DATE: August 6, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Public Works Department
TITLE: AMENDMENT 4 TO PROPERTY USE AGREEMENT WITH CAUSE OF CHRIST FOR A PORTION OF THE JOHN LANDES COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING AT 2855 CEDAR ROAD
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve Amendment 4 to the Property Use Agreement with Cause of Christ for use of a portion of the John Landes Community Center located at 2855 Cedar Road, extending the term for one year, for the purpose of providing community outreach activities, as well as, family and youth related services and activities to the community; and authorize the City Manager to execute the amendment upon receipt of all supporting documents.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
On August 7, 2019, the City Council approved a Property Use Agreement ("Agreement") with Cause of Christ ("Permittee") for the use of a small office and storage room within the John Landes Community Center located at 2855 Cedar Road ("Building"). The original term of the Agreement was for a period of three years, from August 7, 2019 to August 6, 2022. The Agreement was amended by Amendment 1 on August 10, 2022, and further amended by Amendment 2 on August 23, 2023 and Amendment 3 on August 7, 2024. The amendments extended the term through August 6, 2025 and relocated the Permittee from a small office and storage room from within the Building to an on-site detached building.
Over the past six years, Permittee has provided outreach activities to the community along with events and programs that benefit the neighborhood immediately surrounding the John Landes Community Center. Some of the current programs operated by Permittee, which benefit Oceanside residents, include "Adopt-O-Block" neighborhood clean-up efforts and food distribution, which are operated approximately two times per month. Permittee has been instrumental in helping reduce crime at John Landes Park and the surrounding neighborhood by running vari...
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