supervisor kim: thomas owens and markley bavinger. >> hello, good afternoon. i will probably make this a shorter period i grew up in a small town in connecticut, graduated university of kentucky college of architecture. i will tell you later if you ask why was there. i ended up here in san francisco right after school. i have been living and working here for about 15 + years. as an architect. a few years ago, i decided this is where i wanted to live, to grow roots. in response to that, i have worked to become a more integral part to the neighborhood. just recently, i became a member of the land use committee and a member of the castro cbd. as you know, those committees primarily focus on economic vitality and quality of life issues. those are very important to me, especially living near church street which is a very busy area. i've worked as an architect in the city for those 15 years, a fairly large firm. i consider myself pretty successful at managing a small and large teams, building consensus, i know how to get finns built. i understand things from a diffe