good morning commissioners, property management for the department. the item before you is approval of the lease with the uptown garage association for the management of the union square parking garage. uptown parking garage association was formed to assist the city in building the union square and sutter stockton garages. it remits all of the revenues above expenses back to the department for use and they are managed the garage diligently for the last 60 plus years. they have been operating it under an agreement that was si 1999, for the past 13 years. that 1999 agreement included provisions that if certain debts that were held by uptown parking were paid off, that the the lease would be terminated and therefore, last year, you may remember we brought a short-term extension of that lease and we have negotiated for them to continue to operate the union square garage. the initial term of the lease is 10 years. it does have a two 5-year extensions. they do pay a base rent of
good morning commissioners, property management for the department. the item before you is approval of the lease with the uptown garage association for the management of the union square parking garage. uptown parking garage association was formed to assist the city in building the union square and sutter stockton garages. it remits all of the revenues above expenses back to the department for use and they are managed the garage diligently for the last 60 plus years. they have been operating it under an agreement that was signed in 1999, for the past 13 years. that 1999 agreement included provisions that if certain debts that were held by uptown parking were paid off, that the the lease would be terminated and therefore, last year, you may remember we brought a short-term extension of that lease and we have negotiated for them to continue to operate the union square garage. the initial term of the lease is 10 years. it does have a two 5-year extensions. they do pay a base r
this grant will be used to fund special projects for the department throughout the year and these are generally unexpected expenses and also used to recognize the hard work of rec and park staff. do we have park comment? any public comment on item 7? good morning commissioners, executive director of the park alliance and on behalf of the board and staff and volunteers and 700 plus people who attended the party last fall, including i think all of you wanted to just acknowledge the hard work of the rec and park department, and the value of this as an example of public-private partnership and highlight value of the ventilation system. it s not very sexy, but it s the kind of thing that a little bit of private philanthropy can go a long way at nursery and at the same time improving the productivity of the nursery itself, in terms of lisa pointed out the quality and the productivity of that in terms of nurturing new plants into the park system. it will have a long-term ranging