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Transportation patterns and traces, impacts Small Businesses, and how projects that we might be leading are part of. And projects like them can impact the vitality of a commercial corridor and i think that there is a lot of data out there that we could get smarter and better about how we are using or how we are using it. Awareness, and education Small Businesses that were early on in the process and addressing things like loading and other issues that we understand are very directly important to...

With the Small Businesses, the Commission Level but also down to the neighborhood and where possible, the individual level, i think that there is some work to be done in the area of research, as well as assessment and i think that was one of the recommendations and in understanding how transportation patterns and traces, impacts Small Businesses, and how projects that we might be leading are part of. And projects like them can impact the vitality of a commercial corridor and i think that there i...

Awareness, and education Small Businesses that were early on in the process and addressing things like loading and other issues that we understand are very directly important to Small Businesses we go and we work with the groups and we deal with the parking and loading issues, and that remains in an area where perhaps we could do more and make sure that our folks understand the needs of Small Businesses and including Cash Register and Certification Requirements that our sister agencies are impos...

Grow and multiply and create more entrepreneur opportunity and more jobs, any job, whether it is formula retail, or whether it is not. It is still something that is important to the city. And so, we agree with the Planning Department, that adding the subsitary criteria right now would not only be a bureaucratic challenge, but would also stifle the local economic growth, opportunities. Thank you. Now, commissioner questions, commissioner dooley . I wanted to ask about can you give me the details ...

As we saw earlier the five criteria correct us to address the compatibility and it will provide the clarity to staff and characterize the district and neighborhood and it will add context to the proposal by providing a comparison to the city wide trends as well as other districts, and the Department Recommends a wholistic view of the district. In this approximation, we can see that if the quarter mile radius was applied to a proposed use on geary boulevard, the analysis will capture the uses on ...

And will continue to evolve and as San Francisco grows and extremely important that fewer people drive or our lives will become unbearablely grid locked and unhealthy. Most of the customers come by here walking and transit and cycling and stand strong for our best interest with the understanding that there are many other merchants who feel as we do that everyone will benefit if San Franciscos plans are smart and forward looking, there is another one that also with the same things in different te...

Business owners are cyclists and this is an either or which is not true and this has been underlying some of the arguments i will start with the first note, we are owners of a Small Business and, we have seen it change often. We know how important it is, sorry. We know how important it is, for businesses to anticipate and adapt to change in order to thrive and know what really effects our business and we change our shop design seasonally and the city and the public spaces have a longer cycle and...

Personally and they could not be here under normal circumstances but this is their holiday time. But several of them actually volunteered to write notes for how they feel about changes. Okay, i would like to first of all just dichotomy and several of them, cyclists are families and cyclists are customer and Business Owners are cyclists and this is an either or which is not true and this has been underlying some of the arguments i will start with the first note, we are owners of a Small Business ...

Workers. And who are hop on bikes to get to work, and not because they have to, cycling is no longer an alternative means of transportation, it is a means of transportation. And it is if anything, becoming you know, people are almost bragging that they are actually choosing to take a bike, we are selling nice and her nicer bikes, and you know the people that would drive a nice car or take a nicer means of transportation are getting really nice bikes and they are getting out there and finding tra...

Impact the vitality of a commercial corridor and i think that there is a lot of data out there that we could get smarter and better about how we are using or how we are using it. Awareness, and education Small Businesses that were early on in the process and addressing things like loading and other issues that we understand are very directly important to Small Businesses we go and we work with the groups and we deal with the parking and loading issues, and that remains in an area where perhaps w...