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City Council Meeting Minutes April 6, 2021 Page 7 of 11 WHEREAS, the closure of Main street is designed to provide additional support to Main Street restaurants as they deal with the necessary but temporary indoor dining capacity restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council and the Downtown Business Association that the closure of Main Street during 2021 is temporary and that the right of way of main street to remain public space MOTION: Councilmember Fahey moved to approve the Resolution with the inclusion of the additional whereas clauses suggested from Councilmember Brown and with the direction to staff to detour traffic other than the RTD bus off of LaFarge Street when possible; seconded by Councilmember Dickinson. Mayor Stolzmann appreciated this plan addresses the safety concerns of the Fire District. She noted it is clear this is a tremendous impact on residents. She asked people to walk and bike to downtown as much as possible to limit the impacts on downtown. She noted that while the bus can be an impact it also is a great equalizer; there are many people who use the bus to come to work downtown or use the library and we need to have that available for them. City Manager Balser clarified that the detour to Front Street will not be available during those special events that use Front Street. That will be included in the resolution. Councilmember Fahey asked staff see if there is a way to accommodate access to the Chase Bank parking lot. VOTE: Motion passed by unanimous roll call vote. ORDINANCE NO. 1805, SERIES 2021 — AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RESTATING THE REQUIREMENT TO WEAR A FACE COVERING WITHIN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE — 1ST AND FINAL READING — PUBLIC HEARING — Adoption as an Emergency Ordinance Mayor Stolzmann opened the public hearing. She asked if anyone has any disclosures, there were none. She noted the Council had received some comments on this issue and those have been added to the meeting packet addendum. City Attorney Kelly stated the State and Boulder County have both instituted new public health orders related to mask requirements. Since last Spring, the City has had a masking order in place. This proposed ordinance would bring the City's mask ordinance up to date to conform with the current Boulder County order. She noted the Boulder County order exempts children younger than 10 from mask requirements. She added that the Council may impose restrictions in Louisville that are more stringent than the State or County but it cannot impose rules less stringent.