TO:
Honorable Mayor Powell and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
David N. Carmany, City Manager
FROM:
Clay Curtin, Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Amendment No. 5 to the Joint Powers Agreement No. 83-100 for the Workforce Investment Board
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve Amendment No. 5 to the Joint Powers Agreement for the Workforce Investment Board.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
BACKGROUND:
In 1983, in response to the Federal Job Training Partnership Act, cities all across the country were asked to create a partnership between business, labor, community organizations and government. The essence of this legislation was to create job training and employment opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed.
This partnership took the form of Private Industry Councils which were required to be representative of all the above groups. As a result of this directive from Washington, cities were required to meet minimum population requirements in order to receive funding for the vast array of new job programs. For cities with populations under 200,000, they were allowed to join together in a consortium of geographically adjacent municipalities. However, it was necessary for the partnership to come together in an orderly manner with the obligatory rules, regulations and bylaws necessary for governance.
As the largest city in the South Bay Area, Inglewood under the direction of Jan Vogel, took the lead in bringing together the original eight cities which comprised what was then known as the South Bay Service Delivery Area. Those cities in alphabetical order were: El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Lawndale, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach. These cities each selected representatives from within their borders to serve on what became known as the Private Industry Council of the South Bay S...
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