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• Updated liquor liability insurance, and <br />• An updated premises map. <br />Cities also need to follow DEED guidance on reopening measures, including requiring employees who provide <br />food and drink service to wear masks. <br />Q5. Can bars and restaurants that are open on June 1 have restrooms inside available for <br />use? <br />A5: Yes. The establishment should have a preparedness plan in place that specifies access and sanitation <br />practices. <br />Q6. Can our charitable gambling organizations operate outdoors at their normal <br />bar/restaurant starting June 1? <br />A6. Yes. Pull tabs and other lawful gambling can be conducted outdoors where food and alcohol are allowed to <br />be served. See guidance from the Gambling Control Board. <br />Q7. Can golf courses serve liquor now? <br />A7. Starting June 1, bars and restaurants can serve food and liquor for consumption on premises in designated <br />outdoor seating. Guidance specific to golf courses, including whether there can be mobile food/drink sales on <br />the golf course, are not yet available, but we have made requests for clarification. <br />Q8. Do bars and restaurants need to get additional licenses, fees, or approvals to sell food <br />outdoors (if they don't normally sell outside)? <br />A8. Sometimes. Additional approvals would likely not be required for additional service stations supporting the <br />outdoor food service of an existing kitchen. It would be a best practice for establishments to share their plans <br />and questions with their Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) inspector or their locally delegated public <br />health agency. MDH has an Additional Food Service fee category that is occasionally applied in addition to the <br />Category 1/2/3 fee for the main kitchen, but they plan to address how to apply that on a case -by -case basis. New <br />construction and remodels would also require plan review. See the Minnesota State and Local Food, Pools, and <br />Lodging Contacts to get contact information for all areas of the state. <br />Q9. Are bars and restaurants in the Metropolitan Council region that are expanding their <br />premises to allow for outdoor seating subject to additional Sewer Availability Charges <br />(SAC)? <br />A9. No. Metropolitan Council Environmental Services will not adjust or charge SAC during the order, given <br />that these operations would be within current capacity and within the current statutory guidance. Specifically, <br />there will be no SAC due for restaurants that temporarily set up or expand outdoor seating due to the governor's <br />order. This is in compliance with the SAC statute because there is no additional capacity demanded on the <br />system given the governor's order of no indoor seating and a limit of 50 people outside. <br />Instead, Environmental Services will set up a tracking form for each city, where the city will report to the <br />Council the name, address, and new or expanded outdoor square footage for each restaurant that sets up <br />temporary facilities. These can be reported as the applications come in, weekly or at least monthly. Once the <br />restriction is lifted, Environmental Services staff will send the list back to the cities and ask them to confirm that <br />