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Resolution approving a Project Labor Agreement for the Community Civic Campus project between the City of South San Francisco and the Union, and authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to execute the Project Labor Agreement.
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WHEREAS, in November 2017, the City Council provided City staff with direction to prepare a Project Labor Agreement (Project Stability Agreement) for the Community Civic Campus Project; and
WHEREAS, this recommendation was also supported by the Measure W Subcommitee on September 20, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the Project Labor Agreement is a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement that establishes terms and conditions of construction employment for the Community Civic Campus project; and
WHEREAS, the Project Labor Agreement is designed to create an enforceable commitment between the construction parties to use a “skilled and trained workforce” to perform all work on the project; and
WHEREAS, the Project Labor Agreement commits to union wages; ensures a steady supply of skilled labor on the project; agreement not to strike; and expeditious resolution of worker grievances; and
WHEREAS, the Project Labor Agreement complies with California Public Contract Code section 2500 in that it contains the required taxpayer protection provisions, including a nondiscrimination clause, it permits all qualified contractors and subcontractors to bid for and be awarded work on the project without regard to whether they are otherwise parties to collective bargaining agreements, it contains an agreed-upon protocol concerning drug testing, it contains guarantees against work stoppages, strikes, lockouts, and similar disruptions of the project, and provides that disputes arising from the agreement shall be resolved by a neutral arbitrator.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City council of the City of South San Francisco that the City council hereby makes the findings contained in this resolution and approves the Project Labor Agreement for the Community Civic Campus project, attached hereto as Exhibit A.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager, or his designee, to execute the Project Labor Agreement, and to execute any other necessary documents and take any other actions necessary to carry out the intent of this resolution on behalf of the City council, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney.
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