>> yes. >> and commissioner warshell? >> yes. and the motion carries unanimously. >> and so we will need to return back to item c. and election of officers. president and vice president. >> it is up to me to start the discussion? >> i believe so. >> or somebody. >> anybody. >> but i in the absence of having a full commission we could continue. or we could nominate and vote now. it makes no difference to me. >> mr. walker? >> i would like to nominate kevin clinch for president of the abatement appeals. >> i will second that. >> no objection. >> you have to see if he accepts first. >> do you accept? >> sure. >> okay. is there a public comment. >> i spent a lot of time thinking about this. >> public comment on the motion? >> okay. seeing none. do we do a roll vote on this one? >> the motion for commissioner clinch to be president. clinch nyes. >> konstin. in eyes. >> lee. >> mccarthy. >> yes. >> walker. >> yes. >> warshell. >> yes. >> motion carries. so we need a motion for a vice president. >> i would like to nominate commissioner

>> yes. >> and commissioner warshell? >> yes. and the motion carries unanimously. >> and so we will need to return back to item c. and election of officers. president and vice president. >> it is up to me to start the discussion? >> i believe so. >> or somebody. >> anybody. >> but i in the absence of having a full commission we could continue. or we could nominate and vote now. it makes no difference to me. >> mr. walker? >> i would like to nominate kevin clinch for president of the abatement appeals. >> i will second that. >> no objection. >> you have to see if he accepts first. >> do you accept? >> sure. >> okay. is there a public comment. >> i spent a lot of time thinking about this. >> public comment on the motion? >> okay. seeing none. do we do a roll vote on this one? >> the motion for commissioner clinch to be president. clinch nyes. >> konstin. in eyes. >> lee. >> mccarthy. >> yes. >> walker. >> yes. >> warshell. >> yes. >> motion carries. so we need a motion for a vice president. >> i would like to nominate commissioner

little bit to read into the public record, before i start out, i would like to welcome commissioner warshell to his seat and i mreefsh that it is the general public seat that he is sitting, so a big responsibility. and i had a chance to sit down with him for an hour, and we had a chat and introduction to get to know each other, and he is a well seasoned veteran of the community and knows a lot about this great city, and so welcome and we look forward to you working here. >> thank you, i look forward for working with you all. >> thank you, and with that, i will go straight into my announcements. and this is regarding the tower. and i have been working with the director and the taf to understand the unfolding story of the tower, issue, at 301, mission street. and it is implementations for the current and future building, design review. while i expect the department and the bic and the mayor and the board of supervisors are all will have proposals on how to address these issues, and dbi practices more in regards to the review and approval of the tall buildings over 240 feet, our performance bas

. >> commissioner clinch is excused along with our newly appointed commissioner warshell. we have a quorum and the next item is president's announcements. >> good morning, everybody, and we have a pretty full calendar, thank you for all attending here nor the wednesday september 21, 2016 building inspection commission. with that, i would like to open this commission today in honor of rose pack who passed away last week and obviously as somebody that's been involved in the building world, rose has been a force of nature in this community, in the san francisco community in particular in her own community for many, many years, so obviously we were saddened at her loss and the city has lost a great ambassador and community leader, so with that, ieding like to honor her today and i know everybody feels the same, so thank you for that. there's been a few changes here in our commission, we have a new commissioner, commissioner melgar has gone to the planning commission and she is starting there pretty soon, i don't know if she's already sworn in, she has been sworn in, so we wish

little bit to read into the public record, before i start out, i would like to welcome commissioner warshell to his seat and i mreefsh that it is the general public seat that he is sitting, so a big responsibility. and i had a chance to sit down with him for an hour, and we had a chat and introduction to get to know each other, and he is a well seasoned veteran of the community and knows a lot about this great city, and so welcome and we look forward to you working here. >> thank you, i look forward for working with you all. >> thank you, and with that, i will go straight into my announcements. and this is regarding the tower. and i have been working with the director and the taf to understand the unfolding story of the tower, issue, at 301, mission street. and it is implementations for the current and future building, design review. while i expect the department and the bic and the mayor and the board of supervisors are all will have proposals on how to address these issues, and dbi practices more in regards to the review and approval of the tall buildings over 240 feet, our performance bas