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1. Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 ("COVID-19") is a severe acute respiratory illness 08
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2. In late 2019, a new and significant outbreak of COVID-19 emerged in China; and
3. The World Health Organization previously declared COVID-19 a Public Health
Emergency of International Concern; and
4. In response to the recent COVID-19 outbreak in China, Iran, Italy, Japan and South
Korea,the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") has deemed it necessary to prohibit
or restrict non-essential travel to or from those countries; and
5. On March 1, 2020, the Governor of the State of Florida issued Executive Order
Number 20-51 directing the Florida Department of Health to issue a Public Health Emergency;
and
6. On March 1, 2020, the State Surgeon General and State Health Officer declared a
Public Health Emergency exists in the State of Florida as a result of COVID-19; and
7. On March 7, 2020, the Governor of the State of Florida directed the Director of the
Division of Emergency Management to activate the State of Emergency Operations Center to Level
2 to provide coordination and response to the COVID-19 emergency; and
8. On March 9, 2020, the Governor of the State of Florida issued Executive Order
Number 20-52 declaring that a state of emergency exists in the State of Florida as a result of the
spread of the COVID-19 virus and imminent threat to the health and welfare of the citizens of
Florida; and
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9. On March 31, 2020, the County Administrator issued Order No. 20-007, a "Safer-
At-Home Order.; and
10. On April 1, 2020, the Governor of the State of Florida issued Executive Order No.
20-091 establishing statewide Safer at Home regulations effective April 3, 2020.; and
11. In view of the Governor's order and to avoid confusion, it is appropriate to rescind
Order No. 20-007; and
12. Paragraph 2 of the St. Lucie County Declaration of Emergency provides that the
County Administrator may take all actions necessary and appropriate to protect human life and
prosperity, to the extent necessary to accommodate the emergency; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida.
1. The County Administrator's May 8, 2020 Order rescinding Order No. 20-007 is
approved.
2. This resolution shall take effect upon adoption.
After motion and second, the vote on this resolution was as follows:
Commissioner Cathy Townsend, Chair AYE
Commissioner Chris Dzadovsky, Vice Chair AYE
Commissioner Sean Mitchell AYE
Commissioner Linda Bartz AYE
Commissioner Frannie Hutchinson AYE
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 19th day of May, 2020.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ATTEST: ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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