Item No: 7e
Meeting Date: October 24, 2017
Women and Minority Business
Enterprise Policy Briefing
Aaron Pritchard, Teresa Delicino,
Nora Huey
October 24, 2017 


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Overview
Women and Minority Business
Enterprises Goals
Data Tracking
Policy Guidelines
What next?
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Port Goals
New Century Agenda
Century Agenda
Policy Values?
40% Small Business
Utilization                      Amend Century Agenda to
reflect focus on WMBE
New WMBE Policy
Small Business Goals
Focused on affirmative
Currently Focused on
efforts to increase
improving Small Contractor
utilization
and Supplier #'s 

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Disparity Analysis
Index that compares utilization to availability on study
contracts
10% 
M/WBE UTILIZATION
x 100 
18%       56
Disparities of 100 or more include parity,
M/WBE AVAILABILITY          the state of being equal. 
Disparities of 80 or less considered
substantial according to several courts,
noted by acceptance as evidence for
adverse conditions for MBE/WBEs.    4

2014 Disparity Results


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10 year Overview: WMBE and DBE Utilization



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Elements of WMBE Policy
Authorizes the Executive to pursue progressively bold and challenging goals to increase WMBE
utilization in all business transactions. 
Development of an Annual WMBE Plan within 180 days of passage of the new resolution that includes:
Develop specific Division goals that encourage utilization of WMBE firms;
Responsibilities, policies, practices and processes that can change the culture of Port contracting and provide a
more responsive environment for WMBE firms, businesses and contractors of all tiers working on Port contracts;
Annual reporting to the Commission on performance and attainment of the utilization goals in Annual WMBE
Plans
Bidders to use the Port's WMBE Inclusion Plan, unless other tools are appropriate or reasonable, requiring
contractors to actively solicit the employment of women and minority group members, in order to sustain and
improve participation of WMBE in Port contracts
Enhanced compliance, prompt payment and other provisions needed to implement Port WMBE program
The WMBE program would be phased over the course of 2018. Resolution 3618, the current small business
policy, would be phased out by the end of 2018.
Sunset Policy in 2022 to allow for next Disparity Study to be completed and performance audited.

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Staff Recommendations
Resolve Century Agenda language to support focus on
WMBE. One-off change or part of a larger review?
First Reading of proposed policy scheduled for November
14, 2017.
Public Engagement on Policy  Stakeholder roundtable in
November between first and second reading.

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