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Introduction of Ordinance Approving a Lease and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Documents Necessary to Implement the Terms of a Lease with Pacific Pinball Museum for Three Years with No Extension Options and an Early Termination Right in Building 169, Suite 101 Located at 1680 Viking Street at Alameda Point. [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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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re Introduction of Ordinance Approving a Lease and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Documents Necessary to Implement the Terms of a Lease with Pacific Pinball Museum for Three Years with No Extension Options and an Early Termination Right in Building 169, Suite 101 Located at 1680 Viking Street at Alameda Point
BACKGROUND
Pacific Pinball Museum (PPM) is a non-profit organization that started in 2002 and has been a tenant at Alameda Point since 2006. The goals of PPM are to: inspire an interest in electricity, physics, math and the wonders of science; stimulate an interest and appreciation for art; provide a mentor center to encourage students to learn about science, art and history; create the first pinball museum in the US and preserve a valuable collection of pinball machines; educate the public on the history of the pinball machine and its impacts upon American history, art and technology; and create a destination that is educational, entertaining, and enjoyed by the entire family.
PPM had occupied Building 13, located at 2100 Ferry Point at Alameda Point since 2006, and most recently signed a five-year lease for Building 13 in 2012. Although PPM's current lease for Building 13 was valid through October 31, 2017, due to Site A development at Alameda Point, PPM needed to be relocated to Building 169, Suite 101, ...
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