Employment Advisory Committee Meetings
EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE MINUTES February 1, 2007
1) Call to Order/Roll Call
The meeting was called to order by Commissioner Faye Woo Lee at 1:35p.m. A quorum was present.
Members Present
Commissioner Faye Woo Lee, Molly Baier, Rich Bondoc, John Crowley, Jerry Jones, Patrick Regan, Ronnie Rhoe, Ken Stram, Norma Tecson, and Adrian Trujillo
Members Absent
Commissioner del Portillo and John Weber
Staff Present
Linda Chin, Mary Gin Starkweather and Kabir Hypolite
Guests
2) Approval of Agenda
Molly Baier moved and Patrick Regan seconded the motion to approve the agenda and it was approved unanimously.
3) Approval of December 1, 2005 minutes
Patrick Regan moved and Jerry Jones seconded the motion and the minutes were approved unanimously.
4) Commissioners Report
Commissioner Faye Woo Lee thanked Jerry Jones for Chairing the committee’s December meeting. She also reported that Commissioner Chung has been invited to attend an Employment Committee meeting and might be present at today’s meeting. She did not attend. Commissionerdel Portillo was also absent.
5) Staff Report
Kabir Hypolite thanked all members who indicated their intention to continue on as members of the Employment Advisory Committee in its 2006-2007 term. Molly Baier, John Crowley, Ronnie Rhoe, Jerry Jones, Patrick Regan, Ken Stram, Adrian Trujillo, Norma Tecson, and John Weber have indicated their intent to continue. Rich Bondoc has not yet indicated his intention to continue.
Mr. Hypolite noted that staff, Commissioners, and committee members may volunteer to interview prospective new members and solicited volunteers. Molly Baier and Patrick Regan volunteered to conduct the interviews. Members were encouraged to forward contact names of individuals or appropriate organizations for recruitment efforts.
Mr. Hypolite also reminded members of the Special Planning Meeting to be held at the regularly scheduled April 5, 2007 meeting. One half of the session will be devoted to an ice-breaker exercise and to a review of the Committee Guidelines and orientation of new committee members. The second half will be dedicated to a creation of a plan to address issues and topics. Each member was assigned the task of identifying which issues and topics he or she would like the committee to address for the 2006-2007 term.
Mr. Hypolite reported that Lena Miller will not be able to present due to personal reasons. She has been invited to present in March or May, 2007.
6) Public Comment for items not on the Agenda
None
7) Old Business
Committee members discussed two motions from the Teen Center/One Stop working group. However, further consideration and any action on the motions was tabled to give staff an opportunity to determine what happened to a prior commitment by the City (June 2005) to build a Teen Center in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. That decision was reportedly set aside by the Real Estate Department due to budgetary constraints. Staff will coordinate with the working group members.
8) New Business
A) James Fields presented information regarding the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency’s Bayview Hunters Point Employment Program. He noted that project area committees exist for Western A Hunters Point, Mission Bay, Mid-Market (10th to 6th Streets, Mission to the Tenderloin), South of Market, and Visitacion Valley (the Schlage Slock Building). Committee members are elected and chaired by president and vice-president with sub committees reflecting the needs of the project area.
The Redevelopment Agency’s good faith work force goals in its new contracting program for the Bayview Hunter’s Point project area are focused on construction related jobs. Good faith hiring goals for males (25.6) females (6.9%) are pursued alongside a (50%) goal for local residents in the project area then City residents generally under Schedule A (Construction Work Force). Subsequent opportunities are spread across the Bay Area. If a conflict arises between the achievement of the ethnic and gender goals and the local residency hiring goals, the former will take precedence over the local residency goals. Bayview Hunter’s Point area is separate from the shipyard for purposes of the Redevelopment Agency because it is designated for housing. Residential applicants are being routed through the City Build Academy.
Employment Opportunities are publicized as they arise in local and community papers, through Redevelopment Agency announcements, postings at City Build and CBO offices.
Also for the Shipyard and Mission Bay the MBE and WBE designations are retained from prior to Proposition 209 pursuant to court order. These designations were grandfathered in. Other project areas will also be asked to meet these hiring goals.
Goals issued by the Agency shall reflect the availability of minority group persons and/or women in the relevant labor area to perform construction work or by trade, or, be designed to correct the effects of past discrimination in situations where the Agency concludes that the facts establish a prima facie case of discrimination against minority group or women or otherwise meet the current judicial standards for setting employment goals. The Agency’s program does entail an auditing component. Details were not provided.
Trainee and apprentice training hours cannot be counted toward fulfillment of a contractor’s goals unless the contractor employs the trainee during the training period and commits to employ the trainee or apprentice at the completion of their training, subject to employment opportunities. Such programs must also be conducted in accordance with U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Buerau of Apprenticeship and Traning (BAT) or the California Department of Industrial Relations, Divison of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS)
B) Committee member Patrick Regan presented an overview of his agency’s activities. Community Vocational Enterprises, Inc. (CVE ), a $2.8 million agency. CVE addresses issues of unemployment ad underemployment of persons with psychiatric disabilities living in San Francisco. They provide employment opportunities, training, and support to individuals with mental health disabilities.
Such services do more than provide individual income. They support independence, boost self-confidence and self-esteem, and build valuable employment experience.
There are three main components to CVE’s business enterprises: 1) Industrial Maintenance Engineers offers professional janitorial services to industrial and commercial properties, offices, churches, banks, and non-profits. 2) Clerical Business offers temporary clerical staffing for basic office support needs. 3) Sunrise Café and The Lounge offer traditional café and customer service training and food safety certification courses, basic food production and preparation techniques.
CVE clients range in age from 16 to 106 and reflect a wide range of backgrounds, educational levels, work-readiness, and skills. Languages: English and Spanish.
9) Announcements/Calendar Matters
The next regular meeting of the Employment Committee will be held:
Date: Thursday, March 1, 2007
Time: 1:30pm
Place: 25 Van Ness Ave 8th Fl.
San Francisco, CA, 94102
10) Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 3:35 p.m. The motion was approved unanimously.