Making the Grade

Department of Parks and Recreation,

July 1, 2014

M/WBE Letter Grade

Letter Grade Overview

DPR did not perform particularly well with any group across all industries, but did spend with every minority group in most industries. The agency’s weakest spending was with Black American businesses, where it failed to spend virtually anything in its largest industry – construction services. This contributed to its overall grade of D.

About DPR

The Department of Parks & Recreation (DPR) maintains a municipal park system of more than 29,000 acres, including more than 1,900 parks, nearly 1,000 playgrounds, over 600,000 street trees and two million park trees.

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Agency Fiscal Year 2014 Spending within Local Law 174*

  African American Asian American Hispanic American Women Non M/WBE
  $ % $ % $ % $ % $
Construction $6,090 0.04% $5,951,595 35.33% $2,795,852 33.19% $5,155,471 13.60% $196,692,392
Professional Services $0 0.00% $3,519,621 No Goal $29,362 1.63% $803,769 20.93% $18,234,609
Standard Services $108,855 2.20% $345,089 27.87% $2,089 0.09% $4,262,952 103.30% $36,548,547
Goods < $100K $234,294 36.14% $483,937 65.31% $476,805 102.96% $1,488,580 64.29% $6,578,741
Total LL174 Spending $349,239 $10,300,242 $3,304,108 $11,710,772 $258,054,290
Weighted Grade F D D D N/A

$ = the dollar amount spent in the Local Law 174 eligible category. % = the percentage of the Local Law 174 target that was achieved.

* Letter grades are calculated using a weighted average of agency spending across population groups and sectors. All dollars and percents are based on Local Law 174 and exclude categories described in Appendix D: Methodology. For a complete worksheet detailing how this agency grade was calculated, see Appendix B: Worksheets.

M/WBE Letter Grade Worksheet

Reference: Local Law 174 Target Spending Percent

Category C PS SS G
African American (AFA) 8% 12% 12% 7%
Asian American (AA) 8% No Goal 3% 8%
Hispanic American (HA) 4% 8% 6% 5%
Women (W) 18% 17% 10% 25%
C: Construction  PS: Professional Services. SS: Standard Services G: Goods

Reference: Grade Scale

Weighted % Score Avg. Score Grade
> 80 5 > 4.25 A
> 60 4 > 3.25 B
> 40 3 > 2.25 C
> 20 2 > 1.25 D
< 20 1 < 1.25 F

Step 1: Total Eligible Spending Per Industry

Total Eligible Spending C PS SS G
$283,718,651 $210,601,401 $22,587,361 $41,267,533 $9,262,357

Step 2: Weighted Matrix (Industry Spending/Total Eligible Spending)

Category C PS SS G
AFA, HA, W 74.23% 7.96% 14.55% 3.26%
AA No Goal

Step 3: Actual LL174 M/WBE Spending

Category C PS SS G
African American $6,090 $0 $108,855 $234,294
Asian American $5,951,595 $3,519,621 $345,089 $483,937
Hispanic American $2,795,852 $29,362 $2,089 $476,805
Women $5,155,471 $803,769 $4,262,952 $1,488,580

Step 4: Actual Spending Percentage (Actual LL174 M/WBE Spending/Industry Spending)

Category C PS SS G
African American 0.00% 0.00% 0.26% 2.53%
Asian American 2.83% 15.58% 0.84% 5.22%
Hispanic American 1.33% 0.13% 0.01% 5.15%
Women 2.45% 3.56% 10.33% 16.07%

Step 5: LL174 M/WBE Spending as Percentage of Target Achieved (Actual Spending Percentage/LL174 Target)

Category C PS SS G
African American 0.04% 0.00% 2.20% 36.14%
Asian American 35.33% No Goal 27.87% 65.31%
Hispanic American 33.19% 1.63% 0.09% 102.96%
Women 13.60% 20.93% 103.30% 64.29%

Step 6: Final Score

Category C PS SS G
African American 1.53% F 1 1.75
Asian American 35.21% D 2
Hispanic American 28.14% D 2
Women 28.89% D 2

Subcontract Data

Department of Parks and Recreation, FY 2014

Total Reported Spending LL174 Eligible Spending Non Eligible Spending
No Data No Data No Data
LL174 Sub Spending Construction Goods Professional Services Standard Services M/WBE Total
African American No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
Asian American No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
Hispanic American No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
Women No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
Industry Total No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
$242 billion
Aug
2022