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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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- Increase local housing choice and build community resilience by diversifying housing types or serving populations not currently served by the local housing market; priority given for projects with the deepest affordability
- Increase regional housing choice by creating 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 bands; 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 |
- The new or preserved housing supports the future residents through design, programming/services, and/or mix of affordability
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7 |
- Support and incentivize the region’s economic competitiveness by furthering racial equity outcomes in housing access*
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2* |
Jobs
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- Create or preserve permanent employment opportunities with priority given for projects with living wage jobs
- Create jobs in priority high-growth and high-opportunity sectors of the region's economy including technology or environment, advance local job growth priorities, and/or create/preserve industrial jobs with access to regional transit systems.
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8 |
- Create jobs that expand choices in employment either for the local community or the community the project intends to serve; and/or support the creation/preservation of small, locally or cooperatively owned businesses
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7 |
- Support and incentivize the region’s economic competitiveness by furthering racial equity outcomes in access to jobs*
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2* |
Compact, Connected Development
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- Intensify land uses and density in proximity to the transit station in a way that contributes to greater levels of station area activity
- Increase diversity and complementary mix of land uses in the transit corridor and station area in a way that generates greater transit ridership, a higher diversity of trip purposes viable via transit, and reduces the need to use and own a personal vehicle
- Takes advantage of available connections between housing, jobs, services, resources and amenities across the region using existing and planned transit and/or transportation systems
- Further the transit-oriented nature of the station area as a node and/or district of TOD given the specific context of its communities and transit corridor. Priority given to projects that advance a broader local TOD vision for the shared transit corridor
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12 |
- Provide design-led strategies that support or expand pedestrian, bicycle and other multimodal transportation choice in the station area, including accessibility and universal design features, especially those that contribute to larger existing or planned networks
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9 |
- Support and incentivize the region’s economic competitiveness by furthering racial equity outcomes in access to and choice of transportation and transit options*
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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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10 |
- Catalyze or position the station area for additional transit-oriented development in a way that leverages public infrastructure and does not contribute to displacement of existing residents or businesses
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4 |
- Optional narrative about project outcomes
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3 |
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How: Proposed Project Process
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Process
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- Address or identify a specific residential and/or workforce community need that was determined with those least represented and most impacted by current and historic racial inequities*
- Address the need for affirmative efforts to increase racial diversity and inclusion in the community, if current community residential and/or workforce demographics do not reflect a variety of races and ethnic backgrounds relative to the region*
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10* |
- Provide meaningful engagement, including with stakeholders that represent the demographics of the residential and/or workforce community, centering those under-represented and most impacted by the project
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6 |
- Optional narrative about project process
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1 |
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Who: Proposed Project Team
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Capacity
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- The project team is able to use the grant, if awarded, within the 36-month grant term
- The applicant and development partner(s’) plan to work together to complete grant activities
- Local efforts to contribute to the project financially, considering the context of community capacity
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10 |
- The project team, including partners, is designed to be reflective and responsive to those under-represented and most impacted by the project
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6 |
Applications must score at least 42 of the total 64 Step One points to move to Step Two with 10 of the 16 equity points (*) awarded. |
Total
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110
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Applications must score at least 75 of the total 110 available points
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