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Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a short-term lease agreement with the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula for the former Main Library space at 840 West Orange Avenue.
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WHEREAS, the former Main Library at 840 W. Orange (the “Property”) was vacated in October 2023 when Library services were relocated to the new Library | Parks and Recreation (LPR) Center at 901 Civic Campus Way; and
WHEREAS, since then, the parking lot at the Property has been used on a bimonthly basis for the YMCA Community Resource Center’s food distributions, and on an ongoing basis for limited storage for YMCA’s diaper distribution program; and
WHEREAS, in 2024, the City issued a Request for Proposals soliciting a childcare user or other community-serving use to lease the Property and utilize it for the benefit of the community; and
WHEREAS, the City received no responses to that 2024 solicitation; and
WHEREAS, at this time there is no approved long-term use, reuse, or redevelopment of the Property; and
WHEREAS, the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula (“BGCP”) has been pursuing Planning entitlements for a substantial remodel and expansion of their Clubhouse on Orange Avenue over the past year; and
WHEREAS, staff anticipates that the Planning Commission will consider these entitlements on August 21, 2025, and then the entitlements will be brought to City Council for consideration in September 2025 concurrently with a Ground Lease Amendment between the City and BGCP that is needed to support the project; and
WHEREAS, while BGCP is constructing the improvements at the Orange Avenue Clubhouse, they must relocate their programs to a nearby location; and
WHEREAS, in April 2025, BGCP provided a Letter of Interest to the City for the temporary use of the Property for their programming; and
WHEREAS, the proposed short-term lease does not pose a constraint to the City’s plans and has the benefit of activating this vacant City asset; and
WHEREAS, leasing the Property to BGCP will support its programming during the remodel and expansion of the Orange Avenue Clubhouse, meaning South San Francisco children enrolled in those programs will not have to travel to another jurisdiction for these enrichment opportunities.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco authorizes the City Manager to execute the Lease Agreement with the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula in substantially the form incorporated as Exhibit A with any revisions that do not increase the City’s obligations or materially alter the terms and conditions of the lease.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council authorizes the City Manager to take further action consistent with the intent of this Resolution.
Exhibits:
A. Draft Lease Agreement