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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary for a Lease with South Coast Air Quality Management District, a California public agency, for the continued occupancy of City-owned land, generally located at the southeast corner of Walnut Avenue and East 20th Street, in the City of Signal Hill. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Effective March 15, 2018, under the City’s Short-Term Occupancy Program, the City of Long Beach (City) issued a six-month Right-of-Entry Permit (Permit) to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to establish an air-monitoring location on a City-owned parcel north of Chittick Field in the City of Signal Hill (Leased Premises) (Attachment A). Necessitated by the loss of the agency’s prior leasehold in the Long Beach area, the Permit was subsequently renewed by SCAQMD for an additional six months that expired March 15, 2019. Due to the critical function of the site, the City and SCAQMD wish to enter into a long-term lease agreement (Proposed Lease).
SCAQMD is a public agency that regulates air pollution in the South Coast Air Basin, a region that is home to approximately 18 million people and includes Long Beach, all of Orange County, and non-desert areas of the Counties of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino. Continued operation of this air-monitoring location is vital for measuring criteria pollutants in the greater Long Beach and Port of Long Beach area, per Environmental Protection Agency air monitoring requirements.
An independent appraisal was conducted and determined the fair market rental value of the Leased Premises to be $1,170 per month. SCAQMD, at the request of the City, has installed and will continue to maintain a perimeter fence around the Leased Premises, and will maintain the Leased Premises free of graffiti and illegally dumped materials.
The Proposed Lease contains the following major terms and provisions:
· Lessor: City of Long Beach, a municipal corporati...
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