Metro - File #: 2023-0126

• File #: 2023-0126
• Type: Motion / Motion Response
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/17/2023
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 2/23/2023
• Final action: 2/23/2023
• Title: APPROVE Motion by Directors Horvath, Mitchell, Bass, Solis, Hahn, and Dupont-Walker that the Board direct the Chief Executive Officer to: A. Commission a refresh on the construction workforce disparity study and report back with status updates in each PLA/CCP Quarterly Update to the Board, and report on findings and recommendations of the study in September 2023 (with the understanding that the disparity study may still be in progress). B. Report back on the potential application of cultural competency requirements in contractor and staff training related to working with historically underutilized populations in the trades, with a focus on tradeswomen, as well as similar qualitative metrics that can be used in Metro's proposal evaluation and contracting processes; and C. Report back on the feasibility of creating bid preference incentives that can be applied to increase the number of women working on Metro funded construction projects, while not compromising the Agency's race consci...
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Bids, Construction, Contractors, Contracts, Disadvantaged business enterprises, Disparity Study, Gender, Hilda Solis, Holly J. Mitchell, Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, Janice Hahn, Karen Bass, Labor, Labor agreements, Lindsey Horvath, Motion / Motion Response, Prime Contractor, Procurement, Program, Project, Project Labor Agreement/Construction Careers Policy, Race

Date	Action By	Action	Result
2/23/2023	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Preamble
Motion by:

DIRECTORS HORVATH, MITCHELL, BASS, SOLIS, HAHN, AND DUPONT-WALKER

Female Participation in Project Labor Agreement/Construction Careers Policy Construction Projects

Consistent with Metro's Labor Compliance policy and Federal Executive Order 11246 (EO 11246), prime contractors are required to provide worker utilization data by ethnicity and gender. In accordance with EO 11246, Metro's program-wide goal for female participation in Project Labor Agreement / Construction Careers Policy (PLA/CCP) construction projects is 6.9%. As of September 2022, there are thirteen active construction contracts with PLA/CCP requirements, and while all thirteen contractors exceeded the Local Worker/Targeted Goal (40%), a substantial majority are nearing or exceeding the Apprentice Worker (20%) and Disadvantages Worker (10%) goals, only three of the 13 active projects have met the Agency's Female Utilization Goal (6.9%).

Metro has done tremendous work on the creation of the Female Participation Score Card, releasing notices to prime contractors that are not meeting female participation goals, and with unions and jobs coordinators to refer women that recently completed their work assignments to other active Metro construction projects, amongst other efforts. Staff also continues to focus efforts on strategies to support the outreach, recruitment, and retention of women into the trades focusing on Metro's PLA/CCP construction projects, including working with Laborers Local 300 and the Laborers Training Program to bring the Laborers Tunnel Training Program to Los Angeles County. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic winds down and the need for workers, particularly female workers in the construction trades increases, more can and should be done.

Metro conducts disparity studies to determine if evidence of discrimination exists in the local transportation business marketplace, and to support the use of Disadvanta...