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HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-024 -Designation as a Workforce Investment AreaRESOLUTION NO. 99-02 4 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO APPLY TO THE GOVERNOR FOR DESIGNATION AS A WORKFORCE INVESTMENT AREA AND APPOINTING THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL AS THE INTERIM WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD WHEREAS, the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (H.R. 1385) was signed into law on August 7, 1998, and will become effective on July 1, 2000. The Workfome Investment Act shall consolidate numerous training programs into three block grants: an adult employment and training grant, a youth activities grant, and a dislocated workers grant. These block grants will replace the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs with one-stop career centers as the delivery system for such grants; WHEREAS, the Workforce Investment Act defines what areas qualify for designation as Workforce Investment Areas. Service Delivery Areas with populations over 500,000 (Orange County) are automatically designated. However, in order for the City of Santa Ana, a Service Delivery Area with a population between 200,000 and 499,000, to receive the designation and thereby preclude the County from automatically taking over its programs, the local elected official must apply to the Governor to request temporary designation and the local Workforce Investment Board must be appointed; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA: 1. Authorizes the Mayor to apply to the Governor for the City of Santa Aha to be designated as a Workforce Investment Area. 2. Appoints the Private Industry Council as the interim Workforce Investment Board to respond to any transitional directives, both State and Federal, that may occur prior to the final Workforce Investment Area designation by the State. ADOPTED this 7th day of June .,1999. ATTEST: · Guy t~e Council COUNCILMEMBERS: Pulido Aye Lutz Aye Bist Aye Christy Aye Franklin Absent McGuigan Aye Moreno Aye APPROVED AS TO FORM: Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney Lisa E. Storck Assistant City Attorney CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Resolution No. be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Aha on , - , koftheCouncil' City of Santa Ana