Community Benefits Agreements. The ICA requires all entities or contractors contracting with or receiving grants from the CRA for new commercial and residential developments to be constructed within the CRA Redevelopment Area in an amount of $200,000 or more, or such other amount as may be established by the Board of County Commissioners, to enter into a community benefits agreement with the CRA which will benefit primarily the residents of the CRA Redevelopment Area. To the extent allowed by law, a community benefits agreement shall include provisions for hiring the labor workforce for the project financed by the grant or agreement from residents of the CRA Redevelopment Area that are unemployed or underemployed. Depending on the worker or employee to be hired, the CRA is required to ensure that such entity or contractor complies with wage requirements, as applicable, established by the County’s Living Wage or Responsible Wage Ordinances, pursuant to Section 2-8.9 and 2-11.16, respectively, of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida (the “Code”) or pay higher wages and benefits, as are feasible. Grantee and the CRA acknowledge and agree that (a) this Agreement is intended to constitute the community benefits agreement and (b) the Grantee is required to ensure compliance with wage requirements, as applicable, established by the County’s Living Wage or Responsible Wage Ordinances, pursuant to Code Section 2-8.9 and 2-11.16, respectively, or pay higher wages and benefits, as are feasible.
Community Benefits Agreements. The ICA requires all entities or contractors contracting with or receiving grants from the NMCRA for new commercial and residential developments to be constructed within the NMCRA Redevelopment Area in an amount of $200,000 or more, or such other amount as may be established by the Board of County Commissioners, to enter into a community benefits agreement with the NMCRA which will benefit primarily the residents of the NMCRA Redevelopment Area. To the extent allowed by law, a community benefits agreement shall include provisions for hiring the labor workforce for the project financed by the grant or agreement from residents of the NMCRA Redevelopment Area that are unemployed or underemployed. Depending on the worker or employee to be hired, the NMCRA is required to ensure that such entity or contractor complies with wage requirements, as applicable, established by the County’s Living Wage or Responsible Wage Ordinances, pursuant to Section 2-8.9 and 2-11.16, respectively, of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida (the “Code”) or pay higher wages and benefits, as are feasible. Grantee and the NMCRA acknowledge and agree that (a) this Agreement is intended to constitute the community benefits agreement and (b) the Grantee is required to ensure compliance with wage requirements, as applicable, established by the County’s Living Wage or Responsible Wage Ordinances, pursuant to Code Section 2-8.9 and 2-11.16, respectively, or pay higher wages and benefits, as are feasible.
Community Benefits Agreements. The ICA requires all entities or contractors contracting with or receiving grants from the NMCRA for new commercial and residential developments to be constructed within the NMCRA Redevelopment Area in an amount of $200,000 or more, or such other amount as may be established by the Board of County Commissioners, to enter into a community benefits agreement with the NMCRA which will benefit primarily the residents of the NMCRA Redevelopment Area. To the extent allowed by law, a community benefits agreement shall include provisions for hiring the labor workforce for the project financed by the grant or agreement from residents of the NMCRA Redevelopment Area that are unemployed or underemployed. Depending on the worker or employee to be hired, the NMCRA is required to ensure that such entity or contractor complies with wage requirements, as applicable, established by the County’s Living Wage or Responsible Wage Ordinances, pursuant to Section 2-8.9 and 2-11.16, respectively, of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida (the “Code”) or pay higher wages and benefits, as are feasible. Grantee and the NMCRA acknowledge and agree that (a) this Agreement is intended to constitute the community benefits agreement and
Community Benefits Agreements. A CBA is a legally enforceable contract between firstly a developer who wishes to develop a certain project or land-use, and secondly a coalition of organizations who claim to represent the community that is affected by this development or land-use. In this contract or agreement, the project developer guarantees some benefits for the community that is affected by this development (Been, 2010). Certain weaknesses of the community (e.g. many unemployed and/or uneducated inhabitants) can be set up as benefits in the development (e.g. some jobs reserved for inhabitants with job training programs), to ensure the ‘community’ or the residents benefit from this development (Been, 2010; Xxxxx et al, 2005; Baxamusa, 2008; Gross, 2008; Xxxxxxxx, 2007). In return, the community will not frustrate or delay the development. The definition of the Community Benefits Agreement by Gross (2008) is ‘a legally binding contract (or set of related contracts), setting forth a range of community benefits regarding a development project, and resulting from substantial community involvement’. According to XxXxxxx (2011), CBAs consist of four columns; firstly the local government, secondly the private developer, thirdly community organizations and/or organized residents, and fourthly a legally binding enforceable contract stipulating the community benefits and other agreements among all the parties. No strict rules apply when a CBA is actually a CBA and when not, but LaSalle (2011) states a CBA should consist of four columns. An important aspect of CBAs is the participation of the planning authority or local government. Some project developers apply for public subsidies, such as $70 million for the STAPLES Center. It makes sense when developers ask for subsidies, the developer also needs to take care of community benefits such as good jobs, affordable housing or child care (Xxxxxxxx, 2007; Xxxxx et al., 2005). However, when consuming information on the CBAs, there is much to say about it and many questions arise, such as; can CBAs be redundant? Xxxxxx (2008) states that basically what happens is people in the community give up their democratic rights and freedom to speak and protest in trade for benefits, and ‘CBA proponents discourage agreements where a developer gains the backing of just a few groups while ignoring the concerns of others in an attempt to gain just enough public support to appease the necessary government authorities’. To continue, it is also uncertain whether the p...
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Community Benefits Agreements. A Community Benefit Agreements (CBA) movement has been growing in parallel to the sustainable food procurement movement in North America. As previously mentioned, CBAs are legally binding agreements to support local community development that are typically negotiated between a variety of stakeholders, including major project developers, multiple levels of government and local non‐ governmental organisations. In a number of cases across North America, they have been used as an effective way to leverage private and government funds. Thus far, CBAs have not included food procurement commitments. The following section explores how the scope and nature of the institutional sustainable food procurement movement dovetails well the typical characteristics of CBAs. An overview of defining features of CBAs is provided, are three case studies which provide further insight into the potential relevance such agreements have to institutional food procurement policy.
4.1) CBAs: Defining Features Figure 2: A comparison of the development process with and without a CBA. Source: Gross, 2005.
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