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BAAB Backup Documents 02/12/1992 Backup Black Affairs Advisory Board Meeting February 12, 1992 4 ) BLACK AFFAIRS ADVISORY BOARD FEBRUARY 12, 1992 6:30 P.M. COLLIER COUNTY GOVERNMENT COMPLEX BUILDING "F" BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOARDROOM AGENDA ~ I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES , II. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT ~ III. GUEST SPEAKER: Mary Morgan, Supervisory of Elections IV. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS A.' Housing - Albert Lee iVllL B. Education - Claudette Gillings v C. Employment - Larry Word ./ D. Law Enforcement - Henry Tribble E. Economic Development - Willie Brice~rV ~ F. Governmental/lnter-Govermental Affairs - Herb Cambridge (0/ (L G. Health - Clayton Hodge _ NiL IV. OLD BUSINESS ~ A. Proposal to Recommend Creating Dept. of Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action Plan - Henry Tribble B. Public Forum Planning- Robert Walker V. NEW BUSINESS VI. PUBLIC COMMENTS VII. NEXT A. B. C. MEETING Location Date & Time Agenda ) BLACK AFFAIRS ADVISORY BOARD BOARD OF COLLIER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MINUTES OF MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1992 MEMBERS PRESENT: Larry Word Albert Lee Henry Tribble Herb Cambridge Claudette Gillings Willie Brice Robert Walker (late arrival) MEMBERS ABSENT: Clayton Hodge Jackie Brown VISITORS: victor Valdes Gerald McKinzie \ STAFF PRESENT: Margret Bowles, Staff Liaison The meeting of the Black Affairs Advisory Board was held at the County's Community Development Services Building, Conference Room "E". Chairman Larry Word called the meeting to order at 6:40 p.m. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. A motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to approve the minutes, as read, of the December 11, 1991 meeting of the Board. 2. SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS. ) A. Government Affairs - Herb Cambridqe. Mr. Cambridge read a letter from the Justice Department to the County commissioners regarding their inquiry in to the Commissioners Redistricting Plan approved by the Board in November 1991. The Plan, recommended by County staff and approved by the Board, was not the Redistricting Plan supported by the Hispanic and Black Affairs Advisory Boards nor the NAACP. They supported a Plan recommended by citizens from East Naples. Specific information has been requested by the Justice Department prior to its final ruling. Any election results prior to a final ruling will be subject to challenge. A motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to request from the County Attorney's Office copies of all correspondence and information provided the Justice Department regarding this matter. Mr. Cambridge also reported that a meeting will be held on February 20, 1992 in Immokalee inviting public comment on Single Member Voting Districts for the election of Collier County School Board members. B. NAACP - Gerald McKinzie. Mr. McKinsey reported to the Board on several community activities in which Board members should plan to become involve, including (1) the annual NAACP dinner and meeting; (2) the City of Naples downtown redistricting; (3) minority staffing of the new Children's Alliance; and (4} picnic at Anthony Park on January 20, 1992. He also suggested that members from the Economic Development Council and the new editor of the Naples Dailv News should be invited to attend Board meetings. C. Department of Equal Opportunity - Henry Tribble. A draft proposal recommending to the County Commissioners the establishment of a Collier County Department of Equal Opportunity was reviewed with the Board (copy attached). Following discussion, a motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to have Mr. Tribble discuss the draft with commissioner Saunders and Leo Ochs, Administrative Services Administrator, and bring back their comments to the Board at its February meeting. It was also suggested to seek broad support among organizations which could \ benefit from this new department, such as the disabled and women \ minority groups. D. Economic Development - Willie Brice. A brief report was made on the planning for increased job opportunities for juveniles among minority groups in the County. E. Next Meetinq. The next meeting of the Black Affairs Advisory Board is scheduled for Wednesday, February 12, 1992 at 6:30 p.m. in the Commissioners Meeting Room in Building 'F' at the county Government Complex. The guest speaker will be Mary Morgan, Supervisor of Elections. There being no further business before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 8:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Margret Bowles, Staff Liaison ) APPROVED BY THE ADVISORY BOARD ON ,1992 ~~~IRMAN TO: 1 t-ROM: DATE: SUBJECT: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: ), "-: " ) DRAf~T Burt Saunders, Collier County Commissioner, tind The Colli~r CQunty SuBrd of County CDmmissioners Larry Word, Ch~irper5on Collier County Black Affairs Advisory Board Recommendation for thE Establishment of a Collier County Department of Equal Opportunity 1. To insure that all citizEns in Collier County's increasingly diverse population are afforded Equal opportunity and non- discrimination as defined by applicable Federal and Florida laws, in employment, public cic[ommodations1 housing, the provision of Collier County services, pdrticipdtion in Collier County programs and the procurement of goods and services by Collier County. 2. To establish effective laws and centralized administrative resources to effectuate Objective Number 1 and those below. 3. To provide a centralized vehicle for effectively anticipating, preventing and resolving intergroup relations problems which are bound to exist and occur in a rapidly growing, increasingly diversified community such as Collier County. ~. To provide staff support, coordination and liaison relative to the Collier County Hispanic and Black Advisory Boards and other present and future bodies of a similar nature. 5. To provide effectiVE laws and mEchanisms to insure compliance with existing state and Federal laws. b. To reduce the occurrences of unrest, statE? and Federal administrative actions and litigation relative to allegations of legally prohibited discrimination and to provide professional expertise and rEsources to ef"fectively resolve such activities that do occur, in a manner that reduces human and financial costs to Collier County citizens and government. 7. To provide Technical Education and AssistanCE (TEA) to all elements of the community relative to what is and is not required relatiVE to county, state and Federal equal opportunity and non- discrimination laws. This prQ-active objective will greatly help potential respondents who truly desire to udo the right thing" and to avoid costly compliance actions. It is also important to provide community outreach (CO) to educate protected group members to insure that they know their rights under the law(s) and also know when matters do not ~eet the tests of those laws. ) BACKGROUND: FINDINGS: \ J : B. To provide a centralized mechanism for ~~eri[ans with Disabilities Act (ADA) related education and activities. 9. Such other objectiVES that are determined to be appropriate. As you are aware, this Board has taken great pains and deliberatiVE efforts to seek obiEctivE data on which to form conclusions and to make recommendations. We began our tasks by requesting substantial data from county agencies in order to ascertain the status of equal opportunity and non-discrimination, primarily in Collief County governmental operations, and in the private SEctor of Collier County. County staff and agencies haVE generally been responsiVE and helpful relatiVE to our reqUEsts. As an advisory body, composed of volunteers with primary professional and family responsibilities, we have devoted our maximum time and efforts at reviewing the information provided. By virtue of our diverse backgrounds and coordination with the Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board, NAACP and other minority organizations, we also bring and obtained important information and perspectives from much of the county's minority population. This combination of information and perspectives serves as the primary bases for the Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations which follow. . Our findings will be succinct. We have endeavored to obtain comments and suggested corrections from appropriate county staff and others as a means of increasing the accurancy and objectivity of this document. This does not necessarily imply that those persons wholeheartedly endorse all of our positions. The primary elements of our findings are as follows: I. Equal Employment Opportunity - Generally A. There are no county laws which insure equal opportunity and non-discrimination in the employment practices of governmental or private .ector employers in Collier County. Therefore, employers and protected group members must wait on state or Federal agencies in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Miami or TallahaSSEe to obtain determination and resolution of issues. Education and technical assistanCE are in scarce existence from such agencies. B. Collier County GOVErnment 1. Generally, there is significant under-representation of minorities Employed by the CountYl EspEcially in non- traditional middle and upper Echelon positions. The applicant flow is also under-~Ep~esentativE of minorities. ~ L \ ) 2. Some affirmative action and equal opportunity policies and prOCEGUreS have been or 2re being put into placE (e.g., Department of HUffian ResourCES and the Collier County Sheriff '!:' Department). It dOES nCot appe~r as of this tiffie that they havE resulted in siQ~ifi[ar.t SUCCESS. C. Private Sector Employment While we do not havE hard data in this segment of employment, it is a given that employment discrimination 15 0 ~i~nifi[ant phenomenon in this nation and state. There is therefore every feason to believe it is one of significancE in the Collier County private SEctor, ESDEcially in light of the absence of locally enforced laws, rapid increases in the numbers of minorities, bad Economic times, and the 000- e~istencE of local technical assistanCE and education on what legally constitutes discriminatory practices. II. Public Accommodations While it is hoped that in 1992 this is not generally a major problem in Collier County, mechanisms and laws do not exist to address the hopefully relatively few instances which may occur. III. Housing \ There is a County Fair Housing Ordinance which prohibits discrimination in housing and providES for thE filing of Hinformal complaintsu. As of this date we have not obtained a complete copy of that ordinance for evaluation. HOWEver, there is little, if any, enforcement of which WE are or have been made aware. \ IV. County Services We are not aware of ~ny county laws or mEchanisms which are geared to insure equality and non-discrimination, relatiVE to genErally dEsignatEd .protectEd groups., in the delivery of county SErviCES. FEdEral law (E.g., TitlE III of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) requires non-discrimination in the provision of SErviCES that arE fundEd in wholE or part by FEdEral funds. Basic constitutional principals allow for judicial remediES if there is discrimination or the denial of equality relative to "protected groups". V. Participation in County Programs There appears to be an abSEnCE of county laws and mechanisms as indicated for county serviCES abOVE. There arE probably more Federal funds used for programs than SErvices and therefore greater legal responsibility to insure non-discrimination and equal opportunity relatiVE to participation in county programs. J \ SUMMARY: CONCLUSIONS: J , VI. County Procureffi2nt of Boods a~d ServicEs There arE no county laws Dr formal mEchanisms to insure that protected group individuals and businesses are afforded equal opportunity in obtaining contracts to provide goods and services to the county. We understand there are informal activities that arE aimed at increasing the participation of such grDups in the procurement prOCESS. Providing trUE equal opportunity and affirmatiVE action in this arEa has Extremely far reaching implications beyond the priffi2ry individuals who may be the benEficiaries. It can greatly enhanCE the economic viability of thOSE groups and communities who historically and presently are essentially left out of the Economic mainstream. Additionally, Florida Statutej Chapter 287 requires counties to have goals for contracting with protected group members. The use of some state and Federal funds bring siIDil2r mandates. Failure to haVE appropriate ffiEchanisms and results will SUbjEct the county to litigation and loss of badly needed funds. VII. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) This legislation tranSCEnds all of the abovE and more. The sweeping requiremEnts on all SEgments of our society, govErnmental and private SEctor, plaCES astc-unding technical, legal and operational demands which few are adequately prepared to meet. These requirements will readily and greatly impact on Collier County because of its rapid growth and si2eable elderly population. While we did not specifically look at what mEchanisms exist to deal with this legislation, it is our guess that apparatus to effectively respond to the requirements do not e~ist. If we are in error we bear being corrected. Centralized effective mechanisms, based on Collier County laws and professionalized resources, do not exist to insure equal opportunity and non-discrimination in Collier County. Without appropriate laws, concentrated and coordinated organizational and professional efforts, d~dicated resources and committment, education, technical assistance and enforcement apparatus, etc., there cannot and will not bE equal opportunity and non-discrimination in the operation of Collier County governmental or private SEctor arenas. This is espEcially true in light of thE rapid increase of minorities and during bad Economic times. While there are equitable, moral and constitutional principals which generally require such efforts by local governmental bodies, there arE previously Existing state and Federal laws and agencies that specify areas of compliance, for which failure to achieve can mean the loss of revenues available to the county. There are also the comprehensiVE requirement= of the ADA~ Lastly, and hopefully Klost il'nportant to you, there is the rEsoonsibilitv (which Each member of the Collier County Board of County COmmissioners made great efforts to obtain) to insure equal opportunity, non-discrimination and the Economic and social development and well being.of all persons and groups governed by you. 4 ) RECOMMENDATIONS: FISCAL IMPACT: \ PrEpared By ) : In every other major area of governmental conCErn Collier County has devoteD th~ resourCES, centralized and coordinated organizational mEchanisms and weight of county law in order to effectively address the requirEmEnts of each area. We believE that equitable devotion to. the conCErns addressed herein are in the bEst interest of all of Collief County. We also beliEVE that state and Federal laws. operationally require the actions WE reqUEst. We recommend the immediate establishment of the Collier County DEpartmEnt of Equal Oppor~nitt_~DEO). ThE DEO should rEport directly to the County AJ>>:~~~~r because of the sensitive nature of its mission and its having oversight Dr liaison responsibility relative to most other county ag~nci~s. Th~ role and scope of the DEO should bE to implement and/or coordinatE the abOVE ObjectiVES and othEr activities deemed appropriate by the Board of County Commissioners. A recomm~nded Organizational Structure and approximate time lines for phased implementation are indicated in Attachment A. As an advisory body with limited time and resourCES, we are not in a position to be able to accurately idEntify thE costs that may be associated with implementing the obje~tive5 indicated above. We are mindful of the present financial constraints upon the county governmEnt and believe that phased staffing and utilization of Federal funds for staffing will greatly reduce the immediate fiscal impact of this activity OVEr the next SEveral years. We also bel i-eve that, despite present financial constraints, it is imperative that this activity begin immediately. An unEducated guesstimate is that $10,000 - $15,000 pEr month may bE rEquired during FY 1992. In any Event, a reasonable committment will require the expenditure of a reasonable amount of funds. The commitment of such funds can easily outweigh the costs of lost state and Federal monies, as well as administration and judicial actions, which are more likely to occur by not making such a commitment.County staff is presently in a bEttEr position to giVE cost estimates baSEd on Attachment A. Date Henry C. Tribble, Member Black Affairs Advisory Board ~ " ) ) : I. The bracketEd numbers indicatE the phasE in which staff will be hired. The dotted line to the CA indicates liaison with and review and advicE by the CA regarding legal matters. ThE dotted line to Administrative ServiCES indicates liaison relative to internal EED and DBE activities. DBE, Disadvantaged Business EnterprisEs~ includes Minority Business EnterpriSES (MBE) and Women Business Enterprises (WBE). (B) = Bilingual (Spanish) capability reouired. This capability will be sought for other ~ositions on ~n as needed basis. o .. '5. 4. 8 )6. ) o ORGANIZATIONAL PHASES PHASE ONE - Begins with establishing DEO - End of FY92 MAJOR ACTIVITIES STAFFING 1. Establishing OfficE and Procedures (I) Director, DED (2) Administrative Assistant (3) Director, COTEA 2. Drafting OrdinanCE and Administrative CDde ^ H. DBE Provisions COrEA Provisions Internal EEO Provisions Liaison with Advisory Boards B. C. O. ~. Establishing LiaisoD and Procedures with Advisory Board(s) 4. Establishing Liaison and Procedures with Administrative ServiCES regarding Internal EEO 5. Same As Above regarding DBE Programs and Disparity Analysis Board of County Commissioners Pass Amendments to Ordinance 7. TEA Needs Assessment in the Business Community 8. Establishing Procedures for Equal Opportunity Review of County Programs 9. Locating Federal, State and Local SourCES for Funding (EEOC & HUD Compliance Agencies, and other Federal grants). 10. Establishing Liaison with State and Federal Equal Opportunity Agencies II. Plan Training Board of County ComffiissiGnErS~ Department of Equal Opportunity Staff~ County Attorney Staff, Administrative Services Staff, Other County Officials, Minority CDmmu~ity Leaders, Business Community Leaders. 12. Develop DBE Certification Application and Procedures 13. AssessioQ Present and Future Organizational Development of the DEO. 9 PHASE TWO - MAJOR NEW ACTIVITIES 1. Drafting CompliancE Amendments to OrdinancE A. EEO Provisions B. Fair Housing Provisions C. Public Accommodations Provisions 2. Developing Posters 3. Developing DED Brochures 4. Locating Federal and State Sources for Funding 5. Maintaining liaison with State and Federal Equal Opportunity Agencies b. Implementing Training (~II Phase I) 7. Developing DEO Compliance SOPs 8. Implementing DBE Program A. DBE Identification and Certification B. DBE Capabili~y Assessment C. DBE Training Regarding Collier County Procurement PrOCEsses D. Identification of Special DBE Procurements E. Enhancement of DBE Capabilities F. Identification and Removal of Barriers to Contracting with DBEs, Where Appropriate. G. Establishing Goals for Contracting with DBE., If Feasible H. Institute DBE Goals, If Fedsible ) 9. Developing Complaint Forms A. Internal EEO B. External EEO c. Housing D. Public Accommodations 10. Assessing Present and Future Organizational Development of the DEO ) 10 NEW STAFFING (1) DirEctor - ComplianCE (2) DBE Specialist (3) Secretary - COTEAJDBE 0 PHASE THREE - MAJOR NEW ACTIVIT1ES NEW STAFFING , 1 "1. Determine DBE Goals for- FY (1) E>:ternal EEO Specialist (2) Internal EEO Specialist 2. Insti tute DBE Goals for FY (3) Secretary - CompliancE 3. Explore Mentor-Protogee Program 4. Plan Second Annual County-Wide Equal Opportunity Workshop Conducted by Federal, State and Other Officials 5. Continue Seeking Federal, State and Local Funding SourcEs 6. Assess Present and Future Development of All DEO Operations PHASE FOUR - MAJOR NEW ACT1V1TIES NEW STAFFlNG 1. Review and Refine Operations (1) Receptionist/Clerk '''- ".Ji.. Ascertain Need for Expanded CoTEA Program 3. Assess Present and Future Organizational Development of the DEO PHASE FIVE - MAJOR NEW ACT1VITIES NEW STAFF I NG 1. Expand COTEA, if needed (1) COTEA Specialist - if needed 2. Assess Present and Future Organizational Development of the OED ~,"~'" :tJ 11