STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: June 14, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 9
DEPARTMENT: Department of Public Works
EXECUTIVE: Dr. Robert Perez
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SUBJECT
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Authorize an amendment to an existing lease agreement with Marcer Investments, LLC, to extend the lease agreement for an additional five years for approximately 4,272 square feet of office and clinic space located at 6012 Abrams Road, Suite 150, to be used as a Women, Infants, and Children Clinic for the period September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2028 - Not to exceed $488,412.00 - Financing: Health and Human Services Commission Grant Funds (subject to annual appropriations)
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BACKGROUND
This item, on behalf of the Office of Community Care, authorizes an amendment to an existing lease agreement with Marcer Investments, LLC to extend the lease agreement for an additional five years for approximately 4,272 square feet of office and clinic space located at 6012 Abrams Road, Suite 150. The five-year extension will provide for the continued use as a Women, Infants, and Children ("WIC") Clinic.
The WIC Program is a United States Department of Agriculture program administered in Texas by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. The countywide program has been administered by the City of Dallas since 1974 and is overseen by the Office of Community Care. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for the WIC Program provides nutritious foods through Electronic Benefits Transfer cards redeemed at local grocery stores, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, and referrals to health services. The program serves pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children under age five.
The five-year extension will begin on September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2028.
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
On June 26, 2013, the City Council authorized a ten-year lease agree...
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