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RESOLUTION
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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2 WIIEREAS, by R lution adopted on December 23, 2003 the City Council established the
3 Working Group on Eq Access to review the Council Reseazch Report presented on December
4 17, 2003 to the City Co il and prepare, in consultation with the City Attorney's Office, three to
5 five top priority recommen �ons for action by January 19, 2004; and
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7 WI�EEREAS, the issue under con �derati�
8 contracfing practices with women ed
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10 WHEREA5, the Working Group on Ec�;
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and minority owned businesses; and
Access has met on numerous occasions since
e Minority Business Outreach Task Force to discuss
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the issues relating to the City's contracting
WI3EREAS, effective October 27, 2004 the Ma r accepted and implemented the fifteen
recommendations from the Minority Business Outr ch Task Force, who had accepted input
from the Working Group on Equal Access; and the implemented changes to the application
of Administrative Chapter 84, Vendor Outreach Progr and set new goals and practices in
connection with City contracts and developer contracts subcontracts; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 84 was based on a disparity study
now appropriate to conduct a new study.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the
in 1995 and 1996 and it is
Council directs that staff
take action through a competitive process to engage a professional experienced consultant to
perform and complete a disparity study on or before December 31, 20 , in cooperation with
other public jurisdictions in the Twin City area and the City Council ap oves the execution of a
contract for this study by the appropriate City officials/employees; and be 't
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the disparity study shall include female and
businesses and all Cit7 departments and Saint Paul HRA and its developers,
subcontractors; and be it
FURTFIER RESOLVED, that community input will be received as part of the
and be it
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study;
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby creates a standing Committee refl�ti
of the community, for example: National Association of Minarity Contractors, National �
Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Representative of Organized Labor, St.
Paul Human Rights Commission, Association of Women Contractors, St. Paul Area Chamber
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Commerce, Minnesota American Tndian Chamber of Commerce, Minnesota Black Chamber of
Commerce, Minnesota Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Minnesota Hmong Chamber of
Commerce, Minuesota Vietnamese Chamber of Commezce and the Pan African Business
Alliance, for Economic Inclusiveness in Business Oppori�mities ("Committee") through the
�ular open appointment process, and be it
FUR R RESOLVED the Committee shall consist of twelve members who shall be
appomte staggered two-year terms and should be reflective of the stakeholders and diversity
of the commi 'ty; and be it
FURTI�ER RES VED, that the Committee is directed to review the disparity study and
review the recommen 'ons from the Working Group on Equal Access and Minority Business
Outreach Task Force, and ake its own recommendations to the City Council on the
implementation of the dispan study; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the ommittee is fmther directed to make its own
recommendations to the City Council matters related to economic inclusiveness in business
oppomuiities by women and minority o ed business, including the practices of PED; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that City staff is
completed disparity study and any recomme
action by the City Council to address any di:
any recommendations of the Committee.
to return to the City Council with the
from the Committee for consideration and
or discriminations reported in the study and
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Directing city staff to hire an experienced consulTant to perform and complete a dispariTy study, with City Council approval of the
consulting contract, and to create a shnding committee reflective of the communiry.
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