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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all documents necessary for a lease with Killing Fields Memorial Center, Inc., a California nonprofit corporation, for City-owned property located at 1501 East Anaheim Street for the development and operation of a community memorial garden. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
The City of Long Beach (City) is the owner of approximately 6,120 square feet of property located at 1501 East Anaheim Street (Subject Property). The Subject Property was purchased in 2006 by the former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach (Agency) as part of the MacArthur Park Library project. The specific use anticipated at that time was for a community garden. The Subject Property remained under ownership by the Agency until the passage of Assembly Bill 26X and Assembly Bill 1484 with the signing of the California State Budget on June 29, 2011. Said legislation provided for the dissolution of all Redevelopment Agencies throughout the State and required the creation of the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency (Successor Agency) and the development of a Long Range Property Management Plan (LRPMP) to determine the future disposition of the Agency assets. Subsequently, the project was put on hold until the LRPMP was approved.
The LRPMP was approved by the State Department of Finance on March 10, 2015, and amended on June 24, 2015. The Subject Property is categorized as “Government Use” allowing for the development of open space consistent with the Agency’s original plan to develop the Subject Property as a community garden. City staff resumed discussions with KFMCI and a proposed lease has been negotiated containing the following major terms and conditions:
· Lessor: City of Long Beach, a municipal corporation.
· Lessee: Killing Fields Memorial Center, Inc., a California nonprofit organization.
· Leased Premises: Approximately 6,120 square feet (SF) of land at 1501 East Anaheim Street.
· Lease Term: Lease shall ...
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