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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-57RESOLUTION NO.2O2L-57 A RESOTUTION REPEALING RESOLUTION 2O2O.39 AND ENDING THE tOCAt EMERGENCY DECLARATION EXTENDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 23,2O2O WHEREA$ on March 20,2O2O the Mayor of the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota (the "City) declared that a local emergency was in effect in the City in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, on March 23, 2O2O the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota found that a local emergency continued in the City and made it in effect in the City untilfurther action of the City Council; and WHEREAS, the declaration of a local emergency allows a city to implement local emergency plans and to access certain emergency powers to meet, enter into contracts, and to raise funds without having to follow typical procedures, allowing the City to rapidly respond to the emergency; and WHEREAS, the initial uncertainties associated with the pandemic, the potential need for a local emergency response, and the possibility that a loca! declaration would be required to be eligible for federal or state relief funds made the declaration of a loca! emergency appropriate; and WHEREAS, now that the pandemic emergency has existed for more than a year, the City has learned how to continue its work without having to rely on emergency plans or the exercise of emergency powers; and WHEREAS, while the pandemic remains a public health risk, the increased availability of vaccines has caused the number and severity of cases to continue to drop; and WHEREAS, on May 28, 202L, State of Minnesota COVID-19 restrictions on businesses and social gatherings ended; and WHEREAS, on July L, 202L, Governor Tim Walz ended his peacetime emergency declaration to address the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota. NOW, THEREFORE, BE lT RESOTVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL that it is no longer necessary to continue the local emergency declaration, as the City can and will continue to respond to the pandemic without having to rely on local emergency plans or emergency powers. NOW, THEREFORE, BE lT FURTHER RESOwED BY THE CIW COUNCTL that Resolution 2O2O-39 is hereby repealed. WHEREAS, it has also become clear that eligibility for federal and state emergency assistance has not and will not depend on the existence of a local emergency; and City of Columbia Heights - Council Resolution 2O2L-57 Page 2 ORDER OF COUNC!L Passed this 12th day of )uly,2027 Offered by: Seconded by: Roll Call: Buesgens Murzyn, Jr. AllAyes I Mii rquez Simu la, Attest N icole Tingley, Cry tlerkflou ncil Secretary