deborah neiman, noe valley, cbd.'ve known mel for about 20 years and i think he's quite a character. he has a very rich personality, and he's been a great contributor in terms of the public private partnerships that we have in noe, especially when he lived there. i think anybody who is a commissioner and is willing to give up their time is pretty special and i think mel would add a lot to the port commission. so, i'm here to support him. thank you. >> thank you. >>> mr. chairman and supervisors, my name is bob melke. i worked with the city for 32 years, now retired. one thing is that mr. murphy was on, i worked with the building inspection department when mr. murphy was commissioner and he was always accessible to staff at that department, and that's just one aspect of his personality, which he was very helpful to the staff and would listen to them and work with them. also his accomplishments in the building inspection commission are pretty, pretty terrific. the one stop permit and the soft stair legislation that he