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Resolution providing for ratification by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, of a Declaration of Emergency issued by the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh on March 13, 2020, in accordance with City of Pittsburgh Code §113.03 and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Services Code, 35 Pa. C.S. §§7101 et seq., in response to the existing public health emergency associated with the spread of COVID-19.
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WHEREAS, the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh issued a Declaration of Emergency in response to the existing public health emergency associated with the spread of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Services Code at 35 Pa. C.S. § 7501 and with City of Pittsburgh Code §113.03; this Declaration of Emergency is subject to ratification by City Council; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Pittsburgh wishes to ratify the Mayor’s Declaration of Emergency in order to provide the City of the Pittsburgh with appropriate means to respond the existing public health emergency associated with the spread of COVID-19.
Therefore, be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Declaration of Emergency, issued by the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh on March 13, 2020, attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A, is hereby ratified by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh in accordance with all applicable law including City of Pittsburgh Code §113.03 and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Services Code at 35 Pa. C.S. § 7501.