HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06242014 - C.79RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, on behalf of the
Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County, to execute a contract with Green Visions: Center for
Renewable Energy in an amount not to exceed $204,000, to provide project management and workforce development
services for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$204,000, 100% Federal; Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge (AMJIAC) Grant.
BACKGROUND:
In early October 2012, it was announced that the Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County and its
partners were awarded of one of ten (10) national grants under the highly competitive federal Advanced
Manufacturing Jobs Innovation Accelerator Challenge (AMJIAC) solicitation. AMJIAC is funded by five (5)
different federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration
(EDA), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S.
Department of Labor's Employment and
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 06/24/2014 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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Contact: Stephen Baiter, 2-6820
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of
the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: June 24, 2014
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc:
C. 79
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:June 24, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract with Green Visions: Center for Renewable Energy
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
Training Administration (DOL – ETA), the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the National Science
Foundation (NSF).
The Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County is the lead agency on this project; other partners in the
East Bay Biomedical Manufacturing Network partners include UC Berkeley, Laney College, The Corporation for
Manufacturing Excellence (Manex), and the Northern California Small Business Development Center (SBDC), which
is the lead agency for both the Alameda and Contra Costa SBDCs.
As the contractor to the WDB, Green Visions is helping to expand technology transfer, innovation, and job creation
in the regional medical manufacturing and bio-sciences cluster – closing feedback loops between tech development,
market application, and business growth, including access to capital, technical assistance and workforce training for
East Bay businesses. Additional activities include industry cluster development; leadership in convening and
connecting industry employers to technology; specialized small business assistance; assess industry needs; support
advanced manufacturing training; and facilitating access to incumbent worker services.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Job seekers will have less opportunities for employment in the medical device and bioscience manufacturing industry.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This Contract will support two of the five community outcomes established in the Children’s Report Card, 3)
“Families that are Economically Self Sufficient” and 4) “Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing” by upgrading
job skills and providing opportunity for employment to move toward self sufficiency.