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Ex. MET-PDX-018Declaration of Civil Emergency No. 2020-01 (Mar. 13, 2020, 14:30) and Emergency Order 2020-02 (measures effective Mar. 14, 2020: cancellation of City-permitted events of 250 or more; facility closures; suspension of meetings of 20 or more in City facilities; suspension of non-essential inspections)Vancouver City Manager issues Declaration of Civil Emergency related to COVID-19City Manager Eric HolmesCity of Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)CityMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-026City Emergency Orders index (Declaration of Civil Emergency; Emergency Orders 2020-02 to 2020-17), as captured in 2021City Emergency Orders (City's COVID-19 response updates)City of Vancouver (City Manager's Office), listing Emergency Orders 2020-02 through 2020-17 and the Declaration of Civil EmergencyCity of Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)CityMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-043Township office closed to the public (Mar. 16, 2020); public access to the Township Municipal Building by appointment only from Nov. 16, 2020 (memorandum of Nov. 20, 2020); Township rule requiring all employees to wear face masks in all Township facilities (posted 2021, captured Sept. 20, 2021)Haverford Township building-access and employee mask rules, 2020-2021Township of Haverford (Township Manager David R. Burman; Board of Commissioners)Township of Haverford (Havertown), Delaware County, PennsylvaniaCityMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CIN-038Closure of the City Hall lobby and cancellation of board and committee meetings (Mar. 13, 2020)City Hall lobby closedCity Manager David Johnston (announced by Mayor Joe Meyer)City of Covington, KentuckyCityMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-055Emergency Temporary Moratorium on Evictions Due to Nonpayment of Rent for Residential Tenants Where the Failure to Pay Rent Results from Wage Loss Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 17, 2020), adopted by City Council ordinance Mar. 18, 2020; City buildings closed to the public with access limited to critical employees; telework; virtual Council meetingsCOVID-19 Update: Mayor Wheeler announces new City actions including eviction moratorium in partnership with Multnomah County Chair Deborah…Mayor Ted Wheeler (executive order); Portland City Council (Emergency Ordinance of Mar. 18, 2020 adopting the County moratorium within city limits)City of Portland, OregonCityMar. 17, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public officesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-067'Archive - COVID-19 Guidance & Resources for NYCHA Community' (index of NYCHA notices, captured Oct. 4, 2020)Index of NYCHA COVID-19 guidance: Section 8 process adjustments (Mar. 19, 2020), guidance to participants and property owners (Mar. 26…New York City Housing AuthorityNew York City Housing Authority, New York (public housing authority)CityMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CIN-044Order that all non-essential City employees work from home (Mar. 23, 2020)Much of City Hall operating 'from home'City of Covington (City Manager; Mayor Joe Meyer)City of Covington, KentuckyCityMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Telework mandateCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CIN-039Executive Order closing Board of Commissioners meetings to in-person public attendance (Mar. 20, 2020)City Commission meetings closed to publicMayor Joe Meyer (executive order under the Mar. 19, 2020 State of Emergency)City of Covington, KentuckyCityMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-024Emergency Order 2020-06 (Mar. 26, 2020; released Mar. 27, 2020): all Vancouver Police Department buildings closed to the public; fire-station tours and public access suspended; non-emergency law-enforcement services by appointment onlyCity releases new emergency order related to COVID-19 responseCity Manager Eric HolmesCity of Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)CityMar. 27, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MO-064Springfield stay-at-home order (Mar. 26, 2020; extended Apr. 21 to May 3, 2020), Road to Recovery phase orders (May 4 to Oct. 14, 2020) and face-covering ordinance (adopted July 13, 2020; effective July 16, 2020; extended into 2021)Springfield's stay-home, reopening and masking instrumentsMayor Ken McClure (emergency orders) and Springfield City Council (masking ordinance)City of Springfield, MissouriCityMar. 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SC-038Local stay-at-home ordinances (Columbia and Charleston, adopted Mar. 26, 2020, effective before the State's Home or Work Order of Apr. 7) and local face-covering ordinances (Greenville from June 22-23, 2020; Charleston from July 1, 2020; Columbia, Richland County, Charleston County, Myrtle Beach and Horry County from July 2020), renewed every sixty daysEmergency ordinances requiring face coverings in retail, grocery, pharmacy and food-service settings; municipal stay-at-home ordinancescity and county councils (emergency ordinances under S.C. Code §§ 4-9-130 and 5-7-250)City of Columbia; City of Charleston; City of Greenville; Richland County; Charleston County; City of Myrtle Beach; Horry County; Town of Lexington; City of North Myrtle Beach (principal local instruments)CityMar. 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-MIA-067City of Miami Notice of Order No. 20-07, Declaration of Local Emergency Measures (facial coverings)Notice that Order No. 20-07 (facial coverings) was promulgated and that violations of it and prior measures subject persons to arrestCity of Miami (Notice of Order No. 20-07 to the news media)City of Miami, FloridaCityApr. 8, 20202020 Q2Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-020Emergency Order 2020-09 (amending § 3 of EO 2020-08): landlords and agents entering the interior of residential rental property must wear a non-medical face mask, gloves and shoe coverings and observe CDC and Clark County Public Health distancingCity issues emergency order adding COVID-19 safety requirements for landlord entries into residential propertiesCity Manager Eric HolmesCity of Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)CityApr. 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-AUS-004Stay Home - Work Safe Order No. 20200413-009Stay Home - Work Safe Order (extension to May 8, 2020; face coverings)Mayor Steve AdlerCity of Austin, TexasCityApr. 13, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-021Emergency Order 2020-10 (daily deposit requirement suspended through May 31, 2020) and Emergency Order 2020-11 (extending EO 2020-02 through 2020-09: events of 250 or more cancelled through July 31; City Hall and police lobbies closed to May 4; fire stations, community centers and non-essential public meetings closed through May 31; foreclosure and small-business eviction protections and landlord PPE rule through May 31; parks playgrounds, community gardens and water features closed and picnic-shelter rentals suspended through July 31; farmers-market operating-plan condition through July 31), Apr. 17, 2020Vancouver city manager issues new COVID-19 emergency ordersCity Manager Eric HolmesCity of Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)CityApr. 17, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureTelework mandateEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-155Town of Brookline COVID-19 page as of May 1, 2020 (banner: 'Face coverings must be worn in public'; links to Voluntary Construction Suspension and Emergency Parking Rules)Brookline COVID-19 information page (brooklinema.gov/covid-19, raw Wayback capture of May 1, 2020)Town of BrooklineTown of Brookline, MassachusettsCityMay 1, 20202020 Q2Business closureFace-covering requirementOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DEN-029Face Covering Order of May 5, 2020DDPHE Face Covering Order (masks inside, or in line to enter, Essential Businesses and other listed settings)Executive Director, DDPHECity and County of Denver, ColoradoCityMay 5, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-022Emergency Order 2020-13 (May 8, 2020): City Hall, Water Resources Education Center, all fire stations and all police lobbies closed to public access through June 22, 2020; Council remote-attendance provisions through June 22; staff telecommuting policy through May 31; deposit suspension through June 22Vancouver city manager extends duration of six emergency ordersCity Manager Eric HolmesCity of Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)CityMay 8, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-068Supplementary Order, Protection of Employees & Customers at In-Person Shopping Establishments (May 9, 2020)Palm Springs in-store employee and customer protection order (May 9, 2020)City of Palm Springs (City Manager as Director of Emergency Services)City of Palm Springs, Riverside County, CaliforniaCityMay 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-016Seventh Amended Order 20-01Phase two: all businesses limited to 50 percent occupancy; six-foot spacing; employer accommodationsMayor Quinton LucasKansas City, MissouriCityMay 31, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-MKE-076Moving Milwaukee Forward Order #3, COVID-19 Public Health Plan for the City of Milwaukee (Phase 3) (early June 2020)Moving Milwaukee Forward Order #3 (Phase 3)City of Milwaukee, acting through its Commissioner of HealthCity of Milwaukee, WisconsinCityJune 5, 20202020 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAT-026Addendum to Emergency Declaration No. 8 (posted June 17, 2020)Addendum to Emergency Declaration No. 8Mayor Ron NirenbergCity of San Antonio, TexasCityJune 17, 20202020 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHX-028Mask Proclamation (June 18, 2020)Tempe requires face coverings in public placesMayor Mark W. Mitchell (Mask Proclamation), as described in the City of Tempe's coronavirus newsletter of June 18, 2020City of Tempe, ArizonaCityJune 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHX-033Press survey of local face-covering actions under EO 2020-40, June 18, 2020Which Arizona cities are requiring masks in public places?AZ Mirror (Jeremy Duda), 'Which Arizona cities are requiring masks in public places?' (secondary source)Arizona cities and counties (Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe, Scottsdale, Tucson, Maricopa and Pinal Counties and others)CityJune 18, 20202020 Q2Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHX-038Scottsdale emergency proclamation requiring face coverings (effective June 19, 2020, 5:00 p.m.); Mayor's May 15, 2020 reopening proclamationFace covering requirements in Scottsdale (City coronavirus update page, capture June 25, 2020)Mayor W.J. 'Jim' Lane (emergency proclamation), as described on the City of Scottsdale's coronavirus update pageCity of Scottsdale, ArizonaCityJune 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source