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<br /> <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />6. Joint Administrative Committee: A five person Joint Administrative Committee comprised of <br />two representatives selected by the City; two representatives of the signatory Unions and <br />Alameda County Building and Construction Trades Council; and one industry representative, <br />mutually selected by the City and the Alameda County Building and Construction Trades Council <br />was established under the agreement. The Committee meets every other month to review the <br />progress of the projects including, but not limited to, compliance with local hire and <br />apprenticeship provisions as well as prevailing wage, safety, craft workforce levels and <br />construction progress. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />Implementation of the CWA began on January 1, 2016 for a term of three years. In 2016, two projects, <br />the Climatec Energy and Water Efficiencies Project (awarded May 2016, non-union contractor, $5.2m) <br />and the Annual Overlay Rehabilitation 2015-2016 Project (awarded July 2016, union contractor, $2.4m), <br />met the minimum cost threshold. Work began for both projects in fall 2016 and continues as of the <br />writing of this update. <br /> <br />As less than 25% of each of these projects is complete as of February 2017, there is not sufficient data <br />to report on progress made for the local hire and apprenticeship goals for each project. Staff anticipates <br />that each project will be complete at the end of 2017 and will have a more complete report of local hire <br />and apprenticeship goal achievement at that time. <br /> <br />While weather delays have slowed construction of the Annual Overlay Rehabilitation project, the delays <br />to the Climatec project’s four energy and water efficiency phases are a result of protracted negotiations <br />with subcontractors resulting from the local hire provisions of the CWA. The general contractor reports <br />that though the subcontractors approached were almost entirely union contractors, when informed about <br />the provisions of the CWA, these firms exited negotiations because of the Agreement. This caused <br />project delays and an increase to the project’s timeline of more than 50% based on the original nine <br />month timeline as well as comparable projects performed for other agencies of a similar size/scope. <br /> <br />Implementation of the CWA has impacted staff’s ability to deliver projects as there is increased amount <br />of time spent on pre-bid activities and compliance as well as technical assistance efforts. <br /> <br />The following is a comparison to the City of Berkeley and a summary of its CWA implementation. <br /> <br /> <br />Agency <br /> <br />% <br />Staff <br />FTE <br /> <br />Construction Cost Threshold <br /> <br /> <br />Term of Agreement <br /> <br />No. of <br />Qualifying <br />Projects <br /> <br />City of San Leandro <br /> <br /> <br />.3 <br /> <br />$1,000,000.00 <br /> <br /> <br />2016-2018 <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />City of Berkeley <br /> <br />1.5 <br /> <br />$1,000,000.00 <br />$ 500,000.00 <br /> <br />2012-2015 (1st) <br />2016-2018 (2nd) <br /> <br /> <br />15* <br />*Project data available for period December 8, 2015 – March 2, 2017 only. <br />23