Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE STUDENT FIELD PLACEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CARSON AND CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The ongoing success of the award-winning Joseph B. Jr. and Mary Anne O'Neal Stroke Center can be attributed in part to the collaborations that have been established over the years. One of the most important collaborations is with local universities such as California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) and California State University Long Beach (CSULB). While CSUDH has provided the Stroke Center with Occupational Therapy services, CSULB has long provided speech therapy classes at no cost to the city.
In an effort to continue these classes and formalize this collaboration, staff wishes to establish a Student Field Placement Agreement between the City of Carson (the City) and California State University Long Beach (CSULB) for a term of three years. Staff requests the City Council to consider approval of this proposed agreement.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. APPROVE the Student Field Placement Agreement by and between the City of Carson and the Trustees of the California State University on behalf of California State University Long Beach, and AUTHORIZE the Mayor to execute the same following approval as to form by the City Attorney.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
The City of Carson's Joseph B. Jr. and Mary Anne O'Neal Stroke Center proudly offers free speech therapy classes for stroke survivors twice monthly. These group classes are implemented by student interns from CSULB and are supervised by Dr. Pei-Fang Hung, a licensed speech pathologist and faculty member from CSULB. The purpose of these classes is to help stroke survivors find effective ways of communicating post-stroke.
Both parties wish to execute an agreement that forma...
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