TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Jay Reinstein, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Randy Hume, Transit Director
DATE: June 11, 2018
RE:
Title
Transit Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program Update and DBE Goal
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Objective D: To develop and maintain public transportation investments with high quality transit and airport services
Executive Summary:
The City is the recipient of federal grant funds from Federal Transit Administration (FTA) in support of transit capital and operating projects. As a condition of these grants, the Transit Department is required to establish and maintain a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program in accordance with regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), in compliance with 49 C.F.R. Part 26. That program is to ensure that DBEs, as defined in Part 26, have an equal opportunity to receive and participate in DOT-assisted contracts.
FTA also requires that grantees establish a goal every three (3) years for DBE participation for contracting opportunities that use FTA grant funds. Transit's new goal will cover the next three (3) federal fiscal years beginning October 1, 2018. Transit's DBE program differs from the City's Small Local Business Enterprise (SLBE) program in that only companies certified by the Unified Certification Program administered by NCDOT can count toward DBE goal attainment. In addition, FTA does not allow grantees to use any local preference in the award of contracts. A summary of the program differences is attached.
Transit's new goal must be submitted to FTA for review and approval no later than August 1, 2018. Transit's analysis of FTA funded contract opportunities indicates the goal for the next three years should be 5.99% and projects that will be achieved by 1.08% Race Conscious and 4.91% Race Neutral methods.
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