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Francisco. And i want it to be a unique San Francisco thing, and i am very well aware of how seedy that corner is and as a resident i have live there for 25 years on that block i am willing to take the chance that if the commission does not approve this formula retail that there is a good local merchant that can come in and whether it is a restaurant or anything else that will preserve the unique local character of our neighborhood thanks. Next speaker, please . Hello, commissioners, my name is ...

And answer any questions you have at the end of the public hearing. Good afternoon, commissioners, my name is chris. I work for [speaker not understood]. Before i talk at all about the nature of our business and how we operate, i wanted to address a couple of misperceptions that have swirled throughout this process. The first is that chipotle is owned by mcdonalds. We are not. Weve been in business for 20 years. For 7 of those years mcdonalds was an investor in our company, but theyve been entir...

that are firsts for a chain restaurant. we are the first chain restaurant to serve all naturally raised meat from animals raised in a human way without the use of hormones or antibiotics. 3 were the only chain restaurant commit today organic and locally own produce. we used more than 2 million pounds of produce grown by local family farms and were the only national restaurant company committed to using dairy products for us, thats cheese and sour cream made from milk from cows that are...

there, made so partly because of the individualization of the restaurants and the other businesses there. you look outside of san francisco to see what kind of an impact, large chains such as wal-mart have done in driving out the local businesses. in this corner has been said there are three other mexican restaurant. i am not anti-change, i am excited that the corridor right within view of this location, there are so many residences being built that will help to revitalize the neighbor...

majority of the community that chipotle does not care about the livelihood of the smaller businesses that cannot compete with the buying power of the larger chain stores. i ask with these three mom and pop businesses continue to thrive? we do not want to see the church street corner to become another strip mall and i ask you to deny chipotle from moving in, thank you very much. >> call a few names and keep coming up. >> cristina calera, john calera, scott, marrlo, peter gunned, edward,...

with those sort of out of the way, when we think about the variables that contribute to making an outstanding food culture that we very much enjoy in a city like san francisco, the things that come to mind are access to the best of local foods, beautifully or produce grown by local farms, animals raised in humane ways by farmers who emphasize the use of care over chemicals, food artisans who are making cheeses and cured meats in very traditional classic ways and always trying to elevat...

health care, access to 401(k) participation, paid vacation, and bonuses. and the way we market our business is very, very different than other chain restaurants. its not aggressive discounting efforts to steal share from other restaurants. its more evangelizing for a movement, sustainable food movement. in fact, we hosted an event in golden gate park just a couple of weeks ago where 40,000 people turned out and enjoyed food not only prepared by our team of chefs, but by some of the bes...

>> i want to play for you... >> in terms of development and raise development and i am however, very distressed to see the chipotle restaurant so that (inaudible) the neighborhood is coming around and becoming more attractive to the small businesses and grassroots small businesses and the corporation... and just, make this unappealing to those kinds of people that will make this neighborhood thrive. i have been here, a long, long, time, and i know what works in the neighborhood and i k...