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Community Development Agency, Administration and Finance Division, recommending the Board adopt and approve Resolution 085-2014 authorizing the Chair to sign the Local Agency Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Annual Submittal Form for Federal Fiscal Year 2014-2015.
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost
There is no fiscal impact or net County cost associated with this agenda item.
Background
In order to receive federal transportation funds, the County of El Dorado (County) must follow the State of California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program for implementation into projects funded with United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) funds. The DBE Program does not apply to projects without USDOT funding. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is an Operating Administration for USDOT funding of transportation projects.
On March 5, 2009, Caltrans notified the County that it had just received conditional approval from FHWA to immediately implement Caltrans' Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2009-2010 DBE goal and methodology. That approval required the immediate implementation of a new DBE Program, which included a Race Conscious component.
On May 5, 2009, the Board approved the County’s adoption of Caltrans' new DBE Program and authorized the Board Chair to sign the new DBE Implementation Agreement (AGMT 09-52635, reference Attachment E). Caltrans provided its approval on May 8, 2009 on behalf of FHWA. In accordance with 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 26.21, this approval of the Program counts for all of the County’s USDOT-assisted programs.
On June 29, 2012, Caltrans informed all local agencies that all contract goals for USDOT funded projects authorized after July 1, 2012 or advertised after August 17, 2012 must include all DBE groups; and otherwise, the contract goals apply to the four Underutilized DBE (UDBE) groups authorized by the FHWA in 2008.
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