and i'm so pleased to honor kate connor. [applause] [cheering] >> thank you, john, for the introduction and all of your support. and may thanks to the mayor, and spur, for recognizing the humble work of my fellow nominees. i'm so fortunate to work with so many brilliant people at the planning department. i couldn't have done any of this without my fabulous team. it has been amazing. a little overwhelming, but am maging. i'amazing. i'm incredibly thankful for this recognition. thank you. [applause] [cheering] c>> thank you so much. the next award is for the child support services team. mary, cathy, freida, glen, and i want to call out the department head mere. here. karen roy has probably had more nominees for spur awards than any department of her size or larger in the city. we celebrate your employees, and we love you for that. [applause] [cheering] >> the program is a program set forth or designed by the state to help people who owe back child support, get the amount reduced so that the client can pay back at a more manage

. >> and i just wanted to take a moment to recognize our own kate connor, the principal planner for complex projects at the planning department for receiving an award from spur last night for good government. so, thank you, kate, for everything that you do for our city. i just wanted to recognize her achievement. thanks. >> thank you. seeing north further we move on to department matters, item 10, director announcements. >> thank you. the only announcement is what president melgar said. kate was honored last night along with five other city employees for good government award and it was a lovely event downstairs in the north lake court. and we were very proud of her for all of the work that she's done. she has become, as i said in my comments last night, she's our go-to person with all things related to house. and particularly her ability to cut through the pur bureaucracyd make sure that the projects move forward. so we appreciate kate's work and we congratulate her on the award. thank you. >> clerk: review of past events of the board of supervisors and board of appeals and the historic pr