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COMMUNITY WORKFORCE AGREEMENT
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DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT
PRESENTED BY: RAJA SETHURAMAN, PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR
CONTACT INFORMATION: SEUNG YANG, P.E., CITY ENGINEER (714) 754-5633
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff requests the City Council:
1. Provide direction on the attached Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) (Attachment 1) for a five-year term between the City of Costa Mesa (City) and the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council (Trades Council).
2. If approved, authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the agreement and accept any minor modifications to the agreement during the CWA term.
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BACKGROUND:
The goal of the Community Workforce Agreement (CWA), also referred to as the Project Labor Agreement (PLA), is to develop opportunities for qualified locally hired individuals and veterans for construction of the City's various Capital Improvement Projects (CIPs).
The aim is to promote efforts and to increase employment opportunities for residents of Costa Mesa and to facilitate training and employment for the City's students and veterans in the construction trades through apprenticeships and to encourage efficiency of construction operations performed by the City of Costa Mesa. In addition, it is the intent of the CWA to reconcile labor disputes in a peaceful manner and to resolve grievances without the need for labor stoppages (i.e., strikes), which serves the public interest and leads to the orderly completion of construction projects.
The goal of the CWA is that Costa Mesa residents and/or veterans, regardless of where they live, perform up to thirty-five percent (35%) of total work hours for qualifying projects. If the unions cannot provide the required labor force within the City, the next preference is to reach out to workers residing anywhere in Orange County. All CIP projects are required to comply with all other state regulations per Public Contracts Code (P...
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