LA County Board

35. Department of Children and Family Services Lease\nRecommendation: Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute a\nproposed lease with Omninet LACC Tucson, LLC, a Delaware limited\nliability company, Omninet LACC Valencia, LLC, a Delaware limited liability\ncompany, and Omninet LACC, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,\nas tenants in common, (Landlord), for approximately 50,043 sq ft of office\nspace, and 200 on-site parking spaces located at 900 Corporate Center\nDrive, Suites 110, 200, 400, and 500, in the City of Monterey Park (1) to be\noccupied by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), for a\nterm of more than 10 years, to wit, for a term of 15 years, with an estimated\nmaximum first year base rental cost of $1,622,000, but with a four-month\nrent abatement of about $541,000, which will equal $1,081,000, the\nestimated total proposed lease amount, including costs for tenant\nimprovements (TI) and acquisition and installation of telephone, data, and\nlow-voltage systems and vendor installation (Low-Voltage Items), is\n$39,100,000 over the 15-year term, the rental costs will be funded by 45%\nState and Federal funds and 55% Net County Cost (NCC) that is already\nincluded in DCFS’ existing budget and DCFS will not be requesting\nadditional NCC for this action; find that the proposed lease is exempt from\nthe California Environmental Quality Act; and take the following actions:\nAuthorize the Chief Executive Officer to reimburse the Landlord up to\n$6,006,000 for the County’s TI contribution to be paid in lump sum;\nAuthorize the Director of Children and Family Services to contract\nwith and instruct the Director of Internal Services, in coordination with\nthe Chief Executive Officer, for Low-Voltage Items at a total amount\nnot to exceed $3,960,000 if paid in a lump sum or $4,561,000 if\namortized over five years at 8% interest per annum, the cost for the\nLow-Voltage Items is in addition to the rental costs and the County’s\nTI contribution payable to the Landlord; and\nAuthorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute any other ancillary\ndocumentation necessary to effectuate the terms of the proposed\nlease and take actions necessary and appropriate to implement the\nproposed lease including, without limitation, exercising any early\ntermination rights. (24-3613)