Resolution 17-065 Approving Assignment and New Lease on Lot 12-C City of Homer Port Industrial Sub. No. 4

CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA

City Manager/Port Director

RESOLUTION 17-065

A RESOLUTION OF THE HOMER CITY COUNCIL APPROVING A LEASE ASSIGNMENT FOR THE HARBOR LEASING, LLC LEASE TO SOUTHWIND FOODS/GREAT AMERICAN SEAFOOD IMPORTS CO. AND AWARDING A NEW 20 YEAR LEASE WITH TWO FIVE YEAR OPTIONS TO RENEW ON LOT 12-C HOMER PORT INDUSTRIAL SUBDIVISION NO. 4 AT AN ANNUAL BASE RENT OF APPROXIMATELY $25,626.36 AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH LEASE NEGOTIATIONS AND EXECUTE THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS. 

WHEREAS, Harbor Leasing, LLC, dba Auction Block, has reached a tentative agreement to sell the building and business to Southwind Foods, LLC/Great American Seafood Imports Co. which will continue operating as a fish processing business under the name Southwind Foods, LLC/Great American Seafood Imports Co.; and

WHEREAS, Per Chapter 13.3 of the City’s Lease Policy and Procedures, Southwind Foods, LLC/Great American Seafood Imports Co. has submitted a lease application for a new 20-year lease with two, five-year options to renew; and

WHEREAS, The City Administration and the Port and Harbor Commission have reviewed the application and proposal and found it to be complete and responsive; and

WHEREAS, Due to the proposed investment and plans for future development it was further agreed that a new lease be awarded without the parcel being advertised through the Request for Proposal process, and

WHEREAS, Upon the signing of a new lease, the lease with Harbor Leasing, LLC dba Auction Block would terminated, and

WHEREAS, The Port and Harbor Commission recommend that the City Council authorize the City Manager to assign the Harbor Leasing, LLC lease to Southwind Foods, LLC/Great American Seafood Imports Co. and to negotiate a new 20-year lease with options for two consecutive 5-year renewals on Lot 12-C Homer Port Industrial No. 4. for the purpose of operating a fish processing business without the parcel being advertised through the Request for Proposals process.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Homer City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to assign the Harbor Leasing, LLC lease to Southwind Foods, LLC/Great American Seafood Imports Co. and to negotiate and execute the appropriate documents for a new 20-year lease with options for two consecutive 5-year renewals on Lot 12-C Homer Port Industrial No. 4. with an annual base rent of $25, 626.36 (subject to change as determined by lease negotiations) for the purpose of operating a fish processing business without the parcel being advertised through the Request for Proposals process.

                PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 26th day of June, 2017.

                                                                                                            CITY OF HOMER
 

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                                                                                                                BRYAN ZAK, MAYOR

ATTEST:

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MELISSA JACOBSEN, MMC, CITY CLERK

Fiscal information: Lease fee of approximately $25,626.36 annually with annual increases according to the Consumer Price Index subject to change as determined by lease negotiations.