TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement with the Long Beach Unified School District for food preparation for the 2023 Summer Food Service Program, in an amount not to exceed $316,550; execute a sponsor/site agreement with the City of Signal Hill; and, execute any documents, including any necessary subsequent amendments to accept funds, implement, and administer the 2023 Summer Food Service Program, from June 20 through August 25, 2023; and
Increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund Group in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department by $43,277, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Since 1980, the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department (PRM) has operated a Summer Food Service Program that 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 school lunches during summer vacation. The 2023 Summer Food Service Program (Program) is sponsored through a grant from the California Department of Education (CDE). In 2008, the City of Long Beach (City) applied for and was granted a permanent agreement to participate and receive funding from CDE, thus eliminating the annual grant application process. Because PRM coordinates with other agencies to administer the Program, City Council approval is required annually to execute agreements to allow them to operate under the Program. These agreements include an operational agreement with the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) for the preparation and delivery of the lunches, and sponsor/site agreements with participating agencies for the distribution of the lunches. This year, lunches will be provided at 23 sites throughout Long Beach and one site in Signal Hill (Attachment).
Community organizations that participate in the Program are required to secure the necessary insurance as deemed appropriate by the City’s Risk Manager, and to comply with regulations set forth ...
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