# South 1st Alliance historical baseline

This baseline separates what the recovered record establishes from what participants merely suggested. It covers the initiative's active history from February 2024 through May 2026. Statements about City plans, traffic volumes, funding, partner support, or current roles are historical reports unless explicitly described as completed actions; they should be reverified before reuse.

## Concise chronology

- **February 2024 — implementation idea formed.** Sam, a neighbor, and City transportation staffer Lewis Leff discussed adapting the Barton Springs safety-pilot approach to South First. The notes say restriping can be easier than acquiring right-of-way or building medians, especially during resurfacing, and identify data, partner, council, committee, visualization, and web work as next steps. These were working notes, not a City commitment. ([Lewis Leff call notes](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/lewis-leff-call-notes.txt))
- **March 4, 2024 — a separate business-district process was already active.** A City-supported South 1st Street District open house gathered business views on boundaries, walkability, preservation of local businesses, branding, and engagement. Participants did not settle a single boundary, but repeatedly named pedestrian safety and walkability as priorities. ([South 1st District open-house summary](../archive/gmail/attachments/d3efe5c430d5-South-1st_Open-House-Summary_20240326.pdf))
- **April 27–May 20, 2024 — neighborhood concern became an organizing effort.** A BCNA discussion surfaced fast traffic, poor pedestrian conditions, transit concerns, difficult turning movements, competing commuter needs, and both support and skepticism about reducing lanes. Sam summarized the February conversation, listed five next steps, and convened an organizing meeting. ([BCNA origin thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-04-27-re-bcnaforum-the-foxtrot-eyesore-18f1b8f20e6297a6.md))
- **May 20–21, 2024 — the initiative acquired an operating structure.** The first meeting assigned complementary roles to seven core participants; Sam created a shared Drive and the South1stAlliance Google Group; Ed received the next concrete action to draft a vision. ([organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md), [group-creation notice](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-group-south1stalliance-created-and-ready-to-use-18f98a9abee04704.md))
- **May–June 2024 — source material and a first vision appeared.** The group collected corridor photos, retained earlier before-condition media, produced a logo, and recorded a meeting summary. Ed shared a draft community vision on June 10 as a baseline for comments, explicitly not a finished plan. ([photo thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-22-photos-18f9e0ec8a0abbea.md), [meeting summary](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-26-meeting-summary-discussion-about-south-first-street-improvements-in-austin-18fb27a3dee3670a.md), [vision draft](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/community-vision.txt))
- **June–August 2024 — relationships advanced farther than the plan.** Freddie reported offers of support from Farm&City and Safe Streets; Isaac reported that a District 9 staff contact was open to a small-group meeting but expected throughput, bus-stop, and major-work constraints; Sam established contact with Safe Streets; and the group discussed meeting Safe Streets before council staff. No recovered source documents an engineering review, formal partner letter, adopted plan, or completed council meeting. ([organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md))
- **June 2024 — the parallel business process supplied stronger business evidence.** Its second open house ranked creating a walkable environment first, recorded road-diet and cycling ideas, and also captured concern about preserving vehicle access. This is useful independent evidence, but it is not an endorsement of the Alliance's specific design. ([South 1st District open-house #2 summary](../archive/gmail/attachments/ba2d6bb3c39f-South-1st_District-Open-House-2-Summary.pdf))
- **October–November 2024 — Safe Streets offered a planning window, while the Alliance acknowledged lost momentum.** Adam Greenfield invited the group to reconnect around CityLeap and reported a future City staff study; Freddie separately asked the group to revisit its goals and noted that the effort appeared to have stalled around council support. The group also discovered the overlapping “Souly 1st” business effort. ([Safe Streets thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-10-16-fwd-join-our-safe-streets-for-all-party---nov-20-192975fe82d12563.md), [restart discussion](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-11-04-re-announcing-our-new-executive-director-192df5b3d72c25bf.md), [Souly 1st thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-11-08-fwd-south-1st-souly-pdfs-1930c47cc4337e21.md))
- **March 2025 — a revival attempt drew interest but left no recorded outcome.** Sam asked to restart; Isaac, Carolina, Freddie, and Chris responded positively; Chris identified PTMD funding as a possible path; and a March 25 meetup was proposed. The recovered archive does not show that the meetup occurred or produced decisions. ([2025 revival thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2025-03-05-any-interest-in-reviving-this-effort-19566b3dc9cc1903.md))
- **May 2026 — Freddie reopened the City/Safe Streets route, but the group's communications failed.** Freddie reported conversations with a City engineer and Safe Streets, urged immediate organizing, and relayed unverified traffic and diversion figures plus a suggested coalition strategy. His original message did not arrive in the Group; Sam confirmed the failure and made Freddie a Group manager. ([May 2026 update](../archive/gmail/threads/2026-05-25-fwd-updated-coversation-coahowdy-19e6071eec69e7d4.md))

## Decided or completed versus merely proposed

### Decided or demonstrably completed

- A dedicated Google Group and shared Drive were created for the initiative. ([group-creation notice](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-group-south1stalliance-created-and-ready-to-use-18f98a9abee04704.md), [organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md))
- The first working group divided responsibilities among Sam, Ed, Isaac, Chris, Carolina, Darren, and Freddie, with Ed assigned the first vision draft. ([organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md))
- Ed produced and circulated that draft for comment; it remained explicitly a baseline to adapt. ([organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md), [vision draft](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/community-vision.txt))
- The group assembled a logo, corridor imagery, meeting notes, and business-district source documents. ([Gmail source index](../archive/gmail/index.json), [Drive manifest](../archive/drive/manifest.json))
- Sam contacted Towers; its editor offered supportive coverage when materials were ready. ([Towers thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-06-07-your-s1st-lane-reduction-article-is-timely-18ff4532bd8c23e6.md))
- The group chose, at least provisionally, to engage Safe Streets before a council-staff meeting; the record shows agreement with that sequence, not that either meeting occurred. ([organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md))
- Sam made Freddie a Google Group manager after the May 2026 delivery failure. ([May 2026 update](../archive/gmail/threads/2026-05-25-fwd-updated-coversation-coahowdy-19e6071eec69e7d4.md))

### Proposed, reported, or unresolved — not established decisions

- **Corridor limits:** Riverside-to-Oltorf, Riverside-to-US 290/Ben White, Barton Springs-to-Oltorf, Gibson-to-Oltorf/Live Oak, and a broader South First corridor all appear. No final boundary is recorded. ([vision draft](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/community-vision.txt), [South 1st District open-house summary](../archive/gmail/attachments/d3efe5c430d5-South-1st_Open-House-Summary_20240326.pdf))
- **Street design:** one lane each direction, a center turn lane, curbed medians, bike lanes, off-corridor bike routes, bus lanes, bus pull-outs, wider sidewalks, crossings, trees, and four-lane traffic calming were all discussed. None is documented as an adopted or City-approved design. ([Lewis notes](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/lewis-leff-call-notes.txt), [BCNA origin thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-04-27-re-bcnaforum-the-foxtrot-eyesore-18f1b8f20e6297a6.md), [vision draft](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/community-vision.txt))
- **Traffic and safety evidence:** the archive says crash data had been gathered and later relays daily-trip and diversion figures, but it does not contain the underlying crash dataset, traffic model, methodology, or independent validation. ([BCNA origin thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-04-27-re-bcnaforum-the-foxtrot-eyesore-18f1b8f20e6297a6.md), [May 2026 update](../archive/gmail/threads/2026-05-25-fwd-updated-coversation-coahowdy-19e6071eec69e7d4.md))
- **Funding:** resurfacing/restriping, a possible 2026 bond, PTMD funds, and transit-related funding were pathways to investigate, not awards or approved allocations. ([Lewis notes](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/lewis-leff-call-notes.txt), [organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md), [2025 revival thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2025-03-05-any-interest-in-reviving-this-effort-19566b3dc9cc1903.md))
- **Institutional support:** participant emails report goodwill from City staff, Safe Streets, Farm&City, BCNA participants, and businesses. The archive contains no formal Alliance endorsement, signed coalition agreement, agency commitment, or project authorization from them. ([organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md), [Safe Streets thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-10-16-fwd-join-our-safe-streets-for-all-party---nov-20-192975fe82d12563.md))
- **Meeting summaries:** the recovered CSV contains multiple machine-generated versions of the same South First meeting, alongside unrelated summaries. Treat its “conclusions” as leads corroborated only where the emails or original notes agree, not as a formal decision log. ([meeting summaries CSV](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/meeting-summaries.csv), [emailed meeting summary](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-26-meeting-summary-discussion-about-south-first-street-improvements-in-austin-18fb27a3dee3670a.md))

## Source-linked claims ledger

| Claim | Evidence status | Best recovered source |
|---|---|---|
| The concept began with a February 2024 discussion about adapting the Barton Springs approach. | Direct participant notes; City feasibility and timing still unverified. | [Lewis notes](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/lewis-leff-call-notes.txt) |
| Restriping was viewed as a lower-friction path than medians or right-of-way acquisition. | Direct notes of advice attributed to Lewis Leff; not an approval. | [Lewis notes](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/lewis-leff-call-notes.txt) |
| Neighborhood participants expressed both strong safety concern and meaningful skepticism about a lane reduction. | Direct contemporaneous discussion. | [BCNA origin thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-04-27-re-bcnaforum-the-foxtrot-eyesore-18f1b8f20e6297a6.md) |
| The Alliance's first meeting created a seven-person division of labor. | Direct follow-up email; roles are historical. | [organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md) |
| The Google Group existed by May 21, 2024. | Direct Google creation notice. | [group-creation notice](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-group-south1stalliance-created-and-ready-to-use-18f98a9abee04704.md) |
| The vision draft was a starting point, not a final plan. | Ed's covering email and unresolved draft markup. | [organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md), [vision draft](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/community-vision.txt) |
| The draft's stated outcome was a vibrant, safe, accessible corridor balancing multiple users. | Direct draft language. | [vision draft](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/community-vision.txt) |
| Safe Streets and Farm&City were reported willing to help in 2024. | Participant report only; scope and present validity unknown. | [organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md) |
| A District 9 staff contact was reported open to a small meeting and identified throughput, bus-stop, and capital-work concerns. | Participant report only; no meeting outcome or agency position recovered. | [organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md) |
| Independent business-district workshops prioritized walkability while also raising access, parking, identity, and local-business preservation. | Direct workshop reports; not an Alliance mandate. | [open-house #1](../archive/gmail/attachments/d3efe5c430d5-South-1st_Open-House-Summary_20240326.pdf), [open-house #2](../archive/gmail/attachments/ba2d6bb3c39f-South-1st_District-Open-House-2-Summary.pdf) |
| Towers offered supportive coverage once the effort had publishable materials. | Direct email from the editor. | [Towers thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-06-07-your-s1st-lane-reduction-article-is-timely-18ff4532bd8c23e6.md) |
| The group made multiple restart attempts without a documented completed plan. | Direct 2024 and 2025 restart discussions; absence bounded to recovered archive. | [November 2024 discussion](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-11-04-re-announcing-our-new-executive-director-192df5b3d72c25bf.md), [2025 revival thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2025-03-05-any-interest-in-reviving-this-effort-19566b3dc9cc1903.md) |
| Freddie resumed City and Safe Streets conversations in May 2026. | Direct participant report; reported engineering claims remain unverified. | [May 2026 update](../archive/gmail/threads/2026-05-25-fwd-updated-coversation-coahowdy-19e6071eec69e7d4.md) |
| The May 2026 Google Group message failed to appear, and Freddie was then made a manager. | Direct exchange and screenshot reference. | [May 2026 update](../archive/gmail/threads/2026-05-25-fwd-updated-coversation-coahowdy-19e6071eec69e7d4.md) |

## Unresolved contradictions and questions

1. **What street segment is actually in scope?** The Alliance draft and business-district workshops contain several incompatible endpoints. ([vision draft](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/community-vision.txt), [open-house #1](../archive/gmail/attachments/d3efe5c430d5-South-1st_Open-House-Summary_20240326.pdf))
2. **Is the primary ask an outcome or a cross-section?** The broad outcome—safer, more accessible, more useful to residents, businesses, transit riders, and travelers—is stable; the physical solution is not. ([vision draft](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/community-vision.txt))
3. **Are bikes on South First or routed beside it?** Early discussion includes bike lanes, the draft concludes there is insufficient right-of-way and proposes alternative routes, and CityLeap later prompted interest in a shared bus/bike treatment. ([BCNA origin thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-04-27-re-bcnaforum-the-foxtrot-eyesore-18f1b8f20e6297a6.md), [vision draft](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/community-vision.txt), [organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md))
4. **Are curbed medians part of the vision or deliberately unrealistic?** The Lewis notes say medians are bond-level expensive; the draft proposes them, and its own comments describe asking for an ideal outcome to negotiate down to paint. ([Lewis notes](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/lewis-leff-call-notes.txt), [vision draft](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/community-vision.txt))
5. **What does transit require?** The draft leaves transit unfinished, while District 9 feedback reportedly flags buses stopping the single through lane. No recovered CapMetro analysis resolves the issue. ([vision draft](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/community-vision.txt), [organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md))
6. **Where is the original evidence package?** The BCNA thread links a separate crash-data folder, but that dataset is not in this archive. The claimed Manor/South First traffic volumes and diversion capacity also lack underlying files. ([BCNA origin thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-04-27-re-bcnaforum-the-foxtrot-eyesore-18f1b8f20e6297a6.md), [May 2026 update](../archive/gmail/threads/2026-05-25-fwd-updated-coversation-coahowdy-19e6071eec69e7d4.md))
7. **Alliance, Souly 1st, or a joint structure?** The parallel business effort had organized workshops and overlapping goals before the Alliance formed, but the archive records discovery rather than coordination. ([Souly 1st thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-11-08-fwd-south-1st-souly-pdfs-1930c47cc4337e21.md), [open-house #2](../archive/gmail/attachments/ba2d6bb3c39f-South-1st_District-Open-House-2-Summary.pdf))
8. **Who is active and accountable now?** Historical roles were assigned, but repeated dormancy and the 2026 delivery failure mean present ownership cannot be inferred. ([organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md), [May 2026 update](../archive/gmail/threads/2026-05-25-fwd-updated-coversation-coahowdy-19e6071eec69e7d4.md))
9. **What happened after proposed meetings?** No recovered record confirms the District 9 meeting, the planned Safe Streets planning conversation, the proposed November 2024 meetup, or the March 2025 meetup. ([organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md), [Safe Streets thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-10-16-fwd-join-our-safe-streets-for-all-party---nov-20-192975fe82d12563.md), [2025 revival thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2025-03-05-any-interest-in-reviving-this-effort-19566b3dc9cc1903.md))
10. **Can the original meeting be audited?** Its Dropbox audio link has expired, and the CSV contains multiple generated summaries. The underlying recording or a human-authored decision log has not been recovered. ([emailed meeting summary](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-26-meeting-summary-discussion-about-south-first-street-improvements-in-austin-18fb27a3dee3670a.md), [meeting summaries CSV](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/meeting-summaries.csv))

## Initiative assets and practical reuse value

| Asset | What exists | Best reuse |
|---|---|---|
| Lewis Leff notes | Implementation constraints, questions, partner targets, data ideas, and visualization/web concepts. | Use as an interview checklist; verify every City/funding assumption. ([notes](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/lewis-leff-call-notes.txt)) |
| Community vision draft | Problem framing, inclusive outcome language, a Streetmix concept, and unresolved comments. | Mine principles and questions; do not republish as a current or adopted plan. ([draft](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/community-vision.txt)) |
| Before-condition media | 27 Drive photos/videos plus four edited email photos. | Establish a dated 2024 visual baseline and a shot list for matched 2026 recapture. ([Drive manifest](../archive/drive/manifest.json), [photo thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-22-photos-18f9e0ec8a0abbea.md)) |
| Logo files | Drive and email versions of the South First Alliance mark. | Retain as historical identity; test name and governance before public reuse. ([Drive logo](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/SOUTH-FIRST-ALLIANCE.png), [email logo](../archive/gmail/attachments/dbb7d2070761-South-First-Alliance-1-.png)) |
| Business-district workshop reports | Two independent workshop summaries with participants, boundary ideas, ranked priorities, and engagement suggestions. | Seed a current business map and interview guide; do not treat listed participants as current supporters. ([open-house #1](../archive/gmail/attachments/d3efe5c430d5-South-1st_Open-House-Summary_20240326.pdf), [open-house #2](../archive/gmail/attachments/ba2d6bb3c39f-South-1st_District-Open-House-2-Summary.pdf)) |
| Stakeholder correspondence | Historical partner, council-staff, press, business, and neighborhood signals. | Build a reconfirmation queue and conversation history, not a public endorsement list. ([organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md), [Towers thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-06-07-your-s1st-lane-reduction-article-is-timely-18ff4532bd8c23e6.md), [Safe Streets thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-10-16-fwd-join-our-safe-streets-for-all-party---nov-20-192975fe82d12563.md)) |
| Google Group history | Creation, recruitment, organizing discussions, restart attempts, and a documented delivery failure. | Preserve as institutional memory; audit configuration before relying on it operationally. ([Gmail index](../archive/gmail/index.json), [May 2026 update](../archive/gmail/threads/2026-05-25-fwd-updated-coversation-coahowdy-19e6071eec69e7d4.md)) |
| Machine-generated meeting summaries | Several variants of the same meeting plus unrelated records. | Use only to locate topics or missing source questions; never as sole evidence for a decision. ([CSV](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/meeting-summaries.csv)) |
| Towers relationship | Direct offer of supportive coverage when assets were ready. | Reconfirm only after the initiative has a current, evidence-backed brief and clear spokesperson. ([thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-06-07-your-s1st-lane-reduction-article-is-timely-18ff4532bd8c23e6.md)) |

## Ten facts to carry into restart conversations

1. **The effort is not starting from zero:** it has a recovered operating history, draft vision, visual baseline, business-workshop evidence, and partner correspondence. ([Gmail index](../archive/gmail/index.json), [Drive manifest](../archive/drive/manifest.json))
2. **The original strategic insight was incremental implementation:** restriping during resurfacing may be easier than medians, sidewalk expansion, or right-of-way acquisition—but that was advice to investigate, not permission to proceed. ([Lewis notes](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/lewis-leff-call-notes.txt))
3. **The durable consensus is about outcomes, not geometry:** safety, accessibility, walkability, transit usefulness, local-business vitality, and a recognizable place recur across neighborhood, Alliance, and business sources. ([BCNA origin thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-04-27-re-bcnaforum-the-foxtrot-eyesore-18f1b8f20e6297a6.md), [vision draft](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/community-vision.txt), [open-house #2](../archive/gmail/attachments/ba2d6bb3c39f-South-1st_District-Open-House-2-Summary.pdf))
4. **A three-lane concept was only one hypothesis:** the record also contains four-lane traffic calming, bus-lane, bike-lane, alternate-bike-route, crossing, tree, shade, sidewalk, and placemaking ideas. ([BCNA origin thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-04-27-re-bcnaforum-the-foxtrot-eyesore-18f1b8f20e6297a6.md), [organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md), [vision draft](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/community-vision.txt))
5. **The most important historical objections were substantive:** commuter throughput, bus operations, diverted traffic, business access, parking, funding, and limited right-of-way all need answers. ([BCNA origin thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-04-27-re-bcnaforum-the-foxtrot-eyesore-18f1b8f20e6297a6.md), [organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md), [open-house #2](../archive/gmail/attachments/ba2d6bb3c39f-South-1st_District-Open-House-2-Summary.pdf))
6. **The business coalition is not hypothetical:** a separate South 1st district effort had already convened businesses and gathered ranked priorities; the restart should coordinate with it or its successor, not recreate it blindly. ([Souly 1st thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-11-08-fwd-south-1st-souly-pdfs-1930c47cc4337e21.md), [open-house #1](../archive/gmail/attachments/d3efe5c430d5-South-1st_Open-House-Summary_20240326.pdf))
7. **Historical goodwill is not current authorization:** Safe Streets, Farm&City, City staff, BCNA participants, businesses, and Towers showed varying degrees of interest, but no recovered source grants the Alliance authority or confirms a present commitment. ([organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md), [Towers thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-06-07-your-s1st-lane-reduction-article-is-timely-18ff4532bd8c23e6.md))
8. **Freddie is the first historical reconnection point:** he had the freshest City/Safe Streets activity in May 2026 and was made a Group manager, though all technical claims he relayed still need source documents. ([May 2026 update](../archive/gmail/threads/2026-05-25-fwd-updated-coversation-coahowdy-19e6071eec69e7d4.md))
9. **The biggest operational failure was lack of durable ownership and decision tracking:** responsibilities existed, but meetings and outreach did not consistently become recorded decisions, and a key 2026 message failed to deliver. ([organizing thread](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-05-21-follow-up-from-meeting-18f98dfea814bcff.md), [November 2024 discussion](../archive/gmail/threads/2024-11-04-re-announcing-our-new-executive-director-192df5b3d72c25bf.md), [May 2026 update](../archive/gmail/threads/2026-05-25-fwd-updated-coversation-coahowdy-19e6071eec69e7d4.md))
10. **The first restart deliverable should be a boundary, evidence baseline, and one decision request—not a public launch of the old draft.** The historical record itself shows unresolved geography, missing transit analysis, unsupported traffic claims, design contradictions, and incomplete coalition work. ([vision draft](../archive/drive/known-public-exports/community-vision.txt), [May 2026 update](../archive/gmail/threads/2026-05-25-fwd-updated-coversation-coahowdy-19e6071eec69e7d4.md))