City Council Agenda and Packet 2020 04 28 SP

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Public Health NOTICE OF BOULDER COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER ADOPTING AND EXTENDING STATE STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS Pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes ("C.R.S.") §§ 25-1-506, 508, 509, and 516, Boulder County Public Health hereby issues this Public Health Order adopting and extending Executive Order D 2020-024 and Fourth Updated Public Health Order 20-24 ("Stay -at -Home Orders"), closing certain businesses and requiring residents to stay at home except for necessary travel in Boulder County, Colorado, so as to control and slow the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus ("coronavirus") and to mitigate the effects of the disease resulting therefrom (the coronavirus and the disease resulting therefrom shall be referred to herein as "COVID-19"). The goal of this Order shall be to control and reduce the spread of COVID-19, so as to maintain consistent health care capacity in Boulder County to adequately treat patients suffering from the disease. FINDINGS Whereas, Boulder County Public Health ("BCPH") has public health jurisdiction over Boulder County, including all cities and towns therein. In furtherance of its jurisdiction, BCPH has the power and duty to investigate and control the causes of epidemic or communicable diseases and conditions affecting the public health within Boulder County, as well as the power and duty to close schools and public places and to prohibit gatherings of people when necessary to protect public health, and to establish, maintain, and enforce isolation and quarantine, and in pursuance thereof, to exercise physical control over property and over persons within Boulder County as BCPH may find necessary for the protection of public health. Whereas, COVID-19 is a respiratory illness transmitted like other respiratory illnesses through person -to -person contact or by contact with surfaces contaminated with the virus. Persons infected with COVID-19 may become symptomatic anywhere from two (2) to fourteen (14) days after exposure. Symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing. Individuals with serious chronic health conditions and older adults are most at risk for becoming very ill with this disease. Whereas, COVID-19 was first detected in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, and since then has spread to over 60 countries, including the United States. As of April 24, 2020, there are 11,262 confirmed or probable positive cases of COVID-19 statewide in Colorado and 431 confirmed or probable positive cases in Boulder County, Colorado, as well as 552 deaths related to COVID-19 statewide and 28 deaths in Boulder County. Whereas, on March 25, 2020, the Governor of Colorado, Jared Polis, issued Executive Order D 2020-024 closing non -critical businesses and requiring all Coloradans to stay at home except for necessary travel. Whereas, on March 26, 2020, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ("CDPHE") issued Public Health Order 20-24 detailing the specific requirements for individuals and businesses subject to stay-at-home requirements. �4,