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DATE: March 23, 2020 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Dave Perrault, City Administrator SUBJECT: Approve Resolution 2020-017 Extending the Period for the Local Emergency for Arden Hills Budgeted Amount: Estimated Amount: Funding Source: N/A N/A N/A Council Should Consider Council should consider approving Resolution 2020-017 extending the declaration of the emergency made by Mayor Grant until the emergency has ended or further action is taken by the City Council. Background In response to COVID-19, Mayor Grant declared a local emergency for the City of Arden Hills on March 23, 2020 prior to the regularly scheduled City Council meeting. This declaration is valid for 72 hours or until it is extended by the City Council. The attached resolution would extend the declaration until the emergency has ended or the Council takes further action. Prior to the Mayor’s declaration the below events lead to the local declaration for Arden Hills : • On January 31, 2020, the Secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency in response to COVID-19; • On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized the global outbreak COVID-19 as a pandemic; • On Marc h 13, 2020, President Donald J. Trump proclaimed the outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States a national emergency; and • On March 20, 2020, Governor Timothy J. Walz issued Executive Order 20-01 under Minn. Stat. Ch. 12 declaring the outbreak of COVID-19 in Minnesota a peacetime emergency. On March 16, 2020, the Minnesota Executive Council extended Executive Order 20-01 for 30 days. • These are not inclusive of other local declarations made in the last few days. CONSENT ITEM – 7I MEMORANDUM