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11. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - PROPOSED FIVE-YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT\nBETWEEN SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY AND THE CITY OF LOS\nANGELES HARBOR DEPARTMENT\nSummary: Staff requests Staff requests approval of a Lease Agreement (Lease) with the Santa\nCatalina Island Conservancy (Catalina) to rent building and communications tower space\nlocated on Santa Catalina Island for a five-year period. The tower space will be utilized for\nhousing a radio transmitter for the Los Angeles Port Police (Port Police) radio communications\nsystem, which would provide significant radio coverage to the Port Police in areas outside the\nbreakwater. Under the proposed Lease, the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department (Harbor\nDepartment) would occupy building space, vertical rack and communication tower space.\nFurthermore, under the proposed Lease, the Harbor Department would pay a monthly rate of\n$8,378 in Year 1, which represents an increase of $3,515.97 per month or 72 percent relative to\nthe $4,862.03 currently paid. Thereafter, rent would increase by five percent per year over the\nfive-year term of the Lease. The proposed increase in rent is primarily driven by the additional\nspace required for new equipment installed onsite after May 1, 2023. Under the proposed Lease,\nthe Harbor Department would also pay a lump sum based on $3,515.97 per month in deferred\nrent beginning on May 1, 2023, through the date the proposed Lease is executed to account for\nthe additional space occupied. Upon execution, the deferred lump sum amount would be\nincluded with the initial monthly payment of $8,378. The Harbor Department would be financially\nresponsible for the payment of lease expenses as well as the cost of continuing to maintain the\nradio system components located within the building if the proposed Lease is approved.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the Director of Environmental Management has\ndetermined that the proposed action is administratively exempt from the requirements of the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Article II, Section 2(f) of the Los Angeles\nCity CEQA Guidelines; (2) approve the proposed Lease Agreement; (3) authorize the Executive\nDirector to execute and the Board Secretary to attest to the Lease Agreement; and (4) adopt\nResolution No.____________.\nCommission Office