CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FOURTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-20-78 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Cynthia D. Borrego and Diane G. Gibson
RESOLUTION
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Approving Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations To Provide For Outdoor Dining And Outdoor Retail Grants To Local Businesses During The Public Health Emergency (Borrego, Gibson)
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APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 2021 APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR OUTDOOR DINING AND OUTDOOR RETAIL GRANTS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES DURING THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020 Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued Executive Order 2020-004, Order Declaring a State of Public Health Emergency relating to the spread of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, current public health orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic do not allow for indoor dining at restaurants and breweries, but do allow for expansion of outdoor dining areas into parking lots, sidewalks and parklets; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved Resolution R-20-34 on May 4, 2020, which accepted and appropriated $150,364,461 of CARES Act Funding from the U.S. Department of the Treasury; and
WHEREAS, Section 2 of Resolution R-20-34 requires that all indirect COVID-19 related expenditures be approved by the City Council before they are expended; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved approximately $43,343,000 of CARES Act grant funding for expenditure through Resolution F/S R-20-73, which included $41,332,127 of Payroll Costs, $1,000,000 of Service Costs; and $1,010,870 in Economic Assistance to Small Businesses; and
WHEREAS, on June 1, 2020, the City Council adopted Ordinance O-20-16, establishing the Temporary Outdoor Dining Ordinance, which allows restaurants to temporarily amend their site plans to allow for outdoor dining for the duration of the public health emergency restrictions; and
WHEREAS, on June 1, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution R-20-57, adopting City policy to allow the establishment of park...
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