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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JUNE 18, 2007 <br />TITLE. <br />APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE <br />SANTA ANA WORKFORCE INVESTMENT <br />BOARD <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance onlsaReading <br />^ Ordinance on 2 Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED 70 <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Appoint Mr. Lee McMurtray, Vice President of Commercial Banking, Cass <br />Commercial Bank, as a private sector member and Mr. Benjamin Blank, <br />Deputy Director, O.C. Social Services Agency, to the mandated Social <br />Services seat on the Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board. <br />WORKFORCE INVESMENT BOARD MOTION <br />At its regular meeting of May 11, 2007, by a vote of 17:0 (Ray, <br />abstained; Beasley, Campanelli, Chapman, Figueroa, Kanda, Lewis, Oakes, <br />Quarles, Zarate absent) the Workforce Investment Board recommended that <br />the City Council appoint Mr. Lee McMurtray, Vice President Commercial <br />Banking, Cass Commercial Bank, as a private sector member, and Mr. <br />Benjamin Blank, Deputy Director, O.C. Social Services Agency to the <br />mandated Social Services seat on the Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board <br />for four-year <br />DISCUSSION <br />On March 6, 2000, the Santa Ana City Council adopted a resolution <br />establishing the Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board and appointed 35 <br />members. In accordance with the federal legislation, a majority of the <br />Board members and the Board Chair must come from the private sector. The <br />remaining Board members would represent education, non-profit <br />organizations, one-stop mandated partners and local labor organizations. <br />Currently, there are five mandated private sector vacancies on the Board <br />and three public sector mandated vacancies consisting of one social <br />services agency, one migrant and seasonal farm worker seat, and one local <br />labor seat. After an extensive recruitment campaign and interview <br />process, the Marketing Committee is recommending Mr. Lee McMurtray as a <br />13C-1 <br />