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    Database of Community Benefits Frameworks Across the US

    This database includes information pertaining to different types of publicly available community benefits frameworks, including community benefits agreements (CBAs), host community agreements (HCAs), project workforce agreements (PWAs) and community benefit plans (CBPs), amongst others. They can be an important tool to ensure that tangible benefits from development projects are felt locally, enable communities to create or fund programs that matter to them, and help developers develop local relationships and earn community acceptance of a project. This database, therefore, aims to provide information that would be useful to community organizers, policymakers, lawyers, researchers, developers, and other individuals interested in better understanding how agreements between developers and local communities are structured to provide benefits to a local community as part of the development of a specific project.

    Compiled by the World Resources Institute and Data for Progress, this database will regularly be updated as more community benefit frameworks are reviewed and analyzed. If you have access to community benefit frameworks not reflected in this database, please reach out to us here.

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    Richmond Refinery
    Framework Type: Environmental and Community Investment Agreement
    Sector: Industry
    Project Summary: Chevron U.S.A. seeks to modernize one of its refineries in Richmond, California.
    Parties to framework: Chevron Products Company; City of Richmond
    State: California
    Year Signed: 2014
    Benefits included:
    • Education
    • Employment and Workforce training
    • Local infrastructure and housing
    • Health and safety
    • Environmental and climate
    • Financial support
    Benefits - Education:
    – Provide $35 million for a scholarship program for Richmond residents to continue education after high school, administered by a non-profit foundation formed or selected by the city and Chevron (p. 6)
    Benefits - Employment and workforce training:
    – Provide $6 million of funding for skills development and job transition training programs such as: pre-apprenticeship construction skills training with union entry agreements, business assistance and capacity building program to support businesses, on the job training program to subsidize businesses that hire Richmond residents and improve their skill/job readiness, adult education and skill building programs, skill building programs for Richmond youth for employment in petro-chemical and renewable energy related sectors, job transition training for technical skills, and entrepreneurship programs (p. 7-8)
    Benefits - Local infrastructure and housing:
    – Provide $1 million for free internet access for fenceline communities to ensure residents have access to online Community Warning System resources and information and emergency alerts (p. 8)
    Benefits - Health and safety:
    – Create $2 million Public Safety Programs (youth academy, Police Department CCTV cameras, family justice center) (p. 8)
    Benefits - Environmental and climate:
    – Make $5 million ""Guaranteed Payments"" to fund the city's Electric City and Easy Go program (bike share program, charging stations, paying electricity costs for city, public transit, bike paths, etc.) (p. 4-5)
    – Fund the Community-based GHG Reduction Programs with $30 million ($3M/yr for 10 years), inclusive of ""Guaranteed Payments"": $18 million for electric city and easy go, $1 million to the city to develop its Climate Action Plan, $2 million for Urban Forestry Program, $2.75 million for Transportation and Transit Programs, $6.25 million for Roof top Solar, energy retrofit, and zoning update programs. (p. 6, 11-14)
    – Lease land for a 2-12MW 60 acre Solar Farm for 25 years for $1 per year (p. 17)
    Benefits - Financial support:
    – Provide $80 million total to the city for benefits outlined in other sections and City's administrative costs. (p. 4-5)
    – Provide "Guaranteed payments" $5 million over first five years (2014-2018). Remaining $75 million provided over first ten years after first project building permit is issued (p. 4-5)
    – Provide $6 million over 7 years for competitive grants to community non-profits focused on communities, youth, and youth sports programs (p. 9)
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    Ripley Solar
    Framework Type: Host Community Agreement
    Sector: Solar
    Project Summary: Connectgen Chautaugua County LLC seeks to develop a solar photovoltaic facility on land located in Ripley, New York.
    Parties to framework: Town of Ripley; Connectgen Chautauqua County LLC
    State: New York
    Year Signed: 2021
    Benefits included:
    • Health and safety
    • Environmental and climate
    • Financial support
    Benefits - Health and safety:
    – Mitigate potential impacts on the town that may result from construction, operation, and maintenance of project (p. 2)
    Benefits - Environmental and climate:
    – If company fails to perform site restoration activities (as part of decommissioning process) the town has the right to perform such activities and the company shall indemnify the town for expenses incurred by the activities (p. 13-14)
    Benefits - Financial support:
    – Make annual Host Community Benefit Payments of $1,750 per MWac of installed solar nameplate rated AC capacity of the Project Facility, increasing by 2% over the previous year. Initial installed capacity is anticipated to be up to 270 MWac (p. 4, 5)
    – Sum of the Host Community Benefit Payment for each payment year shall be at least $1 million in payments years 1 through 11 and increasing by 3% annually beginning in payment years 12 through year 30 (p. 6).
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    Salem Harbor Development
    Framework Type: Community Benefits Agreement
    Sector: Energy
    Project Summary: Footprint Power Salem Harbor Real Estate Limited Partnership seeks to develop a combined cycle gas fired power plant in Salem, Massachusetts.
    Parties to framework: Footprint Power Salem Harbor Real Estate LP; Footprint Power Salem Harbor Development LP; The City of Salem, Massachusetts
    State: Massachusetts
    Year Signed: 2014
    Benefits included:
    • Education
    • Employment and Workforce training
    • Local infrastructure and housing
    • Environmental and climate
    • Other financial support
    Benefits - Education:
    – Contribute $50,000 annually for 15 years to Salem Schools’ digital initiative (p. 6)
    – Contribute $25,000 annually for 15 years to Salem Schools’ athletic and enrichment programs (p. 6)
    Benefits - Employment and workforce training:
    – Adopt a “hire local” initiative (p. 4)
    – Establish an unpaid internship program for local youth (p. 5)
    Benefits - Local infrastructure and housing:
    – Work with the City to create a Port Authority to hold title to the land in and around the Wharf, with a Managing Board comprised of representatives appointed by FRC and City (p. 3)
    – Contribute up to $75,000 to the City to achieve public access goals along the Waterfront (p. 3)
    – Contribute $75,000 annually fo 10 years to a fund applied towards pavement management and roadway repair (p. 5)
    – Fund and constrict an improved sidewalk along Derby Street (p. 5)
    – Contribute a total of $75,000 per year to the City for the Community Preservation Act Fund to support workforce housing and fund the construction and maintenance of city recreational amenities (p. 6)
    Benefits - Environmental and climate:
    – Contribute at least $300,000 to the City for the development of an off-site emission reduction program targeted to greenhouse gasses and PM2.5, among other pollutants (p. 4)
    – Provide $50,000 annually for five years to a loan program for sustainable initiatives in Salem (p. 4)
    Benefits - Financial support:
    – Provide up to $10,000 annually for training of Fire Department personnel (p. 4)
    – Provide the City up to $67,000 per year for two years during demolition and construction to assist with operating costs of the Harbormaster Department (p. 5)
    – Provide the City up to $28,000 per year for two years during demolition and construction to assist with communication and distribution of information related to the project through the City’s Building Salem initiative (p. 5)
    – Provide the City up to $10,000 annually for traffic calming measures (p. 5)
    – Support and fund public art initiatives on the waterfront and the power plant site and will contribute $40,000 annually for 3 years (p. 6)
    – Pay to the City $10,000 annually to be spent by the Salem Fourth of July Celebration Committee for an annual Independence Day fireworks display (p. 6)
    Benefits - Other:
    – Will allow access to the port for cruise ships and other tall ships through a "Wharfing Agreement" (p. 3)
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    San Luis Obispo County Commercial Fishermen and MFS Globenet, AT&T, and Global West
    Framework Type: Agreement
    Sector: Other
    Project Summary: Various cable companies seek to install and operate telecommunications cable networks along the California coast.
    Parties to framework: MFS Globenet, Inc., AT&T Corps, Global West Network, Inc.; Individual trawl vessel owner/operators and commercial fishermen; Morro Bay Commercial Fishermen's Organization, Port San Luis Commercial Fishermen's Association
    State: California
    Year Signed: 2002
    Benefits included:
    • Environmental and climate
    • Financial support
    • Other
    Benefits - Environmental and climate:
    – Construct cables according to various depth/design methods to minimize environmental harm (p. 4)
    Benefits - Financial support:
    – Each cable company deposits $100,000 annually per cable placed for the enhancement of commercial fisheries and the commercial fishing industry (p. 9)
    – Make one time payments of $500 to each fishing vessel in the covered area from each cable company to upgrade communication and navigation equipment (p. 9)
    Benefits - Other:
    – Pay 100% of the costs of damaged fishing gear as a result of the cables constructed by the companies. (p. 7)
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    SANDAG
    Framework Type: Community Benefits Agreement
    Sector: Redevelopment/Construction
    Project Summary: San Diego Association of Governments, the San Diego County Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, and several unions seek to ensure community benefits across various construction projects in San Diego, California.
    Parties to framework: San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG); San Diego County Building and Construction Trades Council (AFL-CIO); Craft Unions
    State: California
    Year Signed: 2019
    Benefits included:
    • Employment and Workforce training
    Benefits - Employment and workforce training:
    – 30% of total construction craft hours on each project being performed by disadvantaged workers (p. 12)
    – Intention to collaborate and implement local equity, inclusion, diversity and training programs and procedures to prepare people, especially disadvantaged workers for entrance into apprenticeship programs (p. 40)
    – Maximize inclusion of disadvantaged businesses through outreach, training and subcontracting (p. 40)
    – Parties and contractors shall develop, implement and administer the Workforce Opportunities for Rising Careers (WORC) program to maximize construction career opportunities and create construction career pipeline for disadvantaged workers to become employed on covered projects (p. 40)
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