Ordinance 3334CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 3334
New Series
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE, TO EXECUTE
A TEN-YEAR (120 MONTH) LEASE WITH RAIN INDUSTRIES, INC.,
FOR BUILDING 19, LOCATED AT 2175 MONARCH STEET,
ALAMEDA, CA
WHEREAS, Rain Industries, Inc. (Rain) researches, designs and manufactures
autonomous aircraft; and
WHEREAS, Rain submitted a proposal in response to a Request for Proposals
(RFP) to lease Building 19, approximately 16,888 square feet of interior office space,
and approximately 3,993 square foot shed and enclosed, paved yard area at Alameda
Point (the Premises); and
WHEREAS, City Council directed staff to prepare a lease with Rain for the
Premises; and
WHEREAS, the proposed lease has a term of ten (10) years with no renewal or
purchase option; and
WHEREAS, the proposed use of the Premises is for research, design, and
development of autonomous aircraft, office space for use as company headquarters,
and light manufacturing of aircraft prototypes; and
WHEREAS, the proposed monthly base rent for the Premises is $31,321.50 during
Months 1-12 of the lease term, and increases by three and a half (3.5) percent every
twelve (12) months thereafter; and
WHEREAS, the proposed lease requires Rain to deliver to the City a security
deposit in the amount of $31,321.50 at the time of lease execution; and
WHEREAS, the proposed lease requires Rain to deliver to the City the initial twelve
(12) months of base rent, in the sum of $375,885.00, to be held in an escrow account
known as the "Prepaid Rent Account" and to be applied to the monthly base rent for
Months 1 — 12.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Alameda
by four affirmative votes that:
Section 1. The City Manager of the City of Alameda, or designee, is hereby
authorized to execute on behalf of the City of Alameda a, ten-year lease with Rain
Industries, Inc. for Building 19, located at 2175 Monarch St., Alameda, CA, subject to
such .technical or clarifying revisions as are reasonably determined necessary by the
City Manager, or designee, and approved by the City Attorney, and the City Clerk is
hereby authorized and directed to attest to the same.
Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance
if, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect
the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City
Council of the City of Alameda hereby declares that it would have passed this
ordinance, and each section, subsections, clause, or phrase hereof, irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases are
declared to be invalid and unconstitutional.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the expiration
of thirty (30) days from the date of its final passage.
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Presiding O c ol.the City Courpicrk
Attest:
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting
assembled on the 6th day of December 2022, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Knox White, Vella and Mayor Ezzy
Ashcraft — 4.
NOES: Councilmember Herrera Spencer — 1.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of said City this 7th day of December 2022.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Yibin Shen, City Attorney
City of Alameda