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bou 21 ME 957 EXHIBIT C LOW INCOME RESIDENT AND BUSINESS PLAN The Wooten Company agrees to implement the following specific steps directed at increasing the utilization of lower income residents and businesses within the project area. The boundaries of the Section 3 covered project area in implementing this plan shall be the boundaries of the County of Lee, North Carolina. The Wooten Company shall: 1. Attempt to recruit, from within the project area, lower income residents through: Local advertising media, signs and public or private institutions operating within or serving the project area such as Service Employment and Redevelopment (SER), Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC), Urban League, Concentrated Employment Program, HomeCity Plan, or the U.S. Employment Service. 2. List lower income area residents who have applied either on their own or on referral from any source, and to employ such persons, it otherwise eligible and if a vacancy exists. 3. Insert Section 3 Plan information in all bid documents, where applicable, and to require all bidders on subcontracts to submit a Section 3 Plan. 4. Insure that subcontracts which are typically let on a negotiated rather than a bid basis in areas other than Section 3 covered project areas, are also let on a negotiated basis, whenever feasible, when let in a Section 3 covered project area. 5. Contact unions, subcontractors and trade associations to secure their cooperation for this program. 6. Insure that all appropriate project area business concerns are notified of pending contractual opportunities. 7. Select contractors using their proposed participation in Section 3 objectives as part of the selection consideration. 8. Maintain records, including copies of correspondence, memoranda, etc., which document that all of the above affirmative steps have been taken. The Director of Planning shall serve as Equal Opportunity Officer to coordinate the implementation of this Section 3 Plan. Lee Counry 23 Agreement for Profes.siunrtl Serivi re, - S, ,w... M Sfte /lousing Project l Y 05