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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all necessary agreements with the State of California to receive $140,113 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 Economic Development Corporation of Los Angeles County (LAEDC) in the amount of $60,000; increase appropriations in the Community Development Grants Fund (SR 150) in the Department of Human Resources (HR) by $140,113; and execute any needed subsequent amendments. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Pacific Gateway 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.
In October 2011, Pacific Gateway submitted a follow-up grant proposal on behalf of the eleven WIBs in the three participating Counties (Partnership) to the State’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency to advance certain portions of its resulting action plan focused on the transportation cluster - namely alternative and renewable fuel vehicle technology. The Partnership was selected to receive one of two continuation grants, totaling $140,113, to support strategies and activities under the initiative. These activities include a comprehensive regional workforce trends and skills gap study on the Goods Movement/Transportation cluster, and a collaborative effort with the countywide E-Mobility Taskforce to develop workforce programs around electric vehicle infrastructure.
The LAEDC and other stakeholders formed that Taskforce to spur adoption of electric vehicles among consumers and galvanize movement toward the installation of vehicle charging stations across the County. The Partnership’s strategy is to ...
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