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Ex. IA-063Emergency Proclamation requiring masks in situations where social distancing is not possible (City Manager file CP-Proclam 100920, Sept. 2, 2020)Proclamation making face coverings mandatory in public places throughout Cedar Rapids whenever proper social distance cannot be maintainedMayor Brad HartCedar Rapids, IowaCitySept. 2, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-NYC-010Emergency Executive Order No. 144Extension of EEO 143; conditional reopening of gyms and fitness centers from September 2, 2020 subject to DOHMH attestation and inspection…Mayor Bill de BlasioNew York CityCityAug. 31, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. IA-064Ordinance No. 4420 (Ames Municipal Code § 17.37, Face Covering Requirement)Ordinance requiring every person in Ames three years of age or older to wear a face covering covering the nose and mouth outdoors when six…Ames City CouncilAmes, IowaCitySept. 1, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAN-036Ordinance O-21231 (New Series) (final passage Sept. 8, 2020) adding San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 3, Article 11, Divisions 1 and 2 (COVID-19 Worker Recall and Retention)An Emergency Ordinance Amending Chapter 3 of the San Diego Municipal Code by Adding New Article 11, Division 1, Sections 311.0101 through…Council of the City of San Diego (emergency ordinance)City of San Diego, CaliforniaCitySept. 8, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Workplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-STL-015Health Commissioner's Order No. 14Order extending Order No. 13 until rescindedFredrick Echols, M.D., Acting Director of Health and Hospitals/Health CommissionerCity of St. Louis, MissouriCitySept. 4, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MO-050City of Columbia Health Director Order No. 2020-11 (Modified Reopening)Bars and restaurants close at 10:30 p.m.; groups of ten; no standing bars or buffets; face masks; entertainment venues capped at 100…Director of Public Health and Human Services, City of ColumbiaCity of Columbia, MissouriCitySept. 16, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-009Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Updates to the Commonwealth's Safety Standards for RestaurantsThe Licensing Board for the City of Boston's Advisory Regarding Updates to the Commonwealth's Safety Standards for RestaurantsLicensing Board for the City of BostonCity of Boston, MassachusettsCitySept. 23, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-025Temporary Emergency Order Regarding Restaurant OperationsTemporary Emergency Order Regarding Restaurant Operations (September 25, 2020)Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City ManagerCity of Cambridge, MassachusettsCitySept. 25, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. OK-065Ordinance No. 24446Amendment of sec. 409: age exemption lowered to children under 10; athletic-exertion exemption; sunset extended to January 31, 2021Tulsa City Council (adopted Sept. 30, 2020) and Mayor G.T. BynumTulsa, OklahomaCitySept. 30, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-026Temporary Emergency Order Concerning Gatherings in the City of CambridgeTemporary Emergency Order Concerning Gatherings in the City of Cambridge (October 2, 2020)Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City ManagerCity of Cambridge, MassachusettsCityOct. 2, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-028Fourth Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks or Cloth Face Coverings in All Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential Buildings (the 'October 2, 2020 Mask Order')Fourth Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks..., Amended on October 2, 2020Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City ManagerCity of Cambridge, MassachusettsCityOct. 2, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-027Temporary Emergency Order Delaying Step 2 of Phase III of Governor Baker's Reopening Plan in the City of CambridgeTemporary Emergency Order Delaying Step 2 of Phase III of Governor Baker's Reopening Plan in the City of Cambridge (October 2, 2020)Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City ManagerCity of Cambridge, MassachusettsCityOct. 2, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-067Emergency Order Regarding Phase III Gathering LimitationsCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Regarding Phase III Gathering LimitationsMayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)City of Somerville, MassachusettsCityOct. 5, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-TPA-050Executive Order No. 2020-27 as amended (Oct. 2020): County Ordinance 20-14 remains enforceable; business planning requirement effective Oct. 5, 2020Executive Order No. 2020-27 (amended and restated, Oct. 2020)Mayor Rick KrisemanCity of St. Petersburg, FloridaCityOct. 2, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-121Nantucket Board of Health Emergency Order No. 13, island-wide face covering order (as described on the Town's Face Covering Orders page)Face Covering Orders (nantucket-ma.gov, captured Nov. 27, 2020): 'EMERGENCY ORDER No. 13... On Tuesday, October 6, 2020 the Board of Health…Nantucket Board of HealthTown and County of Nantucket, MassachusettsCityOct. 6, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DET-001Emergency Order for Control of EpidemicEmergency Order for Control of Epidemic (face coverings; bars, restaurants and nightclubs; gatherings and events; workplace safeguards by…Detroit Health Department, Denise Fair, Chief Public Health OfficerCity of Detroit, MichiganCityOct. 9, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-NYC-039Order of the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to Cease In-Person Instruction in Certain Areas of the CityAll public and non-public pre-K to grade 12 schools in State-designated Red and Orange cluster zones to cease all in-person instructionCommissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene Dave A. Chokshi, M.D.New York City (State-designated Red and Orange Zones in Brooklyn and Queens, later Staten Island, the Bronx and Manhattan)CityOct. 12, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Business closureGathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. MET-DEN-036Amended Face Covering OrderDDPHE Face Covering Order, amended October 16, 2020Executive Director, DDPHE (Robert M. McDonald)City and County of Denver, ColoradoCityOct. 16, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. MET-DEN-037Revised Public Health Order for institutes of higher education (supersedes the Sept. 22, 2020 order)Public Health Order: Institutes of Higher Education (October 16, 2020)Executive Director, DDPHE (Robert M. McDonald)City and County of Denver, ColoradoCityOct. 16, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-046Message to HISD parents on in-person or virtual instruction selection (Sept. 16, 2020)Virtual instruction for the first six weeks; families required to elect in-person or virtual instruction for the second six weeks beginning…Houston ISDHouston Independent School District, TexasCitySept. 16, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ND-088Fargo Board of City Commissioners, Regular Meeting minutes of October 19, 2020: Mayoral mask mandate issued under emergency powers; Resolution Extending the Moratorium Pertaining to the Retail Sale of Alcoholic Beverages tied to the State of EmergencyFargo citywide mask mandate: 'every person within the City shall wear a face covering over the mouth and nose in all indoor environments…Mayor Timothy Mahoney (under the Mayoral Declaration of a State of Emergency of March 16, 2020, as approved and extended by the Board of City Commissioners); Fargo Board of City CommissionersCity of Fargo, Cass County, North DakotaCityOct. 19, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. NE-074Ordinance No. 42368 (substitute, Nov. 10, 2020 agenda) amending § 12-51; and the October 2020 extension of the sunset to February 23, 2021Amending Chapter 12, Article III, Prevention of COVID-19, § 12-51 (conditions precedent to expiration; October 2020 extension to Feb. 23…Omaha City CouncilCity of OmahaCityNov. 10, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SDF-042Ordinance No. 103-2020 (Council file 0988-20)An Ordinance amending and restating Ordinance No. 42-2020, as amended and restated by Ordinance No. 54-2020 and Ordinance No. 80-2020, which…Lexington-Fayette Urban County CouncilLexington-Fayette Urban County Government, KentuckyCityOct. 22, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitAlcohol and barsOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-NYC-011Emergency Executive Order No. 157Open Storefronts Program (outdoor retail on sidewalks during the holiday season)Mayor Bill de BlasioNew York CityCityOct. 28, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CHI-009Public Health Order No. 2020-5 (Sixth Amended and Re-issued)Evening Cessation of Alcoholic Liquor SalesCommissioner of Health of the City of ChicagoCity of Chicago, IllinoisCityOct. 30, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Curfew and hoursAlcohol and barsPrimary source read