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Resolution providing for further renewal by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh of a Declaration of Disaster Emergency, ratified by Council on March 17th, 2020; to extend the effectiveness of the Declaration for forty-nine (49) additional days thereby making the Declaration effective until August 25th; in response to the ongoing public health emergency associated with the spread of coronavirus.
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WHEREAS, the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh issued a Declaration of Emergency ("Declaration") in response to the existing public health emergency associated with the spread of COVID-19 on March 13th, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Pittsburgh ratified the Declaration on March 17th, 2020 and renewed the Declaration on generally a week-to-week basis to remain in effect until April 10th, May 5th, May 12th, May 19th, May 26th June 2nd, June 9th, June 16th, June 23rd, June 30th, 2020 and July 7thth, 2020 via Resolutions 140, 139, 162, 214, 217, 225, 249, 383, 398, 420, 439 and 486 of 2020 respectively; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Pittsburgh will be observing its annual summer recess from July 29th 2020 until August 20th, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania issued on June 4th an amendment to the Governor's original Proclamation of Disaster Emergency dated March 6, 2020, to extend the duration of the Order for 90 days until Wednesday, September 2, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania further, as part of the "Phased Reopening" of Pennsylvania, has moved Allegheny County to the "Green Phase" as of June 5th, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the "Green Phase," as described, "facilitate[s] a return to a 'new normal'" and "eases most restrictions by lifting the stay at home and business closure orders to allow the economy to strategically reopen while continuing to prioritize public health"; and
WHEREAS, pursuant the Governor's Proclamation in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Disease Preve...
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