The City of Vero Beach is following the CDC guidelines regarding community actions designed to limit the exposure to COVID-19. As such, certain events where mass gatherings occur within the City limits of Vero Beach have been or may be canceled in the coming days. A mass gathering is defined as a planned or spontaneous event with a larger number of people in attendance that could strain the planning and response resources of the community hosting the event, such as concerts, festivals, conferences, worship services, and sporting events. Please visit the City of Vero Beach website: www.COVB.org or the Vero Beach Police Department website www.VBPD.org for updates regarding cancellations. The following events have been cancelled to date:
3/14 - 3/15 Vero Beach Art Club “Under the Oaks”
3/14 Oceanside Business Association Farmers Market
3/14 Sunset Saturday
3/15 - 3/17 Pickelball Tournament
The FDEM held an initial briefing with FLC and other agency representatives today.
Here are the updates from that initial briefing:
- Florida is under a declared Public Health Emergency and not an Executive Emergency Order
- Purchases and resources authorized and facilitated by FDEM (via WEBEOC) will have a 50/50 cost share status
- Purchases and resources obtained by local government without FDEM approval and coordination currently is 100% responsibility of local government
- Over the next couple of days, communication and operations schedules will be established to facilitate coordination between federal, state and local government
- Expect schedule of routine communication efforts with local elected officials to be established soon
- FDEM is currently in communication with local Emergency Managers regarding:
- Local coordination plans and efforts
- Local inventory of resources and current and future needs
- Advising that all purchases, acquisitions and efforts should begin to be tracked and accounted for in anticipation of potential emergency funding efforts
- Advising that resources are scarce nationwide, but if supplies are needed, local governments should attempt to utilize local vendors first, even if the supplies are on “backorder” (go ahead and get in line now)
- FLC Note: priority for FDEM requests may be given to those jurisdictions that have already experienced COVID-19 cases.