. >> good afternoon, commissioners deedee workingman in the chamber of commerce the dhm represents over 15 businesses large and small local and national we want to acknowledge and thank the planning department and planning staff for putting this in place we appreciate the good intentions for the planning codes relating to all retail that's derived from outreach. the chamber of commerce sxheenz the working groups made up of formula and non-formula we've discussions the policies coming out of the board of supervisors and the planning department we've met with ted egging connecticut on and looking at this and tried to without parole come up with a balanced point of view which we think reflects the planning department study that shows a good faith effort that encourages and supports all kinds of retail across the city. so your points of views related to the planning department will recommendations are as follows: we support raising the formula retail from 11 to 20 it enables the small start up retailer to grow before they fall under the definition of formula retail but captures the national