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File #: 17-0240    Version: 1
Type: Consent - Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 6/6/2017 Final action:
Title: Re-Appointment of Joe Ahn to the South Bay Workforce Investment Board (City Clerk Tamura). APPROVE
Attachments: 1. South Bay Workforce Investment Board Nomination Ratification Letter, 2. Chamber of Commerce Nomination Letter, 3. Letter to South Bay Workforce Investment Board Affirming Re-Appointment
TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager

FROM:
Liza Tamura, City Clerk
George Gabriel, Management Analyst

SUBJECT:Title
Re-Appointment of Joe Ahn to the South Bay Workforce Investment Board (City Clerk Tamura).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council re-appoint Joe Ahn to serve as a Manhattan Beach representative to the South Bay Workforce Investment Board (SBWIB) for the term of July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2021.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
No fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.

BACKGROUND:
The South Bay Workforce Investment Board administers and delivers services pursuant to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 to residents of Carson, El Segundo, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Lawndale, Gardena, Lomita, Torrance, Redondo Beach, and Manhattan Beach. Manhattan Beach has had representatives on the board since February 2000.

Based upon the composition of the SBWIB, the City of Manhattan Beach holds one (1) private sector business seat currently held by Joe Ahn, which will become vacant as of
June 30, 2017.

Pursuant to the legislative mandates outlined in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014, Private Sector Members of the South Bay Workforce Investment Board of Directors must be appointed from among individuals nominated by local business organizations or business trade associations. The SBWIB consults the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce as the local business organization to nominate a private sector member. Nominees are then appointed by the City Council of participating cities and ratified by the Mayor and City Council of Inglewood (the South Bay Workforce Investment Area Chief Local Elected Official).

DISCUSSION:
At the request of the South Bay Workforce Investment Board, the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors u...

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