AGENDA - San Antonio Housing Authority

WHEREAS, Durand-Hollis Rupe, Inc. (DHR) is certified by SCTRCA as a HABE, MBE, SBE,DBE and has received certification as a HUB by the State of Texas. DHR will strive to findSection 3 individuals to employ for duties that may include couriering, copying documents, etc.and will provide mentorships, elementary school career day programs and job shadowingopportunities and offer positions to students who attend the San Antonio College systems andlive in the Section 3 area. Their successful prior awards from SAHA include: Matt Garcia andFair Avenue common area upgrade; andWHEREAS, Sprinkle and Company is certified by SCTRCA as an ESBE, SBE and has alsoreceived certification by SAHA as a Section 3 Business. Their Section 3 Program Good FaithEffort Compliance Plan includes a 30% hiring goal for Section 3 individuals and will be meetingwith the Section 3 Coordinator to augment their Section 3 Plan and will coordinate with SAHA toidentify Section 3 candidates for these positions. Their successful prior awards from SAHAinclude: Raymundo Rangel Apartments and Ricardo G Salinas Medical Facility; andWHEREAS, Nelson Architectural Engineers will work with SAHA to recruit, interview andplace qualified Section 3 candidates and will also offer paid internships to students who areactively pursuing an engineering or architecture degree and unpaid internships to students whoare actively pursuing unrelated degrees, or who merely desire exposure to the workplaceenvironment to gain insight and direction into future career decisions. Nelson ArchitecturalEngineers satisfactorily served as subcontractor for Coats and Rose Law Firm, providing costestimating for SAHA in the Mirasol Law suit; andWHEREAS, ALS 88 Design Build, LLC is certified by the SCTRCA has an ESBE, SBE, WBEand has been certified as a Section 3 Business by SAHA. ALS 88 Design Build Section 3Program Good Faith Effort Compliance Plan includes providing internships and on-siteprofessional training in the use of computers and general business principles. ALS 88 DesignBuild, LLC has received no prior awards from SAHA; andWHEREAS, Deborah J. Dockery, Architect, P.C. is certified by SCTRCA as an ESBE, SBE,WBE and a HUB by the State of Texas. Debra J. Dockery, Architect’s Section 3 Program GoodFaith Effort Compliance Plan includes a 30% hiring goal for Section 3 individuals and she will beworking with the Section 3 Coordinator to augment her Section 3 program. Her prior awardsreceived from SAHA include: Parkview and College Park Common Area Upgrades; andWHEREAS, Saldana & Associates, Inc. is certified by SCTRCA as a DBE, ESBE, HABE,MBE, SBE. This design professional is committed to the Section 3 program and could hire up to2 interns depending on the volume of work and possibly some runners and a receptionist.Saldana has also committed to utilizing qualified Section 3 businesses depending on the scopeof work required by the work orders. Their prior satisfactory awards from SAHA include: SanJuan kitchen & bath modernization, Cassiano Homes fire damage, San Alfonso Senior HousingDevelopment and Sutton Homes; andWHEREAS, funding for the contracts has been budgeted in the Capital Grant funds, the MirasolReinvestment Fund, the MTW Preservation and Expansion Fund and operating budgets amongothers and the staff requests that the Board of Commissioners authorize the President and CEOor her designee to execute all documents to enter into these contracts on an as-needed basis.NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of SAHA hereby: