Recommendation to adopt resolution declaring a shelter crisis; suspending applicable provisions of local law, including those contained in the City's zoning ordinances and regulations; and authorizing the operation of a winter shelter between the dates of December 1, 2014 and March 15, 2015, inclusive; and Authorize City Manager to execute any and all documents necessary for a Lease between Eddie N. John #1, a limited liability company (Lessor), and the City (Lessee), and a Sublease between the City (Sublessor) and the Long Beach Rescue Mission (Sublessee) and/or affiliated entities, and any necessary amendments at the discretion of the City Manager for approximately 12,000 rentable square feet of industrial space at 6845 Atlantic Avenue at the monthly base rent of $6,000 for use as a winter shelter, and increase appropriations in the General Fund (GP) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HE) by $21,000. (District 9)
Item. Item 19 is a report from the Health and Human Services Department with the recommendation to adopt a resolution declaring a shelter crisis for the operation of a winter shelter from December 1st, 2014 and March 15, 2015. Inclusive and authorize the city manager to execute a lease and subleases for 12,000 square feet of rentable of industrial space at six, eight, four or five Atlantic Avenue. Can I get a motion? Councilmember Richardson, you want me to cut some comments? Sure. Just quickly. The winter shelter is an asset to our city county fund. It provides a resource for folks who may not have a place to sleep during those cold months. They're brought into my district. It's happened the last few years. They brought in by by their busting. There's no impact on the neighborhoods. That said, you know, I just want to encourage city staff. Going forward, we should talk about like a long term strategy every year. So we're not in a place where every year we're figuring out where the stretch shelter, where the winter shelter are going to be located. I think we should, you know, place a value on a lot of these homeless folks, many of which are many of whom are veterans. We should have that conversation before this comes up yet again next year. Thank you. Public comment. Please. Good evening. Mayor and council members. My name is Robert Props. I'm the executive director of the Long Beach Rescue Mission. And I'm just here and in good faith. First of all, to say thank you. Thank you for your support. And also to let you know that Health and Human Services has been doing an outstanding job, working with us, collaborating on how to do a better job helping the homeless. We've we've been running such a great shelter that just just last year they called it probably the cleanest and well, the cleanest and best organized shelter in in the county of Los Angeles. But I want you to even know we're even going to raise the bar a little bit. We're taking it to a whole nother level because, like Councilman Richardson said, that it's a continued problem and we need to do something better and how we can handle this better. So we're really looking to take it to another level as far as. Just instead of just more than a shelter and food, to actually give them an opportunity for a life change, and that's to case management and really showing them and pointing them in the right direction. So I just basically, I'm here out of good faith saying that's what we're committed to. I like what you said. Councilman Richardson, I have some really good ideas for the future, the route that the rescue mission actually owns property. And we like to think we have a permanent spot where we could work on something like that. So thank you all. Appreciate each and every one of you. Thank you. Any other public comment on the item? Seeing none there. Can we have a motion, Councilman Richardson? Yeah. Would you move? Was there a second? Okay. Gonzalez, please cast your vote. Motion carries eight votes 20. Item ten is a report from Long Beach Airport with a recommendation to execute an agreement with Paradise, Long Beach for a period of five years for one time. Early opening assistance services in the amount of $200,000.