Another one was Orchard Supply that wanted to come in on Howard Street or one of those streets and i forgot which one. And in both cases, the way that the Planning Department came up with how many other formula stores were around it or how many other similar stores, there was not a set kie criteria in the Orchard Supply case, the City Builders was a block and a half or two blocks away and they were never counted as part of it, it didnt make sense, in the case of the sherm an Williams Store they left out a bunch of stores by jerry man did jerry man dering the area. I think that has to be fixed a uniform thing that makes it reasonable. Some things to think about. Thank you. I need to remind that the Public Comment is at three minutes. Any other member of the public who would like to weigh in on items three and four . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. And i would like to open this up for discussion. Steven thank you for coming out tonight, and i think that we need to send the message
Information from this scope to help advise and guide you, does that make sense . Yes. Commissioner dwight . We are just directing specific questions, i think that after Public Comment we can have a little bit of discussion, and i dont, desire to draw it out tonight, because i just think that it is really important that we are starting the conversation. Yeah. Okay, great. Commissioner white . Yes, do you have any data in regards to formula retail in districts that impact Small Business. In regards to when they come into a neighborhood, and if, you know, if there is a closing down of Small Businesses because of their type of business that goes in the area, or could that be included in this rfp. I think that is what we are hoping to gather. How does the presence of a formula retail impact rents vacantcy rates and positively and negatively and how does it impact the Small Businesses and the other question that we are hoping to answer is to what degree does the existence of the cu process s
They support the Community Health on a scale, that would never be possible, by a Small Businesses. Wells fargo, and sales force. Com, and just to name a few. And i also think that it is very important to remember that here we are talking about specifically about retail, but, Big Companies effect availability of the rental space downtown and so if you are a company just looking for office space, and big, can be a challenge and so, you know, this is not just limited to our merchant corridors and you know, i think that having Big Companies downtown is a good thing and it stimulates a lot of activity in the city and creates jobs and generates wealth for the city itself and so this sort of antibig sentiment, troubles me a little bit. I also think that Big Companies, can and do, bring in Innovative Retail Concepts to the market and they dont just do it under subbrands in a way that sort of be subversive or to get around things and puma opened a fantastic store under the own store in the meat
And ha is what you see is the first big things coming into the city, the big boxes, you are starting to see some of that on coming in from the golden gate bridge, the walgreens and the gas station and ihop and not very much over there but it is sort of sets the stage on what we are. And if we are going to be or if this legislation was put in to make us a unique city to it preserve the small business, i think that we have look at things like the target store downtown being put in. Or the one on masonic and look at it as a broad city, the impact on how it does in the whole city. One thing to think about. And the other thing that i dont think was addressed was, they had two different formula use and things that came up in the last year or two, and one was sherm an Williams Store that came in on polk street and another one was Orchard Supply that wanted to come in on Howard Street or one of those streets and i forgot which one. And in both cases, the way that the Planning Department came u
Thing and it stimulates a lot of activity in the city and creates jobs and generates wealth for the city itself and so this sort of antibig sentiment, troubles me a little bit. I also think that Big Companies, can and do, bring in Innovative Retail Concepts to the market and they dont just do it under subbrands in a way that sort of be subversive or to get around things and puma opened a fantastic store under the own store in the meat packing district, and they brought in a lot of energetic people and companies to an otherwise blighted area that today is one of the hottest retail areas in new york city. And so, Big Companies can help activate, they can help energize and they can help to stabilize even small retail areas and i think that we should not forget about that. And i am especially concerned about this notion of banning because like you say once you ban it there is no going back, and every neighborhood in this city, has gone through transitions, and the neighborhoods that are ho