commissioner kathleen dooley was nominated. on that motion. commissioner clyde: yes. commissioner dooley: yes. >> unfortunately, you cannot of spain. you need reasons for it -- you cannot abstain. >> the motion fails, 3-3. commissioner o'brien was nominated. [calling votes] that motion failed, 3-3. >> the you say the rest of the meeting is adjourned or just this item? >> without being able to take a formal action on this, we are required to close the meeting. if we are not able to continue this through a formal motion -- if we are not able to continue to the february meeting, the next step is to make a motion to close the meeting, but we still need a 4-3 vote on that. do we want to discuss it? >> of his time, commissioners can take additional nominations, or we would refer to robert's rules of order, and you need to either continue this on february 7 with four more commissioners, or the only option is to close the meeting. if commissioner o'connor is no longer present, since this is a procedural motion, only a majority of commissioners currently president would be requ

i do not think you will have a better commissioner than kathleen dooley. she has many coalitions that come to her. she has a lot of support from the grassroots level but rely on her. her phone rings off a hoax. -- off the hook, so it is vitally important and we have that resources to go to a. it has been my personal experience that very many coalitions refer to her. i think it is not fair to flip- flop. i think commissioner o'brien is going to do a good job, but i urge you to a accept kathleen dooley as vice president. >> thank you. no further public comment. >> just reflecting on public comment, i will say every commissioner has strong skills, and the ones that will succeed as i hope we will continue to advocate for strong skills on a commission. i am very concerned that because of changes, a big money is ruling the day. goowhen you look at something le america's cup, it is going to be very easy to steamroll some people, and there are going to be people who need advocacy, and it is not just america's croup there are massive changes coming, and i really th

kathleen dooley nominated by janet clyde. commissioner adams: no. commissioner clyde: yes. commissioner dooley: yes. president o'brien: no. commissioner o'connor: yes. commissioner riley: no. >> that's 3-3, it does not pass. on the motion for o'commissionerb -- o'brien. [vote] >> that motion fails 3-3. >> let me state that the basis we will take comments shortly. -- let me state that the basisi -- -- >> we want to redo the votes, or if the commission wants to continue the matter, a motion needs to be made. a motion needs to be made in terms of giving direction. a motion can be made to do a recall of the nominations and votes. or a motion can be made to extend the election for the vice presidents to the february meeting. commissioner riley: i would like to move to extend the election to february. commissioner adams: i'll second that. >> i will vote against that motion, i think that we should release him down and while we are sitting here, consider this very carefully. the basis of that, there is not a commissioner that sits here today that has spoken had more meetings at city

commissioner clyde: i would like to nominate kathleen dooley for vice president. president o'brien: commissioner o'connoriley? commissioner riley: i like to nominate commissioner o'brien to vice president. >president o'brien: nominee statements. commissioner dooley: i think my record is quite clear. i began my experience with this commission, i worked to bring the problems of ada lawsuits to this commission. i hope to continue further in any way i can to help small businesses to maintain themselves as a strong force. i have also worked very hard with small business corridors to help protect them from outside interests that would not allow them to continue in their strong role as community leaders. that is something i am very proud of. i have been planning to work further on extending the occupancy of business corridors, and recently met with supervisor mar's office to begin a pilot program to fill some of those vacant spaces. i am also very active in terms of attending outside meetings. i go to all of the council district merchant meetings. i am very available to a