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Appeal — Cabrillo Town Center Mixed -Use Development Project <br />May 3, 2023 <br />Page 4 of 12 <br />other workforce policies to local development permits to address transportation <br />issues. Cervero and Duncan note that: <br />In nearly built -out Berkeley, CA, the approach to balancing jobs and <br />housing is to create local jobs rather than to develop new housing. The <br />city's First Source program encourages businesses to hire local residents, <br />especially for entry- and intermediate -level jobs, and sponsors vocational <br />training to ensure residents are employment -ready. While the program is <br />voluntary, some 300 businesses have used it to date, placing more than <br />3,000 city residents in local jobs since it was launched in 1986. When <br />needed, these carrots are matched by sticks, since the city is not shy about <br />negotiating corporate participation in First Source as a condition of <br />approval for development permits. <br />Recently, the State of California verified its commitment towards workforce <br />development through the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022, <br />otherwise known as Assembly Bill No. 2011 ("AB2011"). AB2011 amended the <br />Planning and Zoning Law to allow ministerial, by -right approval for projects being <br />built alongside commercial corridors that meet affordability and labor requirements. <br />The City should utilize local workforce policies and requirements to benefit the local <br />area economically and to mitigate greenhouse gas, improve air quality, and reduce <br />transportation impacts. <br />II. THE CITY SHOULD IMPOSE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR <br />THE PROJECT'S CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT <br />COMMUNITY SPREAD OF COVID-19 AND OTHER INFECTIOUS <br />DISEASES <br />Construction work has been defined as a Lower to High -risk activity for COVID-19 <br />spread by the Occupations Safety and Health Administration. In fact, several <br />construction sites have been identified as sources of community spread of COVID- <br />19.' Thus, the City should adopt additional requirements to mitigate public health <br />risks from the Project's construction activities such as requiring safe on -site <br />'Santa Clara County Public Health Qune 12, 2020) COVID-19 CASES AT <br />CONSTRUCTION SITES HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR CONTINUED VIGILANCE IN <br />SECTORS THAT HAVE REOPENED, available athttps://www.sccgov.org/sites/ <br />covidl 9 /Pages /press-release-06-12-2020-cases-at-construction-sites.aspx. <br />City Council 18 — 21 10/3/2023 <br />