5. Design a decision dashboard

Why this is important…

I don’t really know how the BPDA interprets public meeting comments and translates them into Board decisions. There is a political something going on that they don’t let us be privy to.

- Private developer

  • Display clearly where a project is at in the process and how decisions are being made

    Most people do not understand how decisions about development are actually made. Each project should have a decision dashboard that clearly outlines where the project is in the process, which decisions were made and how, which decisions are yet to be made, and how community can have input into those decisions.

  • Display synthesized comments from community

    Building off of the improved commenting infrastructure, synthesized data from community comments should be displayed publicly in a decision dashboard.

  • Draw clear connections between community input and change

    This dashboard should be able to show how projects are impacted by community input. Clear lines should be draw between feedback from the community process and changes/accommodations to the project.

  • Share community benefits agreements

    What is the developer agreeing to do for the community as a result of this development? Are they giving money to a group or organization? Are they prioritizing home ownership for current residents? All agreements made between the community and the developer should be shared here for public accountability.