{"id":"MET-PDX-054","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Portland, Oregon","state":"OR","metro":"PDX","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Mayor Ted Wheeler","authority":"Portland City Charter; Portland City Code ch. 15.08 (emergency powers)","instrument":"Declaration of a State of Emergency in the City of Portland (COVID-19), signed March 12, 2020, with initial City measures (no water disconnections; non-essential City gatherings and travel cancelled)","title":"Mayor Ted Wheeler declares a state of emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-12","end":"Initially two weeks to 8 a.m. Mar. 26, 2020; extended Mar. 25 to 8 a.m. Apr. 9, 2020 (MET-PDX-056) and in two-week increments to July 2 and July 16, 2020 (MET-PDX-001).","startDate":"2020-03-12","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["EMER","GATH"],"addressees":["all persons and businesses in Portland (mass-gathering power); City bureaus and employees"],"clause":"Due to the progression of COVID-19 on the west coast, Mayor Ted Wheeler has declared a State of Emergency in the City of Portland. Mayor Wheeler signed the Emergency Declaration on Thursday, March 12, 2020. The declaration gives the City additional powers to properly address the threat of infection and harm including--but not limited to--limiting mass public gatherings if necessary to stop the potential spread of infection.... During the State of Emergency, water service will not be disconnected for non-payment... We are protecting the thousands of city employees and its visitors by postponing or canceling non-essential work gatherings. We are stopping non-essential travel for meetings and conferences...","enforcement":"Portland City Code 15.08.040 (recited in MET-PDX-001)","functions":["EMER predicate for every Portland emergency order","GATH mass gatherings (power reserved)","TR City travel for meetings and conferences stopped"],"notes":"The declaration vesting PCC 15.08.020 powers (MET-PDX-001 recital).","sourceUrl":"https://www.portland.gov/wheeler/news/2020/3/12/mayor-ted-wheeler-declares-state-emergency","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20221128223315/https://www.portland.gov/wheeler/news/2020/3/...","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":44308,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PDX","url":"/library/MET-PDX-054","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PDX-054","citation":"Mayor Ted Wheeler, Declaration of a State of Emergency in the City of Portland (COVID-19), signed March 12, 2020, with initial City measures (no water disconnections; non-essential City gatherings and travel cancelled) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-054)","stateName":"Oregon","related":["MET-PDX-056","MET-PDX-001"]}