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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all documents necessary for the First Amendment to Lease No. 29995 between CityPlace Long Beach, LLC; CityPlace Long Beach TIC 1, LLC; CityPlace Long Beach TIC 2, LLC, all Delaware limited liability companies, as tenants in common (Landlord), and the City of Long Beach (Tenant) for the relocation of City-leased office space to
295 East Third Street, Suite No. A-100, for the offices of certain veterans’ organizations; and
Authorize City Manager to execute all documents necessary to amend Sublease No. 30276 with the Arthur L. Peterson Post No. 27, Inc., The American Legion, Department of California; Sublease No. 30277 with Long Beach Chapter No. 17, Disabled American Veterans, Inc.; and Sublease No. 30278 with the Fleet Reserve Association, Branch 43, (collectively, Subtenants), for the sublease of City-leased office space at 295 East Third Street, Suite No. A-100. (District 1)
DISCUSSION
By an agreement dated January 16, 1936 (Agreement), the City of Long Beach and the County of Los Angeles joined together to construct the Veterans’ Memorial Building (Original Building) at the northwest corner of Broadway and Pacific Avenue for the exclusive use and benefit of the Subtenants. The City contributed the land and the County contributed the funding for construction of the Original Building. The Agreement required that the City be given exclusive jurisdiction over the management, operation, control, maintenance, upkeep, and repair of the Original Building. In 1952, the State Attorney General opined that the Agreement created an easement benefiting the Subtenants, thereby obligating the City to maintain a facility for the Subtenants until they formally abandon said easement.
On October 28, 1975, the City Council approved an Agreement for Exchange of Real Property with the State of California (Exchange), whereby the State conveyed a parcel of land at 332 West Broadway to the City for the construction of t...
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