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Final Passage of Ordinance Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Lease with Pyka Inc., a Delaware Corporation, for Building 39, Located at 950 West Tower Avenue at Alameda Point, Alameda, California, for an Eight Year Lease Term with an Additional Three Year Extension Option for Research and Development of Autonomous Electric Aircraft.
In accordance with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), this action is categorically exempt from further environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities). (Base Reuse 29061822)
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The staff report for this ordinance was included when the ordinance was introduced and is available at the following link:
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CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. _____
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AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LEASE WITH PYKA, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, FOR BUILDING 39, LOCATED AT 950 WEST TOWER AVENUE, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, FOR AN EIGHT YEAR LEASE TERM WITH AN ADDITIONAL THREE YEAR EXTENSION OPTION FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMOUS ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT
WHEREAS, City-owned Building 39 (the “Premises”) consists of approximately 106,000 square feet of rentable space that is currently unoccupied; and
WHEREAS, in October 2022 the City issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for potential tenants to occupy the Premises; and
WHEREAS, Pyka is an established firm providing research and development of autonomous electric aircraft, and Pyka submitted a proposal in response to the City’s RFP for the Premises; and
WHEREAS, the City and Pyka have negotiated a lease with an initial term of eight (8) years and an option to extend the term for an additional three (3) years under certain conditions; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Alameda that by four affirmative votes that:
Section 1. The City Manager of the City of Alameda is hereby authorized to execute, on behalf of the City of Alameda, a Lease Agreement with Pyka, Inc. for Building 39 at 950 West Tower Avenue at Alameda Point for eight (8) years with an additional three (3) year extension option pursuant to certain conditions, subject to such technical or clarifying revisions as are reasonably determined necessary by the City Manager and approved by the City Attorney, and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest to the same.
Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance if, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Alameda hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, subsections, clause, or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases are declared to be invalid and unconstitutional.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of its final passage.
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Presiding Officer of the City Council
Attest:
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Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on this 19th day of September 2023, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: NOES: ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 20th day of September 2023.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk City of Alameda
Approved as to form:
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Yibin Shen, City Attorney City of Alameda