>> good afternoon, supervisors i'm carl listen johnson i want to serve on the urban forestry council because it's one of the few bodies that focuses on trees since retiring from the practice of law in 2012 i've promoted san francisco trees in the parks i've found through my work as an officer of the great west portal associate and of the san francisco alliance one thousand of san franciscans oppose the ucsf to remove thousands of healthy trees from the park lands and streets i've attended and spoken at urban forestry council meetings and meeting of the planning and policy committee and based on my objection at the meeting those concerns that i and thousands of san franciscans have are not shared by at least the outspoken of the members of the compoundable i think this perspective which is held among san franciscans needs to be represented on the urban forestry council i am and thousand of san franciscans love trees and we want to see more of them in san francisco we're very concerned that the rec and park department ucsf and san francisco agencies plan to remove thousands of healthy

. >> i came here to speak on carl listen johnson i think here candidacy is necessary you need diversity on the council and i don't feel like i was attending some of the meetings not all of the meetings but they're very nice people but i think the current plan to cut what i believe one thousand trees on in sharp park and you know you see what t what the city is going to cut one thousand trees i heard mr. sullivan he's a very nice guy i think we need to protect the trees and the natural areas programs are threatening them and we need to as most of the people in my neighborhoods are completely against cutting the trees and then mr. davidson you cut the trees and the trees suffered so the noise increases and the pollution is not absorbed so i don't find this point of view represented i really don't like on the nature of the areas the programs the herbicides using use it is not being addressed in the urban forestry council meeting please support carolyn johnson for this seat thank you. >> hello, i'm amber here to speak about mike sullivan's nomination to the board and council i'd like to say