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Resolution No. 31, Series 2020 Page 1 of 3 RESOLUTION NO. 31 SERIES 2020 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAM WHEREAS, the City of Louisville (the “City”) is a home-rule city and municipal corporation duly organized and existing under and pursuant to Article XX of the Col orado Constitution and Charter of the City; and WHEREAS, the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic is causing widespread human and economic impacts to the City of Louisville; and WHEREAS, on March 10, 2020, the Governor of the State of Colorado issued a Declaration of Statewide Emergency in response to COVID-19; and WHEREAS, on March 15, 2020, the Mayor of the City, pursuant to Chapter 2.32 of the Louisville Municipal Code and C.R.S. § 24-33.5-709, executed a Declaration of Local Disaster Emergency in and for the City (the “Mayor’s Declaration”) in response to COVID-19; and WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 27, Series 2020, adopted on March 16, 2020, the City Council continued in effect the Mayor’s Declaration until terminated by resolution of the City Council; and WHEREAS, the City Council has taken several actions intended to help its residents and businesses with the impacts of COVID-19 and to continue governmental operations during the Pandemic; and WHEREAS, a City survey of the local business community revealed COVID-19 has had a devastating financial impact, with many businesses required to close or dramatically reduce their operations; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that since the City’s survey was conducted, the impacts to COVID-19 on the community have increased significantly with the issuance and continuation by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (“CDPHE”) of a statewide “stay-at-home” order, further threatening the survival of small businesses; and WHEREAS, on March 27, 2020, the United States Congress adopted, and the President of the United States signed into law, the federal Coronavirus Aid. Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act to provide relief to businesses impacted by COVID-19; and WHEREAS, on April 8, 2020 the Governor extended the Declaration of Statewide Emergency for an additional thirty (30) days, to May 8, 2020, due to the continued presence of COVID-19 in the state and the need to continued response activities associated with the disaster, and directed $68 million dollars to the state Disaster Emergency Fund for response activities related to COVID-19; and