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CONTRACTOR'S LOCAL OPPORTUNITY PLAN <br />(name of company) agrees to implement the <br />following specific affirmative action steps directed at increasing the utilization of lower income <br />residents and businesses within the City of Detroit. <br />A. To ascertain from the Grant Recipient's CDBG program official the exact boundaries of the <br />project area and where advantageous, seek the assistance of local officials in preparing and <br />implementing the affirmative action plan. <br />B. To attempt to recruit from within the city the necessary number of lower income residents <br />through: local advertising media, signs placed at the proposed site for the project, and <br />community organizations and public or private institutions operating within and servicing the <br />project area such as Service Employment and Redevelopment (SER), Opportunities <br />Industrialization Center (OIC), Urban League, Concentrated Employment Program, Hometown <br />Plan, or the U.S. Employment Service. <br />C. To maintain a list of all lower income residents who have applied either on their own or on <br />referral from any source, and to employ such persons, if otherwise eligible and if a vacancy <br />exists. <br />D. To insert this plan in all bid documents and to require all bidders on subcontracts to submit an <br />affirmative action plan including utilization goals and the specific steps planned to accomplish <br />these goals. <br />E. To insure that subcontracts (greater than $10,000), which are typically let on a negotiated <br />rather than a bid basis in areas other than the covered 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 cooperation <br />in this effort. <br />G. To insure that all appropriate project area business concerns are notified of pending sub- <br />contractual opportunities. <br />H. To maintain records, including copies of correspondence, memoranda, etc., which document <br />that all of the above affirmative action steps have been taken. <br />1. To appoint or recruit an executive official of the company or agency as Equal Opportunity <br />Officer to coordinate the implementation of this plan. <br />J. To maintain records concerning the amount and number of contracts, subcontracts, and <br />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 number of positions and to update these projections based <br />on the extent to which hiring meets these Local Opportunity objectives. <br />As officers and representatives of , we the undersigned have <br />read and fully agree to this Plan, and become a party to the full implementation of the program <br />and its provisions. <br />Signature <br />Title <br />Date <br />22 <br />