Title
Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Agreement to Extend the Term of the Community Workforce Agreement with the Alameda County Building and Construction Trades Council and its Affiliated Local Unions Governing Labor Procedures for City Construction Projects by One Year
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COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Economic Development
* Infrastructure
SUMMARY
On June 15, 2015, the City Council approved adoption of the Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) negotiated with the Alameda County Building and Construction Trades Council (BTC) and its affiliated local unions to govern labor procedures for City construction projects valued at or above $1,000,000. 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 agreement has been extended three times since it officially started in 2016.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a side agreement to extend the term through January 1, 2027 of the CWA with the BTC, which governs labor procedures for City construction projects valued at or above $1,000,000.
BACKGROUND
The basic provisions of the CWA agreement with the BTC are as follows:
Covered Work: The work covered under the CWA includes all on-site construction, demolition, alteration, painting or repair of buildings, structures, landscaping, temporary fencing and other related activities for the projects that is within the craft jurisdictions of one of the signatory unions and that is part of the projects, including pipelines, site preparation, survey work, and demolition.
The agreement does not apply to projects for which there is a prohibition, exclusion or other limitation imposed because of a grant requirement, funding source agreement, or other agreement that creates a risk to the City of any repayment or return to source of any fund...
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