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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR COMMERCIAL KITCHEN OPERATION AND MEAL SERVICES FOR THE COSTA MESA BRIDGE SHELTER
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DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
PRESENTED BY: SUSAN PRICE, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
CONTACT INFORMATION: LORI KARAGUEZIAN, SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, (714) 593-5347
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council:
1. Award a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) to Bracken's Kitchen, for a term of 1 year with 3 one-year renewal options, in an amount not to exceed $327,600 annually for commercial kitchen operation and meal services for the Costa Mesa Bridge Shelter.
2. Authorize the City Manager and the City Clerk to execute the agreement and any future amendments to the agreement.
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BACKGROUND:
In April 2021, the City of Costa Mesa opened the Permanent Bridge Shelter at 3175 Airway Avenue. The Costa Mesa Bridge Shelter (Bridge Shelter) has a full-service commercial kitchen onsite which was designed to function as a mechanism for community engagement in the solutions to homelessness. The Bridge Shelter kitchen was initially being run by City staff and volunteers. During the Covid-19 pandemic, health and safety guidelines and requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic prevented volunteers from being onsite to provide assistance to City staff. In an effort to find a short-term solution to this challenge, the Bridge Shelter Operator Mercy House contracted with the former catering company from the temporary Lighthouse Shelter. City staff reached out to various community partners in an effort to identify an operator that could provide meal services during the pandemic, given the workforce challenges within the restaurant/food industry. In December 2021 Bracken's Kitchen began delivering breakfast, lunch, and dinner to the Bridge Shelter on a daily basis, prepared from their remote kitchen in a neighboring City.
In January 2022, the City issued a RFP for a permanent commercial kitchen operator with the g...
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