Mayor Harrell and at La Carta de Oaxaca in Ballard to sign legislation extending street cafe dining program.
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CM Strauss is explaining the extension continues to waive permit fees to encourage outdoor dining and help businesses make it thru lean times of the pandemic. #cafestreets
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Ballard was particularly all in on street cafes, which now line Ballard Avenue, which has has converted to one lane. The pergolas installed could last for many years, business owners say. #streetcafe #pergolas
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The first and last questions in QnA were about safety and homeless sweeps. Jonathan Choe of KOMO literally chased interim SDOT Director Kristin Simpson down the street pestering her about sweeps and filming her on his phone.
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We asked Strauss if Pike Place street cafes were coming back (in place of car traffic), and he said that was yet to be determined, but they could apply. We've argued for pedestrianizing Pike Place since 2015.
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Pedestrianization has become increasingly popular in Seattle, but SDOT has not yet fully converted a street. #PedestrianStreet #StreetCafe
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Even the normally conservative Seattle Times editorial board backed pedestrianizing Pike Place in December.
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can we just sign a damn permanent one so we don't have to do this every 6-mo? we have so many other things to spend our time & resources on other than renewing the wildly popular plan every freaking quarter.
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Yeah. We allow structures on sidewalks so long as they’re *certain kinds* of structures.