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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute the First Amendment to Lease No. 24687 between St. Mary Physicians Center, LLC, (Landlord) and the City of Long Beach (Tenant) for medical office space at 1043 Elm Street, Suite 401, for the continued operation of the Department of Health and Human Services administered Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program for an extended ten-year term at the initial monthly base rent of $8,881. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
On July 2, 1996, the City Council authorized the execution of a ten-year lease at 1043 Elm Street, Suite 401, on the campus of St. Mary Medical Center (Hospital) for the establishment of a Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program (St. Mary WIC) to serve the Central Long Beach community and provide for the continuing growth of the Health Department's WIC program. The WIC program provides supplemental food, breastfeeding support, nutrition education and health and social service referrals to women, infants and children under five years of age who are at nutritional risk. St. Mary WIC, the largest of the City's six WIC sites, serves approximately 7,000 families per month and is conveniently located within the demographic area it serves and along major City bus routes. In partnership with the Hospital, St. Mary WIC also coordinates services to enroll eligible participants in the Hospital's Obstetrics Clinic, and for the past eight years has provided Certified Lactation Educators to assist and support breastfeeding mothers after delivery.
Lease No. 24687 terminated on October 31, 2006, and the City is currently on a "holdover" status. In an effort to continue providing services from this location, a proposed First Amendment to Lease No. 24687 has been negotiated containing the following major provisions:
· Landlord: St. Mary Physicians Center, a limited liability corporation.
· Tenant: City of Long Beach.
· Premises: 1043 Elm Street, Suite 401, consisting of approximately 4,332 rentable squar...
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