TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any and all documents necessary for a lease between Pacific Place Office, LLC, and the City of Long Beach for office space at 222 West 6th Street, Suite 410, San Pedro, California, and any and all documents necessary for subleases by and between the City of Long Beach and various agencies and organizations on an as-needed basis throughout the term of the lease, for the relocation and continued operations of the Harbor WorkSource Center by the Workforce Development Bureau in the Department of Economic and Property Development. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Since 2007, the City of Long Beach (City), in partnership with various public and private organizations has assisted approximately 2,000 job seekers per month with free job training and employment placement services at the Harbor WorkSource Center (HWSC) located at 1851 North Gaffey Street in San Pedro. Throughout this time, the City has been under contract with the City of Los Angeles Economic and Workforce Development Department to serve as the operator for the one-stop resource center for the San Pedro/Harbor Area. All services are provided under the guidance of the Workforce Investment Board, also known as the Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network (PGWIN), which administers the communities’ collective annual federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds as well as other employment and training funds.
In order to facilitate the operation of a comprehensive one-stop center, the City subleases space at the HWSC to organizations that provide programs in tandem with those of the PGWIN and enhance the overall delivery of services to the community. As grant funding becomes available, the City subleases space to additional partner organizations at the HWSC. In some prior cases, services to the community were initially delayed due to the need to obtain City Council approval for each individual sublease. On March 18, 2008, ...
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