kathrin moore has been a great ally to making sure the commissions work well together. >> good afternoon, supervisors, brian abeyance of the executive director of the housing alliance. 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 wher

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 your appointment. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is john schlessigner. before i came to the meeting, i thought what makes a great planning commissioner. i came up with a fine point. each project has to be considered as part of the whole and that's what keeps the city vibrant and livable. you have to make sure that someone makes sure that those voices that are not heard, are heard publically and somebody who understand the needs of a neighborhood organization that

first up is kathrin moore who i think all of you know. i have decided to nominate her to rea point her back to the planning commission for a third term. and given how in incredibly time intensive that position is for a volunteer position, i just wanted to thank her for here willingness to serve as what i know for all of our commissioners a significant labor of love. kathrin moore is an architect and urban designer and we have appreciated her expertise and her design that is for our noble character. she has plenty of experience planning and in design and how we as a city submit ourselves together and she has experience in every neighborhood and every corner of this city. i heard from many members of the public who reference her not just her deep knowledge but the fact that she knows so much history about what our city is about. i would like to encourage your support of her as we go through process. my second nominee to this planning commission is someone i wanted to choose who had i am mpeccable credentials. dennis richards has worked not

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 pr

that's why we need kathrin moore four more years. regarding appointing dennis richards, i wholeheartedly support him. he's a first neighborhood class activist. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is grace shanahan, from the strong builders association. he's unable to be here to speak in support of commissioner moore's reappointment to the planning commission. kathrin moore's professional background as an architect sphere heads her focus in the decision making process. once she's comfortable with a project she's able to convince all of the participants and neighbors that a design height of a particular project is appropriate. commissioner moore has invested thousands of hours in the planning, design and rezoning processes that have played out in these chambers over these years. she can with experienced hand guide especially those that lack professional background. there will be commissioners who support a project's good design, but with commissioner moore's level of skill and expertise she's

that's why we need kathrin moore four more years. regarding appointing dennis richards, i wholeheartedly support him. he's a first neighborhood class activist. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is grace shanahan, from the strong builders association. he's unable to be here to speak in support of commissioner moore's reappointment to the planning commission. kathrin moore's professional background as an architect sphere heads her focus in the decision making process. once she's comfortable with a project she's able

as to item no. 1, reappointment of kathrin moore, planning commissioner. please do so. thank you. [ laughter ] >>supervisor katy tang: any other member of the public wishing to speak on item no. 1. seeing none, public comment is close. supervisor campos? >> >>supervisor david campos: thank you. i do want to acknowledge the work of commissioner sugaya. i don't know that he's still here. i do want to thank him for the amazing job that he has done and for his many years of service. and i'm very excited today not only about the reappointment of kathrin moore, but also the two other appointments that have been made by president chiu. i know there have been a lot of people in the audience and people who are not here who have been doing a lot of lobbying to make sure that we got to a good result on all three appointments. so i just wanted to thank all the people who have made sure that they have been pushing people to make sure that we get to a right result. i love democracy because democracy engages people and, you know, the thing about democracy especially when it comes to e

with respect to item 1 which is what we are talking about right now to see the reappointment of kathrin moore. i think that something said that it's been really impressive and hard to think about another commissioner on the planning commission that's been more stem llar and i think that's true. commissioner moore, thank you very much for wanting to continue to serve the city and county of san francisco. i know that i have been very impressed not only by your, you know, intellect which can be very intimidating actually, but also by your willingness to hear from community and i think that a lot of commissioners can learn from that. so i'm proud to make a motion to move item 1 forward with a positive recommendation as a committee report. >> all right. thank you. chair yu joined us now. >> good afternoon. i'm sorry i'm a little bit late. i'm happy to be here to take a vote so people can say years later, there were smart people that made this decision. commissioner moore, what struck me about her was her compassion with this and also her logical thinking in terms of when i asked her questions, it