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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 17, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT PLAN <br />MODIFICATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011- <br />2012 <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 2nd Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Approve the Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board Annual Plan Modification for Fiscal Year <br />2011-2012 and authorize its submittal to the State of California Workforce Investment Board. <br />WORKFORCE INVESMENT BOARD RECOMMENDATION <br />At its regular meeting of September 9, 2011, by a vote of 18:0 (Carter, Didion, Elliott, Everett, <br />Gonzalez, Jimenez-Hami, Knitter, Korthuis, Lewis, Lin, Nazeri, Ruiz absent), the Workforce <br />Investment Board recommended that City Council approve the Santa Ana Workforce Investment <br />Board Annual Plan Modification for Fiscal Year 2011-2012 and authorize its submittal to the State <br />of California Workforce Investment Board. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The State Workforce Investment Board (WIB) requires each Local Workforce Investment Area <br />(LWIA) to submit a modification of its local plan for their review and approval in order to receive <br />funding for that fiscal year. This modification process is used to ensure plans meet any new State <br />Board requirements, to document any substantial changes in the LWIA and to submit fund <br />utilization and participant services plans for the new fiscal year. Workforce Investment Act (WIA) <br />regulations require a thirty-day public comment period for all plan modifications to allow for input <br />on the expected usage of these federal funds. <br />A notice was published in the Orange County Reporter on September 14, 2011 announcing its <br />availability to the public for a thirty-day comment period. All comments received will be included in <br />the final document. With the exception of incorporating new funds, only minor changes were <br />required to the plan regarding local employment statistics and efforts to address local <br />unemployment issues. <br />19C-1