DATE: August 6, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Delfino E. Neira, Director, Department of Social Services
Robert W. Bash, Director of Internal Services/Chief Information Officer
SUBJECT: Retroactive Sublease Agreement for Office Space at Manchester Center One-Stop
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Sublease Agreement with Omninet Properties Manchester Center, LLC, and Fresno Area Workforce Investment Corporation for approximately 6.71% of office space at 3302 N. Blackstone Avenue, Fresno, CA for use by the Department of Social Services, effective January 1, 2018, not to exceed three (3) years and eight (8) months, total not to exceed $110,184.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow the Department to enter into a sublease with the Fresno Area Workforce Investment Corporation (FAWIC) and to pay rents and operating expenses owed under the Phase II Resource Sharing Agreement, adopted by this Board on October 17, 2017. The rent for the first eight (8) month term of the recommended Agreement will be $2,397 per month, with an increase of three (3) cents per square foot for each following year. In addition, the Department will pay 6.71% of operating expenses. This pertains to a location in District 2.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There are no viable alternative actions. Failure to approve the sublease agreement would prevent the FAWIC from recovering funds owed by the Department of Social Services.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The recommended Agreement is retroactive to January 1, 2018 because the request for this Agreement was not made by FAWIC to the Department until February 20, 2018. Additionally, the Department's share of the office's square footage was not provided until July 17, 2018 and the non-standard contract language required by Omninet and FAWIC had to be negotiated and approved by both parties. Due to the nature of the requested changes by all parties, these negotiations were not...
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