letter of determination. the letter stated that a bowling alley was allowed but the restaurant, bar area was limited to 22500 square feet. we felt we could work with this restriction. we were also told we would be subject to a neighborhood impact the of the $3 per square foot for the space, equalling $24,000. our warehouse is approximately 8000 square feet. we may be subject to an npa and mta impact fee of the $10 per square feet at $80,000. the planner could not determine the fees are she directed me to the administrator, jay. this was a huge concern as we are a small business and we could not afford this. with this question in mind, we polled questions on customers on transportation. we had planned to install like a parking. since we are not a business operating tear careened during business hours, it should not burden or impact muni. in november 2010, i contacted the that he administrator about these fees. i spoke with jay and how he would calculate the amount we wou
sfgtv. we have linked it to our website. on october 16, the mission in lower 24th merchants are having a meeting. i will be working with them to bring together a panel. their meetings are from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m. from 1130 until 1:00. it is on tuesday, midday. if you are available, i invite you to come. i want to a knowledge of the merchant s association. they were extraordinarily proactive with the video store, and there will be inspections. they did do their cast inspection. i want to applaud them that monthly, they are assembling a meeting so that businesses that may have received a letter can come and talk to them. i attended a meeting last week and there will be some new business that received a letter and had it not been for their consistent information education through the emergence newsletter, she would have thrown away the letter. nashua be able to respond. i appreciate the merchant s association being very proactive and responsive to their merchants. and katherine w
conversation as he was referencing credit that would be adjusted and going to the fee we were paying. i thought he was telling me they would be combined due to the credit he was referring to. i found out i was wrong last week. in january 2011, when we finally signed the lease. january through march we began the architectural drawings and a fund-raising as investors in may 2011, when submitted our change of use to the planning department. in july 26, 2011, the planning department approved our change of use application. we are very excited. our planner compote calculated the fees to be $24,000 which we had budgeted for. when i asked for confirmation the mta fee was included, he said that was different. my jaw hit the floor and i was in disbelief. i contacted jay to discuss within the conversation we had in november 2010. he calculated our feet to be $19,000 based on our square footage of the warehouse. i explained our retail area was under 2500 square feet as was required.
for you as we move forward, looking at this topic that has been on the committee project list. commissioner: 0, again. could evening. good evening. we learned a lot of this year about opening a business. it has been an eye-opener. i m going to present our experience, highlighting the experience of impact fee. we started this project last may, 2010, and i will take you through the steps. we began our warehouse search in the mission district, of which is our business model demographic. we looked at many different demographics which could be affordable off for our business plan. all of the warehouse is we looked at arizona dpr were zoned pdr 1. we were advised to get a letter of the determination to get a clear answer. in september 2010, we chose our location and requested a letter of determination by the planning department 4 $577. we asked if a bowling alley and anbar were allowed. in november 2010, we received a letter of determination. the letter stated that a bowling
ground up as opposed to taking over an existing space. that is where some of the credits like, coming in and taking over an existing space. so there is some variation but, there is some determination variation in the amount of the fee, but in the general if sommer were a boeing co. from a larger one that wanted to come in, the fee would be the same i do not see any further comment. i would like to open it up to public comment if there is any. seeing none, commissioner dooley. commissioner dooley: i have written a possible motion saying the small business commission, in order to encourage small businesses, urges the city of san francisco to provide a separate set of lower impact fees for the easter neighborhood. anyone want to add anything? we would like to direct staff to develop another set of fees. that hits the nail on the head for me. can we have a motion? i will second that. to be proper, i would go to public comment. on the motion. president o brien: do we hav