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Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the decision of the City of Long Beach, as the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach, to approve a Parking License Agreement with Michael Ryan Peterson and Lisa Marie Peterson, or Their Successor Trustees, Trustees of the Peterson 1994 Family Trust.
DISCUSSION
In 2001, the former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach (former RDA) negotiated an exclusive easement to eight parking spaces in the mixed-use development project known as the 4th Street Lofts at the southwest corner of Alamitos Avenue and Fourth Street. This easement is part of the terms of the Disposition and Development Agreement between the former RDA and the developer of the 4th Street Lofts. The former RDA’s exclusive easement provides the ability to lease the parking spaces and collect revenues. Ongoing maintenance of the parking spaces is the obligation of the 4th Street Lofts. The easement and the maintenance obligation continue in perpetuity.
In 2004, the former RDA entered into the Second Amendment to the Parking License Agreement (Agreement) with Michael and Lisa Marie Peterson. The Agreement provided parking for the Peterson’s adaptive reuse projects that provided 14 live/work units at 405 to 433 Alamitos Avenue. The former RDA leased the parking spaces to the Petersons for a period of 11 years. The initial cost per space was $40 per month. Each following year, the monthly cost increased by $5 per space. During the last year of the lease, the Successor Agency received $8,640 for these spaces. The Agreement expires on August 1, 2015.
The Petersons desire to continue their lease. A new 5-year Parking License Agreement between the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach and the Petersons is proposed under the same terms and conditions as the Agreement. Neither the DDA nor the Agreement was specific as to where the eight parking spaces are located. The easement and the e...
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