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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023_05 Summary - COR DMC TB & WF City of Rochester Requests for Proposals and Bids webpage Bids announcements: https://mn-ci-rochester. app.rtvision.com/oneoffice/bidding Goals: Commercial: 7%; Heavy Civil: 4% 2017-2022 TB Performance (C&HC): 7.5% Active Projects TB Performance: 6.5% Commercial (C): 9% Heavy Civil (HC): 6% Discovery Walk (HC) Downtown Sidewalks (HC) J7344 3rd Avenue (HC) Chateau Theatre Renovations (C) Block 6 Street Project (HC) Active Projects Upcoming Projects F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n s e e t h e C i t y o f R o c h e s t e r T a r g e t e d B u s i n e s s a n d W o r k f o r c e P a r t i c i p a t i o n P l a n w e b s i t e o r c o n t a c t J o r r i e J o h n s o n j j o h n s o n @ r o c h e s t e r m n .g o v ◦ (5 0 7 ) 3 2 8 -2 0 1 6 SRF A&E Rapid Transit (LINK) Rochester Link Rapid Transit Art Soldiers Field Park Improvements Land Acquisition Services (J8707) 6th Street Bridge A & E Design Active Projects Upcoming Projects D E S T I N A T I O N M ED I C A L C E N T E R F U N D E D P RO F E SS I O N A L T E C HNI CA L (PT ) & C ONS TR U C T I O N A DM IN I S T R A T I O N TARGETED BUSINESS (TB) Goals Base: 7% Project Specific: TBD% 2017-2022 TB Performance*: 6.11% Active Projects TB Performance: 6.4% WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION Performance Goals 2017-2022* Active Women: 9% 34% 34% Minorities: 15% 10% 12% WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION Performance Goals 2017-2022* Active Women: 9% 3.6% 5.6% Minorities: 15% 16.2% 8.4% Rochester Residents: 10% C O N S T R U C T I O N I N D U S T R Y N E W S T A R G E T E D B U S I N E S S A N D W O R K F O R C E P A R T I C I P A T I O N M O N T H L Y R E P O R T J u n e 2 0 2 3 D E S T I N A T I O N M E D I C A L CE N T E R F U ND E D C O NS T R U C T I O N P R O JE C T S *Results are cumulative April 2017 through May 2023. . *Results are cumulative April 2017 through May 2023. C I T Y O F R OC HE ST E R CO N S T R U C T I ON PR OJ EC T S Northern Heights TIF project** Sidewalks* Downtown Building Energy Transition: Mayo Civic Center, Art Center and City Hall J2981 Cascade Lake Park Improvements J4678 Chester Woods Trail* J4693 Construct TH14/S Broadway Trail* J4721 Pedestrian Ramps* and J4725 Pedestrian Ramps* J9852 Reconstruct 65 St NW from 60 Ave NW to 50 Ave NW J7843 9th Street Portion of Duct Bank and Marion Road J115 2023 Overlay Street Rehabilitation ...and more! Active Projects Department Community Development Public Works Rochester Public Transit Streets Parks and Recreation Rochester Public Utilities *Prevailing Wage Only **Prevailing Wage Exempt Downtown EnergyGoals: Commercial: 7%; Heavy Civil: 4% TB Contracts on Active Projects: 4.6% $3,641,237 TARGETED BUSINESS (TB) WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION Women: 5% Minorities: 15.5% Rochester Residents: 24% TARGETED BUSINESS (TB) DBEs were invited to hear results of the DBE Barriers Study and discuss recommendations to reduce barriers via a MS Teams meeting on June 21. DBE capacity-builders will be meeting on July 11 and 18. DBE Barriers Study Executive Summary online and the presentation online. J7919 6th Street Bridge A & E Design Services Request for Proposals Proposals Due by June 30, 2023 by 4 p.m. Equity Series July 26, 2023 12 - 1 p.m. Go to DMC Meetings, Events and Materials The Equity Alliance Equity Series is a monthly seminar sponsored by Destination Medical Center and the City of Rochester. The purpose is to introduce diversity, equity, and inclusion best practices, build sustainable DEI community strategies, and build advocacy and allyship within the Rochester community. The series is held virtually on the fourth Wednesday of every month at noon. We welcome Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc. and subconsultants to the LINK Rapid Transit project. RSVP to Amy Jansen at ajansen@knutsonconstruction.com F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n s e e t h e C i t y o f R o c h e s t e r T a r g e t e d B u s i n e s s a n d W o r k f o r c e P a r t i c i p a t i o n P l a n w e b s i t e o r c o n t a c t J o r r i e J o h n s o n j j o h n s o n @ r o c h e s t e r m n .g o v ◦ (5 0 7 ) 3 2 8 -2 0 1 6 June 2023 Nashauna Johnson-Lenoir’s Success GETTING INTO CONSTRUCTION At 19 years old, with three children of her own, Nashauna came to visit her family in Rochester. She decided to stay here to live to escape the increasing violence she was witnessing in Chicago. In 2011, at the age of 23, while working at the Boys & Girls Club in Rochester, Nashauna resurrected her desire to help at-risk youth and started the non- profit Journie program. She worked for a communications company in their call center and was working as a billing specialist for $15/hour. In 2015 she heard about the opportunity to work in construction to make twice as much. In early 2022, Nashauna Johnson-Lenoir, creator of Journie, a life-skills program for at-risk teens, was nominated by local television station KXLT(FOX 47) for the Jefferson Awards. She was selected for the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for Outstanding Public Service Benefiting Local Communities and recognized nationally at the Multiplying Good inaugural celebration in Indianapolis, IN in June 2022 and at the Jefferson Awards ceremony in New York, NY in November 2022. Nashauna’s life journey began in 1988 In the South Side of Chicago where she was born. Her parents suffer from drug addiction and alcoholism. During her early childhood, she and her siblings suffered physical and verbal abuse and were placed in foster care through UCAN. Nashauna received mental health therapy and support through UCAN into her teen years. As a young woman, Nashauna showed glowing signs of activism and leadership. Nashauna Johnson-Lenoir at the 50th Annual Jefferson Awards in New York City in November 2022. The road through construction Cheri asked her if she ever considered working in construction. Nashauna responded, “Heck no. Do I look like a body builder?” Nashauana met with Cheri Fischer, a career counselor at Workforce Development, Inc. Cheri told her about the opportunity to make a livable wage, enough money to take care of her family, and fund her (Journie) project. Nashauna jumped on the opportunity. Workforce Development provided her with safety glasses, steel-toed boots, a reflective vest and tools. They even provided her money for gas and rent to stay while attending training out of town. The training was five days a week for two weeks. Nashauna took an additional two days of training to become a flagger. During the winter Nashauna was able to collect unemployment. The next spring, the union called her up to work in Forest Lake, Minn. It was a two hour drive each way, but she got paid $32/hour plus benefits as a union member. She had to be there by 4:30 a.m. to start work at sunrise (5 a.m.). She remembers having to leave Rochester by 3 a.m. When she would get home in the evening, she would kiss her kids goodnight and go straight to bed. Working that first summer in construction, Nashauna was able to save up enough money and she was able to launch Journie at the Boys & Girls Club. On the weekends, Nashauna would have money and time having fun with her four kids (ages 13, 10 year- old twins and a baby). She was happy to be able to take them to Nickelodean Universe at the Mall of America and to the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. HER JOURNEY CONTINUES Nashauna no longer works in construction, but continues working hard to help at-risk youth . Three years ago, she started and continues to run the Mr. and Miss Juneteenth, a scholarship fundraiser as part of the Juneteenth celebration in Rochester. Two years ago, youth in the Journie program were funded to work on City of Rochester projects through Conservation Corps. Recently, Nashauna lined up a youth with a mentor Jamar Boone, an athletic trainer and owner of Mucksota Topsoil, LLC, a certified minority-owned company located in Rochester. A few youth in her program are currenlty looking for summer employment. Would your company be wiling to hire or mentor a person with lots of potential, like Nashauna? For more information vist Home (journieproject.org) or @imjournie. For more information about Nashauana, the Jefferson Awards and UCAN visit: 2022 Jefferson Awards | 50th Anniversary | Multiplying Good Nashauna and UCAN – A partnership for life - UCAN (ucanchicago.org) F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n s e e t h e C i t y o f R o c h e s t e r T a r g e t e d B u s i n e s s a n d W o r k f o r c e P a r t i c i p a t i o n P l a n w e b s i t e o r c o n t a c t J o r r i e J o h n s o n j j o h n s o n @ r o c h e s t e r m n .g o v ◦ (5 0 7 ) 3 2 8 -2 0 1 6 June 2023 Nashauna Johnson-Lenoir’s Success Nashauna’s first job as a flagger was in Iowa on an interstate improvement project. It was in the summer and she describes, “hot as heck!” She enjoyed the job and the crew. “At first it was hard because I could tell employees weren’t used to working with people of color. The more you did work and showed you were serious, the more I felt respected on the job. It took months,” she shares. She also experienced disrespect and it was difficult working long days without breaks or short breaks. She says the foreman wasn’t always on-site or easy to connect with. However, if there was an issue, the union representative would talk with the foreman. Nashauna's first job as a flagger.