Council backs returning outdoor-dining program for 2025, debates fee increase and parking study

Feb 18, 2025

Council signaled consensus to offer the expanded outdoor-dining program again in 2025 and link fees to a CPI adjustment for now, while directing staff to pursue a two-track approach that pairs approval for 2025 with planning and funding work on parking and streetscape for a permanent solution in 2026.

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Council members expressed broad support on Feb. 18 for continuing the expanded outdoor-dining program in 2025 to give restaurants certainty, but they debated whether to raise fees and how to fund longer-term streetscape and parking improvements.

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