The Brown/Clark proposal does not include "a 'facilitated' conversation between the City and CSEN." CSEN is not made up of primarily of the residents and businesses, but includes many people who do not live or work in the proposed zone.  The Council directive indicates that City, CSEN, and residents/businesses is the minimum group that should be included, and does not rule out others from participating. The forum seems closer to that direction than the B/C proposal-- as described so far, the forum is a discussion between those groups as well as others, and includes a facilitator.

You didn't mention in your piece that the 11 individuals included the chairs of the relevant neighborhood associations and the relevant City Councilors, which seems to be an incomplete statement of facts.  

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