File #: 2017-4543   
Type: Consent Calendar Item
Body: City Council
On agenda: 7/18/2017
Title: Final Passage of Ordinance Approving a Lease with Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter (FAAS). (City Manager 2110)
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Final Passage of Ordinance Approving a Lease with Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter (FAAS). (City Manager 2110)

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CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. ______
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APPROVING A LEASE WITH FRIENDS OF ALAMEDA ANIMAL SHELTRE, LOCATED AT 1590 FORTMANN WAY ALAMEDA CALIFORNIA

WHEREAS, the City and Friends of Alameda Animal Shelter (FAAS) entered into a 15 year contract for animal care services which included lease of a City owned building at 1590 Fortmann Way, Alameda, CA, starting in January 2011; and

WHEREAS, in early 2016, four years into the contract, FAAS approached the City indicating they were having financial difficulties and asked if the City could provide additional funding; and

WHEREAS, in August of 2016, FAAS provided the City with a revised contract proposal; and

WHEREAS, on June 6, 2017 City Council approved a new business arrangement with FAAS documented through two agreements, an Alameda Animal Shelter Services Agreement and a separate Lease Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the base rent over the twenty four (24) month of the lease is $1 per year; and

WHEREAS, the Lease Agreement contains a two-year extension option.

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 or her designee is hereby authorized to negotiate, execute, for and on behalf of the City of Alameda, a lease with Friends of Alameda Animal Shelter, Inc. a California nonprofit public benefit corporation for 1590 Fortmann Way for two years with one two-year option to renew, 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...

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