Board of Aldermen 04-12-2022 Page 20
Alderman Klee
And if | could just speak to it a little bit.
President Wilshire
Sure.
Alderman Klee
Thank you very much. | know we all got an e-mail from Mr. Hardy and | called him and | spoke to him. | explained to him
that while | understood that he said no barriers and that they had come to an agreement. | also talked to him that | had
spoken to Ms. Gomez and there had not been an agreement. It was something that | think he didn't quite understand.
They had not really come to an agreement. We talked back and forth and | explained to him that even though he sent us
a letter saying he didn't want the barriers, it was the city and the city alone that gets to determine where the barriers go. It
was HIS right to say what went between the barriers and his property. So he could say, we could put the barriers up and
he could say no tables there. He could say no planter in front of Wingate’s if that's what he wanted to do. He understood
what | said and he agreed that he would have no problems with her putting tables there if we did in fact put up the
barriers. So having talked to him, | explained to him exactly what | was planning on doing. | told him | was going to make
sure that there was a handicapped spot there because one had been displaced and | believe Director Cummings had said
they kind of moved it across the street. | said that does not help Wingate’s because that was one Mr. Wingate’s concern
was that there was no handicapped spot. So | felt one handicapped spot should be in fact put there.
| think this kind of resolves the problem. It allows San Francisco Kitchen to have the two spaces. | believe it’s only
increasing the overall by one space from what we just voted on. It guarantees a signage handicap spot there and it still
allows that 15 minute parking for pickup and drop off. Thank you.
Alderman Clemons
Thank you. | certainly am going to support this amendment. | was unable to attend the two meetings because | was
taking care of my sick father-in-law in Virginia. Had | been at the meetings however, | would have advocated that this
would be the route that we had gone down. | think it is fair both to San Francisco Kitchen and | think it is fair to Wingate’s
as well because it puts a handicapped parking space in front of their business as well as a 15 minute space and then
beyond that a regular space. So there's three different kinds of spaces right in front of their location. So | think that
unfortunately what was voted on to reduce San Francisco Kitchen’s footprint is not enough for their business. | think that
in my opinion, they were one of the largest utilizers of these spaces because | know some people argued that, you know,
doing this in the first place why are we doing it? Well San Francisco Kitchen used that outdoor space.
In any case, | don't want to belittle what the Committee did. | just wanted the opportunity and | appreciate that Alderman
Klee brought this up to speak and vote how | would have had | been there and been able to. And so | certainly am going
to support this. | think it's fair and | hope that my colleagues will support this as well.
Alderman Cathey
Thank you, Madam Chair. I'd actually like to defer to Corporation Counsel because | believe he had some comments
about Alderman Klee’s did you say you disagreed?
Steve Bolton, Corporation Counsel
| think Alderwoman Klee may have said that the owner of the premises had a right to determine what went between the
barrier and the edge of the building or words to that effect?
Alderman Klee
I did, yes
Steve Bolton, Corporation Counsel
| will tell you that's not the law as | understand it. The city can make the sidewalk any width it wishes. The city can plant
decorative trees, install street furniture, benches, planters, rubbish receptacles, all of that is part of the easement or part of
the city’s right pursuant to the easement for viatic use of the right of way. There's been a lot of confusion on this and the
