 Boston Mayor Michelle Wu faced heavy scrutiny this week after announcing restaurants in the North End must pay a $7,500 fee for authorized outdoor dining. Wu held a press conference to calm nerves and ensure she's working with everyone impacted by the North End's busy summers to resolve this issue. To make this work in the North End we need to have a specially tailored program for our North End residents. That means that we need the resources to be able to address some of the impacts that will help contribute to an even greater quality of life. Wu detailed she is working with residents and restaurant owners on a plan to allow the program to meet people where they are. In this particular neighborhood we want to make clear that there will be a hardship waiver process that will take into account for example whether or not you have a liquor license which could affect your ability to be part of this whether or not you are on one of the main streets such as Hanover or Salem or or you're in a less dense area when it comes to outdoor patios. Born and raised restaurant owner Nick Verano said he knows there's a tough road ahead but a certain all parties involved can come to an agreement. Whether we agree or disagree on certain things it's okay as long as we do what's best for the neighborhood and mostly for the residents that live there year round. Mayor Wu said this whole process talking to restaurant owners and residents in the North End has brought to her other issues that she needs to attend to like pest control and trash. She plans to work on those as soon as she's done with restaurants in the North End. For BUTV 10 I'm Julianne Chalcomb.