FOR K WAS I NEWS? >> TONY, THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. MEANTIME, RESTAURANT OWNERS IN ENCINITAS ARE SPEAKING OUT TONIGHT AFTER LEARNING THEY'LL HAVE TO START PAYING BIG MONEY FOR THOSE OUTDOOR PATIO SPACES FOR SOME RESTAURANTS. IT'S WORTH IT FOR OTHERS. IT'S JUST TOO EXPENSIVE. OKAY. WITH SIZED AND PLANT RESTAURANT WHEN INCIDENTS WITH THE LATEST FOR THEM. >> HELLO THERE. YEAH. SO YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITIES UP AND DOWN THE COAST. THEY'RE CREATING THEIR OWN SPECIAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS FOR THESE OUTDOOR PATIOS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO POPULAR HERE IN ENCINITAS. THEY VOTED TO KEEP THEM PERMANENT. BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A PRICE, AS YOU SAID. AND THAT PRICE, HE'S EITHER GOING TO BE TOO HIGH OR PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE TO TAKE BITE THE BULLET, AS THEY SAY, THE FOLKS RIGHT HERE OVER AT ROXY, THEY SAID, WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WELL. THEY'RE HOLDING THEIR NOSE BECAUSE OF THE PRICE TAG. TAKE A LOOK. >> IF YOU WANT TO GO WHERE THE ACTION IS, CHANCES ARE PRETTY GOOD. YOU'LL FIND IT AT THE OUTDOOR PATIO SCENE, ESPECIALLY HERE IN ENCINITAS, BUILT OUT OF NECESSITY DURING THE CORONAVIRUS AL FRESCO DINING HAS BECOME A WAY OF LIFE. >> IT WAS A LIFELINE FOR RESTAURANTS WHEN THE COVID LOCKDOWNS ARE HAPPENING AND YOU CAN GATHER INDOORS WAS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO SERVE OUTSIDE. AND SO WE EMBRACE THAT. MANY RESTAURANTS WERE IT WILL SERVE TO SURVIVE BECAUSE OF A LIKE A LOT OF PLACES AROUND CALIFORNIA. THE CITY OF ENCINITAS AS VOTED. >> TO KEEP THE OUTDOOR PATIOS FOR EVER. BUT FOR A PRICE, WE'RE WORKING TO. >> MAKE IT A FUTURE OF OUR DOWNTOWN. AS HE IS AS WELL AND WITH PART OF PERMITS ARE MAKING A PERMIT IS TOO. I HAVE THE RESTAURANTS PAY FOR THE USE OF THE PUBLIC SPACE. THAT PUBLIC SPACE, OF COURSE, ARE THE PARKING SPACES. >> 24 RESTAURANTS IN ENCINITAS ARE CURRENTLY USING DOZENS OF PARKING SPOTS AS DINING SPOTS. IF THEY WANT TO KEEP THEM, IT IS $2 AND $0.50 A SQUARE FOOT EVERY MONTH FOR A PLACE LIKE ROXY ON ENCINITAS BOULEVARD. THAT IS ROUGHLY $1200. EVERY MONTH. SO WE'LL BE KEEPING >> BECAUSE IT I WILL TELL YOU THIS FINANCIALLY. NO, IT'S NOT WORTH IT. ABSOLUTELY NOT. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT BECAUSE WE LOVE IT. YOU KNOW, REALLY JUST IS KIND OF LIKE ENCOMPASS THE VIBE THAT WE'RE FEELING WHAT WE WANT. HE WOULD LIVE MUSIC EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. AND SO YOU CAN SIT ON THE PATIO. ENJOY LIVE MUSIC FOR MANY RESTAURANT OWNERS. IT IS WORTH THE PRICE TO KEEP THESE PATIOS. OTHERS SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD IT AND THEY'LL BE CLOSING DOWN. >> AT 2.50, SQUARE-FOOT, THEY ALL WANT TO KNOW ONE THING. WHERE IS ALL THAT MONEY GOING TO GO? QUITE HONESTLY, I'M MORE THAN WILLING. AND AND I WOULD LOVE TO PAY, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP THE TO KEEP THE THE PATIOS I'VE NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. THERE. IT IS JUST VERY STEEP. AND IF IT'S GOING TO BE THAT STEEP, I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING DIRECTLY CAN GET ANY USE FOR ACCORDING TO THE MAYOR. SOME OF THAT MONEY WILL BE USED TO REMOVE THESE UGLY ORANGE PLASTIC BARRIERS AND REPLACE THEM WITH CONCRETE. THEN THERE WILL BE AN EFFORT TO FIND MORE PARKING WHETHER IT'S VALET PARKING OR >> KINGS SOMEWHERE ELSE. RE CONFIGURE SOME OF OUR? PUBLIC SPACE TO ADD PARKING THE CAR. REALLY THERE ISN'T ANY SO. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN REDUCE THE IMPACT. >> THE LAST PARKING. >> VERY INTERESTING ON THIS PARTICULAR NIGHT HERE IN ENCINITAS SINCE THURSDAY NIGHT. AND IT'S THE CLASSIC CAR SHOW. SO YOU TALK ABOUT TAKING OUT PARKING SPACES. THERE'S ABOUT 50 OR 60 CLASSIC CARS TAKING UP PARKING SPACES UP AND DOWN THE STREET. SO OBVIOUSLY. GET SOMEBODY TO COME SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT THERE'S NO PARKING OUT HERE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM. PARKING IS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM IN ENCINITAS. WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY SEVERAL DOZEN MORE SPACES, IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE OF A PROBLEM. SO THE CITY WILL HAVE ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT TO DO. THEY WILL NOT START CHARGING THESE RESTAURANTS UNTIL AUGUST. 1ST AND AT THAT TIME TRY TO ROLL SOME OF THAT MONEY AROUND BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY TO TRY TO FIND MORE PARKING AND MAYBE DO SOME BEAUTIFICATION UP AND DOWN THE BOULEVARD HERE. BUT THIS IS HAPPENING. IT WILL BE PERMANENT AND EVERYBODY'S GOT TO MAKE THE DECISION OF WHETHER IT'S WORTH IT TO PAY
