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Outdoor dining continues with Citywide parklet program & downtown street closure

San Mateo news!

On Monday, our council supported the extension of city-wide parklets & downtown street closures for outdoor dining. KRON4 covered our support to local businesses through the pandemic.


"Council members mostly agreed with the staff recommendations, but discussed whether the $1,000 fee should apply to places that donโ€™t have parking meters. Councilmember Amourence Lee said the fee might not make sense for areas without a parking meter...Councilmember Lee suggested the possibility of publicly controlled spaces in addition to the private parklets and encouraged the city to financially support businesses that might need reduced fees.


โ€œEveryoneโ€™s really strapped and for the businesses that have made these investments to build out the parklets (and) are still alive after everything that weโ€™ve all been through, I just want to make sure that weโ€™re supporting them procedurally, administratively and also financially if thereโ€™s bandwidth to do that,โ€ Lee said." [Link to full article]



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