them nowhere. the rages that they make, the rent has sky rocketed through the roof. i just seen -- i don't remember what his name is, but he is a representative, and i said this wonderfully incredible speech about how we were doing with the company, and we were the best this year. and d.p.w. said, just straight work. it's good when you can have fun and enjoy your work. that's what makes the work even better, but now, all of a sudden, i'm hearing three hour shifts, and we have to pay for this and that. i'm hearing how much money you all are making, you're international, china, africa. you guys are everywhere. we're just asking for wages. >> supervisor yee: thank you very much. next speaker, please.

>> when i decide to work, i never thought we are on this track. so right now, we are on -- on this strike. so right now, we are on this strike one month because marriott never respect their worker, the person who making benefits. so i just want to say to marriott, sign the contract. thank you. >> supervisor yee: thank you. next speaker. >> hi. my name is fortunato martinez. thank you for having this hearing. i'm a little saddened, but i'm also angry that no one from the marriott corporation has came down to hear our voice, but yet, they want to make the money off our blood, our sweat, our tears, altogether the hours that -- all the hours that we put in from our families. some people come from modesto,

stockton. the commute is three hours to and from. but they don't want to hear that. they don't want to look us in the face and say you know what? i'm sorry you have to do that. i'm sorry that you have to be away from your family. but thank you for your sacrifices so i can sit in my office and get a bonus at the end of the year. i want to thank you guys for having the hearing, and i want to thank you for hearing us, but for marriott -- for no one from marriott to be here and to hear us is a slap in my face. and the city, and the county -- you know what? we'll take your money. we'll take whatever we can from you, but whatever you're going to give back, you know what? whatever you guys need from us, from all of us, we're going to stand behind you, because you're going to fight for us, and we're going to fight for you.

we live in the same city -- me and my girlfriend, i'm never going to buy a house, probably, and i'm 50 years old. thank you very much. i've been thrown out of worse places than this, so i'm going to leave now. >> supervisor yee: thank you. next speaker. >> two days in a row. good afternoon. my name is olga miranda. i'm the president of seiu local 87. my other hat is there is the treasurer of the san francisco labor counsel, and i've been on the picket line, i've gotten arrested with a few of you supervisors, and i just want to start out, it's very hypocritical for a company like marriott to have hashtag, the golden rule, how you treat everybody the way you want to be treated, this is not a way san francisco should allow marriott to treat any of the workers.

for me, we are -- our union, and i'm here today to be able to speak on behalf of our janitors, carpenters, within our universe of organized labors. these are the same families, and that's how personal it is for every single one of us. i applaud you for sitting here and listening to all of the families affected, but it's not just a little bubble they're in. it's everybody's household here in san francisco and across the bay. i hope that all of you supervisors are taking this personally. these are not the values that we're always on camera and fighting for, that this is how people should be treated. i ask every one of you to send a letter to courtyard -- to marriott overall and say settle the strike and stop punishing

san francisco hotel workers for always taking the stand and leading the fight. thank you. >> supervisor yee: thank you. thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors. my name is jay perschnepny. i am a bartender at marriott union square. i just need to let you know, being out on the picket lines, something that i've experienced. i've had people come up to me on sutter street tell me that they've been receiving e-mails, come work for marriott. a woman goes oh, no, no, no, let me show you an e-mail. she showed me an e-mail. they're offering $30 for a server. in my hotel, they get paid minimum wage. in fact some of them aren't making $15 an hour. what an insult that is.

take that, marriott. >> supervisor yee: are there any other additional speakers? are there any other speakers who would like to address the board on the special hearing committee of the whole? all right. seeing no other speakers, public comment on this item is now closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor yee: thank you, colleagues, and are there any closing remarks or recommendations from the members of the committee as a whole to consider? supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you. wow. that was -- that was quite a hearing, and i just -- i wrote some notes while you were speaking, and i just wanted to repeat back some of what i -- what i heard today. young people are discouraged about working 'cause it doesn't

get them anymore. i can't get sick because i'm a mother of three children and they won't be able to eat if i get sick. after 20 years, i got breast cancer, so i could no longer work two jobs, and now, i don't know how i'm going to pay my medical bills. i have one job to pay rent and one job to survive. i have no time for my husband. after five years of marriage, i had to get a roommate because i couldn't afford rent. i wake up my child at midnight when i get home from my second or third job because it's the only time i get a chance to play with her. for marriott not to be here is a slap in my face. this is not okay. this is not okay, and i don't

know what we have come to as a society that allows this to be the reality for millions and millions of working people in this country and in this city. we have lost our way. and what i'm asking marriott to do is to sign the contract. you -- instead of being an embarrassment, instead of insulting us as members of the board of supervisors and your thousands of employees worldwide, you can be a leader, and you can show other companies what it means to actually respect the people that make you a profitable company. and you can give hope to people that working is actually worth it again. you know, for those of us who are lucky enough to only have

one job, of which i am one of those people -- i get paid enough as a board of supervisors to not have to work a second job, i know how precious that time is when i get home at the end of the day, and i get to cook dinner for my child -- she's five years old, and i get to talk to her about her day, and i get to bathe here, and i get to cuddle in bed with her and read her a bedtime story. it's only a couple of hours of day when you're a working person to spend with your kids to begin with. that's what we're forcing thousands and thousands of parents to give up. it's not okay. it's not okay, and it is an absolutely crisis, and we must -- absolute crisis, and we must all join the marriott workers and fight, and fight for them, fight for ourselves, fight for each other to make sure that this is no longer the reality in

our country ever again. and i just want to close by saying that one of the workers said this is the most american he's ever felt. i agree. this is the most american i've ever felt, lirchistening to you watching your strength and your dignity and your resolve and your indignation is the best of this country. and sometimes, i feel a little weird when i pledge the allegiance to the flag because i know how much injustice is happening in this country. but i just want you to know that your testimony today and your fight has made me feel comfortable doing that because you are americans, and you are what we are about, and you are the people that hold the values that we hold so dear as a nation. so i want you to know that i am

100% with you. i will be on that picket line with you until you win. i will be writing letters, i will be calling, i will be raising awareness, and i am so humbled by all of you, and thank you so much for this beautiful hearing today. >> supervisor yee: thank you. [applause] >> supervisor yee: so are there any other supervisors that would like to make last comments? if not, i'd like to say that i want to thank everyone who came out today and made public comment on this item. and certainly, i want to thank the hundreds of others that came out and wasn't able to or wanting to make the comments in public but i'm sure their comments are similar to what we've heard today. thank you, supervisor ronen, for basically summarizing the

comments that we all heard. i think it's important for us to hear that over and over again because what we heard today are comments made by the backbone of what makes the city run and tick. without workers to do this type of work, we wouldn't be a city, and certainly, we wouldn't be the city that we know it as. and certainly, we wouldn't see a whole lot of tourists coming in here without these workers. so for me, for the sake of the workers, for the sake of the name of the marriott corporation, and for the sake of all those people that want to come and appreciate, we -- the marriott corporation needs to step up. they need to be the leaders -- they are the biggest hotel corporation in san francisco. then they need to either step up as a leader, or i just realized,

we haven't looked at the hotel tax for a long time. i'm willing to look at it and maybe help those hotels pay for some of the things that the workers are not getting. you know, people are -- people are struggling in san francisco, and we all know that. and we want the marriott to show that they care, care about the people in san francisco, and help these people that are helping them make their fortune, to make their fortune so they can live in san francisco. we're all busy, and in particular now until tuesday. after tuesday, we hope that this thing is settled. if not, i will, and many of you, my colleagues, will join the workers out there in the picket line. thank you very much. [applause] >> supervisor yee: so what i'd

like to do now is thank the colleagues, the committee -- i didn't see it. supervisor fewer, i didn't see your name. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. i just wanted to also say to the workers, thank you for coming out today. i think it was very hard testimony to hear because i think each one of us knows that behind every voice, every story, there are 100 people who have a very similar story and are struggling to stay here, and many of them are workers like you who every day are serving the people of san francisco. and the idea that your jobs are so hard that you are cleaning the luxury hotels for the guests of san francisco and to make our city such a tourist attraction,

and that you should have to go on strike for some basic needs such as health care. i think this speaks larger to what is happening in san francisco, but even larger to what is happening in our country. and i also hope that they will sign the agreement and give you a contract. i know after being a member of local 2, i know how important a good contract is to you, and not only you, the workers, but also the united states. labor is under attack nationwide, and under this administration, we are seeing a much larger separation of wealth in this country, and i just think that the working poor, or the moderate wage workers, you guys are up against a big battle, but we're behind you, and we hear you. and i think today your voices were loud and clear, and one job should be enough.

[applause] >> supervisor yee: supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: yes, thank you, supervisor yee. and i want to thank my colleague, supervisor ronen, for calling this hearing. i just want to speak briefly. i want to thank you for coming out. definitely heard you, and i absolutely agree, one job should be enough. to the parents out there, i, too, am a mom with two kids. i heard what supervisor ronen mentioned, and it breaks my heart. i just want to say i heard you today, so thank you for coming out. [applause] >> supervisor yee: okay. colleagues, then, without objection, we will now dissolve the committee of the whole and reconvene as the board of supervisors. without objection. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor yee: okay. madam clerk, item number two. >>clerk: mr. chair, we are going to hear and file that

public hearing? >> supervisor yee: yes. >>clerk: okay. >> supervisor yee: hopefully, yes. >>clerk: at this time, the public may address the board of supervisors for up to two minutes on subject matter jurisdiction. direct your remarks as a whole to the board as a whole, not to individual members of the board. if you need interpreter assistance, please utilize twice the amount of time. to display your item on the display, and remove it when you want the image to revert back to the meeting. you may comment on anything you want, but not on the item that we just heard. >> tom gilberti. just a couple of weeks ago, we had another union here. they were losing the gardening jobs. was that sutter health? the following week, a different union came in because they were losing the gardeners, and the next week, they were losing the

drivers. it's a rush down to nothing for the people here. a week ago, we had -- who came in a week ago? the in-home supportive service people. they went up to $17 an hour, but there's no place for them to live. there's no place for the workers here to live. we have to make it so that instead of driving two hours a day, they can live and work in the city. we need to change the fabric right here, right now. thank you. [applause] >> supervisor yee: next speaker. >> thank you, acting president yee. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen of the board. my name is winship hillier.

on tuesday, i showed you a graph of the mental health filings in san francisco superior court jumping up by a factor of 19 in one year right after 9-11. these people, these mysterious people, the -- accounting for these 2,000 filings are -- were, i believe adjudicated incompetent to stand trial. penal code 67, i think, and following. this is a back door commitment route, as i've said before. this is a way of ordering people into involuntary psychiatric treatment when they do not meet the criteria for lanterman-petra-short. this is a back door commitment route. it's been historically abused,

and credibly. people have been shoved into treatment, involuntary treatment on the basis of jaywalking. for years, i have been in involuntary treatment for over a decade on an unknown charge. now this is being used, and if sfgovt.-v, could you focus on the laptop -- and in case anybody forgets, this is a huge sea change. these are invisible people, much like the laborers here, these are people who have never had a trial, these are people who have never had a hearing. these are people who have been subject to ex-parte, in camera proceedings. they cannot even get the records, they cannot get the government to admit that they are demarkated at terrorists, as international terrorists, as agents of a foreign power, and this is a terrible thing. this exposes them to the authorization to use military

force back on september 18. back to you, acting president yee. >> supervisor yee: any other speakers for general public comments? seeing none, public comment is now closed. and madam clerk, i believe that brings us to the end of our agenda. are there any further businesses before us? >>clerk: no, mr. chair, there is no further business. >> supervisor yee: okay. then special meeting is adjourned.

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proposed for indefinite continuance. further commissioners.

designated child care units planning code amendment is proposed to continuance to november 29th 2018. i have no other items proposed for continuance and i have no speaker cards. >> president hillis: okay, thank you, dennis. any public comment on the items proposed for continuance? seeing none, we will close public comment. commissioner koppel? >> commissioner koppel: motions to move items 2-12 to continue. so moved, that motion passes unanimously 4-0. placing us on your consent calendar for item 6. and 7. i should read that into the

record. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission, public or staff requests which it will be removed and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing. a item 6 and 7 [reading item] 1011 market street, i have no speaker cards. >> president hillis: would anyone like to pull either of these items off the consent calendar? seeing none, commissioner koppel? >> commissioner koppel: move to approve item 6 and 7. >> thank you, commissioners. on that motion to approve 6 and 7 under your consent calendar, [roll call]

so moved, that passes unanimously 4-0. putting us at item 8. >> president hillis: any public comment on the draft minutes? seeing none, we will close public comment. commissioner koppel? >> commissioner koppel: move to approve draft minutes for october 11th. >> second. >> thank you, on that motion [roll call] item 9 commission comments and questions. >> i'll ration my comments over the next 6-8 weeks. i've been out for a week and i've been reading quite a bit. the first one it's interesting, there was a study on this name raj cheti. he talks about the impact of jobs and economic mobility where those jobs are added in the report he did, which i think is a really interesting

read. job growth is not sufficient by itself to create upward mobility. it's almost as if racial disparities have been amplified by the job growth. as we look at the plan and other areas we are developing, just adding jobs isn't the panacea that lists all boats. it actually sinks a few more boats than we realize, a at least according to this study. i found this an interesting article by joe angardio. i never met the man but blocks in the sunset and richmond where people can band together and decide to have their single family lots demolished and build three. really interesting article. at the end of the article, i thought, how can we create 10,000 new homes?

we can just build the homes we have already entitled as well. let's put that in our hat. lastly, we hear from discretionary review a lot and hear from people saying light and shade isn't a big deal. in the "new york times", there's a whole article about darkness and shade and how people are not buying apartments that are dark and shady. there's now an app that somebody invented that actually says if i live in this building, almost like a shadow study. it's a really interesting app. i took a look. i don't know how they did it, but it goes to the fact sunlight and air is a big deal and buyers are recognizing that as well. so it's an interesting read. there will be more next week. >> president hillis: thank you. looking forward to it. >> seeing nothing further commissioners. we can move onto department matters. item 10. >> no items.

>> there was no historic preservation meeting yesterday. >> the land use agenda with peskin's ordinance on fire damaged liquor stores. the modifications were technical in nature and clarified the entitlement process. supervisor peskin included those in the final ordinance. at the land use committee hearing they heard testimony from two members of the public both in favor of the ordinance. they recommended as a committee report to the full board. i think i have my wrong report. i apologize for that. how come no one stopped me?

first on the land use agenda supervisor ronen's ordinance that would amend the mission street district controls. you heard this item october 18th and voted unanimously to recommend approval with modifications. the modifications you recommended were to one, allow non retail professional services at the third floor and above within the n.c.t. as long as they have active non-profit status and provide exemption on mergers that result in a merger of 1500 square feet or larger. if submitted to the planning department on or before july 31st this year frmt the supervisor only included the second proposed amendment. the committee heard public testimony that was in support of the proposed ordinance. the multiple speakers all mentioned the ordinance was a result of the city community partnership to address the gentrification concerns in the mission neighborhood.

to accept the modification and move to the full board. next was supervisor kim's modification, you heard october 18th and voted unanimously to approve with mod dpications. -- modification. modify from 10,000 to 25,000 square feet. expand definition of protected streets on the bike network. eliminate minimum parking requirements citywide and some clerical modifications. public comment at the land use committee was overwhelmingly positive. in support of the commission's recommendation. one member of the public spoke out against the legislation. the bulk of the comments focused on eliminating the parking requirements and how doing so would support the vision zero and transit first

policies of the city and potentially reduce the cost of housing. supervisor kim split the file so amendments could be drafted. the duplicated ordinance will come back to the land use committee in the next few weeks. in the file that is moving forward to the board, she included the planning commission's proposed amendments except for increasing 10,000 to 25,000 square feet and that was forwarded to the full board. next on the agenda was supervisor brown's ordinance that would establish specific inclusionary housing ordinance for n.c.t. district.

they voted unanimously to accept the amendments and continue to the november 5th land use committee meeting to allow time for the fee change to be properly noticed. next the committee heard the mayor's ordinance that would modify the date projects are eligible for lower on site or off site inclusionary housing rates when they must obtain a site permit. commissioners you heard this october 11th and voted to recommend approval. at the land use hearing there were approximately 20 speakers, about two thirds in opposition and considered the proposed extension a give away to developers. they felt the ordinance went against the will of the voters and many referenced the mission

project specifically. the speakers in support of the ordinance commented on the impacts of uncertainty of the development process and rising construction costs. during the hearing supervisor peskin and kim proposed a few ideas on how to modify the ordinance those include reducing extension time to 12 months, requiring projects to prove their developments are no longer feasible, provide a process by which the zoning minister could authorize an extension. applying an existing fee on density bonus units to the affected projects which are not currently subject to the fee and exclude the non entitled projects from any extension provided. in the end, the committee did not amend the ordinance but voted to continue the item until next week. last on the land use agenda was a package of ordinances for the central soma plan. these were continued from october 15th so more mendments could be made. this week there were five

public comments calling for affordable housing and neighborhood stabilization policy and supplemental e.i.r. to further evaluate the impacts of t.n.c.'s. during the hearing supervisor kim said she intended to introduce additional amendments and continue the hearing to october 29th. supervisor safai and tang both stated they would like to restore the funding to the old mint to $20 million the figure recommended by the planning commission and additional $5 million from regional capacity enhancement. some proposed amendments language encouraging to include green walls and family friendly design considerations and encouraging projects subject to living roofs requirements to include green walls. a requirement that key site buildings office or hotels use satisfy their child care fee obligation by building child care facilities on site unless they can demonstrate it's

infeasible. three require conditional use for cannabis retail and medical cannabis dispensary uses and four finally lowering the threshold from $4,000 gross square feet to $25,000 which is small cap allocation under prop m. because this last amendment would extend the scope it requires referral back to the planning commission for review. however staff would recommend you waive your opportunity to hear this again given the limited number of projects affected by this change. you of course have full discretion to request a hearing, but if i don't hear we will let the clear know you have opted not to hear this item. and continue the item to october 29th. at the full board, all of the landmark designations and article 11 designations pass

their second read associated with the central soma process. supervisor peskin's ordinance on the north beach liquor stores passed its second read and suite of amendments passed their second and that's all i have for you today. >> president hillis: thank you. are there any reports from -- >> there is, the board of appeals met last night and considered one item that may be of interest to the planning commission. 891 carolina street. the commission heard this item last year as a discretionary review and voted unanimously to approve the permit with modifications. last night the board heard five appeals with concerns about the design of the project and the use of the adjacent property at 897 carolina street to determine the rear yard requirement for the project. the board voted unanimously to deny the appeals and uphold the permit as approved by the commission. >> all right, thank you, john. commissioner richards?

>> commissioner richards: i have no desire to hear the central soma changes. >> yes. >> seeing nothing further and no other questions commissioners, general public comment. at this time members of the public may address the commission within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items your opportunity will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. i have no speaker cards. >> president hillis: any general public comment? come on up. >> good morning, commission. my name is michael bussler and i'm here to talk about the issue of cannabis dispensaries in san francisco. in particular, my role in this

is i'm a citizen of san francisco and a business owner on haight street. this is regarding the haight ashbury allotment of one dispensary to open up. i've been on the street with my family doing business for the -- store cafe for about 38 years. my entire life pretty much over there and the opportunity came up to open a dispensary and i happen to have a business there with a property. so i signed up and because of a rule of first-come-first-serve with the application an hour away of submitting after the other applicants have submitted we are basically not allowed to bring our case to your commission to be heard. figuring this is the next best thing, or the next thing that happens since prohibition to go to this magnitude, i feel it's important for the commission to hear our case. i have been on the street my entire life, i know what the

city needs. if anyone from the outside is going to come out, at least the commission should not preclude what is best for the street and city. they push through the first applicant to the commission to be heard, so i'm suggesting and asking for us to be heard as well as other candidates in order for your commission to make the best decision who is best for the street. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you. any additional general public comment? seeing none, we will close general public comment. commissioner richards? >> commissioner richards: i think this is the fourth or fifth time we have heard this issue. do we have any ability to say hey we will line up all the candidates for dispensaries in a certain n.c.d. and weigh the pluses and minuses or only hear the ones that come our way?

>> i believe only the ones that receive a license. >> that's a first come first serve. >> president hillis: we are going to have a hearing just on the procedure. >> informational hearing on the procedure. >> president hillis: so at that point it would be a good forum for those who have issues with the procedure to come forward. do we have that calendared yet? >> we do. i would have to look. >> president hillis: we should have a little time between that hearing and when we hear the first one in case there are any changes that come out of that. >>ly have to look it up. i'm sorry, i don't see it.

i'm certain we have already. we can move to the regular calendar. >> very good, item 12 has been continued to november 29th, placing us on items 13 a and b for case numbers 2018-00750map and gpa. zoning map amendment and general amendment and 13 c 2018-000750 for 1 650-1680 mission street general plan amendment. >> good afternoon, aaron star planning staff.

the item would rezone 1650 to 1680 from nct or p public to c3g downtown general. two other ordinances included in this packet would amend the general plan to make changes so they are consistent. the purpose of the proposed zoning map amendment is to align the zoning map with the existing. title transferred from the city to a private owner except 1650 mission still owned and occupied by city departments. the department is recommending approval because it will rezone parcels. the nature of the site and the neighborhood and not result in a discontiguous c3 district. further the proposed zoning aligns with the market street hub project.

that concludes my presentation and i'm happy to answer questions. >> president hillis: thank you mr. star. any public comment on this item? ms. esther? >> sue hester, i've been paying attention to these sites since the planning department was on mcallister street. my letter is in the packet. i'm pleading with the department to flag these sites for automatic of applications to the planning department by d.b.i. they are something i'm extremely cynical about and the planning commission should as well. i know when 1660 mission was built. i had an appeal on the demolition of a residential

hotel on the site that was taken off the calendar because the building was demolished over the weekend. i know 1660 has never been occupied by office use city offices not an office use as the planning code defines an office use. if this is an issue about payment of fees, housing, transit, child care fees, the last item continued and area plan fees, i don't mean to be an irritant but i'm really knowledgeable about these sites because i've been paying attention to them for about 30-40 years. so the planning department has to step up and tell d.b.i.

cannot automatically approve tentative they have to go to the planning department and they have to pay attention to what fees might be the responsibility of the owner of the building that will go into them. the building where the planning department is, 1650, not an office use and the planning department has to do a little bit of research. they have the ability to dot research, i don't. hey, pay attention, i don't think people should go into office use where they can make a lot of money charging high rent and not impose fees that allow us to give better transit in the city muni and housing and child care and any other fees. thank you very much. >> president hillis: all right.

thank you. any additional public comment on this item? seeing none, we will close public comment. commissioner richards? >> commissioner richards: i guess question for the director. i just heard what ms. hester said. these will stay offices, i imagine. >> where we disagree with ms. hester is we believe and through zoning interpretation and long-held practice they are existing office use for the purposes of prop-m, not existing office use for the purposes of fees. so they will have to pay fees should they transfer to office from public. >> okay, thanks. >> president hillis: commissioner koppel? >> commissioner koppel: motion to approve. >> second. >> president hillis: thank you, commissioners. on that motion to approve

zoning map amendment and general plan amendments [roll call] that passes unanimously 5-0. item 14, case 2018-010552p.c.a. prohibiting employee cafeterias within office space planning code amendment. >> good afternoon, diego sanchez with department staff. today i will be presenting an ordinance that proposes to prohibit employee cafeterias as defined in the health code within office space, we will be hearing from the legislative sponsor shortly, they will be arriving any time. i would like to let you know the department does support the intentions of this ordinance creating and maintaining vibrant neighborhoods with high levels, increasing patronage of

restaurants and other retail establishments is also important. however the department believes a set of incentives and new requirements is a preferred method to an outright ban for employee cafeteria, this could still help invigorate and support the retail sector while avoiding an outright ban. as outlined in the staff report such incentives could include allowing office space where it's not currently allowed or allowing additional beyond planning code restrictions. new requirements could include a more robust allocation when proposing a new employee cafeteria or providing meal vouchers when proposing a cafeteria. recommending an amendment to clarify if cafeterias with full kitchens require full ventilation exhaust system and staff is amenable to

modifications, this distinction or amendments to the health code if necessary to help improve implementation. so that concludes my presentation, i would like to provide supervisor safai with time to present to you. >> okay, thank you. welcome, supervisor. >> good afternoon. >> how are you? >> good. thanks for making the time to talk about this today. i know you guys have been waiting with bated breath to talk about this. just kidding. when we introduced this legislation, myself and supervisor peskin, he apologizes for not being here, housing authority is taking place at the same moment, a lot of financial instability, otherwise he would be here along with me. but we opened this conversation and i think you will appreciate this, i'm trained as a city

planner. i think about things in the perspective and look at the way cities function and come together. this is something i have been thinking about for a long time. it was actually brought to my attention in the "new york times" article about 5-6 years ago and written about how the employee cafeterias that were internal and not open to the public, what kind of impact they were having in downtown manhattan on the lower east side and other places where they were located. and how they were impacting surrounding businesses and how they were beginning to change the culture of those businesses. i know you are familiar with james jacobs and eyes on the street and what that means. that's the perspective i approach this conversation with. i know we are talking about real businesses and real people but just take a step back for a moment.

when you think about the shape the mid market was in, the mid market tax break there was a conversation about attracting businesses through incentives. and i think that, again, putting my planner hat and reflecting back, i think from my perspective, it's had a mostly positive impact on the environment. created a phenomenal amount of jobs. some will argue it has had negative impacts on environment pressure on housing market and other impacts but when we are thinking about that particular area, and that particular incentive, if i were to look back i would say we are going to attract thousands of employees to be there. at the same time we want to think about the ground floor retail and how we will activate that retail and how we will get people out on the street, more eyes on the street, more people activating and interacting in our community and so that's the perspective i approach this with along with my colleague.