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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 04172007 - SD.3 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY/BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: John B. Cullen, Executive Director/County Administrator Contra Bob Lanter, Executive Director, Workforce Development Board ot _:. _ s Costa County 9', 4 DATE: April 17, 2007 ----- SUBJECT: North Richmond First Source Hiring Program SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S).& BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS 1. AFFIRM that it is the policy of the Redevelopment Agency to utilize First Source Hiring Programs; and, 2. AFFIRM that it is also the policy of the Workforce Development Board to emulate and support the Redevelopment Agency's First Source Hiring Program by providing technical assistance for implementation of this initiative. 3. APPROVE a Modified First Source Hiring Program by the Redevelopment Agency and Workforce Development Board in the North Richmond Redevelopment Project Area. FISCAL IMPACT: None SIGNATURE CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: / YES SIGNAT R _ ECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMM ATI OF BOARD COMMITTEE ,-KPPROVE OTHER r SIGNATURES : ACTION OF BOOD- ON o Q APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Contact: / D'Andre Wells �/ 1.,r, (925/335-7236) ATTESTEDoitJ I 'll, �o cc: CAO J County Workforce Development Board THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Community Development AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Redevelopment Agency BY 0 `� f�.A� , DEPUTY 1 $OBJECT LINE BOARD OR COMMITTEE DATE Page 2 BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS: A consistent theme of economic development initiatives in Contra Costa County has been a desire to link targeted populations to jobs created by activities regulated by the County, or subject to business agreements with County operations (reference the Employment Strategies Group work in 1985, and the Contra Costa Works Action Plan in 1993). These "First Source" approaches encourage businesses doing business in high poverty areas to enter into First Source Hiring Agreements to give unemployed residents first opportunities at local jobs. The Community Development Department and the Redevelopment Agency have fully incorporated this First Source principle into it's' activities in the North Richmond community since 1995. The Redevelopment Agency's AB. 1290 Implementation Plan specifically references a First Source Hiring Program as a means to realize local economic development goals. The North Richmond First Source Hiring Program is designed to provide access to job opportunities being created in the community first to the local residents of North Richmond. First Source Hiring is a process in which local employers are encouraged to target residents from the local community to fill new, and open, job opportunities in exchange for specialized incentives or to fulfill a condition of approval per an approved County permit. The North Richmond First Source Hiring Program will be jointly administered by the Redevelopment Agency, County's Workforce Development Board, and One Stop Business and Career Center. The Program will partner with community-based organizations in undertaking the program, including marketing, workforce preparation, and recruitment/referral processes. The revised North Richmond program consists of the following components: 1. PROJECT COORDINATION TEAM The Project Coordination Team includes staff from the Redevelopment Agency, County's Workforce Development Board, EastbayWorks Business and Career One Stop Center, North Richmond Youthbuild Program, and the North Richmond Municipal Advisory Council. The overall goal of the team is to implement the program and to put in place the necessary systems and protocols for current and future users. The Project Coordination Team meets monthly to map out project strategies, problem solve, and to continue providing capacity for oversight, tracking, and reporting back to the Board and community at large. 2. PROGRAM MARKETING The Project Coordination Team will provide First Source Hiring information to job seekers, businesses with first source hiring obligations, new business and distributes job openings and announcements throughout the community, including the Young Adult Empowerment Center (YAEC), North Richmond Youthbuild Program (YB), Neighborhood House of North Richmond, and North Richmond Municipal Advisory Council Meetings. The Agency will assume responsibilities for communicating with local businesses, Workforce Development Board, One Stop Business & Career Center, and other relevant agencies. The WDB and One Stop Business&Career Center will disseminate employment information to community based organizations,job applicants and the general population. 3. RECRUITMENT AND SCREENING The WDB & One Stop Business & Career Center will be responsible for collecting resumes and making referrals from community based organizations such as YB and the YAEC. They will also match candidates with job opportunities, arrange interviews, assess skill and education levels, qualifications, and dependability. Recruiting and referrals will be based upon available job announcements, postings, and conversations with North Richmond employers via the advanced notification process 4. JOB REFERRALS The WDB and One Stop Business & Career Center will both have equal authority to make referrals and hiring suggestions to local businesses seeking employees from the NR community. BUBACT LINE BOARD OR COMMITTEE DATE Page 3 5. POST PROGRAM MONITORING AND REPORTING The Redevelopment Agency is the lead agency for this project and will provide periodic reports, outcomes, achievements, areas of improvement, and feedback to the Board, business community and local community stakeholders. The Agency will also be responsible for providing the project team with employer leads, site visits, and new job referrals. Staff from the Agency will continue to coordinate overall activities of the Project Team in order to provide a forum for consideration of all problems, issues and concerns. The Agency will monitor compliance levels of North Richmond businesses to ensure that "best faith" efforts, and real commitments, are being made for the all parties participating in the North Richmond's First Source Hiring Program. NORTH RICHMOND FIRST SOURCE PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ■ Jim Kennedy, Redevelopment Director ■ D'Andre Wells, Redevelopment Project Manager ■ Brenda Kain, Redevelopment Program Administration WORKFORCE 'DEVELOPMENT BOARD ■ Bob Lanter, Executive Director ■ Tracey L. Brown-Carter, Business & Economic Development Coordinator ■ George E. Carter, Business Services Representative EASTBAYWORKS ■ Stephen Baiter, Administrator ■ Benjamin H. Mosley, Assistant Administrator ■ Susie O'Bryant, Workforce Services Specialists NORTH RICHMOND YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM ■ Derek Lott, Program Director • Sheila White, Job Developer