A. Approval of an Ordinance concerning temporary outdoor dining on public property for the purpose of extending a certain sunset provision to continue to allow food and beverage service establishments to provide expanded outdoor dining in parklets and other areas on public property during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Outside sitting needs to stay, not only to keep us Frederick citizens safe, but also to stop the crazy traffic in downtown. People drive through downtown not respecting people on the sidewalk nor crossing, and bigger than that, letting outside sitting will attract more people to business and reduces cars.. this will beautify town way better.
Thank you for allowing me to comment. Emporium Antiques has been a fixture in downtown Frederick for 35 years. The amount of complaints from our customers about the loss of parking spaces to "parklets" is unprecedented. Please do not extend this program. Besides the fact that parklets are highly unattractive, and people eating on a city street looks ridiculous. Merchants could not voice their displeasure to city leaders who used the "state of emergency" to pass this temporary measure without public comment or correct procedure. If you want downtown Frederick to look like a European City with lovely downtown sidewalk dining, then do it the right way. But for now, downtown needs its parking spaces back.
Outside sitting needs to stay, not only to keep us Frederick citizens safe, but also to stop the crazy traffic in downtown. People drive through downtown not respecting people on the sidewalk nor crossing, and bigger than that, letting outside sitting will attract more people to business and reduces cars.. this will beautify town way better.
Thank you for allowing me to comment. Emporium Antiques has been a fixture in downtown Frederick for 35 years. The amount of complaints from our customers about the loss of parking spaces to "parklets" is unprecedented. Please do not extend this program. Besides the fact that parklets are highly unattractive, and people eating on a city street looks ridiculous. Merchants could not voice their displeasure to city leaders who used the "state of emergency" to pass this temporary measure without public comment or correct procedure. If you want downtown Frederick to look like a European City with lovely downtown sidewalk dining, then do it the right way. But for now, downtown needs its parking spaces back.