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City of South Bend Disparity Study 2020 Source: CHA analysis of City of South Bend's data. Table 4-11 presents the weighted availability data for all product sectors com- bined for the racial and gender categories. We determined the aggregated availability of M/WBEs, weighted by the City's spending in its geographic and industry markets, to be 6.0 percent Table 4-11: Aggregated Weighted Availability Source: CHA analysis of City of South Bend's data; Hoovers; CHA Master Directory. F. Analysis of Disparity Ratios Between M/WBE Utilization and Availability To meet the strict scrutiny requirement that a local government must establish that discrimination operates in its market area, through consideration of evidence of disparities, to establish its compelling interest in remedying discrimination in its market area, we next calculated disparity ratios for total M/WBE utilization com- 66 0 2020 Colette Holt & Associates, All Rights Reserved. ..- Description. WEIGHT (Pct D. 423120 Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts Merchant Wholesalers 1.4% 423810 Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers 1.9% 423830 Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers 1.5% 441110 New Car Dealers 4.9% 484220 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local 0.5% 511210 Software Publishers 1.3% 541320 Landscape Architectural Services 1.4% 541330 Engineering Services 8.7% 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services 1.5% 541620 Environmental Consulting Services 0.2% 561730 Total LandscapingServices 1.7% 100.0% Source: CHA analysis of City of South Bend's data. Table 4-11 presents the weighted availability data for all product sectors com- bined for the racial and gender categories. We determined the aggregated availability of M/WBEs, weighted by the City's spending in its geographic and industry markets, to be 6.0 percent Table 4-11: Aggregated Weighted Availability Source: CHA analysis of City of South Bend's data; Hoovers; CHA Master Directory. F. Analysis of Disparity Ratios Between M/WBE Utilization and Availability To meet the strict scrutiny requirement that a local government must establish that discrimination operates in its market area, through consideration of evidence of disparities, to establish its compelling interest in remedying discrimination in its market area, we next calculated disparity ratios for total M/WBE utilization com- 66 0 2020 Colette Holt & Associates, All Rights Reserved.