Submitted by: Carrianna Suiter
Submitting Department: Legislative
Agenda Section: Consent
Item Title:
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Hyattsville COVID-19 Restaurant Relief
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Suggested Action:
recommendation
I move that the Mayor and Council amend the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) Special Revenue Funds Budget and re-appropriate $66,000 of the remaining $74,000 originally allocated to Employ Prince George's from the Hyattsville Pandemic Relief fund to support regionally and locally owned full-service restaurants, distilleries, breweries, and wineries/meaderies in the City of Hyattsville. This funding will provide $2,000 to each qualifying restaurant to be used towards rent, utilities, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), takeout supplies, and other pandemic related overhead. These funds should be allocated by April 30, 2021.
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Summary Background:
In May of 2020, the Hyattsville City Council created a $1 million-dollar COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Fund to reduce the impact of economic hardships arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the $1 million dollars that was appropriated to Employ Prince George's, $74,000 remains. As restaurants have been unable to serve diners indoors in accordance with the Prince George's County ban on indoor dining (scheduled to be lifted 1/29/21),as outdoor dining is untenable for most diners in the winter months, and as food delivery apps take a significant portion of the cost to the consumer (typically 30% of each order price), our locally owned full-service restaurants are struggling. This $2,000 in funding is intended to help those restaurants weather this latest hurdle.
Staff support will be required from Community and Economic Development and Communications for outreach and processing applications.
Council discussed this item on February 1, 2021.
Next Steps:
Council action.
Fiscal Impact:
Re-appropriation of $66K
City Administrator Comments:
For Discussion
Community Engagement:
Outreach to eligible restaurants.
Strategic Goals:
Goal 2 - Ensure th...
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