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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary for a First Amendment to Amended and Restated Lease No. 24384 with Los Angeles SMSA Limited Partnership, dba Verizon Wireless, to amend the term and rent provisions of the lease to allow for the continued use of City-owned property within El Dorado Park Golf Course for the operation of a wireless telecommunications facility through June 30, 2027, with six additional five-year renewal options. (District 4)
DISCUSSION
On August 15, 1995, the City Council authorized Lease No. 24384 (Lease) with Los Angeles SMSA Limited Partnership, dba Verizon Wireless (Lessee), for the use of approximately 3,600 square feet of City-owned property within El Dorado Park Golf Course, at 2400 Studebaker Road (Leased Premises) for the operation of a Wireless Telecommunications Facility (WTCF). The existing WTCF, which includes an 80-foot-tall collocatable monopole tower disguised as a pine tree (Monopine), prefabricated building, antennae, and ancillary support equipment, is situated adjacent to the San Gabriel River, between the tenth hole green and eleventh hole tee. As the WTCF is located within a Park Zoning District, all revenue from the Lease accrues to the General Fund Group in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department (PRM), which is used to support general park programming and administration.
On April 2, 2013, City Council authorized an amendment and restatement of the Lease, which extended the initial term through June 30, 2022 (Initial Term), with one, five-year renewal option through June 30, 2027 (Renewal Term). In October 2018, American Tower Corporation, an authorized agent of the Lessee, notified the City of Long Beach (City) of the Lessee’s intent to exercise its Renewal Term and inquired about the possibility of adding six additional five-year renewal options (Additional Renewal Options) for a total of 30 years, in exchange for a one-time lump sum payment of $60,000 (A...
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