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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any and all documents necessary for an Occupancy Agreement with Vimal, Inc., dba Hyland Inn, of Long Beach, CA (Owner), and the City of Long Beach (Occupant) to provide temporary shelters for households experiencing homelessness and/or program participants who are homeless and in need of temporary motel lodging within Long Beach, on the stated terms and conditions, for a total contract amount not to exceed $470,600, for six months beginning November 1, 2022, with the option to renew for up to an additional six months, at the discretion of the City Manager. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
Occupying a facility is urgently requested to expand the City of Long Beach’s (City) capacity to house people experiencing homelessness, so that the City can shelter these individuals in an expeditious manner, and help support potential seasonal increases in demand for emergency housing.
The Hyland Inn was used as part of the City’s Isolation and Quarantine program in response to the pandemic, to shelter individuals who had tested positive for COVID-19. Most recently, the facility was used as a Project Roomkey site to shelter people experiencing homelessness who are most vulnerable to medical complications. Although these projects are now complete, the Health and Human Services Department (Health Department) is expecting the need to shelter vulnerable people experiencing homelessness through motel vouchers to continue. Given this, Health Department staff conducted a site search to locate a site for the provision of temporary sheltering for households experiencing homelessness and/or program participants who are homeless and in need of temporary motel lodging services within Long Beach, and the Hyland Inn has been identified as a suitable option. Therefore, City staff recommends approval of an occupancy agreement with the following major terms and provisions:
Owner: Vimal, Inc., dba Hyland Inn, a California...
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