The purpose of this article is to create a policy that encourages contractors who receive City public works contracts to hire residents of the Monterey Bay Area. Unless excepted under section 28-72 herein, all City contracts for public works subject to the formal bidding requirements set forth in section 28-20(A) of this chapter shall contain provisions pursuant to which the contractor promises to make a good faith effort to hire qualified individuals who are residents of the Monterey Bay Area in sufficient numbers so that no less than 50% of the contractor’s total construction work force, including any subcontractor work force, measured in labor work hours, is comprised of Monterey Bay Area residents. (Ord. 3254 §2, 1999)