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File #: 2026-5828   
Type: Consent Calendar Item
Body: City Council
On agenda: 3/17/2026
Title: Final Passage of Ordinance Authorizing the Interim City Manager to Execute a Lease for a Restaurant Suite Portion of the Historic Alameda Theatre Complex, with Play House, LLC, Doing Business as Director's Cut (Project Burger), Located at 2319 Central Avenue, Alameda, California, for a Term of Thirty-Six (36) Months with One (1) Extension Option for Thirty-Six (36) Months. [Requires 4 affirmative votes] This action is categorically exempt from further environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 (Existing Facilities) and 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense). (Base Reuse and Economic Development 24361815)
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Final Passage of Ordinance Authorizing the Interim City Manager to Execute a Lease for a Restaurant Suite Portion of the Historic Alameda Theatre Complex, with Play House, LLC, Doing Business as Director's Cut (Project Burger), Located at 2319 Central Avenue, Alameda, California, for a Term of Thirty-Six (36) Months with One (1) Extension Option for Thirty-Six (36) Months. [Requires 4 affirmative votes]
This action is categorically exempt from further environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 (Existing Facilities) and 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense). (Base Reuse and Economic Development 24361815)

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The staff report for this ordinance was included when the ordinance was introduced and is available at the following link:
https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7924107&GUID=B0B00AA1-AC37-4D0B-B123-476BF73B2318&Options=&Search=&FullText=1

This ordinance was not revised when it was introduced.

Full text of the ordinance:

CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. _____

AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LEASE FOR A RESTAURANT SUITE PORTION OF THE HISTORIC ALAMEDA THEATER COMPLEX, WITH PLAY HOUSE, LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS DIRECTOR'S CUT (PROJECT BURGER), LOCATED AT 2319 CENTRAL AVENUE, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, FOR A TERM OF THIRTY-SIX MONTHS WITH ONE EXTENSION OPTION FOR THIRTY-SIX MONTHS

WHEREAS, the City-owned Historic Alameda Theater Complex (the "Complex") is located at 2315 and 2319 Central Avenue; and

WHEREAS, Play House, LLC, dba Director's Cut, has operated as a family-friendly, sit-down restaurant in approximately 1,850 square feet of a restaurant suite portion of the Complex since 2018; and

WHEREAS, the City and Play House, LLC have negotiated a new lease with an initial term of thirty-six months with an option for one thirty-six-month renewal; and

WHEREAS, the monthly base rent over the first twelve months is $5,865 per month, with an annual three percent increase thereafter for the remainder ...

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