With your input, the Advancing Equity in Rezoning project team identified the issues within the rezoning process that may result in inequities. The issues were grouped into five categories: public awareness, consideration of public input, process for applicants, review criteria, and equitable outcomes, and they include some of the following:

• an opportunity to further improve public engagement processes
• a needed update to confusing criteria used to approve or deny rezonings
• a new approach to the one-size-fits-all rezoning process for both large and small rezonings
• consistent application of equity analyses for certain rezonings

As a reminder, the project goals include updating the rezoning process so that it is transparent, equitable, and accessible for all, identifying rezoning review criteria that inform better decisions and achieve citywide goals, including goals related to equity, and creating requirements that respond to the varied equity impacts of rezonings.

Task Force Meeting #10

The project is now in the "evaluate the alternatives" phase. In this phase, the task force and members of the public will help further evaluate, develop, and provide feedback on recommended changes that can solve for the identified issues.

The next task force meeting is this Wednesday, June 28 from 3-5 p.m. At the upcoming meeting, the task force and project team will discuss tailoring the process to the size and scope of the rezoning. Members of the public are welcome to observe task force meetings and have the opportunity to provide a comment at the end.

If you can't watch this meeting in real time, we'll send out a recording once it is available. All of the task force meetings are recorded, and agendas, presentations, and notes are also available in the project archive.

The project team is excited to introduce a new consultant who will help facilitate task force meetings: Elizabeth Suárez from Negotiation Unleased. She'll introduce herself at the upcoming task force meeting.