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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date:January 31, 2022 Item No.:7.a Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Consider a Mayoral Proclamation of Local Emergency, City Council Extension of Local Emergency, and Council Resolution for a Face Covering Mandate 1 B ACKGROUND 2 At the January 24, 2022 meeting, members of the City Council directed staff to bring forward a 3 resolution to require the wearing of masks indoors in areas accessible to the public to prevent the 4 spread of COVID. On July 21, 2020, Roseville adopted a resolution requiring that a face covering 5 be worn in indoor publically accessible areas throughout the city, with some exceptions. This 6 requirement was superseded once the State of Minnesota instituted a statewide masking requirement. 7 For the current consideration, staff has based the proposed 2022 resolution on the previous face 8 covering requirement that was implemented by the City in 2020. 9 10 The spread of COVID-19 continues throughout the state and the United Stateseven with mitigation 11 efforts and vaccine availability. The spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant has resulted in a sharp 12 increase in positive cases for both vaccinated and unvaccinated persons. As of January 24, 2022, 13 Ramsey County is experiencing COVID test positivity rate of 21.5%. A positivity rate of 10% is 14 considered high transmission. Additionally, as of January 24, 2022, Ramsey County is experiencing 15 1,459 new COVID cases per week per 100,000 residents. A 100 or more cases per week per 16 100,000 residents is considered high transmission. 17 18 In the past month, several Minnesota cities have adopted a mandatory face covering requirement. A 19 listing of those cities and length of its mandate is listed below. 20 21 Minneapolis–In place until rescinded by the Mayor 22 Golden Valley – In place until rescinded by the City Council 23 Rochester-February 7, 2022 24 Duluth – Expires February 12, 2022 25 Hopkins – Expires February 13, 2022 26 St. Paul – Expires February 15, 2022 27 St. Louis Park – Expires February 22, 2022 28 Minnetonka – Expires March 19, 2022 29 30 In order for the City Council to approve an immediate requirement that face coverings must be worn 31 in indoor publically accessible places, a local emergency must first be declared. (In the alternative, 32 the Council may enact an ordinance to that effect, but such action would be subject to statutory 33 posting requirements and waiting periods.) Mayor Roe has instructed staff to include a draft 34 declaration that he will consider signing after City Council discussion on requiring face coverings in 35 the city. (Attachment A). Once the Mayor declares a local emergency, the City Council must pass a 36 resolution to extend the local emergency beyond 3 days. A draft resolution extending the local Page 1 of 2