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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: June 22, 2020 Item No.: 7.c Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Discuss a Mandatory Face Covering Order for the City of Roseville 1 B ACKGROUND 2 On March 13, 2020, Governor Walz declared a statewide peacetime emergency due to the COVID- 3 19 pandemic. On March 16, 2020, Mayor Roe declared a local emergency due to the COVID-19 4 pandemic and the City Council extended the local emergency until May 15, 2020. On May 11, the 5 City Council extended the local emergency until such time Governor Walz rescinds the state 6 emergency and the City Council passes a resolution to rescind the local emergency.The governor 7 has extended that order four times, most recently on July12, 2020 to August 12, 2020. 8 9 The spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 continues throughout the state and the United 10 States. The United States leads the world in number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. As of the writing 11 of this report, Minnesota has had 43,170 confirmed positive cases and 1,510 deaths. Ramsey County 12 has experienced 5,395 confirmed cases and 238 deaths. In Roseville, there has been 328 confirmed 13 cases and 25 deaths due to COVID-19. In parts of the United States, the number of coronavirus 14 infections is surging, creating threats to the response capacity of hospitals and healthcare workers. 15 16 Recently, members of the public and City Council have expressed interest in discussing whether to 17 adopt a face covering requirement. This report provides information about the science regarding the 18 effect of face masks on disease transmission and what other cities are doingto assist the City 19 Council in its discussion. 20 21 Effects of face coverings in preventing COVID-19 transmission 22 Growing scientific evidence suggests that the coronavirus spreads through aerosolized particles that 23 are released into the air when an infected person breathes, laughs, sneezes or coughs. A significant 24 number of persons infected with COVID-19 may present as asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic, giving 25 no outward appearance of being ill. Those persons may unintentionally spread the virus without 26 knowing it. 27 28 Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Minnesota Department of Health have 29 issued guidelines that recommend the wearing of face coverings in public. (Attachment A)In 30 repeated executive orders, Governor Waltz has strongly encouraged Minnesotans “to wear a 31 manufactured or homemade cloth face covering when they leave their homes and travel to any 32 public setting where social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.” Face masks and coverings 33 may reduce the risk of transmission from an infected person to others, particularly when combined 34 with physical distancing, hand washing, and other prevention measures. 35 Page 1 of 3