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S • II. Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) Liaison Officer Mr. Robert E. Crowe, City Manager, is the MBE Liaison Officer for the Town and shall report to the City Council. Mr. Crowe will be assigned such staff as is necessary to fully implement the provision of 49CFR Part 23 and such other MBE programs as may be required. III. Duties of the MBE Liaison Officer The MBE Liaison Officer shall develop, manage and implement the MBE Program. The Liaison Officer shall: a) Develop and carry out technical assistance programs for MBEs. b) Arrange solicitations, time for the presentation..of bids, quantities, specifications, and delivery schedules, so as to facilitate the participa- tion of MBEs. Where such changes are found necessary to increase MBE utilization, they will be made in consultation and cooperation with the functional unit involved. c) Carry out information and communication programs on-Contracting opportunities in a timely manner. d) Utilize a listing of MBEs certified by CALTRANS. Said listing to be made available to all bidders on City's federal-aid projects. Such listing shall include, at a minimum, the following information: name, address, telephone number, ethnic and/or sexual ownership, type of work performed by firm. e) Approve any removal and/or substitution of a minority business enterprise during contract performance. Prior to approval of substitution and/or removal of MBE, prime contractors will be required to prove performance of good faith efforts to replace the MBE with another eligible MBE. f) Establish overall Town of Los Altos Hills goals for both minority and female business enterprises. Goals shall be evaluated on September 30 of each year and adjusted as necessary. g) Establish individual project goals for minority and female business enter- prises. All projects with an estimated cost of $100,000 or more will be evaluated for the appropriateness of goals. h) Maintain such documentation as is necessary to.verify Town performance of the above activities. IV. Establishment of Overall Town of Los Altos Hills The Town of Los Altos Hills will establish an overall goal for its use of MBEs. . This goal will be updated annually as of September 30 of each year. The Town's overall goal. and the methodology used to determine the goal for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1981 is shown on Attachment A. V. Contract Goals All projects with an estimated value of $100,000 or more, receiving U.S. DOT funds, will be evaluated for the appropriateness of MBE goals. Projects will be evaluated and goals established, utilizing the following criteria: -2-