19F - CONSOLIDATED PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT

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The City has an inventory of 23 HOME- assisted projects that contain 501 rental units. During the 2013 -2014 report period, a sampling of 167 units were inspected - the majority of units are owned and managed by CHDOs. While the vast majority of the inspected units passed initial housing quality standards inspections, some units required minor corrections. Typical required repairs included replacing inoperable smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, inoperable GFCI outlets, faucet leaks, loose toilet at floor mount, inoperable stove burners, and unsanitary carpets. Affirmative Marketing Actions to Minority & Women Owned Businesses As a participating jurisdiction in the HOME and CDBG programs, the City has adopted the following affirmative marketing policies for minority and women owned businesses- • List of methods to inform the public about federal fair housing laws and the City's affirmative marketing policy. Requirements and practices owners must adhere to in order to carry out this policy. • Procedures owners must use to inform and solicit applications from persons in the housing market area who are not likely to apply for the housing_ without special outreach. • Records that owners and the City will keep describing the actions they have taken to affirmatively market units and records to assess the results of these actions. • A description of how the City will annually assess the success of affirmative marketing actions and determine what corrective actions are needed. Outreach to Minority /Women Owned Businesses` As a participating jurisdiction, the City has adopted certain affirmative steps to insure maximum feasible participation in HOME- and CDBG funded projects by minority business enterprises, women's business enterprises, labor surplus area firms and other small businesses. These affirmative steps are listed below, and constitute the City's Minority Outreach Procedures and Requirements Program for HOME and CDBG funded projects. • The City will place qualified minority and women owned business enterprises on solicitation lists. • The City will assure that minority and women owned business enterprises are solicited whenever they are potential sources. • The City will divide total requirements, when economically feasible, into smaller tasks or quantities to permit maximum participation by minority and women owned business enterprises. • The City will use the services and assistance of the Small Business Administration and the Minority Business Development Agency of the Department of Commerce. • Prime contractor will be required, if subcontracts are let, to take the above listed affirmative steps. 42 DRAFT 2013- 2014 CAPER fV9,9t 91