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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 4, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING <br />WITH CORNERSTONE SOLUTIONS, INC. <br />JOB CORPS SERVICES <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO 2,4) <br />- Dl'n� <br />CITY MANAGE' <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 18' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2 I Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For,_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the Mayor, City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached <br />Memorandum of Understanding with Cornerstone Solutions, Inc. — Job Corp Services to provide <br />onsite eligibility services for enrollment into Job Corp programs for a term beginning October 4, <br />2016 through June 30, 2019, subject to non - substantive changes approved by the City Manager <br />and City Attorney. <br />WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD ACTION <br />At its Special Meeting of September 15, 2016, by a vote of 13:1 (Tucker abstained, Beasley, <br />Korthuis, Perez, Rose, Ruiz, Rutledge, Smith absent), the Workforce Development Board <br />recommended that the City Council approve the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act <br />partner Memorandum of Understanding with Cornerstone Solutions, Inc. - Job Corps Services <br />and authorize the Board Chair to sign; and recommend City Council approve the Memorandum of <br />Understanding with Cornerstone Solutions, Inc. -Job Corps Services and authorize the Mayor and <br />City Manager to sign. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was signed into law on July 22, <br />2014 replacing the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA). Initial implementation of the new <br />legislation began July 1, 2015 with full implementation required July 1, 2017. As part of the <br />transition from WIA to WIOA, the City requested and the Governor approved initial designation as <br />a Local Workforce Development Area for the two year implementation period. This initial <br />designation recognizes the time needed to transition the Workforce Investment Board (WIB) to a <br />Workforce Development Board (WDB) and build the foundation to implement WIOA. <br />WIOA mandates that certain federal, state and local agencies formally partner with the local <br />WIB's/WDB's to align investments in workforce, education and economic development with <br />25A -1 <br />