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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary for the Sixth Amendment to Lease No. 29995 (Lease) between Long Beach Center Loan, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as successor in interest to Long Beach Center, LLC (Landlord), and the City of Long Beach (Tenant), for a three-month extension for City-leased office space at 420 Pine Avenue, Suite No. P-100 (Premises), for the offices of certain veterans' organizations; and
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Sublease No. 30276 with Arthur L. Peterson Post No. 27, Inc., The American Legion, Department of California, and Sublease No. 30277 with Long Beach Chapter No. 17, Disabled American Veterans, Inc. (collectively, Subtenants), for the sublease of the Premises. (District 1)
DISCUSSION
On June 8, 2021, the City Council authorized the execution of the Fifth Amendment to Lease No. 29995 (Lease) for the City's continued leasing of 420 Pine Avenue, Suite No. P-100 (Premises) (Attachment) and amendments to Subleases No. 30276 and 30277 with Subtenants for the continued sublease of the Premises. The Lease expired on March 31, 2022 and is currently on a month-to-month holdover status.
In 1936, the City of Long Beach (City) and the County of Los Angeles (County) 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 the 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 the eas...
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