Emergency Directive 20-08 3rd Amendment ;(q.,;; BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
County o{'f Monroe Mayor Heather Carruthc.s,District 3
The Florida Keys • Mayo P TmMicheii Celdiroa.District 2
y Craig Cates,District I
1 David Rice,District 4
Sylvia 1. Murphy,y District 5
MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
THIRD AMENDMENT TO EMERGENCY DIRECTIVE 20-08
RESCINDING EMERGENCY DIRECTIVE 20-08,AS AMENDED
June 4,2020
SUBJECT: MONROE COUNTY IMPLEMENTATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-139
(PHASE 2: SAFE, SMART, STEP-BY-STEP PLAN FOR RECOVERY)
RESCINDING EMERGENCY DIRECTIVE 20-08,AS AMENDED.
WHEREAS,on March 1,2020,the Governor of Florida issued Executive OrderNumber 20-
51,directing the State Health Officer and Surgeon General to declare aPublic Health Emergency due
to the discovery of CO VID-19'novel Coronavirus in Florida; and
WHEREAS, on March 9,2020,the Governor of Florida issued Executive Order Number 20-
52, declaring a State of Emergency for the state of Florida related to COVID-19/novel Coronavirus;
and
WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the spread of
COVID-19 to be a global pandemic; and, on March 13, 2020, President Trump declared a national
emergency concerning COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, COVIDI9 poses a threat to the health, safety, and welfare of residents and
visitors to the Florida Keys and Monroe County; and
WHEREAS, Section 252.38(3)(a), Florida Statutes, gives political subdivisions the authority
to declare and enact a State of Local Emergency for a period of up to seven days, thereby waiving
the procedures and formalities otherwise required of the political subdivision by law; and
WHEREAS,on March 15,2020, the County Mayor declared a State of Emergency in order
for the County to take actions to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the community due to the
_--novel coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, that declaration and Section 11-3 of the Monroe County Code vest the
Emergency Management Director with the authority to issue emergency directives; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority vested in her via chapter 252, Florida Statutes and
chapter 11 of the Monroe County Code, the Emergency Management issued Emergency Directive
20-08, effective May 4, 2020, which implemented phase one of the Governor's recovery plan as
outlined in Executive Order 20-112 in Monroe County; and
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MONROE COUNTY KEVIN MADOK.CPA
WHEREAS, on May 9, 2020, the Emergency Management Director issued a first amendment
to Emergency Directive 20-08 to update that directive in light of second part of phase one of the
Governor's recovery plan as outlined in Executive Order 20-120(Expanding Phase 1); and
WHEREAS, on May 16, 2020, the Emergency Management Director issued a second
amendment to Emergency Directive 20-08 to update that directive in light of an expansion of the
Governor's recovery plan as outlined in Executive Order 20-123; and
WHEREAS, on June 3, 2020, Governor DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-139, entitled (Phase
2: Safe. Smart. Step-by-step. Plan for Florida's Recovery); which:
a) further relaxed prior restrictions set forth in Executive Orders 20-112, as modified by 20-120,
20-122,20-123,
b) extended 20-80 and 20-82
c) superseded 20-86, 20-91, and 20-92, and portions of 20-112, and 20-123,
d) modified 20-71, and
e) extended 20-69; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend Emergency Directive 20-08 to in order to conform that
directive with Executive Order 20-139.
NOW THEREFORE IT IS ORDERED THAT:
I. Monroe County Emergency Directive 20-08, as amended(twice), is rescinded in its entirety.
2. Emergency Directive 20-09 shall remain in effect unless modified or superseded.
3. Nothing herein shall prohibit a municipality within Monroe County from adopting or maintaining
more restrictive emergency directives.
4. This order shall take effect upon filing with the Clerk as provided for in F.S. 252.46(2).
Dated this day 4th of June, 2020 at 6:00 pm.
Signed:
Shannon Weiner, Emergency Management Director
Approved as to form and legal sufficiency by:
RobertfS. Sltii.U.ieuger. Jr.
Robert B. Shillinger
Monroe County Attorney