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Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of McKinney, Texas, Amending and Restating Ordinance No. 2020-03-025 Declaring a Local State of Disaster Due to a Public Health Emergency in Response to the COVID-19 Virus Outbreak, Pursuant to the Texas Disaster Act of 1975, Chapter 418, Texas Government Code and Chapter 122 of the Texas Health and Safety Code; Providing a Penalty; Providing for the Publication of the Caption of this Ordinance; and Providing for an Effective Date
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic & Economic Growth
MEETING DATE: April 21, 2020
DEPARTMENT: City Council
CONTACT: Mayor George Fuller
ITEM SUMMARY:
• Pursuant to Chapter 418 of the Texas Government Code, the Mayor may declare a local state of disaster for a period not to exceed seven (7) days from the effective date of the declaration; however, for a mayoral disaster declaration to continue beyond the initial seven (7) days, it must be continued or renewed by the governing body.
• Under the ordinance, the City Council adopts and incorporates the Third Revised Mayoral Disaster Declaration issued on March 25, 2020 and extends it accordingly.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• The COVID-19 virus has spread throughout the world and has now been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization.
• In response to the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the President of the United States declared a national health emergency beginning on March 1, 2020, Governor Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster for all counties in Texas on March 13, 2020, Collin County Judge Chris Hill declared a state of disaster for Collin County on March 16, 2020, and Mayor George Fuller declared a local state of disaster for the City of McKinney commencing on March 17, 2020, which was later revised, culminating in the Third Revised Mayoral Disaster Declaration issued on March 25, 2020.
• To help stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, health experts have recommended that local officials enact shelter in place regulations for persons and further enact regulations governing the operation of businesses to those which are essential.
• On March 27, 2020, the City Council adopted McKinney Ordinance No. 2020-03-024, ratifying and continuing the Third Revised Mayoral Declaration through April 3, 2020 at 11:59 p.m.
• On April 3, 2020, the City Council adopted McKinney Ordinance No. 2020-04-025, ratifying and continuing the Third Revised Mayoral Declaration through April 30, 2020 at 11:59 p.m.
• On April 17th, 2020, Texas Governor Greg Abbott released Executive Order GA 17, Relating to the establishment of the Governor’s Strike Force to Open Texas.
• The Ordinance is similar to several orders, ordinances and declarations which exist in the Metroplex, including regulations enacted in Dallas, Tarrant and Denton counties.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY: N/A
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: N/A