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Consider recommendations regarding a First Amendment to the Lease Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (Real Property File No. 003410), Second District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the First Amendment to the Lease Agreement (“First Amendment”) between the County of Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (“District”) to: reduce the size of the District’s leased premises from a total of 14,139 square feet to 9,881 square feet; add an option to extend the term of the lease for an additional seven (7) years with monthly rent adjusted to fair market rent amounts; and provide for the Lease Agreement to renew annually thereafter subject to termination on 90 days written notice;
b) Approve, authorize and direct the Director of General Services, or designee, in accordance with Section 4, RENT, of the First Amendment, to adjust the monthly rent to the then fair market rent amount for the 7-year option period and again for the annual tenancy; and
c) Determine that the proposed action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, Existing Facilities, finding that the action consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, and leasing of existing public or private structures involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use.