Chair Sherman responds on fast track methodology and infrastructure
He says the list was determined by charter-mandated methodology, and now the work begins to assess opportunities; he acknowledges capital planning is a priority.
So thank you for your question and also for sharing the concerns that you have in your district.
So the fast track list was determined really through a straightforward methodology that's consistent with what we're called to do in the charter.
So we are called to develop a methodology that determines a rate of affordable housing production and identify the communities that would be in the fast track.
We've done that.
We did that on October 1st.
And now the work begins, right, to begin to assess what the opportunities are in those districts relative to the existing conditions, relative to the need in all of the neighborhood contexts.
I know that capital planning and infrastructure has come up quite a bit in this hearing.
And trust me, I understand that that's a priority.
It's one of my first priorities in this role.
It's not as exciting necessarily as launching a new neighborhood plan, but it is critical to the work that we do at DCP if we're planning for a city that is growing and needs to continue to grow.
And so as I've shared before, there are some new roles that DCP has in the capital planning process based on the last election where we have a role now to assess and score a certain city.
We also already have a role in the 10-year capital process.
We also have a role in working with community boards around their district need statements.
And so we are ensuring that we're leveraging the roles that we have in the capital planning process to put growth at the front of it.
I don't want to take up your time.