2010-046 RES ACCEPTANCE OF PROPOSAL OF WHITAKER HOMES TO CONSTRUCT UP TO FIVE NEW SINGLE HOMES IN PARIS UNDER GRANT

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CONTRACTOR LOCAL OPPORTUNITY PLAN Agrees to implement the following specific affirmative action steps directed at increasing the utilization of lower income residents and businesses with the City of Paris. A. To ascertain frorn the locality's TDHCA program official the exact boundaries of the project area and where advantageous, seek the assistance of local officials in preparing and implementing the affirmative action plan. B. To attempt to recruit from within the city the necessary number of lower income residents through: local advertising media, signs placed at the proposed site for the project, and community organizations and public or private institutions operating within and servicing the project area such as Service Employment and Redevelopment (SER), Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC), Urban League, Concentrated Employment Program, Hometown Plan, or the U.S. Employment Service. C. To maintain a list of all lower income residents who have applied wither on their own or on refenal from any source, and to employ such person, if otherwise eligible and if a vacancy exists. D. To insert this plan in all bid documents and to require all bidders on subcontract to submit an affirmative action plan including utilization goals and the specific steps planned to accomplish these goals. E. To insure that subcontracts (greater than $10,000) which are a typically let on a negotiated rather than a bid basis in areas other than the project area are also let on a negotiated basis, whenever feasible, in a covered project axea. F. To formally contact unions, subcontractors, and trade associations to secure their cooperation in this effort. G. To insure that all appropriate project area business concerns axe notified of pending subcontractual opportunities. H. To maintain records, including copies of correspondence, memoranda, et., which document that all of the above affirmative action steps have been taken. 1. To appoint or recruit an executive off'icial f the company or agency as Equal Opportunity officer to coordinate the implementation of his plan. J. To maintain records concerning the amount and number of contracts, subcontracts, and purchases which contribute to objectives. K. To maintain records of all projected work force needs for all phases of the project by occupation, trade, skill level, and umber of positions and to update these projections based on the extent to which hiring meets these Local Opporiunity objectives. As officers and representatives of t-4 c ==ti~~3~~ we the undersigned have read and fully agree to this Plan, and become a party to the full implementation of the program and its provisions. ~ Signatu~re ~ Title Signature Z~7- C Date Title