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November 7, 2022
Kimberly Thomas, Assistant to the City Manager
City of Mountain View
Re: Learning
Links Contract Amendment Requests
CPI Rent Increase
In our contract, it states that our operator payment to the Cit y of Mountain View shall
increase by the CPI on July 1, 2020. I am writing to formally request the postponement of that annual increase until July 1, 2023. Like many busines ses that operated services during the pandemic, our business experienced a significant decrease in annual revenue over the past 2 years. From
2019 to 2021, our annual revenue has decreased by 35%, or $700k, fro m approximately $2.0M to $1.3M while our overall expenses remained relatively flat. This was due in part
to the strict guidelines the local health department placed on childcare providers limiting our group sizes for most of 2020 as well as from families who withdrew their children from school or deferred their start dates due to COVID.
Being mindful of the hardship many
of our families were facing themselves, we decided as an organization that we would not pass the projected
center shortfall onto these families. Si nce the beginning of our partnership, we have been an excellent tenant and we kindly request that you please approve our request. Our request is as
follows:
June 2020 CPI Increase 1.30 %= $2,614.08
June 2021 CPI Increase 4.30%= $11,373.12
June 2022 CPI Increase 7.60%= $27,519.84
Total $41,507.04
Flex Time Days
We are requesting the addition of 7 days
the center will have flexible hours and close to the families at 1pm during the calendar year. Then the rest of that day (1pm-6pm) will be for allowing teachers time to meet with
families that are currently enrolled or i ncoming families, as well as staff meetin gs. This decision was part of our commitment to staff retention and being implemented at all three of our locations. The months this would be scheduled for are:
September
October
January
February
April
June
July
There are no
staff development days or extended closures during the months selected.
Sincerly,
Jennifer Piccinini
Managing Direc
tor, Learning Links Preschools
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