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File Number: 14-437 <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY: Rich Pio Roda <br />City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: November 3, 2014 <br />City Attorney <br />FINANCE REVIEW: Not Applicable <br />Ordinance <br />Agenda Section: CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number: 8.B. <br />TITLE: ORDINANCE Amending Section 1-5-400 to Eliminate Provisions Exempting <br />Certain Public Works Contracts from Payment of Prevailing Wage Rates and <br />to Add a Provision Requiring Compliance with California Labor Code Section <br />1782 (provides for eligibility to use state funding or financial assistance for City <br />construction projects) <br />WHEREAS, in 2013, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 7 into law, adding Section <br />1782 to the California Labor Code; and <br />WHEREAS, California Labor Code Section 1782 prohibits charter cities from receiving <br />or using state funding or state financial assistance for a construction project unless the city <br />requires public works contractors to comply with state prevailing wage requirements; and <br />WHEREAS, California Labor Code Section 1782 permits charter cities to continue <br />receiving and using state funding and financial assistance for its construction projects if the <br />charter city's local prevailing wage ordinance includes requirements that are equal to or <br />greater than the requirements under state law; and <br />WHEREAS, San Leandro Municipal Code Section 1-5-400 currently provides that <br />certain public works contracts do not require payment of prevailing wages; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Leandro desires to comply with <br />California Labor Code Section 1782 by eliminating the exemptions from the prevailing wage <br />requirements for certain public works contracts and explicitly requiring that the City comply <br />with California Labor Code Section 1782. <br />follows: <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does ORDAIN as <br />SECTION I: Section 1-5-400 shall be amended to read as follows: <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 1012812014 <br />