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Home My WebLink AboutRES 20-7249 (TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS FOR FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY) Page 1 of 4 20-7249 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 RESOLUTION NO. 20-7249 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING FOR THE DURATION OF THE FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY SPECIFIED CITY MANAGER/DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ENACTED TO COMBAT THE SPREAD OF COVID- 19 AND IMPOSING NEW ORDERS TOWARD THAT END THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. RECITALS. A. A severe acute respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus, known as COVID- 19, has spread globally and rapidly, resulting in severe illness and death around the world. The World Health Organization has described COVID-19 as a global pandemic. B. Reports demonstrated that state and local health orders requiring all individuals to stay home or at their place of residence except as needed to maintain continuity of essential operations, have slowed the increase of community transfer by limiting interactions amongst people. C. As a result, the Los Angeles County Public Health Officer issued a revised Health Order entitled “Continuation of Safer at Home Order that begins to move the County of Los Angeles into Stage 2 of the County’s Roadmap to Recovery,” that (i) allows specified “Lower Risk Retail Businesses” to reopen for curbside, doorside, outdoor or outside pick- up, (ii) partially and conditionally re-opens public beaches for certain types of active recreation, and (iii) re-opens additional recreational opportunities. D. To help guide businesses and outdoor recreation areas as they reopen, the County Health Officer issues individual reopening protocols for each industry that is permitted to reopen under its revised orders. The individual protocols require these spaces to implement industry-specific safety measures to help prevent the further spread of COVID-19. E. The County Health Officer Order was updated again on May 26, May 29, June 11, and June 18, 2020. The June 18th order is entitled “Reopening Safer at Work and in the Community for Control of COVID-19 Order Moving the County of Los Angeles into Stage 3 of California’s Pandemic Resilience Roadmap to Recovery,” to permit bars, wineries, brewery tasting rooms, personal care establishments, cardrooms, satellite wagering facilities and onsite wagering facilities to reopen. As with the previous health orders, these DocuSign Envelope ID: 32E4B3E4-629A-4586-9210-C6E100661580 Page 2 of 4 20-7249 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 industries are required to abide by the preventative measures adopted in their industry- specific protocols issued in conjunction with the June 18th order. F. In light of the County Revised Health Orders, the City Manager/Director of Emergency Services issued Executive Orders Nos. 2020-05 and 2020-06 to permit the gradual reopening of certain outdoor recreation areas and restaurants in the City. G. The City Council issued Resolution No. 20-7236 to rescind portions of Executive Order Nos. 2020-01 and 2020-03 to reopen the Strand. H. The County Health Department has reported a sharp increase in new confirmed COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the County and various cities including the City of Hermosa Beach. I. According to the County Health Officer, evidence demonstrates that the timing of these increases is in line with the reopening of key sectors, including bars which are places where people remove their face covering to drink while they may be socializing with people not in their households. J. On June 28, 2020, Governor Newsom ordered the closure of bars, breweries, brew pubs, wineries and tasting rooms in seven counties, including Los Angeles County, and recommended that eight other counties take action on their own to close these businesses. K. Also, on June 28, 2020, the County Health Officer issued a “Revised Order” to rescind portions of its June 18th order to require the closure of bars, wineries, tasting rooms, and craft distilleries L. On June 29, 2020, the County Health Officer issued “Reopening Safer at Work and in the Community for Control of COVID-19, Temporary Closure of Public Beaches, Piers, Beach Bike Paths and Beach Access Points, and Temporary Prohibition of Firework Shows and Events,” to temporarily: (1) prohibit all firework shows and events and (2) close all public beaches, piers, public beach parking lots, beach bike paths that traverse that sanded portion of the beach and beach access points in the County, from 12:01 a.m. on July 3 to 5:00 a.m. on July 6, 2020. M. According to the County Health Officer, the Fourth of July weekend annually draws large crowds of individuals to County beaches. These large gatherings make social distancing efforts impracticable and bring together individuals that are not members of the same household, thereby facilitating community transfer of the disease. Stringent preventative measures are necessary to protect the health and safety of residents, in light of the recent, and alarming increase of confirmed COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. N. The City of Hermosa Beach is expecting as many as 100,000 visitors over the upcoming Fourth of July weekend. If past experience is any guide, and because the weather is predicted to be warm, new measures are required to protect the public health and safety of DocuSign Envelope ID: 32E4B3E4-629A-4586-9210-C6E100661580 Page 3 of 4 20-7249 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 City residents and visitors to protect against group activities, lack of social distancing and other dangerous behavior which encourages community transfer of the disease. SECTION 2. The following emergency orders shall supersede any previous inconsistent City Council resolutions and City Manager/Director of Emergency Services Executive Orders on a temporary basis for the time periods set forth in each provision below: A. Notwithstanding Section 2(4) of Executive Order No. 2020-03, the following City parking facilities are closed from12:01 a.m. July 3, 2020 through 5:00 a.m. on the morning of July 6, 2020: a. Parking Lot A; and b. Parking Lot B spaces will be reassigned for use by monthly permit holders only. B. Notwithstanding Executive Order No. 2020-05 and any ordinance or permit entitlement to the contrary, all dine-in restaurants in the City shall close for business at 11:00 p.m. each evening until 5:00 a.m. the following morning from July 3, 2020 to and including July 5, 2020. C. Notwithstanding any ordinance or permit entitlement to the contrary, all off- sale alcohol establishments, including but not limited to liquor stores and grocery stores, shall cease all sales of alcoholic beverages at 11:00 p.m. each evening until 6:00 a.m. the following morning from July 3, 2020 to and including July 5, 2020. D. Lower Pier Plaza is closed from 12:01 a.m. through 5:00 a.m. the same morning from July 4, 2020 to and including July 6, 2020. SECTION 3. Notice of the measures set forth in Section 2 shall be provided on the City’s website and on the City’s social media platforms. SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution; shall cause the same to be entered among the original Resolutions of said City; and shall make minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council of said City in the minutes of the meeting in which the same is passed and adopted. DocuSign Envelope ID: 32E4B3E4-629A-4586-9210-C6E100661580 Page 4 of 4 20-7249 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 1st day of July, 2020. ________________________________________________________________________ PRESIDENT of the City Council and MAYOR of the City of Hermosa Beach, California ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: ______________________________ _____________________________ Eduardo Sarmiento - City Clerk Michael Jenkins - City Attorney DocuSign Envelope ID: 32E4B3E4-629A-4586-9210-C6E100661580