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any additional certification to participate in any program designed to enhance the participation of such businesses as vendors or to remedy any documented disparity. (ee) In awarding a contract for services to a women -owned or minority -owned business that is certified in accordance with Code of Virginia, § 2.2 -1606, as amended, restated or moved from time to time, where the award is being made pursuant to an enhancement or remedial program as provided in subsection (ca), the city shall include in every such contract of more than $10,000.00 the following language: "If the contractor intends to subcontract work as part of its performance under this contract, the contractor shall include in the proposal a plan to subcontract to �k women - owned; and/or minority- owned, businesses." (4*t) As used in this section 12 -176, the following words, terms and phrases have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection (fd): Minority individual means an individual who is a citizen of the United States or a legal resident alien and who satisfies one or more of the following definitions: 1. African American means a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Africa and who is regarded as such by the community of which this person claims to be a part. 2. Asian American means a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands, including but not limited to Japan, China, Vietnam, Samoa, Laos, Cambodia, Taiwan, Northern Mariana Islands, the Philippines, a U.S. territory of the Pacific, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, or Sri Lanka and who is regarded as such by the community of which this person claims to be a part. 3. Hispanic American means a person having origins in any of the Spanish - speaking peoples of Mexico, South or Central America, or the Caribbean Islands or other Spanish or Portuguese cultures and who is regarded as such by the community of which this person claims to be a part. 4. Native American means a person having origins in any of the original peoples of North America and who is regarded as such by the community of