CITY WILL HELP CHARITY FIND NEW LOCATION.Byline: Cecilia Chan Staff Writer Burned out of its home two years ago, a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. charity that provides emergency food, clothes and rental assistance to the city's neediest from a temporary shelter is on the move again. Catholic Charities has been operating rent-free out of an old bus barn on Flory Street since the electrical fire. It must move because the school district sold the site to a developer who plans to build single-family homes. The City Council on Wednesday will consider forming a committee to look at possible relocation RELOCATION, Scotch law, contracts. To let again to renew a lease, is called a relocation. 2. When a tenant holds over after the expiration of his lease, with the consent of his landlord, this will amount to a relocation. sites for Catholic Charities and come up with a recommendation. ``I think everybody understands the value of Catholic Charities to the community and the services they provide,'' Mayor Patrick Hunter Patrick Edward Hunter (born October 24, 1964 in San Francisco, California) is a former American football cornerback who played 10 seasons for the Seattle Seahawks and the Arizona Cardinals from 1986 to 1995. said. ``We would like them to continue to provide for those less fortunate in our community. And if the city can provide some assistance to Catholic Charities in helping them find a new location, we would like to be of some assistance.'' So far, a Catholic Charities task force and city staff members have three proposed locations, all owned by Moorpark's Redevelopment Agency, including a building at 222 High St. and a vacant lot at the very end of West High Street. Officials also are looking at the fire station on Moorpark Road, which will be vacated when a new station on High Street is completed. Hunter, however, said he plans Wednesday to bring up other options, such as land the city is in the process of purchasing on Moorpark Avenue. ``One thing I hope to do is flush out other options that may become available in the next 12 months,'' he said. ``They have somewhere between nine to 12 months minimum before they would be forced to vacate To annul, set aside, or render void; to surrender possession or occupancy. The term vacate has two common usages in the law. With respect to real property, to vacate the premises means to give up possession of the property and leave the area totally devoid of contents. , and that is what will provide the city and Catholic Charities the opportunity to explore other locations.'' He said the developer who purchased the school property has not even begun the permit process for the proposed 23 residences. Robert Bagdazian, the regional director for Catholic Charities, was out of town Monday and unavailable for comment. Councilman Clint Clint is the diminutive word for the given name Clinton and may refer to: People:
``As an interim site, it would work very well,'' he said. ``It makes a lot of sense.'' He said the sheet metal building would need minor upgrades to be used as a storage facility, and Catholic Charities has a lead on an affordable, used, modular building Modular buildings are sectional prefabricated buildings that are manufactured in a plant, and delivered to the customer in one or more complete modular sections. Modular buildings are considerably different from mobile homes. for offices on the site. The only drawback DRAWBACK, com. law. An allowance made by the government to merchants on the reexportation of certain imported goods liable to duties, which, in some cases, consists of the whole; in others, of a part of the duties which had been paid upon the importation. is that the city plans to redevelop re·de·vel·op v. re·de·vel·oped, re·de·vel·op·ing, re·de·vel·ops v.tr. 1. To develop (something) again. 2. the area into commercial space, which would force the charity to move again. The city and redevelopment agency have a long-range plan to build a permanent one-stop facility downtown that would house social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales , including Catholic Charities. Hunter said it has not been determined how much of a financial commitment the city is ready to make to further the charitable endeavor. |
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