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R -20 -14 A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE REDESIGNATION OF LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREAS 14 & 16 INTO A NEW SINGLE LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREA. WHEREAS, under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Public Law 113 -128, local workforce development areas (LWDAs) within a planning region that want to re- designate into a single LWDA shall be given the opportunity to do so; and WHEREAS, the Virginia Board of Workforce Development's Policy, Number 200 -07, entitled, "Process for Requesting LWDA Redesignation: Redesignation Assistance," effective July 1, 2017, prescribes the process to be followed when a unit or a combination of units of political sub- divisions request redesignation of their LWDAs as provided under WIOA; and WHEREAS, the Greater Peninsula Workforce Board (GPWB), tasked with overseeing the delivery of workforce services within LWDA 14 and the Hampton Roads Workforce Council (HRWC), tasked with overseeing the delivery of workforce services within LWDA 16, are part of one regional economic ecosystem serving the fifteen political sub- divisions of Southeastern Virginia; and WHEREAS, in September 2018 the GPWB and HRWC executed a Resolution establishing the Southeastern Virginia Regional Workforce Collaborative whose purpose was to address the needs of area employers through a collaborative regional approach, focused upon business engagement strategies, communication efforts, program development, provision of labor market intelligence, veteran transition support and emerging workforce initiatives; and WHEREAS, the work of the Collaborative has resulted in a significant number of successful undertakings to include the creation of a Joint Business Services Team that has assisted over 4,000 employers, the implementation of a fundraising initiative which raised over $250,000 in new private resources, the award of a $100,000 GO Virginia Grant to establish the Hampton Roads Coalition for Talent, and the publication of a regional economic impact report that concluded there was a $4.30 return on investment for each $1.00 spent by the region's two workforce boards; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the request of the GPWB and HRWC to be re- designated into a new, single LWDA to oversee the delivery of workforce development services within the fifteen political subdivisions located within Southeastern Virginia, as prescribed under WIOA, be approved for submission to the Virginia Board of Workforce Development and subsequent action by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager and her designees are authorized to take such further actions as may be necessary or desirable in furtherance of this Resolution.