1. Approve inclusion of all food facility permit types as being eligible for the Restaurant Fee Waiver Program; and|
     
2. Approve extending the application period until September 30, 2021 with the understanding that a permit fee can only be waived once under this program.

On January 26, 2021 the Board of Supervisors approved a restaurant fee waiver program to ease the financial burden of permit fees during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are many different types of food permits that the Division of Environmental Health issues. At the time of the proposal, restaurants, bars, restaurant/bar combination and bakeries were listed as those that would be eligible to apply for the program. On May 18, 2021 the Board of Supervisors approved including mobile food facilities as an eligible permit type for the program. Since then  Environmental Health has determined that all food facilities should be included in the program as all have suffered financially due to the pandemic similar to restaurants.

This minor expansion of the program will still be able to be performed within the current budget authorization of the Restaurant Fee Waiver Program.

This Division of Environmental Health has collaborated closely with the Department of Financial Services on this recommendation.