I strongly support closing Santa Cruz Avenue downtown to facilitate the safe opening of downtown businesses. I think it’s a brilliant idea, and hope many people will be willing to support local restaurants and businesses once this is set up. You’ve proposed several options, I defer to the council to pick the most suitable one. Other cities have been figuring out how to close miles of local streets in order to better accommodate pedestrians and cyclists during this challenging time. I wish we’d do the same! Two thumbs up and a round of applause for downtown reopening as a safe pedestrian mall! Carole Grace carolelfgrace_at_(domainremoved) Received on Mon May 11 2020 - 19:11:27 PDT