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Introduction of Ordinance Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Lease for a Retail Suite Portion of the Historic Alameda Theater Building, with Shear Terror, LLC dba It'll Do, a California Limited Liability Company, Located at 2315 Central Avenue, Suite 122, Alameda, California, for a Term of Sixty-three (63) Months with One Extension Option for Sixty (60) Months. [Requires 4 affirmative votes]
In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), this action is categorically exempt from further environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities). (Base Reuse and Economic Development 29061822)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a lease with Shear Terror, LLC dba It'll Do, a California Limited Liability Company (It'll Do) for an approximately 700-square-foot retail space in one of the retail suites that are part of the City-owned Historic Alameda Theater Building located at 2315 Central Avenue, Suite 122, Alameda, California, for an initial term of sixty-three (63) months with one (1) extension option for sixty (60) months.
BACKGROUND
The City of Alameda (City) owns the Historic Alameda Theater Building (Theater) located at 2315 Central Avenue, which includes the movie theater and two retail suites, one currently occupied by Play House, LLC operating as a restaurant named Project Burger and a vacant 700-square-foot space which was formerly leased to the Park Street Wine Cellars. The Theater opened in 1932 and was designed by architect, Timothy L. Pflueger, in an Art Deco style. Pflueger also designed The Castro and The Alhambra Theaters in San Francisco and was part of the committee to designing structures for the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in 1936. In 2006, The City initiated major restoration work of the Theater whic...
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