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City council meeting of January 18, 2022 (Item No. 8c) Page Attachment B Title: COVID-19 face covering policy options Ordinance No. ____-22 City of St. Louis Park Hennepin County, Minnesota Emergency ordinance establishing face covering requirement The City of St. Louis Park does ordain: Whereas, the St. Louis Park City Council, has found that the following emergency exists: Our local region is experiencing a surge of COVID-19 infections due to the highly contagious Delta and Omicron variants, which are variants of concern according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Whereas, the CDC and Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) along with other public health experts have determined that the virus, and in particular these variants, can be transmitted before an infected individual shows symptoms and that a significant portion of individuals with COVID-19 do not have symptoms and can still transmit the virus; Whereas, the CDC and MDH are urging the general public to wear face coverings when in public to help curb the spread of COVID-19, by preventing the transmission of respiratory droplets that contain the virus; Whereas, the City Council finds that this emergency threatens the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the community, and threatens the continuation and efficient delivery of city services and the delivery of health services at hospitals, clinics, and medical institutions in the city and region. Whereas, the St. Louis Park City Charter §1.02 allows the City to “define, prohibit, abate and suppress all things detrimental to the health, morals, comfort, safety, convenience and welfare of the inhabitants of the City and all nuisances and causes thereof.” Whereas, the St. Louis Park City Charter §3.06 allows the City to enact an emergency ordinance when it is “necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, morals, safety or welfare in which the emergency is defined and declared.” Whereas, the City of St. Louis Park desires to require face coverings when individuals are in places of public accommodation, consistent with federal and state health agency guidance. Now, therefore, be it ordained by the city council of the City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, as follows: Section 1. 1.Individuals are required to wear a face covering while in a space of public accommodation.