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6.1.F. - Page 1 RE PO RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Cit Mana er January 14, 2013 SUBJECT License Agreement with Rudolph & Sletten, Inc., for use of City property at 707 and 777 Bradford Street RECOMMENDATION By motion, approve the License Agreement with Rudolph & Sletten, Inc., for the temporary use of City-owned property at 707 and 777 Bradford Street providing construction worker and general public parking. BACKGROUND The City acquired the property located at 707 and 777 Bradford Street from the former Redevelopment Agency, with the intention of developing affordable housing. The City remains committed to development of affordable housing on this site and continues to anticipate development of a senior affordable housing project. However, until the dissolution of the Redevelopment Agency (RDA) and the availability of the housing funds of the RDA have been resolved with the State of California, any housing project on that site is postponed indefinitely. In the interim, with the construction of the Kaiser Hospital project, parking for both construction workers and the general public has been seriously constrained. In response to public concern over construction workers occupying valuable office and retail-supporting parking spaces both on the street and in City garages, staff began working with Rudolph & Sletten, the general contractor for the hospital project, to identify alternative parking opportunities. ANALYSIS The City's Bradford Street properties are immediately adjacent to the Kaiser Hospital construction site and have been used for public parking in the past. The City and contractor negotiated an agreement that entitles Rudolph & Sletten non-exclusive use of the property for their workers during construction hours, for a monthly use fee of $2,000. The City's Public Works Services crews prepared the lot for parking use, as they have done previously. The work was completed during the week of December 17, 2012. The work which includes minor grading to assure that runoff does not drain into Redwood Creek from the site, and a new rock surface. Upon approval of the license agreement by the Council, the contractor will return fifty-six parking passes now used for the Marshall Street Garage. The initial term of the Agreement is through January 18, 2013, in order to allow the contractor to use the lot before the Council reviews the agreement and to enable the