LCA is focused on addressing racial inequity in the region given race is the largest predictor of inequitable outcomes in jobs, housing, and other LCA goals. Projects addressing racial equity will be prioritized in scoring. Projects addressing other inequities will earn points towards how they address those inequities but will not receive full points unless they also consider the intersection of racial inequity. |
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Step One
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Step Two
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Category
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Criteria
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Points
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Criteria
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Points
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What: Proposed Project Outcomes
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Housing
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- Create or preserve affordable housing
opportunities with priority given to projects that serve populations not currently served by the local housing market, for projects with the deepest affordability, and for those including supportive services or other needed services
- Create new affordable housing that furthers the City’s ability to meet their share of the region’s need for affordable housing, considering what the need is across affordability levels; OR Preserve and rehabilitate affordable housing, prioritizing communities at highest risk of losing Naturally Occurring Affordable
Housing (NOAH) and/or communities with higher rates of housing cost burdened households
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8 |
- Create or preserve intentional community connections and relationships in the development and support current or future residents through design, programming, and/
or services
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7 |
- Further equity outcomes in housing access*
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2* |
Jobs
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- Create or preserve permanent employment
opportunities; priority for projects with living
wage jobs
- Create or preserve jobs that support
economic stability of the community in the
project area
- Create economic opportunity in priority
high-growth and high-opportunity sectors
of the region’s economy including health
care, technology or environment; and/or
advance city job growth priorities and/or
create/preserve industrial jobs with access to
regional transit systems
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8 |
- Support economic growth of the community through expanded jobs options supporting
cooperatively owned businesses or supporting the economic stability of the community the project is intending to serve
- The business model, business type, or
hiring practices of the business creating
or preserving the jobs support economic mobility, economic stability, or wealth creation, especially among populations that experience economic disparities
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7 |
- Further equity outcomes in access to economic opportunity*
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2* |
Compact, Connected Development
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- Increase density or intensity of land use on the site or in the project area if new
construction; OR
Preserve or intensify land use and density on the site or in the project area in a way that uses an existing building more efficiently
- Takes advantage of available connections between housing, jobs, services and amenities across the region using existing and planned transit and transportation systems
- Increase diversity of uses and activities in the project and/or access to services and amenities, with a focus on complementary uses and human-centered experiences
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8 |
- Provide design-led strategies, specific to the population the project is intending to serve, that support or expand infrastructure for
people to walk, bike, or use other kinds of
transportation in and around the project site, including accessibility and universal design
features, especially those that contribute to larger existing or planned networks
- Create a welcoming public realm and access to green space that facilitates social interactions and increases community resilience within the project site and project area
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7 |
- Further equity outcomes in access to services and amenities*
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2* |
Environment and Livability
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- Maximize access to local and regional parks and trails through outreach, site design, or programming
- Minimize greenhouse gas emissions
- Conserve natural resources and follow sustainable site design practices
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8 |
- Mitigate negative environmental impacts on residents or workers in the area; priority for projects in areas most impacted by past environmental harms
- The projects uses sustianable site and/or building design practices to increase resilience and mitigate environmental harm; priority for equitable environmental outcomes
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7
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- Further equity outcomes in access to local and regional parks and/or address environmental sustainability in locations where residents have been most impacted by environmental harms*
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2* |
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How: Proposed Project Process
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Process
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- Address a residential and/or workforce need
that was identified by or with residents or
workers most impacted by inequities*
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5* |
- Provide meaningful engagement, including stakeholders that represent the demographics of the residential and/or workforce community, centering those under-represented and most impacted
- The project and the team use a strategic and integrated approach to addressing equity
issues
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7 |
- The City is taking steps toward addressing inequities at the local level, especially efforts to implement equitable development
practices*
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3* |
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Who: Proposed Project Team
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Project Team
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- The project forms partnerships between
government, private for-profit, and non-profit sectors
- Local efforts to contribute to the project financially, considering the context of
community capacity
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8 |
- The funding sources identified, not necessarily committed, for the project reasonably reflect what is necessary to complete the project
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5 |
Equity
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- The project team, including partners, is designed to be reflective of and responsive
to the community the project is intending to serve*
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2* |
- The intended outcomes of the project will result in more equitable outcomes
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2 |
Step One Total |
58 |
Step Two Total |
42 |
Applications must score at least 39 of the total 58 Step One points to move to Step Two with 12 of the 18 equity points (*) awarded. |
Applications must score at least 65 of the total 100 available points
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