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the AGENCY and the DEVELOPER within the time frames established by this AGREEMENT.
b. Community Participation Program A plan describing a Community Participation Program which shall set forth, among other things, the community organization(s) with whom the DEVELOPER proposes to discuss the Development Plan, a schedule for such discussions and type of information to be provided the community. This Community Participation Program shall encompass the period from the submission of the Community Participation Program until the issuance of the certificate of completion for the project. The DEVELOPER shall document all community organization meetings held so as to provide a narrative description of the events of each meeting, including the concerns raised by the community organizations, and the DEVELOPER'S responses to those concerns. The DEVELOPER'S documentation of these community organization meetings shall be made available to the AGENCY within five (5) business days after the end of each calendar month. The DEVELOPER shall include a summary of each community organization meeting held during the preceding month with the documentation of each meeting. The documentation and summaries shall be made available to the public by the AGENCY.
c. Affirmative Action Program
An Affirmative Action Plan describing an Affirmative Action Program which includes, in appropriate detail, the following:
(i) The extent to which minorities are or will be represented as
members of the development team, and the precise manner that such future
representation shall be achieved.
(ii) The extent to which
contracting or subcontracting arrangements for minority business in the
development of the Property will be provided, including specific goals, a
schedule for meeting such goals, and the specific manner in which such goals
will be achieved.
(iii) The manner in which employment opportunities
for lower income area residents as well as District residents and minorities
will be provided in the development and operation of the Project to be built on
the Property. This shall include specific goals and the specific manner in
which area and District residents will be apprised of such job
opportunities.
(iv) The following documents, fully executed by the
DEVELOPER:
(A) First Source Agreement with the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services; and
(B) Memorandum of Understanding with the District of Columbia Department of Human Rights and Local Business Development.
(v) Proposed remedies if DEVELOPER falls to meet the objectives of the Affirmative Action Plan.
4. DISTRICT COMMENT ON PRELIMINARY SUBMISSION
Within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Preliminary Submission, the AGENCY, after
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