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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary for a Sublease to Lease No. 9351 between Million Air North, Inc., a California corporation, and the City of Long Beach for office space at 4401 Donald Douglas Drive, to house the Engineering, Accounting and Security Divisions of the Airport Department; and
Increase appropriations in the Airport Fund (EF 320) in the Airport Department (AP) by $303,036. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
On January 3, 1968, the City of Long Beach (City) executed Lease No. 9351 with Millie & Severson, Inc., for approximately 5.7 acres of land for the development of an office building at 4401 Donald Douglas Drive for a 55-year total term. The Lease has been assigned three times, most recently in 2009 to Million Air North, Inc. (MANI), the current Master Tenant. The Lease terminates on January 2, 2023.
Properties located on Donald Douglas Drive, such as the Airport’s historic terminal building (Terminal), are primarily used for aviation-related businesses such as Flight Safety International, Gulfstream Aerospace, JetBlue Airways, and the Transportation Security Administration. Office and meeting space in the Terminal is limited. Despite the physical constraints, the Airport Department (Airport) operates onsite with the majority of its office space located in the Terminal, while also providing office space for commercial airline partners.
Approximately 32 Airport employees from the Airport’s Engineering, Accounting, Noise and Operations Divisions occupy approximately 2,700 square feet (SF) of office space located on the third and fourth floors of the Terminal, with only one common bathroom, no breakroom space, and accessible only by a flight of stairs, which do not meet current accessibility standards due to the age of the Terminal. In addition, the Airport Security Officers and Police Department’s Airport Unit operate out of modular trailers north of the Terminal and use locker rooms an...
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