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(CONTINUED FROM MARCH 18, 2020 FORMAL AND SPECIAL MEETINGS) - Request City Council Confirmation of Mayoral Declaration of a Local Emergency
Description
Request for the City Council to confirm a declaration by Mayor Kate Gallego by proclamation of the existence of a local emergency in the City of Phoenix, as required by the Phoenix City Code, Chapter 11, section 3.
The Phoenix City Code, section 11-3(B), and Arizona Revised Statutes, section 26-311, empowers the Mayor to proclaim the existence of a local emergency, subject to confirmation by the City Council, in the case of a great emergency which endangers life or property within the City. The Mayor declared the existence of a great emergency related to the threat from the COVID-19 virus by Proclamation on March 17, 2020 (Attachments A and B).
This item is required by City Code section 11-3(B) as a result of the Proclamation by the Mayor declaring a local emergency.
THIS ITEM IS FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.