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CONTRACTOR LOCAL OPPORTUNITY PLAN <br />Agrees to implement the following specific <br />affirmative action steps directed at inc a ing the utilization of lower income residents and <br />businesses with the City of Paris. <br />A. To ascertain from the locality's TDHCA program official the exact boundaries of the <br />project area and where advantageous, seek the assistance of local officials in <br />preparing and implementing the affirmative action plan. <br />B. To attempt to recruit from within the city the necessary number of lower income <br />residents through: local advertising media, signs placed at the proposed site for the <br />project, and community organizations and public or private institutions operating <br />within and servicing the project area such as Service Employment and <br />Redevelopment (SER), Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC), Urban League, <br />Concentrated Employment Program, Hometown Plan, or the U.S. Employment <br />Service. <br />C. To maintain a list of all lower income residents who have applied wither on their own <br />or on referral from any source, and to employ such person, if otherwise eligible and if <br />a vacancy exists. <br />D. To insert this plan in all bid documents and to require all bidders on subcontract to <br />submit an affirmative action plan including utilization goals and the specific steps <br />planned to accomplish these goals. <br />E. To insure that subcontracts (greater than $10,000) which are a typically let on a <br />negotiated rather than a bid basis in areas other than the project area are also let on a <br />negotiated basis, whenever feasible, in a covered project area. <br />F. To formally contact unions, subcontractors, and trade associations to secure their <br />cooperation in this effort. <br />G. To insure that all appropriate project area business concerns are notified of pending <br />subcontractual opportunities. <br />H. To maintain records, including copies of correspondence, memoranda, et., which <br />document that all of the above affirmative action steps have been taken. <br />I. To appoint or recruit an executive official f the company or agency as Equal <br />Opportunity officer to coordinate the implementation of his plan. <br />J. To maintain records concerning the amount and number of contracts, subcontracts, <br />and purchases which contribute to objectives. <br />K. To maintain records of all projected work force needs for all phases of the project by <br />occupation, trade, skill level, and umber of positions and to update these projections <br />based on the extent to which hiring meets these Local Opportunity objectives. <br />As officers and representatives of ~1 -7 ~L`-~ , we the <br />undersigned have read and fully agree to this Plan, and become a party to the full implementation <br />of the program and its provisions. <br />Signat~Fe ~ Title <br />Signature <br />~7_ . .C <br />Date <br />Title <br />~ f) n 1d191 <br />