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Ex. MET-PDX-002 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19), signed March 11, 2020, as announced March 12, 2020, with the Governor's March 12, 2020 statewide ban on gatherings of more than 250

Ban on large gatherings in effect; Multnomah County, Portland declare states of emergency

Chair Deborah Kafoury (declaration); Governor Kate Brown (statewide gathering limits recited) · Multnomah County, Oregon (County)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Multnomah County, Oregon · Portland · Oregon
Level
County
Authority
Multnomah County Code ch. 25 (emergency management) and ORS ch. 401 (local declaration); ORS ch. 401 and 433 (Governor)
Issued
2020-03-11 Mar. 11, 2020
Effective
2020-03-11
End
Set to expire Apr. 10, 2020; extended Apr. 9, 2020 by 90 days (MET-PDX-005) and July 2, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020 'or until it is rescinded' (MET-PDX-006). (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
Mar. 11, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationGathering cap
Addressees
  • Multnomah County departments and officers
  • the public (statewide gathering ban)
Functions reached
  • EMER predicate for the County executive rules
  • GATH events over 250 (State EO 20-05)
  • MK events and venues ('home to the state's largest concert and event venues')
Collection
Portland MET-PDX

Operative words

Chair Kafoury announced she signed a declaration of emergency Wednesday, March 11.... In Multnomah County, Chair Kafoury signed a declaration of emergency Wednesday, allowing the County to: Request assistance from the State; Suspend purchasing rules to quickly procure necessary goods and services; Suspend and modify personnel rules and administrative procedures to respond to a dynamic situation; Direct County officers and employees to perform or facilitate emergency services.... Large gatherings: All gatherings of more than 250 people must be canceled statewide, effective immediately, for four weeks, until April 8. A gathering is defined as any event in a space in which appropriate social distancing of at least three feet cannot be maintained.

Enforcement

Not stated in the release (civil fine of up to $1,000 per day per offense added by the Apr. 9, 2020 extension, MET-PDX-005)

Notes

County release recording the Mar. 11 declaration and the Governor's Mar. 12 measures (gatherings over 250 cancelled; school gatherings cancelled; workplace distancing recommended; long-term care screening and visitor limits). Records that the County stood up emergency operations Jan. 28 and its EOC Feb. 28, 2020.

Retrieval note

County news release (authority's own release); The statewide gathering ban is the State's EO 20-05 (Ex. OR-002).

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