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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-R-38RESOLUTION OF THE O0P~DN COL%~CIL OF THE CITY OF jE~.~.~RSONAr~TI.V., INDIANA, PERTAINING TO AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION pROGRAM IMPLEMES~ING SECTION 3 OF THE HOUSING AND ~RBAN DEVELOPME~f ACT OF 1968, EMPLOYM/~NT OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES AND LOWER INCOME PERSONS IN CONNECTION WITH HUD-ASSISTeD OC~ DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT pROJECTS WHEREAS, the City of jeffersonville Department of Redevelopment is the recipient of Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Corm~unity Development Block Grant funds; WHEREAS, the City of Jeffersonville Depsrt~nt of Redevelo~m~=~nt is required to prepare an Affirmative Action, Section 3 plan covering the project area in connection with HUD assisted projects. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the ~ Council of the City of jeffersonville, Indiana, that the city of jeffersonville Department of Redevelo~nent agrees to implement the following specific affirmative action steps directed at increasing the utilization of lower income residents and project area businesses, for the imple/rentation of the Community Development Block Grant program. A. The exact boundaries of the Section 3 covered project area shall be the corporate boundaries of the City of Jeffersonville, and where advantageous, seek the assistance of officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in preparing and implementing the affirmative action plan. B. To attempt to recruit from the appropriate area the necessary number of lower income residents through: local advertising media, signs placed at the proposed site for the project, and cc~mlnity organiza- ticks and public or private institutions operating within or serving the project area such as Service Employment and Redevelopment (SER), Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) , Urban League, Concentrated En~oloyment Program, Hometown Plan, or the U.S. Employment Service. C. To maintain a list of all lower income area residents who have applied either on their own or on referral from any source, and to employ such persons, if otherwise eligible and if a vacancy exists. D. To insert this affirmative action plan in all bid doc%m~nts, and to require all bidders to submit a SeCtion 3 affLrmative action plan including utilization goals and the specific steps planned to accomplish those goals. E. To insure 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, whenever feasible, when let in a Section 3 covered project area. F. To formally contact anions, subcontractors and trade associations to secure their cooperation for this program, as appropriate. G. To insure .that all appropriate project area business concerns are no- tified of pending contractual opportunities. H. To maintain records, including copies of correspondence, memoranda, etc., which docnmaent that all of the above affirmative action steps I. To appoint or recruit an executive official of the cor~pany or agency as Equal Opportunity officer to coordinate the i~plementation of this Section 3 affirmative action plan. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk-Treasurer of said City of Jeffer- sonville, Indiana, is hereby ordered and directed to give notice as provided Adopted by the Con,on Council of the City of jeffersonville, Indiana, this 1~ day of _October , 1981. er to the Ma Or of the City of Jeffei~6nville Presented by me as Clerk-Treasur Y this. 19th day of October , 1981. t~a~TIFICATE OF REO0~DING OFFICER THE UNDERSIGNED PIERE~Y CERTIFIES AS FOLLOWS: 1. That he is the duly qualified and acting City-Clerk Treasurer of the City of jeffersonville, Indiana, (hereinafter called the "Locality") , and tb~ custodian of the records of the Locality, including the minutes of the pro- ceedings of the Cc~%mon Council of the City of jeffersonville, Indiana (here- inafter called the "Governing Body"). 2. That the attached Resolution is a true and correct coPY of a Reso- lution, including the WHEREAS clauses, as adopted at a n~eting of the Governing Body held on the 19th day of October , 1981, (hereinafber called the ,,Resolution of the Governing Body"). 3. That the Resolution of the Governing Body has been duly recorded in the minutes of the meeting and is now in full force and effect. 4. That said meeting was duly convened and held in all respects in accordance with Law and the By-Laws of the Locality. To the extent required by Law or By-Laws, due and proper notice of said meeting was given. A legal quor~u of members of the Governing Body was present throughout the meeting, and a legally sufficient number of members of the Governing Body voted in the proper manner and for the adoption of the Resolution of the Governing Body. All other recD]irements and proceedings under Law, the By-Laws, or otherwise, incident to the proper adoption of the Resolution of the Governing Body, including any publication, if reqll~red by Law, have been duly fulfilled, carried out, and otherwise observed. 5. If an impression of the seal has been affixed below, it constitutes the official seal of the Locality and this certificate is hereby executed u~der such official seal and was duly affixed by the undersigned at the time this certificate w-as signed. If no seal has been affixed below, the Locality does not have and is not legally required to have an official seal. 6. That the undersigned is duly authorized to execute this certificate. 19th . day of IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this October , 1981. (Tl%le of Recording officer) -- (Title of Atte~tihg Officer)