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POLICY 6: Gentrification and displacement

This policy states:

Implement strategies against gentrification and displacement caused by transportation investments.

Actions

  • Investment Priority (IP): Actions tagged with (IP) provide direction to regional investment processes directed by the plan. This includes the Regional Solicitation, which will complete an evaluation to determine the appropriate framework and application of these actions to the Regional Solicitation. Actions could be applied in the Regional Solicitation in a variety of ways including qualifying requirements, application categories, or scoring measures. These actions can also apply to other regional highway and transit funding programs. Investment priorities targeted exclusively at local governments are tagged as local planning (see below).  
  • Local Planning (LP): Actions tagged with (LP) are requirements or guidance for agencies to incorporate into the transportation element of their Comprehensive Plans, corridor plans, transit provider plans, and other plans that are not regional or statewide. Major items are noted but this is not intended to be a comprehensive list. Local planning tag may also indicate actions with potential local investment priorities that would help support regional goals and objectives that are not tied to regional or statewide investment programs.
  • Technical Capacity Building (CB): Actions tagged with (CB) are technical assistance and support activities to provide guidance and best practices to agencies that builds regional technical capacity.
  • Partner (P): Actions tagged with (P) are activities that support the regional goals and transportation objectives where the plan is directing partners to take a direct lead. This tag applies primarily to regional or state partners; the local planning tag provides direction to local partners.  
  • Work Program (WP): Actions tagged with (WP) are work program activities, including staff time and consultant studies, to be worked on until the next scheduled update of the plan in five years. These items are necessary to further research and policy guidance to support the region in achieving its goals and transportation objectives. Work program items are listed at the end of each policy. More complete descriptions of work program items are provided in the Imagine 2050 TPP Work Program. 
= Lead agency
= Supporting agency
Met Council  MnDOT  Counties  Cities  Transit  Other 
6A. Minimize right-of-way takings, particularly in environmental justice communities. Consider and engage communities on potential right-of-way needs and uses throughout the transportation planning process. 

Action types:
Local Planning
Partner 
 
6B. Explore opportunities for long-term residents to benefit from transportation investments, including tools and programs like community benefits agreements, workforce development, and anti-displacement strategies. (See 2D for additional component of this work.) 

Action types:
Technical Capacity Building
Partner 
(TBD)

TBD is to be determined. Agencies have not yet been identified.