REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Adopt a Resolution Extending the City's Declaration of Local Emergency for COVID-19
Report
DISCUSSION
On March 12, 2020, City Manager Kent Steffens declared a local health emergency pursuant to the authority granted to him as the Emergency Services Director in Sunnyvale Municipal Code Chapter 2.16 (Emergency Organization and Functions) and applicable state law. The City Council adopted a resolution ratifying that declaration (Resolution No. 979-20) on March 17, 2020, and resolutions extending the declaration on April 7, 2020, (Resolution No. 981-20), May 26, 2020, (Resolution No. 994-20), July 14, 2020, (Resolution No. 1010-20), August 25, 2020, (Resolution No. 1016-20), October 13, 2020 (Resolution No. 1025-20), December 8, 2020 (Resolution No. 1036-20), February 2, 2021 (Resolution No. 1042-21), March 30, 2021 (Resolution No. 1045-21) and May 25, 2021 (Resolution No. 1057-21).
The pandemic appears to be coming under control, but it is not yet over. On June 11, 2021, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-07-21 discontinuing the Statewide Stay at Home Order and Blueprint for a Safer Economy on June 15, 2021. However, the California state of emergency and Santa Clara County's local emergency declarations related to COVID-19 remain in effect. The Governor has announced that the state will continue to closely monitor cases and spread of COVID-19 at least through September 30, 2021 and that the "state of emergency" will remain in place to allow ongoing aid programs and recovery efforts to continue without interruption. Certain health measures intended to limit the spread of COVID-19, particularly among unvaccinated individuals and for children who are not yet eligible for vaccination, remain in effect. Many residents and businesses continue to suffer economic hardship that began while the stay-home orders were in effect, and the recovery period for these individuals and businesses is only beginning.
Therefore, staff anticipat...
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