A RESOLUTION recognizing the value of Equitable Development Agreements and outlining how the agreements may be considered when evaluating the required community engagement processes and public benefit packages associated with street vacations and large development projects that are subject to review by the City Council.
Bill passing share of Senate. Please read the next agenda item. Agenda item 12 Resolution 3181. Excuse me. Resolution 318 11. Recognizing the value of equitable development agreements and outlining how the agreements may be considered when evaluating the required community engagement processes and public benefit packages associated with free vacation and large development projects that are subject to review by the City Council. The committee recommends a resolution be adopted because remember. Brian, thank you. The this resolution will establish and recognizes the value of equitable, equitable development agreements outlining how these agreements may be considered when evaluating required community engagement process and public benefit packages associated with street vacations or other large development projects that are subject to review by the City Council. The purpose of resolution is to recognize Edas as a valuable community driven tool that centers individuals and organizations representing historically marginalized communities in the decision making process. The the concept of an actual development agreement came forward from community members who are participating in the review of the public. The street vacation process and the task force happened last year. And it's also been informed by the work that the the Community Benefit Coalition, I don't have that quite right, but that worked on the Convention Center and the work they did through the process of negotiating with the Convention Center for a package, the community package coalition. That's what it was on the package of community benefits. And well, the actual development agreements is exactly that process. It is certainly informed by what was successful in that process and some of the challenges they faced. I want to thank particularly folks from Puget Sound Sage, who did a lot of work to conceptualize equity, equitable development agreements and help with the language to make sure that communities most impacted and often marginalized and left out of the decision making process will have a voice at the table in defining what a set of community benefits makes sense. I also want to take a moment just to thank Susie Loving and my office and wish Whitson and central staff who spent well over over well over a year working on this whole set of packages. I really appreciate their astute guidance of the process and focus on the details of both the ordinances and the resolutions, including the NBA resolution. Thank you, Councilman Bryan. Any further comments? Mr. President. I'm a skater. I just want to thank you, Councilmember O'Brien, for your willingness to delay for a week so that we could have the conversation with the folks who are Longshore, who are working in the maritime industry, and to incorporate their feedback. I'm so incredibly pleased how quickly that was resolved, and it really sounds like your office and central staff work quickly to identify a path forward though, so thank you for your incredible work with them just in the last week. But more importantly, thank you for bringing this forward. As I've had conversations with folks in the community over the last year and a half, what they have been calling for is truly a way to identify the public benefit for various development and and changes that are being implemented in our city. And I think what you have outlined here really creates a pathway for those community voices to be heard and for us to have a holistic look at ways that our city grows and expands. So thank you for your work to shepherd this through, and I'm excited to vote for it today. Well, thank you. It's I'm really proud of the work that we all collectively did in including a lot of community members. And I believe once this is passed and implemented, we will have a much better process for how we do screen notifications and hopefully we'll see equitable development agreements happening not just on vacations but on other projects in town. Or get any further comments. Those in favor of adopting the resolution please vote i. I. Those opposed vote no. The motion carries the resolutions adopt and share with Senate. Please read the last the next agenda item.