Cementing the deal
By AMY KAUFMAN Special to the Daily Press
(Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas. Consent agenda items are routinely passed by the City Council with little or no discussion from elected officials or the public. However, many of the items have been part of public discussion in the past.) CITY HALL — Some Santa Monica officials will be moving into new digs, the city’s homeless will be dining inside and jailers will be keeping a better watch of prisoners if City Council approves its nearly $1.3 million spending agenda tonight.
The Civil Engineering and Architecture Division (CEAD) of the City’s Environmental and Public Works Management Department hopes to move from their current location on Main Street to one on Fourth Street. Unsatisfactory conditions at the present offices, including elevator failures, garage access difficulties and a “general lack of cleanliness throughout the facility” provoked the move, according to a city staff report.
The new lease, which will cost $380,000 per year, is expected to continue for the next five years, with the owner of the new space offering $35 per square foot for improvements. The cost of the CEAD’s current location is approximately $340,200 per year.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 26, 2006. Read the original PDF.