TO: Mayor and Commissioners and CRA Board Members
FROM: Jeffrey L. Oris, CEcD, Assistant City Manager
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM, City Manager
Renee A. Jadusingh, Esq., CRA Executive Director
DATE: March 11, 2025
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FINAL PRESENTATION AND DIRECTION REGARDING THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH/DELRAY BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DISPARITY STUDY
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
The City Commission and CRA Boards are asked to receive a presentation on the City/CRA Disparity Study, determine if they wish to accept the report, and provide direction to staff as to what, if any, future action(s) the city would like to take to address the disparity presented.
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Background:
Starting around 2018, the City of Delray Beach began discussions regarding its “Keep it Local” policies and initiatives to promote local businesses and job opportunities. During this time, discussions related to a Disparity Study were also initiated. The purpose of such a study would be to determine whether or not a statistically significant disparity exists within the City’s award of contracts to minority and women owned enterprises.
At the May 14, 2019, CRA Board meeting, the CRA Board unanimously approved its support of the City in moving forward with its “Keep it Local” policies and initiatives and with conducting a Disparity Study.
Additionally, in 2019, Florida Statute Section 163.370(5) was updated to state that “[a] community redevelopment agency shall procure all commodities and services under the same purchasing processes and requirements that apply to the county or municipality that created the agency.”
Through Interlocal Agreements the CRA provides funding to the City for various projects, and with the 2019 updates to the Florida Statutes that required the CRA to follow the City's purchasing policies, it further underscored the need for CRA contracts to be included and reviewed as part of the Disparity Study.
Pursuant to the CRA Board’s support of the C...
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