Small and Minority Business Utilization Sample Clauses

Small and Minority Business Utilization. In order to best provide opportunities for City-based, minority and small businesses to participate fully in the construction of the Development, the Developer shall comply with, or require that its construction manager, general contractors and all construction subcontractors for the Development, comply with all applicable City small contractor utilization requirements, including, without limitation, all small business construction initiative requirements and in particular, during the carrying out of the Development, the Developer agrees to require its construction manager, general contractors and its construction subcontractors: (1) To comply with the provisions of Ordinance § 12 1/4-9, which require that every effort be aggressively made to meet the MBE Utilization Goals. Pursuant to Ordinance §§ 12 1/4-9(d) and (f), the Developer and its contractors shall be considered to have achieved compliance with the MBE Utilization Goals if work totaling the value of twenty-five (25%) percent of all of the construction subcontracts is awarded to MBEs. In order to achieve MBE Utilization Goals, contracts may be awarded to MBE subcontractors and/or a contractor may enter into a joint venture or other commercially reasonable relationship that is satisfactory to the City with one or more MBEs for the purpose of performing construction work on the Development. In the event that the Developer is unable to meet the MBE Utilization Goals,then the Developer shall document in an affidavit its good faith efforts to achieve the MBE Utilization Goals, which efforts will be evaluated, verified and recognized by the City if the Developer or its general contractors, construction manager has accomplished at least four (4) of the following: (1) placing a notice of the subcontracting opportunity on an approved City construction opportunity website at least ten (10) days in advance of selection of the subcontractor(s); (2) mailing notices (certified mail, return receipt requested) to at least four (4) business associations and/or development agencies which disseminate bids and other construction-related information to businesses within the Greater New Haven area not less than two (2) weeks prior to Developer’s requests for bids or proposals, which notice shall describe the type of work being solicited, set forth the name, address and telephone number of a contact person from Developer’s general contractor or construction manager with knowledge of the Development and state, where appr...