Request for Qualifications for Multi-Factor Feasibility Assessment of Using Community Workforce or Project Labor Agreements for City of Santa Cruz Capital Impro...

The Santa Cruz City Council has taken action to initiate an assessment of the feasibility and implications of adopting either a Community Workforce Agreement (CWA), which provides a broader, all-encompassing framework for the implementation of the City’s capital improvement projects in partnership with labor organizations, or a more project specific Project Labor Agreement (PLA) framework for implementing qualifying projects, typically triggered by total estimated project cost, in collaboration with contractors with collective bargaining agreements in place for their employees. To support this planned review, the mayor appointed a Council Subcommittee to review the analyses that will be conducted by the selected consultant and staff and make recommendations on this topic to the full Council. Subcommittee members include Mayor Keeley and Councilmembers Watkins and Newsome. The City of Santa Cruz is requesting Statements of Qualifications to support the Council’s feasibility assessment

from firms or individuals with experience working with local government agencies on policy level analyses of the potential use of labor agreements in implementing local government capital investment projects. BackgroundThe City of Santa Cruz was incorporated in 1866 and formed its current charter in 1948. It is governed under a Council/Manager form of government. A Mayor and six Council members set policy for the City and a City Manager serves as chief administrator of those policies. The City is located on the coast, 75 miles south of San Francisco on the northern edge of the Monterey Bay. It encompasses 15.8 square miles with cultural and ethnic diversity among its population of 65,000. Santa Cruz is part of the National Marine Sanctuary and is a popular tourist destination owing to its beaches, surf culture, and historical landmarks.The City provides a full range of municipal services and facilities including a recreational wharf, public golf course, over thirteen hundred acres of open space, full beach services, refuse management, law enforcement, fire protection, and water and wastewater utilities. The City is also host to the University of California Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz Harbor, and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk amusement park.TimelineRelease Project Date:February 21, 2024Submittal Deadline: March 29, 2024:March 29, 2024, 4:00pm