97-060 - King County - Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant

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a rt t■ c mnsa awl r CeC 12 D. The failure of a department or the county to meet the annual dol; .iization coals 2 established from time to time by this chapter shall not constitute grounds for lawsuit against 3 a department or the county. provided that the department or the cot.. nas made affirmative mative 4 efforts to meet those goals. The failure of a department to meet the requirements of this 5 chapter shall be reviewed by the executive and corrective action taken where appropriate. 6 a1FW SF.CTION SZCTION 6. There is added to K.C.C. 4.18 a new. section to read 7 as follows: 8 Utilization requirements, general. In order to meet the utilization goals established 9 in accordance with this chapter. efforts including but not limited to the following shall be 10 made: 11 1. The administrator shall design a technical assistance. business development and 12 outreach program. This program shall include the following elements: 13 a. A county -wide. industry-wide, regularly scheduled contractor orientation 14 program to promote compliance with and understanding of the provisions of this chapter and 15 K.C.C. 12.16; 16 b. Feasible options for bonding, insurance, and banking assistance for 17 minority -owned and women -owned businesses; 18 c. A county -wide program, designed to assist departments in enhancing 19 opportunities for minority -owned and women -owned businesses; 20 d. A fully developed and maintained resource list, to include all available 21 resources state -wide for minority -owned and women -owned businesses; and 22 e. Such other program options as would serve to assist minority -owned and 23 women -owned businesses in overcoming the barriers of past and present discrimination. 24 2. In conjunction with the administrator, each division within each department 25 shalt annually formulate a plan for achieving the purposes of this chapter, which plan shall be 26 submitted to the administrator for review. Each plan should include a forecast of contracts to 27 be administered by the division, including estimates of the number, probable monetary value, 28 if known_ and type of contracts to be awarded, and the estimated solicitation dates. In 29 addition. each plan should include methods and suggestions for encouraging the development 30 and participation by tWBs in such contracts.