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Final Passage of Ordinance Approving a Lease and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Documents Necessary to Implement the Terms of a Three-Year Lease with Kai Concepts, LLC, a California limited liability company, for Building 168, Suite 300, located at 1651 Viking Street. [In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), this project is Categorically Exempt under the CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(c) - Existing Facilities.] [Requires four affirmative votes] (Base Reuse 819099)
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CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. ______
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APPROVING A LEASE AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE TERMS OF A THREE YEAR LEASE WITH KAI CONCEPTS, LLC FOR BUILDING 168 LOCATED AT 1651 VIKING STREET, SUITE 300 AT ALAMEDA POINT
WHEREAS, Kai Concepts is the home of the Kiteboat Project where a team of marine architects, sailors, and software developers are building and testing kites for large-scale propulsion in waterborne transportation; and
WHEREAS, Kite propulsion has primarily been used for kitesurfing and in single-person traction kiting. In small-scale kiting, the force of the kite can be controlled by an individual holding on to the kite directly, but as the kite gets larger, harnessing its power becomes more difficult; and
WHEREAS, the Kite Project's mission is to design a purpose-built vessel that is specifically designed to harness kite power and to advance kite design and kite controls to the point that power-assisted or autonomously controlled kites can be used by a broad audience; and
WHEREAS, Kai Concepts has been a tenant in a portion of Building 168 at Alameda Point since May 2013; and
WHEREAS, Kai Concepts 2013 Lease Extension Term expired on May 15, 2015 and Kai Concepts has occupied the Premises on a month-to-month basis; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the parties that the 2013 Leas shall be, and hereby is terminated as o...
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