It’ll be a busy meeting next week for members of the Baldwin Park City Council, who will me discussing several interesting agenda items.
Among them is a proposal to bring Superior Market into the city, work out a deal with the day laborers to build a day laborer site, discussion of a trash sorting facility bordering Baldwin Park and Irwindale, and an innovative plan to encourage contractors to hire city residents for construction jobs.
Straight from the city’s mouth:
***APPROVAL OF POLICY TO ENCOURAGE HIRING OF CITY RESIDENTS / BUSINESSES FOR CITY-FUNDED CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
Staff recommends City Council approve a policy to encourage the hiring of city residents or businesses by contractors of city-funded public works projects and direct staff to develop guidelines as to when these incentives become applicable: a) if a contractor of a City-funded capital project hires a city resident or business for a substantial portion of the work, the contractor is entitled to the following incentives: 1) City will expedite the payment of contractor’s invoices by fifteen days (instead of payment in 30 days after approval, the payment would be 15 days after approval) and 2) City will provide a cash incentive of $100 per resident/business hired; b) in addition the following language shall be included in City contracts: PURCHASES OF SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS AND USE OF RESIDENTS WITHIN BALDWIN PARK. For work performed, Contractor agrees (i) to seek bids for supplies and materials from businesses located within the City of Baldwin Park, with the intent to make purchases from those businesses if such purchases can be made at competitive prices; and (ii) to employ residents of the City of Baldwin Park to the extent feasible.
***Request for Council consideration and discussion to repeal Ordinance No. 1290 and reconsider the Superior Market Urban Downtown Development project. Due to the recent withdrawal of the Bisno Development proposal the Council must proactively pursue other development alternatives. Direct staff to place on the next City Council agenda the repeal of Ordinance No. 1290 and staff report on Superior Market development proposal for review; and
***Request for Council consideration and discussion of the proposal from Jornaleros Unidos of the San Gabriel Valley to sign a non-binding community agreement with the city to organize and implement a Day Labor site plan. Direct staff to place on next City Council agenda a staff report with agreement and designate Jornaleros Unidos of the San Gabriel Valley as site organizing committee
***PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY AND TRANSFER STATION WITHIN THE CITY OF IRWINDALE IMMEDIATELY ABUTTING THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK (LOCATION: APN: 8535-001-911)
Staff recommends City Council 1) direct staff to explore options to protect residents and visitors from the negative and adverse impacts as a result of the construction and operation of the MRF/TS in the city of Irwindale; and 2) consider forming a City Council ad-hoc committee to monitor the city of Irwindale’s activities and proceedings directly related to the MRF/TS and strategize and conceptualize potential directions to oppose the MRF/TS; and 3) waive further reading, read by title only and adopt Resolution No. 2009-002 entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 322,972 SQUARE FOOT MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY AND TRANSFER STATION WITHIN THE CITY OF IRWINDALE IMMEDIATELY ABUTTING THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK.”
