HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2021-45 - Terminating Local Emergency - 06/15/2021CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-45
A RESOLUTION ENACTED PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 12.29
TERMINATING LOCAL EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, Ronald A. Case, the Mayor of the City of Eden Prairie, Minnesota,
issued a Proclamation and Declaration of Local Emergency declaring a local emergency in the City of
Eden Prairie in response to the COVID-19 health pandemic; and
WHEREAS, on March 17, 2020, the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie found that extension of the
local emergency was needed in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the City and therefore
adopted Resolution No. 2020-47 extending the period of local emergency until further action of the
Council; and
WHEREAS, the availability and prevalence of an effective vaccine for COVID-19 has greatly reduced
the risk to the public and to individuals posed by the health pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is no longer necessary for the City to exercise the
extraordinary powers granted to it during a period oflocal emergency under Minnesota Statutes§§ 12.29
and 12.37 and Eden Prairie City Code§ 2.87.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EDEN PRAIRIE:
1. The local emergency as declared by the Mayor's Proclamation and Declaration of Local
Emergency dated March 16, 2020 and extended by City Council Resolution No. 2020-4 7 is
hereby terminated.
2. As of the date of this resolution, all meetings of the City Council, Planning Commission, and
other City advisory boards and commissions will be held in person unless remote participation
is permitted under Minnesota Statutes§§ 13D.02 or 13D.021.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie this 15th day of June, 2021.
Ronald A. Case, Mayor
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