03/16/2020
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𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-𝟏𝟗 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜
Due to the first presumptive positive case of coronavirus/COVID-19 in Denton County, Flower Mound Mayor Steve Dixon signed a disaster declaration for the Town of Flower Mound.
The disaster declaration will last for up to seven days, if not renewed, and will formally prohibit community gatherings of 250 people or more. The closure of the Library, Senior Center, and Community Activity Center will continue under the declaration through Sunday March 22.
In the declaration, a community gathering is defined as any indoor or outdoor event which brings together 250 people or more at the same time in a single room or a single confined space such as an auditorium, theatre, stadium (indoor or outdoor), arena or event center, meeting hall, conference center, large cafeteria, or another other confined indoor/outdoor space. An outdoor community gathering includes events in confined outdoor spaces, enclosed by a fence, physical barrier, or other structure and where people are within an arm’s length of each other for extended periods of time.
The declaration does not apply to gatherings of people in multiple, separate enclosed spaces in a single building such as a movie theater, office buildings, grocery store, restaurant and retailer, hospital or medical facility, or school as long as 250 people or more are not present in any single space at the same time.
This is another proactive step by Flower Mound officials to prevent the community spread of COVID-19 seen in other parts of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The disaster declaration could be extended beyond March 22, depending upon the situation of the virus.
Town officials continue to recommend social distancing and the practice of good hygiene such as avoiding close contact with people who are sick, staying home when you’re sick, covering your mouth and nose when sneezing or coughing to reduce the spread of germs, washing your hands thoroughly and often and avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.
For complete information regarding how the coronavirus affects Town operations, please visit www.flower-mound.com/covid19. To view the Town of Flower Mound’s disaster declaration, please visit https://bit.ly/33sl74w.