HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS-1976-015-R-76• '; Resolution
15-R-76
A Resolution Creating a "Section 3 Affirmative
Action Plan" directed toward the Utilization
of Lower Income Evanston Residents and Small
Businesses in the Implementation of the Com-
munity Development Block Grant Program
WHEREAS, the City.of Evanston did apply for and receive a 1975
Community Development Block Grant from the U.S. Department of
i.,Housing and Urban Development;
WHEREAS, the City Council did authorize and.direct the City
Manager to sign all necessary certifications and assurances in
applying for said block grant, pledging that Evanston will con-
duct the program in conformity with Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968,
Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974, Executive Order 11246, and Executive Order 11063;'
WHEREAS, the Community Development Block Grant assurances require,
among other things, that the City comply with 24CFR Part 135, Em-
ployment Opportunities for Businesses and Lower Income Persons in
Connection with Assisted Projects;
WHEREAS, 24CFR Part 135 directs the City to develop a "Section 3
Affirmative Action Plan" which requires the maximum feasible
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use of lower income Evanston residents and eligible business con-
cerns, which qualify as small under the small business size
standards of the Small Business Administration, in the implemen-
tation of its grant program;
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston wishes to assure community parti-
cipation in the implementation of the "Section 3 Affirmative
Action Plan" as a means of identifying and utilizing the maxi-.
mum number of lower income Evanston residents and eligible small
business concerns;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Evanston that the following program, referred to as the First
Year Community Development Section 3 Affirmative Action Plan, is
hereby approved and the City Manager is hereby directed to carry
out said program:
First Year Community Development Section 3 Affirmative Action Plan
I. Employees
The positions to be funded by Evanston's first year Community
Development Block'Grant include one and a half temporary aides,
a Rehabilitation Specialist, and the Director of Rehabilita-
tion. The work programs of these positions require highly-
trained individuals so that education and/or experience must ;
be the primary recruiting criteria. As a result, none of
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these positions will be specifically set aside for lower in-
come persons'; however, recruitment and hiring is being done
in accordance with the City's affirmative action plan and
EEOC guidelines.
II. Projects
Evanston"s first year Community Development program desig-
nates (1) forty-six thousand dollars ($46,000) for the land-
scaping and street work needed to develop Larimer Park;
(2) forty thousand dollars ($LJ0,000) to finance the rehabili-
tation of a coach house which will be used as a child care
facility; (3) forty thousand.dollars (.$40,000) in housing re-
habilitation which will.be leveraged against private -rehabili-
tation funds to produce up to two hundred forty thousand
dollars.
III..Businesses
A. The City Manager is hereby authorized to seek the advice,
"counsel, and assistance of all qualified agencies, public
or private, in the development and administration of
Evanston's Section 3 Affirmative Action Plan.
If the City Manager determines that it is advantageous to
contract with an organization to assist the City in plan-
ning and/or implementing the City's Section 3 Plan, said
contract should be recommended to the Community Development
Committee for action.
B. All Departments of the City involved in the solicitation
of services for the Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) Program shall notify the businesses listed on the
registry of small Evanston businesses which is to,be de-
veloped by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment along with the Small Business Administration.
C. For Evanston's first CDBG'program year, it will be the
City's goal to award twenty-five per cent (250) of the
housing rehabilitation contracts to eligible small busi-
nesses. All grant recipients of the City's CDBG program
shall assist the City in meeting the aforementioned goals.
D. The City's commitment, or that of a grant recipient, a
participating contractor, or subcontractor, to this pro-
gram shall be stated in all bid documents. In addition
all bid documents shall contain the boundaries of Evans-
ton's Section 3 project area which are the City's boundaries.
E. The -Administrative Departments of the City shall cooperate
with all agencies, public or private, formed for the pur-
pose of assisting eligible Section 3 business concerns.
Said Administrative Departments shall further give all
necessary assistance to eligible Section 3 business con-
cerns -in the preparation and submission of bids for se'r,,7 ,
vices.
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F. The Office of the City Manager of the City of Evanston in
conjunction with the Community Development Committee shall
be charged with the responsibility for implementation and
procedural development of the aforesaid policy,
/s/ rd�-,zr Vanneman Jr.
Mayor
Attest: /s/ Maurice F. Brown
City Clerk
Adopted: Ma.rch 8, 1976