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Staff Report for a Resolution of the City of San Leandro City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Side Agreement to Extend the Term of the Community Workforce Agreement with the Alameda County Building and Construction Trades Council and Its Affiliated Local Unions and for a Resolution Approving a Consulting Services Agreement with Bay Area Business Roundtable for Workforce Development and Local Business Inclusion Services
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
On June 15, 2015, the City Council adopted a Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) that was negotiated with the Alameda County Building and Construction Trades Council (BTC) and its affiliated local unions to govern labor procedures for City construction projects above $1,000,000. Further, the Agreement set in place policies and goals related to the hiring of San Leandro residents to work on City construction projects and the hiring of San Leandro residents into the signatory unions' apprenticeship programs. The three-year term of the CWA began on January 1, 2016 and will conclude on December 31, 2018.To support efforts to implement both the CWA and the City's 2014 Local Business Preference policy, the City hired Bay Area Business Roundtable to conduct workforce development, marketing, data and trend analysis, and outreach.
Staff recommends that the City Council take the following actions:
* Authorize the City Manager to execute a side agreement to extend the current term of the CWA with the BTC through December 31, 2019; and
* Direct staff to begin negotiations with BTC for the next term of the CWA; and
* Approve a Consulting Services Agreement (CSA) with Bay Area Business Roundtable in the amount of $60,000 for workforce development and local business inclusion consulting services.
BACKGROUND
The basic provisions of the CWA agreement with BTC are as follows:
Covered Work: The work covered under the CWA includes all on-site construction, demolition, alteration, painting or re...
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