i'm dee dee workingman pr the board of directors voted for having this ordinance we're the only chamber of commerce that has taken this position we want to thank supervisor cowen for helping us with this and help draft the ordinance. we were able to get input both on larger companies. we're comfortable with the language and the intent of the ordinance. our interests primary were were to get qualified applicants into the jobs and enable the position to be filled. we didn't want this to be cumbersome that you set people up to fail all along the process to be hired and there is something that makes them unsuitable weighing we've advocated this early so it will happen after the first interview and we're graltd about that. everybody we worked with all the companies and biz businesses were clear they were comfortable. many don't have this provision on their applicaion but this was a given the box would come off. we didn't want o l s c to be second guessing the decisions that the employers make whether or not the civil action was an issue. it was the timing that the employer can you couldn't a

i'm dee dee workingman with the chamber of commerce. first of all, he want to thank you the commission and the mraptd and the planning department staff for undertaking this study we think it's critically important because of the legislation that is coming before you and the board of supervisors that will impact the definition and policies regarding all kinds of retail within the last year or so we think the policy is important we have the correct and up to date data to come up with a new set of policies. i was appreciative to be part of the first stakeholder meeting last year. that was very productive and useful. our interest to the chamber it that policies will create balance we think the most successful corridors are those that have healthy mixed of all retailers like local or large retailers and you know that you have this healthy mix and we hope this study will help us. one of the things at the stakeholder meeting and i see as part of the presentation was that the some of the data was analyzed and discussed in terms of supervisorial

dee dee workingman with the chamber of commerce. first of all, he want to thank you the commission and the mraptd and the planning department staff for undertaking this study we think it's critically important because of the legislation that is coming before you and the board of supervisors that will impact the definition and policies regarding all kinds of retail within the last year or so we think the policy is important we have the correct and up to date data to come up with a new set of policies. i was appreciative to be part of the first stakeholder meeting last year. that was very productive and useful. our interest to the chamber it that policies will create balance we think the most successful corridors are those that have healthy mixed of all retailers like local or large retailers and you know that you have this healthy mix and we hope this study will help us. one of the things at the stakeholder meeting and i see as part of the presentation was that the some of the data was analyzed and discussed in terms of supervisorial district and that's not helpful or useful. you've got to drill counsel into the neighborhood commercial district. if you're looking at it from the supervisorial view combining the formula retailer and in the supervisors districts it's different because of stones town it's not useful information. ground zero from the tension around those issues is really at the neighborhood district level and that's where the analysis has to happen not useful by the supervisorial district and you'll be able to compare the impacts from the number one formula retail and the formula retail and you'll be pursueing that information >> those of who you who line up in front of of the doors it's causing a fire hazard and whosoever is ready to speak come up to the microphone. thank you >> next speaker can approach the podium. thank you >> kenneth lee i have a comment. i'm for small businesses but we need more of other stores >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'm a case manager for san francisco for homeless women and children and i'm on low income. i'm here to talk about big businesses and being supportive to my clients. there's a lot of clients i have that don't have real - a lot of experience so i am coming up here to say we keep the big businesses around for jobs to support families. that was my concern to keep the big businesses around and retail to support the women and children so support their families and job opportunities >> thank you. >> good afternoon marry my name is pamela. i'm for the big and small businesses. big businesses over for jobs and opportunity. thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon commissioners. my name is a natalie i'm a real estate manager. first looked like to thank the planning staff and greatly appreciate the stakeholder meetings and will like to continue participating through this process. we have 15 stores and we've organized here. we have 2 stores p that are actively going through the process of redevelopment. several of our stores are for innovation or mixed use and we're elevating the store location in underserved areas and likely will have a couple of more perhaps in the near future. i'd like to touch on two things regarding the data collection. first, we appreciate that grocery is being discussed as a separate item. the formula retail language is what was acknowledged one-size-fits-all and those discussions we realize the neighborhood nets the paramedic and other factual into one category i want to see more research in the study. the study is going to be you touching on employment and labor. i'm not sure how deep that discussion is going to be but add union labor and union grocery store and we'll appreciate having that discussion added on that. again withhold to continue to participate into the stakeholder and any other meetings that planning may pilth put together. i appreciate he everyone consideration >> thank you. next speaker, please for those who are in line. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> anyone interested to speak? >> good afternoon. commissioners and planning staff i'm pamela and i want to thank you for the opportunity to speak today. i would like to provide you all with a copy of a formula retail mapping prong that has been conducted by the local brokerage community. we've done our best to survey every neighborhood. what's not concluded in this report is the study of chinatown and bayview and outer mission. we have not included union square. we've found a vacancy rate of 4.8 percent and 13 percent formula retail and within that group of formula retails 36 percent are locally bay area local chains. take a look at the facts and incorporate those into our study. we counted everything gas stations and fitness institutions. so we did our best to make sure that everything was as correct as possible. i'd like to thank you for including us in the stakeholder meeting. thank you. thank you >> thank you. >> good afternoon, members of the planning commission i'm the director of government affairs for the restaurants association. your organization is a member driven organization we represent extinct and chain restaurants. i want to emphasize and ask this commission to analyze the businesses based on commercial district and not supervisorial district it could skew the data and consider looking at the retailer should include charitable giving. thank you >> next speaker is there any further any public comment? >> good afternoon, commissioners peter cowen i'm a resident in the upper market area and worked on formula retail controls in 2003 and 4. a couple of thoughts an issue areas to focus on. there's a lot to choose from. having seen the impact of the formula retail controls the two things that stand out to me unfortunately in the orange and red they're the most complex analyze but the ones i having ask you have your consolute look at. the first one is the economic relationship this is item kj human resources h i the relationship between the formula retail. this is the cross-examination of it. when most community respond to a formula retail proposal it's about real or per served the impact on other small businesses. we have small information there's an impact and it's fear of being out priced and predatory practices but we don't know. if they could have it it be helpful its head to head competition. and the sick the notation of concentration. there's been 11 percent formula retail across the city but in economic growing graph there's an interesting phenomena at the major intersection 4 gas stations occupy the intersection. that's the best place to be with your immediate competitors for the market share. high concentration in small areas it didn't help us to think about that cross the city but you need to look at within a half a block and how does that change the economics as well as the character of the neighborhood. we don't have an analysis of that but i think that also is something that could use some analysis and so get the suggestions. those are my friendly suggestions and look forward to the staff report >> thank you. >> thank you good afternoon arnold townsend the economic opportunity you council of san francisco. which happens to be one of the last groups on the war on poster which happens to be the only declared what are the united states has ever lost because there's twice of the number of people living in poverty now than in 64. this is the 50 years of that property act. just wanted to say to suggest to you that you have our consistent please look at the employment panes and the ratio employment patterns of formula retail and not independent locally owned. the independent locally folks don't higher african-american. i live in the fillmore i'm up p there all the time they have wonderful clothes there i don't shop there because they don't have black folks working there. and interesting enough if there was an old navy or gap they'll hire african-americans. in fact, if you go in and out of the shops in fillmore you'll be lucky to find two or three african-american there and if you do they'll be walgreens or starbuck's. let me say i've been here almost 50 years 46 years this year and you could go both a store restaurants anywhere in this city in the old days and you'll see an african-american working in one of the places but not anywhere. things are worse now rather than then. where we had the fight over the home depot i went into every shop longer than the corridor and so you no african-american working there. if you don't go to lows walk through there and look for african-americans. this is one of the most important services that this is look at this so we can get pro-active. thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm with the san francisco border of real estate folks. we're here today ways formula retail we want merchant district for san francisco citizens. we ask you to look at the length of vacancies and particularly large commercial spaces which commonly feel that formula retail are the only kind of businesses that can light that space well. they do a lot to impact the vibrancy of the a commercial district and whether it cherl district will survive. and encourage you to look at the vacancy rates that has been presented but the length of vacancy especially those over 12 thousand feet. thank you >> any further any public comment? >> thank you those are inconspiring. it's essential that the delivery of public goods that are essential to public neighborhoods be it the formula other aspects are irrelevant you must have proof that the ownership is important employment is an important criteria this is a city and county it has limited resources. you have to have a means to enforce the public gods that's not in your syllabus. thank you very much >> thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm ken cleveland i work for the builder commercial real estate owners in this city. i'm delighted we shall looking at the impacts of the formula retail. we are restrict on how we define the outlets is kind of, you know, i don't understand where this number came from. it's really a strange number to start with. but in any case we need to look at the different in relation but one thing that is missing was how does it impact our small businesses that wish to grow our soup companies they grow and become a chain store at the 11ist e outlet. when we think about chain stores we think about starbuck's or that have thousand outlets were we need to diverse into this and raise it to 50 we consider we want to help our small businesses in san francisco grow and prosper here in san francisco and not limit them and put more time and expensive going through the c u process. that's it thank you. thank you. any further public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner moore >> i want to add a couple of comments. i participated ♪ the friday stakeholder of this group meeting and the study has significantly evolved from last friday. the chamber of commerce deeee summarized some of the push backs. i like to repeat that the analyze for the supervisorial district is highly irrelevant instead the focus should be on the neighborhood corridor for the focused group of a few of the commercial corridors. i want to ask that under the potential brief topics the second point is being capacity you're asking for focus on one specific store type i'd like to add we get a handle on those formula types which become hybrid when their in front of us like a pharmacy it's a difficult thing to do because they're hard to get a homicide on how their connoting with local businesses. the other issue is to take a slightly more differentiated impact when it comes to differentiated part time employment like with all benefits including the benefits of job retention and seasonal employment. we see a lot of people leaving those large