Local Hire Requirement / Development Agreements / Unemployment / COVID-19 Pandemic

CF 20-0949    AT CITY COUNCIL 09/30/2020

PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to incorporating a local hire requirement into Development Agreements for projects in the City.

Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Cedillo – Rodriguez):

INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning (DCP), with the assistance of the City Attorney, to prepare and present an amendment to the City’s Development Agreement Guidelines (pursuant to CPC No. 86-404 MSC) and a report with recommendations on options for requiring that every Development Agreement for the construction of any project in the City, include a provision requiring project applicants to enter into an agreement with the City, or whomever is the most appropriate agency, to incorporate a local hire requirement into all development projects, thereby ensuring the hiring of local residents, particularly but not limited to those in service sector occupations, living in close proximity to the proposed project site.

INSTRUCT that the report include information on the following:

Prevailing Wage Project.
The JJJ Projects
The Development Agreement Projects that have been approved by the City and provide an analysis of how many projects in the City have a mandated State-approved skilled and trained workforce requirement.

Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


09/25/2020 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on September 30, 2020.  Report from PLUM (September 30, 2020)
09/03/2020 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved as amended .  Motion (July 29, 2020)
08/31/2020 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 3, 2020.  Motion (July 29, 2020)
07/29/2020 Motion document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Motion (July 29, 2020)

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