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3!7l2it2 3:25 PFi t(~iT) Fro~: QRF~E COlklTti' Pt~tGf#iSlMG 81~-644-3324 Ta: 125293~1,3~2 Page 25 nf 29 <br />GUIDELINES FUR RECRLTIT~~ENT~N~ SELECTION UF'~.III~URITY BLTSNESSES <br />'These guidelines t~%ere adapted for use on tl~is ~rojec;t bythe C1UUnty of Orange fi~urn the <br />"CTuideluies for Recruitn~ent and Selectian nflliinarit~~Busii~esses for Participatic~ii u~ State <br />Constiucti~n Of~ice i'rojects", d~velopeci l~y t~ie State Constructic~n Office. <br />In accordance cvith G.S: 14~-128,2 (SB 914 ratified Deceniber b, ~Qt~l), the County of(7range <br />l~as enlcted a z~eri~iable ten percent (10°~'0) minority busiiiess participation gual for the tutal <br />monetary vaiue of'tliis project. These b icieiines 3re published to accomplish tliat end. <br />SfiCTION l: INTENI` <br />It is the ilitent of these Duid~lines thaf the County of (h-ange, ~s a~varding authorit}j for <br />construction projec#s, a.nci the conh•actors and subcontractc~rs per#orming the construction <br />contracts ativardad shall coaper~e and in gaud fai#h do all tlxul~s legai, praper and reasunable to <br />achieve the statlrtory ~oal c~f ten percent for participation bv rninority businesses in eaeh <br />constructio~~ project pzrmitted by SB 914. ~Vothing contained in tllese guidalines sl~call be <br />c~nsidered to require awarding authc~rities to a«iard c~ntracts ar to rnaka ptirchase of materials or <br />equipment from minority-business contrac#ars w~Iio do not submit the lot~~est responsible vid ~r <br />bids. <br />SECTI~N 2: DErINITICIN5 <br />'~~inoritv- a person who is a citizen or lawful permanent r~sid~nt of the LTi1it~d States ;uzd <br />who is: <br />a. Blac1:, that is, a persou ha~ing ori~uis in any of the black racial ~roups in Africa: <br />b. Hispanic, that is, a person af Spai~ish or Poriugues~ culture v,ritli origius in <br />~fe~co; Sou~h or Central Auierica, or the Catibb~an Islands, regardlzss ofrace; <br />c. Asian Americau, tha# is, a person having origins in ~nyoftlae oi-i~inal pe~ples of <br />the Far East; Southeast ~sia and Asia, the Indian subcontinenf, the Pacific <br />Islatxds; <br />d. -American Indian or Alasl{ai~ NatitiTe, that is , a person ha~~ing origins in anv o#'tl~e <br />ariginal peoptes ofNorth America; <br />e. Female. <br />f. "S~cially di~~.dvantaged individual", as dsfined in 15 LT.S.C. G37. These are <br />u~di~-iduals wiia ha~-e "beeii subjected rto;•acial or ethnic preJudice ot cultural bias <br />hecause flf their identify as a member of a g~oup ~viihaut regard to their indivit~ual <br />t~ualities"; pf' <br />g. "EconomicaFI}~disaclvantaged indiz-idual'~ as dzfiried in IS LT.S.G. 637. This is un <br />indi~~idual "~~~ose al~ilityto compete in the free enterprise s~~stem has been <br />in~pau-ed due to dir~ninished capit~l and credit apparhznities as campared to others <br />in the same husiness who are not socially disadvantaged." <br />?~iinority I3usin~ss - means a business: <br />a. In which at least fi~=ane percent (~ 1°ia} is olnned by one ar more 2ninority <br />persons, or in The case ofa ct3rporation, in ~vhich at least fi.fty-c~ne percent (~1°la) <br />afthe stock is ol~nea hy orze or mare minority persans: and <br />MAR-~7-2~12 10:30 From: <br />ID:1111 <br />P~9e:02~ R=93~ <br />