As I read the quotes, the City is saying that they don't really think their own guidelines should actually govern phased reopening. They're just going to put off any type of reopening as long as possible.
Which makes sense from a purely public health standpoint, I guess, but ignores reality in a lot of ways, and the city's ability to enforce a lockdown is going to get much harder very soon.
Basically the guidelines say we could have started Phase 1 last week but the City wants to wait. OK, whatever, but quit BSing about how you're using the federal guidelines.