seconded by commissioner ramano. roll call, please. >> [roll call] >> you have four votes in the affirmative and 0 votes opposed. the motion is approved unanimously. >> chairman: thank you. the motion is approved. the meeting. before we go to the next agenda item, i'd like to ask the executive director, because of the continued concern from my fellow commissioners on the lack of unlimited participation from the public partly because of the time, i'd like to number one, remind the public that we -- our meeting time is dictated by the availability of the meeting rooms. so i would like to ask the executive director to continue to look at potential openings for these meeting rooms specifically for the next year so that if there are other meeting blocks -- meeting time blocks available in the later afternoon, and not on a friday, that would be great. i remember we used to meet on mondays at 5:00 and we used to have a lot more participation from folks who need to, worry and because we changed the meeting to the morning, it

seconded by commissioner ramano. roll call, please. >> [roll call] >> you have four votes in the affirmative and 0 votes opposed. the motion is approved unanimously. >> chairman: thank you. the motion is approved. the meeting. before we go to the next agenda item, i'd like to ask the executive director, because of the continued concern from my fellow commissioners on the lack of unlimited participation from the public partly because of the time, i'd like to number one, remind the public that we -- our meeting time is dictated by the availability of the meeting rooms. so i would like to ask the executive director to continue to look at potential openings for these meeting rooms specifically for the next year so that if there are other meeting blocks -- meeting time blocks available in the later afternoon, and not on a friday, that would be great. i remember we used to meet on mondays at 5:00 and we used to have a lot more participation from folks who need to, worry and because we changed the meeting to the morning, it

the let us proceed on a vote on a motion made by commissioner chiu seconded by commissioner ramano which directs the ethics commission staff for activities with the city partners including the d.h.r. as well as continued engagement and outreach with our stakeholders and other interested persons. roll call, please. >> commissioner: can we comment before roll call? >> chairman: comment. i thought we. okay. >> commissioner: i'd just like to point out that action by the staff to come up with proposals follows against twelve city officials or those seeking action by the city. so it's not creating a response to a nonexistent situation. we have a very compelling case of criminal charges tending in the ports involving senior city officials. not all of them, but some of them are senior city officials. and so our actions are designed to address what emerged in that process and what emerged did include gifts and private arrangements that took place that provided a benefit. if not to the person, to the organization. >> chairman: thank you. let's proceed to role call, please. >> [roll call] madam cha

commissioner ramano. >> commissioner: i just want to say quickly i've only been on this commission for short period of time, but it's obvious you care a great deal about the work here. it's nice to meet you and i look forward to collaborating and continuing our relationship. so thank you for all the work and holding my hand in the past few weeks. >> chairman: let's go to public comment, please. let's recognize the person in the room. please proceed. >> hello. i would just like to acknowledge and thank commissioner chiu for her service for the past six years. and full disclosure i'm her husband. our family appreciates the work she's done and has given to the city. >> chairman: thank you for sharing her with the city. >> commissioner: yes. thank you for coming today. >> chairman: okay. public comment, please. >> thank you, madam chair. we are calling to see if there are any callers in the queue. please stand by. madam chair, we have one caller in the queue. welcome, caller. your three minutes begins now. >> caller: hello. my name is sean mcmorris. i just want to recognize and thank commi