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Neighbors say UC Davis and Wexford have not delivered on Aggie Square community benefits; ask city legal review
Summary
A member of the Aggie Square Community Partnership Committee told the council that UC Davis and Wexford have not followed through on a community benefits commitment, including a promised $150,000-a-year community fund for the first three years; she asked legal counsel to consider action to enforce the agreement.
A Tahoe Park Neighborhood Association representative told the Sacramento City Council she believes UC Davis and developer Wexford are not following the "spirit" of the Aggie Square Community Benefits Partnership agreement and asked the council's legal office to consider taking action.
Christina Lackey, a Tahoe Park Neighborhood Association board member and the association's appointee to the Aggie Square Community Partnership Committee, told the council the agreement included a plan for a community fund paid through rent surcharges, with Wexford committing to provide $150,000 a year for the first three years. Lackey said the partnership committee met for an initial meeting about seven months earlier but has not met since, and she has not received responses from UC Davis or Wexford to multiple follow-up inquiries.
"Frankly, it's insulting to the community to not have any response, let alone not have this money going out," Lackey said. She told the council the fund was expected to start around the project's groundbreaking or opening in May, and that neighborhood appointees were expedited to make committee appointments but still have not been engaged as promised.
Lackey said she has included both Councilmember Maple and Councilmember Guerra's offices in her inquiries and asked the council's legal staff to review whether UC Davis and Wexford have fulfilled their commitments under the community benefits agreement.
The remarks were delivered during the public comment period; the council did not take immediate action during the meeting. Lackey said a committee colleague from the Oak Park Neighborhood Association, identified in public remarks as Petra, was not present but that neighborhood representatives are requesting city follow-up to ensure the community benefits agreement is implemented as written.
The council did not provide a response on the floor and did not announce any next steps in the meeting record.
