HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 3360-06-2006Resolution
NO 3360-06-2006
SUPPORTING INCLUSION OF MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESSES IN THE
TRINITY RIVER UPTOWN PROJECT
WHEREAS the Fort Worth City Council adopted Ordinance #15530 establishing a policy
that ensures the full and equitable participation by Minority and Women Business Enterprise
(M/WBE) firms in the procurement of professional services City purchases of goods and services
and in City construction projects and
WHEREAS the Fort Worth City Council has adopted the Trinity River Master Plan and
more recently adopted Resolution #3355 reaffirming its support of the Trinity River Vision
Project and the Trinity River Uptown Project, and
WHEREAS, the Fort Worth City Council believes, as this project is being constructed
that expenditures derived from the project should benefit the entire Fort Worth business
community and
WHEREAS the Tarrant Regional Water District has stated that they will follow the City
of Fort Worth M/WBE goals with respect to this project and
WHEREAS, the U S Army Corps of Engineers and the Texas Department of
Transportation have federally mandated policies for inclusion of small businesses in their
expenditures
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH THAT THE FORT WORTH CITY COUNCIL
1 Applauds the Tarrant Regional Water District, the Texas Department of Transportation and
the U S Army Corps of Engineers for inclusion of minority and women businesses in the
Trinity River Uptown Project and
2 Encourages other public entities in Fort Worth to adopt M/WBE programs to provide for
inclusion of minority and women businesses in publicly funded construction projects and
in the procurement of goods and other services and
3 Recommends that the City Manager initiate a governmental roundtable composed of public
entity representatives to discuss the setting of M/WBE goals on all publicly funded
projects and
4~~Reaffirms'~its support of inclusion of minority and women businesses in the Trinity River
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Adopted this 6 day°o:f June 2006 APPROVED
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city secs tary of the
CjLy of Fort Worth, Texas