20-3156 Declaration of Public Health Emergency - COVID-19

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RESOLUTION 20-3156 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY RECOGNIZING THE DECLARATION OF A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ISSUED BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, EFFECTIVE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA INCLUDING SEMINOLE COUNTY AND THE MUNICIPALITIES SITUATED THEREIN; DECLARING A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY; AUTHORIZING THE EXERCISE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF CASSELBERRY, MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND CITY EMPLOYEES; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the World Health Organization (WHO) identified the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) to be a severe acute respiratory illness that can spread among humans through respiratory transmission, and declared COVID-19 to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and a pandemic; and WHEREAS, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) deemed it necessary to prohibit or restrict non-essential international travel to or from certain countries, and has further recommended that community preparedness and prevention measures be implemented throughout the United States including limiting mass gatherings for a period of 8 weeks; and WHEREAS, on March 1, 2020, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-51 ("Establishes COVID-19 Response Protocol and Directs Public Health Emergency") authorizing and directing the State Health Officer and Surgeon General to declare a public health emergency in the state of Florida as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, on March 7, 2020, the Governor further authorized and directed the State Director of the Division of Emergency Management to activate the State Emergency Operations Center to Level 2 to provide coordination and response to the COVID-19 emergency; and WHEREAS, on March 9, 2020, Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-52 ("Emergency Management — COVID-19 Public Health Emergency"), declaring a state of emergency throughout the state of Florida for a period of sixty (60) days [said expiration date being May 8, 2020] unless extended, designating for the duration of the emergency the Director of Emergency Management to be the State Coordinating Officer, designating the State Health Officer and Surgeon General to be the Deputy State Coordinating Officer and State Incident 1