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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-PDX-002	Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19), signed March 11, 2020, as announced March 12, 2020, with the Governor's March 12, 2020 statewide ban on gatherings of more than 250Ban on large gatherings in effect; Multnomah County, Portland declare states of emergency	Chair Deborah Kafoury (declaration); Governor Kate Brown (statewide gathering limits recited)	Multnomah County, OregonCounty	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SEA-009	Executive statement on actions to slow COVID-19 spread (announcing the Local Health Officer's Mar. 11, 2020 order)Executive Constantine statement on actions to slow COVID-19 spread	King County Executive Dow Constantine	King County, WashingtonCounty	Mar. 11, 2020		Gathering capEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SEA-052	Health Officer's Order No. 20-059: Order of the Health Officer on Events during Declaration of Public Health EmergencyHealth Officer's Order No. 20-059	Christopher Spitters, MD, MPH, Health Officer, Snohomish Health District	Snohomish County, Washington (Snohomish Health District)County	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-KC-023	Emergency Proclamation (Mar. 12, 2020) (Legistar Health Orders item 001)Proclamation of a State of Emergency for Jackson County due to the public health threat caused by the spread of COVID-19	County Executive Frank White, Jr.	Jackson County, MissouriCounty	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PDX-034	Extension of the local state of emergency through June 30, 2020, with emergency measures enacted including the power to prohibit or limit the number of persons who may gather in any public street, public place or outdoor place in the emergency area (Mar. 12, 2020)Clackamas County extends emergency period for coronavirus response	Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners (Chair Jim Bernard)	Clackamas County, OregonCounty	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-002	Order of the Public Health Officer Cancelling All Events With Attendance Above 250 Individuals (announced by news release of March 12, 2020)Riverside County public health officer orders large events canceled	Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser	Riverside County, CaliforniaCounty	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-037	'Orange County Convention Center Event Updates' page: show cancellations and postponements (captured Mar. 25, 2020)List of cancelled and postponed events at the Center, March-June 2020	Orange County Convention Center (Executive Director Mark Tester), under Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings's emergency executive orders	Orange County Convention Center (Orange County Government), Florida (county department)County	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-008	Mecklenburg County and City of Charlotte Joint Proclamation of a State of EmergencyJoint Proclamation of a State of Emergency (COVID-19)	George Dunlap, Chair, Board of County Commissioners, and Vi Alexander Lyles, Mayor of Charlotte, with the six town mayors	Mecklenburg County; City of Charlotte; Towns of Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Matthews, Mint Hill and PinevilleCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-002	Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins (Community Gatherings)Order prohibiting Community Gatherings of 500 or more persons	Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins	Dallas County, TexasCounty	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-073	Executive Order AE-20-03, Disaster Declaration and Executive Order of the Denton County JudgeDenton County Disaster Declaration (Mar. 13, 2020)	Denton County Judge Andy Eads	Denton County, TexasCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. MET-KC-024	Amendment to COVID-19 State of Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020)Amendment to the Mar. 12, 2020 proclamation: Large Group Events of 250 or more prohibited; emergency through Apr. 1, 2020	County Executive Frank White, Jr.	Jackson County, MissouriCounty	Mar. 13, 2020		Emergency declarationGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MKE-001	Order of the Public Health Officer of Madison and Dane County Imposing a Countywide Moratorium on Mass Gatherings of 250 or More PeopleCountywide moratorium on mass gatherings of 250 or more people to mitigate the spread of COVID-19	Janel Heinrich, Public Health Officer of Madison and Dane County (Public Health Madison & Dane County)	Dane County and City of Madison, WisconsinCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-058	Order of the Public Health Officer Cancelling All Gatherings of More Than 10 Persons (March 13, 2020) and Order of the County Public Health Officer of March 16, 2020Gatherings of more than 10 persons cancelled (March 13, 2020)	Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser	Riverside County, CaliforniaCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAN-002	Order of the Health Officer (Mar. 12, 2020; effective Mar. 13, 2020); Amended Order of the Health Officer and Emergency Regulations (Mar. 16, 2020; effective Mar. 17, 2020); Addendum (Mar. 17, 2020); Addendum 2 (Mar. 18, 2020); Addendum 3 (Mar. 23, 2020; effective Mar. 24, 2020) (County composite file)Order of the Health Officer and Emergency Regulations	Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., Public Health Officer, County of San Diego; Emergency Regulations by Helen Robbins-Meyer, Director of Emergency Services	San Diego County, CaliforniaCounty	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SDF-033	LFCHD recommends postponing or canceling all public events during COVID-19 response (March 12, 2020)Recommendation that organizers postpone or cancel all public, in-person events beginning March 13, 2020	Mayor Linda Gorton and Commissioner of Health Kraig Humbaugh (LFCHD)	Lexington-Fayette County, KentuckyCounty	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SFO-009	Order of the Health Officer No. C19-05b (revised)Order prohibiting Mass Gatherings of 100 or more people (revising Order C19-05 of Mar. 11, 2020, which prohibited gatherings of 1,000 or…	Health Officer of the City and County of San Francisco	City and County of San FranciscoCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MT-085	County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021)Lewis and Clark County COVID-19 emergency declaration and public health rules	Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer	Lewis and Clark County (Helena), MontanaCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-090	Harris County Sheriff's Office notice, 'Harris County Jail Suspends Inmate Visitation To Prevent Coronavirus Outbreak' (as archived Mar. 16, 2020)Visitation to the Harris County Jail suspended until further notice effective Saturday, Mar. 14, 2020; attorney-client and essential visits…	Harris County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff Ed Gonzalez)	Harris County, Texas (Sheriff's Office; Harris County Jail); county levelCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-036	County Judge Order 2020-1 (per file name; DocuSign envelope 37538C6F)Order prohibiting Community Gatherings of 250 persons or more	Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt	Travis County, TexasCounty	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-KC-025	Executive Order 20-05Amendment to COVID-19 State of Emergency: emergency extended to at least May 15, 2020; 'Large Group Event' redefined as any gathering of 50…	County Executive Frank White, Jr.	Jackson County, MissouriCounty	Mar. 15, 2020		Emergency declarationGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SLC-003	Public Health Order 2020-01Public Health Order 2020-01 (restaurants, bars and taverns; resorts; theatres and venues; lodging; transportation; public gathering places…	Summit County Health Officer Richard C. Bullough, PhD (Board of Health caption)	Summit County, UtahCounty	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-STL-049	Executive Order No. 11 (Further Limits on Crowds)County Executive Order 11 - Further Limits on Crowds	County Executive Sam Page	St. Louis County, MissouriCounty	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-011	News release, 'PGCPS to Temporarily Close Following COVID-19 Announcement' (Mar. 12, 2020)Closure of all PGCPS schools March 16 through March 27, 2020	Prince George's County Public Schools (Chief Executive Officer Monica Goldson), implementing State Superintendent Karen Salmon's closure announcement of March 12, 2020	Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland (county school system)County	Mar. 12, 2020		Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-053	San Diego County Sheriff's Department, 'County Jails and Coronavirus: What You Need to Know' (as archived Apr. 1, 2020)All social visits, all on-site video visitation, visitors for reentry programs and group classes ended; remote video visitation, attorney…	San Diego County Sheriff's Department (Sheriff William D. Gore)	San Diego County, California (Sheriff's Department, Detention Services Bureau); county levelCounty	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AL-091	Order of the Jefferson County Health Officer suspending certain public gatherings (March 16, 2020)First Alabama COVID-19 order: gatherings suspended and restaurants, bars and other establishments closed to on-premises service in Jefferson…	Jefferson County Health Officer Mark E. Wilson, M.D.	Jefferson County, AlabamaCounty	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source

Chair Deborah Kafoury (declaration); Governor Kate Brown (statewide gathering limits recited), Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19), signed March 11, 2020, as announced March 12, 2020, with the Governor's March 12, 2020 statewide ban on gatherings of more than 250 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-002)
King County Executive Dow Constantine, Executive statement on actions to slow COVID-19 spread (announcing the Local Health Officer's Mar. 11, 2020 order) (Ex. MET-SEA-009)
Christopher Spitters, MD, MPH, Health Officer, Snohomish Health District, Health Officer's Order No. 20-059: Order of the Health Officer on Events during Declaration of Public Health Emergency (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-SEA-052)
County Executive Frank White, Jr, Emergency Proclamation (Mar. 12, 2020) (Legistar Health Orders item 001) (Ex. MET-KC-023)
Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners (Chair Jim Bernard), Extension of the local state of emergency through June 30, 2020, with emergency measures enacted including the power to prohibit or limit the number of persons who may gather in any public street, public place or outdoor place in the emergency area (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-034)
Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser, Order of the Public Health Officer Cancelling All Events With Attendance Above 250 Individuals (announced by news release of March 12, 2020) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-002)
Orange County Convention Center (Executive Director Mark Tester), under Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings's emergency executive orders, 'Orange County Convention Center Event Updates' page: show cancellations and postponements (captured Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-037)
George Dunlap, Chair, Board of County Commissioners, and Vi Alexander Lyles, Mayor of Charlotte, with the six town mayors, Mecklenburg County and City of Charlotte Joint Proclamation of a State of Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-008)
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins (Community Gatherings) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-002)
Denton County Judge Andy Eads, Executive Order AE-20-03, Disaster Declaration and Executive Order of the Denton County Judge (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-073)
County Executive Frank White, Jr, Amendment to COVID-19 State of Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-024)
Janel Heinrich, Public Health Officer of Madison and Dane County (Public Health Madison & Dane County), Order of the Public Health Officer of Madison and Dane County Imposing a Countywide Moratorium on Mass Gatherings of 250 or More People (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-MKE-001)
Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser, Order of the Public Health Officer Cancelling All Gatherings of More Than 10 Persons (March 13, 2020) and Order of the County Public Health Officer of March 16, 2020 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-058)
Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., Public Health Officer, County of San Diego; Emergency Regulations by Helen Robbins-Meyer, Director of Emergency Services, Order of the Health Officer (Mar. 12, 2020; effective Mar. 13, 2020); Amended Order of the Health Officer and Emergency Regulations (Mar. 16, 2020; effective Mar. 17, 2020); Addendum (Mar. 17, 2020); Addendum 2 (Mar. 18, 2020); Addendum 3 (Mar. 23, 2020; effective Mar. 24, 2020) (County composite file) (Ex. MET-SAN-002)
Mayor Linda Gorton and Commissioner of Health Kraig Humbaugh (LFCHD), LFCHD recommends postponing or canceling all public events during COVID-19 response (March 12, 2020) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-SDF-033)
Health Officer of the City and County of San Francisco, Order of the Health Officer No. C19-05b (revised) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-SFO-009)
Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer, County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MT-085)
Harris County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff Ed Gonzalez), Harris County Sheriff's Office notice, 'Harris County Jail Suspends Inmate Visitation To Prevent Coronavirus Outbreak' (as archived Mar. 16, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-090)
Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt, County Judge Order 2020-1 (per file name; DocuSign envelope 37538C6F) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-036)
County Executive Frank White, Jr, Executive Order 20-05 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-025)
Summit County Health Officer Richard C. Bullough, PhD (Board of Health caption), Public Health Order 2020-01 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-SLC-003)
County Executive Sam Page, Executive Order No. 11 (Further Limits on Crowds) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-STL-049)
Prince George's County Public Schools (Chief Executive Officer Monica Goldson), implementing State Superintendent Karen Salmon's closure announcement of March 12, 2020, News release, 'PGCPS to Temporarily Close Following COVID-19 Announcement' (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-011)
San Diego County Sheriff's Department (Sheriff William D. Gore), San Diego County Sheriff's Department, 'County Jails and Coronavirus: What You Need to Know' (as archived Apr. 1, 2020) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-053)
Jefferson County Health Officer Mark E. Wilson, M.D, Order of the Jefferson County Health Officer suspending certain public gatherings (March 16, 2020) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AL-091)

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