Item 19 - Lease Agreement for Office Space at SARTC with PGH Wong Engineering, Inc.

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Public Works Agency www.santa-ana.org/public-works Item # 19 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report July 16, 2024 TOPIC: Lease Agreement for Office Space at SARTC AGENDA TITLE Approve a Lease Agreement with PGH Wong Engineering, Inc. for Office Space at the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center RECOMMENDED ACTION Authorize the City Manager to execute a lease agreement with PGH Wong Engineering, Inc. to compensate the City $8,621 per month, with any partial month prorated at $287 per day, for the lease of approximately 3,284 square feet of office space located at the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center for a twelve-month term beginning on July 17, 2024, and ending July 16, 2025, with the option of 12 one -month extensions, for a total of $207,456 in lease revenue for the entire term of the agreement, including optional extensions (Agreement No. A-2024-XXX). GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes DISCUSSION The Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (SARTC) is a regional transportation hub that brings together Amtrak, Metrolink, Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), interstate bus services, and in the future, the OC Streetcar. The facility is open to the public seven days a week from 5:00 a.m. to midnight and contains approximately 35,000 square feet of rental space, including ten bus bays. The OC Streetcar is the first modern streetcar project to be built in Orange County. It will service Santa Ana's historic downtown which includes federal, state, and local courthouses, government offices, colleges, an artists' village, and a thriving restaurant scene. The OC Streetcar will operate along a 4.15-mile route that connects SARTC and a new transit hub at Harbor Boulevard and Westminster Avenue in Garden Grove. As the lead agency for the OC Streetcar Project, OCTA selected PGH Wong Engineering, Inc. as the Construction Management Consultant for this project. In December 2018, PGH Wong Engineering, Inc. approached the City to lease office space at the SARTC. The City Council proceeded to approve a three-year lease agreement with PGH Wong Engineering, Inc. to lease Suite 220 at SARTC. With the OC Streetcar still underway, the City entered into a new lease agreement with PGH