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7ð,(/ will build improvements for outdoor dining on a portion of the site. The terms of the sublease have yet to be finalized but will include provisions requiring the restaurant to pay for the improvements to the dining area, as well as a portion if not all of the costs of maintenance for the entire Paseo area. Staff is currently working with Tarboosh owners on the sublease and will bring it back to the Agency Board at a later date for consideration and approval. In addition to the sublease provisions, the Outlease Agreement between the Agency and the USPS contains the following basic terms: 1. The Agency will lease the site identified in Exhibit A of the Agreement (with the exception of the building and parking lot) for a five-year term beginning November 1, 2005, with automatic 12 month extensions thereafter. If USPS wants to terminate the agreement, they are required to give the Agency a 6 month notice. The Agency will maintain the area in an acceptable manner in lieu of a lease payment to USPS. The Agency will fund and construct the improvements described in the Agreement with the exception of the $10,000 rolling security gate for the to-be-enclosed parking lot for USPS employees to the rear of the post office. USPS acknowledges that the outdoor dining area will be improved by Tarboosh Restaurant via a sublease with the Agency. The sublease must be reviewed and approved by USPS. USPS has exempted the Agency and the sublessee from the restrictions against the sale and/or use of alcohol on Post Office property. The Agency will furnish utilities for all of the areas it is responsible for maintaining. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Desian Features The Paseo's main walkway, east of the Post Office and beginning at the parking lot, will be comprised of a 'landing' contoured with an 18-inch high seat wall. an eight-foot wide concrete path lined with pedestrian scale streetlights, and two information podiums explaining the demonstration dry creek bioswale. The walkway then leads up to a decoratively paved area which will be divided into three uses: a walkway that continues to the sidewalk and the contiguous crosswalk, the dining area adjacent to the restaurant, and the plaza lined with flowering deciduous trees, benches, and a newspaper rack. Behind the Post Office, a new, six-foot, wrought-iron fence will surround the employee parking lot. The entrance to the lot will be announced by a decorative, rolling security gate. Adjacent to the lot there will also be a pedestrian scale gate which leads to a pathway that meets the eight-foot public walkway along the west side of the building. Adjacent to this walkway is a grassy swale, an information podium and six new parking stalls (including one accessible stall and ramp) comprised of decorative pavers. These new stalls are meant to accommodate Post Office patrons looking for short-term parking. REDEVSHARED_2005 STAFF REPORTS_10-2005_Staff Report-Post Office Paseo 2