gentleman said we've been to two hearings two different projects that was called mitigation was cash money being given to some group or another saying we represent the community and that's not mitigation mitigation is related to the sequa or planning code. steve has written an ethics thing we'll be describing later and now the gentleman is prepping for the city attorney to be transmitted about the loop as a church sacrificing we ought to be able to evade the planning

code or sequa because we're a church but once you begin allowing that they go into court and sue and submit an application for a settlement maybe this will fall out in the course you have settlement that all those principles under the law whether a planning code or sequa are being accommodated because the project is so bad and horrible that we're going to give into it. how could things be worse than that >> this is what was done to the church. now i'm going to tell you that everything was deception. there was nobody with within the methodist church that knows what the lawsuits were. their theatres are occurring and

how many people did you see a lawyer and a treasurer and the project developer with whom their aligned against the interests of the church. even clergy are threatened they were told it was sold 10 years ago and bow out and anybody who said anything may have their jobs threatened >> any additional any public comment? >> hi, i'm a neighbor of the project that's item 7 a and b be proposed for a 4 story building on cle memento street i'm sorry,

i came late but i'd like to voice my opposition to the project and the homeowners and neighbors to that project on clement street. >> go ahead, please. >> i'm sorry, sir, did you want to speak to that item or was that your any public comment? >> just to be clear it was heard on consent and approved just want to make sure you know that and you can contact the planner for more information. >> okay any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner moore. >> i have a question and it's not a discussion i've received a large number of e-mails and the

timeframe of several months regarding those trees on brotherhood way. that's a different group of neighbors is there any way to schedule a hearing so there's closer to many. i remember when was read in the eir and recognize it open the plan it's not a conclusion because there's ambiguity on the real reading >> i spoke to the gentleman last week that was related to a street closer project and there was no violation of the eir and he was preparing a response to the public so that's the update that i can provide and i'll follow-up with the responding of the public. >> thank you. >> commissioners that will place you under our regular

calendar. item 12 formula retail controls today and tomorrow informational presentation >> good afternoon amy rogers again i'll have this presentation and i have a colleague with me. let us begin. there's an overhead when the commission secretary has a chance or sftv >> commissioners we're providing our second of 4 planned presentations we'll talk about formula retail and the public that maybe hearing about this for the first time an overhead. last summer were 5 pieces of legislation that change the way stores are regulated.

on january 25th there is a time out or pause and the changes to the controls from this commission can further study the issue. ate the origin of the project. let's look at today's hearing for the overall schedule. today's hearing is bolted on january 23rd we presented you with data and introduced the potential topic for our briefs. together this material make ups the full report before you and there's additional copies for the public on the side. since this hearing it's revised and in its final form. last month we received the topic for the 4 briefs and today, we'll talk about the exploration of the topics. this will be about the public

release this is a public unveiling of the data so be advised this is like all material present today and we encourage comments today and we're going to make the full material available to all. the 4 issue briefs were based on feedback from the public and commissions. they climate the data and will be a transition from the citywide prospective to the second phase of the promise where we drill in deeper and look at the neighborhood. so in the upcoming phases we'll look at holistically the case studies they'll address the formula retail at the neighborhood level and examine

how they effective neighborhoods differently. and the neighborhood report will be at the end have been march and finalized in primarily. any policy recommendations will be after the completion of the study. so that's the project overview. now the meat as you know sophie is working with the mayor's office of housing and i'd like to introduce a new project manager to you. i'm thrilled we were able to bring our colleague on you know her from her previous work without further ado, ms. canning necessary burns >> i'm with the planning department staff.

before you we discuss this we want to provide a quick overview of the project. the data i'm going to describe is from dunn and brad street purchased by the city. citywide there are 1 thousand 2 hundred plus retail establishment and and nationally they're part of chains formula retail accounts are 12 percent of all retail stores in san francisco. now we're looking at square footage of the formula retail and density retail types. as we saw in the previous slide it accounts for 12 percent but it has 11 thousand square feet

plus. the quick summary it's in depth of the first 17 pages and were that largely discussed last month. we have new information. so here are the 4 briefs. last month we sdutd the various topics of interest >> based on both interest and data availability we explored the following topics. our first issue brief is understanding san francisco's retail. this talks about the square footage and the most common types and headquartered locations and the number of

outlets. we have put them in commercial categories and other prominently commercial or use district where formula retail is not permitted. commercial mixture use are the c-2 and c-3 and other district where formula retail is permitted they're related to in the area of the city with the existing concentrations of retail so westerfield and fisherman's wharf and other waterfront areas as well as park merced. then the industrial zoning with no formula zoning retail and with formula retail. it blthsd for only 6 percent in the industrial districts and 2 percent in residential districts. you may remember this map in the

presentation last month. this map shows the concentration as a percentage of total rail across the city you see the underlying parcels are for formula retail it's moss much less concentrated in districts that have controls. formula it is 24 percent of retail square footage in retail districts with control vs. 53 percent of retail in districts out control. on average formula retail establishments occupy more space than invent retails. there's been 3 and 10 thousand square feet. the planning code requires a

separate cu in the c-3 district and 50 square feet in other other retail districts. this is an important understanding for two reasons one formula retail fill different inches in the retail environment and two the c u controls may not be that meaningful since few complete the threshold. this table is designed to illustrate the mix of retailers. in commercial districts with formula retails in place the most common types of stores a pharmacy stores and apparel and assessor stores and other

grocery stores. it includes pet stores and others to name a few. the most common types of the specialize retail stores are grocery stores. those are the prevalence of the pharmacies requesting the many cities lcd. the apparel stores are the majority of the retail. are apparel stores are the most common stores of independence followed by independence stores. this is the formula stores by location. 28 percent of formula retailers are hautd in california with half in san francisco. notable commercial district with the controls are for

distinctlyly owned franchises than districts without controls. this chart shows formula retail stores by corporate owners. this is associated with companies that have more than 10 thousand 45 brandishes and almost all have more than 50 establishments. the breakdown of formula is similar in commercial districts without control except the ones with formula controls have for franchises. in conclusion this found that formula retail is much less concentrated in districts with controls and it is more likely

to be like grocery stores and those are in commercial districts with controls than without. without controls tend to be less neighborhood servicing like personal health care stores. this is our second issue brief that talks about the employment of formula and independent stores in terms of number of employees and terms and benefits. this was objected from the unemployment department. with the data available it was not possible to differentiate between formula and rarities you're going the exact definition in the planning code. firm size means the number of firms places in california. the data on hours part time vs. full-time were not available. so the first part of this belief

is understanding the employment context and it applies to businesses in san francisco for the city with knowledge applies to all workers except this applies to all employees for sick leave. the health care security friendly workplace applies to firms with 20 or less workers those with more have to provide nor generous health care benefits. almost 25 percent of san francisco workers in four profit firms are employed with companies that be exempt from 9 health care. on a national scale the graphics are for large firms that

employee more than 2 hundred workers and the other study shows that the large firms will hire more minority and small firms will extension e experience labor law violations. compared to 98 percent of large firms with less than 10 firms offend health insurance. this is the awareness of labor laws and financial reasons. this is a closer look at retail and restaurants employment in san francisco. approximately 47 percent of retail workers have employed at

firms with our city. within the retail sector the industries that employ the most are grocery and health and personal care stores. more than 64 percent of the companies have multiple locations in california. firms with multiple sites employ more workers than companies with a single location. restaurants apply 27 workers in their areas. retail and recuperate jobs are among the lowest paying industries there's significant vaurgsz in pay. in 2012, the overcame weekly wage by private firms was 167,

80 compared to city irk who earned 490 weekly. it pays about the same for multiple stores. within the retail sectors there's a various across the store types. between invent and formula retail. for example, the average wage at the electronics stores is 16, 60 per work compared to 10 plus in shoe stores. conversely the workers at shoe stores eastern less. in conclusion on anchorage the single multiple stores pay similar wages, however, there's

similar wages across store types as well as formula retails within certain store types. san francisco has typically smaller benefits for smaller stores. firms in all distresses are to over e offer better pay than their creditor parts in other parts of the country. the relationships between the san francisco neighborhood districts the formula controls and the establishment. the retail formula businesses on the commercial real estate market is extremely challenging and no one collections the data in neighborhoods renting district. this analysis providence

provided from the representatives and stakeholders in the first round of focus groups and published broker reports. this is self-reported by real estate workers. small landlord are unlikely to list their data open all stars. given that the data are collected by a single source it can at least be expected to capture a board trend over time. the first brief looked at citywide realty tracks. the retail rent and vacancies are effected by the location and the landlord and tenant expectations. for example, rent will be higher

and vacancies lower when they service a neighborhood with higher income. retailers will benefit from clustering with other retailer. a concentration of retail activity offers variety and selection. in addition to providing critical mass the successful shopping brands have a better benefit. union square is a place that comes to mind but restaurants and clothing technologies can act as an anchor like the fillmore district. retail likes the retails are better locations for the kind of space and occupy.

for example, national retailers have a board advertising shelving and smaller ones have less benefits. they contain the supply or vibrate of the zoning space they can limit the space by the development opportunities. san francisco's retail market is among the strongest in the country. the anchorage rent you see for selected areas are reported for the second quarter. the asking rents for street level there 10 to 20 percent in the city as a we'll whole. formula effects property owners

in different ways. it is perceived that it takes 6 to 12 months and can cost millions of dollars which means that if the retailers consider the leases they can look at this. formula retailers come with risks. on the other hand, landlords that attract folks can require up front money. as most density retailers are better suited for smaller store fronts. by making mc ds less attractive

they create lower costs who can't compete for space. now that we've looked at the commercial real estate trends we'll look at specific neighborhood. the district selected had to have 4 to 6 applications since 2007 and had a cost star report in more quarters to provide meaningful data like chestnut along 1 amendment street and gary boulevard between 28 avenue and masonic after the ocean avenue and the mission street mbp. the rent activity among the four selected districts were similar the mission street are an

example of the trend in the market this is the mission street from 2006 to january 2014. the trends appear to be the most important trends effecting the mc d. you'll see similar trends throughout. formula activity is also strongly co- related with the market. formula retail cus that were approved westbound generally folding followed by a doctors in rent. you'll find more information and analysis mr. about those trends in the report. the final issue brief changes the definition of formula retail

in the planning code and the proposals are under - this analysis is based on existing businesses in san francisco. note that establishments that are already entitled are not subject to the rent control, however, they're the best way to understand the businesses that are less likely to locate here in the future for the first proposed change we're looking at is changing the definition of formula retail to a include businesses that have 11 or more establishments in the world. currently that talks about the number of establishments in the u.s. optional. a recent decisions by the board

of appeals talks about the lease in place. expanding the definition of retail formula will likes affect a number of businesses that have 11. with 12 or more locations are part of the formula that are located outside of the u.s. many rapidly expanding international brands have a san francisco location. some example are logging hot and decould. they've chosen to open their san francisco locations like in japantown and chinatown and

expanding the code to establish the codes are likely to effect the small businesses. a city defined as a corporation that is ordinary by another corporation. in this example this policy could have effected jack spade when it established a company in the mission. based on the businesses that are located in san francisco it may not have a long term effect. 12 or more corporate family members qualify as formula location because they had the same trade name in the u.s. the final key