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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all documents necessary for a lease with Westside Neighborhood Clinic, Inc., a California nonprofit corporation, for City-owned property at the West Facilities Center at 2125 Santa Fe Avenue. (District 7)
DISCUSSION
The Department of Health and Human Services (Health) operates the West Facilities Center (Facility) at 2125 Santa Fe Avenue in Admiral Kidd Park. Built in 1974, the twostory structure, measuring approximately 11,650 square feet, provides office space to support various community and health services and programs including Women, Infants and Children (WIC), Long Beach Unified School District child day care, and Brown Bag Food distribution. The Facility also provides a multi-purpose room for use by public agencies. In early 2005, Catholic Healthcare West terminated its lease for the operation of a primary care clinic (see Attachment), which utilized approximately 2,462 square feet of space on the first floor of the Facility. Health has since been marketing the space to other health care providers.
The Westside Neighborhood Clinic (WNC) is a non-profit community clinic dedicated to the health care needs of low income, uninsured families, and individuals who reside primarily in West Long Beach. WNC provides low cost medical services including general, acute and chronic care, pediatrics, immunizations, prenatal care, women's services, and health education. The WNC has been serving the West Long Beach community since 1975.
Facing the loss of their current location due to financial hardship, the WNC contacted the City seeking assistance in identifying a new location for its clinic. Matching this need with the available space at the Facility, Health saw an opportunity to continue to provide medical services to the West Long Beach Community. As a result, a proposed Lease has been negotiated containing the following provisions:
. Lessor: City of Long Beach.
. Lessee: Westside Neighborhood Clinic, ...
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