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Planning staff outlines formula‑retail enforcement and says transit‑center RFP reissued after conflict concerns
Summary
Staff told commissioners that follow‑up work on formula‑retail compliance found about 11 local outlets (initial online counts inflated), prompting notices and conditional‑use referrals; staff also said the transit‑center RFP was reissued after outside agencies raised conflicts of interest, the RFP is being reformulated and some work was reassigned in‑house to meet an EIR deadline.
Planning Department staff briefed commissioners on two operational items: enforcement of the city's "formula retail" rules for a chain operator commonly referred to in the hearing as "Qwickly/Quickly," and a reissued request for proposals (RFP) tied to the city's transit center work.
On formula retail, staff said the office investigated a potential formula‑retail operator after Supervisor Jew raised neighborhood concerns. "We found out that Qwickly has hundreds of outlets throughout the country and across the world," staff said, later…
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