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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) with the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council establishing the labor relations Policies and Procedures for the City, the contractor, and the craftspersons employed by the contractor awarded the Phase I Terminal Improvements at the Long Beach Airport for a period of three years with the option to renew for one additional one-year period at the discretion of the City Manager. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is being requested to authorize the City Manager to execute a PLA with the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council to provide a “pre-hire” collective bargaining agreement that provides labor requirements and compensation structures for a variety of the signatory trades among other requirements.
On June 15, 2010, the City Council received and filed a report by the Long Beach Airport regarding the status of the Phase I Terminal Improvements. The $29 million dollar construction project will span a two-year period for construction and yield a state-of-the-art facility that captures Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards. The Airport is scheduled to begin the competitive Invitation to Bid (ITB) process on September 1, 2010. This project specific PLA would become part of the ITB solicitation process, which would define the labor structure within the ITB for the Phase I Terminal Improvements. If approved, this PLA would only exist for the duration of the project.
The proposed PLA includes the following key contractual points:
Ø HUD Section 3 Compliance;
Ø Local Hiring Provisions;
Ø An Apprentice Program with a minimum of 15 percent of local hire participation in the program;
Ø A minimum of 30 percent of hours worked designated to apprentices;
Ø Small Business Utilization with a 15 percent Small Business Enterprise participation goal;
Ø Work Stoppages and Lock-Outs, to e...
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