TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a First Amendment to Lease Number 34078 (Lease) between the City of Long Beach (City) and Mental Health America of Los Angeles (MHA), to increase the amount of City participation in the cost of tenant improvements at the City-owned premises located at 1955-1965 Long Beach Boulevard (Premises) from $1,200,000 to $3,450,000, and broaden the scope of allowed uses to include seismic renovation, improvements to the remainder of the building and additional parking;
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a Lease Agreement and Option to Purchase Agreement with the County of Los Angeles, and a Sub-Lease between the City and MHA, for property located at 1945 Palmer Court to be used for parking at a cost of $222,200 over ten years;
Increase appropriations in the General Fund (GF) in the Citywide Activities Department (XC) by $2,422,200, offset by City funds received from the sale of City-owned property at 227 Elm Avenue and from sale of former Redevelopment Agency-owned parcels for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund (CP); and
Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund (CP) in the Public Works Department (PW) by $2,422,200, offset by a transfer from the General Fund (GF) for lease and construction-related costs at the Premises. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
Beginning in 2006, the City pursued the transfer and redevelopment of the 4.73-acre former U.S. Army Reserve Center, also known as Schroeder Hall, through the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Act, for use as the new Police Department East Division substation. As a condition of the BRAC Act, the City was required to execute a Base Closure Homeless Assistance Agreement with a homeless-serving organization to address the needs of homeless individuals and families within the vicinity of the installation. Per the BRAC process, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) determined MHA was in compliance with the fed...
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