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Committee reviews biannual CBO report; Herman Kiefer project placed on compliance plan
Summary
City staff presented the Civil Rights, Inclusion and Opportunity Department’s biannual Community Benefits Ordinance monitoring report, noting 14 projects bound by CBOs, about 620 commitments tracked, and one project (Herman Kiefer) off track and placed on a compliance plan; council members pressed for stronger NAC engagement and proposed a work group to update the CBO process.
The Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee received a biannual report on the Community Benefits Ordinance (CBO) on Thursday, during which city compliance staff described monitoring practices, flagged an off‑track development and outlined enforcement options under the ordinance.
Jaye Mathis, director of the Civil Rights, Inclusion and Opportunity Department, said CREO’s incentives and compliance team monitors CBO commitments through biannual reporting forms, site visits and coordination with planning, law and other departments. "We currently have 14 projects that are bound by the Community Benefits Ordinances," Mathis said, and staff has…
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