I don’t even know how to do Zoom meeting. The Commission will hear more applications on Monday night, June 15 at 7 p.m. (Updated) Volunteer and chair of the Framingham Licence Commission Adam Barnosky in an email to full City Council on June 10 wrote “we have been emailing directly to licensees,’ but agree the “more outreach the better – particularly to our small and independent operators.” No response was received by the news outlet as of 4 p.m. SOURCE asked The City’s Economic Development Director Kevin Shea and Assistant Economic Development Director Erika Jerram on Wednesday what specifically the City is doing to reach out & helping restaurants with the application process and to help them survive during this pandemic. “The application is confusing,” said Zhang, of which English is not his first language. The application is only available in English, said the City of Framingham Chief Information Officer Kelly McFalls. “They only give me one day to get all information!! And I worked like a dog myself.” “License board said I that I didn’t fill up application right,” said Zhang to the news outlet. He said the City told him the application was not complete and this why it was not heard on Monday, June 8, and without an approved application, the health department fined him on June 10. Samba owner Joseph Zhang said the application is too confusing, and that restaurants were not provided a lot of time to get the application in for the first meeting on June 8. Samba’s application was not among those 11. The Framingham License Commission heard 11 applications on Monday, June 8 and approved 10 of them. The city’s license commission, police, fire, inspectional services, and health department all need to sign off to green light outdoor dining. On June 4 at 7:35 p.m., City of Framingham began accepting applications from restaurants, especially those that serve alcohol like Samba, to apply for special outdoor dining permission. On June 1, the Mayor Yvonne Spicer issued an executive order to help restaurants who wanted outdoor dining. On Sunday, May 31, Samba owner took down the tent and stacked the picnic tables. On Saturday, May 30, the Framingham Health Department issued a $200 fine. On Friday, May 29, the Framingham Health Department “issued a $100 fine” to Samba Steak and Sushi. On May 28, the Framingham Department issued “a written order to cease such operation.” On May 27, the Framingham Health Department issued an “oral educational warning to the owner of Samba,” said Wong. Samba, did prematurely begin installing tents and picnic tables in its parking lot, in addition to its patio seating it has in 2019. The Baker-Polito administration said restaurants could begin outdoor dining, under some strict state protocols, starting on Monday June 8. They could do take-out, curbside pickup, or delivery only until June 8, when the Governor approved outdoor dining. Restaurants were ordered closed by the state in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. In total, Samba Steak & Sushi has been fined $600.įramingham Health Director Sam Wong said Samba is the only restaurant in the City to be fined for outdoor dining violations, this month. Two tickets were issued in May, totalling $300. This was the third ticket in less than a month for the Route 9 East restaurant. FRAMINGHAM – The City of Framingham issued a $300 fine to Samba Steak & Sushi restaurant in Framingham yesterday, June 10.
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