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<br />Community Workforce Agreement 3 City of Santa Ana <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />COMMUNITY WORKFORCE AGREEMENT <br /> <br />This Community Workforce Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into on June 6, 2023 (“Effective <br />Date”), by and between the City of Santa Ana, a municipal corporation (“City”), the Los <br />Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council (“Trades Council”), and the <br />signatory Craft Councils and Local Unions signing this Agreement (collectively, the “Union” or <br />“Unions”). This Agreement establishes the labor relations policies and procedures for the City, the <br />Contractors awarded contracts for Project Work and for the craft s persons employed by the <br />Contractors and represented by the Unions engaged in the Project Work as more fully described <br />below. The City, Trades Council and Unions are hereinafter referred to herein, as the context may <br />require, as “Party” or “Parties.” <br /> <br />It is understood by the Parties to this Agreement that for the duration of this Agreement, it shall be <br />the policy of the City for all Project Work (as defined in Section 2.2.) to be contracted exclusively <br />to Contractors who agree to execute and be bound by the terms of this Agreement, directly or <br />through the Letter of Assent (a form of which is attached as “Attachment A”), and to require each <br />of its subcontractors, of whatever tier, to become so bound. The City shall include, directly or by <br />incorporation by reference, the requirements of this Agreement in the advertisement of and/or <br />specifications for each and every contract for Project Work to be awarded by the City. <br /> <br />It is further understood that the City shall actively administer and enforce the obligations of this <br />Agreement to ensure that the benefits envisioned from it flow to all Parties, the Contractors and <br />crafts persons working under it, and the residents of the City. The City shall therefore designate a <br />“CWA Administrator,” either from its own staff or an independent contractor, to serve as the City’s <br />liaison for Contractors and other persons; monitor compliance with this Agreement; assist, as the <br />authorized representative of the City, in developing and implementing the programs referenced <br />herein, all of which are critical to fulfilling the intent and purposes of the Parties and this <br />Agreement; and to otherwise implement and administer this Agreement. <br /> <br />ARTICLE 1 <br />DEFINITIONS <br /> <br />Section 1.1 “Agreement” or “CWA” means this Community Workforce Agreement. <br /> <br />Section 1.2 “Apprentice” means those employees indentured and participating in a Joint <br />Labor/Management Apprenticeship Program approved by the State of California, Department of <br />Industrial Relations, Division of Apprenticeship Standards. <br /> <br />Section 1.3 “Construction Contract” or “Construction Contracts” means any contract entered <br />into by the City, for the construction of Project Work as specified in Section 2.2. <br /> <br />Section 1.4 “Contractor” means any individual firm, partnership or corporation, or combination <br />thereof, including joint ventures, which is an independent business enterprise and which has <br />entered into a Construction Contract with the City or any of its contractors or any of the City's or