Council moves ahead on navigation center: awards modular design and construction-management contracts, outlines timeline and recuperative-care plan

The San Bernardino City Council approved staff recommendations to award a modular design and manufacturing contract to Mandeville Modular and a development/construction-management contract to CREED Construction Advisory for the city’s planned navigation center.

The project: City staff described the navigation center as an interim housing facility with a planned maximum capacity of up to 200 beds phased over time — roughly 80 congregate-style beds and 20 non‑congregate (private) beds in the initial design, with wraparound services including case management, behavioral health, document readiness and recuperative care. William Lampi, senior management analyst, presented a timeline in which design and predevelopment would follow contract awards, manufacturing and site work would run in parallel, modular units could be placed beginning in June (tentatively), and a certificate of occupancy could be expected in October–November of the target year.

Why recuperative care matters: Staff and advocates explained recuperative care — medical respite for people discharged from hospitals who need short-term medical support but…