To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Lease Agreement with Humboldt County Fair Association
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve and authorize the Chair of the Board to sign the attached Agreement; and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return an executed original to Public Works Real Property for transmittal to the California Department of Food and Agriculture for signature.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
County does not fund the Association in its performance of Fair activities
DISCUSSION:
The Humboldt County Fair Association (Association) has been leasing the Humboldt County Fairgrounds since 1926, with various updates to the agreement clauses. The latest lease agreement was approved by your Board on July 23, 2013, with the term ended on Aug. 31, 2018 (Attachment No. 1). The Association's use beyond Aug. 31, 2018, is on holdover based on continued agreement with the Association.
On Oct. 16, 2018, your Board approved a new agreement to allow continued use of the Fairgrounds by the Association (Attachment No. 2). The agreement was forwarded to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for approval.
On Mar. 4, 2019, the CDFA requested revisions to the 2018 agreement to require the Association to comply with the Brown Act and the California Public Records Act (Attachment No. 3).
Attached for your approval is a new lease agreement that incorporates CDFA requests as shown in Exhibit B of the agreement.
Below are notable changes to the agreement dated Oct. 16, 2018.
Section 3B. County shall have unobstructed right to access and use the water source as shown on Exhibit C of the agreement. This water source serves the County Maintenance Buildings located at the Fairgrounds.
Section 4. The commencement date of the agreement shall be in effect when the county and Association has signed and received written notice from the CDFA that it has ...
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