Resolution _________________

A RESOLUTION extending the ad hoc Construction Careers Advisory Committee established under Resolution 31485, to continue its work to develop a report with recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on strategies to improve access to construction careers for women, people of color and otherwise disadvantaged individuals and in particular those who are also Seattle residents, including recommendations for a targeted hire policy and programming.

WHEREAS, on September 23, 2013 the City Council adopted Resolution 31485 convening an ad hoc Construction Careers Advisory Committee (CCAC), recognizing the City would benefit from the experience, perspective and knowledge of contractors, labor unions, construction workers, workforce training providers, community members, and City experts regarding access to careers in the construction industry; and

WHEREAS, under Resolution 31485, City Council requested that the CCAC review the policy approaches of other large cities, King County, and Sound Transit, Seattle employment demographics, pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship training opportunities and other relevant data; and requested that the CCAC collaboratively explore, consider policy options and develop comprehensive longterm strategies that increase construction career opportunities for women, people of color, and otherwise disadvantaged individuals, particularly Seattle residents, in City-funded construction projects; and

WHEREAS, the City agreed to provide data and research on the demographics of the Seattle and King County construction workforce, the construction workforce working on Cityfunded projects, and the unemployed construction workforce, current preapprenticeship, apprenticeship and workforce training programs (including barriers to participation), estimates of future City of Seattle capital expenditures, projected construction labor demand for Seattle and the nearby jurisdictions by trade, and an analysis of targeted hiring models employed by public agencies across the country; and

WHEREAS, the City has contracted for the research referenced above with the UCLA Labor Center and Community Attributes and the CCAC has received preliminary reports and presentations from these consultants; however, the completion of these reports took longer than originally anticipated and final reports will not be completed until early April; and

WHEREAS, the CCAC has been meeting since October 22, 2013, however in order to facilitate the CCAC's work the City wanted to provide them with more in-depth analysis which required more time and the CCAC will not complete its work before the end of March; and

WHEREAS, under Resolution 31485, the CCAC expires on March 31, 2014 unless extended by another Resolution, and the City would like the CCAC to complete its work and recommendations; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THE MAYOR CONCURRING, THAT:

Section 1. The Construction Careers Advisory Committee (CCAC) convened in accordance with Resolution 31485 shall continue to exist for the purposes outlined in Resolution 31485, including to meet and work to develop a report with recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on strategies to improve access to construction careers for women, people of color and otherwise disadvantaged individuals, in particular those who are also Seattle residents, including a targeted hire policy and pipeline and training programs. The CCAC shall continue until its report has been finalized and submitted to the Mayor and City Council.

Section 2. This resolution is curative and remedial, and is retroactively effective as of April 1, 2014.

Adopted by the City Council the ____ day of ____________________, 2014, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its adoption this________ day

of ______________________, 2014.

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President ___________of the City Council

THE MAYOR CONCURRING:

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Edward B. Murray, Mayor

Filed by me this ____ day of ________________________, 2014.

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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk

(Seal)

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