Meeting privately with Carl and Amy, Daniel told each of them, $$I understand how strongly you feel about this situation$$ both the light rail itself and the other issues that it brings up for you about values, past conflicts, and so on$.$ It seems to me$,$ though, that if this conflict continues, the situations in the neighborhood that you$$re unhappy about will only get worse. And I certainly understand not feeling comfortable meeting face$-$to$-$face with people that you feel have values that are in conflict with your own. I$$m sure that's hard for everyone.

$$But I want to assure you that any process we undertake belongs to all the participants jointly. I set guidelines and manage events, but the way we conduct the process is determined by the parties. If something isn$$t working for people, we can change it$.$ I think the hope here is that if you make the effort to overcome the difficulties of working together, you can find a workable solution.$$

Daniel's comment that the process "belongs to all the participants jointly" is meant to give the parties $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ over the process.

legal authority

a shared interest

a fear of loss

a sense of ownership