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<br /> <br />4 <br /> <br /> <br />. <br />5. Adjustment. The Director may adjust a project’s apprentice utilization rate upon the <br />Director’s determination that at least one of the following reasons apply: <br />a. A demonstrated lack of availability of apprentices in the specific geographic area of <br />the project; <br />b. the contractor has demonstrated a good faith effort to comply with the requirements <br />of this section but has been unable; <br />c. the project has a disproportionately high ratio of material costs to labor hours, which <br />does not make feasible the required apprentice utilization rate; or <br />d. other reason(s) as may be determined by the City Council. <br />In lieu of the adjustment procedure in this Section 5, contract documents for projects may <br />instead include good faith effort (GFE) procedures substantially similar to WSDOT local project <br />template apprentice provisions. <br />6. Reporting. The Mayor shall report to the City Council annually upon the use of apprentices <br />for projects with a required apprentice utilization rate under this section. The report shall <br />include to the extent it is available: <br />a. The percentage of labor hours actually worked by apprentices on each project and <br />the total number of labor hours on each such project; <br />b. The number of apprentices by contractor broken down by trade and craft category; <br />c. The number and percentage of minorities, women and veterans utilized as <br />apprentices on each project; <br />d. The number and percentage of City of Everett residents utilized as apprentices on <br />each project; and <br />e. Data, to the extent it is available, on the use and issuance of exceptions and waivers <br />under EMC 3.80.070.B.5 for the prior 12-month period. <br />“Craft” for this reporting subsection means each and every trade and occupation recognized <br />as being involved in public work based on Washington State Prevailing Wage Rules in <br />WAC 296-127-013. <br />Section 2. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this Ordinance are authorized to make necessary <br />corrections to this Ordinance, including, but not limited to, the correction of scrivener’s/clerical errors, <br />references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers, and any internal references. <br />Section 3. The City Council hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or <br />phrase of this ordinance be declared invalid for any reason, it is the intent of the City Council that it <br />would have passed all portions of this ordinance independent of the elimination of any such portion as <br />may be declared invalid. <br />Section 4. The enactment of this Ordinance shall not affect any case, proceeding, appeal, or other <br />matter currently pending in any court or in any way modify any right or liability, civil or criminal, which <br />may be in existence on the effective date of this Ordinance. <br />Section 5. It is expressly the purpose of this Ordinance to provide for and promote the health, safety, <br />and welfare of the general public and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular <br />class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this <br />Ordinance. Nothing contained in this Ordinance is intended nor shall be construed to create or form the