LOS ANGELES/ORANGE COUNTIES BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL

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CITY OF SANTA ANA COMMUNITY WORKFORCE AGREEMENT This Community Workforce Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into effective as of 2017, by and between the City of Santa Ana, a municipal corporation ("City"), the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council ("Trades Council"), and the signatory Craft Councils and Local Unions signing this Agreement (collectively, the "Union" or "Unions"). This Agreement establishes the labor relations policies and procedures for the City, the Contractors awarded contracts for Project Work and for the crafts persons employed by the Contractors and represented by the Unions engaged in the Project Work as more fully described below. The City, Trades Council and Unions are hereinafter referred to herein, as the context may require, as "Party" or "Parties." It is understood by the Parties to this Agreement that for the duration of this Agreement, it shall be the policy of the City for all Project Work (as defined in Section 2.2.) to be contracted exclusively to Contractors who agree to execute and be bound by the terms of this Agreement, directly or through the Letter of Assent (a form of which is attached as "Attachment A"), and to require each of its subcontractors, of whatever tier, to become so bound. The City shall include, directly or by incorporation by reference, the requirements of this Agreement in the advertisement of and/or specifications for each and every contract for Project Work to be awarded by the City. It is further understood that the City shall actively administer and enforce the obligations of this Agreement to ensure that the benefits envisioned from it flow to all Parties, the Contractors and crafts persons working under it, and the residents of the City. The City shall therefore designate a "CWA Administrator," either from its own staff or an independent contractor, to serve as the City's liaison for Contractors and other persons; monitor compliance with this Agreement; assist, as the authorized representative of the City, in developing and implementing the programs referenced herein, all of which are critical to fulfilling the intent and purposes of the Parties and this Agreement; and to otherwise implement and administer this Agreement. ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS Section 1.1 "Agreement" or "CWA" means this Community Workforce Agreement Section 1.2 "Apprentice" means those employees indentured and participating in a Joint Labor/Management Apprenticeship Program approved by the State of California, Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Section 1.3 "Construction Contract" or "Construction Contracts" means any contract entered into by the City, for the construction of Project Work as specified in Section 2.2. Section 1.4 "Contractor" means any individual firm, partnership or corporation, or combination thereof, including joint ventures, which is an independent business enterprise and which has entered into a Construction Contract with the City or any of its contractors or any of Final Draft Community Workforce Agreement 6.22.17 3 City of Santa Ana