DATE: September 3, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Public Works Department
TITLE: PROPERTY USE AGREEMENT WITH VISTA COMMUNITY CLINIC FOR THE USE OF A PORTION OF THE JOHN LANDES COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING LOCATED AT 2855 CEDAR ROAD
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve a Property Use Agreement with Vista Community Clinic for the use of a portion of office space at the John Landes Community Center building located at 2855 Cedar Road, for a four-year term, for the purpose of operating Project REACH to provide after school programming, youth development activities, and other youth related services; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement upon receipt of all supporting documents.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Vista Community Clinic ("Permittee") is a California non-profit corporation that operates Project REACH ("REACH"), one of the longest-running, grant-funded programs in Permittee's Health Department. Permittee has been operating REACH at two locations in Oceanside; one at the Libby Lake Resource Center and one at the Joe Balderrama Recreation Center ("Balderrama").
The purpose of REACH (Recreation, Employment, Academics, Communication, and Health) is to address the significant challenges faced by youth, with a dedication to promoting healthy lifestyles and academics. Primary program goals include giving youth a sense of community and belonging, and reducing school drop-out rates, teen pregnancy, drug use, and gang involvement. To implement these goals, REACH hires college-educated young adults to serve as mentors for the youth participants. Many of the staff employed have been raised in the same or similar communities they now serve, allowing them to better understand the challenges and pressures faced by the youth participants in this program.
Permittee has been operating REACH at Balderrama Park since September 2006, however, many of its teen-related programming at Balderrama was rec...
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