TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 35632 with KJP II Enterprises, LLC, dba Days Inn of Long Beach, CA, for use of a 47-unit property located at 1500 East Pacific Coast Hwy, as interim housing for people experiencing homelessness and in a COVID-19 high-risk category, in response to the proclaimed emergency for COVID-19, in a total amount not to exceed $6,506,354, and extend the contract by two six-month terms to September 30, 2023. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to amend Contract No. 35632 with KJP II Enterprises, LLC, dba Days Inn (Days Inn), by extending the term of the contract by an additional two six-month terms to September 30, 2023, to continue providing a 47-unit property located at 1500 E Pacific Coast Hwy as interim housing for people experiencing homelessness and in a COVID-19 high-risk category. The authority is requested to quickly respond to potential future term extensions needed to provide this interim housing program.
As part of the overall assessment of potential City of Long Beach (City) needs to respond to the serious and imminent threat of an outbreak of COVID-19, it was determined there was a need to enter into leases for the use of public or private property not owned or controlled by the City, for emergency responses such as additional homeless shelters, staging areas, and temporary public safety facilities.
On April 14, 2020, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute any and all documents necessary to enter into leases with public or private parties to lease or occupy real property in response to the proclaimed emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and adopted a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents, including subcontracts and any subsequent amendments, to apply for, accept, and expend grant funding for financial assistance to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On October 1, ...
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