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Appeal — Cabrillo Town Center Mixed -Use Development Project <br />May 3, 2023 <br />Page 2 of 12 <br />I. THE CITY SHOULD REQUIRE THE USE OF A LOCAL <br />WORKFORCE TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC <br />DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT <br />First, SWMSRCC maintains that the City should require the Project to be built using a <br />local workers who have graduated from a Joint Labor -Management Apprenticeship <br />Program approved by the State of California, have at least as many hours of on-the- <br />job experience in the applicable craft which would be required to graduate from such <br />a state -approved apprenticeship training program, or who are registered apprentices in <br />a state -approved apprenticeship training program. <br />Community benefits such as local hire can also be helpful to reduce environmental <br />impacts and improve the positive economic impact of the Project. Local hire <br />provisions requiring that a certain percentage of workers reside within 10 miles or less <br />of the Project site can reduce the length of vendor trips, reduce greenhouse gas <br />emissions, and provide localized economic benefits. As environmental consultants <br />Matt Hagemann and Paul E. Rosenfeld note: <br />[A]ny local hire requirement that results in a decreased worker trip length <br />from the default value has the potential to result in a reduction of <br />construction -related GHG emissions, though the significance of the <br />reduction would vary based on the location and urbanization level of the <br />project site. <br />March 8, 2021 SWAPE Letter to Mitchell M. Tsai re Local Hire Requirements and <br />Considerations for Greenhouse Gas Modeling. <br />Workforce requirements promote the development of skilled trades that yield <br />sustainable economic development. As the California Workforce Development Board <br />and the University of California, Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education <br />concluded: <br />[L]abor should be considered an investment rather than a cost —and <br />investments in growing, diversifying, and upskilling California's workforce <br />can positively affect returns on climate mitigation efforts. In other words, <br />City Council 18 — 19 10/3/2023 <br />