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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents and contracts necessary, including but not limited to amendments and requests for reimbursements of City costs, with the Long Beach Convention Center, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and/or the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assist HHS and FEMA in the establishment and operation of an Emergency Intake Site to provide temporary shelter to unaccompanied migrant children; and
Exempt the establishment of such Emergency Intake Site from the provisions of Resolution No. RES-18-0032, the “Long Beach Values Act of 2018,” and direct the City Manager to exempt this specific project from the provisions of Administrative Regulation No. AR8-33, “Procedures Regarding the Requesting, Collecting, and Maintaining of Sensitive Information and the Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law,” in accordance with any applicable laws. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The City of Long Beach (City) was contacted by the federal government to assist in supporting the response to the influx of unaccompanied migrant children crossing the United States southwest border. Working with FEMA, City staff identified the Convention Center as the optimum temporary shelter site because of its size, accommodations, and security.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in conjunction with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and California Office of Emergency Services, will utilize the Long Beach Convention Center to house approximately 1,000 children for a period of up to 120 days. Once operational, the shelter will provide the children with three meals a day, medical and health evaluations, recreational opportunities, and educational services. The shelter will be used as temporary housing while the children are reconnected with a family member or sponsor in the United States. The federal government would be responsible for both funding and providing the major serv...
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