Emeryville, Ca., residents call for more community-oriented development

Residents in Emeryville, California, have formed the RULE Coalition (Residents United for a Livable Emeryville) to seek a CBA for the Bay Street Site B development proposal. (RULE is working with EBASE, which has a track record on CBAs). Planned for the site are a 23-story condo building and high end retail space. It's also getting a $47 million subsidy.

A recent survey of about 400 residents conducted by RULE and EBASE shows that residents aren't happy with the proposed development. They would like better jobs, more affordable housing and community space, better accessibility for bikes and pedestrians, more youth services, and protections for small businesses.

The survey also found disapproval of the city's priorities, with a sizable portion of respondents saying that the city did not respond to community needs. Most people also opposed or had mixed feelings about the Bay Street B project. The reasons that they cited included the project's unnecessary public subsidies, the likelihood of increased traffic, the unaffordable level of the project's housing, a general overabundance of hotels and expensive retail, and parking issues.

As EBASE explains, "Bay Street Site B presents a significant opportunity for the City to create more win-win solutions for the community, the City, and the developer, and set a precedent for future developments to come."

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SugarHouse plans get scaled back, leaving a "box in a parking lot"

Some Philadelphians are unhappy with SugarHouse's newest "interim" design plans, which no longer include a hotel tower, marina, condos, or riverwalk. Now it's just a casino, a garage, and a parking lot. (Some Philadelphians may like the new plans better though, since the casino itself is scaled-back too.) The Philadelphia Inquirer's architecture critic has more here.

Some of the design scale-backs may conflict with the draft CBA (although it was never clear just how astroturf the agreement was to begin with). The CBA, for example, requires SugarHouse to provide public access to the waterfront. Without a board walk, it's unclear how it will satisfy this provision.

Buffalo organization advocates for a CBA

The Buffalo-based Partnership for the Public Good is calling for a CBA to be negotiated for the Erie Canal Harbor development, which is currently undergoing environmental review. The Partnership recently released a report on the project, and it's calling for green design, provisions for local businesses, living wage jobs, and public access to the waterfront.

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The news out of Seattle is that the Dearborn Street project has been canceled due to the economy. This means that the CBA won't go through either, but Puget Sound Sage affirms that "the CBA represents a groundbreaking model for making development accountable to community stakeholders."

On the east coast, there's also been a lot of talk about the new Yankee Stadium, including questions about the jobs being created, the replacement parks that are supposed to built, the economic prospects for all the new high-priced seats, and the odd "home run wind." Check out the Good Jobs First Clawback Blog for more.

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Pseudo-CBA (or proto-CBA?) enforced by New York appellate court

Donald Trump's 1993 CBA-like contract relating to the New York City Riverside South project was the subject of a 2008 New York Appellate Division opinion. The court held that the contract's terms were expired. See more at Law of the Land.

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Minneapolis wifi CBA being implemented; city giving away free internet accounts

Minneapolis has announced that it's looking for 100 nonprofits to give free internet access to. "The Wireless Community accounts are intended to give free wireless services to agencies that provide public computer access, technology literacy training, and/or technology support for underserved communities." About $15,000 in free service vouchers will be distributed along with the 100 accounts.

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