Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary for a Proposed Lease, with an Option to Purchase, by and between the City of Long Beach and Centro C.H.A, Inc., a California 501(c)(3) corporation, for City-owned property located at 1850-1862 Atlantic Avenue for youth workforce development, civic leadership, inclusive entrepreneurship training, and community services.  (District 6)
Thank you. Next item. Item 24. Yes, please. Item 24 is a report from economic development. Recommendation to execute a proposed least buy in between the city of Long Beach and Central CHA for city owned property located at 1850 through 1862. Atlantic Avenue District six. Of emotion in a second. Yes. Clark, could you please read the item? We have four speakers there. Sign up for item 24 would Sydney can fee. Jessica can tin can Tina, Ernest Castillo and Christine de la Brea. Would you please come up to the podium, please? Oh, sorry. I don't want to be too shiny of you, son. I can say. Uh, son, I came from sixth district resident. My my vice, uh, my councilman, the vice mayor. He suggested that I straighten up when I come up so that people can see, you know, the the physical image of, you know, people who drink water the street. I am in complete support of this partnership, of this property going from the city of Long Beach to central China. I think they are a positive fixture in the community from the time that I've known them, from the original office on L.A. to where they've moved now until now with Boulevard. I've seen them do amazing work with helping ease a lot of the tension between the African-American and Latino community within the sixth District, which can be seen even in so far as recently with some of the disturbances we had last year. Polly. Polly. Hi. They do a lot of development work with a lot of the children in the community, and they provide a lot of the moms in the area with available space to, you know. Whereas it's not a lot, especially right there on Long Beach and in the 16th, I believe. So I'm just as a resident in the area, I just want to say I come out in support of central China. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening, city council members. My name is Vanessa Castillo, and I'm here representing on behalf of State Senator Lena Gonzalez to express our support for the proposed lease agreement between the city of Long Beach and Central Asia. As you know, Central Asia is a leading nonprofit organization in the city for workforce development, equity and inclusion, and we have worked closely with them since then. Gonzalez To serve on the Long Beach City Council. Gonzalez is excited that the city identified a facility that will allow Central Shore to continue the great work they do for our community and to recognize the value that Central Asia brings to Long Beach. We want to thank you again for your efforts to support this wonderful organization. And I hope we could count on your approval on this item. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening. Honorable councilmembers. My name is Chris in the lab. I'm the operations director for Interval House. We work with the homeless population and in Long Beach and we have centers for victims of domestic violence. We have been serving the city of Long Beach for the past 40 years. I'm here tonight to add to the Stickley support, the lease between the city of Long Beach and Central Charm, who will be working with youth workforce development, city leadership, inclusive and staff ownership, training and community services. We are central in such a high respect for the outstanding work that they do in the community. And it would be our greatest honor to continue to refer our client to Santa Rosa and to continue collaborating with them. We believe that this new facility really would be giving a life changing opportunity to many youth and many people in Long Beach. Thank you very much for your support. Thank you. Hello, everyone. Happy New Year. I'm Jessica Quintana, executive director of Central Cha, also a long time resident of the city of Long Beach for over 54 years. I have the great opportunity not only to work and serve my city, but also to be a resident here for the city. I just want to thank city staff, our board of directors who are here in the audience today and our honorary community advisors for their leadership on this initiative. It's been a long time meeting talking. I know the two gentlemen over there, John Kiser and Sergio, our meters. I want to thank them so much for their support and efforts. You know, it's it's. A challenge and it's it's not easy. Most of, you know, on that side of the dais, the organization, you know, has been a trusted nonprofit organization, one of the largest Latino serving organizations providing workforce development and job training services. And also providing legal. Services for the city. We are a DOJ, Department of Justice, Immigration Legal Service Providers. So we are. One of the largest providers. Of legal services and economic. Development providers in the city. And what we do is we really try to address poverty. Poverty, as we know, is one of the core issues and one of the symptoms as to why we have violence and low education and, you know, lack of economic opportunities. And so, you know, I just want to thank all of our supporters, all of our funders, you know, all of our advisors who are here today who has really supported. Us to be able to provide. That service in our community and that gap. We are definitely excited about this initiative in this partnership. There's a lot of work to do as you as you know. There's significant improvements that need to happen to add to the property, you know. At least, you know, a million to even get there and in up. To 3 million to get us operating. So we're we're committed. We're dedicated. We're we look forward to our continued partnership with the city and with the Economic Development Department. And we're not going anywhere. So if you know us, we've been on this. Journey for a while and we move five times. Several times, and it's never because we couldn't pay a rent. So that's never been the issue. It's been because of development services. Property got sold, you know, housing got built. And then the last time that we moved was because of redevelopment. And so that put us on a transition. And so we're looking forward to. Find a permanent housing for Central CHA so we can continue to help save the lives of our children. And families in the city. As we know, that's most important to our councilmembers, we hope. And so we thank you for your support. Thank you. Thank you. Yes, Councilwoman. And then there's. Yes. I just wanted to see how supportive I am of this item. Central China has been a great help to so many. And Jessica say, right, when you say, you know that the center has helped save lives, I really do see that. And I am really looking forward to central China getting its own permanent home, which is very deserving. So I'm very supportive of this item. Thank you very much. Council member Yolanda. Thank you. Thank you. Very proud to set this motion. I've known Jessica in Central Asia for many, many years, and it's been sort of a process for them in the struggle. They've gone from one location to another like an orphan child, and now they're on a path to find some permanent residence. And so I'm glad to see that it's here. It's long overdue. And over the years now, Jessica, I can tell you one thing. It's now it seems Turtle Jose is the the premiere. Hispanic serving organization here in Long Beach. And I congratulate you for that, because if there's nothing that says more about Central Cha and your leadership is tenacity. Perseverance and a willingness to serve. And I'm very proud that we're going to be able to work with you and that you're going to work with the city to get a permanent home for Central Chuck. It's way long over. Do the congratulations. Thank you, Councilman Urunga. Finally. Finally, I just. Jessica. It's been a long time coming. It's like you said, you have moved from pillar to post. Everywhere you look, wherever you land, you find a way to be successful. And this is you finally have found yourself a home. And before I'd like to make that motion, you know, I like to move forward, like saying that I'd like a motion to amend this item to reflect that the city would be responsible for the property tax as long as the city retains ownership of this building. And I hope I can get a second on this motion. Thank you. Thank you very much. With that, you know, is there any public comment? He's no longer. The city owns the property. Yes. Is anybody? Come on. This idea. You've already done the public comment, Mr. Mayor. Then Mr. Councilwoman. Yes. Yes. I just had a this was the first I heard of it. So I'm just curious what the property taxes are estimated to be for this property. Could I get that, please? Oh yeah, council members. So at this point, because it's a government owned. Property there, there hasn't been a property tax assessed. So that's at zero right now. And as long as we are going through the period of due diligence, there's obviously an early termination period where the city will retain full possession and operation of the site. There will be no property tax. That sounds good. However, I would like to add, Mayor, just for clarification, there is a revenue and tax code section that while the city leases the property, the tenant may be responsible possessing any interest tax that the city can't cannot pay. So there, there there may be we can work out if there were property taxes do. But on the possessor interest tax, it may be the obligation of the tenant. I mean, I think that's the one. Would you please speak on that? This is a concern is that when you speak, you know. Yes. That's the one I think you long as you have ownership of it. Yes. Okay. So I just it was the first that I had heard of that. I've obviously we've worked together for many years, and I don't think that the city does enough for our non-profits. I just want to make sure that we are all clear on on how much that is and looking at opportunities to support other non-profits as we go down the road. But I support this item and support that change. If staff could give us a two from four on what those expected costs will be over the next 510 years. I'd be great. Thank you. It's progress. That's right. Yes, right. Okay. Councilwoman Mongo. And Councilman the dance. Did you go? Oh, okay. I guess I'm confused. Possessive. Your interest is determined by the auditor comptroller and the Treasury tax collector and the county assessor. And so I. I don't know that I'm comfortable asking our city staff, but if you'd like me to connect you with the person that does that, there's actually a division of the assessor that I can connect you with and they can give you those estimates. But the estimates are based on several factors that are kind of outside the city's control. So you have my cell phone number. Call me tomorrow and I'm happy to. We weren't aware of that. So because that's the interest. Tax rate that somebody who's leasing the properties still get taxed on leasing a property. Correct. Okay. So we didn't. Wait, let me connect you with the assessor's office, and they can explain the specifics that you would need to know. So we're looking to get a note from the assessor's office and not from the city department in the name of Cent, their charge for those taxes. Is that what we're. Expecting to get? I'm not sure what you expecting to get, but I can definitely connect you with the people that can help you figure bargains. Could you some clarification on this, please? Yeah. Yeah. I believe the the draft lease has the language in it that talks about the tenants responsibility for the possession interest tax, which is required under the revenue and tax code to be in there when we're leasing property, city owned property. And then but I'm not sure at what time you would exercise your option or how this is going to work. But the possessor interest tax is the responsibility of the tenant at this time. I hear what the vice mayor is is recommending is that we somehow switch that liability to the city. Until. I think we'd have to have further negotiations on maybe the value of that is some sort of a rent credit or something. But I don't think you can they can't just pay the possessor interest tax on behalf of the tenant benefits. Yeah. Yeah. So we're, we would definitely have to have more information about that, I think. My understanding it's where it's the way it's structured. So I think there is opportunity to negotiate on that. And so maybe it's part of our community benefits. But my understanding is. It's the way it's structured. So, so. So what motion you will that give them time to get more information and we could. Okay. So is that okay with you? Absolutely. Well, with that, could I please call for the vote? Council member, Piers. Washing cars. Thank you. All right. Yes. Thank you, vice mayor. Thank you. City council. Members.