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3. Housing, Planning & Development Committee report regarding meeting held June 29, 2020. (to be provided) Councilmember Shachner provided the following committee report: We had a Housing, Planning & Development Committee meeting on June 291h, 2020. All members of the committee were present along with Councilmembers Bullock, Neff, Fire Chief Dunphy, Engineer Papke, Allison Hennie, Mayor George, and a few others. The main point of the meeting was to talk over parklet design guidelines. We started the meeting by talking about the rationale behind the original temporary outdoor dining ordinance. The purpose of that of course was because the recommendations were that if you are going to have dining at all, make it outdoor rather than indoor. The CDC has guidelines that specifically calls for prioritizing outdoor dining whenever possible. We also discussed how under the temporary outdoor dining resolution, parklets themselves are permissible. The Planning Commission can approve them, but the administration and Planning Commission requested further guidelines and guidance. We spent some time prior to the meeting creating those guidelines. Those were submitted to the Mayor and her administration. We were also able to hammer out some details on things that could be pitfalls or things that could slow down approvals. We talked with Chief Dunphy about what exactly her has to deem something safe. There was a lot of talk about how we can't have parklets blocking things like fire hydrants,fire department connection, ingress and egress of the buildings. We spoke about jersey barrier and how most jersey barriers are deemed to be safe from traffic. We also talked about how Planning Commission has approved some outdoor dining plans to take up the sidewalk and since parklets are an extension of the sidewalk, this will allow more outdoor dining but also allow for ADA compliance in that none of the sidewalk will have to be taken up. We talked about what those things are that we have to do to become ADA compliant. We essentially talked about what are the next steps are moving forward. The administration will take it to the Planning Commission and have the public safety forces review it administratively and come back to Council. We should, if everything goes according to plan, be able to accept and approve parklet applications by August. Motion by Councilmember Shachner, seconded by President O'Malley to receive and file the oral report. A roll call vote was conducted as follows: Yeas - Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Neff, O'Malley, Rader, Shachner Nays -none Motion passed. 4. Public Safety Committee report regarding meeting held June 29, 2020. (to be provided) Councilmember Neff read the following report into the record: