Mtc. Is there a budget for that . The dollars, if we were to get that . Like what would you spend that on . Yes, so, the way that they have set up their grant program, and they did end up talking with us and it would generally go into state of the repair projects for muni and more investments and things like the rails and the overhead wires of the light system and the additional muni vehicles and so the things that we did not have Adequate Funding for other sources for and i think that the main categories were what we called transit sky way which is the rails and the overhead wires and the signal and switches that the light rail system and the trolly buses use. I believe that there is a line item for facilities because there is 7 million proposed in this bond and really a fraction of what we need to upgrade the facilities and i believe that there was a third category that will provide for the fleet expansion because anyone who rides the muni knows particularly at rush hour and particularly throughout the day our vehicles are at capacity, and so improving the reliability of the system, solves part of that problem, but even with that, we have current demand, and late demand and coming demand given the growth in the city that we need more vehicles as well. I believe that those are the three main categories, that will be proposed for the funding with that additional 550 million. We need that money. Absolutely. And secondly, what will be the time line and the roll out that once the voters did approve it, what is the time line in regards to implementing all of these . So, it varies, with the muni rightofway improvements, we have started, we will be complete with the design of the first phase in the presentation and there was a phase one and a phase two, and we will be complete with the design of the first phase and have the construction documents ready to go out to bid at the end of this calendar year and the funds will become available tip typically for around february and so we have timed this so we will be ready to go out now, and advertise for bids, for contractors to do that rightofway work, almost as soon as the funds are ready. And then, the second wave of those improvements would come some time 12 to 18 months subsequent to that. And with the bike and Pedestrian Safety improvements, they would be coming kind of more sequencally not in big chunks but as we get the design work done, we will be systematically putting those out to bid and a lot of those are done by external contractors. And so those will be coming in you know, over the course of the year as we do have and in the detailed documents we do have the expenditure plan, broken down by at least quarter if not month. So you can see for every expenditure category, when we would be anticipating extending those funds and so it depends a little bit on the category, but we have been working hard, particularly for the muni rightofway improvements that will impact a lot of muni riders to get those ted up and if it gets on the ballot and should the voters support it and we will get on the ground the construction immediately there after. Great, thank you. Any other commissioner questions . Commissioner, yee riley . Hi, director, thank you for the presentation. You are welcome. Could you go over, how we are going to repay this bond. I know that one is the vehicle free . The other one is. Yeah, so the general Obligation Bonds are paid from property taxes. And one of the ways that property tax rates are set, are based on how much outstanding debt the city has. And so, we already have property taxes property tax rates that are set, so that we can pay our existing debt load. We have sized this bond, so that existing property tax rate will be adequate to continue servicing the old debt as well as service the new debt that would be created from this bond. Because for, there are two ways that we are able to do that. One is that we are able to pay off old debt and so we no longer have to pay that debt service and so that creates room for a new debt service, such as this bond, or the earthquake safety and Emergency Response bond, that the voters overwhelmingly approved on tuesday. And the second way that we are able to do it is because as the Property Tax Base grows, and after some years, where it is slowed a little bit, it is obviously growing quite a bit now that generates more property tax revenue and so with the same property tax rate there are more revenues available to service debts and other needs and so it is always, all general Obligation Bonds, are served with property tax, and what we do as a city, by policy, not by law, but by city policy we only issue the new general Obligation Bonds such that the property tax rates will not need to increase as a result. Thank you. You are welcome. Any other commissioner questions . Before we go to general Public Comment . I, this is great. And it is much needed because i do know that we need more light rail vehicles. I keep hearing more and more about that. So, this is good. I want to open this up to Public Comment right now on items number 5 and 6. And do we have any members of the public that would like to make a comment on item number five or six . Welcome. Thank you. Good evening, commissioners henry, and this is good. Yeah, good evening, commissioners henry canolawiz president of district militants and i was in vietnam recently and i ran into a couple from copenhagen denmark and we talked about that and i do and in the city here and i am involved with Small Business and we got on to that bicycle lanes and stuff like that. And they said, that you know, they are having the same issue in denmark also, with the parking being taken over. However, what i did not hear, mr. Riskin mention of is the parking, what they have done in copenhagen by the way is they are doing garage and they are losing Parking Spaces but they are at least providing garages for Small Business who do need the people who do drive to buy supplies, and paint and on the ladder or whatever the case may be and otherwise what is going to happen is that everyone is going to go to lowes or to home depot and so your small Hardware Stores and places like that and not that they are able to complete because they want them coming over to find a place to park to be able to load the product on to it. And so again, there is a thing missing in this and this is either the important part and we should think of putting garages in and i think that would have helped. Thank you. Next speaker, please . Welcome. Small business, and small Hardware Store and everyone is going to go to lowes with. And i dont want to beat the same dead horse but there is no mention of parking all of these improvements are greatly needed and i think that they are wonderful. But they all, not most of them, most of them result in more Parking Spaces being removed and more yellow zones being moved, the Small Businesses and especially the neighborhoods need to have the trucks come in and drop off the merchandise and need to have the trucks or the small delivery vehicles to take them out. And i take the muni a lot to work and i walk to work when i get to market and van ess where there is a huge walgreens on the corner, and the area trucks are parking half on the sidewalk, and they dont fit into the small little zone for them. And there is no place to go. And i am looking at that and wondering what is going to happen in my neighborhood. I think that parking should be a part of this and we can find a lot of empty lots that we can put the off Street Parking to take care of the ones that have been taken away and our city lots and private lots that can be doubled, please, when we deliberate think, think of asking for more parking and bringing it up to what it has been in the last couple of years, thank you. Thank you. Good evening, commissioner mies name is paul rimer and i had not intended to speak on this item but hearing the first two speakers i want to speak from a consumer point of view, i tend to walk or take Public Transit and i believe that we need to do more investment in the Public Transit. But, there is the issue of the consumer who needs to pick something up that requires a car. I have found, for example, that it is actually more efficient for me to go across the Golden Gate Bridge for certain items. Rather than driving for example, to the cap plastics on van ess. Largely because the transportation flow in this city and the parking issue, is so unfriendly for these types of errands and i do think that this issue of adequate parking to support the merchants is a critical issue and i wish that i saw more to that, thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon, and i didnt come here to speak on this issue, but i cant resist it. My opinion is that you cant really trust mta and other departments as well to use the money that they say that they are going to use it for. I know that there are anxious to eliminate as much parking as possible, which will directly effect me and i have a disabled plaque and it is very, and i am 86 and it is difficult for me to walk places and so i do drive and i use the disabled plaque the way that mta took the money away from the muni bus and Maintenance Plans and do what we wanted for the exit of the subway machine is a good example of taking it from one barrel and before you start endorsing the plan for the huge amount of money be careful and make it restricted thank you. Any other members of the public . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Any more commissioner questions . Okay. Go ahead. Commissioner white . Can i get director riskin back up . You know, parking is an issue for Small Businesses in San Francisco. Is there any plans in the future in regards to providing more parking . As far as structures or just, you know, keeping parking on the streets in some of the busier corridors . Yes. And so first of all i wholy understand that parking is very significant issue, and not just for Small Businesses, but for residents, and for lots of people, who are in our city. And it is the stewardship of parking and management of parking is something that we take very seriously as a result of that. Right now, city policy that does not support the construction of the new Public Parking garages and you know that there is a lot of city policy that actually goes quite in the other direction especially for what is right here at some point last year and the Planning Department is beginning an update of the transportation element of the general plan, and i think that i have suggested to this body the last time when we talked about that is that that might be an opportunity to revisit that city policy, and we are proposing here, and it consistent with the city policy and also because our needs for these other modes is so much greater, it is really focused on making these other modes of transportation, particularly transit, but also, other modes of transportation, more attractive so that they are more viable for more people and so that there is more space, and less competition, for those who want or choose to drive. There are some people who will choose to drive and there are some trips for which, for many of us it will make sense to drive, and particularly if you are going to carry your drop off large things. And so to the extend that we can improve the design and the management of the rightofway, and to make more viable, it will pull the cars off of the road so that those that want to drive will have less competition for Parking Spaces and we are mindful and we have a lot of feedback from the Small Businesses and the Small Business staff about recognizing parking impact and not just customer parking. But also, yellow zone issues and other things related to Small Businesses. And every day, every week, we work with Small Businesses to address issues they have, regarding yellow zones, or green zones. And in the big scheme of things it has been very, very little on the Street Parking loss, in this city, and relative to the i think that it is 280,000 on the street spaces that we have. And any time that we are proposing any parking changes, adds or subtracts, we are working very closely with our Respectful Community to make sure that there was no adverse impact and so, kind of the, and in the big picture as we dont have the plans at the moment, and nor would it be consistent with the city policy to build the parking garages any time that we are looking at parking impacts and we look at those, and in the large part, i think that we have been successful in doing so, and one example right now, we are doing a project on haight street where it comes in on market and converting that last block to a twoway, which will make it come straight into the city as opposing to having to jog around. There was some parking loss associated with that project, but there are also parking gains that we were able to have and the net result of that project was a net increase of that parking space and we do work hard to mitigate or offset any kind of adverse parking effects that we have because we know that that is important and just since i may, and just since the last point in terms of delivering, what we say we are delivering, i think that you can first of all look at the detail that is in the bond report. And in the bond ordinance. But you can also look at the Traffic Record that the city has build over the last success of bonds for we have done the two park bonds and the General Hospital bond, and the library bond and now, two, emergency earthquake safety bonds and i think that we have been very transparent and very diligent in making sure that what we told the voters we would do, we would do and increasingly we are getting those things done on time, and on budget. And so, i do want to assure you that should you vote to recommend this, that the detail, and the bounds in which to be legally obliged to operate in terms of this being a general Obligation Bond or very much circumscribed and delivering to the voters what we say we will deliver. Thank you. And any other commissioner comments . Or questions . Commissioner dooley . I do want to echo, what some of the speakers said about parking. I do think that the push toward transit first, has gotten to a point where it has become antiSmall Business. And you know, i think that there has to be a balance in personally, i dont really see it. I see it as a push to push cars off of the street and i dont see those places being replaced. Any other comments . Do we have any motions to approve or disapprove the items number 5, and number 6 . I move to approve. Second. We have a motion to approve, its ems 5 and 6. Commissioner adams . Yes. Dooley. Yes. Ortizcartagena. Yes. Yee riley. Yes. Commissioner toursarkissian. Yes. Commissioner white. Yes, the motion carry and we recommend approval with six votes in favor and none opposed. Thank you director. Next item please . Item 7, discussion and possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors and Planning Commission on bos file number to be determined, planning code formula retail and large scale retail controls a Planning Department initiated ordinance related to the formula retail, this is a discussion and possible action item. Welcome ann marie. Commissioners i am ann marie with the Planning Department and i am joined today by the commissioner burns who is the project manager as well as amy cohen from the office of workforce development. Thank you for inviting us here today. In the early of last summer there were approximately 9 pending or recently enacted proposals to change the way that San Francisco regulates the formula retail. In response, our Planning Commission recommended to the board of supervisors that they take a pause so that we could have an opportunity to study the issue. We recognize the success and seek to build upon the framework and we are talking about the changes around the edges. We would expand the process, in some geographic areas while reducing process in other circumstances, the formula retail definition itself, what makes you a chain store, would expand in some ways and contract in others, over all the effect will be tilted in the direction of exexpanding regulation, but we believe that it will be in a measured and balanced manner, that said, formula retail and chain stores evokes strong responses and we can expect to hear the passion today, we have already gotten feedback from those who want the more control and those who want less control that they would like the see the changes, this is a package that responds to input from those on all sides. And it may leave some folks seeking a different reaction. So, with that, lets begin. I would like to turn it over to commissioner burns who has been our fearless project manager and will give you the bulk of the presentation. Good evening, commissioners, commissioner burns, Planning Department staff. Welcome. Thank you. So here is the outline for our presentation today and i am going to take you through the four key aspects of our proposal. The first topic is changing the definition of form law retail and where the controls apply. Over all, this aspect of our proposal will strengthen the formula retail controls by expanding the definition, these changes will target large established chains while allowing the Small Businesses to further develop in sff. The number of businesses that will be captured. And in response to data, our concern, and professional analysis, we are proposing three changes to the definition of formula retail, and first, increasing the number of location, and intitled and permitted locations, and second, continuing to not count the subsitaries and apply the controls to the accessories, and third, adding the Unlimited Service and professional services to the definition of form law retail and these changes taken together will capture at least, 150 additional San Francisco businesses as formula retail. While it was not based on any data, we now have data on how many locations that the San Francisco formula retailers operate, this chart, shows that by raising the number from 11 to 20, only five percent of the existing formula retailers will no longer be captured by the definition. And however, other changes we are proposing will increase in number. We are also proposing to count permitted or entitled locations, which will allow us to be able to effectively regulate companies that coordinate mult tell u. S. Openings, and raising it to 20 establishments will limit company and capturing larger chains, phils deli has eleven locations and they are significantly smaller than well established chains, raising the threshold will allow for Greater Development of Small Business, some have voiced the concerns that businesses with more than eleven or up to 20 are not Small Businesses however large established brands are we can see a clear difference between phils coffee, which is only recognizable in the bay area, compared to subway which is recognize all over the globe. This leads to a lack of since of place, the formula controls are aimed at addressing. We also recommend expanding the definition of formula retail to count International Locations towards the threshold. This slide shows that only 10 percent of the formula retail in San Francisco are head quartered outside of the u. S. Which we can use as a proxy for the international chains, the vast majority of these have long established in the u. S. And long been formula retail, surprisingly, including International Locations will expect to have little and no increase by the businesses captured by the definition, we have heard that the concerns that counting the International Locations will hinder the appeal San Francisco as an International Market place, we believe that the Flag Ship Stores that are more compatible with union store where they are permitted by right, second looking at the combination of raising the threshold to 20 and including International Locations we expect fewer existing National Retailers will be removed and most of the businesses that are head quartered outside of the u. S. Already have the multiple locations by the time that they come here, if this definition had been in place over the last five years, it would have treated each man, and all as formula retail. The last change to the definition, would be increasing the land use categories captured and which will certainly increase the businesses regulated as formula retail and we recommend including the financial for the Check Cashing establishment and limited financial which are atms located at the street front and business and professional services such as h r block and the ups store and the state farm, now lets talk about a definition, change that we dont think is appropriate for make. We do not recommend including subsitary companies in the definition of formula retail, based on the businesses that are already located in San Francisco, this proposed change is unlikely to have a wide ranging effect. The study found that only about 3 percent of existing businesses with 12 or more are subsidiaries. Most of them will qualify. And the proposed definition is problematic and the current way that it is written, it is at least 50 percent owned by a company that is in itself a formula retail use and the subsitary itself does not need to have multiple locations or any standardized features, this definition is difficult to apply consistently and may negatively impact the districts, this slide shows a recent example, jack and kate spade are owned by a location that has no brick and mortar locations, and the proposal is to count the subsidiaries may not even capture the retailers that it intends to regulate. Further, while there may be the economics of scale for the businesses the formula retail controls are premised on the standardized features, it can also impact the Small Business owners that create the unique concepts this is an example of such a case, the owner of super duper burgers owns the six other unique restaurant under the intent of the proposed legislation, when they reach a threshold to become a formula retailer, and any future businesses proposed by the owner will be subject to formula retail controls. Each of the other businesses are truly unique and do not contribute to a uniform asthetic including that they will have a negative number of impacts and including limiting business development, and the change will likely be inconsistently applied as they will be unable to verify the ownership of the structures of corporations and they buy and sell their subsitary and we feel that the definition changes are balanced and slightly more restrictive. Moving on to geography, Market Street is the premier street and the department believes that it should retain a character, and this part of Market Street known as Central Market is a burning neighborhood, last year, supervisor kim authorized the controls in Market Street between van ess and 6th street, the controls require conditional use for the five use types that are also formula retail and the Financial Services and the restaurant and the homemade restaurant pharmacies and only when they are visible from the street, due to the importance of Market Street, the Planning Department recommends an adoption of permanent retail controls for the formula uses that funds the market between 12th and 6th street. So this is a summary of our recommended changes to the first aspect of our controls, just covers the definition and geography changes. The second is designed to strengthen the conditional use process by adopting the performance based standards, the planning code establishes these five criteria and directs it to develop and adopt the guidelines for reviewing the formula retail cus without these today, we have seen the inconsistentcies and assessments that are not paired with data and some of the key terms are undefined which inhibt hibts the consideration by Decision Makers and we recommend to adopt the guidelines against these criteria. And we believe that staff should articulate the minimum standards for the design of the formula retail so that their standardized features are moderated and for this reason, we are recommending the specific controls for the signage and the pedestrian an oriented design and first lets take a look at signage. And signage, creates visual impacts that play a role in the attraction of visitors who are important to the citys economy, the standards will focus on minimize size and one Central Location and compatibility with the neighborhood. The Department Recommends adoption of the storefront standards to protect and enhance the character of a neighborhood by having high design, the storefront standards will focus on maximize the visibility in the store, and transparent shelving and no ground floor Window Coverings and also addressing pedestrian accessibility. Right now this solid block is only accessible through one door or walking through a parking garage, adding a performance standard for the people oriented design could dress this by requiring more pedestrian entrances or in this example, opening existing doors