PREPARED BY: REINA SCHWARTZ DATE OF MEETING: 09/03/19
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AND THE SAN PABLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
FY2018-21 City Council Priority Workplan
This lease agreement with the San Pablo Economic Development Corporation (SP EDC) supports policy item #401 - Support the San Pablo EDC in the FY2019-21 City Council Priority Workplan.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This lease agreement does not constitute a project under CEQA.
BACKGROUND
Beginning in FY 2014/15, the City began considering options related to the current City Hall buildings due to their age and relatively poor condition. In September 2016, the City Council authorized staff to begin planning in earnest for a new City Hall building, given that the cost for rehabilitating the existing buildings exceeded the benefit of that investment.
In 2017, the City Council authorized an Ad-Hoc Subcommittee (Paul Morris/Cecilia Valdez) to oversee policy development on site development plans for existing Civic Center and new City Hall development, and in April 2017, the Ad-Hoc Subcommittee met to review final site plan, floor plan, and building elevations for New City Hall Project. The project was then presented to City Council and approved in January 2018. The final plans recommended by the Ad-Hoc Subcommittee included the designation of space for the San Pablo EDC on the first floor of the new City Hall.
In addition to the need for new City Hall space, the City has had a need for storage space as as space is cleared out at the old El Portal School site (2600 Moraga Road) in preparation for sale of that property. In the summer of 2018, adequate storage space was identified for the Community Services Department in a suite at the Mission Plaza site, formerly o...
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