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COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT (CBA) AGENDA
Final Meeting Minutes
Meeting On March 26, 2014 at 3:00 pm
MSD Headquarters, 2350 Market Street, St. Louis, MO 63103
Signatory Attendees: CBTU, CPC, MCC, MCU, M-SLICE, MOKAN, NAACP, and NSBE
(Attendance sheet attached)
1. Roll Call
Signatories present at the opening of the meeting were: CBTU, CPC,
NAACP, NSBE, and M-SLICE. Arriving after the start of the meeting
was: MCC, MCU AND MOKAN.
2. Approval of March 5, 2014 meeting minutes
Meeting minutes were approved with the elimination of the last six words of item
4, second bullet. Signatory Group motioned, seconded, and voted unanimously to
approve minutes.
3. Public Comments – None.
4. (a) Compliance Monitoring Plan and (b) Scope of Services for a Third Party Monitoring
Consultant RFP (Section IX)
a) MSD staff presented the current organizational makeup of MSD’s
Diversity Division, MSD’s current monitoring staffing plan along with job
functions, duties and tools currently under development. Information
presented included identification of enforceable diversity contract
requirements included in MSD projects. MSD staff and signatories
discussed the particulars of the documents. Notable items of discussion
were: MSD stated that it includes the St. Louis Minority Business Council
as an approved certifying agency because many of the MWBE’s who
work with MSD have chosen to obtain their certifications through that
agency; MSD described how its electronic plan room notifies all identified
MWBE firms of potential prime or sub-contracting opportunities; In
response to a question from the signatories, approximately 14 projects are
receiving federal funding through the State SRF Program and are subject
to those diversity requirements; MSD staff verified the process that
invoice/lien waivers are matched to the involvement reports submitted on
MSD projects.
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b) MSD submitted a draft scope of services for a third party monitor for
discussion by the Signatories. In response to questions from the
Signatories, MSD staff responded that it felt the services being proposed
were appropriate considering the services being provided by MSD’s in-
house monitoring staff and the level of effort MSD feels is needed based
on previous experience with MSD’s projects. Staff committed to provide
the Signatories with the staffing report performed by an outside consultant
that confirmed MSD’s level of staffing for its monitoring program. The
Signatories moved, seconded, and approved a motion to form a small sub-
committee to review the proposed scope and provide comments and
recommendations at the next CBA meeting. CBTU, MCU, MCC,
MOKAN, NSBE and M-SLICE indicated they would serve on the sub-
committee.
5. (Original Agenda Item 6) Low Interest Loan Program - MSD staff requested to take the
next item out of order. Staff informed the signatories that there would be a presentation to
MSD’s Stakeholder Committee on Thursday, April 7, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. at the District’s
Headquarters to discuss participation in a Low Interest Loan Program. Staff intends to
propose an ordinance to its Board of Trustees allowing MSD to participate in a Low
Interest Loan Program. MSD requested the CBA Signatories presence as a prelude to
discussing this item at the next CBA meeting on April 30th.
6. (Original Agenda Item 5) Job Training Program – There was discussion among the
Signatory Group about who could possibly provide this service. A member of the
Signatory Group noted that action needed to be taken on this item soon. MSD staff
committed to distributing material on this topic prior to the April 30th meeting.
7. Meeting adjourned at 5:08 p.m.