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Police Department https://www.santa-ana.org/pd Item # 20 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report April 6, 2021 TOPIC: Warehouse space for the Santa Ana Police Department AGENDA TITLE: Approve a Three-Year Lease Agreement with Rick Kagasoff for warehouse space for the Santa Ana Police Department Evidence Section in the amount of $197,227 (Non-General Fund) RECOMMENDED ACTION Authorize the City Manager to execute a three-year lease agreement with Rick Kagasoff for warehouse space, for the period of April 15, 2021 through April 30, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $197,227, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. This agreement also includes an optional one-year extension, exercisable by the City Manager and City Attorney, in the annual amount of $67,200. DISCUSSION The Santa Ana Police Department’s Evidence Section utilizes warehouse space to store items with evidentiary value. The Police Department currently has an existing lease for the adjacent warehouse with Rick Kagasoff. This lease is for an additional 6,500 square foot warehouse used to store large evidence items related to the increase in illegal cannabis locations and gambling locations. Due to the size of the gambling machines and cannabis equipment, the Police Department’s Evidence Section is unable to store these items. Based on the number of seizures over the past year, our current warehouse is reaching capacity. Both warehouses have exterior yards separated by a fence. Rick Kagasoff is willing to remove the fence at no cost to the City. The warehouse location has been mutually beneficial to both the property owner and the Police Department, as the property owner appreciates the law enforcement presence this agreement brings. In October 2020, a search for properties was conducted for current City owned property that would meet the proper evidentiary requirements per the Department of Justice. This warehouse met the needed requirements, and the property owner negotiated lower warehouse lease costs. The property owner has partnered with the Police Department on this project and understands the needs of the warehouse for the Department and the benefits to the community.