Ordinance 3335CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 3335
New Series
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE, TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A LEASE WITH ASTRA SPACE, INC.,
A DELAWARE CORPORATION, SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM
OF THE LEASE, FOR FIFTY-NINE MONTHS FOR BUILDING 360,
LOCATED AT 1900 SKYHAWK STREET, AT ALAMEDA POINT
WHEREAS, Astra Space, Inc. is an aerospace research and design firm; and
WHEREAS, Astra Space, Inc. has been a tenant at Alameda Point since
November 2016; and
WHEREAS, Astra Space, Inc. is currently licensing Building 360, located at
1900 Skyhawk Street at Alameda Point, for aerospace development, manufacturing
and related office use; and
WHEREAS, Astra Space, Inc. wishes to enter into a lease for Building 360 with
the City of Alameda; and
WHEREAS, in response to community and City Council concerns about on-site
rocket engine testing, Astra Space, Inc. has committed to noise, vibration and
emissions monitoring, compliance with all State, regional and local regulations and
laws governing its operation, as well as taking additional steps to minimize negative
effects of noise on surrounding neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, Building 360 consists of approximately 179,070 square feet of
rentable space; and
WHEREAS, the lease has a term of fifty-nine months with no extension options;
and
WHEREAS, the base rent for Building 360 for the fifty-nine month term is
$164,744.40 for months 1-12, $170,116.50 for months 13-24, $177,279.30 for months
25-36, $182,651.40 for months 37-48, and $188,023.50 for months 49-59; and
WHEREAS, the City intends to provide a rent credit to Astra, Inc. in the amount
of $2.5 million, applied over the life of the lease, in consideration of the several million
dollars incurred by Astra, Inc. to bring Building 360 up to code and perform regulated
environmental monitoring to ensure Building 360 is safe for occupation and
WHEREAS, Building 360 is subject to the Surplus Land Act and therefore the
lease contains a term of less than five years with no extension options; and
WHEREAS, Astra Space, Inc. has executed an Project Stabilization Agreement
with the Building and Trade Council; and
WHEREAS, Astra Space, Inc. will be required to provide a security deposit in
the amount of $151,158.65 for Building 360; and
WHEREAS, the lease contains the standard insurance, indemnity, assignment
and termination clauses the Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority (ARRA)
requires and is in compliance with the Lease in Furtherance of Conveyance (LIFOC).
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Alameda that by four affirmative votes that:
Section 1. The Interim City Manager of the City of Alameda or designee is
hereby authorized to negotiate, execute, for and on behalf of the City of Alameda, a
lease with Astra Space, Inc., a Delaware corporation, for Building 360 at Alameda
Point for fifty-nine months, subject to such technical or clarifying revisions as are
reasonably determined necessary by the City Manager 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.
Presiding' Officer bf the City Council
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, Herrera Spencer, Knox White,
Vella and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft — 5.
NOES: None.
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, Cit Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM.:
Yibin Shen, City Attorney
City of Alameda