Community feedback is most useful when it is treated as evidence about daily life, not as a vote on a finished image. The design team has to interpret what people need while making trade-offs visible.
Listen for recurring experiences
Group comments by situation: an unsafe crossing, a missing place to sit or a route that becomes uncomfortable later in the day. Repeated experiences point to a design problem more clearly than isolated preferences.
Write criteria
Turn findings into questions the proposal can answer. Can someone reach the entrance without an exposed detour? Is there a quiet place near the active area? These criteria can be tested in drawings and on site.
Report back
Explain which suggestions changed the design, which need further study and which could not be adopted. A transparent response builds trust and gives later reviews a useful record.