>> >>commissioner dr. roscoe m. moore jr: thank you. i remember serving on the advisory committee when i was appointed in 2001. i also remember sitting on the design advisory committee which i served since 2005. as you are interested and if public needs to hear, i still continue to serve on both bodies. then today i'm speak wth unchanged conviction that as an architect i'm able to bring a broader perspective to the planning commission and able to discuss issues with the planning. i remain anchored in my profession, shaped and challenged by increasingly more difficult sets of circumstances both inside and outside of the city and by the

ever present complexities of san francisco city planning. in my own work, mainly in other jurisdictions and other locals i often find myself sitting on the other side of the table and explaining to officials like yourself planning directors and commissions why good urban planning and designing are essential for the city and quality of life. today i find myself expanded and shaped by my past 8 years on the planning commission and by my professional skills remain my strength, i find that i have become a more consistent and stronger more compassionate voice for neighborhood concerns including ethnicity, race, sex you're -- sexual orientation and other types of other demographic qualities

as a city at large. i'm with a balanced position with social environment equity are more important than merely economic considerations on their own. with an urgent awareness of the ever increasing imbalances of affordable housing, rising income gaps together with other issues, i believe that the balance has to be gained somehow and somewhere. the planning commission is working on many issues. you are taking the lead. however, we need to work together that our city as a whole can remain livable and our way of life can remain sustain able for all. to that end, my objective for serving on the planning commission are similar to those as stated before and they reflect my commitment to strong urban

design and planning. to that end, one of my objectives is to continue broadening the among commissioners and the emotional component that often drives the influence of decision making. this requires that we have the kourj to engage in an authentic discussion and bring new when it comes to look at the trade off between social and environmental quit and economic benefits or between neighborhood focus and citywide planning. inclosing, i am honored to serve again and today i ask for your support. i'm firmly committed to bringing what i can to previous and enhance a stronger planning in san francisco and i would like to take this moment to thank those many supporters who have written or spoken on my behalf and those who might be

speaking towards this for me today. thank you. >> thank you very much. any questions from the committee? no? all right. well, i have had a great opportunity to speak with you and also observe your work on the phalanges # -- planning commission. i want to thank you for that. at this time i would like to open up public comment for item no. 1 and first of all i will call up commissioner cindy wu, rodney fong and since they are here and i know they have other matters to attend to. as well as jim nick o and marlene morgan and jimey crawley. >> thank you supervisors. it's my pleasure to be here today. commissioner moore is a

dedicated planning commissioner and she brings much experience need. i would like to thank her for agreeing to a third term a. it's a tough commission. i want to let you know that commissioner fong was not able to stay. we are in our hearing right now. he had to go upstairs. but he also wanted to lend his support. >> i will take commissioner fong's place. my name is commissioner sugaya. i'm here to support commissioner moore. all during that time, i think i have learned more about architecture and urban planning from ms. moore than i have had in my entire year on

historic preservation. she's taught me a lot and also been a great commissioner on all aspects of our work. she's not just focused on urban design and architecture itself, but has tackled all the issues facing the planning commission head on and has always truly expressed what she believed in them. i congratulate her and look forward to having her on the commission another 4 years. i'm now going to take my thursdays and move it to friday and have a 3-day weekend. thank you very much. >> thank you again for your service. [ applause ] next speaker please. c'mon up to the podium.

>> good afternoon, vice-chair tang, supervisor campos and those in an sense . i'm jill crowley from the neighborhood network founded by people with good planning and good government. we meet most fridays at city hall in the cafe. we meet with people hopefully connected to planning by supervisors, commissioners. they are decision makers usually. during the course of the years that we have been in

operation we have interviewed everyone on the planning commission at least several times. commissioner moore has been outstanding. i personally have been interested in city planning in particular how planning commissioners perform their duties since the mid-90s. during those 2 decades, in my opinion, one commissioner stands above all others and that is commissioner kathrin moore. as already mentioned her qualifications are i mpeccable. not only is she an architect but an urban designer. she knows the planning code thoroughly oh and applies it with integrity and fairness. a. i wholeheartedly support her nomination for reappointment. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker.

before the next speaker, i'm going to call more cards. >> hello, i'm marlene morgan of the neighborhood association. i want to talk, we heard a lot about what the commissioners do to help neighborhoods. but i also want to talk about the role of the commissioners in working on major urban design projects. my involvement with subtle cmp involves newly built hospitals, three existing hospitals, urban plan, transportation plan, jobs plan, housing plan. the complexity of this kind of a project over 8 years. we needed the expertise of commissioner moore and commissioner sugaya, both of them to put this together. it needs someone who understand design, urban planning and

then also the joint effort with planning commission and health commission working on changes in health care legislation and reform and technology. the end result of this kind of excellent assistance by this planning commission created two great hospitals. one at cathedral hill and saint lukes. i don't think we could have done this without commissioner moore. thank you so much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you very much, supervisors, gym jim meek oh from south of market. the role of the planning commission is more than just approving one project after another in the name of projects. planning is more about people than projects. . progress is not about

anything new. progress is something about improving the human condition. that's why we need kathrin moore four more years. regarding appointing dennis richards, i wholeheartedly support him. he's a first neighborhood class activist. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is grace shanahan, from the strong builders association. he's unable to be here to speak in support of commissioner moore's reappointment to the planning commission. kathrin moore's professional background as an architect sphere heads her focus in the decision making process. once she's comfortable with a project she's able to convince all of the participants and

neighbors that a design height of a particular project is appropriate. commissioner moore has invested thousands of hours in the planning, design and rezoning processes that have played out in these chambers over these years. she can with experienced hand guide especially those that lack professional background. there will be commissioners who support a project's good design, but with commissioner moore's level of skill and expertise she's able to convince the neighbors eloquently that a project is well designed, complies with the guidelines and will incorporate well into neighborhood. from her time in the commission, commissioner moore has always acted with integrity and earned the trust of her neighbors and colleagues. this process could use continuous support, sorry, this process could use a little bit more of this trust, supervisors. thank you for

your time. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> supervisors, my name is toby beesey and i'm commas a fellow architect and as well as an activist having served in the west soma task force and south park and several cac's. i come to speak about kathrin moore's thoughtful support of the community base planning effort. she lends her guidance and support to the planning of western soma as well as helping guide us in what could be done and what would be done. i'm also having appeared before her and gotten her advice. i think it's always thoughtful, well considered, both in the scale of neighborhood regardless of any neighborhood you are

going on in terms of urban texture and design. i think she brings a level of professionalism and thoroughness to the commission. thank you. >>supervisor katy tang: thank you. i'm going to ask you to lineup. if you would lineup towards the window. >> supervisors tang, campos, my name is courtney, chair of housing and zoning for the residential community association. for the last 2 decades, over two 2 decades the raca has worked with agencies throughout the city and appeared before the planning commission more times that i would like to mention in a variety of issues. the last decade of what we really appreciated is what kathrin moore brings to the commission. she has the ability to explain, she has

the ability to understand issues about height, bulk, density and design. more importantly she has an ability in very precise specific language to explain her thinking and her rational in a way that informs her colleagues on the commission and educate the public. this is a unique gift that i think has made considerable difference in the quality of understanding of neighborhood associations in what needs to be brought to the table and commented upon. the russian hill community association without exception support the reappointment of commissioner kathrin moore. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is -- i'm the chair

of the san francisco land use and housing committee. i would like to start by saying first of all to thank commissioners sugaya for his number of years serving on the commission. i don't recall many commissioners in the past and i have gone to meetings the last 2 decades. the ones that come to mind in a very neighborhood supportive, kathrin moore and bill sugaya. those are really come to mind. but kathrin moore i think as an exceptional commissioner, very knowledgeable and her comments are very profound and she leads, i think her, she sets an example for the other commissioners. so therefore i'm glad that she's being

reappointed. the san francisco neighborhood considering the planning commissioners to be extremary --ly important. we are very happy that she's being repointed. unfortunately the other recommendation was not approved. but we have very happy for kathrin moore. thank you for your service. >> good afternoon, supervisors tang, yee and campos. my name is rose wilson a member of the san francisco neighborhoods and historic preservation. i also want to thank kathrin moore for all of her previous decisions, they are very hard to make and take a lot of courage. i hate to say jargon but she's thorough and complete and accurate just

like ir's. i appreciate her work on every issue. that's what she is. she's a pro. thank you very much. i hope to have you approved today for your appointment. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is john schlessigner. before i came to the meeting, i thought what makes a great planning commissioner. i came up with a fine point. each project has to be considered as part of the whole and that's what keeps the city vibrant and livable. you have to make sure that someone makes sure that those voices that are not heard, are heard publically and somebody who understand the needs of a neighborhood organization that of a project sponsor and how those thoughts come to bear when rendering an opinion. someone that

understand when there are disputes on both sides with compromise and really strong thoughtful planning. someone who as a keen diane -- design, professional who gives strong credit to someone who is a strong planning commissioner. someone who has the institutional memory as talked about before. in her term of 8 years so far, commissioner moore has that. this is somebody who is a treasure to the planning commission, somebody who instructs others who may not have the expertise that she has and brings them along. thank you very much. >>supervisor katy tang: i'm going to call more people.

>> good afternoon, supervisors. catherine dooley, north beach association and small business commissioner. i'm not speaking on behalf of the small business today. i just want to say how much the business association appreciates the outreach and understanding of the neighborhood and their voices that need to be heard. i also want to talk about she's one of the commissioners in this city hall that is not influenced by politics or under outside influence. she makes all of her decisions and comments based strictly on her expertise and research and great knowledge and institutional knowledge of what good planning is in this city. we need people like catherine kathrin moore and i

urge you to support her today. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is ted ole's on. i speak for myself and kathrin moore and dennis richards. i have been here speaking before the planning commission and i know her period tinent questions and her service speaks fore itself. i would like to confine the rest of my remarks for dennis. dennis and i have served on the market octavia cac. he's a great colleague, always collegial and looking for the best answers for the entire community. while he was president of the triangle association and i was president and continue to be a member of the mission dolores

neighborhood association. once again it was a pleasure to work with him even when we held differing views. he was always attentive and listened carefully. i think it's very important his experience, intelligence and judgment that he asks period tinent questions and tradeoffs and compare sons and creative in finding innovative solutions. as the new chairman of the new transbay cac, i look forward to coming to him for guidance. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is dawn tren oris, the neighborhood association and member of the neighborhood network. i'm thrilled to be here to speak and support kathrin moore. i have that had pleasure of

working with the commissioner for many years now and so much has been said about her qualifications and about her experience in urban design and qualification as an urban architect. i second all of that. may i also add that i have learned so much from kathrin moore in listening to her. she has made me a better neighborhood leader by educating me. i thank her for that and urge your support. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners, my name is rob levity from the valley association and transcommittee valley and the market octavia cac. i'm pleased to be here today to speak in support of kathrin moore's reappointment

to the planning commission. it's already been said and i want to second what everybody else has said. every time i think of kathrin moore on the planning commission, i think of someone who is very thoughtful and fair and who has a lot of integrity and really cares for her decisions and is very knowledgeable. i'm pleased to be here to urge you to support her reappointment. thank you. >>supervisor katy tang: thank you. i'm going to call up a couple more names. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm diane matsuda with the prehistoric preservation. i'm here to support kathrin moore to the planning commission. i have had the pleasure of working with her with the subcommittee schs out of her area of her

expertise but she was able to provide very knowledgeable information and had the opportunity to work with her to make sure that policies passed by one commission have the effect and benefit to help the city as a whole. and third, as a resident of japan town, one of the three last remaining japan towns in the united states, i appreciate commissioner moore's suggestion and expertise in helping us preserve and retain the historical resources that we have. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is angelica cabante. i'm in support of planning commissioner moore. for us commissioner moore is definitely just beyond looking at planning as a building

building or area plans. she is really thoughtful in terms of the socioeconomic impact that those things will have in the neighborhoods, for example, she was very critical and key supporter of our youth and family special youth district, making sure that our youth are going to be able to get into jobs in the neighborhoods when there is hotels and other things that are going to be created in our neighborhood. we need someone like that, that goes beyond just buildings and looking at environmental impact reports. we need someone that actually looks at the impact on the neighborhood. we hope you will consider reappointing her. thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors, i'm aaron highland in san francisco live in the castro and on the historic

preservation. i'm here to support kathrin moore's reappointment. i had great pleasure of working with kathrin moore over 15 years ago on the master planning of san francisco valley and it's always been a great pleasure working with her. kathrin moore has been a great ally to making sure the commissions work well together. >> good afternoon, supervisors, brian abeyance of the executive director of the housing alliance. i urge you to reappoint commissioner moore and bill sugaya. to thank them for the first lgbt shelter. and the first lgbtq ordinance

and applicants across the nation. i would like to congratulate dennis richards on his nomination. i have worked with dennis for years and i appreciate his openness and thoughtfulness. i look forward to working with him in the future. i would like to take a moment to talk about good government and some perception that i'm having that i would like you guys to think about it. has to do with the last three rounds of commissioner appointments. i'm getting confused. commissioner chan was removed from her position even though she was highly qualified and interested in retaining that public service with the desire for new blood whatever the rational was. then, demetria

moeshs, highly interested in it, was not chosen to replace somebody and now we are on the other side of it again where we are replacing a dedicated highly qualified commissioner. i'm getting confused about where we should stand. i think it diminishes our sense of meritocracies in government on people who are highly qualified and do a great job, do they maintain their position or who doesn't. i don't know what to think about it. as leaders in this community, i want to give you that feedback that it looks a little political. >>supervisor katy tang: thank you. i would like to call up a few cards. thank you. >> good afternoon commissioners, mike bueller director of the san francisco heritage. i'm here to speak in strong support of kathrin

moore's appointment. there are a few soup uper -- that i can add. i would like to thank her for her years on the commission and i appreciate her words and remarks regarding social and cultural equity and that is increasingly important as we grapple with issues of displacement and lack of community character in san francisco and we look forward to continuing to working together with commissioner moore after this reappointment. thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors, dean press on, executive director of staying together of california association for renters right andal mow square neighborhood and been part of the planning commission wearing both hats onto it