The city agrees to implement the following specific affirmative action steps directed at increasing the utilization of business concerns within the Section 3 covered area or owned by Section 3 area residents:
(a) To identify eligible business concerns for TCDP assisted contracts through the Chamber of Commerce, the Urban League, local advertising including public signage, project area committees, citizen advisory boards, lists available through the local HUD program official, regional planning agencies, and all other appropriate referral sources;
(b) To maintain a list of eligible business concerns for utilization in TCDP funded procurements, to ensure that all appropriate project area business concerns are notified of pending contractual opportunities, and to make available this list for general city procurement needs;
(c) To require all bidders on contracts to submit a written Section 3 Plan including utilization goals and the specific steps planned to accomplish these goals;
(d) To ensure that contracts which are typically let on a negotiated rather than a bid basis in areas other than Section 3 covered project areas, are also let on a negotiated basis, where feasible, when let in a Section 3 covered project area;
(e) To maintain records, including copies of correspondence, memoranda, etc., which document that all of the above affirmative action steps have been taken; and
(f) To appoint or recruit an executive official of the city as Equal Opportunity Officer to coordinate the implementation of this Section 3 Plan.
(Ord. 11-1995-1, passed 11-6-95)