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Recommendation to receive and file Emergency Occupancy Agreement No. 36170 and the First Amendment to Emergency Occupancy Agreement No. 36170 with Vimal, Inc., dba Hyland Inn, of Long Beach, CA, a California corporation, to provide temporary shelter for households experiencing homelessness and/or program participants who are homeless and in need of temporary motel lodging within Long Beach, in a total amount not to exceed $861,250 through October 31, 2022, made pursuant to Chapters 2.69 and 2.85 of the Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) and in response to the proclaimed emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
On March 4, 2020, the City of Long Beach (City) declared local health and City emergencies to strengthen the City’s preparedness and ability to respond to COVID-19. On March 10, 2020, the City Council recognized that an emergency existed and unanimously passed a Resolution ratifying the City Manager’s Proclamation of a Local Emergency and the Public Health Officer’s Declaration of Local Health Emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pursuant to LBMC Chapters 2.69 and 2.85, the City Manager has the authority to approve purchases up to $1,000,000 for goods or services related to a proclaimed emergency.
On January 14, 2022, the City executed Emergency Occupancy Agreement No. 36170 with Hyland Inn to provide temporary shelters for households experiencing homelessness and/or program participants who are homeless and in need of temporary motel lodging within Long Beach. On September 14, 2022, the City executed the First Amendment to Emergency Occupancy Agreement No. 36170 with Hyland Inn to extend the contract to October 31, 2022.
The Hyland Inn was used as part of the City’s Isolation and Quarantine program in response to the pandemic, to shelter individuals who had tested positive for COVID-19. Additionally, the facility was used as a Project Roomkey site until August 31, 2022 to shelter people experiencing homelessness who ...
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