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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a sponsor/site agreement with the Long Beach Community Services Development Corporation, dba Long Beach Community Action Partnership, a nonprofit organization, for participation in the 2010 Summer Food Service Program. (District 7)
DISCUSSION
On March 23, 2010, City Council authorized the City Manager to execute sponsor/site agreements with various agencies throughout Long Beach and Signal Hill for participation in the 2010 Summer Food Service Program (Program), which runs from June 21, 2010 through August 20, 2010. A copy of the City Council letter is attached for reference purposes. The Program provides free lunches to low-income children, 18 years of age and under, who, in the absence of the Program, would not receive their normal lunches during summer vacation. The Program is sponsored through a grant with the California Department of Education (CDE). The participation of other agencies is necessary for the Program's success.
On May 24, 2010, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM) was approached by the Long Beach Community Services Development Corporation, doing business as Long Beach Community Action Partnership (LBCAP), requesting I authorization to participate in the Program once again. LBCAP participated in the 2008 Program, serving lunch out of the Long Beach Unified School District's Pacific Learning Center on Atlantic Avenue.
For the 2010 Program, LBCAP is proposing to function as a sponsor/site for the Villages at Cabrillo, a 26-acre transitional housing facility located at 2200 W. Willard Street.
Villages at Cabrillo is the largest comprehensive residential social service complex of its kind in the country, serving veterans and their families with a variety of programs, including: substance abuse treatment; employment training and placement; residential employment; and special programs for females, Native Americans, seniors, and disabled veterans. Homeless families and youth are served through programs such as childcare, a school for homeless children, and after school tutoring. LBCAP anticipates serving between 50 and 100 meals at this site daily. PRM supports the addition of this site, as the Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (LA Housing), indicated on May 18, 2010, that the Carmelitos Housing Development site would be unable to participate in the 2010 Program. LA Housing had originally anticipated serving between 50 and 100 meals per day.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Gary J. Anderson on June 1, 2010, and Budget Management Officer Victoria Bell on June 1, 2010.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on June 22, 2010, to allow LBCAP the opportunity to participate in the program from June 23, 2010 through August 20,2010.
FISCAL IMPACT
Due to the fact that LA Housing withdrew its participation in the Program, and the number of anticipated meals for LBCAP is the same as was anticipated for LA Housing, the fiscal impact remains the same. Program expenditures for staff, food, and supplies are estimated at $335,000. Of that amount, it is anticipated that the CDE will reimburse PRM $286,000, based upon the reimbursement rate per meals served. The remaining administrative expenses of $49,000 are ineligible for reimbursement under the grant and will be subsidized by the General Fund. Sufficient funding for the Program is currently budgeted in the General Grants Fund (SR 120) and the General Fund (GP) in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PR). The recommended action will result in a positive impact on City jobs. This site will provide three part-time temporary jobs for PRM staff for the duration of the Program.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
PHIL T. HESTER |
APPROVED: |
DIRECTOR OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE |
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PATRICK H. WEST |
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CITY MANAGER |