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Recommendation to authorize City Manager or designee, to execute the Second Amendment to Office Lease No. 34494 between 222 West Sixth Street LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and the City of Long Beach, a municipal corporation, and extend Sublease No. 35014 between the City of Long Beach and the State of California Employment Development Department. (District 1)
DISCUSSION
On November 22, 2016, the City Council authorized the execution of Lease No. 34494 (Lease) for approximately 8,020 square feet of office space at 222 West 6th Street, Suite 410 (Premises), for the relocation and continued operation of the Harbor Gateway WorkSource Center (HGWSC). On September 19, 2017, the City Council authorized a First Amendment to the Lease to incorporate an additional 1,175 rentable square feet (Suite 480), into the Premises for the YouthSource Center. Further, the State of California Employment Development Department (EDD), through Sublease No. 35014 (Sublease), utilizes space at the Premises to administer the Employment Services program and provide labor exchange services to job seekers and veterans. The City of Long Beach’s (City) Lease, as well as EDD’s Sublease, is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2022.
Through a contract with the City of Los Angeles Economic and Workforce Development Department (LAEWDD), the HGWSC assists approximately 2,000 job seekers per month with no-cost job training and employment placement services and serves as America’s Job Center of California (AJCC) for the San Pedro/Harbor Area. All services are provided under the guidance of the Workforce Development Board, also known as the Pacific Gateway Workforce Innovation Network (PGWIN), which administers the communities’ collective annual federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds as well as other employment and training funds. The City was not granted a new contract by LAEWDD to continue providing YouthSource Center services beyond November 30, 2022. ...
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