Cincinnati, OH Promoting Equal Opportunity and Economic Inclusion in Contracts

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 6/7/01
Vote: Unanimous
Source File: http://www.cincinnatiport.org/R2001-13.pdf
Text:
RESOLUTION NO. 2001 – 13
RESOLUTION AFFIRMING POLICIES OF THE PORT OF GREATER CINCINNATI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION
WHEREAS, the Bylaws for the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority (the
“Port Authority”) approved at the February 2001 meeting of the Board of Directors of the Port
Authority state in Article VII, Section 4 thereof that a basic policy of the Port Authority shall be
the following:
“It shall be the policy of the of Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority
to stimulate economic inclusion and to ensure an equal opportunity to participate
among all ages, races, sexual orientations and genders in the operation and
activities of the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, including the
design, construction, execution and operation of projects. The Board of Directors
shall establish policies to accomplish those objectives, and those polices shall be
at least as stringent as those of the City of Cincinnati, Ohio.”''
WHEREAS, this Board wishes to reaffirm its commitment to those objectives at this
time and to take steps to implement these objectives;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the Port of
Greater Cincinnati Development Authority:
Section 1. In implementation of the objectives of the Port Authority stated in its Bylaws,
the Port Authority is committed to economic inclusion in all aspects of its activities. That
commitment applies to the Banks Riverfront Development Project, Brownfield remediation and
redevelopment and the operating activities of the Port Authority.
Section 2. The Port Authority is committed to implement economic inclusion and to
ensure an equal opportunity to participate among all ages, races and genders in all aspects of its
projects, including design, construction, execution and operation of Port Authority projects.
Section 3. The Port Authority is committed to initiate creative ways to implement
economic inclusion by (i) strongly encouraging partnering relationships between majority owned
firms and small, women-owned and minority-owned firms among professional service providers
to the Port Authority, (ii) outreach activities during developer selection and construction
procurement processes to inform small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses of
construction and other business opportunities associated with Port Authority projects and to
strongly encourage developers and construction managers and contractors to maximize women
and minority participations within their own organizations and in subcontracts with other
business organizations, including providing lists maintained by the City of Cincinnati or the Port
Authority of small, women-owned and minority-owned firms to these developers, construction
managers and contractors and by providing information as to minority percentages in various
trades in the Cincinnati area as set forth in Ohio Administrative Code Section 123:2-3-02, and
(iii) the creation of a public/private Port Authority Entrepreneurial Fund to stimulate
participation of small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses.
Section 4. This Board finds and determines that all formal actions of this Board and any
of its committees concerning and relating to the adoption of this resolution were taken, and that
all deliberations of this Board and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action
were held, in meetings open to the public, in compliance with the law.
Section 5. This resolution shall be in full force and effect upon its adoption.
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