For City Council Meeting [July 12, 2016]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Michael Story, City Administrator
FROM: Robb R. Steel, Assistant CA/Development Services Department
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Request City Council Consideration of Month-to-Month Temporary Use and Rental Agreement by and between the City of Rialto and Aquatech Food Support Systems for the property located at 1449 and 1455 N. Linden Avenue.
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BACKGROUND:
On or about May 9, 2016, staff met with Esteban Garcia and Bruce Milne of Aquatech Food Support Systems, Inc. ("Aquatech") to provide them with basic site search and selection services. Mr. Garcia and Mr. Milne indicated that they were looking for an existing vacant and underutilized building of approximately 5,000 - 10,000 square feet to establish a hydroponic/aquaponic farming operation.
Staff indicated that there were very few, if any, existing vacant buildings that met their site selection criteria; however, staff indicated that the City had a few vacant hangars at the former Rialto Airport that appeared to meet their requirements and could possibly serve on an interim basis. Staff showed Mr. Garcia and Mr. Milne a vacant 6,600 square foot hangar located at 1455 N. Linden Avenue. Mr. Garcia and Mr. Milne indicated that the building was exactly what they were looking for and wanted to know the terms under which the City would lease them the site.
On May 18, 2016, the Economic Development Committee (EDC) received a brief presentation from representatives of Aquatech regarding its proposed business operation. A copy of the EDC presentation is attached hereto as Exhibit A. The EDC expressed support for the venture and directed staff to work with Aquatech to negotiate the terms of a rental agreement, conditioned upon the following: (1) the use would be temporary, (2) the business waives entitlement to relocation benefits, and (3) and Lewis-Hillwood Rialto approves the temporary use in accordance with the Contracts...
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