Mr. Barnard -

Thank you for providing answers today to the questions posted in the comments.

I hope that this level of interaction and responses can be continued in the future. I know that it can be frustrating to readers of several of the discussions here when staff does not appear to reply or interact after the initial day or initial flurry of comments.

I know that there can be a certain level of hostility in the comments as well, so I appreciate that you came back and provided answers (perhaps a bit basic, but answers nonetheless) to these questions.

Please keep up the level of interaction and encourage your colleagues to participate as well. If these kinds of staff-public conversations can be increased and the level of detail increased as well, perhaps a good deal of the perceived animosity between the public and city bureaus can be reduced.

- Bob R.