Once again, the Mayor misses the boat. The now-doomed SW-SAZ plan was cooked up by outsiders (“anybody” was indeed leading the pack) and the residents of the zone were only informed later about what was  going to be good for them. 

Any plan to upzone (upscale) or change an established neighborhood requires a lot more than a meeting for all and then facilitation by Oregon Consensus. Mediation or facilitation implies that the slate already exists and we’re now going to tweak it. 

Residents of south Eugene have said no to that process repeatedly (see http://www.swneugene.org). What they have agreed on is plain and simple: a R - E - F - I - N - E - M - E - N - T  plan as the platform upon which any future changes can be made. And this plan must be community driven; no more top-down directives.