Efforts to implement this action began more extensively in 2023.
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 and 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 2024 that will leverage the expertise of community members to better inform projects.
