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Affirming the Extension of Declaration of Local Emergency issued February 8, 2022 by Mayor Melvin Carter III.
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WHEREAS, Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019, commonly known as COVID-19, a respiratory disease-that can result in serious illness or death, is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is a new strain of coronavirus that had not been previously identified in humans and can easily spread from person to person; and
WHEREAS, on March 15, 2020, Mayor Carter declared, under the authority given in Minnesota Statutes § 12.29, that a local emergency exists within Saint Paul, effective March 15, 2020, with all the powers and responsibilities attending thereto as provided by Chapter 12, Minnesota Statutes, and Saint Paul Legislative Code, Chapter 13; and
WHEREAS, on March 17, 2020, the Saint Paul City Council, in RES 20-550 approved that declaration and extended the emergency for ninety days, until June 15, 2020 and the Emergency has been extended and is still in effect; and
WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to present unprecedented and rapidly evolving challenges to our City; and
WHEREAS, it remains necessary for the City to provide support to individuals and businesses alike to ensure that Saint Paul recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic disaster; and
WHEREAS, during the COVID-19 peacetime emergency, Mayor Carter has exercised executive authority through Executive Orders to provide relief and further protect and support our City during the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic; and
WHEREAS, these Executive Orders remain in effect only as long as the emergency continues; and
WHEREAS, the necessary resources to respond to and recover from this pandemic will exceed those resources available within the City, and additional resources will be needed from Ramsey County, and state and federal sources;
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2022, Mayor Melvin Carter III again declared a local state of emergency pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 12.29; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes § 12...
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