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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute the Second Amendment to Lease No. 23269 and any subsequent amendments to reduce the area of the leased premises with John Miller, dba Coast Storage Company, for City-owned property at 3919 and 3920 Pixie Avenue, Lakewood, California, to extend the term of the lease through September 30, 2011, at the initial monthly rental rate of $10,530. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
Since 1983, John Miller, an individual doing business as Coast Storage Company (Coast), has leased City-owned property at 3919 and 3920 Pixie Avenue (Premises) in the City of Lakewood for the operation of a storage facility for automobiles, recreational vehicles, boats and trailers. The Premises, along the northwest boundary of the Long Beach Airport airfield, measures approximately 5.8 acres and is located within the runway protection zone (RPZ) of the Airport's main runway (see attachment).
Historically, vehicle storage has been an allowable use on City-owned property within the RPZ. In 2007, as a result of incidents of aircraft coming to rest beyond the end of runways at airports including Burbank and Chicago Midway, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) changed its policy and eliminated all uses within the central portion of the runway protection zone (CRPZ). As leases within the CRPZ expire, the City is to work with tenants to relocate, clear and secure the CRPZ.
Coast has spent the past several months searching for a relocation site with no success. Approximately 59% of the Premises is located within the CRPZ. Consequently, Coast may relocate its entire business, may operate from two locations or may reduce operations and continue operating solely from the areas outside the CRPZ. This decision will become clearer as the replacement site search continues. Time will be needed to identify and procure a relocation site, prepare the new site for operation, relocate from the Premises and return the Premises to its original condition, in ...
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