Meeting

Workforce Development Board
Special Meeting Agenda

May 25, 2022

VIRTUAL MEETING
8:00 AM

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VACANT Chairperson
	BOARD MEMBERS
Ignacio Alegre	Brent Beasley	Daisy Campos
David Elliott, Vice-Chairperson	Simon Gonzalez	Jack Haley
Marjorie Knitter	Patrick Korthuis	Maria Rosa Lopez
Pierre Loubet	Enrique Perez	Johanna Rivera
Robert Ruiz	Bob Tucker	Dennis Varnum
Gail Araujo

Ryan Hodge Legal Counsel	Steven A. Mendoza Assistant City Manager/Executive of Director	Bianca L. Zurita Recording Secretary

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CALL TO ORDER		Vice-Chair Elliott

ATTENDANCE		Board Members: Alegre, Araujo, Beasley, Campos, Elliott, Gonzalez, Haley, Knitter, Korthuis, Lopez, Loubet, Perez, Rivera, Ruiz, Tucker, Varnum

		Staff Members: Marc Morley, Economic Development Manager Deborah Sanchez, Econ Dev Specialist III Bianca Zurita, Recording Secretary

ROLL CALL

Recording Secretary

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PUBLIC COMMENTS

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CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS

Regular meeting minutes of March 17, 2022

Recommended Action: Recommended Action: Approve minutes.

2.	Excused absences Recommended Action: Recommended Action: Excuse absent commission member(s).

Employment Development Department – Labor Market Information

Recommended Action: Receive and file.

*END OF CONSENT CALENDAR*

BUSINESS CALENDAR

Renew Memorandum of Understanding with required WIOA Partners

Recommended Action:

1. Approve the Memorandum of Understanding boilerplate and direct staff to finalize the exhibits with the Santa Ana WORK Center, Santa Ana College, Employment Development Department, Department of Rehabilitation, SER Jobs for Progress, United American Indian Involvement, Inc., Long Beach Job Corps, Community Action Partnership of Orange County, and the Santa Ana Housing Authority, for a one-year term expiring June 30, 2023 and authorize the Board Chair or Vice Chair to sign.

2. Approve the first amendment to Memorandum of Understanding for Santa Ana Workforce Development Board and the County of Orange Social Services Agency for a one-year term expiring June 30, 2023 and authorize the Board Chair or Vice-Chair to sign.

3. Recommend City Council approve the Memorandum of Understanding for a one year term expiring June 30, 2023 and authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute and any amendments subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney.

Renewal of WIOA Agreements with Youth Provider Agencies for PY 2022-2023

Recommended Action:

Recommend City Council approve awarding a one-year agreement with the following organizations upon availability of funds for program year 2022-2023: Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center, $175,000 to provide 20 youth occupational skills training in the areas of office administration, mental health paraprofessional, and childcare worker certification, offer job preparation, paid work experience, tutoring, mentoring, counseling, and supportive services; Orange County Conservation Corps, $262,000 to provide 23 youth alternative secondary education that leads to a high school diploma, credential training in forklift operator, safe food handling, customer service, computer software, job preparation, paid work experience, post-secondary education resources, and support services.

Appoint two community members to the Workforce Development Board Youth Council

Recommended Action:

Appoint Anapatricia Curiel and Lucy Solorzano to the Workforce Development Board Youth Council committee.

Election of Officers for the Santa Ana Workforce Development Board for the 2022-2023 Term

Recommended Action: Elect a Chair and a Vice Chairperson for the Santa Ana Workforce Development Board from the private sector membership to serve for the PY 2022-2023 term.

*END OF BUSINESS CALENDAR*

PRESENTATIONS

8.	Labor Market Information for Santa Ana Ms. Maritza Gamboa, Research Data Specialist, EDD Labor Market Information Division

COMMITTEE REPORTS

9.	Youth Council

COMMENTS

10.	Staff member comments

11.	Board member comments.

ADJOURNMENT The next regular meeting of the Workforce Development Board is scheduled for July 21, 2022 at 8:00 AM.

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