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File #: 210930    Version: 1
Type: Order Status: Approved
File created: 11/20/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/24/2020 Final action: 10/14/2021
Enactment date: 11/24/2020 Enactment #: 210930
Title: That the Director of SPCD commission independent Community Impact Studies for each upcoming Neighborhood Plan and large-scale redevelopment effort, to quantify possible displacement, rent increase, and other negative outcomes, and to propose mitigation strategies.
Sponsors: Ben Ewen-Campen, Kristen Strezo

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That the Director of SPCD commission independent Community Impact Studies for each upcoming Neighborhood Plan and large-scale redevelopment effort, to quantify possible displacement, rent increase, and other negative outcomes, and to propose mitigation strategies.

 

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That the Executive Director of the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development commission independent "Community Impact Studies" for each upcoming Neighborhood Plan and large-scale redevelopment effort, to quantify possible impacts on displacement, rent increases, and other negative outcomes, and to propose mitigation strategies, as recommended by the Somerville Community Corporation's "Opportunity Zone Steering Committee."