Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the waiver of street vending fees for the 2021-2022 season. This is an extension of adopted RES-20-00333 (File 60117) and RES-20-00585 (File 61272), both of which waived and refunded street vending fees for the 2020-2021 season. The fee waiver will likely have the same revenue loss as estimated for 2020 at $232,000. The estimated loss assumes no fee collection for basic street vending, food vending, late night vending, campus vending, mall vending, and sidewalk cafes.
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A Resolution waiving all Street Vending fees under MGO 9.13 for the 2021-2022 vending season and extending existing vending licenses for vendors in good standing from the 2020-2021 season to the 2021-2022 season.
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WHEREAS, due to the hardship created by the Covid-19 pandemic on businesses in the food and beverage industry, the Mayor via Emergency Order (on March 23, 2020) and the Common Council via Resolution File No. 60117 (adopted April 21, 2020) waived almost all street vending license fees for the 2020-2021 vending season; and
WHEREAS, for the same reasons, the Fall Food Vending Cart review which would have occurred in August of 2020 was cancelled via Resolution File No. 61272 and existing, licensed Mall Food Cart vendors were allowed to continue their site assignments for the 2021-2022 vending season and procedures were established to administer this; and
WHEREAS, the process for applying for street vending licenses for the 2021-2022 vending season begins on January 1, 2021 with some deadlines in February; and
WHEREAS, due to the continued hardship, the Street Vending Coordinator, the Office of Business Resources and the Mayor’s office recommend waiving all vending license fees for all street vendors for the 2021-2022 season (from April 15, 2021 to April 14, 2022); and
WHEREAS, this includes Mall/Concourse Food Vendors, Arts and Crafts, Sidewalk Cafes, Merchant Vendors, Basic Street vending licenses, Southeast Campus, To...
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