all fit to be located at a nearby shop. based on the staff carbon dioxide survey there are 4 hundred plus ground floor uses that appear to be formula retail uses. approximately 10 percent of the linear is occupied and half it two wall green house and the staff has identified 4 retail users and approximately 22 percent of the ground floor within the cdc can be categories staff has received 7 additional letters and signatures in opposition and 5 in support. member of the public have

concerned it's two competitive to withstand or not a good fit for the neighborhood it welcomes the smoke shops and others who have had a positive response to the shores they recommend approval the project will activate a commercial space with a positive use that operates from 8 to 10:00 p.m. and the formula retails spades will not increases it's less than 12 percent. the nc d frontage occupied will not increase from 10 percent it will increase the speciality goods that are complimentary for the neighborhood. the project meets all the requirement of the planning code

and is capable and a with the neighborhood that concludes my presentation if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them >> project sponsor thank you, commissioners thank you for the opportunity i'm jason miller a incur and small property owner i'm here to propose a initiative i've refrigerated in sunnyvale for 4 years now and one of the things that attracted me to the business a that's a license plates business all the operations including the build out of the store and the pursuits are up to the individual person that's not a franchise i'm not controlled by a corporate backing and given the freedom to be my own boss

i've had an opportunity to reach out to the community and be able to go to the local high schools i sponsor football teams and it's be it's been raurtd to work with the different folks i've culture those relationships i have several clients and trainers who come to sunnyvale from san francisco and the reason for that is that shop was a brick and mortar store only we don't sell products on line and carry other things that are like clothing and i also carry a fit bag company and because we're a

brick and mortar all the taxes stay in house like the vitamin shop in new jersey i can't say i'm a mom and pop business soon to be a mom and pop business we're forwarding to opening a business and being part of the community. you know, all newt traffic shops are owned and operated that's the way we work with our local surrounding polk street is the very best place it has central located in the city and sports related businesses within the area and plus what the vitamin shop it gives san franciscans 0 o a one place to come to its

your motto we don't cater to any demographic and the place i'm looking at is availability for 3 years and around the corner the cvc is about to get started. i've actually been renting the store for 9 months because w i have to have a location i tried to secure a letter of determination but because there's no delineation between the franchise and corporation i fell into that category but it's for that reason i choose to go through the process enterprise hire an attorney or go to the neighborhood for a liaison i was able to navigate the planning

department's conditional use process it's almost the same as building a house. i reached out to my district and spoke to president chiu and went to district 3 and spoke to representative supervisor kim's office and met with the business owners in my neighborhood. i was here for the planning commission april 14th listened to the executive summer an retail i met with the lp n on a few occasions last year had he this year and was never met about hostility that's because i believe my business belongs here. i ntdz the fee process has been established to help individual enterprise i'm a open space that

wants to get an opportunity to work here i appreciate you granting me my conditional use permit to be part of the community and do business here. thank you, again, for inviting me if you have any questions, we'll be happy to answer them and open for public comment i have a number of cards. (calling names) there's a lot of us representing the community alliance for calories the city planner assigned to the case that's not

been vacant it was occupied last year by beauty salon the business failed and refused to move out starting living in the commercial space and were kicked out it was occupied and it was a bookstore for a short term i don't know you know, i poke to the folks and a at g nc they're struggling to make it the only one is the vitamin shop. our organization is working with the property owner who is extremely difficult to work with we've worked with him on getting a pizza place next to the subject address and there's been other proposals for the particular address public

speaker. i'll admit this applicant has done the community outreach but don't feel this is a perfect fit recently got the cvs on sutter their closing at the 9:00 o'clock they have their supplemental there the 10 year lease it's not true i know for a one hundred percent fact the owner will only give a 5 year lesee reviews it after 5 years that's the same for all commercial retail so 5 years we'll be visiting this again, it's not sustainable there's other biz businesses that will work i hope you take this guarantee into the consideration

>> thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you. i'm speaking no falsify of the proposal. or. i'd like to give you background as to why i believe that this store where it's located is why, why it wants to be opened. for 4 years jan's has worked in sunnyvale working with the expertise and knowledge of the business. as you r all know it takes a while to develop our business so he's spent all the years and now

we've found a location on polk street this is perfect for the type of operation i runs. that's a single-family operation which my understanding is the city of san francisco is trying to promote individual entrepreneurs to open up a single business. this is what he is trying to accomplish. we were along the process until certain things occurred that caused people to oppose. i would hope when you look at all the conditions here you'll see that you have an individual entrepreneurs trying to open up

a single business and hunters view hope you'll let him do this thank you very much >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, i'm derrick. i'm the frigging customer and a close friend of the owner i commute down to his susan veryville store i encourage the second-story being opened jason has helped me open my journey to a healthy lifestyle and he's helped me to be a better person and it will benefit the neighborhood >> thank you very much. >> thank you one more speaker card eric brooks. >> good afternoon, commissioners iveng brooks

speaking on behalf of the green party and especially the grassroots in our city. as a resident that lives a block away from the location in strong opposition to the conditional use. as the previous speaker noted there's already a g n v c and another chance within a couple of blocks. this location has been a local business location and the idea i'm sure you're aware of we've discussed the idea with retail in san francisco is towards local businesses not toward opening up that used to be local biz businesses to chain store they're the first thing we've worked on we head in the direction of local sustainable

businesses are that this particular part of polk street is going on an amazing renaissance and almost all the new businesses that are coming in are new local proprieties not chain stores and that's an interesting place to be. i live on the block of endearing i did not find out about this my block didn't get outreach i found out walking past the store front and had a consumer crisis and couldn't get more people aware i think more people will oppose this this is a great spot for local priorities because of

their competition with the cvs and the other two stores mentioned before that's not a good prospective. so coffee shops have quickly gone out of the business because there's two many authenticity not a good idea and not good for the neighborhood that's developing it's on character i strongly yourself urge you not to encourage this and i think it's clear the third store of the same type of to go in a couple of blocks and a chance let's not do this >> thank you is there any further public comment please

come forward. >> good afternoon. i'm the owner of the business and own one hundred percent and invest many 401k and i opened and run my rail shop for 4 years. it is a fierce competition very brutal as the nutrition supplemental companies we have two competitors and 24 fitness centers sell supplements and walgreens and will 20

competitors in the polk street right now and everyday i face anywhere from 5 to 6 incidents they not to me match with retail but not match with the intersect.org they guarantee the lowest price and beat the intersect price and rapidly reach two locations at&t park the u.s. which is a large chance store. i can not complete with intersect price i'm struggling to keep up with current business competition in adding another competitor in the neighborhood i'll be closing my business. i urge you not to approve that

condition use >> thank you. >> my name is michael i'm the executive director of alliance for better district 6 and also have other titles i'm a founding mesh of the united merchant residents of polk i'm also i've been familiar with the polk street corridor for 3 seven years and you i'm also a member a paying member for over 10 years of the polk neighborhoods and involved in other words, i know the neighborhood very well wore many years. you know, one of the letters

points out you i reached out to the owner and he at one point didn't attend the lower polk neighbors meeting and he did follow-up with me and tried to come to one of our meetings that's the white piece of paper i passed out he come to the one neighborhood groups but there are other groups that want to know about the land use issues in the neighborhood. our land use chair has written a letter and not agree with this going forward night not necessary again, i have to emphasize that's not necessary the housing is going to service the neighborhood or community

that's going to create two more vacant stores in the long term and i don't see how that helps the community and there's better used for the store front a bakery or shoe store that's a commercial neighborhood we've been marketing in this neighborhood and pretty soon there will be other stores and people will be there more and the entertainment commission has been dealing with the bar issues they've progressed over the years now a business is coming in and trying to capitalize all the police cruiser's as well as cvc getting it right for us in the community someone miles.

>> when i said that that's the problem we've trying to make the neighborhood right for everything that lives in the neighborhood and surrounding area this is not necessary. thank you. thank you. >> thank you is there any further public comment. >> hi i'm emily i'm a resident of the south bay area i'll be moving to san francisco so i'll be visiting and coming to san francisco will benefit this community i see how he's involved in newt traffic shop i think that's a great edition to the community i go to the gym

that's awesome for the community he's helped me achieve my goals and more long time things i really appreciate your approval. thank you >> thank you is there any further public comment. >> hello, i'm roger i'm i think the project is great for the secretary of interior stock exchange i'm an enterprise and been here many, many years. jason should take a chance and open a business the landlord said okay. i'll let you and he takes the money so it trickles

down to the city tax you go to an enterprise that takes a chance and on supplements and gmc they're willing to buy a proud so this guy is put his hard dollars into that you put our sweat and blood and tears you come to this country you play hard and you now success so the city of san francisco the gate should be opened this guy is not a big box organization like best buy he's on his own taking a chance and got his own ideas i've listened to him he can build his own store so i think the cities best university

i opportunity is give the guy a chance and if he fails that's on him give him a chance because the city gets the sales tax review and instead of people buying things into other cities so the city and the landlord benefits and the city gets the property taxes give the guy a chance >> thank you. >> thank you is there any further public comment seeing none, public comment is closed commissioner antonini. >> yeah. i'd like to ask staff a question looking at the map you've provided us and i mentioned this is vacant for a couple of years i'm not one of the speakers said it wasn't that long but two other vacancies on the same block. >> the block appears to be

turning slowly but. >> but 3 stores vacant. >> thank you for your information i'm favorable about this because of the vacancy factor and the other two comports or 3 are formula retail so it's like it's not like we're protecting local businesses just whether or not another one can expedi compete you can have some of the same pursuits but the representation is different and the way they work with their consumers that's not you come in and pay our money and leave but

there's service how they, help you with our gallows so this year's only 6 percent formula retail in the area so this formula that'd be open from 10 to 8 and i hope the project sponsor will be able to police the front of the store but i hope you'll give the police and others the ability to move anti people that maybe using part of your store to do drugs if they're on your property you can give permission to have them displaced. so i would be in favor and move to approve >> second. >> commissioner sugaya. >> yeah. a couple of questions

to staff. i'm curious this is an investment in the neighborhood and the mayor's office have i heard anything >> no, i haven't. >> also to project sponsor i have a question or two. the city's determined this is formula retail your connected with a national company but you said you're not a franchise you wholly own the operation but under some obligation i assume to market their products >> we've licensed the name kaishg executive products. >> but you have the ability to sell whatever. >> yes. >> you also mentioned the newt traffic shop didn't have sales

online. >> that's correct. >> i went on line and tried to buy one of our products and can't do it. >> that's correct. >> that's different than max muscle i went to makings muscle and i can buy products online i don't know about the two national chances but on one you have to go to the store that's quite surprising to me. >> commissioner moore. >> i would call 4 years ago when this was much more a frontier we have an immigrant

that was putting his life savings into the store i remember a brief conversation between commissioner johns we were struggling how to help small businesses particularly with people that are starting in the economy find a way to help them. and after long discussions in the neighborhood kind of supporting this although they had questions i felt we were doing the right thing in the discussions in the small business commission spooek looking at situations like this we felt we needed to run and excel rats the approval and get into business. this was the front take care commissioner fong and i asked

can this person succeed in the environment and the neighborhood is rapidly changing and today's voice by representatives of the business community as well as neighbors are asking us to pause and not approve this project because it is already the same time is a sameness factor people nearby who sell some of the products and the tennis by which we approve the previous project started to feed themselves. i strongly believe the reasons still hold for me, the attentions i need to spend on every project in front of me has to meet criteria that's higher than what it in front of me i can't support that