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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1990 0905 CC REG ITEM 08P MOORPARK ITEM • BERNARDO M. PEREZ pP" °�� STEVEN KUENY Mayor Do/_o9 City Manager SCOTT MONTGOMERY 44.01.1, - CHERYL J. KANE Mayor Pro Tern 0'416 A MOORPARK. c jFpRNPA City Attorney ELOISE BROWN -`t�,'� cityICK RICHARDS,A.I.C.P. Councilmember o m Director of CLINT HARPER, Ph.D. 0 of VS- 1 hu ity Development TFo ��` �r NIS DELZEIT Councilmember ACTI• : -I,1j-./jj.• r i PAUL W.LAWRASON,Jr. y Engineer Councilmember .S.`�_ .Ji.il.. _ i�ir''j , LESPIE LILLIAN KELLERMAN ie of Police City Clerk By —J: ''.- ARD T. HARE City Treasurer MEMORANDUM TO: The Honorable City Council FROM: Donald P. Reynolds, Jr. , Management Analys DATE: August 29, 1990 SUBJECT: Status of the Summer Youth Employment Program The following report will summarize the status of the City' s participation in the Summer Youth Employment program. The program will end on August 31, 1990, with the exception of one City Hall participant who will provide needed services for City Hall staff after school, until September 14 , 1990. This year, the program was extended for thirteen days, pursuant to the 1990/91 Budget, which provided $2 , 800 for part-time salaries for those participants who wished to continue working with the City until the last week of summer. Background The program is funded by the Joint Partnership Training Act, (JTPA, 1982) , which is a federal program designed to train and place individuals who lack the skills necessary to find work. The Summer Youth Employment program is one of many JTPA activities. Participants are selected by the Ventura County Superintendent of Schools Special Project Unit, based on a federally designed criteria relating to an assessment of job skills and opportunities. Students receive basic career placement training, and are also tested for proficiency in reading and writing skills. In the event that a participant is found to be in need of improving these skills, the student is placed in an educational environment for half the day, and allowed to work at the job site the second half of the day. Students are paid for attending the classes. 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529-6864 Youth Employee Status August 29, 1990 Page 2 The City initiated its participation with the Summer Youth Employment program in 1984, in the Community Services Department. For six years, the program has resulted in benefits for the City as well as for the participants. Two past City participants (that staff is aware of) , have been able to use their experience to help them pursue job opportunities. One student is currently a Fire Cadet with the Ventura County Fire Department. The second participant became a City employee and assisted the City Clerk's office with filing, typing and City Council Meeting Agenda packet preparation. Discussion The City assisted seven students this summer, beginning June 25. At the end of the JTPA sponsorship, (August 14, 1990) , the City was assisting six students. Three students worked in City hall, and three students worked with the Community Services and Public Works Departments' maintenance crew. Each student working at City Hall received an orientation to City administration rules, policies and procedures. The orientation also addressed the personal needs of the participants, (such as career goals and development of new skills while working at City Hall) . Computers were a high priority skill requested by the students, and by the third day, the students felt comfortable with the IBM Personal Computer and "Lotus 123" software. Two of the students felt comfortable with "Wordperfect 5. 0" software after five weeks of participation. Students working with the City maintenance crew were afforded an opportunity to learn about landscaping and related grounds keeping skills. By the end of the summer, the participants were able to plant trees, paint and work with irrigation systems. City Hall staff received benefits from the new skills taught to the participants by being able to complete jobs such as; the preparation of mailing labels, typing form letters, reproducing the Council Agenda packets and preparing a data base of 562 businesses for the City' s Business registration program. The City maintenance crew received benefits from the new skills taught to the participants by being able to address high visibility tasks throughout the City. The participants helped with graffiti abatement, planting trees and Youth Employee Status August 29, 1990 Page 3 maintaining landscapes on City right-of-ways. On August 15, 1990, when the JTPA funds had expired, the City took over the sponsorship of the program by employing four of the six original participants. Two City Hall participants chose not to continue their work with the City. The program continued successfully as previously described, at 40 hours per week for each student. On Wednesday, August 29, 1990, the Community Services/Public Works Departments bought treated their crew to a lunch in order to commemorate their participation with the City. The City Hall participant has been asked to continue as a part- time City employee until September 14, 1990. This program participant is being considered as new addition to the Chamber' s clerical staff, beginning September 17. At the JTPA Alumni Breakfast, (August 28, 1990) , staff learned from Congressman Lagomarsino's representative that possible amendments to the JTPA for the 1990/91 federal Budget may include a proposal to extend the Summer Youth program to a full year, with a part-time after school employment program. Recommendation Staff is recommending that the City Council authorize the Mayor to write to the City's Congressional delegates supporting the continuation and expansion of this beneficial program.