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Minneapolis-St. Paul

Name: Minneapolis-St. Paul: local governmental orders, March 2020 through September 2021
Creator: The COVID Project

The Minneapolis-St. Paul file holds 64 instruments from the counties, cities, health officers, courts and transit authorities of the area, 64 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. The statewide orders that ran over the same ground are in the Minnesota file.

Code MSPState MinnesotaFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. MET-MSP-002Orders reaching 2021 Q3 25Primary source read 58 Confirmed from a secondary source 6

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The record in brief

ScopeMinneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area: City of Minneapolis, City of Saint Paul, Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Hennepin County District Court (Fourth Judicial District), Metro Transit and the Metropolitan Council, University of Minnesota. Statewide Minnesota instruments are cited by name and date only.

The Twin Cities layered municipal and county instruments on top of the Governor's orders from March 16, 2020 through September 30, 2021 and beyond, and Minnesota never preempted them. Minneapolis: Mayor Frey declared a local public health emergency on March 16, 2020 (Minn. Stat. 12.29; Minneapolis Code of Ordinances 128.50), ratified by Council Resolution 2020R-075 on March 19, 2020 (Ex. MET-MSP-001, -016). Emergency Regulation 2020-1 (March 16, 2020) adopted the Governor's EO 20-04 closure of bars, restaurants and places of public accommodation as a City regulation enforced by City police and health authorities from noon March 17, 2020 (Ex. -002); ER 2020-3 and 2020-8 added adult day care centers and licensed pedal cars to the closed class (Ex. -003, -006); ER 2020-4 froze new land-use applications March 17 to April 10, 2020 (Ex. -004, -007); ER 2020-11 (effective April 28, 2020) imposed misdemeanor-backed conditions on every licensed congregate health-care facility (visitors barred, communal dining suspended, cohorting, staff masks, screening) until July 24, 2020 (Ex. -008, -012); ER 2020-12 (issued May 21, effective 5 p.m. May 26, 2020) required face coverings in every indoor space of public accommodation and required all employers of such spaces to mask employees with public contact, in force until June 1, 2021 (Ex. -009, -063); ER 2020-13 (effective June 1, 2020) created the expedited temporary outdoor-expansion regime, in force to September 30, 2021 (Ex. -010); ER 2020-17 (issued July 30, effective 5 p.m. August 1, 2020) ordered bar areas in every restaurant, nightclub, brewery, distillery, taproom and indoor entertainment space closed and prohibited counter service, still in force January 15, 2021 (Ex. -013, -017); ER 2020-20 (effective December 23, 2020) capped delivery-platform commissions at 15 percent to September 30, 2021 (Ex. -014); ER 2020-21 granted City employees 80 hours of 2021 COVID-19 sick leave (Ex. -015). The Council's January 15, 2021 resolution lists fifteen regulations then in force (Ex. -017). When the State peacetime emergency ended July 1, 2021, Resolution 2021R-177 extended the local emergency to September 30, 2021 for a planned, phased elimination of the regulations (Ex. -018); Resolution 2021R-261 (August 20, 2021) extended it to November 7, 2021 on Delta findings (Ex. -019); the September 10, 2021 resolution added ER 2021-5, a COVID-19 testing and proof-of-vaccination policy for City employees (Ex. -020). Saint Paul: Mayor Carter declared a local emergency March 15, 2020 (Res 20-550, March 17), continued every ninety days through March 2022 (Ex. -022, -043, -021). More than eighty Emergency Executive Orders followed under Leg. Code 13.06: EEO 2020-1 (March 17, 2020) barred gatherings of fifty or more on City property from March 18 and reviewed event permits (Ex. -023); EO 2020-2 (March 27) directed telework for all City services that could be so performed (Ex. -024); EEO 2020-5 (April 9) cut skyway hours to 7 p.m., kept there to May 31, 2021 on findings that hospitality businesses remained closed and office workers remote (Ex. -025, -030, -039); EEO 2020-8 (April 24) granted fee relief to the closed license classes (Ex. -026); EEO 2020-9 (effective June 1, 2020) required face coverings at City property and required every City-licensed business to require them of all individuals, on pain of licensing action, extended July 6 and August 14 and lapsing about September 23, 2020 after the statewide EO 20-81 (Ex. -027, -029); EEO 2020-10 (effective June 1, 2020) created the C-19 outdoor-service licenses and permits, extended and modified through the winter and made subject to the EO 20-99 pause (Ex. -028, -031, -032, -034, -036); EEO 2020-40 (December 4, 2020) placed the licenses of businesses closed by EO 20-99 in inactive status for the duration of the emergency, extended through September 27, 2021 (Ex. -033, -042, -045); EEO 2021-3 (January 7, 2021) capped delivery commissions at 15 percent (Ex. -035); EEO 2021-21 (May 21, 2021) re-imposed the face-covering mandate on City property and every licensed business one week after the State lifted its own, rescinded June 2, 2021 (Ex. -037, -040); EEO 2021-22 (May 24, 2021) lifted the City's outdoor capacity and distancing conditions (Ex. -038); EEO 2021-33 (August 3, 2021) required face coverings of all individuals regardless of vaccination status at all City-controlled property, extended September 9, 2021 and after (Ex. -041, -044); the August 31, 2021 continuation recites Ramsey County in the CDC's high transmission category (Ex. -043). Hennepin County's Board declared a continued local emergency March 17, 2020 and closed libraries and service centers through April 10, 2020 (Ex. -046); by August 2021 all visitors to county facilities were required to wear face coverings (Ex. -047). Ramsey County's Board declared a State of Emergency March 17, 2020 and the County suspended walk-up services (Ex. -048); the Board continued indoor masking in county facilities May 18, 2021, eased it June 8, 2021, and required cloth face coverings of all visitors and employees in every indoor county facility from August 3, 2021 regardless of vaccination (Ex. -049, -050, -051). The Fourth Judicial District held eviction matters non-public (March 31, 2020), closed the Brookdale and Ridgedale courthouses (May 1, 2020), limited courthouse access to hearing participants (May 18, 2020), required face coverings in courtrooms (May 20, 2020), and remained in a transitional phase from June 14 to September 6, 2021 with most proceedings remote (Ex. -052 to -057, -064). Metro Transit moved to Saturday schedules and suspended overnight service March 25, 2020, directed essential travel only with rear-door boarding and a ten-rider limit in April 2020, and from July 30, 2020 required face coverings of all customers with ten- and fifteen-rider caps (Ex. -058 to -061). The University of Minnesota required masks of all faculty, staff, students, visitors, contractors and vendors indoors from August 2, 2021 (Ex. -062). Q3 2021 in force: both local emergencies; Minneapolis ERs 2020-5, -6, -7, -13, -14, -18, -20, -21, 2021-2, 2021-4, 2021-5; Saint Paul EEO 2021-22, 2021-23, 2021-3, 2020-40, 2021-33 and their extensions; the county facility mask rules; the court's transitional phase; the University protocol; the federal transit mask orders.

The six quarters

What the record shows in force in Minneapolis-St. Paul on the first day and the last day of each quarter. Every exhibit named here opens its record. The orders of March 13 to 31, 2020 belong to the second quarter of 2020, because wages paid after March 12, 2020 fall in that quarter.

Quarter	First day	Last day
2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Minneapolis and Saint Paul local emergencies (MET-MSP-001, -016, -022); Minneapolis ER 2020-1, 2020-3, 2020-8 closure regulations (-002, -003, -006); ER 2020-4 land-use freeze (-004); ER 2020-5 fee waiver (-005); Saint Paul EEO 2020-1 gathering ban and EO 2020-2 telework (-023, -024); Hennepin and Ramsey County libraries and service centers closed (-046, -048); Fourth Judicial District eviction order (-052); Metro Transit Saturday schedules, overnight suspension, essential travel only (-058, -059). Statewide EO 20-20 stay at home (by name).	Both emergencies; ER 2020-1, 2020-3, 2020-8; ER 2020-11 congregate-facility conditions (-008); ER 2020-12 face coverings (-009); ER 2020-13 outdoor expansions (-010); Saint Paul EEO 2020-9 masks and 2020-10 outdoor permits (-027, -028), EEO 2020-5 skyway (-025), EEO 2020-1 and 2020-2 as extended June 3 (-023, -024); Fourth District courthouse access, suburban closures and courtroom masks (-053, -054, -055); Metro Transit rear-door boarding and ten-rider limit (-059). Statewide EO 20-74 (by name).
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Same as June 30, 2020.	Both emergencies; ER 2020-1, 2020-8, 2020-12, 2020-13, 2020-17 bar-area closure (-013); Saint Paul EEO 2020-10 as extended Sept. 22 (-031), skyway orders (-030); Saint Paul EEO 2020-9 lapsed about Sept. 23, 2020 (statewide EO 20-81 in force); Metro Transit face coverings and 10/15-rider caps (-061); Met Council facilities closed to walk-in (-060); courthouse entry conditions and remote hearings (-057).
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Same as Sept. 30, 2020.	Both emergencies; ER 2020-1, 2020-8, 2020-12, 2020-13, 2020-17, 2020-20 (-014), 2020-21 (-015); Saint Paul EEO 2020-40 inactive licenses (-033), 2020-41 EO 20-99 pause recital (-034), 2020-32 (-032), skyway 7 p.m.; statewide EO 20-99/20-103 closures (by name).
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Same as Dec. 31, 2020; Council resolution of Jan. 15, 2021 lists ERs 2020-1, -2, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9, -12, -13, -14, -17, -18, -19, -20, -21 in force (-017); Saint Paul EEO 2021-3 (-035).	Both emergencies; the fifteen Minneapolis regulations; Saint Paul EEO 2021-3, 2021-5 (-036), 2020-40 and skyway orders as extended; Ramsey County indoor masking in county facilities.
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Same as Mar. 31, 2021.	Minneapolis emergency (ER 2020-12 rescinded June 1, 2021, -063; ER 2020-13, -20, -21 in force); Saint Paul emergency (Res 21-852) with EEO 2021-22 (-038), 2021-23 (-039), 2021-3, 2020-40 as extended June 2; EEO 2021-21 (May 21) rescinded June 2 (-037, -040); Ramsey County masks optional from June 8 (-050).
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	State peacetime emergency ended; Minneapolis emergency extended to Sept. 30, 2021 by Res. 2021R-177 (-018) with ER 2020-5, -7, -13, -20, -21, 2021-2 (and 2020-18) in force; Saint Paul emergency with EEO 2021-22, 2021-23, 2021-3, 2020-40 (as 2021-24), 2020-38 in force; Fourth District transitional phase June 14 - Sept. 6, 2021 (-064); federal transit mask orders (by name).	Minneapolis emergency extended to Nov. 7, 2021 (-019) with ER 2020-5, -6, -7, -13, -14, -18, -20, -21, 2021-2, 2021-4, 2021-5 in force (-020); Saint Paul emergency continued Aug. 31 (-043) with EEO 2021-33 masks at City property (-041, -044) and 2021-37 extensions (-045); Ramsey County masks in all facilities from Aug. 3 (-051); Hennepin County masks for all visitors (-047); University of Minnesota masks (-062); Fourth District masks for the not fully vaccinated and remote proceedings (-064).

The end of general restrictions

The day the general business restrictions ended in Minneapolis-St. Paul, the instrument that ended them, and what the record shows still in force afterward. The end of the general orders is not the end of the record: sector rules, standing duties and the federal layer continue past it.

End of general restrictions

June 2, 2021

Instrument Statewide: Emergency Executive Order 21-21 (May 6, 2021; capacity, party-size and distancing limits ended 11:59 p.m. May 27, 2021) and Emergency Executive Order 21-23 (May 14, 2021; statewide face-covering requirement lifted). Local: Minneapolis Emergency Regulation 2020-12 (face coverings) rescinded June 1, 2021 (recital in ER 2022-01, Ex. MET-MSP-063); Saint Paul Emergency Executive Order 2021-25 (June 2, 2021) rescinding the re-imposed mask mandate EEO 2021-21 (Ex. MET-MSP-040).

What remained in force

The Minneapolis local public health emergency (extended to Sept. 30, 2021 by Res. 2021R-177 and to Nov. 7, 2021 by Res. 2021R-261) with Emergency Regulations 2020-5, 2020-6, 2020-7, 2020-13, 2020-14, 2020-18, 2020-20, 2020-21, 2021-2, 2021-4 and, from its promulgation, 2021-5 (City employee testing and proof-of-vaccination policy); the Saint Paul local emergency (continued June 1, Aug. 31 and Nov. 29, 2021) with EEO 2021-22 (outdoor operations), 2021-23 (skyway hours), 2021-3 (delivery cap), 2020-40 (inactive licenses), 2020-38, 2020-3, 2020-4, 2020-29, 2020-33, 2020-44 as extended, and from Aug. 3, 2021 EEO 2021-33 (face coverings at all City-controlled property regardless of vaccination); Hennepin County and Ramsey County face-covering requirements in county facilities from August 2021; the Hennepin County District Court transitional-phase rules (June 14 - Sept. 6, 2021) and courthouse entry conditions; the University of Minnesota Face Covering Protocol (Aug. 2, 2021); the federal CDC conveyance mask order and TSA directives on Metro Transit and at MSP.

The State and the local orders

None. Minnesota did not preempt or bar local COVID-19 orders. The Governor's statewide face-covering order (Emergency Executive Order 20-81, July 25, 2020) and its rescission (Emergency Executive Order 21-23, May 14, 2021) each left local governments and businesses free to keep their own requirements; Minneapolis kept ER 2020-12 to June 1, 2021, Saint Paul re-imposed a mandate May 21 - June 2, 2021 and again for City property from Aug. 3, 2021, and Ramsey County required masks in every county building from Aug. 3, 2021. The State peacetime emergency ended July 1, 2021 by legislative action; the local emergencies were continued by the city councils under Minn. Stat. 12.29 and the municipal codes (Ex. MET-MSP-018, -043). No court enjoined any instrument in this folder.

Third quarter of 2021

July 1 through September 30, 2021, the last claimable quarter: the instruments the record shows in force in Minneapolis-St. Paul. An order in force on any day of the quarter is an order in force during it. The quarter nationally →

In force (22)

MET-MSP-018
MET-MSP-019
MET-MSP-020
MET-MSP-010
MET-MSP-014
MET-MSP-015
MET-MSP-005
MET-MSP-043
MET-MSP-038
MET-MSP-039
MET-MSP-035
MET-MSP-033
MET-MSP-041
MET-MSP-042
MET-MSP-044
MET-MSP-045
MET-MSP-047
MET-MSP-051
MET-MSP-054
MET-MSP-064
MET-MSP-062
Federal CDC conveyance mask order (86 Fed. Reg. 8025) and TSA security directives on Metro Transit and at MSP

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in Minneapolis-St. Paul, sector by sector, in the order the record gives. Open a sector to read its chronology; every exhibit named opens its record.

Restaurants and bars

EO 20-04 closure adopted as Minneapolis law from noon Mar. 17, 2020 (ER 2020-1, -002); Saint Paul fee relief Apr. 24, 2020 (-026); outdoor-only reopening June 1, 2020 under EO 20-63 with both cities' permit regimes (-010, -028); Minneapolis bar areas closed and counter service prohibited from 5 p.m. Aug. 1, 2020, in force Jan. 15, 2021 (-013, -017); EO 20-99 pause Nov. 20, 2020 - Jan. 10, 2021 recited and applied in Saint Paul EEO 2020-40 and 2020-41 (-033, -034); delivery-commission caps Dec. 23, 2020 (Minneapolis) and Jan. 7, 2021 (Saint Paul) to Sept. 30, 2021 (-014, -035); Saint Paul mask duty on licensed bars and restaurants June 1 - about Sept. 23, 2020 and May 21 - June 2, 2021 (-027, -037, -038); outdoor operations without capacity limits from May 24, 2021 through Q3 2021 (-038, -042, -045).

Retail

Minneapolis face coverings in every indoor space of public accommodation with an employer duty, May 26, 2020 - June 1, 2021 (-009, -063); Saint Paul licensed-business mask duty June 1 - about Sept. 23, 2020 and May 21 - June 2, 2021 (-027, -037); temporary sidewalk retail expansions from June 1, 2020 (-010).

Personal care

Saint Paul EEO 2020-8 lists massage centers and tanning facilities among the closed license classes (-026); Minneapolis employer mask duty (-009); statewide EO 20-08 closure (by name).

Fitness and entertainment

Health clubs, bowling centers, theaters, cabarets and entertainment licenses in Saint Paul's closed-class lists Apr. 24 and Dec. 4, 2020 (-026, -033); Minneapolis indoor spaces of entertainment: bar areas closed from Aug. 1, 2020 (-013).

Hotels and short-term rentals

Statewide (by name); no metro instrument.

Offices and telework

Saint Paul EO 2020-2 telework directive Mar. 27, 2020 (-024); Met Council facilities closed to walk-in traffic, staff remote (-060); skyway hours cut to 7 p.m. Apr. 9, 2020 - May 31, 2021 on City findings that office workers were still largely working remotely (-025, -030, -039).

Manufacturing

Statewide (by name); no metro instrument.

Construction

Statewide (by name); Minneapolis land-use application freeze Mar. 17 - Apr. 10, 2020 (-004, -007).

Real estate

Minneapolis land-use freeze (-004); Saint Paul zoning consent-petition suspension EEO 2020-29 (Oct. 8, 2020; compendium -021 at 150); Fourth District eviction order Mar. 31, 2020 (-052).

Hospitals and long-term care

Minneapolis ER 2020-11, Apr. 28 - July 24, 2020: visitors barred, communal dining suspended, cohorting, staff masks, screening, misdemeanor penalty (-008, -012).

Dental and elective health care

Statewide EO 20-09 and 20-51 (by name); no metro instrument.

Schools

Statewide (by name); University of Minnesota Face Covering Protocol Aug. 2, 2021 (-062).

Child care

Minneapolis adult day care closure Mar. 17 - July 24, 2020 (-003, -011); statewide child-care orders (by name).

Worship and gatherings

Saint Paul EEO 2020-1 barred gatherings of fifty or more on City property from Mar. 18, 2020 and reviewed event permits (-023); statewide gathering caps (by name).

Courts and public offices

Hennepin and Ramsey service centers and libraries closed from Mar. 17, 2020 (-046, -048); Fourth District orders Mar. 31, May 1, May 18, May 20, 2020 and June 15, 2020 guide (-052 to -056); courthouse entry conditions Sept. 2020 (-057); transitional phase June 14 - Sept. 6, 2021 (-064); county-facility masks Aug. 2021 (-047, -051).

Travel and quarantine

Metro Transit Saturday schedules and overnight suspension from Mar. 25, 2020 (-058); essential travel only, rear-door boarding, ten-rider limit Apr. 2020 (-059); face coverings and 10/15-rider caps July 30, 2020 (-061); Metro Mobility essential trips only (-060); federal transit mask orders 2021 (by name).

Face coverings

Minneapolis May 26, 2020 - June 1, 2021 (-009, -063); Saint Paul June 1 - about Sept. 23, 2020 (-027, -029), May 21 - June 2, 2021 (-037, -040), City property from Aug. 3, 2021 (-041, -044); Hennepin courtrooms May 20, 2020 (-055); county facilities Aug. 2021 (-047, -051); Metro Transit July 30, 2020 (-061); University Aug. 2, 2021 (-062).

Vaccination mandates

Minneapolis ER 2021-5 (City employee testing and proof-of-vaccination policy) promulgated before Sept. 10, 2021 (-020); vaccination-proof orders for bars and restaurants in both cities are post-period (Jan. 2022; compendium -021 at 37-40; Minneapolis ER 2022-2).

On the calendar

Every dated instrument in the Minneapolis-St. Paul file across the nineteen months from March 2020 through September 2021, in the order it took effect. A bar takes the color of the instrument's first limitation type and runs from its effective month through its end month; a fading edge marks an instrument whose end the record does not date. Point at a bar for its dates; open the bar for the record.

Emergency declaration 11Business closure 11Telework mandate 3Capacity limit 8Gathering cap 5Face-covering requirement 22Travel and quarantine 4Health care orders 3Curfew and hours 6Alcohol and bars 4Events and venues 2Courts and public offices 14Workplace rules 7Vaccination or testing 1Quarantine and isolation 2Other 16

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Ex. MET-MSP-022 Declaration of Local Emergency (March 15, 2020), continued June 8…Mayor Melvin Carter III; Saint Paul City Council… · Mar. 15, 2020

Declaration of Local…

Ex. MET-MSP-001 Mayoral Declaration of Local Public Health EmergencyMayor Jacob Frey · Mar. 16, 2020

Mayoral Declaration of Local…

Ex. MET-MSP-002 Emergency Regulation No. 2020-1Mayor Jacob Frey · Mar. 17, 2020

Emergency Regulation No.…

Ex. MET-MSP-003 Emergency Regulation No. 2020-3Mayor Jacob Frey · Mar. 17, 2020

Emergency Regulation No.…

Ex. MET-MSP-004 Emergency Regulation No. 2020-4Mayor Jacob Frey · Mar. 17, 2020

Emergency Regulation No.…

Ex. MET-MSP-005 Emergency Regulation No. 2020-5Mayor Jacob Frey · Mar. 17, 2020

Emergency Regulation No.…

Ex. MET-MSP-021 Emergency Executive Orders compendium (City page)Mayor Melvin Carter III (Office of the Mayor… · Mar. 17, 2020

Emergency Executive Orders…

Ex. MET-MSP-046 Board declaration of continued local emergency (special meeting March…Hennepin County Board of Commissioners (as… · Mar. 17, 2020

Board declaration of…

Ex. MET-MSP-048 Board State of Emergency declaration (March 17, 2020); suspension of…Ramsey County Board of Commissioners; Ramsey… · Mar. 17, 2020

Board State of Emergency…

Ex. MET-MSP-023 Emergency Executive Order 2020-1Mayor Melvin Carter III · Mar. 18, 2020

Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Level	Effective	End	Quarters	Limitations	Source	File
Ex. MET-MSP-022	Declaration of Local Emergency (March 15, 2020), continued June 8, 2020Extending City of Saint Paul Emergency Declaration COVID-19, June 8, 2020 (reciting the March 15, 2020…	Mayor Melvin Carter III; Saint Paul City Council (consent)	City	Mar. 15, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 104 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-001	Mayoral Declaration of Local Public Health EmergencyMayoral Declaration of Local Public Health Emergency (COVID-19)	Mayor Jacob Frey	City	Mar. 16, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 291 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-002	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-1Adopting Emergency Executive Order 20-04 (closure of bars, restaurants and other places of public…	Mayor Jacob Frey	City	Mar. 17, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 288 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-003	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-3Amending Emergency Regulation 2020-1 to include adult day care centers among the closed places of public…	Mayor Jacob Frey	City	Mar. 17, 2020	July 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read	PDF 315 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-004	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-4Suspending acceptance and processing of new land use applications (MCO Titles 20, 22, 23)	Mayor Jacob Frey	City	Mar. 17, 2020	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 281 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-005	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-5Waiving late fees on renewal of food, taxi, liquor, wine, beer and catering licenses	Mayor Jacob Frey	City	Mar. 17, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read	PDF 278 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-021	Emergency Executive Orders compendium (City page)City of Saint Paul Emergency Executive Orders 2020-1 through 2022-18 and the emergency declaration…	Mayor Melvin Carter III (Office of the Mayor; Saint Paul Emergency Management)	City	Mar. 17, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsOther	Primary source read	PDF 1.3 MB
Ex. MET-MSP-046	Board declaration of continued local emergency (special meeting March 17, 2020) and closure of county libraries and service centersHennepin County COVID-19 response: 'Declaring continued local emergency'; libraries and service centers closed…	Hennepin County Board of Commissioners (as recorded on the County's COVID-19 response page)	County	Mar. 17, 2020	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 215 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-048	Board State of Emergency declaration (March 17, 2020); suspension of non-emergency walk-up servicesRamsey County to suspend non-emergency walk-up services through March 23 (release of March 16, 2020)	Ramsey County Board of Commissioners; Ramsey County (County release)	County	Mar. 17, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 57 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-023	Emergency Executive Order 2020-1Gatherings of fifty or more prohibited on City-owned or controlled property; review of permits for large…	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	Mar. 18, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 96 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-016	Resolution 2020R-075Approving and extending the Mayor's Declaration of Local Public Health Emergency resulting from imminent…	Minneapolis City Council	City	Mar. 19, 2020	Jan. 15, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 91 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-006	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-8Amending Emergency Regulation 2020-1 to include licensed commercial pedal cars	Mayor Jacob Frey	City	Mar. 21, 2020	Jan. 15, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Business closure	Primary source read	PDF 289 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-058	Reduced service schedule effective March 25, 2020Reduced service began Wednesday, March 25 (Saturday schedules; express routes reduced; overnight service…	Metro Transit (a service of the Metropolitan Council)	Sector regulator	Mar. 25, 2020	Sept. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantine	Primary source read	PDF 179 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-052	Administrative Order Declaring Certain Housing/Eviction Matters Non-Public	Hennepin County District Court, Fourth Judicial District	Court	Mar. 26, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 80 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-024	Executive Order 2020-2Essential Governmental Operations of the City of Saint Paul; telework directive	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	Mar. 27, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Telework mandate	Primary source read	PDF 97 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-025	Emergency Executive Order 2020-05Skyway system hours: portions may close at 7 p.m. instead of midnight	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	Apr. 9, 2020	May 31, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Curfew and hours	Primary source read	PDF 94 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-007	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-10Rescinding Emergency Regulation 2020-4 (land use applications) effective April 10, 2020	Mayor Jacob Frey	City	Apr. 10, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 248 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-059	Metro Transit's response to the coronavirus (COVID-19), updated April 10, 2020Transit for essential travel only; rear-door boarding; wait for the next trip above ten passengers; cloth face…	Metro Transit (Metropolitan Council)	Sector regulator	Apr. 10, 2020	July 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read	PDF 111 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-026	Emergency Executive Order 2020-0825 percent license-fee reduction and ninety-day deferral for license classes closed by the Governor's orders	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	Apr. 24, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureOther	Primary source read	PDF 108 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-008	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-11Operational conditions on Licensed Congregate Health Care Facilities (limited entry, communal dining…	Mayor Jacob Frey	City	Apr. 28, 2020	July 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 320 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-053	Administrative Order Pertaining to Certain District Court Suburban Operations and Access During COVID-19 EmergencyBrookdale and Ridgedale suburban courthouses temporarily closed	Hennepin County District Court, Fourth Judicial District (Chief Judge)	Court	May 1, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 108 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-054	Administrative Order re Hennepin County District Courthouse Access (Transitional Phase)Order re Access to Judicial District Courthouses (Transitional Phase)	Hennepin County District Court, Fourth Judicial District (Chief Judge Ivy S. Bernhardson)	Court	May 18, 2020	Sept. 6, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 173 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-056	Fourth Judicial District COVID-19 Info Guide (updated June 15, 2020)Fourth Judicial District COVID-19 Info Guide	Hennepin County District Court, Fourth Judicial District	Court	May 18, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 247 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-055	Administrative Order Pertaining to Face Masks or Face Coverings in District Court Courtrooms During COVID-19 EmergencyOrder re face coverings in courtrooms	Hennepin County District Court, Fourth Judicial District	Court	May 20, 2020	Aug. 3, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 113 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-009	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-12Face coverings required in indoor spaces of public accommodation; employers to require employee face coverings	Mayor Jacob Frey	City	May 26, 2020	June 1, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 984 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-010	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-13Expedited temporary expansion of licensed premises, retail premises and sidewalk cafes for the June 1, 2020…	Mayor Jacob Frey	City	June 1, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitOther	Primary source read	PDF 288 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-027	Emergency Executive Order 2020-09Face coverings required at City-controlled property and at all businesses licensed by the City of Saint Paul	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	June 1, 2020	July 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 105 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-028	Emergency Executive Order 2020-10Temporary C-19 Seasonal Outside Service Area licenses and C-19 Right of Way Obstruction Permits for outdoor…	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	June 1, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitOther	Primary source read	PDF 112 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-029	Emergency Executive Order 2020-18Extending Emergency Executive Orders 2020-9 (face coverings) and 2020-10 (outdoor uses) without amendment	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	July 6, 2020	Aug. 14, 2020	2020 Q3	Face-covering requirementOther	Primary source read	PDF 94 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-011	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-15Rescinding Emergency Regulation 2020-3 (adult day care centers)	Mayor Jacob Frey	City	July 24, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closure	Primary source read	PDF 207 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-012	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-16Rescinding Emergency Regulation 2020-11 (Licensed Congregate Health Care Facilities)	Mayor Jacob Frey	City	July 24, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 192 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-061	Metro Transit's response to coronavirus (COVID-19), last update July 30, 2020Face coverings required for all customers; no more than 10 riders on a 40-foot bus or 15 on a 60-foot bus…	Metro Transit (Metropolitan Council)	Sector regulator	July 30, 2020	Sept. 18, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read	PDF 116 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-013	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-17Bar areas in restaurants, nightclubs, breweries, distilleries, taprooms and indoor spaces of entertainment…	Mayor Jacob Frey	City	Aug. 1, 2020	Jan. 15, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 305 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-060	Metropolitan Council's response to COVID-19 (page as of Aug. 11, 2020)Council facilities closed to walk-in traffic; staff remote; Metro Mobility and Transit Link for essential…	Metropolitan Council	Sector regulator	Aug. 11, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q3	Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read	PDF 132 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-030	Emergency Executive Order 2020-22Extending and amending EEO 2020-5 (skyway hours; 7 p.m. through Aug. 31, 2020, 10 p.m. from Sept. 1, 2020)	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	Aug. 22, 2020	Sept. 4, 2020	2020 Q3	Curfew and hours	Primary source read	PDF 97 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-057	Hennepin County District Court COVID-19 Information page (Sept. 19, 2020 capture)COVID-19 Information: courthouse entry requirements (face covering, six-foot distancing), remote hearings…	Hennepin County District Court, Fourth Judicial District (Minnesota Judicial Branch page)	Court	Sept. 19, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 84 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-031	Emergency Executive Order 2020-27Extending EEO 2020-10 (outdoor uses) with snow-emergency and two-inch snowfall termination conditions on C-19…	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	Sept. 22, 2020	Oct. 20, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Other	Primary source read	PDF 99 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-032	Emergency Executive Order 2020-32Extending EEO 2020-10; reinstating expired C-19 right-of-way permits until a snow emergency or further notice	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	Oct. 30, 2020	Nov. 20, 2020	2020 Q4	Other	Primary source read	PDF 103 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-033	Emergency Executive Order 2020-40Inactive status for licenses of businesses not operating under Emergency Executive Order 20-99 closures…	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	Dec. 4, 2020	Sept. 27, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Business closureAlcohol and barsOther	Primary source read	PDF 110 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-034	Emergency Executive Order 2020-41Extending EEO 2020-10 subject to Emergency Executive Order 20-99 (pause of all on-site food and beverage…	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	Dec. 9, 2020	Jan. 19, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closure	Primary source read	PDF 103 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-014	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-20Rules for third-party food delivery platforms (consent, 15 percent commission cap, disclosures)	Mayor Jacob Frey	City	Dec. 23, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read	PDF 310 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-015	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-212021 COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave (80 hours) for eligible City employees	Mayor Jacob Frey	City	Jan. 1, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 301 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-035	Emergency Executive Order 2021-3Regulation of third-party food delivery platforms; commission cap of fifteen percent	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	Jan. 7, 2021	Sept. 27, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read	PDF 107 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-017	Resolution amending Resolution 2020R-075 (January 15, 2021)Amending Resolution 2020R-075: ratifying Emergency Regulations 2020-20 and 2020-21 and extending the…	Minneapolis City Council	City	Jan. 15, 2021	July 1, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 90 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-036	Emergency Executive Order 2021-5Reinstating C-19 right-of-way permits and extending EEO 2020-10 subject to Emergency Executive Order 21-01	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	Jan. 19, 2021	Apr. 14, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitOther	Primary source read	PDF 104 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-049	Board vote of May 18, 2021 continuing indoor face-covering and distancing requirements at county facilitiesIndoor masking requirements remain in place at county facilities (posted May 19, 2021)	Ramsey County Board of Commissioners (County release)	County	May 18, 2021	June 8, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 77 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-037	Emergency Executive Order 2021-21Face coverings required indoors at City-controlled property and at all City-licensed businesses (issued after…	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	May 21, 2021	June 2, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 102 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-038	Emergency Executive Order 2021-22Outdoor operations in the right of way continue without COVID-19 capacity, party-size or distancing…	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	May 24, 2021	Sept. 27, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementOther	Primary source read	PDF 113 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-039	Emergency Executive Order 2021-23Skyway hours: portions may close no earlier than 10 p.m. (replacing the 7 p.m. rule of EEO 2020-5)	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	May 31, 2021	Sept. 27, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Curfew and hours	Primary source read	PDF 118 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-040	Emergency Executive Order 2021-25Rescinding Emergency Executive Order 2021-21 (face coverings)	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	June 2, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 94 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-050	Board vote of June 8, 2021 easing the face-coverings policyBoard votes to ease face coverings policy (posted June 8, 2021)	Ramsey County Board of Commissioners (County release)	County	June 8, 2021	Aug. 3, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 73 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-064	Hennepin County District Court COVID-19 Information page (Aug. 3, 2021 capture): transitional phase June 14 - September 6, 2021Court operations in transitional phase June 14 - Sept. 6, 2021: in-person criminal jury trials and major…	Hennepin County District Court, Fourth Judicial District (Minnesota Judicial Branch page)	Court	June 14, 2021	Sept. 6, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 91 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-018	Resolution 2021R-177Amending Resolution 2020R-075 to extend the period of the declared Local Public Health Emergency and to…	Minneapolis City Council	City	July 1, 2021	Aug. 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 109 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-062	Face Covering Protocol (updated August 2, 2021)Face masks required of all faculty, staff, students and visitors, including contractors, service providers…	University of Minnesota (University Health and Safety; Office of the President)	State	Aug. 2, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 127 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-041	Emergency Executive Order 2021-33Face coverings required indoors at all City-controlled property for all individuals regardless of vaccination…	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	Aug. 3, 2021	Sept. 9, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 102 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-051	Face coverings required at all county facilities (decision following the Board meeting of August 3, 2021)Face coverings required at county facilities (posted August 4, 2021)	Ramsey County Board of Commissioners (County release)	County	Aug. 4, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 76 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-047	Face coverings required of all visitors to county facilities (August 2021)Visiting county buildings: 'All visitors to county facilities are required to wear face coverings'	Hennepin County (County COVID-19 page)	County	Aug. 11, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 336 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-042	Emergency Executive Order 2021-34Extending EEO 2020-40 (inactive licenses), 2020-38 (emergency shelters), 2021-3 (delivery platforms), 2021-22…	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	Aug. 16, 2021	Sept. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Business closureCurfew and hoursOther	Primary source read	PDF 99 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-019	Resolution 2021R-261Amending Resolution 2020R-075: extending the Local Public Health Emergency to November 7, 2021 (Delta variant)	Minneapolis City Council	City	Aug. 20, 2021	Sept. 10, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 90 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-043	Extending City of Saint Paul Emergency Declaration COVID-19, August 31, 2021Continuation of the local emergency (Delta variant; Ramsey County in the CDC 'high' transmission category…	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	Aug. 31, 2021	Nov. 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 153 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-044	Emergency Executive Orders 2021-35 (September 3, 2021) and 2021-36 (September 9, 2021)Extending EEO 2020-3, 2020-4, 2020-29, 2020-33, 2020-44 (2021-35) and EEO 2021-33 face covering requirement at…	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	Sept. 9, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementOther	Primary source read	PDF 97 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-020	Resolution amending Resolution 2020R-075 (September 10, 2021)Amending Resolution 2020R-075: ratifying Emergency Regulation 2021-5 (COVID-19 Testing and Proof of…	Minneapolis City Council	City	Sept. 10, 2021	Nov. 7, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read	PDF 88 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-045	Emergency Executive Order 2021-37Extending EEO 2021-24 (inactive business licenses, i.e. 2020-40 as extended), 2020-38, 2021-3, 2021-22 and…	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City	Sept. 27, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Business closureCurfew and hoursOther	Primary source read	PDF 88 KB
Ex. MET-MSP-063	Emergency Regulation No. 2022-01Face coverings reinstated in indoor spaces of public accommodation effective January 6, 2022 (post-period…	Mayor Jacob Frey	City	Jan. 6, 2022	not dated		Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 2.1 MB
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