LA County Board

25. Tejon Peak Telecommunication Site Lease, Sublease, and Site Access Agreement Recommendation: Approve and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute a proposed lease with Ralphs Trust (Lessor) for a fenced area of approximately 2,600 sq ft and improved with a microwave tower, two small buildings, and communication equipment (Lease); a sublease with Southern California Edison Company (SCE), which co-locates and shares equipment with the County (Sublease); and a Site Access Agreement (SAA) that allows the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System Authority (LA-RICS) access to their own communication facility at the same site for an initial term of 10 years. The estimated first-year lease cost due to the Lessor is approximately $49,700, which includes $30,000 for annual rent from the County, a $500 annual maintenance fee to the Lessor, a $10,000 one-time signing fee, which annual maintenance fee and one-time signing fee will be shared 50% with SCE, and approximately $9,200, which is 50% of approximately $18,400 sublease rent received by the County from SCE. The estimated total proposed Lease cost is approximately $464,600 for the 10-year term paid by the County, but with SCE’s sublease rent retained by the County and SCE’s payment of shared costs, the County’s net cost is approximately $246,000. Sufficient funding for the proposed Lease is included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27 Rent Expense Budget and will be billed back to the County’s Internal Services Department (ISD). ISD has allocated sufficient funds in its FY 2025-26 operating budget to cover the projected Lease costs. The entire rental cost funded from ISD’s operating budget would remain subject to the Communication Site Utilization Program cost recovery pool. Authorize and direct the Chief Executive Officer to execute any other ancillary documentation necessary to effectuate the proposed Lease, Sublease, and SAA, and to take actions necessary and appropriate to implement the proposed Lease, Sublease, and SAA, including, without limitation, exercising any options to extend the term, early termination, or amendments. Each agreement includes four five-year options to extend the term. If the options are exercised, the total term of the proposed Lease, Sublease, and SAA will be up to 30 years, respectively. Find that the proposed lease, Sublease, and SAA are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. (Supervisorial District 5) (26-5246)