Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Attorney’s Office

TO:	Toni R. Wheeler, City Attorney
FROM:	R. Scott Wagner, Management Analyst
C: DATE:	Diane Stoddard, Interim City Manager Casey Toomay, Assistant Manager Vicki Stanwix, Court Administrator May 28, 2015
RE:	Municipal Court Lease – Notify Landlord of Desire to Extend Lease

Background:

Starting in 1997, Municipal Court relocated from the Law Enforcement Center to its current location. The current lease terms date to 2007 when the City and Berkeley Plaza, Inc. entered into a lease for the Municipal Court and Prosecutors’ Office at 1006 New Hampshire Street.  That lease expired in 2012.  In August 2011, the parties executed an Amendment to the Lease extending the term through April 2015.  A second amendment to the lease was executed in September 2014.

Berkeley Plaza, Inc. has agreed to extend the current term for one additional year at the current annual base rent of $94,049.  This one year lease extension will provide the City greater flexibility as it evaluates future operations of the Court.  Accordingly, staff recommends the Interim City Manager notify Berkeley Plaza of its desire execute the necessary documents to extend the lease term one year (from April 2016 – April 2017). 

Action Requested: 

Authorize the Interim City Manager to notify Berkeley Plaza, Inc. of the City’s desire to extend the term of the lease for Municipal Court for one year and to execute the necessary lease amendment to extend the term through April 2017, at an annual base rent of $94,049.