To: Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
Department or Agency Name(s): General Services; Health Services
Staff Name and Phone Number: Johannes J. Hoevertsz, General Services, 707-565-2550; Tina Rivera, Health Services, 707-565-7901
Vote Requirement: Majority
Supervisorial District(s): Countywide
Title:
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Lease Amendment for Department of Health Services at 1450 Neotomas Avenue, Santa Rosa
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Recommended Action:
Recommended action
Authorize the Board Clerk to publish notice declaring the intent of the Board of Supervisors to execute a Third Amendment to Lease with Cornerstone Properties II S, LLC as Landlord, at 1450 Neotomas Avenue, Santa Rosa, on terms substantially similar to the draft attached hereto, that will add an additional 2,632 rentable square feet of office space (“Suite 120”) to the County’s existing Lease in the building, increasing the total rentable area from 29,245 square feet to 31,877 square feet, and increasing the total monthly rent by $5,395.60 to $67,687.45 ($2.12/SF/Month) Full Service to reflect the increase in rentable square footage, with the amendment effective on or about August 1, 2022.
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Executive Summary:
Purpose. The Director of General Services, in consultation with the Department of Health Services, requests Board consideration of an amendment to a Lease at 1450 Neotomas Avenue, Santa Rosa, a Premises currently occupied by the Department of Health Services’ Administration and Fiscal Divisions, that will increase the current size of the Premises by 2,632 rentable square feet, from 29,245 square feet to 31,877 square feet, through the addition of first floor Suite 120, with the amendment effective on or about August 1, 2022. The proposed lease amendment adds Suite 120 to provide long term, dedicated office space to support the County’s Interdepartmental Multi-Disciplinary Team (“IMDT”) who work under the County’s ACCESS model to overcome the issues of program silos by allowing County Departments, Agencies and Community Service Providers, and their frontline staff of clinicians, social workers, Adult Protective Service workers, probation officers, housing specialist and eligibility workers, to work to collaboratively to coordinate care and goals to address the holistic needs of the vulnerable residents they serve. The amendment further supports the Board’s strategic pillar of Health and Safe Community.
Discussion:
On May 22, 2018 your Board approved the execution of a Lease at 1450 Neotomas Avenue for 28,546 rentable square feet to be occupied by Department of Health Services Administration. The purpose of the Lease was to increase operational efficiency at the Department of Health Services by enabling all operations within Administration to work together in space that offers a more efficient open layout for improved intra-department visibility and communications, be in a more centralized location for improved access to all Department of Health Services operations throughout Sonoma County, and enjoy long term stability not available at the Department of Health Services’ location on Chanate.
On November 5, 2019 your Board approved the execution of a First Amendment to Lease at 1450 Neotomas Avenue that vacated 1,381 square feet in the basement and added 2,080 square feet on the first floor of the Building (“Suite 130 Space”), increasing operational efficiency at the Department of Health Services by providing its Logistics Group with office space better suited for its tasks and the opportunity for future expansion.
On October 27, 2020, the Director of Health Services entered in a Second Amendment to Lease at 1450 Neotomas Avenue to secure Suite 100 on a short term basis as part of the County’s emergency in support of the County’s COVID-19 emergency response efforts, via the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Declaration, adopted by the Board of Supervisors on March 4, 2020 (“Emergency Declaration”). The County returned Suite 100 to the Landlord on March 31, 2021.
In March 2022, the County initiated discussions with the Landlord regarding adding Suite 120 to its leased Premises at 1450 Neotomas Avenue. Negotiations between the County and Landlord continued through April 2022, when lease expansion terms and a draft lease amendment were agreed upon. The amendment adds to the existing Lease Suite 120, a 2,632 rentable square foot office suite on the building’s first floor, and also requires the landlord to provide tenant improvements at landlord expense to Suite 120 that will include the buildout of three additional private offices. The addition of Suite 120 to this location will provide long term, dedicated office space for the County’s Interdepartmental Multi-Disciplinary Team’s (“IMDT”) to support its work in collaboratively coordinating care and goals to address the holistic needs of the vulnerable residents in the community.
Lease Amendment. The proposed Third Amendment to Lease between Cornerstone Properties II S, LLC, as Landlord, and the County of Sonoma, as Tenant, contains the following key provisions:
1. Addition of 2,632 rentable square feet in Suite 120 to the County’s existing Lease of 29,245 rentable square feet at 1450 Neotomas Avenue, increasing total Lease area to 31,877 rentable square feet.
2. Increase in Lease monthly rent by $5,395.60 to $67,687.45 ($2.12/SF/Month) Full Service to reflect the increase in square footage resulting from the addition of Suite 120 to the Lease.
3. Prior to commencement of Amendment, Landlord to make the following tenant improvements in Suite 120 at landlord expense: building three new private offices, and conducting HVAC work, patching and painting as deemed necessary.
4. County retains all its rights under its existing Lease.
5. Adding CPSA - NEOTOMAS, LLC, a California limited liability company (“CPSA”) as successor in interest to Cornerstone Properties II S, LLC and new landlord under the Lease.
Project Costs and Construction Schedule. The total relocation cost to the Department of Health Services is estimated to be $98,000, consisting of $66,000 for new furniture, $22,000 for cabling and ISD support, and $10,000 for proximity card installations. Landlord is to complete all tenant improvements, at the landlord’s sole expense, with estimated completion in July, 2022.
Procedural Authority. Government Code Section 25350 requires publication of notice of the Board’s intent to enter into a lease or leased amendment for three successive weeks prior to execution of the lease agreement where it is valued at more than $50,000. If your Board takes the requested action, this matter will return to the Board on or after June 14, 2022, for consideration and consummation of the proposed Third Amendment to Lease.
Strategic Plan:
This item directly supports the County’s Five-year Strategic Plan and is aligned with the following pillar, goal, and objective.
Pillar: Healthy and Safe Communities
Goal: Goal 1: Expand integrated system of care to address gaps in services to the County’s most vulnerable.
Objective: Objective 2: Identify gaps in the Safety Net system of services and identify areas where departments can address those gaps directly, and seek guidance from the Board when additional resources and/or policy direction is needed.
Prior Board Actions:
11/05/19 - Authorize General Services Director to execute First Amendment to Lease
10/08/19 - Declare intent to enter into First Amendment to Lease
05/22/18 - Authorize General Services Director to execute Lease
04/10/18 - Declare intent to enter into Lease
Fiscal Summary
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Expenditures |
FY 21-22 Adopted |
FY22-23 Projected |
FY 23-24 Projected |
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Budgeted Expenses |
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|
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Additional Appropriation Requested |
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$65,718 |
$66,704 |
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Total Expenditures |
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$65,718 |
$66,704 |
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Funding Sources |
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General Fund/WA GF |
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|
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State/Federal |
|
|
|
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Fees/Other |
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$65,718 |
$66,704 |
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Use of Fund Balance |
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Contingencies |
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Total Sources |
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$65,718 |
$66,704 |
Narrative Explanation of Fiscal Impacts:
The FY21-22 Lease expenditures are included within the Department of Health Services current budget, and future year rent expenditures will be included during the budget adoption process. The funding source for the expanded lease cost will be primarily funded via Measure O Sales Tax (board item date 5/3/22) and will be included with the department’s supplemental budget, with the total new annual office lease cost estimated to be $917,037.54 for FY22-23 and $849,166.14 for FY23-24.
Narrative Explanation of Staffing Impacts (If Required):
None
Attachments:
1 - Third Amendment to Lease Amendment between Cornerstone Properties II S, LLC as Landlord and the County of Sonoma as Tenant
2 - Notice of Intent to Lease
Related Items “On File” with the Clerk of the Board:
1 - 1450 Neotomas Avenue Lease
2 - 1450 Neotomas Avenue First Amendment to Lease
3 - 1450 Neotomas Avenue Second Amendment to Lease