A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to authorization to grant street obstruction approvals

City of Cambridge Agenda Item Number 6 IN CITY COUNCIL September 13, 2021 ORDERED: That from September 13, 2021 to June 30, 2022, due to the significant adverse impacts the COVID-19 Pandemic has had upon local businesses including restaurants and lower risk of transmission associated with outside activities, and consistent with Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2021, an Act Relative to Extending Certain COVID-19 Measures Adopted During the State of Emergency, which temporarily waives some of the time-consuming procedural requirements for restaurants that are licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption that are applying to operate outdoor dining services, temporarily waives the requirement that the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission approve such requests, and temporarily waives zoning requirements that may prohibit outdoor dining services, and to allow the City to continue to respond to the restaurant community’s need for outdoor dining in an expeditious manner, including in the spring as restaurants resume outdoor dining pursuant to the City’s normal outdoor dining process, all approvals for temporary street obstructions will hereby be referred to the City Manager with authorization to act. In City Council September 13, 2021. Adopted by a yea and nay vote:- Yeas 9; Nays 0; Absent 0. Attest:- Anthony I. Wilson, City Clerk A true copy; ATTEST:- Anthony I. Wilson City Clerk