Ordinance 3366 CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 3366
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LEASE
AMENDMMENT WITH FACTION BREWING COMPANY LLC FOR
BUILDING 22, SUITE 200, LOCATED AT 2501 MONARCH STREET
AT ALAMEDA POINT, ALAMEDA, FOR A 3-MONTH RENT
DEFERRAL AND 12-MONTH RENT REPAYMENT SCHEDULE
WHEREAS, Faction Brewing Company, LLC is a brewery led by a team with
extensive brewing experience throughout northern California and produces a variety of
beers which include Pale Ale, IPA, Red, Pilsner, and Stout; and
WHEREAS, Faction Brewing Company, LLC entered into a lease agreement with
the City of Alameda to occupy Suite 200 of Building 22 in 2012 and has been open to
the public since early 2013; and
WHEREAS, Building 22, Suite 200 consists of approximately 32,500 square feet
of rentable square feet; and
WHEREAS, Faction Brewing Company, LLC has experienced unusual economic
hardships due to the 2023 atmospheric river and changes in visitorship to Alameda
Point; and
WHEREAS, in 2018, the City Council adopted the Economic Development
Strategic Plan, which prioritized the support of specialty food and beverage makers at
Alameda Point's Spirits Alley; and
WHEREAS, in 2020, the City Council approved a nine-month rent deferral
program for eight businesses at Spirits Alley, including Faction. All rent deferral
payments were made according to schedule or early.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Alameda does hereby ordain
as follows:
Section 1. The City Manager of the City of Alameda or her designee is hereby
authorized to execute, for and on behalf of the City of Alameda, a lease amendment
with Faction Brewing for a 3-month rent deferral and 12-month rent repayment
schedule, 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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Attest:
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Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting
assembled on the 2nd day of April, 2024, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Herrera Spencer, Jensen, Vella and Mayor
Ezzy Ashcraft—4.
NOES: Vice Mayor Daysog — 1.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of said City this 3rd day of April, 2024.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Yibin Shen, City Attorney
City of Alameda