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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to enter into an agreement with the California State University, Long Beach Foundation, to provide continuing education workforce development classes in Downtown Long Beach, in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000, for a period of ten years. (District 1)
DISCUSSION
A key objective of the City’s Blueprint for Economic Development is to ensure the preparedness of the workforce and the competitiveness of business through the alignment of economic development training, education, and community partner efforts. Activities associated with this objective provide economic growth opportunities for both workers and the businesses that rely on an educated, skilled workforce. The purpose of this recommendation and proposed grant funding is to engage with California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), College of Professional and International Education (CPIE), to deliver a robust offering of classes closer to the City’s professional employment centers in Long Beach’s westside and downtown business district. The downtown location of CSULB classrooms, adjacent to the Metro Blue Line, will also provide a more convenient CSULB access to central and north Long Beach residents.
The proposed ten-year agreement of $1,000,000 to the CSULB Foundation (Foundation) will provide CSULB with a portion of the resources necessary to establish 16 classrooms with an estimated 25 seats each (400 total seats), to deliver CPIE continuing education programs to advance the careers of current professionals, and to provide additional space for classes provided at its main campus. See Attachment A for a detailed list of proposed classes and certificate programs planned for the downtown CSULB center. At its February 19, 2019 meeting, the City Council approved the FY 19 First Budget Adjustments, which included the one-time appropriation increase in the amount of $1,000,000 for the grant from the City to the Foundation, contingent upo...
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