. >> next person is sandy sherwin. [laughter] >> ah, let's see, a man of many -- >>> exactly. sandy sherman is in atlanta. she had a business meet thattion she could not cancel at the last minute. she actually responded immediately upon notice of this meeting. she has been seated on the council the past two years. she also has been a member of good standing, a very helpful member of the planning and funding committee. she works with the public. she has had almost perfect attendance at all council meetings and she wishes to be reappointed. >> okay. any questions? seeing none, are you also william -- >>> that's it. i'm done. >> [speaker not understood]. okay. mr. brook? >>> i'll speak for myself. >>> okay, good. >>> my name is william [speaker not understood]. i'm a bay area native and an environmental attorney here in san francisco. and two years ago i researched and wrote a white paper, a policy paper on urban forests in california. what i learned was pretty surprising. i was impressed by the value that urban forests provide to a city, particularly in adaptation and mitigation

i'd like to move john hillan for seat 1, dan flanagan for seat 4, sandy sherwin for seat 5, william moss seat 6 and rose hillson for seat 7. >> and there's a second. seeing no objection, then the motion is moved. item 4 is done. okay. madam clerk, please call item number 1. by the way, congratulations to the applicants. thank you for coming today. >> item number 1, hearing to consider appointing one member, for an indefinite term, to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender seniors task force. there is one seat and 33 applicants. >> at least on paper i see like tons of applicants. so, we're going to hear from the applicants as they appear on the agenda. it's a large number. i'd like to ask that you limit your comment to no more than two minutes. so, i will call your name. if you're here, come on up to the mic. first one is aaron parness. are you here? aaron parness. alex kinney. alyssa nickell. carl stokes. connell persico. cynthia davis. emerald o'leary. frank strona. joyce pierson. gregg cassin. come on up. >>> [inaudible]. >> you're first. >>> thank you, i think. well, thank you. n