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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute any and all documents necessary for the Fifth Amendment to Lease No. 27497 with Amusement Industry, Inc., a California corporation, to extend the term an additional year, with three additional one-year extension options to be executed at the discretion of the City Manager, for office space at 1320 Gaviota Avenue to house the Anaheim Corridor Community Police Center. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
On September 25, 2001, the Long Beach City Council authorized the execution of Lease No. 27497 for office space at 1320 Gaviota Avenue to house the Anaheim Corridor Community Police Center (Center). The Center has been an important resource to the neighborhood, providing area residents with local access to Police Department services, facilitating referral of requests and questions to other City departments, as well as offering a location for community meetings. Since 2001, the Lease has been amended four times to extend the term to continue providing services for this location.
The Center is staffed by one retired Long Beach police officer, the Neighborhood Improvement Strategy (NIS) Coordinator for the MacArthur Park NIS area, Spanish speaking and Khmer-speaking community workers, and resident volunteers from the MacArthur Park and St. Mary's NIS areas. The residents volunteer approximately 10 hours of their time per week to operate the Center, which is open 26 hours per week.
The Center also provides office space for the NIS Coordinator who is on site full-time.
The Lease terminated on September 30, 2007 and the City has maintained its occupancy on a month-to-month basis while negotiating the provisions of the proposed Lease amendment. The proposed Lease amendment contains the following major provisions:
· Premises: 1,100 square feet of office space located at 1320 Gaviota Avenue.
· Lease Term and Extension Options: The initial lease term shall be for a period of one-year commencing on October 1,2007, with three...
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