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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the hearing, and approve the Redevelopment Plan and Homeless Assistance Plan recommendations for the Schroeder Hall U.S. Army Reserve Center; for the reuse of the Schroeder Hall site for an East Division Police Substation; an offsite homeless assistance accommodation at a Department of Health and Human Services-owned site; and an alternate proposal for an onsite homeless assistance accommodation only to be used in the case that the offsite accommodation cannot be provided. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
Background In November 2005, the U.S. Department of Defense declared the Schroeder Hall U.S. Army Reserve Center located at 3800 E. Willow Street (Schroeder Hall) surplus under the Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC). This was the beginning of the disposition and planning process for the site, which will be vacated by the Department of Army in 2011.
In May 2006, the City of Long Beach was designated as the Local Redevelopment Authority (LRA). As the LRA, the City is responsible for developing a Redevelopment Plan and a Homeless Assistance Plan for Schroeder Hall as prescribed under the Base Closure Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act (Base Redevelopment Act). The Base Redevelopment Act specifies that the LRA is responsible for developing a redevelopment plan that appropriately balances the needs of the community for economic redevelopment, other development and homeless assistance. The final Redevelopment Plan and a Homeless Assistance Plan will be evaluated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Army.
The 4.73-acre Schroeder Hall site is located at the southeast corner of E. Willow Street and Grand Avenue, adjacent to light industrial uses to the south and west, and single-family residences and duplexes to the east and southeast. The City's Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) is located westerly acros...
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