§ 15-81. Declaration of policy.

(a)

It is the policy of the city to stimulate the growth of local minority, women and small business enterprises by encouraging the full participation of these business enterprises in various phases of city contracting, as set forth in this article. The purposes and objectives of this article are:

(1)

To promote equal opportunity for participation amongst local minority, women and small business enterprises in all phases of city contracting;

(2)

To increase the utilization of such local firms in providing certain goods and services;

(3)

To provide opportunities to broaden and enhance local firms' ranges of capacities; and

(4)

To increase opportunities for such local firms to serve as contractors, in addition to acting as subcontractors to others, there applicable, in an effort to remedy discriminatory practices and eliminate statistical disparities in city contracting.

(b)

This article is intended to be remedial in nature and to continue only until its purposes and objectives are achieved. At least every five years the city shall make its best efforts to initiate a review of its minority and women business enterprise program, the results of which shall be provided to city council, who shall determine, upon its receipt of recommendations and the consideration of other relevant information from the OBO director, whether there is strong statistical and anecdotal evidence of discrimination against minority and women business enterprises in city contracting warranting the continuation of a race and gender conscious minority and women business enterprise program.

(Ord. No. 2013-428, § 10(Exh. A), 5-8-2013, eff. 7-1-2013)