A request that the City Council extend its prior authorization for the City Manager or his designee to grant street obstruction approvals, along with any other necessary approvals for temporary street obstructions, from this date until sixty (60) days past the end of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State of Emergency

ORDERED: That from November 30, 2020 to sixty (60) days past the end of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State of Emergency, due to the significant adverse impacts the COVID-19 pandemic has had upon local businesses including restaurants and consistent with Governor Baker’s June 1, 2020 Order Clarifying the Progression of the Commonwealth’s Phased Workplace Re- Opening Plan and Authorizing Certain Re-Opening Preparations at Phase II Workplaces and September 10, 2020 Order Making Certain Phase III Adjustments, which temporarily waive 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, the requirement that the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission approve such requests, and zoning requirements that may prohibit outdoor dining services, all applications for temporary street obstructions will hereby be referred to the City Manager, instead of to the City Council, with authorization to act.