HomeMy WebLinkAboutCorrespondence - Third Ave ConcernsLocal Third Ave. Business Concerns about Food Truck Ordinance that we feel should be
vetted:
1) An unintentional spread of Hep A, in the city hot spot. ( See attached list of Hep A.
victims and addresses.)
a) Ask yourself : Do the homeless: Eat, Sleep and defecate on Third Ave. where
the food trucks are serving food. (FYI - I have a picture of a women
relieving herself on Third Ave. during. The picture was taken last monday!
b) If you answer YES, then this subject needs to be looked into since Dr. Wooten
testified that the biggest spread is caused by Shared Kitchens, Shared
Bedrooms, and Shared Bathrooms.
2) We were told that the Food Truck Organization had a part in your study - Why have
the local restaurant associations and/or the restaurants not been consulted at
the same level?
3) What can or cannot be legally legislated by the City when it pertains to the use of
public right-of-way by Food Trucks?
4) Can the City mandate or control the number of food trucks at any given day or time,
or the distance between food trucks, etc. ?
5) Can a business reserve a parking meter or two for a food truck through the City for
several hours - similar to the event halls and car shows?
6) When a food truck is in violation of ordinance during a time when the Clty's code
enforcement officers are not working, how can a report be made and what
documentation, if any should the reporting party provide?"
7) Whatever form the ordinance takes, can it include a 24 -month staff review of how it
is working/impacting the district?
8) If a restaurant must pay thousands of dollars for a sign permit and then $500 for
every banner or A frame, why should an outside vendor park or block that sign
and then have their own A frame or banner for a lower cost or no cost?
9) Currently any business doing business on Third Ave. has no choice, but to pay a local
business association fee. Do the food trucks also pay into TAVA?
10) How can you hold the food trucks accountable, they are not currently major
stake holders and tend to break laws and or neighborly courtesy. (Can the
business who invited them be held accountable for food truck violations.)
11) Who is enforcing and checking on food trucks?
11) San Dlego, recently passed a food truck ordinance, have you consulted them on
what they learned and the limitations they put on the trucks.
What | would like tOsee:
ADoctor/County Health Departmentconsulted ODUthe food trucks can increase the risk Of
Hep AiOthe area right now.
The Restaurant Association included and consulted in your decision process.
Local business concerns addressed, and not just restaurants - many feel like this is being
forced OOthem. And itiSnatural that people d0not like change, This iSgetting off tO8poor
start and locals are all talking about it.
Need community out reach!
Representation OfRestaurants and community heard before recommendations made.
Areal chance for the local community to hear the answers and respond.