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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any and all documents necessary for the First Amendment to Lease
No. 29422 with Danari Broadway, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, for office space at 100 West Broadway, Suites 400 and 550, for the continued use and consolidation of the Department of Development Services, Neighborhood Services Bureau, for an approximate extended term of seventy-eight months, with one five-year option to renew. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
On September 20, 2005, the City Council authorized the execution of Lease No. 29422 (Lease) between Danari Broadway, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Lessor), and the City of Long Beach (Lessee), for approximately 12,669 rentable square feet (RSF) of office space at 100 West Broadway, Suite 400, to house the Neighborhood Services Bureau’s Code Enforcement Division (CED). The Lease provided for an initial term of five years with an option to renew for an additional five-year period. The initial term will expire on April 30, 2011.
The CED plays a vital role in maintaining and improving the quality of life in the City’s neighborhoods, commercial corridors and industrial areas. CED is responsible for the enforcement of the Long Beach Municipal Code as it relates to substandard buildings, property maintenance, inoperative vehicles, weed abatement, and land use violations. To this end, CED proactively conducts inspections on major corridors, in selected community code enforcement areas, and in residential buildings containing four or more units.
On October 1, 2010, the Neighborhood Services Bureau (NSB), including CED, was transferred to the Department of Development Services (Department). In line with the overall efforts of the City, the Department has been exploring opportunities to reduce operating expenses, while maintaining effective service delivery.
In addition to the CED office location, NSB currently has administrative and program staff located...
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