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Communication from the City Manager with a Request to APPROVE a RESOLUTION in Support of the RESTORE HEART of ILLINOIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
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BACKGROUND: In late 2019, a new and significant outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) occurred. COVID-19 is a novel virus that can cause severe acute respiratory illness that can spread among people and present symptoms similar to influenza. Despite efforts to contain the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicate it will continue to spread. On March 13, 2020, the President issued a declaration of national emergency in response to COVID-19. On March 20, 2020 the Governor of Illinois issued Executive Order 2020-10 issuing a Stay-at-Home Order for the State for the preservation of public health and safety and to ensure that the State's healthcare delivery system is capable of serving those who are sick. On May 1, 2020, Governor Pritzker issued Executive Order 2020-32, extending the stay at home order until May 30, 2020. On May 5, 2020, Governor Pritzker released Restore Illinois, a five-phased plan to reopen the state, guided by health metrics and with distinct business, education and recreation activities characterizing each phase. The Restore Illinois plan, however, does not contain direction on compliance or timelines for reopening certain sectors.
On May 13, 2020, the Restore Heart of Illinois Implementation Plan (Restore HOI) was released to the public as a localized plan that utilized public health and safety metrics while reopening the Central Illinois region. Local community and government leaders drafted the Restore HOI Plan provides guidance to several business sectors. Restore HOI provides guidance where the state plan is silent or provides additional guidance where the state plan provides minimal direction.
Two weeks later, on May 24, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity publicly released th...
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