TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute the Fourth Amendment to Lease No. 24851 between Bojaro, LLC, a California limited liability company, and Gregory R. Gill and Tomilee Tilley Gill, trustees of the Gill Family Trust and the City of Long Beach for office space at 236 East 3rd St., Suites 205 and 230, for the Video Communications Division of the Technology and Innovation Department. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
This item was previously approved by the City Council on May 2, 2017. However, the square footage calculated for the proposed amended Lease did not adhere to current standards of the Building Owners and Management Association (BOMA). BOMA Standard Method of Floor Measurement f??or Office Buildings is the accepted and approved methodology by the American National Standards Institute. Based on these standards, the square footage (SF) should have included an additional 150 SF. This revised staff report proposes to add this additional SF to the leased premises, and clarifies the rental rate provisions on a SF basis. The revised square footage will increase from 4,352 SF to 4,502 SF on March 1, 2018, if City does not exercise its Right to Cancel.
As background, on October 22, 1996, the City Council authorized the execution of Lease No. 24851 at 236 E. 3rd St., Suites 205 and 230, for approximately 4,352 square feet of office space to house the Video Communications Division (VCD) of the Technology and Innovation Department. VCD operates and manages the City’s cable channel, LBTV, which produces nearly 300 hours of locally originated programming annually. Additionally, VCD relays City information, via cable television, internet and social media, to Long Beach residents. In addition, VCD assists with cable-related consumer complaints, and provides other programming services, including departmental training videos as requested. On October 16, 2001, March 13, 2007 and April 3, 2012, the City Council authorized the First, Se...
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