TO: HONORABLE MAYOR FROM: Councilmember David Cohen AND CITY COUNCIL Councilmember Magdalena Carrasco
Councilmember Maya Esparza
Councilmember Sylvia Arenas
SUBJECT: SEE BELOW DATE: 9/27/2022
Approved Date: September 22, 2022
SUBJECT: CITY INITIATIVES ROADMAP - CLEAN ENERGY RESILIENCE:
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION UPDATES AND
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCELERATION PARTNERSHIP
RECOMMENDATION
1. Accept the recommendations from the staff memorandum with the following addition:
a. Ensure that BlocPower works in collaboration with local IBEW and electrical contractors to develop the workforce that will be required to implement the City of San Jose’s electrification plan.
BACKGROUND
While working towards our electrification goals, it is essential that the City utilize our own local workforce to move these projects forward. The current direction for the Master Agreement assigns BlocPower LLC with the responsibility for workforce development, however San Jose is already home to robust and highly regarded workforce development programs for electrical workers through the efforts of the local chapter of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 332. Therefore, IBEW should be engaged in the process to bring more skilled and diverse individuals into the San Jose electrification workforce. In addition, electrical contractors will start to train apprentices in anticipation of the increased demand.
The signers of this memorandum have not had, and will not have, any private conversation with any other member of the City Council, or that member’s staff, concerning any action discussed in the memorandum, and that each signer’s staff members have not had, and have been instructed not to have, any such conversation with any other member of the City Council or that member's staff.
COUNCIL AGENDA: 9/27/2022
FILE#:
ITEM:
22-1455
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