unique and interesting businesses up and down market street. the board made the following determinations in its decision to oppose star bucks. the application competes with existing small businesses, adds no new or needed community serving retail. displaces an existing small business, and will increase retail rents in the district, thereby negatively impacting the potential for new and local small businesses. thank you for the extra time to speak today. thank you. we have a number of speaker cards here, and we did allot a 15-minute period for, as we just heard, for three different neighborhood groups and three groups to share a combined thought. so, if you find yourself of like mind, we want to hear what you have to say, but you might want to nod and keep your comments short and try not to repeat the comments. we see there are a number of folks in the audience with stickers. so, we under this is a large group here. go ahead and call some names. gary virginia. mikael meg. [s
groups to share a combined thought. so, if you find yourself of like mind, we want to hear what you have to say, but you might want to nod and keep your comments short and try not to repeat the comments. we see there are a number of folks in the audience with stickers. so, we under this is a large group here. go ahead and call some names. gary virginia. mikael meg. [speaker not understood]. alex coulter. hali hail. lena coulter. max coulter, the whole family. trisha hickey. any of these names, if i called your name come on up. it might be easier to line up on that side of the room there. are any of those people here? okay, all right, keep going. vera la rotic. kimberly jones. justin jackson. auri wilmerton. [speaker not understood]. salve a door flores. john matenge. okay, we re getting some. ~ all right, if you re ready, go ahead. good afternoon, thank you for your valuable time. i m kimberly jones. i m an artist. i ve lived here 16 years. as a volunteer across the str
no new or needed community serving retail. displaces an existing small business, and will increase retail rents in the district, thereby negatively impacting the potential for new and local small businesses. thank you for the extra time to speak today. thank you. we have a number of speaker cards here, and we did allot a 15-minute period for, as we just heard, for three different neighborhood groups and three groups to share a combined thought. so, if you find yourself of like mind, we want to hear what you have to say, but you might want to nod and keep your comments short and try not to repeat the comments. we see there are a number of folks in the audience with stickers. so, we under this is a large group here. go ahead and call some names. gary virginia. mikael meg. [speaker not understood]. alex coulter. hali hail. lena coulter. max coulter, the whole family. trisha hickey. any of these names, if i called your name come on up. it might be easier to line up on that side
and dpw to have a san francisco clean sweep. we have 1400 partners, families, customers and businesses and working together contributing 500 hours to clean up the city in nine different areas. our partners participate in monthly dpw events. star bucks also supports charitable nonprofit organizations to cash and in kind donation. some examples are united way of bay area, bay area scores, community growth, friends of san francisco public library, san francisco aids walk, and the lgbt community center and glide. that s a small slice of what we do in local community and regionally wise, too. now to talk about our projected site at 2201 market street. currently this is what the location looks like right now. the building requires fundamental improvements. accessibility upgrades, structural improvements, could met i can work, basic internal infrastructure has also been cited by the city as well. the property currently has ongoing issues with trash, graffiti, vandalism, and overnigh