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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 15, 2006 <br />TITLE: <br />APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE <br />SANTA ANA WORKFORCE <br />INVESTMENT BOARD <br />~~ <br />EdUCation Est <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1s` Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Appoint Judy Chen-Lee and Donna Lin to the Santa Ana Workforce Investment <br />Board. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On March 6, 2000, the City Council adopted a resolution establishing the <br />Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board and appointed 33 members. In <br />accordance with the federal legislation, a majority of the Board and the <br />Board Chair must represent the private sector. The remaining Board seats <br />represent education, non-profit organizations, one-stop mandated partners <br />and local labor organizations. <br />Currently, there are two mandated public sector vacancies on the Board. <br />One is the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title I representative for the <br />agency that serves adults and dislocated workers; and the second is for a <br />public agency receiving funding to serve Title V, older workers. Judy <br />Chen-Lee, Coordinator of the Santa Ana W/0/R/K Center, is nominated to <br />fill the WIA Title I vacancy; and Donna Lin, Executive Director, Asian <br />American Senior Citizens Service Center in Santa Ana, is nominated to <br />fill the Title V agency vacancy. Both candidates have years of directly <br />related experience and will make excellent board members. Their resumes <br />are attached (Exhibit 1). <br /> <br />13C-1 <br />