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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary for the Third Amendment to the St. Mary Physicians Center Medical Office Lease (Contract No. 24687) with HTA - St. Mary Physicians Center, LLC, for the use of medical office space located at 1043 Elm Avenue, Suite 401, for the continued operation of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
On July 2, 1996, the City Council authorized the execution of St. Mary Physicians Center Medical Office Lease No. 24687 for office space at 1043 Elm Avenue, Suite 401 (Leased Premises), in the St. Mary Medical Center complex for the establishment of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program (WIC Program). The WIC Program is a federally-funded supplemental nutrition program that provides monthly food vouchers, nutrition and breastfeeding education, and referrals to health and social services for low-income, pregnant and postpartum women, infants and young children. The St. Mary WIC office is the largest of the City’s five WIC sites and serves approximately 9,000 participants per month in the Central Long Beach area. The facility is conveniently located within WIC’s demographic service area and is accessible via several major public transportation corridors.
In November 2006, the City Council authorized the First Amendment to Lease No. 24687, whereby the term was extended for ten years until October 31, 2016. In April 2010, the City Council authorized a Second Amendment to expand the Leased Premises.
In order to secure the current location for continued WIC operations, the Third Amendment to Lease No. 24687 has been negotiated containing the following major terms and conditions:
· Lessor: HTA - St. Mary Physicians Center, LLC.
· Lessee: City of Long Beach, a municipal corporation.
· Leased Premises: Approximately 5,169 rentable square feet (RS...
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