BI-3Develop and implement a process to incorporate social equity into prioritizing infrastructure improvements

There is ongoing work to continue to identify opportunities and ways to integrate equity into infrastructure projects. Community and Neighborhood Resources have helped lay the framework through the Social Equity Coordinator, the internal Equity Team who worked to incorporate equity questions into the budget process for the Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Further details on their work are included in action C-2.

In addition, multiple sustainability tools incorporate an equity lens, including the Sustainability Evaluation System (see action BI-4) and the Climate Risk Mapping tool (see action AR.1), which are being integrated into the new project management process. The project management process also integrates equity concepts more broadly. Lastly, Community and Neighborhood Resources launched a community-based asset mapping initiative in the fall of 2025 that will leverage the expertise of community members to better inform projects through a Neighborhood Portal.

In 2025 the Community And Neighborhood Resources Division (CNR) partnered with the Transportation Planning Division to make progress in the city's equity goals. The Community Engagement Specialist, a shared position between CNR and Transportation Planning Division is working as a member of the Vision Zero Team and Equity team to develop an engagement plan for the Vision Zero Action Plan.

The Community Engagement Specialist and the Social Equity Coordinator partnered through the Community Engagement Team to embed equity into City Wide Community Engagement Trainings. Initial Community Engagement Training was facilitated in May 2025.