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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
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-SDF-043	Executive Order declaring a local state of emergency (signed March 13, 2020; presumably No. 2020-001)Declaration of a state of emergency in Louisville Metro; cancellation of all Metro-hosted or Metro-sponsored events	Mayor Greg Fischer	Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, KentuckyCity	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SDF-026	Release: Mayor calls for temporary closures of libraries, community centers, Mary T. Meagher Aquatics Center and some Zoo attractions (March 14, 2020)Closure, effective immediately, of all 17 Louisville Free Public Library locations, 13 community centers, the aquatic center and two…	Mayor Greg Fischer	Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, KentuckyCity	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-001	Order, Case No. 2020-00085, Electronic Emergency Docket Related to the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19Order establishing the COVID-19 emergency docket; directing utilities to cease disconnections for non-payment and waive late payment…	Kentucky Public Service Commission	Kentucky (State public utility commission)Sector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. KY-002	Administrative Order 2020-08In re: Kentucky Court of Justice Response to COVID-19 Emergency	Supreme Court of Kentucky (Chief Justice John D. Minton, Jr.)	KentuckyCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SDF-020	City services, policies change to slow COVID-19 (Mayor's directives of March 16, 2020)Meetings of all city boards and commissions suspended; community centers shuttered; yard-waste service suspended; fire stations closed to…	Mayor Linda Gorton	Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, KentuckyCity	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SDF-008	Fayette County Clerk notices (Mar. 16 and 27, 2020; May 19, 2020; Apr. 12, 2021) (MET-SDF-008, -021, -022, -036)Fayette County Clerk's Office Closes to Public Access	Fayette County Clerk Don Blevins, Jr.	Fayette County, KentuckyCounty	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SDF-025	Release: Metro Government announces changes to operations and facilities in response to COVID-19 (March 17, 2020)First-responder symptom screening; Metro employees teleworking; buildings closed to the public; police facilities, Zoo, libraries…	Mayor Greg Fischer / Louisville Metro Government	Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, KentuckyCity	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. KY-005	Executive Order 2020-243State of Emergency: social distancing; state services by remote means; suspension of in-person-appearance statutes	Governor Andy Beshear	KentuckyState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. KY-009	CHFS Directive of March 23, 2020 (Elective Procedures)Directive that all non-emergent, non-urgent in-person medical, surgical, dental and other health-care procedures cease	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health (Acting Secretary Friedlander as Governor's designee; Commissioner Stack)	KentuckyState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-118	CHFS/DPH Directive of March 23, 2020 (elective procedures): cessation of all non-emergent, non-urgent in-person medical, surgical, dental and other health care proceduresCHFS directive on elective medical procedures	Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Secretary Eric Friedlander), at the Governor's direction	KentuckyState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-02-033	CHFS/DPH Directive of March 23, 2020 (elective procedures)Directive that all non-emergent, non-urgent in-person medical, surgical, dental and other healthcare practice or procedures cease	Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Acting Secretary Eric Friedlander, Governor's designee) and Department for Public Health (Commissioner Steven J. Stack, M.D.)	KentuckyState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-03-050	CHFS Directive on non-emergent, non-urgent health care (Mar. 23, 2020)Directive: cessation of non-emergent, non-urgent in-person medical, surgical, dental and other healthcare practice	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health	KentuckyState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. KY-006	CHFS Order of March 19, 2020 (Mass Gatherings Order)Order prohibiting all mass gatherings	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health	KentuckyState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-020	Order concerning mass gatheringsOrder (Mass Gatherings)	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health (Secretary Eric C. Friedlander)	KentuckyState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SDF-019	Access restricted to walk-in visitors in City buildings (Mayor's directive of March 20, 2020)Government buildings closed to walk-in visitors effective March 23, 2020; employees telecommuting	Mayor Linda Gorton	Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, KentuckyCity	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SDF-024	Release: Mayor Fischer extends state of emergency to May 10, closes Metro Parks playgrounds and ballfields (March 24, 2020)State of emergency extended to May 10, 2020; park amenities closed; license expirations extended; employee reassignment authorized	Louisville Metro Government (Office of the Mayor)	Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, KentuckyCity	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. KY-010	Executive Order 2020-257State of Emergency: Healthy at Home (closure of all non-life-sustaining businesses; suspension of in-person government services and…	Governor Andy Beshear	KentuckyState	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-13-097	Executive Order 2020-257 (Healthy at Home)Healthy at Home: closure of all non-life-sustaining businesses; suspension of residential evictions; government in-person services suspended	Governor Andy Beshear	KentuckyState	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCourts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SDF-021	Fayette County Clerk's Office closed (March 27, 2020)Fayette County Clerk's office will temporarily close and cease all operations due to the COVID-19 outbreak	Fayette County Clerk Don Blevins, Jr. (release issued through LFUCG)	Fayette County, KentuckyCounty	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SDF-031	A Summary of TARC's Response to COVID-19 (March 29, 2020)Buses on the street reduced by more than one third; passengers limited to 25 per bus with a second bus requested at 15; standee line moved…	Transit Authority of River City (TARC)	Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky (TARC service area)City	Mar. 29, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. KY-012	2020 Senate Bill 150, Acts ch. 73 (2020 Ky. Acts 310)An Act relating to the state of emergency in response to COVID-19 and declaring an emergency	Kentucky General Assembly (2020 Regular Session); signed by Governor Beshear	KentuckyState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. KY-014	Executive Order 2020-275State of Emergency: one adult shopper per household in life-sustaining retail; in-person solicitation ceased	Governor Andy Beshear	KentuckyState	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SDF-006	Temporary Restraining Order, On Fire Christian Center, Inc. v. Fischer, No. 3:20-cv-264-JRW (W.D. Ky. Apr. 11, 2020) (Doc. 6), reported at 453 F. Supp. 3d 901Temporary Restraining Order enjoining Louisville from enforcing any prohibition on drive-in church services at On Fire Christian Center	United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky (Walker, J.), documenting a prohibition issued by the Mayor of Louisville	Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, Kentucky (W.D. Ky.)Court	Apr. 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. KY-015	CHFS Order of April 27, 2020 (Healthcare Reopening Phase I)Order modifying the March 23, 2020 elective-procedure directive: resumption of non-urgent outpatient services with conditions	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health	KentuckyState	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read

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)
Mayor Greg Fischer, Executive Order declaring a local state of emergency (signed March 13, 2020; presumably No. 2020-001) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-SDF-043)
Mayor Greg Fischer, Release: Mayor calls for temporary closures of libraries, community centers, Mary T. Meagher Aquatics Center and some Zoo attractions (March 14, 2020) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-SDF-026)
Kentucky Public Service Commission, Order, Case No. 2020-00085, Electronic Emergency Docket Related to the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-001)
Supreme Court of Kentucky (Chief Justice John D. Minton, Jr.), Administrative Order 2020-08 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. KY-002)
Mayor Linda Gorton, City services, policies change to slow COVID-19 (Mayor's directives of March 16, 2020) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-SDF-020)
Fayette County Clerk Don Blevins, Jr, Fayette County Clerk notices (Mar. 16 and 27, 2020; May 19, 2020; Apr. 12, 2021) (MET-SDF-008, -021, -022, -036) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-SDF-008)
Mayor Greg Fischer / Louisville Metro Government, Release: Metro Government announces changes to operations and facilities in response to COVID-19 (March 17, 2020) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-SDF-025)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-243 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. KY-005)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health (Acting Secretary Friedlander as Governor's designee; Commissioner Stack), CHFS Directive of March 23, 2020 (Elective Procedures) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. KY-009)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Secretary Eric Friedlander), at the Governor's direction, CHFS/DPH Directive of March 23, 2020 (elective procedures): cessation of all non-emergent, non-urgent in-person medical, surgical, dental and other health care procedures (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-118)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Acting Secretary Eric Friedlander, Governor's designee) and Department for Public Health (Commissioner Steven J. Stack, M.D.), CHFS/DPH Directive of March 23, 2020 (elective procedures) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-033)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health, CHFS Directive on non-emergent, non-urgent health care (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-03-050)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health, CHFS Order of March 19, 2020 (Mass Gatherings Order) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. KY-006)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health (Secretary Eric C. Friedlander), Order concerning mass gatherings (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-020)
Mayor Linda Gorton, Access restricted to walk-in visitors in City buildings (Mayor's directive of March 20, 2020) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-SDF-019)
Louisville Metro Government (Office of the Mayor), Release: Mayor Fischer extends state of emergency to May 10, closes Metro Parks playgrounds and ballfields (March 24, 2020) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-SDF-024)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-257 (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. KY-010)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-257 (Healthy at Home) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. SEC-13-097)
Fayette County Clerk Don Blevins, Jr. (release issued through LFUCG), Fayette County Clerk's Office closed (March 27, 2020) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. MET-SDF-021)
Transit Authority of River City (TARC), A Summary of TARC's Response to COVID-19 (March 29, 2020) (Mar. 29, 2020) (Ex. MET-SDF-031)
Kentucky General Assembly (2020 Regular Session); signed by Governor Beshear, 2020 Senate Bill 150, Acts ch. 73 (2020 Ky. Acts 310) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. KY-012)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-275 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. KY-014)
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky (Walker, J.), documenting a prohibition issued by the Mayor of Louisville, Temporary Restraining Order, On Fire Christian Center, Inc. v. Fischer, No. 3:20-cv-264-JRW (W.D. Ky. Apr. 11, 2020) (Doc. 6), reported at 453 F. Supp. 3d 901 (Ex. MET-SDF-006)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health, CHFS Order of April 27, 2020 (Healthcare Reopening Phase I) (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. KY-015)

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