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(e) Establishment of Goals. Each contracting agency shall: <br />(1) Review contracting decisions of the last five (5) years and revise those contract <br />award procedures which reflect any discriminatory practice; <br />(2) Evaluate contracting awards of the last five (5) years in order to determine the dollar <br />volume of City contracts awarded in each business category per year; <br />(3) If necessary, set remedial goals for awarding its dollar volume of City contracts <br />within each business category to minority business enterprises and women business <br />enterprises in proportion to the percentage of qualified minority-owned and women- <br />owned businesses in the community; <br />(4) In establishing business categories for the establishment of remedial goals, to the <br />greatest extent possible, use major groups of the Standard Industrial Classification <br />Manual, published by the United States Office of Management and Budget, which <br />manual is hereby incorporated by reference and a copy of which is available in the office <br />of the City Clerk; and <br />(5) Review and reevaluate its contract award procedures, decisions and goals annually <br />in order to insure that they do not reflect any discriminatory practice and in order to <br />measure its progress in eliminating any underrepresentation of minority-owned and <br />women-owned businesses, as follows: <br />a. Review contract award decisions of the previous year and revise those <br />contract award procedures which reflect any discriminatory practice; <br />b. Review contract award decisions in light of the remedial goals established for <br />the year and report progress in eliminating any underrepresentation of minorities <br />and women or lack thereof to the Mayor, including any reasons why despite good <br />faith efforts the contracting agency was unable to meet its goals for the year; <br />c. Reevaluate remedial goals established for each business category to insure that <br />the goals are realistic in relation to the number of qualified minority-owned and <br />women-owned businesses in the community and to insure that the goals are being <br />used as guidelines rather than as quotas which must be met; and <br />d. Discontinue the remedial goal for a particular business category when the <br />underrepresentation of minority-owned and women-owned businesses is <br />eliminated in that category. <br />(f) Compliance Mechanisms. In order to insure compliance with diversity action procedures the <br />contracting agency or its designee shall have the right during the term of the City contract to: <br />12 <br />