Lease Extensions for Santa Maria Social Services Offices

Original title: Consider recommendations regarding a Second Amendment to Lease Agreement for the Department of Social Services office space at 1318 South Broadway, Santa Maria (File No.3539), and Fourth Amendment to Lease Agreement for the Department of Social Services office space at 1410 and 1444 South Broadway, Santa Maria (File No.3127); Fourth District, as follows: a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the Second Amendment to Lease Agreement (File No. 003539) between the County of Santa Barbara and Santa Maria Broadway Plaza II, LLC for the property located at 1318 South Broadway, Santa Maria, CA (Assessor’s Parcel No. 128-066-005, portion), used by the Department of Social Services as the Benefit Service Center (BSC), extending the lease term for an additional five (5) years, from March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2031; setting monthly rent at $67,500.00 ($2.25 per square foot) with all Consumer Price Index (CPI)/cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) frozen during the initial five-year term; and granting two (2) renewal options of five (5) years each at a fixed three percent (3%) annual escalator in lieu of the prior variable CPI adjustment; b) Approve, ratify, authorize the Chair to execute the attached original and duplicate original Fourth Amendment to Lease Agreement (Real Property File No. 003127) between the County of Santa Barbara and Santa Maria Broadway Plaza II, LLC for the property located at 1410 and 1444 South Broadway, Santa Maria, CA (Assessor’s Parcel No. 128-066-005, portion), used by the Department of Social Services as the America’s Job Centers of California (AJCC)/Workforce Resource Center (WRC), extending the lease term for an additional five (5) years, from March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2031; setting monthly rent at $96,903.00 ($2.25 per square foot) with all CPI/COLAs frozen during the initial five-year term; and granting two (2) renewal options of five (5) years each at a fixed three percent (3%) annual escalator in lieu of the prior variable CPI adjustment; and c) Find that the proposed actions are for the continued leasing of existing public or private structures involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that which presently exists, and are therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities).