TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, Acting City Manager
FROM:
Ryan Heise, Acting Community Development Director
Adam Finestone AICP, Planning Manager
Jaehee Yoon AICP, Senior Planner
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Pilot Project to Partially Implement the Preferred Vision of the Long-Term Outdoor Dining Program (Acting Community Development Director Heise).
(Estimated Time: 1 Hr.)
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council consider a pilot project that will partially implement the long-term outdoor dining program's preferred vision and provide staff with direction.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
If the City Council desires to implement the pilot project, an appropriation of $136,605 will be required to fully fund the project. Specifically, $88,225 from the unreserved Capital Improvement (CIP) Fund, $42,630 from the unreserved General Fund, and $5,750 from the unreserved Gas Tax Fund balances, respectively. Any additional or unanticipated costs would need to be funded with unreserved General Fund balance.
BACKGROUND:
Between June 2020 and February 2023, the City allowed for temporary outdoor placement of a variety of uses in response to COVID-19 protocols that restricted indoor operations. On August 24, 2021, the City Council directed staff to pursue a work plan item to study a long-term program for outdoor dining and business uses as the focus gradually shifted from a temporary program to one in a post-pandemic era. On July 5, 2022, the City Council also directed staff to form a 15-member ad hoc task force to assist in the long-term program development process, in which eight task force seats that were not previously assigned were appointed by the City Council on April 4, 2023.
On September 5, 2023, the first status update report was presented before the City Council on the task force-recommended program scope, ...
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