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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/public-works <br />Item # 51 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />June 6, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Approve Proposed Community Workforce Agreement <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Approve Proposed Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) with the Los <br />Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council and the Signatory <br />Craft Councils and Unions <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize the City Manager to execute the Community Workforce Agreement with the <br />Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council and the <br />Signatory Craft Councils and Unions for Public Works Construction Contracts over the <br />recommended thresholds of $2,500,000 and Specialty Contracts over $1,000,000, for a <br />ten-year term beginning June 6, 2023 and ending June 6, 2033, subject to non - <br />substantive changes approved by the City Manager and the City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On February 21, 2023, the City Council directed Staff to enter into negotiations with the <br />Los Angeles and Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council (LA/OC <br />BCTC) to work and build on the City's expired Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) <br />which establishes labor relations policies and procedures for the City. The purpose of <br />the CWA is to support the efforts of the City to increase Union employment opportunities <br />for workers who live in Santa Ana, to help increase training and employment <br />opportunities for the City's students in the construction trades through apprenticeships, <br />to promote the efficiency of construction operations performed for the City of Santa Ana, <br />and to provide peaceful settlement of labor disputes and grievances without strikes or <br />lockouts. <br />Since that time, City staff has engaged in productive meetings and exchange of <br />proposals with the Trades Council. The parties have reached an agreement on all <br />provisions, with the exception of the threshold for application of the CWA. <br />Professional staff reviewed numerous community workforce agreements in place at <br />local agencies, as well as consulted with professional counterparts at both local <br />agencies and agencies in northern California and Oregon, to recommend the most <br />appropriate project contract thresholds for the application of the CWA. While the details <br />City Council 51 — 1 6/6/2023 <br />