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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to terminate Management Agreement No. 3557, effective June 1, 2021, with Conservation Corps of Long Beach, for the management and operation of 340 Nieto Avenue, and execute all documents necessary to enter into a Master Lease with the Conservation Corps of Long Beach, a nonprofit public benefit corporation, for the operation and maintenance of (1) Willow Springs Park Urban Wood Recovery and Utilization Program at 2750 Orange Avenue; (2) the building at 340 Nieto Avenue; and, (3) DeForest Park Environmental Stewardship Center at 6255 DeForest Avenue, from June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2041, with one five-year option to renew, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Districts 3,7,9)
DISCUSSION
Established in 1987, Conservation Corps of Long Beach (CCLB) is one of 13 State-Certified Community Conservation Corps programs in California that train and educate youth by coupling State-accredited alternative high school curriculum with various conservation projects such as graffiti removal, habitat restoration, recycling, urban forestry, fire fuel reduction, invasive vegetation treatment, community garden development, and construction to provide marketable work skills while helping preserve and restore our local environment. CCLB has partnered with the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department (Department) to occupy several Long Beach park sites where they offer a variety of programs including (1) the Urban Wood Recovery and Utilization Program at Willow Springs Park at 2750 Orange Avenue (Attachment A); (2) CCLB offices with indoor training and programming at 340 Nieto Avenue (Attachment B); and, (3) the soon-to-be constructed DeForest Environmental Stewardship Center at DeForest Park at 6255 DeForest Avenue (Attachment C).
The use of each of these sites by CCLB has necessitated approval from the Parks and Recreation Commission (Commission) and City Council, with the most recent action being the approval of a...
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