REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: GEORGEANNE A. WHITE, City Manager
Office of Mayor & City Manager
BY: NICHOLAS D. MASCIA, PE, TE, PTOE, Assistant City Manager
Office of Mayor & City Manager
AARON A. AGUIRRE, Director
Parks, After School, Recreation, and Community Services Department
BRIAN BARR, Director
General Services Department
JENNIFER K. CLARK, AICP, Director
Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Second Amendment to the Lease Agreement with Fresno’s Chaffee Zoo Corporation to increase the current boundary for the construction, maintenance and operation of a surface parking facility adjacent to the proposed new zoo entrance within Roeding Park, increase the lease payment from $1 to $247,752 per year, and extend the lease term by 5 years to expire on January 1, 2066 (Council District 3)
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council approves the Second Amendment to the Lease Agreement between the City of Fresno ("City") and Fresno's Chaffee Zoo Corporation ("Zoo"), a privately created California public benefit corporation, for the sole purpose to allow the Zoo to construct, maintain and operate a new surface parking facility in conjunction with the relocation of the zoo entrance, increase the lease payment from $1 to $247,752 per year, and extend the lease term by 5 years to expire on January 1, 2066. This second amendment is the culmination of the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement previously executed by City Council in 2024 that identified and negotiated proposed elements, operational responsibilities, and financial contributions associated with the expanded lease area, and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents related to this item.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Second Amendment to the Lease Agreement between the City of Fresno ("City") and Fresno's Chaffee Zoo Corporation ("Zoo"), proposes to expand the Zoo’s leased premises for a new surface parking facility. This includes extending the lease term by ...
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