TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents, and any necessary subsequent amendments, with various Pacific Gateway service and product providers for training and employment services to residents, to increase the amount by $44,000, for a revised total aggregate amount not to exceed $178,000, and to extend the terms for an additional three months. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Pacific Gateway currently administers the Long Beach Access, Systems, and Programs for Immigrants (ASPIre) project, approved by the City Council on July 18, 2017. Funded under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the project is a collaborative, multi-strategic effort aimed at generating deep, meaningful change in our local workforce ecosystem. The goal of the program is to re-envision the way English Language Learners (ELLs) thrive in the local education and workforce world and implement systemic changes.
Under the ASPIre project, Pacific Gateway partners with community organizations and educational institutions to ensure delivery of services and that program goals are met. These partners include Long Beach Adult School, Long Beach City College Adult Education Programs, Centro Community Hispanic Association, and United Cambodian Community. Pacific Gateway requests modifications to some of those project partners’ contract or Blanket Purchase Order to reflect anticipated final expenditure and align with project close out.
|
Service Provider |
Primary Area of Instruction / Training / Services |
Current Contract/ BPO Terms |
Requested amendment/ New Terms |
New Contract /BPO Terms |
|
Long Beach School for Adults |
• Provide curriculum development and occupational skills training to program participants through classroom and hands-on setting |
6/1/17 - 12/31/18 $32,000 CN: 34755 |
Add: $10,000 Add: 3 Months |
6/1/17 - 3/31/19 $42,000 |
|
Centro Community Hispanic Association, Inc. |
• Provide recruitment and outreach services • Staffing services utilizing Spanish-speaking navigator |
6/1/17 - 12/31/18 $102,000 BPEP17000085 |
Add: $34,000 Add: 3 Months |
6/1/17 - 3/31/19 $136,000 |
|
|
|
TOTAL |
$44,000 |
$178,000 |
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Amy R. Webber on February 8, 2019, by Purchasing and Business Services Manager Sandy Tsang-Palmer on February 15, 2019, and by Budget Management Officer Rhutu Amin Gharib on February 15, 2019.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on March 5, 2019, to facilitate processing of required documents.
FISCAL IMPACT
Sufficient WIOA grant funding is currently appropriated in the Community Development Grants Fund (SR 150) in the Economic Development Department (ED). Approval of this recommendation will result in job training, skills enhancement, and employment opportunities for hundreds of residents.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
JOHN KEISLER
DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
APPROVED:
PATRICK H. WEST
CITY MANAGER