TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all necessary agreements with the State of California to receive $150,000 in Assembly Bill 118 funds to implement the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program under the Regional Industry Clusters of Opportunity (RICO); execute an agreement with initiative partners in an amount totaling $96,000; increase appropriations in the Community Development Grants Fund (SR 150) in the Department of Human Resources (HR) by $150,000; and execute any needed subsequent amendments. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network (PGWIN) was one of ten Statewide recipients in 2010 of an industry cluster analysis grant to develop and launch a coordinated, three-county workforce and economic development effort aimed at identifying and maximizing growth opportunities in the water, green building/energy efficiency, solar, and transportation segments of the regional green economy.
Since 2010, the State has made additional investments to continue this work, with a specific interest in funding analysis, employer convenings and other sector-based efforts related to alternative fuels. This included a $140,000 grant that funded a series of employer and stakeholder meetings (E-Mobility Task Force), coordinated by the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC), and a workforce study on the Alternative Fuels/Goods Movement sector that will be completed by December 2012.
In July of this year, the State notified the PGWIN that it is to receive additional funding to augment and continue its current project around the same strategies and activities. PGWIN will contract with the following initiative partners in an amount totaling $96,000. The remaining $54,000 will be budgeted for program-related activities tied to the regional needs study, and to grant oversight and management.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Gary J. Anderson on October 1, 2012 and by Budget M...
Click here for full text