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Home My WebLink About22A Emergency Order - Memorandum CITY OF PALM DESERT ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM To: Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers From: Lori Carney, Administrative Services Director Date: June 24, 2021 Subject: Agenda Item 22 – CONSIDERATION to terminate the City of Palm Desert’s May 15, 2020, Emergency Order governing face coverings and social distancing in stores and businesses in the City of Palm Desert (CC). On May 14, 2020, the City Council issued an Emergency Order requiring the use of face coverings and social distancing in grocery and drug stores in Palm Desert. The Emergency Order approved by City Council can be found as Attachment A. Attachments: A. Emergency Order (May 14, 2020) 5.6i3- /003 CITYOF PIILMDESERT 73-510 FRED WARING DRIVE PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA 92260-2578 TEL: 760 346-0611 info@;cityofpalmdesert.org ORDER OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL ORDER GOVERNING FACE COVERINGS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING IN STORES AND BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF PALM DESERT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Date of City Council Order: May 15, 2020 Pursuant to Chapter 2.48 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code and City Council Resolution No. 2020-24, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert hereby ORDERS the following: 1. In Tight of, and notwithstanding, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors decision on May 8, 2020, to rescind orders of the Riverside County Public Health Officer, all persons in the City of Palm Desert shall continue to use a face covering and social distancing when inside a grocery store or drug store consistent with the "stay-at-home" order issued by California Governor Executive Order N-33-20, as supplemented by Order N-60-20, and guidance related thereto issued by the California Department of Public Health. 2. The City strongly recommends that all other stores and businesses in the city of Palm Desert require the use of face coverings and social distancing when inside their stores or businesses, and that these stores and businesses post notices conspicuously so that all persons entering their stores and businesses know their respective policies concerning the use of face coverings and social distancing. The City also strongly recommends that stores and businesses in the city of Palm Desert follow the "COVID-19 Industry Guidance" for their respective industries, available at the California Department of Public Health website https://covid19.ca.gov/industrv-guidance/, with respect to the use of face coverings for employees and customers or clients. 3. This order is issued to best protect the public health and welfare and follows the most recent orders and directives from the California Department of Public Health. Any subsequent order from the City Council shall be based 0 PRINTED ON REEYftEU PAPER on further direction, if and when issued, from the California Department of Public Health or the Riverside County Public Health Officer, including any further direction on the Internet Web site for the California Department of Public Health, at: https://covid19.ca.aov(stav-home-except-for-essential-. needs) and Riverside County Public Health Office at: https: www.rivcoph.orecoronavirus, or successor Web sites established by the state department or county public health office. 4. The City Manager is hereby directed to coordinate, deploy, and monitor the compliance with this order with notices to the public and any other reasonable means necessary or appropriate. 5. This order shall remain in effect until terminated or amended by subsequent order from the City Council. This Executive Order is issued because a Local Emergency, as defined in Section 2.48.020 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code, has been proclaimed by he City Council of the City of Palm Desert to exist due to the threat of the existece and spread of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in and throughout the city. All of the findings set forth in the recitals to Resolution No. 2020-24 adopted by the City Council are hereby incorporated by reference into this Order of the City Council. This Order of the City Council is issued, pursuant to Section 2.48.150 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code, which allows the City Council to promulgate orders and regulations necessary to provide for the protection of life and property. Such orders and regulations shall be in writing and shall be given widespread publicity and notice. This Order of the City Council is issued in furtherance of the authority and power to address the Local Emergency as provided in the California Emergency Services Act, Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Title 2 of the Government Code, and implemented by Chapter 2.48 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code. Any violation of this Order may be determined to be a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine or imprisonment, or both, pursuant to Section 8665 of the Government Code, Section 2.48.180 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code, and any other state or city law as may be applicable. EXECUTED BY: LAURI AYLAIAN, CITY MANAGER CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA CITY Of PIMA DESERT O PRINTED ON R(CI(l(O PAPER URGENCY ITEM REGULAR PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2020 CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA VIRTUAL MEETING) REQUEST TO ADD ITEM TO THE MAY 14, 2020, AGENDA BY 4/5TH VOTE: IF APPROVED, THE ITEM BECOMES NEW BUSINESS ITEM K K. REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION TOADOPTTHE CITY OF LA QUINTA'S APPROACH TO THE ISSUE OF FACIAL COVERINGS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING WHEN INSIDE STORES OR BUSINESSES. Rec: City Council direction. Action: CITY COUNCIL ACTION APPROVED ' t DENTED RECEIVED OTHEP MEETING DATA yAYES:H(11711K 1()( iNOES: 1 [ )Pl l t tf1 i . P ABSENT, JJ P ABSTAIN. VERIFIED BY: Original on File with City Approved authorization to the City Manager to issue an Executive Order adopting the City of La Quinta's approach to the issue of facial coverings and social distancing when inside stores and businesses without paragraph 3 of their order, and reformat consistent with Palm Desert Municipal Codes. 3-2 (AYES: Harnik, Jonathan, and Kelly; NOES: Weber and Nestande)