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

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 se

i do think i saw briefly outgoing commissioner bill sugaya. i want to take a moment to thank him for his eight 8 years of service. [ applause ] as i have spoken to bill about this again, the planning commission as are many recommendations but particularly the planning commission is a labor of love and i want to thank you for the countless handout yours that you put into the job, your expertise, particularly around historic preservation and it helped me when i thought about why dennis richards would be the next person to serve. i want to thank you for your service. the third nomination is for a different body, but an incredible important one to our city. a little less known but has tremendous impact on our city. the board of appeals as many of you know, it provides final administrative review for appeals relating to many city determinations. the board appeals services such as granting and permits. as i thought about this particular nomination i wanted to suggest colleagues, someone who i knew could grasp the complicated details that come in fron

i expected to be here to support bill sugaya. having said that, i can't think of anyone else who could fill his shoes other than dennis. i fully support his nomination. >>supervisor norman yee: any other public comments on this item? c'mon up. >> supervisors, do ug weinberg. as a resident of 25 years in san francisco. i'm here to support his nomination to the planning commission. i have worked with dna. one example of dennis' skill and fair mindedness occurred two 2 months ago when he stepped in to suggest that my next door neighbor on the opposite side of me and yes, dennis is my next door neighbor on the other side, e erect poles to show exactly how to propose expansion would potentially impact their neighbors on both sides of them. that advice has proven helpful with the situation. needless to say, dennis richards would be an asset to the planning commission. thank you. >>supervisor norman yee: thank you. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is now closed. i just met dennis yesterday and i had a good time talk

. >> bill sugaya, i was here on the previous item. it's more of a general comment, not about this item. i think what you all know and mr. frye can claire fee -- this will be going before the planning commission at some point and i believe you should have a joint hearing at some point. i think you would be really good get your comments before then and vice versa. i think that also applies to the, this is going to be off topic but i'm going to pretend it's public comment. i think that would also be good with respect to the, i think i don't know where this is but i think staff is contemplating changes or appropriation -- proposals with respect to the implementation part for pdr uses, i think commissioner permanent -- pearlman is interested in that. i have been pushing that myself. on the other hand i haven't always trying to get more incentives for historic resources because we are not very good at that kind of stuff. you about but now we are faced with a kind of policy consideration and places taking effect especially south of market an

i think he will support, i think it's unfortunate that he couldn't serve with bill sugaya. but in replacing him, it's a wonderful addition to the planning commission and a great addition to the planning within the san francisco. thank you. >> good afternoon, my name is allen martinez speaking for myself. i have known mr. richards for 20 years. we met in boxing class. so we go back and worked together on the friends of 1800s saving the building and the harvey milk store and the market octavia. with dennis i think we are getting several things. it's been long my contention that people in the neighborhood understand planning better than going to the architecture school and not the things i learned in school. dennis has been a member of the community for a long time and involved in that process in that community. in both prospect ifs, he knows how to community works and more than that, he cares about it. as a member of the community, he knows what community means to people. he knows what's at stake and his passion for the city is important. lastly he's a natural leader. he real