Recommendation to Accept a Report on the Appointment of a Member to the Open Government Commission.  (City Clerk 10022020)
So if you could take that into consideration, other folks like on Haight Street, when we'd be walking in the summer and the porch concerts would be going on, they'd be asking, Can our street be a slow street? They think, That's great. I've been invited into someone's beautiful backyard. When I admired her flowers on the street side of. Her property. I think that it has been said by other speakers this was away during the pandemic. And, you know, the grim news is we're still in the pandemic, but it got people out and exercising and just doing things that are physically and psychologically healthy to get out and get some fresh air, sunshine, socialize, say hello to people, you know, keep your distance and all that, but wave and say hello to the people you you pass. It's a good thing to do. And so I do think it helps build community. Other streets are doing this. I am sometimes in the snowy valley in San Francisco and it's pretty cool too to see, you know, skateboarders going down some of these hill streets that are now closed off to a slow street. So I think that change is always hard for people to get used to, but it's actually good for us to learn and try new things. And I think Slow Streets are a good idea and I am certainly prepared to support the the proposal as staff has has recommended to us. So who wants to go next? Council member, Desiree. Well, thank you. Let me just make several points, maybe two or three. I think the first point I want to make is that we have to remember that when the Slow Street program began in February, March 2020, we were into the pandemic at a time when we were very unsure about, you know, how to negotiate that.