The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the wooms, washington, d. C. November 18, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable jimmy gomez to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 kwln 50 p. M. Each member other 1 50 p. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. Steal mr. Steil for five minutes. Mr. Speaker, families across southeast wisconsin are concerned about the r
Priorities for the 2018 farm bill. The needs are certainly great. Every day our producers encounter extreme and unpredictable weather and pests to name a few. Researches and institutions tasked with these challenges are directed to do so with minimal federal resources and an aging infrastructure. Crafting the agriculture improvement act of and i along with members of this committee recognized that we had to continue to build on the strong history of Agriculture Research in the United States. With the enactment of the bill, the primary department of Agriculture Research education authorities were reauthorize z including the Agriculture Research and the National Institute of food and agriculture. Funds including the hatch act and the smith lever mccann tis sten nis and evans allen were extended and competitive Grant Programs were included to support Research Facilities and equipment improvements. Provisions were included to bring incompetent to 1890 and 1994 institutions. The farm and Ra
Include an anchor that drives foot traffic to the district, and an anchor could be a fullservice Grocery Store or another large retailer or it could be a cluster of smaller stores, related Retail Stores or restaurants; some sort of use thats a little cluster. Other businesses in a healthy mix include restaurants, nightlife and entertainment that compliment retail sales and provide gathering spaces for potential customers and potential services and Fitness Centers that provide needed services and also help to draw foot traffic. Professional Services Provide needed services in an officelike setting directly to the general public, but even uses like office and housing that may not serve the general public help generate foot traffic and the demand for retail and ncds. So what all this means, diversifying the mixes in an ncd so that retailers can support their customer base, is it should include a range of storefront sizes, and storefronts should be designed to adaptablity, and be able to s
Neighborhood commercial district capacity to promote and market their area, to care for the public realm and to activate public space. We think that there should be some changes potentially with storefront regulations and Design Guidelines and aaron just gave a couple examples of some of the ways this those affect Small Businesses in commercial districts, particularly looking at more flexiblity in some areas is one of the implications of our study about what goes in the ground floor and reducing barriers to combining uses within a storefront, the accessory use. We didnt spend much time talking about curb management policy, but clearly, theres a lot of competing pressures on curbs, and so we need to keep in mind the Overall Health of the corridor and the needs of Small Businesses, and we would be open to working with mta and the Small Business community to think through how these pressures and major transit improvement projects taken together some lead to some changes. And then finally,
So what all this means, diversifying the mixes in an ncd so that retailers can support their customer base, is it should include a range of storefront sizes, and storefronts should be designed to adaptablity, and be able to serve a wide set of uses. It also means that the office uses that that are not open to the general public could be located off the ground floor or on the periphery of an ncd. Limiting ground floor retail requirements for new development to the strongest locations for retail could also help reduce potential vacancies. So we talks a lot weve heard a lot today about vacancies and the work that we did suggests that limiting ground floor retail requirements could help to reduce those vacancies in the future. The final conclusion for our study is around experiencetial retail and the people visiting our entities. By offering a fun dining and shopping experience, ncds can help to draw foot traffic. That means continuing to maintain and enhance the public realm is criticizin