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Interagency coordination for the outdoor dining program
2:06:18
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Council Member Brewer inquires about how DOT coordinates with other city agencies for the outdoor dining program. DOT officials explain their collaboration with various departments and the nature of their coordination efforts.
- DOT works with agencies such as SBS, Health Department, Fire Department, and Sanitation as needed
- Coordination is mostly ad hoc, except for quarterly task force meetings
- SBS is frequently involved in outreach to restaurants and funding issues
Gale A. Brewer
2:06:18
Okay.
2:06:19
What other agencies do you work with?
2:06:21
Fire, sanitation, etcetera?
2:06:23
And is there coordination?
2:06:25
I know you mentioned some of the other agencies to SBS.
2:06:28
How does that coordination work?
2:06:29
Is it through that task force that you mentioned or are there other ways that they coordinate?
Michelle Craven
2:06:35
So we coordinate as needed, I think, throughout the process.
2:06:39
We work with SBS quite frequently, actually, for outreach to the restaurants.
2:06:44
And in terms of the Meng funding and other issues that the First Deputy commissioner mentioned.
2:06:52
We
Margaret Forgione
2:06:53
work with
Michelle Craven
2:06:53
the health department obviously in terms of making sure we have the appropriate eligible restaurants to make sure everything is clear there.
2:07:01
We work with the fire department as needed, sanitation as needed.
2:07:06
Obviously we've talked to DCWP and city planning.
2:07:09
It's, you know, as things come up.
Gale A. Brewer
2:07:11
So it's an ad hoc as opposed to something that everybody has to participate in?
Michelle Craven
2:07:16
Aside from the quarterly task force meeting, I would say it's more ad hoc.
Gale A. Brewer
2:07:20
Okay.