Ordinance 3110CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 3110
New Series
APPROVING A LEASE AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE TERMS OF
A LEASE WITH NATEL ENERGY, INC. FOR THREE YEARS WITH AN
ADDITIONAL THREE YEAR OPTION IN BUILDING 400A LOCATED AT
1090 W. TOWER AVENUE AT ALAMEDA POINT
WHEREAS, Natel Energy (Natel) was founded in 2005 by Massachusetts Institute of
Technology alumni and siblings Gia and Abe Schneider; and
WHEREAS, with the creation of hydroEngine, a product that can be installed in
irrigation canals and generates power from drops as low as five feet, Natel is
revolutionizing the field of hydropower; and
WHEREAS, the United States Trade and Development Agency awarded them a
grant to develop two pilot projects and screen sites totaling up to 100 MW in Chile; and
WHEREAS, the company has sixteen highly skilled employees and has, together
with Makani Power (now Google), helped put Alameda on the map for other clean-tech
companies; and
WHEREAS, Natel is currently leasing a portion of Building 19 with Google (formerly
Makani Power) located at 2175 Monarch Street at Alameda Point; and
WHEREAS, Building 400A, located at 1090 W. Tower Avenue, is approximately sixty
five thousand four hundred square feet; and
WHEREAS, the proposed lease with Natel is for three years with an additional three
year option; and
WHEREAS, the sole purpose for which the premises may be used by the tenant is
for office, engineering, research and development, prototyping workshop and related
uses; and
WHEREAS, Natel is entitled to an abatement of Base Rent for the first two (2)
calendar months of the term; and
WHEREAS, the monthly base rent is $25,506 for months one and two, $25,506 for
months three to fourteen, $25,506 for months fifteen to twenty-six and $26,814 for
months twenty-seven to thirty-eight; and
WHEREAS, the tenant will be required to provide a security deposit equal to
$25,000 and the lease contains the standard insurance, indemnity, assignment and
termination clauses the ARRA required in its leases and compliant with the Lease in
Furtherance of Conveyance (LIFOC) with the United States Navy.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Alameda
that by four affirmative votes that:
Section 1. The City Manager of the City of Alameda or his designee is hereby
authorized to negotiate, execute, for and on behalf of the City of Alameda, a lease with
Natel Energy, Inc. for Building 400A located at 1090 W. Tower Avenue at Alameda
Point for three years with an additional three year option, 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.
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Presiding Officer of the City Council
Attest:
Lara Weisiger, Cit Jerk
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular
meeting assembled on the 16th day of September, 2014, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Chen, Daysog, Ezzy Ashcraft, Tam and
Mayor Gilmore — 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 17th day of September, 2014.
Lara Weisiger, C* Clerk
City of Alameda
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City ,C. Kern
Attorney