. >> you i am james fahey. i am here to speak at a later you subject. this is coming up. i am listening to what is going on and reading about the project. if there is a fundamental process issue to be addressed by the city. i think it would help city to help consider design thinking as opposed to traditional design. the difference is the traditional design makes the decision up front and tries to kind of power through barriers to get approval to get finalized. design thinking actually as you can see in the diagram begins with a lot of empathy in the beginning and listening to input from individuals upfront and it is also something that is put forth by stanford university you can find information on youtube about this. it is common here. a lot of comments here at this point in time shouldn't becoming in at this point in the process. it should be much further early on. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisor. i am a research analyst at the hotel workers' union. i will leave it to the clerk if i all speaking in

. >> i am james fahey. i suggest we find out how many people want to speak and how long that would take. see if that makes sense. i think there are fewer people n here earlier. the group earlier was a very large number. is there away to see how many are going to speak? >> there is not, mr. fahey. thank you. next speaker, please. >> aaron pierce. i am a resident speaking in favor of continuance. i want to suppress it is important for everybody to have the opportunity to speak. many people that were here for the next -- well for this agenda item have had to leave for a variety of reasons. many have been here for many hours. i don't think it would be a fair process for this agenda item if we don't continue it and don't allow the people here earlier but couldn't say their opportunity to speak. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> joe fox neighborhood association. we have been at this for over 20 years. it is a huge issue. i would prefer that you vote yes on a continuance so we are all fresh and better thinking