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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 sean, and i am the owner of black bird bar on 2124 Market Street and just two doors down from the pr...

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 we're 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 we're the only national restaurant company committed to using dairy products for us, that's cheese and sour cream made from milk from cows that are raised on open pasture. in fact, one of our primary cheese partners is not far from here, the pe...

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, michael brisben and katherine burns. >> my name is jay davidson and i have lived in the neighborhoo...

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. it's not aggressive discounting efforts to steal share from other restaurants. it's 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 best chefs from the area and a number of food artisans from the area. these are really the hallmarks ...

>> 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 know what doesn't. and so i saw the boston market attempt. and they failed miserably and i feel that ...