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Recommendation to receive and file Contract No. 35632, including the First, Second, Third and Fourth Amendments, with KJP II Enterprises, LLC, dba Days Inn Long Beach, located at 1500 East. Pacific Coast Highway, in an amount not to exceed $3,800,000 for the period of
October 1, 2020 to June 30,2022, for the provision of a non-congregate shelter for people experiencing homelessness who are at high risk if exposed to COVID-19, made pursuant to the authority granted to the City Manager by Resolution No. RES-20-0049, in response to the proclaimed emergency for COVID-19. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
In April 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a statewide goal to secure 15,000 hotel and motel rooms to house people experiencing homelessness and to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through Project Room Key (PRK). PRK provides non-congregate sheltering options for people experiencing homelessness who are over the age of 65 and/or have underlying health conditions that put them at a heightened health risk if exposed to COVID-19.
As part of the overall assessment of potential City of Long Beach (City) needs to respond to the serious and imminent threat of an outbreak of COVID-19, it was determined there was a need to enter into leases for the use of public or private property not owned or controlled by the City, for emergency responses such as additional homeless shelters, staging areas, and temporary public safety facilities. On April 14, 2020, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute any and all documents necessary to enter into leases with public or private parties to lease or occupy real property in response to the proclaimed emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and adopted a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents, including subcontracts and any subsequent amendments, to apply for, accept, and expend grant funding for financial assistance to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On October 1, 2020, the Cit...
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