DATE: February 23, 2016
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT
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Review of Potential Elements of Citywide Community Workforce Agreement
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council receives this report and provides direction to staff on whether to pursue a Citywide Community Workforce Agreement (CWA). If Council chooses to pursue a CWA, staff requests direction on the elements to be negotiated with the Alameda County Building Trades Council and affiliated parties.
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SUMMARY
The Building and Construction Trades Council of Alameda County ("Building Trades Council") and the City of Hayward have been discussing and working on a Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) for the past four years. In 2015, the Building Trades Council and the City executed a CWA for the new Library and Community Learning Center project, which was advertised for construction bids in May 2015. Staff has now had several months of experiencing in implementing the CWA for the Library construction project.
The Council has asked staff to bring forward an item that would allow for discussion of creating a "Citywide" CWA that could apply to a broader scope of projects within the community. Staff has drafted this report to help frame the policy discussion for the Council and to receive direction on how a Citywide CWA might be structured.
If the Council directs staff to pursue a Citywide CWA based on the discussion at this meeting, staff will work with representatives from the Building Trades Council to negotiate the various terms and conditions. These terms and conditions would be similar to those in the CWA for the Library project. The key difference will be the scope of projects subject to the Citywide CWA. This agreement would then return to Council for final approval and eventual implementation.
BACKGROUND
Over the years, CWAs/PLAs have been utilized in the construction indus...
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