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RESOLUTION #1999-10 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A VERIFIABLE PERCENTAGE GOAL FOR PARTICIPATION BY MINORITY BUSINESS IN THE AWARDING OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED PURSUANT TO N.C.G.S. §143-128 WHEREAS, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted Chapter 480 and Section 74.17 of Chapter 770 of the 1989 Session Laws, thereby rewriting North Carolina General Statute Section § 143-128; and WHEREAS, N.C.G.S. § 143-128 (c) requires each city, county, or other public body to adopt, after notice and a public hearing, an appropriate verifiable percentage goal for participation by minority business (as defined in the statute) in the total value of work for building contracts the costs of which exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) and which are a~varded pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 143-128; and WHEREAS, N.C.G.S. § 143-128 (c) (3) requires an authority awarding a building contract the cost of which exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) under a separate specification contract system to adopt written guidelines specifying actions that will be taken by the awarding authority to ensure a good faith effort in the recruitment and selection of minority business for building contracts awarded under the separate prime or separate specification contract; and WHEREAS, N.C.G.S. § 143-128 (c) (4) requires an authority awarding a building contract the cost of which exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) under a single-prime contract system to adopt written guidelines specifying the action that the prime contractor must take to ensure a good faith effort in the recruitment and selection of minority businesses for building contracts awarded under the single-prime contract system; and requires that action taken by the prime contractor must be documented in writing by the contractor to the appropriate awarding authority; and WHEREAS, N.C.G.S. § 143-128 (d) requires the state and its political subdivisions to award public building contracts the costs which exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) without regard to race, religion, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, or handicapping condition; and NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus County: That the Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus County shall have a verifiable goal of up to 10 percent for participation by minority businesses in building construction contracts awarded pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 143-128.