Second Anti-Displacement-Wide Task Force Meeting Held 9/21/23

The Anti-Displacement Task Force met as a group to discuss each committee's progress so far in the year-long process.

  1. Items Introduced: Equity Statement. Revision suggestions were made and will be incorporated and sent for email vote.
  2. The Residential Displacement Committee gave updates on
    1. The process of the Home Rule Petition
    2. Reflections on past listening sessions
    3. Discussions held so far on priorities.
  3. The Small Enterprise Displacement Committee gave updates on
    1. How they structured their approach,
    2. How they ensured that socially disadvantaged businesses were accommodated,
    3. Went over the results of their root cause exercise, resulting priorities,
    4. introduced their short-term, medium-term, and long-term strategy for developing and implementing recommendations to help avoid small enterprise displacement.
      1. Short Term Strategy
        1. Commercial Tenant Toolkit
        2. Emergency Swing Space Referrals
        3. Site Finding Assistance
        4. ARPA Business Technical Assistance and Grant Program (Pilot)
        5. Improved Development Information Transmission
      2. Medium Term Strategy
        1. Commercial Tenants Assistance Program
        2. Commercial Bill of Rights
        3. Amendment of Vacant Storefront Ordinance
        4. Affordable Commercial Space Zoning Amendment
        5. Improved Development Information Transmission
      3. Long Term Strategy
        1. Affordable Commercial Realty Corporation - A non-profit entity formed by the City to lease space from new commercial developments and to sublet them affordably to local business tenants.
  4. The Creative Displacement Committee gave updates on the
    1. Results of their Root Cause Exercise,
    2. Defining Priorities,
    3. Introduced Proposed Initiatives based on two tiers
      1. Tier 1 Projects:
        1. ACE Buy-Out Fund Structure
        2. City Statement of Values for the Arts
        3. Displacement Stories
      2. Tier 2 Projects:
        1. Creative and Entertainment Districts
        2. Our Town Grant / Other Grant Opportunities
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