R-080-15 Approving the Annual Anticipated DBE Particpation Level for Federal FY2015-2016

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Methodolo¢v The process for establishing the Annual Anticipated DBE Participation Level (AADPL) was derived from data gathered from the U.S. Census Bureau - 2013 County Business Patterns (NAICS) and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Civil Rights Program. The data was gathered based upon four counties in which City of Colton lies and neighbors. These four counties include Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino, in the State of California. The U.S, Census Bureau's Economic Census and the County Business Patterns contain all business and minority business data which are to be compiled as of the latest published version. For the purpose of calculating the City's overall DBE goal, we used these neighboring counties as the market area. Those jurisdictions and municipalities most closely reflect the same jurisdictions where businesses are located that typically participate in the bid process for DBE projects awarded by the City of Colton. Also, in researching the most reliable sources of data available to complete our calculations, it was discovered that the best data could be obtained for the jurisdictions and municipalities contained in these areas. In order to establish the City of Colton's base figure reflecting the relative availability of DBEs in relation to all comparable firms available to participate in the City's DOT assisted and other federally funded contracts. The City elected to use the Directory of Certified Firms with Census Bureau Data methodology. The strategy used to determine DBE availability involved a multi- step process. First, we identified the major work types (North American Industrial Classification System - NAICS) for the contracts anticipated for award in the upcoming fiscal year. Second, using the United States Census Bureau's 2013 County' Business Patterns data, we identified the businesses located in the counties noted for which data was available and recorded the number of businesses found for each work type. This particular database was used because it contained the most recent information available for counting the number of businesses located in the jurisdiction for each work type. Then, using Caltrans' database of DBE firms, we queried DBE firms for the appropriate NAICS codes and license type. Using that Iist, we identified the DBE firms ready, willing and able to perform services in our market area. Projected DOT and Federally assisted contracts by work type and NAICS Code For FY 2015-2016, we took the dollar value of work related to each work type (from the chart of federal DBE projects anticipated for award for the fiscal year) and calculated the percentage of federal funds applicable to each work type. Then, using Caltrans' Directory of Certified firms, we determined the availability of DBE firms for each work type by dividing the number of DBEs in the directory by the number of firms found in the census bureau data for each work type. Using the same Caltrans directory, Disadvantage Business Enterprise (DBE) Male firms (African Americans, Asian Pacific American, Native American, Women, Hispanic American, and Subcontinent Asian American and any other groups whose members are certified as socially and economically disadvantaged) and Female firm were further set aside to calculate for the Race Neutral DBE. AADPL calculations for New Race Neutral DBEs are shown on the succeeding page.