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WHEREAS, on August 18, 2020, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1799, Series
<br />2020, an Emergency Ordinance Amending and Restating the Requirement to Wear a Face
<br />Covering in the City of Louisville, which extended the City's face covering requirement until
<br />amended or repealed by Ordinance of the City Council; and
<br />WHEREAS, on April 3, 2021, Governor Polis enacted Executive Order No. D2021-079,
<br />Ordering Individuals in Colorado to Wear Non -Medical Face Coverings; and
<br />WHEREAS, on April 2, 2021, Boulder County Public Health issued Public Health Order
<br />2021-03, which imposed face covering requirements that were more restrictive than those that
<br />were enacted by the state the following day; and
<br />WHEREAS, on April 6, 2021, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1805, Series
<br />2021, an Emergency Ordinance Amending and Restating the Requirement to Wear a Face
<br />Covering in the City of Louisville, which revised the City's face covering requirements to align
<br />with the BCPH Order, except for more stringent restrictions regarding required face coverings
<br />for children; and
<br />WHEREAS, on May 5, 2021, Boulder County Public Health issued Public Health Order
<br />2021-05, revising its face covering requirements to align with Executive Order No. D2021-079;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, on May 13, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the
<br />"CDC") outlined new mask guidance for vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals; and
<br />WHEREAS, on May 14, 2021, Governor Polis issued Executive Order 2021-103, in
<br />accordance with the CDC mask guidance, which Order requires, with certain exceptions, only
<br />those persons who are eleven (11) years of age and older and who are not fully vaccinated to
<br />wear face coverings when entering or within an indoor public space where members of different
<br />households are present; and
<br />WHEREAS, as of May 11, 2021, more than sixty-three percent (63%) of people residing
<br />in the Denver metropolitan area have received the COVID-19 vaccine; and
<br />WHEREAS, in Boulder County, more than 192,000 people have been vaccinated,
<br />seventy percent (70%) of the eligible population, and vaccine distribution continues within
<br />Boulder County at a rate of 2,289 doses per day; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council finds it to be in the best interest of the City and its
<br />residents and businesses to repeal its local face covering ordinance, so that the wearing of face
<br />coverings within the City will be governed by orders issued by Boulder County Public Health, as
<br />such requirements may be amended or repealed; and
<br />Ordinance No. 1808, Series 2021
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