Drafter
Clerk 03/05/2020
Title
A MOTION extending the due dates for reports, studies and other work products to be transmitted to the King County council to ensure executive agencies can prioritize responding to the COVID-19 outbreak in King County.
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WHEREAS, the novel coronavirus first appeared in people in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and
WHEREAS, public health - Seattle & King County activated the Public Health Departmental Emergency Operations Center on January 21, 2020, for a significant health emergency caused by novel coronavirus, and
WHEREAS, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is one of the eleven airports in the United States to receive and process travelers from the region where the COVID-19 outbreak originated, and
WHEREAS, the first case of COVID-19 identified in the United States occurred in January in a Snohomish County resident who had traveled to China, and cases have since been spread through community transmission in Snohomish and King counties, and
WHEREAS, as of March 4, 2020, thirty-nine people in Washington state have been diagnosed with and ten people have died from COVID-19, and
WHEREAS, according to Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, new COVID-19 cases are likely to double every six days, and
WHEREAS, the emergency may become a pandemic, and
WHEREAS, Governor Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency in response to the new cases of COVID-19 in Washington state on February 29, 2020, and
WHEREAS, the King County executive issued a proclamation of emergency on March 1, 2020, in order to exercise the executive's emergency powers, and
WHEREAS, through passage of motions and adoption of ordinances, the King County council delineates the reports, studies and other work products from executive agencies needed to support the council's work as the county's policy making body;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
A. The King County council acknowledges the extraordinary efforts being under...
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