October 5, 2007

CITY OF PASADENA ANNOUNCES VOLUNTARY LOCAL
HIRING AGREEMENT WITH KAMRAN GROUP LLC.

Pasadena residents registered in the city of Pasadena’s local hiring database will be referred for construction job opportunities in a variety of trades through a voluntary local hiring agreement between the city and Kamran Group LLC for the Fair Oaks and Walnut Hotel Project.

A mixed-use project that will be developed over the course of two and a half years by Kamran Group at the northwest corner of Fair Oaks Avenue and Walnut Street will include a 200-room luxury hotel, 110 condominiums, premium retailers, celebrity chef restaurants, spa, nightclub and large public courtyard.

David Golkar, managing member of Kamran Group, intends to maximize local hiring for the project and assist the city of Pasadena in its efforts to add residents to its database of available workers.

“We are a part of this community and want the community to be part of our project,” said Golkar. “Employing local residents provides us a tangible opportunity to demonstrate that commitment.”

The project’s construction management firm, Fullscope, and its entitlement consultant, Aamir Raza, are supportive of the city’s added initiative to identify subcontractors willing to hire Pasadena residents.

On Sept. 21 the city conducted a forum to discuss the inclusion of subcontractors to help achieve the goal of hiring Pasadena residents on construction-related jobs. Since the forum, several of the subcontractors who attended have entered into memorandums of understanding with the city to participate in its First Source Local Hiring program, which is administered through the City Manager’s Office.

Other types of hiring agreements are being negotiated with developers, public agencies and training institutions on behalf of Pasadena residents.

For more information about Pasadena’s First Source Local Hiring program, visit www.cityofpasadena.net/citymanager, email awatson@cityofpasadena.net or call
(626) 744-8382.