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I also agree that it is very convenient with the amount of commerce that is in the area. That we have more selection, and i just think that it helps the businesses and doesnt hurt them. And i urge you to up hold the permits. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please . My name is marcus millions and a works at the mall and i car pool and i come to howard and freemont street. And just i dont drink coffee often, but the days that where i am kind of sluggish it is kind of convenient having a truck there as opposed to going to a starbucks or petes. I have never noticed these other businesses but a...

And as i 711 owner i am very well familiar with the coffee business. This is a second time appearing in front of this board. And the first case i was an appellant, and this board at that point fully recognizes that food trucks in the financial district is detrimental to the existing establishments. First of all about coffee, i would like to tell the board by experience. Coffee is a very high margin item. All other products that any restaurant sells, has very high food costs, meats, cheeses, vegetables coffee in a lot of cases does contribute over all to the profitability to a small restaurant....

Appears to be estimated by the applicant is about the type of food. The applicant sells coffee products espresso specifically. What we have looked at is the composition of the menus, among all of the businesses around in many cases, except for two, which is petes coffee and starbucks, those two companies through the majorty of the revenue through coffee products i dont think that is disputed in any case. In these other cases they do, many of the merchants sell coffee, but also sell other Food Products throughout the day. So, the evaluation from the Hearing Office determined that yes, while cof...

I can name them off if you dont know who they are should not be speaking under Public Comment, your time is speak is under the time for the appellant. Does everyone understand that rule. We ask that you honor it, thank you. Good evening, honorary members of the board my name is monet josen and i own a 711 down the street and nowhere close to Second Street but i am speaking as a member of the public on this you. And as i 711 owner i am very well familiar with the coffee business. This is a second time appearing in front of this board. And the first case i was an appellant, and this board at tha...

Consider what is right and what is wrong in realistic terms. As a decision may impact the lively hoods of some of my Restaurant Owners and we are all operating under the worst Economic Conditions known to us after the great depression. By over subsidizing food trucks, the city is attempting to can bolize the existing food establishments. That is not what Free Enterprise stands for. The principals of Free Enterprise that our nation is built upon do not allow blai tant emotion of one side of society at the cost of the other. It is designed to permit an individual to flourish in business with min...