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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEN~ER 4, 2006 <br />TITLE: <br />AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT WITH <br />MEXICAN AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1S` Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and <br />the Clerk of the Council to execute an amendment to the lease for office <br />space with the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation. <br />DISCUSSION <br />For the past six years, the City of Santa Ana through the Santa Ana WORK <br />Center has leased office space from the Mexican American Opportunity <br />Foundation (MAOF) for the establishment of a WORK Center satellite <br />office. This office provides job employment services such as computer <br />usage, Internet access for job search, job search workshops, resume <br />preparation assistance and referrals to community service, training, and <br />education resources for Empowerment Zone residents. The Santa Ana WORK <br />Center would like to continue leasing this space from MAOF in order to <br />provide these necessary resources to community residents. <br />The office space located at 502 S. Ross, Santa Ana, is 323 square feet <br />with a current monthly lease rate of $1.00 per square foot. Due to <br />increasing cost, MAOF has requested that the monthly lease rate be <br />amended to $1.20 per square foot effective December 1, 2006, through June <br />30, 2007. The total monthly rent will increase by $65.00 per month for a <br />total increased amount of $455. <br />251-1 <br />