Open Restaurants, Open Streets: Restaurants and Indoor Dining

1. *Review Open Restaurants and Open Streets: Restaurant Programs. Discussion about potential issues and criteria to be addressed as the programs move into the colder months ahead.

2. *Introduction and Discussion of City Council legislation T2020-6656 Oversight – Outdoor Dining and the City’s Open Restaurants Program during COVID-19.

See also the Mayor’s September 25 press release regarding the Open Restaurants Program and the Open Streets: Restaurants Program.

3. *Public input: live testimony and submitted ideas – Eating and Drinking Establishment Owners & Operators, Community Groups, Residents & Block Associations, and Community Board Members

Residents, Community Groups, and Block Associations: We want to hear your ideas, recommendation, and feedback on temporary outdoor dining and indoor dining in writing so we can ensure we address them as part of the discussion in October. How can these programs be improved? Please send your ideas to [email protected].

Eating and Drinking Establishment Owners and Operators: We want to hear your specific feedback, recommendations for the future of the Open Restaurants programs, and ideas & concerns about indoor dining so that we have a comprehensive view of your realities and share them at our meeting in October. Please send your feedback to [email protected].

Please register at the following link:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IYIR2kjMShK8_uQXNnmHuw