<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Holtzman, Steve (SMD 6B05)" <<a href="mailto:6B05@anc.dc.gov" class="">6B05@anc.dc.gov</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">If you're planning to go out for dinner this evening, you may want to read this first. Capitol Hill BID recommends restaurants close outdoor seating for tonite</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">May 31, 2020 at 7:14:58 PM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Holtzman, Steve (SMD 6B05)" <<a href="mailto:6B05@anc.dc.gov" class="">6B05@anc.dc.gov</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica-Bold; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><b class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Patty Brosmer <<a href="mailto:pbrosmer@capitolhillbid.org" target="_blank" class="">pbrosmer@capitolhillbid.org</a>><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><b class="">Date:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>May 31, 2020 at 4:38:55 PM EDT<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>McKenna Pugh <<a href="mailto:mpugh@capitolhillbid.org" target="_blank" class="">mpugh@capitolhillbid.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">HSEMA & RAMW safety recommendations today and tonight in Business districts</b><br class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">The Capitol Hill Business Improvement District is sending a recommendation to our businesses on behalf of DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA) and the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington (RAMW). With escalated gatherings and potential violence, it is our duty to inform our members of the current guidelines provided by these organizations. <div dir="ltr" class=""><blockquote type="cite" style="" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="">This is not in any way a mandate,</span><span class=""> but given what transpired last night and in conversations with many of</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class=""> you and the city in anticipation of what may happen again today and tonight, </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class=""> this is an RAMW recommendation that businesses consider pausing all service, specifically outdoor dining. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px;" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="">The Mayor encourages all businesses to remove or to bring inside all patio equipment, planters, construction equipment, supplies, dumpsters, and any other objects that can be removed. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px;" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="">The safety of you, your teams, your diners, and your establishments at this moment may be best to just pause your operations and wait to see how the day’s and evening’s activities unfold. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 20.3px;" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="">Please stay safe and contact Capitol Hill BID if you have any further questions. </span></div></div></div></blockquote><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Patty Brosmer, President</span><br class=""><span class="">Capitol Hill BiD/Ready,Willing & Working</span><br class=""><span class="">1451 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Suite #1</span><br class=""><span class="">Washington, DC 20003</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Sent from my iPhone<br class=""></span><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica-Bold; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica-Bold; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">For the latest information on the District Government’s response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus), please visit<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://coronavirus.dc.gov/" class="">coronavirus.dc.gov</a>.</div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>