor's Declaration of Local Disaster

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Item No. 20 TO: City Council Grayson Path, City Manager FROM: Stephanie H. Harris, City Attorney SUBJECT: Ordinance to extend COVID-19 disaster declaration to July 24, 2020 DATE: June 16, 2020 BACKGROUND: On March 19th, Mayor Clifford issued a disaster declaration and order related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Council amended and extended the declaration and order on March 26th. On April 13th, by Ordinance No. 2020-014, Council extended the declaration and prior orders until May 26th, and then on May 11th, Council extended the declaration of disaster only through June 25th STATUS OF ISSUE: The extended declaration of disaster is set to expire on June 25, 2020. It is imperative that the city extend the declaration of disaster throughout the duration of this pandemic because it has implications for the receipt of state and federal disaster -related funding and reimbursements should the city find itself in need of such funding. BUDGET: No direct impact. Extending the disaster declaration may enable us to disaster funding the city might not otherwise be entitled to. RECOMMENDATION: Move to approve an ordinance extending the declaration of disaster for COVID-19 related public health emergency until July 24, 2020.