Office of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
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Item no. 10b_supp
Meeting Date: May 9, 2023
Commission Request
OEDI is requesting permission to execute a contract with Community
Attributes Incorporated (CAI) to perform the services of hosting,
maintaining, updating, and other services related to the Equity Index. This
contract would not exceed $750,000 during a five-year period, and it
furthers the Port’s Century Agenda goal to be resource as a national port
industry leader on equity.
• Created in 2020
• Aggregated by Census Blocks Groups
• 4 Equally Weighted Determinant Categories
• 21 Indicators
• Racial Demographic Overlay
The Port of Seattle’s Equity Index is an interactive map that displays a visual representation of
social and environmental disparities in King County. Using 21 indicators within four categories,
the Equity Index illustrates the degree to which different communities experience pollution
burdens and social inequities.
What is the Port’s Equity Index?
Accessibility
• Proximity to Parks and
Open Space
• Access to Healthy Food
• Pedestrian and Bike
Facilities
• Internet Access
• Voter Participation
Livability
• Housing Cost Burden
• Transit Access
• Access to Jobs by Transit
• Crime Index
• Life Expectancy
• High School Graduation Rate
Economy
• Poverty Rate
• Unemployment Rate
• Median Household Income
• Educational Attainment
• Job Density
Environmental
• Diesel Emissions and NOx Emissions
• Average Annual PM 2.5
• Risk of Toxic Releases from Facilities
• Traffic density
Social
Determinants
Methodology
Accessibility
Goal #5 Become a model for equity, diversity,
and inclusion.
Indicators that are not necessary for survival but
advance the standard of living in a community so that
people of all abilities can fully access and participate in
public life (e.g. proximity to parks and open space,
access to healthy food, pedestrian and bike facilities).
Economy
Goal #3 Responsibly invest in the economic
growth of the region and all its communities.
Indicators that demonstrate the opportunity for the
creation, retention, transfer, and accumulation of
wealth within a community for residents, businesses,
and community stakeholders (e.g. poverty rate,
median household income, educational attainment).
Environment
Goal #4 Be the greenest and most energy
efficient port in North America.
Indicators that represent the health of the
environment, including human-made impacts and bio-
physical elements, and thus the vitality of the
community (e.g. diesel emissions, risk of toxic release
from facilities, traffic density).
Livability
Goal #6 Be a highly effective public agency.
Objective #18 Partner and engage with
external stakeholders to build healthy, safe,
and equitable communities.
Indicators that demonstrate a safe and healthy
standard of living (e.g. housing cost burden, home
ownership rate, transit access).
Categories | Century Agenda | Definitions
Port of Seattle’s Equity Index
Next Steps
Case Studies
Additional
Indicators
External and
internal
Presentation
Story Maps
Thank You
Questions?
