i want to hand over the mic to ben van houten and i will be back up shortly to tell you more. great. thanks, maggie. good evening, commissioners. ben van horn from the office of economic and workforce development. i'm going to walk through a couple of slides with a number of the different elements in this legislation. there are a whole bunch of different reforms that are a part of this. this proposed ordinance. first off, we are proposing part of the legislation would enable the waiving of certain entertainment fees, first and foremost, the ability to waive application and license fees associated with the transition for businesses from the pandemic. just add music permit, which allowed outdoor entertainment and amplified sound during the pandemic. that was a free permit. but as the that permit sunsets, along with the sunsetting of the pandemic, shared spaces program, businesses that want to continue offering outdoor entertainment amplified sound will need to either apply for a brick and mortar entertainment permit for the first time or amend an existing permit in order to include that outdoor area that they never contemplated having enterta

i want to hand over the mic to ben van houten and i will be back up shortly to tell you more. great. thanks, maggie. good evening, commissioners. ben van horndevelopment. i'm going to walk through a couple of slides with a number of the different elements in this legislation. there are a whole bunch of different reforms that are a part of this. this proposed ordinance. first off, we are proposing part of the legislation would enable the waiving of certain entertainment fees, first and foremost, the ability to waive application and license fees associated with the transition for businesses from the pandemic. just add music permit, which allowed outdoor entertainment and amplified sound during the pandemic. that was a free permit. but as the that permit sunsets, along with the sunsetting of the pandemic, shared spaces program, businesses that want to continue offering outdoor entertainment amplified sound will need to either apply for a brick and mortar entertainment permit for the first time or amend an existing permit in order to include that outdoor area that they never contemplated having entertainment or amplified sound . this ordinance