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File #: 210264    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 6/8/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/11/2020 Final action: 7/14/2020
Enactment date: 6/11/2020 Enactment #: 210264
Title: Requesting approval of an Order to not require this Council's authorization pursuant to Ordinance 12-14 for businesses seeking outdoor food and beverage service on the public way through November 1, 2020.
Code sections: Miscellaneous -
Attachments: 1. CC Order (2), 2. Final Restaurant Working Group Recommendations to the Mayor

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Requesting approval of an Order to not require this Council's authorization pursuant to Ordinance 12-14 for businesses seeking outdoor food and beverage service on the public way through November 1, 2020.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

I am requesting your approval of this order that will simplify the review of outdoor dining establishments through November 2020, in the effort to permit restaurants to operate outside during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

I have also attached the recommendations of the Restaurant Working Group that has been working with the administration to safely reopen outdoor restaurants with limitations to protect the public from COVID-19.

 

My staff will be available to answer questions at the meeting on June 11th.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor