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OaklandRedevelopmentAgencyAndCityCouncil | 2011-11-01 | Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Meeting Minutes November 1, 2011 Redevelopment Agency / City Council A motion was made by Councilmember Kernighan, seconded by Councilmember Schaaf, that this matter be Referred to the Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / City Council, due back on November 15, 2011 to provide sufficient time to draft and consolidate the following amendments and elements within the ordinance: 1) Correct the title by striking: "Adding Oakland Residency Workforce Requirements for Prime Contractors Bidding on Contracts" and in its place add: "Adding Eligibility Screening Requirements to Be Considered an Oakland Firm" 2) Adding the following findings to the ordinance; WHEREAS, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that "local government should have considerable leeway in analyzing local evils and prescribing appropriate cures, particularly when government is merely setting conditions on the expenditure of funds it controls and it is limited in scope to employees working directly on city public works projects"; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the leeway granted by the U.S. Supreme Court and based upon the 17% official unemployment rate, the unofficial unemployment rate of 25+% and African-American male and Latinos male unemployment rate upwards to 35% the City Council desires to prescribe that for purposes of this program that to be eligible to apply for contracts for the demolition and remediation work at the Oakland Army Base, 33% of the firm's core workforce must be Oakland residents. This screening mechanism is necessary and narrowly tailored to bolster the number of Oaklanders work on city funded construction projects and decrease Oakland's unemployment and poverty levels. this program is necessary and narrowly tailored so as not to unduly infringe upon the privileges and immunities of nonresidents, and WHEREAS, Oakland LBEs that are qualified to do demolition and remediation work are underutilized for such work in Oakland; and WHEREAS, a sheltered market for Army Base demolition and remediation contracts for Oakland LBEs may increase the number of firms with primary business offices in Oakland by encouraging firms to move to Oakland and creating opportunities for the formation of new Oakland-based firms; and WHEREAS, Army Base demolition and remediation contracts present a significant financial opportunity for underutilized LBEs to get work and thereby bolster Oakland's economy; and WHEREAS, Army Base demolition and remediation contracts present a significant opportunity for Oakland LBEs to build capacity and experience as prime contractors in the demolition and remediation fields, and will later assist them in gaining additional work in these fields in Oakland and other jurisdictions, which would significantly bolster City of Oakland Page 15 Printed on 8/15/14 | 15 | OaklandRedevelopmentAgencyAndCityCouncil/2011-11-01.pdf |