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CITY OF MOAB RESOLUTION NO. 42-2020
A RESOLUTION CONTINUING THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION DUE TO
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COVID-19 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS ON RESTAURANTS IN
THE CITY OF MOAB
WHEREAS, Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been characterized by the World
Health Organization as a worldwide pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 (SARS-Co V-2), a virus that spreads easily from person to person and can cause serious illness or
death;
WHEREAS, on September 19, 2020 Governor Gary R. Herbert issued Executive Order No. 2020-63
declaring a state of emergency in Utah due to the on -going COVID-19 pandemic and finding that
COVID-19 constitutes an epidemic that presents a continuing threat to public health and economic and
social stability and thus emergency conditions exist sufficient to constitute a statewide disaster within
the intent of the Utah Code Title 53, Chapter 2a, Disaster Response and Recovery Act;
WHEREAS, COVID-19 continues to spread and threaten public health and safety, causing loss of life,
human suffering, and economic and social disruption throughout the state;
WHEREAS, Grand County is in a high level of transmission and, under this level of transmission,
restaurants must maintain six feet between parties at all times (including waiting areas and when seated);
WHEREAS, COVID-19 has caused a severe economic impact on the restaurants in the City of Moab
including a period of closure and a current reduction in seating capacity and a corresponding reduction
in revenue;
WHEREAS, the impacts of COVID-19 on businesses in the City of Moab include the closing of several
eating establishments;
WHEREAS, Utah Code Annotated (UCA), §53-2a-208, "Emergency Management Act, Local
emergency — Declarations" provides that:
(1)(a) A local emergency may be declared by proclamation of the chief executive officer
of a municipality or county....;
(2) A declaration of a local emergency: (a) constitutes an official recognition that a
disaster situation exists within the affected municipality or county; (b) provides a legal
basis for requesting and obtaining mutual aid or disaster assistance from other political
subdivisions or from the state or federal government; (c) activates the response and
recovery aspects of any and all applicable local disaster emergency plans; and (d)
authorizes the furnishing of aid and assistance in relation to the proclamation;
WHEREAS, "State of emergency" means a condition in any part of this state that requires state
government emergency assistance to supplement the local efforts of the affected political subdivision to
save lives and to protect property, public health, welfare, or safety in the event of a disaster, or to avoid
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or reduce the threat of a disaster;
WHEREAS, the circumstances described in this proclamation do create a local emergency as provided
in UCA Section 53-2a-208, Emergency Management Act;
WHEREAS, On September 30, 2020, pursuant to UCA Section 53-2a-208, Emergency Management
Act, City Manager Joel Linares declared a local state of emergency for the City of Moab;
WHEREAS, Utah Code Annotated 53-2a-208(1)(b) "Local emergency — Declarations" states as
follows: "A local emergency shall not be continued or renewed for a period in excess of 30 days except
by or with the consent of the governing body of the municipality or county."
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Moab City Council hereby extends the September 30, 2020
declaration of local emergency in the City of Moab due to the above circumstances and to ensure that,
among other things, the City of Moab has access to any available resources to mitigate, manage, and
respond to COVID-19 under the state Emergency Management Act or any other available law, statute,
regulation or resource. This Resolution continuing the local state of emergency will remain in effect for
thirty days after the date passed and signed unless otherwise ordered or resolved and may be continued
or renewed by this Council.
PASSED AND APPROVED by a majority of the City of Moab City Council. This Resolution shall
take effect immediately upon passage.
7d by:
4CGO tOO
10/27/2020
Emily S. Niehaus, Mayor Date
Sommar Johnson-, corder
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