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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary for a Management Agreement with Conservation Corps of Long Beach, a California nonprofit corporation, for the continued occupancy and management of City-owned property at 340 Nieto Avenue, for a period of 20 years. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
The City of Long Beach (City) currently owns the property located at 340 Nieto Avenue, which measures approximately 35,065 square feet and is improved with a 10,961-square-foot building and includes a fenced outdoor parking and storage area (Subject Property). The building consists of the Field Office for City Council District 3, the Conservation Corps of Long Beach (CCLB) administrative offices, and a conference room. Since 2004, the CCLB has utilized the Subject Property to house its administrative offices and manage community serving activities including, but not limited to, youth development, environmental community and social services, conservation and education, City recycling activities, and other special community events. CCLB, whose primary mission is “to develop at-risk youth to reach their full potential through work, service, conservation, and education”, has partnered with the City for nearly three decades to provide job training and educational opportunities for local youth while improving the local environment, community, and neighborhoods.
CCLB has expressed an interest in deepening its partnership with the City by expanding job training opportunities, increasing community services, and investing capital funds to upgrade the Subject Property. CCLB is seeking a Management Agreement for a period of 20 years, the time period required by most granting agencies to allow CCLB to pursue grant funding for services and infrastructure upgrades. CCLB would immediately seek grant funding to address critically-needed upgrades to the Subject Property such as Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems, roofin...
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