Approve Lease Amendments With Northwest Anoka County Consortium (Youth First) Located at 6701 Highway 10

The city of Ramsey has leased the easterly 4,820 square feet of the front portion of the property located at 6701 Highway 10 to the Northwest Anoka County Community Consortium (Youth First) since March of 2007.  In November, 2009 the motion was made to extend the lease to December 2010.  With no required monthly rental payments, combined with staff turnover,the urgency of amending the lease date was not apparent until the city contracted its property management services. 

All terms of the lease would stay as per the original and amended agreements, with the exception being, that the lease would now expire on December 31, 2016 and that the Consortium would be required to cover electrical and utility expense in the amount of 60% of 50% for their respective share of electrical and city utility use.  Northern Lights is currently covering 50% of said electric and utility costs, thus the Consortium would be required to pay 60% of the remaining 50%.  The original agreeement required that they pay 100% of all utilities and the 2009 amendment stated that the Consortium was to pay for 100% of electric and city utilities, and that gas would be billed at 60%.  The lease amendment would propose that all utilities:  gas, electric & city utilities would be billed to the Consortium at the rate of 60% of 50% of total costs.  Charging a share of the costs for the utilities holds the site accountable to check for running toilets, etc.

Staff recommends execution of the amended lease with Northwest Anoka County Community Consortium with an expiration date of December 31, 2016 and amend that the Consortium's share of utility costs would be 60% of 50% of total costs related to gas, electric and city utilities.

This site was purchased with RALF funds. 

Motion to authorize the execution of the amendment to the lease with the Northwest Anoka County Community Consortium to reflect an expiration date of December 31, 2016 and to have the Consortium pay for 60% of 50% of the total costs of all utilities.