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Return ORIGINAL <br />1r, .,jH „ UU�R D executed copytoCOTC, A-2021-031-01 <br />PAP 1 1 2021 W ,OUCE40 <br />�OUIVA <br />Cpfl y )F4,t <br />GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE AND THE <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />FOR ECONOMIC SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE CITY <br />This Grant Agreement (the "Agreement") is made and entered into by and between <br />the County of Orange, a political subdivision of the State of California, hereinafter <br />referred to as "County," and the City of Santa Ana, a municipal corporation, hereafter <br />referred to as "Grantee," with the County and Grantee referred to as "Party," or <br />collectively as "Parties." <br />WHEREAS, on February 26, 2020, the County Health Officer declared a local <br />health emergency based on an imminent and proximate threat to public health from <br />the introduction of a novel coronavirus (named "COVID-19") in Orange County (the <br />"COVID-19 Emergency"); and <br />WHEREAS, on March 2, 2020, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution <br />No. 2020-11 ratifying the local health emergency declared by the County's Health <br />Officer: and <br />WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, the Governor of the State of California <br />declared a State of Emergency to exist in California as a result of the threat of <br />COVID-19; and <br />WHEREAS, the State, like the Nation, continues to record a surge in the <br />level of community spread of COVID-19 resulting in a Statewide increase in the <br />number of new hospital admissions from 777 on November 15, to 1,651 on <br />December 2; and <br />WHEREAS the rise in cases, if it continues, risks overwhelming the ability of <br />California hospitals to deliver healthcare to its residents suffering from COVID-19 <br />and from other illnesses requiring hospital care; and <br />WHEREAS, on December 3, 2020, California health officials announced a <br />Regional Stay at Home Order that will be triggered if Intensive Care Unit (ICU) <br />capacity drops below 15 percent in a given region; and <br />WHERAS, the Regional Stay at Home Order instructs Californians to stay at <br />home as much as possible to limit mixing with other households that can lead to <br />COVID-19 spread; and <br />Page 1 of 8 <br />