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Approve and authorize the Chief Information Officer of the Information Technology Department to execute Amendment No 2 to the Site Lease Agreement with Weathertop Ranch, LLC to make site and radio communications equipment modifications in preparation for termination of the lease, and closure of the site for a final lease amount not to exceed $100,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Chief Information Officer of the Information Technology Department to execute Amendment No 2 to the Site Lease Agreement with Weathertop Ranch, LLC to make site and radio communications equipment modifications in preparation for termination of the lease, and closure of the site for a final lease amount not to exceed $100,000.
SUMMARY:
The County and Weathertop Ranch LLC ("Weathertop") entered into a lease agreement dated April 1, 2013, to house radio and communications equipment (the "Lease") on the property located at 500 El Caminito Road, Carmel Valley, CA (the "Property"). The Property was recently sold, and the new owner has properly given the County notice of termination of the Lease through its attorney. Pursuant to the terms of the Lease, the County must return the property to its original state within 30 days. The parties now wish to amend the Lease to allow the lessor to the option to undertake this obligation subject to a right to request reimbursement for actual costs.
DISCUSSION:
The County and Weathertop entered into the Lease for the purpose of allowing the County to install, maintain, and operate radio communications equipment on the property. This site provided an emergency communications site for the County and other agencies operating in Monterey County.
In November 2017, the parties executed Amendment No. 1 to the Lease, which authorized the County to sublease space on the property to Pacific Gas & Electric Company ("PG&E") for the purpose of adding additional communications equipment...
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