At this time, the Plan does not include a budget, numbers of individuals/employers to be served, or performance measures. As the State Workforce Investment Board further defines these issues, NOVA will update the City Council and request approval as appropriate. The Plan does include a lot of discussion on how NOVA is working with its partners (in our case through the CONNECT! Workforce and Business Solutions for Silicon Valley collaborative) to provide services through a One-Stop system. The Plan also includes a list of assurances that have been reviewed by the City Attorney’s Office.

The NOVA Workforce Board recommends that the Sunnyvale City Council, on behalf of the NOVA consortium cities, concur with the NOVA Workforce Board and: approve both the Workforce Investment Act Five-Year Plan and the Memorandums of Understanding between the CONNECT! partners, the NOVA WIB, and the Sunnyvale City Council as Chief Local Elected Official (CLEO); authorize the Mayor to sign both the Plan and the MOUs on behalf of the CLEO; and authorize staff to submit the Plan and the MOUs to the Governor no later than March 31, 2000. Staff concurs with the Board’s recommendations.

The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) policies require that the local Workforce Investment Board (WIB) submit a Five-Year Plan to the Governor for its WIA allocated funds. The purpose of the Plan is to describe the local area’s one-stop approach to workforce development programs that respond to the employment needs of its many customers, including current workers, unemployed workers, dislocated workers, new entrants to the labor force, youth, veterans, and employers. The Plan reflects an employment and training system based on informed customer choice and performance accountability.

At its January 11, 2000 meeting, the Sunnyvale City Council authorized the NOVA Private Industry Council to act as the NOVA WIB, enhancing its membership during the calendar year to meet the WIA requirements for a WIB. One of the first official actions taken by the NOVA WIB at its February 23, 2000 meeting was to approve a draft of the Five-Year Plan and hold a Public Hearing on the Plan. As required by law, the Public Hearing was followed by 30-day public review and comment period with the draft Plan available to the public through the Sunnyvale City Clerk’s Office and on NOVA’s website (http://www.novapic.org). The 30-day review period ended on March 23, 2000. No comments were received by the public, therefore no changes were made to the draft Plan.

Final approval of both the Five-Year Plan and the MOUs is requested of the Sunnyvale City Council at its March 28, 2000 meeting. Following approval and the Mayor’s signing of the MOUs, the Plan and the MOUs will be submitted to the Governor no later than March 31, 2000.

The Executive Summary to NOVA’s Five-Year Plan is attached (Attachment I). The full Plan covers the following topics:

A. Chief Local Elected Official (CLEO) The CLEO for the NOVA Consortium is the City of Sunnyvale City Council.

B. The Workforce Investment Board (WIB) The WIB is appointed by the CLEO and is comprised of representatives of business (majority and chair), education, labor, community-based organizations, economic development agencies, One-Stop partners and additional members. The WIB is responsible for oversight authority and accountability of the One-Stop system including, but not limited to, policy development, distribution of funding, formation of a strategic Five-Year Plan, approval of One-Stop operators and performance appraisal.

C. Administrative Entity/Fiscal Agent for CONNECT! Collaborative A Joint Powers Agreement with the North Valley consortium cities defines the City of Sunnyvale’s role as administrative/fiscal agent for the WIA funds. The City of Sunnyvale, through its representation on the CONNECT! Steering Committee (see below), has veto power over activities supported by funding that comes from or through the City of Sunnyvale. This veto power ensures protection for the City of Sunnyvale in assuming financial liability for operations.

D. CONNECT! Steering Committee A Steering Committee for the CONNECT! One-Stop system is established and comprised of seven members. Each members has one vote. Two of the seats are designated: one for the City of Sunnyvale represented by NOVA, and the other for the local Employment Development Department (EDD). The City/NOVA has veto power over activities and services supported by funding that comes from or through the City of Sunnyvale. EDD has veto power over activities and services supported by Wagner Peyser funding that comes through EDD. The remaining five seats may be filled by Investing or Contributing Partners only, and will be selected by the CONNECT! stakeholders at large.

The Steering Committee has the authority to develop by-laws and to further define the responsibilities and activities that are unique to One-Stop operations, above and beyond the responsibilities of a particular partner. The Steering Committee may develop a budget to carry out those activities including sources of funding, and will define outcome measures to ensure specified results.

E. CONNECT! Task Forces The CONNECT! Steering Committee will charter the working task forces by defining the work that needs to be done, the membership of the task forces, the decision-making authority of the task force, and the milestones/timelines for completion. The task forces have broad representation from the CONNECT! stakeholders, and the senior representative from each partner may designate staff to participate on these task forces. One of the task forces commissioned is an ongoing Campus Task Force comprised of the required WIA members and the additional CONNECT! campus partners. This task force acts in the capacity of quality control in the operation of the One-Stop Campus, gaining authority and guidance from the Steering Committee, as appropriate. This task force makes recommendations to the Steering Committee only on issues that affect the CONNECT! Campus and campus partners.

F. CONNECT! Stakeholders Every CONNECT! partner is a stakeholder. CONNECT! stakeholders meet on a quarterly basis to provide input on system-wide operations and to obtain information regarding activities impacting the larger CONNECT! collaborative. Each stakeholder has an equal vote and decisions are made using a consensus model. Stakeholders’ vote is an advisory vote, with recommendations to be submitted to the Steering Committee for final decision/approval. The senior person of each CONNECT! stakeholder attends the Stakeholders Meeting.

G. One-Stop Staffing For FY 2000/01, the City of Sunnyvale will provide staffing resources to manage CONNECT! One-Stop activities, to the extent WIA funds are available. It is planned that staffing will consist of two full-time equivalents: one position at the management level responsible for facilitating One-Stop operations, and one position at the staff support level.

1. Public Notice of a Public Hearing published in the San Jose Mercury News on February 9, 2000.

2. Public Hearing held by the NOVA Workforce Board on February 23, 2000.

3. Publication and posting of the NOVA Workforce Board meetings of February 23, 2000 and March 22, 2000.

4. Thirty-day public review and comment period with copies of the Plan and the MOU available from the City Clerk’s Office and from NOVA’s Executive Secretary, as well as available on NOVA’s website (www.novapic.org) and through a link from the CONNECT! website (http://connect.one-stop.org).

5. Publication and posting of City Council agenda for March 28, 2000.

6. Report made available on the City’s internet homepage.