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LQ Executive Order No. 05 2020-03-24 - Outdoor Recreation Activities Prohibited78-495 CALLE TAMPICO,LA QUINTA,CA 92253 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 5 ORDER GOVERNING OUTDOOR RECREATION ON ALL SKATE PARKS, DOG PARKS, AND COURTS & EQUIPMENT IN THE CITY EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Date of Executive Order: March 24, 2020 Pursuant to Chapter 2.20 of the La Quinta Municipal Code and City Council Resolution No. EM 2020-001, the City Manager for the City of La Quinta hereby ORDERS the following: 1. All skate parks and all dog parks located in the City of La Quinta are hereby closed and shall not be available for use, or used by, the public until subsequent order from the City Manager. 2. All child play equipment located on or at any park or recreational area located in the City of La Quinta is hereby closed and to be sealed off from public use until subsequent order from the City Manager. No person, child or adult, may touch or use the child play equipment at the parks and recreation areas subject to this order for whatever purpose, whether that use is for the purpose for which the child play equipment was installed or otherwise. 3. All outdoor recreational courts and their ancillary equipment located in the City of La Quinta, used for a sport or activity that requires or allows two or more persons to touch a single ball or other tangible object to engage in continuous play of that sport or activity, such as tennis courts and pickleball courts, are hereby closed and shall not be available for use, or used by, the public until subsequent order from the City Manager. 4. Any subsequent order from the City Manager to re-open the skate parks, dog parks, child play equipment, and outdoor OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER TEL (760) 777-7100 78-495 CALLE TAMPICO,LA QUINTA,CA 92253 recreational courts and their ancillary equipment subject to this order shall be based on further direction, if and when issued, from the California Department of Public Health or the Riverside County Public Health Officer, including any further direction on the Internet Web site for the California Department of Public Health, at:https://covid19.ca.gov/stay- home-except-for-essential-needs/or successor Web site established by the department. 5. The Assistant to the City Manager is hereby directed to coordinate, deploy, and monitor the closing of the skate parks, dog parks, child play equipment, and outdoor recreational courts and their ancillary equipment subject to this order, with notices to the public and any other reasonable means necessary or appropriate. 6. This order applies to all skate parks, all dog parks, child play equipment at parks and recreational areas, and all outdoor recreational courts and their ancillary equipment, in and throughout the City of La Quinta whether public or privately owned. 7. This order does not supersede City Manager Executive Order No. 2 dated March 18, 2020. Executive Order No. 2 shall continue to be in effect, and parks owned by the City of La Quinta and subject to Executive Order No. 2 shall also be governed by this order to the extent this order is applicable. 8. This order shall remain in effect until terminated or amended by subsequent order from the City Manager. This Executive Order is issued because a Local Emergency, as defined in Section 2.20.020 of the La Quinta Municipal Code, has been proclaimed by the City Council of the City of La Quinta to exist due to the threat of the existence and spread of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in and throughout the city. All of the findings set forth in the recitals to Resolution No. EM 2020-001 adopted by the City Council are hereby incorporated by reference into this Executive Order. This Executive Order is issued, pursuant to Sections 3, 5, and 8 of Resolution No. EM 2020-001 and Section 2.20.100, Subsections (A) and (B), of the La Quinta Municipal Code, under which the City Manager has the authority and power to issue executive orders for any matters related to the Local Emergency. 78-495 CALLE TAMPICO,LA QUINTA,CA 92253 This Executive Order is issued in furtherance of the authority and power to address the Local Emergency as provided in the California Emergency Services Act, Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Title 2 of the Government Code, and implemented by Chapter 2.20 of the La Quinta Municipal Code. Any violation of this Executive Order may be determined to be a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine or imprisonment, or both, pursuant to Section 8665 of the Government Code, Section 2.20.140 of the La Quinta Municipal Code, and any other state or city law as may be applicable. EXECUTED BY: _______________________________ Jon McMillen, City Manager City of La Quinta, California Digitally signed by Jon McMillen DN: cn=Jon McMillen, o=City of La Quinta, ou=City Manager, email=jmcmillen@laquintaca.gov, c=US Date: 2020.03.24 10:03:11 -07'00'