TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any and all necessary documents for the Fourth Amendment to Lease
No. 24687 with Upland Corporate Park West, LLC, for office space at 1043 Elm Avenue, Suite 401, for the continued operation of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program, for an additional ten years, through December 31, 2031. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
On July 2, 1996, the City Council authorized the execution of Lease No. 24687 (Lease) with Upland Corporate Park West, LLC (Lessor), a Washington limited liability company at 1043 Elm Avenue, Suite 401 (Leased Premises), in the St. Mary Medical Center complex (St. Mary WIC Office) for the establishment of the Department of Health and Human Services’ (Health Department) Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program (WIC Program). The WIC Program is a federally-funded supplemental nutrition program that provides monthly food electronic benefits, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, and referrals to health and social services for low-income, pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and children under five years of age. The St. Mary WIC Office is the largest of the City's five WIC Program sites and serves approximately 5,000 families per month in the Central Long Beach area. The facility is conveniently located within WIC Program's demographic service area and is accessible via several major public transportation corridors.
On May 3, 2016, the City Council authorized the execution of the Third Amendment to the Lease, which extended the term for five years through December 31, 2021. Although the Lease provides for a consecutive five-year renewal option, the Health Department has requested a longer ten-year extension to take advantage of more favorable lease rates and tenant improvement allowance. Therefore, a Fourth Amendment to the Lease is required to memorialize the extension of the Lease and tenant improvemen...
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