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a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to execute Amendment No. 2 to extend Lease Agreement (No. A-11760) for eighteen (18) months, effective January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, with B & A Farahmand Family Trust Dated November 8, 2006 for 12,011 square feet of space located at 1370-B South Main Street in Salinas, California, for use by the Monterey County Elections Department; and
b. Direct the Auditor-Controller to make lease payments of $31,575.00 per month and in accordance with the terms of Amendment No. 2 - Eighteen Month Extension of Lease Agreement (Amendment No. 2).
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to execute Amendment No. 2 to extend Lease Agreement (No. A-11760) for eighteen (18) months, effective January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, with B & A Farahmand Family Trust Dated November 8, 2006 for 12,011 square feet of space located at 1370-B South Main Street in Salinas, California, for use by the Monterey County Elections Department; and
b. Direct the Auditor-Controller to make lease payments of $31,575.00 per month and in accordance with the terms of Amendment No. 2 - Eighteen Month Extension of Lease Agreement (Amendment No. 2).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Monterey County Elections Department has operated out of this leased facility located at 1370-B South Main Street, Salinas since 1991. On December 16, 2014 the Board approved Amendment No.1- One Year Extension of Lease Agreement extending the lease through December 31, 2015. At that time, construction of the new Elections Department space in the Schilling Place Facility was anticipated to be complete in the Fall of 2015 with move-in shortly thereafter. This initial time frame was the preferred date for the Elections Department as it afforded time to prepare for activities in the presidential election year.
In January of 2015, the Schilling Facility Utiliza...
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