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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 15, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROPRATION ADJUSTMENT ORANGE <br />COUNTY SLINGSHOT INITIATIVE FUNDS <br />FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2016-17 AND <br />AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF <br />ORANGE <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 2,4) <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing Orange County Slingshot Initiative grant <br />funds in the amount of $500,000 in revenue account (no. 12418002-52001) and appropriating <br />same to expenditure account (no. 12418750- various). <br />Authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with the <br />County of Orange to receive $500,000 for workforce services, strategic planning and program <br />design for the regional Local Workforce Development Boards under the Workforce Innovation <br />Opportunity Act, for a term beginning July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2018, subject to <br />nonsubstantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Slingshot Initiative is a California statewide initiative with the goal to accelerate income <br />mobility through regional collaboration. In August 2016, the City of Santa Ana Workforce <br />Development Board (WDB) was awarded a grant to launch a Slingshot Initiative in the region. <br />The lead partners for this grant consist of the three local workforce boards that represent the <br />region, specifically, Orange County, Santa Ana and Anaheim. The initiative, targets employer - <br />informed strategies and multiple pathways for advancing workers from entry-level jobs to middle - <br />skill careers that are competitive and economically sustainable. The intent is to identify the talent <br />requirements of local employers, address the needs of regional populations that are increasingly <br />disconnected from the fast -changing economic mainstream, and access to middle -wage <br />occupations. <br />The WDB will lead the regional planning, implementation, and collaboration effort with the <br />Orange County Development Board in facilitating regional goals, objectives, developing regional <br />strategies, policies, regional program planning and infrastructure development. In accordance <br />20A-1 <br />