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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Passing on for your information.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Metro Transit Alert- Masks required on Metro buses through April 18<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white'>Masks are required on King County Metro through April 18, per federal directive. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><a name="gd_top"></a></td><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span></tr></table><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;border-spacing: 0' id=flexible-abe-main-table><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#FDB719;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in'></td><td style='padding:15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;border-spacing: 0'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt'><div id=abe-column-block-45bd263b-d8df-4673-a81e-84e47b1a306b><div id=abe-column-block-45bd263b-d8df-4673-a81e-84e47b1a306b-padding><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img width=570 height=570 style='width:5.9409in;height:5.9409in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/WAKING/2022/03/5645325/masks-required-social-insta_original.jpg" alt="Image with a cartoon mask "Reminder: By federal rule, masks are required when traveling on King County Metro""><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;border-spacing: 0'><tr id=abe-section-row-1b183c54-255b-4417-aa12-975b8c041e7a><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt'><div id=abe-column-block-1c8476d5-3649-426b-b0df-8407e8db7555><div id=abe-column-block-1c8476d5-3649-426b-b0df-8407e8db7555-padding><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Masks are required on King County Metro through April 18, per <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjAzMTQuNTQ5MTE1OTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy50cmFuc2l0LmRvdC5nb3YvVHJhbnNpdE1hc2tVcCJ9.sZEh5Cx6xRllbPp_PTvOoTmu36XRxOIynhGG67Lc9M8/s/9192615/br/128088991742-l" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1D5782'>federal directive</span></a>.</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>With other masks requirements expiring, it may be easy to forget your masks. We still have free masks available on our buses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Thank you for riding Metro!<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td><td style='padding:15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mail_footer"><div><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjAzMTQuNTQ5MTE1OTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2NvbnRlbnQuZ292ZGVsaXZlcnkuY29tL2FjY291bnRzL1dBS0lORy9idWxsZXRpbnMvMzBlZDE2ZT9yZXFmcm9tPXNoYXJlIn0.54eBBTzjVzlfxRJXXZTVXAcK-pPpgmQ1B_4wGsHDNSs/s/9192615/br/128088991742-l" target="_blank"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=83 height=16 style='width:.8645in;height:.1666in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/assets/share_this-795413ad3d604760a450815a10e46c8ea06b7315facb759ffdacbc7b7830f87b.gif" alt="Bookmark and Share"></span></a><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjAzMTQuNTQ5MTE1OTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3Lmtpbmdjb3VudHkuZ292L21ldHJvIn0.4OT4GqPkiZvkvX66evkMPmgjbIxtPddKavfqVNlBu58/s/9192615/br/128088991742-l"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=145 height=57 style='width:1.5104in;height:.5937in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/WAKING/2021/10/5070918/metro-footer-update_original.png"></span></a><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-top:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjAzMTQuNTQ5MTE1OTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3Lmtpbmdjb3VudHkuZ292L21ldHJvIn0.d7TqC_eB-SRpeRwHv09ycZGFkBLIxK7cuIhQVuHBecM/s/9192615/br/128088991742-l">www.kingcounty.gov/metro</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>