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File #: 25-586    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 4/24/2025 In control: Public Works
On agenda: 6/24/2025 Final action:
Title: First Amendment to the Lease Agreement with the Humboldt County Fair Association Regarding the Operation, Management and Maintenance of the Humboldt County Fair and Fairgrounds (4/5 Vote Required)
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Lease Agreement for the Operation, Management and Maintenance of the Humboldt County Fairgrounds with the Humboldt County Fair Association, dated July 1, 2020, 3. First Amendment Ferndale Fairgrounds_Signed_rm.pdf, 4. Executed - First Amendment Ferndale Fairgrounds
To: Board of Supervisors

From: Public Works

Agenda Section: Consent

Vote Requirement: 4/5th

SUBJECT:title
First Amendment to the Lease Agreement with the Humboldt County Fair Association Regarding the Operation, Management and Maintenance of the Humboldt County Fair and Fairgrounds (4/5 Vote Required)end

RECOMMENDATION(S):Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the attached first amendment to the lease agreement with the Humboldt County Fair Association regarding the operation, management and maintenance of the Humboldt County Fair and Fairgrounds (4/5 Vote Required); and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return one (1) fully executed original copy of the attached first amendment to the lease agreement with the Humboldt County Fair Association regarding the operation, management and maintenance of the Humboldt County Fair and Fairgrounds to the Real Property Division of the Humboldt County Department of Public Works for further processing.

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STRATEGIC PLAN:
The recommended actions support the following areas of the Board of Supervisors' Strategic Plan:

Area of Focus: Core Services/Other
Strategic Plan Category: 9999 - Core Services/Other

DISCUSSION:
Since 1926, the Humboldt County Fair Association has been leasing and operating the Humboldt County Fairgrounds under various agreements with the County of Humboldt. On July 1, 2020, the county and the Humboldt County Fair Association entered into the current lease agreement regarding the operation, management and maintenance of the Humboldt County Fair and Fairgrounds. The current lease agreement with the Humboldt County Fair Association is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2025. The Humboldt County Fair Association and the county have mutually agreed to a one-year extension of the lease term.

The attached first amendment to the lease agreement with the Humboldt County Fair Association will extend the term thereof through June 3...

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