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Authorizing amendment No. 2 to the lease with Ramsey County extending the leased premises to include parking area improvements at the Charles M. Schulz Highland Arena.
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WHEREAS, the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Saint Paul (“Board”) is owner of property addressed as 750 Snelling Avenue South in the City of Saint Paul (the “Property”); and
WHEREAS, the Board and Ramsey County (“County”) entered into a lease dated January 22, 1973 that permitted the County to construct and operate a community ice arena on a portion of the Property; and
WHEREAS, the 1973 lease was replaced by a lease agreement between the parties dated June 9, 1997, which permitted the County to construct and maintain a second ice arena north and west of the arena built in 1973 (“1997 Lease Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, at its meeting on March 10, 2015, the Board approved an amendment to the 1997 Lease Agreement to allow construction and maintenance of a multipurpose locker room addition; and
WHEREAS, the County has recently completed parking area improvements and expansion of the parking lot directly adjacent to the arena outside of their current leased premises as defined by the 1997 Lease Agreement (“Premises”); and
WHEREAS, the Board and the County wish to expand the Premises to include the parking area expansion and Board staff has prepared an Amendment No. 2 to Lease which defines the new leased premises; and,
WHEREAS, the Board did adopt Board Resolution No. 22-350 which approved the Amendment No. 2 to Lease and does hereby request the Honorable City Council of the City of Saint Paul to concur with the Board; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Amendment No. 2 to Lease with Ramsey County is hereby authorized and that the proper officers directed to execute said Amendment No. 2 on behalf of the City of Saint Paul.