chipolte expressed interest. after meeting with them as well as hearing a positive response from the community we are here today seeking approval to not only allow them under the formula retail use requirement and amend the c.u. by eliminating the condition 36. >> i am the director of operations for chipolte northern california. just a little background history, the founder actually used to be a chef here in san francisco. he got a four-year degree in new york. used to shop the mission district quite frequently and decide i am going to try this burrito and taco deal. he went to denver, colorado, got a loan from his father and opened up his first chipolte. it was an unbelievable success. we have over 1,000 restaurants right now and three here in san francisco. our primary food is burritos, tacos and salads. we are heavily invested in naturally raised meats, organic beans, and we are very popular with kids. all of our food is absolutely fresh. nothing is frozen. we spend many hours in the morning before we open our

. >> and why does chipolte fit into the use as a fast-food restaurant such as pizza hut did? is it the difference in the type of food? what other types of restaurants can go in? >> it is narrowly drawn and that only applies to the large fast food. the restaurant they were referring to may not have been a large fast food. only this par space. >> ok. >> i would certainly think that miss jones as representatives of lakeshore plaza has listened well to the comments of the various neighborhood organizations and i and here stand them. in defense of the plaza or in defense of business in general, might i say in 21 years the concept of individual restaurants verses fast food has greatly changed. all individual russia wants in -- restaurants in areas that are not heavily trafficked have a very difficult time to survive. this is a fast-food restaurant which is not a derogatory term, by the way. those of the ones that survive in these locations. also in 1989, the process by which this4hñ department and commission processes formula retail has drastically changed. anything that would go i

conditional use authorization to establish a formula retail large fast-food restaurant doing business as chipolte to replace the existing pizza hut

conditional use authorization to establish a formula retail large fast-food restaurant doing business as chipolte to replace the existing pizza hut in the lake shore neighborhood. the project seeks to amend motion number 11545 to remove board of supervisors condition which limits the types of food that can be sold at large fast-food restaurants within the shopping center. the property is located within a nc-s district. the motion limits the number and tipes of restaurants permitted in the shopping center. the project complies with this motion and it would replace an existing large fast-food restaurant and not result in a net gain of large fast-food restaurants in the shopping center. two different petitions signed by 133 different people in support of the project have been submitted to you. since the report the department received a few additional letters from residents in the neighborhood for and against the project. the homeowner's association submitted a letter in opposition to the request. concerns raised by the association include existing trash from the existing restaurant in the shopping c

conditional use authorization to establish a formula retail large fast-food restaurant doing business as chipolte to replace the existing pizza hut in the lake shore neighborhood. the project seeks to amend motion number 11545 to remove board of supervisors condition which limits the types of food that can be sold at large fast-food restaurants within

whole foods, smucker's, chipolte, papa john's, all food companies. but it isn't a completely unusual idea. we mentioned in the set-up piece, blackberry rimm, research in motion, and motorola. it's not annin creditably unusual idea. norvelths, and if you look at rimm as an idea that, has been very successful for many years now. so i think if your culture enjoys a balance of power, a sharing of skills, the key success factor is trust. >> the obvious analogy is marriage. >> yes, absolutely. and, you know, it's important that those two folks are aligned and the kids don't run the house. >> and split up the company. >> yes, exactly right. >> have you ever run into the situation where somebody had to be in charge? i mean, because that's the obvious question, when you have co anything, is well, yeah, but whose in charge? >> yeah, i like to think we're both in charge. and two is better than one. if one is in beijing and the other is in germany or the united states or even latin america, it's good to have two that are in charge simultaneously. and we are in c