As I explain -- in "continued" comments below -- the flaw in CDSD wasn't lack of listening to _some_ of the neighbors.
 
The flaw was not working through a process in which folks understood the implications of narrowing the street pavement below a functional width. Most "calming" techniques can be redone, if the don't work. Creating a substandard street width is extremely expensive to redo.

Gardner thought she had a "magic bullet" with “context sensitive solutions," in a similar way that recent Planning Directors thought about "Area Planning."

It turns out, _how_ you conduct the process at the "boots-on-the-ground" level is critical. 

Currently, the Mayor and "we know best" crowd are claiming a "neutrally-facilitated conversation" will recreate "trust" and lead to resolution of the south Willamette debacle.

_Wrong!_ Facts on the ground matter, and guess who knows those best? People who live and run businesses in the area. Let them drive the bus & give them competent support.

Paul