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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP AP17-128 and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary for Amended and Restated Ground Lease No. 19331 with LGB CA Holdings, LLC, dba Ross Aviation, a Delaware limited liability company, for City-owned property at the Long Beach Airport.
(District 5)
DISCUSSION
On January 20, 1987, the City Council authorized the execution of Fixed Base Operator (FBO) Lease No. 19331 (Lease) with Airflite, predecessor-in-interest to Ross Aviation, for the development of 12.16 acres of land (Existing Premises) at the Long Beach Airport (Airport) for a term of 40 years. Ross Aviation currently provides FBO services for general aviation, including aircraft hangars, aircraft tie-downs, the sale of fuel for based and transient aircraft, and the leasing of office space and meeting facilities. The existing term of the Lease, including all remaining options to extend, is scheduled to terminate on January 20, 2027. The current rental amount for the Existing Premises is $32,442 per month.
A Request for Proposals (RFP) was advertised in the Long Beach Press-Telegram on August 23, 2017, to solicit proposals for the development of all or portions of approximately 31 acres of City-owned property at the Airport for aeronautical purposes, and 8,379 potential proposers were notified of the opportunity. Of those proposers, 165 downloaded the RFP via the City’s electronic bid system. The RFP document was made available from the Purchasing Division, located on the seventh floor of City Hall, and the Division’s website at www.longbeach.gov/purchasing
. An RFP announcement was also included in the Purchasing Division’s weekly update of Open Bid Opportunities, which is sent to 22 local, minority, and women-owned business groups. Two proposals were received on November 1, 2017. Of the two proposers, none were Minority-owned Business Enterprises (MBEs), Women-owned Business...
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