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Home My WebLink AboutCorrespondence - #51 Orozco, Norma From: Flores, Tony <Tony.Flores @asm.ca.gov> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 11:58 AM To: eComment Cc: Rubalcava, Natalie; Ryberg, Erinn Subject: Assemblymember Avelino Valencia: Letter of Support_ Regarding CWA Attachments: ASM AV-Letter of Support-City of Santa Ana_CWA_Final Version.pdf Greetings, Attached is a letter of support from our office pertaining to item#51 on tonight's Santa Ana City Council agenda. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our office. All The Best, Tav14 -Flores Senior Field Representative Assembly Member Avelino Valencia I AD 68 District Office:2400 East Katella Ave Ste 640 Anaheim,CA 92806 Main 714-939-8469 Tony.Flores@asm.ca.gov i 1 STATE CAPITOL P.p_BOX 942849 SACRAMENTO,CA94249-0068 r (9191319-2068 19-21 1-1farnta �rglislafurr FAX{916)319-21fi8 sTATN P z AVELINO VALENCIA ASSEMBLY MEMBER.SIXTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT June 6, 2023 Madam Mayor Valerie Amezcua Santa Ana City Hall 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Re: SUPPORT— City OC/LA Building and Construction Trades CWA Dear Madam Mayor Amezcua, Mayor Pro Tern Lopez, and City Councilmembers: I write in support of the Los Angeles and Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council's (Building Trades) Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) with the City of Santa Ana. CWA provides employment opportunities for local residents to gain access to skilled jobs that pay prevailing wages. When a local resident is employed in their community, they are able to reinvest in their local economy and decrease traffic congestion on highways, thus, leading to an improved quality of life. For these reasons above, I encourage the support of the Building Trades renewed recommended Agreement. In Service, 4,11-�11 Avelino Valencia State of California Assemblymember, 68t" District Orozco, Norma From: Escamilla, Manuel <manuel.escamilla@ocgov.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 3:06 PM To: Amezcua, Valerie; eComment Cc: Ridge, Kristine Subject: Item 51 - CWA - Letter of Support Attachments: City of Santa Ana - Letter of Support - CWA.pdf Dear Mayor and Santa Ana City Council, Please see the attached letter of support from Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento. All the best, Manny Bcc: Santa Ana City Council; LA-OC Building Trades Manuel J. Escamilla manuel.escamilla@ocgov.com Senior Policy Advisor Office of Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento County Administration North 400 W. Civic Center Drive, Sixth Floor Santa Ana, CA 92701 Office: 714-834-3220 Cell: 657-401-5554 1 ' VICENTE SARMIENTO ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SUPERVISOR, SECOND DISTRICT COUNTY ADMINISTRATION NORTH BUILDING 400 W.CIVIC CENTER DRIVE.SANTA ANA,CALIFORNIA 92701 PHONE(714) 834-3220 June 6, 2023 Mayor Valerie Amezcua Santa Ana City Council 26 Civic Center Plaza, Bch floor Santa Ana, CA, 92701 Re: Orange County Board Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento's Statement in Support of renewed Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) I am writing to express my support of the Los Angeles and Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council's (Building Trades) recommended renewed Community Workforce Agreement(CWA)with the City of Santa Ana. A genuine partnership with local labor organizations is fundamental to building a more robust economy and training the next generation of skilled Santa Ana workers. Employment opportunities in the construction trades are a vital pathway to middle-class stability for residents. This Agreement will provide access to work opportunities for students from Santa Ana's College Continuing Adult Education Apprenticeship Readiness Program at the Remington Center and Century High School with City projects as they enter the Joint Labor Management Training Programs operated by the Building Trades. CA state law already requires the payment of prevailing wages for public works projects. However, the systemic violation of these labor policies gives unscrupulous contractors an advantage in bidding for contracts. This CWA will help to ensure that existing labor laws, standards, and practices are implemented by all city contractors on a level playing field. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, ZWZ_4_� Vicente Sarmiento Orange County Board Supervisor, District 2 Los Angeles / Orange Counties 1626 Beverly Boulevard Sgwrw„ Las Angeles,CA 90026-578 Building and Construction phone(213)483-4222 Trades Council Fax(213)483-4419 Affiliated with the Building;& Cruustnection 7i-ades Dept,AFL-CIO May 30,2023 Honorable Mayor Amezeua and City Council 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana CA 92701 Dear Madam Mayor and members of the City Council, On June 6, City staff will be aiming for you to approve their unilateral CWA draft Agreement. We are requesting that you reject their proposed draft and amend with our proposed language in the chart below. Attached are both draft agreements (City Staff and Building Trades)for your comparison. I am also attaching the letter that City Manager Ridge sent whereas she is unilaterally submitting the City's draft Community Workforce Agreement(CWA)dated 4/21. This letter was the response we received after we replied to the City's proposal. In the many years of our experience, it has been usual and customary for City staff to present a mutually agreed upon document instead of unilateral imposing it. As you can see it is standard to have thresholds for Prime Multi Trade threshold amounts. They vary anywhere between $125,000.00 to $750,000.00 The chart below reflects that this is within the general range that we propose in all of our Agreements. The City's staff's outrageous. ro osal of$2.5 million and $1 million shall limit significantly the number of hours that can be worked by local residents and veterans. City Prime Multi Trade Amounts Prime Specialty Amounts Buena Park $500K $250K Carson $125K $25K Lancaster $175K $100K Palmdale $250K $100K West Hollywood $750K $100K Irvine $500K $150K Given the City's original proposal of$5.5 million for Prime Multi Trade and $1 million for Prime Specialty work were egregious proposals leading us to believe that they had no interest in ood faith ne otiations with the Building Trades. For your reference,the dollar thresholds in the expired City of Santa Ana Agreement were: Prime Multi Trade -$250K Prime Specialty Trade - $100K The current Union proposal dollar thresholds for the City of Santa Ana are: Multi Trade=$750K Prime Specialty Trade= $100K We also reject the language that annually adjusts for inflation by the California Construction Cost Index(CCCI). None of our Agreements have that and it isn't necessary. We are respectfully requesting that the City Council replace the City Staff language paragraph that is in the right column below with the Union Proposal on the left.The red font text is the language that we are requesting to be replaced. Our Affiliated Trade Local Unions have informed us that that they cannot sign the City's proposed Agreement. UNION PROPOSAL LANGUAGE CITY STAFF PROPOSAL LANGUAGE To replace the language in the adjacent column To be replaced by language in the adjacent column 2.1 11 no4-e VI n-,1- ZA-r-is;eefistEuetien,,-aS-4@44 e 2.2.1 Public Works construction,as =. Ar defined by the California Public Contract Code, by Elie GR48FRiR Ptiblie GOMEfRet 60de, and major rehabilitation work pursuant to Wer-4 plir-S •Etf-t CE)"far4Me _�;_:-=a "prime multi-trade construction contracts"that __=: _ __ _ #T��t�"r>,��___��a * • ;" rr } exceed seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000)and all subcontracts flowing from ,l_ n,.t e t 8 14 ow i H rr ff e fn t�°s e 13 r i i i i e m 44l,-; r-raa� these prime multi-trade contracts;and -anniial4y adjasted• ^T_'ist Ly E4 e-r- 2.2.2 All prime"Specialty Contracts,"as defined in Section 1.10 that exceed one hundred thousand ($100,000)and all subcontracts flowing from these specialty contracts;and 2.2-2—A4prime"Specialty Cnntfaer s a_c_K_a 2.2.3 The City may,at any time and at its and R11 sabeentfaets n E ,D - 0--se-se sveeiE&A sole discretion,determine to build additional Ask buildings,facilities,and other projects under inl4Rtion by�I.P r l;F , ; '�� •��;� r n . T '�-. this Agreement which are not otherwise (r-GGI) as pf-epRfeEl by the Department covered as Project Work. SeFAIEct,:A,d 2.2.3 The City may,at any time and at its sole discretion,determine to build additional buildings, facilities,and other projects under this Agreement which are not otherwise covered as Project Work. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you, . Ank Ernesto Medrano Council Representative EM:ag/0PEIU#537/af1-do CITY MANAGER MAYOR Kristine Ridge Valerie Amezcua "`;' CITY ATTORNEY MAYOR PRO TEM Sonia R.Carvalho Jessie Lopez CITY CLERK +CflUNCILMEMBERS �ij l Jennifer L. Hall Phil Bacerra ' Johnathan Ryan Hernandez David Penaloza Thai Viet Phan Benjamin Vazquez CITY OF SANTA ANA CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE 20 Civic Center Plaza • P.O.Box 1988 Santa Ana,California 92702 www santa-ana.org May 3, 2023 Mr. Ernesto Medrano, Council Representative LA/OC Building and Construction Trades Council 1626 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90026 E: emedrano@laocbuildingtrades.org RE; Community Workforce Agreement Dear Mr, Medrano: At the February 21, 2023 City Council Meeting, City Staff was directed to reengage and negotiate a Community Workforce Agreement with the LAIOC Building and Construction Trades Council (LA/OC BCTC). Since then, the City Staff and LA/OC BCTC have engaged in multiple rounds of proposal exchanges and productive meetings. On April 21, 2023, City Staff transmitted to LA/OC BCTC a final Community Workforce Agreement. At the June 6, 2023 City Council Meeting, the Public Works Agency will be presenting the agreement that was transmitted to you on April 21, 2023, for consideration and approval. You are more than welcome to obtain the required document signatures prior to the Council meeting. If you are able, please transmit the countersigned agreement to the City prior to the agenda publishing date, and we will replace the agreement with the countersigned version in the staff report to Council. Please do not hesitate to contact Nabil Saba, Executive Director of Public Works, at (714) 647-5654 if you should have any questions or concerns. 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