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NOTICE OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS GOALS AND RIGHT OF PUBLIC TO COMMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC THAT: 1. The City of Colton has heretofore adopted major project DB overall goals consisting of utilizing disadvantaged businesses in all aspects contracting to the maximum extent feasible and committing itself to substantially increase disadvantaged businesses utilization. These goals further include insuring that the City of Colton, its contractors and subcontractors, which are recipients of Federal -aid funds, agree to provide disadvantaged businesses with the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts and subcontractors and a commitment by the City of Colton and all its contractors and subcontractors to take all reasonable steps in accordance with 49CFR23 to insure that disadvantaged businesses have the maximum opportunity to compete and perform contracts. 2. The -public may inspect the goals and a description of how they were set at the Public Works Department, City of Colton, 655 North La Cadena Drive, Colton, California for a period of 30 days from the date this notice is first published. 3. The U.S. Department of Transportation and the City of Colton will accept comments on said goals for 45 days from the date that this notice is first published and said comments shall be considered to be for informational purposes only. 4. In addition to the foregoing, interested disadvantaged, and majority contractor organizations, upon request, shall receive a direct mailing of the complete program with a request that they provide written comments to the City of Colton on this program. The overall goal for the City of Colton is 10% Disadvantaged Businesses. The percentage indicated covers the period between October 1, 1997 and September 30, 1998 and is based upon the total project cost of the forthcoming Federally funded AF project. The City of Colton intends to achieve the annual over-all goal by contracting to a DB construction service and specify in the construction contract that DB electrical suppliers and subcontractors be utilized and maximized to the fullest extent. Carolina Barr -era City Clerk City of Colton