REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: GEORGEANNE A. WHITE, City Manager Office of Mayor and City Manager BY: BLAKE KONCZAL, Executive Director Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board SUBJECT ..Title Actions pertaining to Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) American Job Centers of California (AJCC) Mandated Partner Memorandums of Understanding: 1. Approve Mandated Partner Memorandums of Understanding with an Infrastructure Funding Agreement value projected at $50,000 or greater; and 2. Authorize the City Manager or their designee to sign all other Mandated Partner Memorandums of Understanding, under $50,000, as are presented to the City Manager during the term of Program Years 2022-2025. 3. Authorize the City Manager to sign any additional Partner Memorandums of Understanding that the FRWDB presents to the City during the term of Program Years 2022-2025. ..Body RECOMMENDATION 1. Staff recommends the City Council approve the attached Memorandums of Understanding with a required contribution from the Partner in excess of $50,000: a. State of California Employment Development Department b. Department of Rehabilitation - San Joaquin Valley District 2. Staff recommends the City Council to authorize the City Manager to sign all other Mandated AJCC Partner Memorandums of Understanding as they complete negotiation and are presented to the City Manager during the term of Program Years 2022-2025. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Memorandums of Understanding includes the PY 2022-2023 Infrastructure Funding Agreement for those Partners who are co-located in the Comprehensive America's Job Center of California One-Stop location. The purpose of the Infrastructure Funding Agreement is to share equitably in the infrastructure cost of running the One-Stop System. These Infrastructure Funding Agreements also document the total costs of Career Services provided to the community across all of the Partners. These Infrastructure Funding Agreements are required to be reviewed, renegotiated and renewed every year during the term of the Memorandums of Understanding. Those Partners who are not physically co-located in the Comprehensive One-Stop location, are not required to participate in the Infrastructure Funding Agreement. FRWDB staff has completed all negotiations with all identified partners. By approving this item, the signature process will allow the FRWDB to complete the signatory process with the Chief Local Elected Officials (City of Fresno and County of Fresno) in a timely manner. This will prevent the State of California Workforce Development Board and State of California Employment Development Department from sanctioning the Local Workforce Development Area and a possible loss of critical funding to support the local community. BACKGROUND The United States Congress passed the WIOA (the "Act"), as an enhancement to the previous Workforce Investment Act. The Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 22, 2014, and the law took effect on July 1, 2015. The WIOA mandates that certain Federal, State, and local agencies formally partner with local Workforce Development Boards at what is now known as America's Jobs Centers of California (AJCC), in order to refer clients between the partners for specific services to better serve the community and leverage resources from multiple sources, as appropriate. The Act requires that the Memorandums of Understanding be reviewed, updated as needed and renewed every three (3) years. This is the second renewal. These mandated partners are to represent the following areas of need: * State of California Employment Development Department * Representatives of Community Services Block Grant Act * Representatives for Older Americans * Department of Rehabilitation * Department of Social Services * Representatives of Adult Education/Community Colleges * Representatives for Native Americans * Representatives for Migrant Seasonal Farmworkers * Job Corps * Youth Build * Second Chance * Housing Authority ALTERNATIVE ACTION: There is no alternative action. If an MOU is not executed and in effect with each mandated partner by July 1, 2022, Fresno County will be out of compliance with WIOA requirements and could lose funding for WIOA activities that benefit the residents of Fresno County. ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS By the definition provided in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines section 15378 the approval of this agreement does not qualify as a "project," and is therefore exempt from CEQA requirements. LOCAL PREFERENCE Local preference was not considered since this item does not include a bid or award of a construction or services contract. FISCAL IMPACT There is no increase in Net City Cost associated with the Recommended Action. The Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board is 100% funded by non-City sources. These have their origin primarily with the United States Department of Labor, being supplemented by other federal and State of California grants. Attachments: State of California Employment Development Department Partner MOU Department of Rehabilitation - San Joaquin District Partner MOU