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REQUEST FOR
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
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CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
TITLE:
MAY 17, 2004
APPROVED
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0 Ordinance on 1" Reading
0 Ordinance on 2"' Reading
0 Implementing Resolution
0 Set Public Hearing For
FEDERAL EMPOWERMENT ZONE
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
1.
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2.
Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager
and the Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with the Santa
Ana Empowerment Corporation for the Empowerment Zone Youth Workforce
Development Program.
Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $500,000 in Federal
Empowerment Zone funds awarded to the Santa Ana W/O/R/K Center for a
Youth Workforce Development program.
3.
Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager
and Clerk of the Council to execute a lease with Civic Center Medical
Arts Associates for office space at 500 West Santa Ana Boulevard.
4.
Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager
and Clerk of the Council to execute a contract with New Tangram, LLC
in an amount not to exceed $10,000 for the lease of furniture for the
Youth Workforce Development program.
DISCUSSION
On April 23, 2003, the Santa Ana Empowerment Corporation awarded the Santa
Ana W/O/R/K Center $500,000 to fund a Youth Workforce Development
Employment program for 300 youth living within the Santa Ana Empowerment
Zone. The Youth Workforce Development program will provide work
experience, job skills activities, life skills workshops and career
Alanning for the participants. It will also incorporate objectives and
Woals designed to empower them to make knowledgeable choices regarding
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education, careers and families. The Youth Workforce Development program
will be staffed with part time Youth Workforce Counselors and overseen by
existing W/O/R/K Center staff.
In order to meet the space demands of this program, staff is recommending
that a lease from May 1, 2004 through September 30, 2004 be entered into
for 3,407 square feet of office space located at 500 West Santa Ana
Boulevard at a rate of $1.34 per square foot, not to exceed $4,560 per
month. The lease rate includes all common area maintenance costs,
janitorial service and 11 parking spaces. Staff recommends leasing this
space as the program has been located in the same building since 1993 and
has operated efficiently from this location.
BKM, Inc., which has been purchased by New Tangram LLC, has provided
leased furniture including desks, chairs, file cabinets, bookcases and
chairs for workshops for the Youth Workforce Development program for the
past ten years. Staff recommends that the existing agreement with Tangram
be increased to include the cost of the furniture lease for the Youth
Workforce Development program. Likewise, Image IV has also provided
leased copier equipment for the Youth Workforce Development office. Staff
recommends the existing agreement be increased to include the cost of
copier rental, maintenance and supplies as agreed for the Youth Workforce
Development office. The furniture and copiers will be leased for a period
of approximately four months.
FISCAL IMPACT
Upon approval of the appropriation adjustment, funds will be available in
the FEZ Youth Workforce Development account (account no. 129-061-various).
APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS:
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