Referred to:  The Public Works and Capital Projects Committee (Chairwoman Petit and Legislators Fabiano, Greene, Litts, and Nolan), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairwoman Archer and Legislators Donaldson, Gerentine, Maio, Joseph Maloney, Petit, and Ronk)

Chairwoman of the Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, Laura Petit, and Deputy Chair Dean J. Fabiano offer the following:

           WHEREAS, this resolution has been submitted by the County Executive on behalf of the Department of Public Works; and

           WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 314 of 2007, the County entered into a lease with the Spring Lake Fire Department for space at the premises located at 125 Maxwell Lane, Kingston, for use as the Central Auto Garage, beginning September 15, 2008 and ending September 14, 2013 (the “Lease”); and

           WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 263 of 2013, the County exercised the first of its two options under the Lease to extend the term for an additional five (5) years, for a term beginning September 15, 2013 and ending September 14, 2018; and                            

           WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 462 of 2018, the County exercised the second of its two options under the Lease to extend the term for an additional five (5) years, for a term beginning September 15, 2018 and ending September 14, 2023; and

           WHEREAS, the county has outgrown the current impound lot and is in need of a larger space for impounded vehicles; and

           WHEREAS, the 2020-2025 Capital Improvement Program includes a capital project to create a new impound lot for the County; and

            WHEREAS, the Commissioner of Public Works has requested the Chair of the Ulster County Legislature be authorized to enter into a rider to the Lease to lease 28,125 square feet of office space, for a 3 year and 8 ½-month term, beginning January 1, 2020 and ending September 14, 2023, at an annual cost of $3.52/square foot, totaling $8,000, annually for the first three years, and a cost of $3.52/square foot, totaling $5,644.44, for the last 8 ½-months of the lease; now, therefore be it

           RESOLVED, that the Chair of the Ulster County Legislature is hereby authorized to execute the rider to the Lease for a county Impound Lot located at 125 Maxwell Lane, Kingston, NY, for a term of three (3) years and eight and one half (8.5) months, beginning January 1, 2020 and ending September 14, 2023, at an annual rental cost of $8,000.00, in the form as filed with the Clerk of the Legislature or as modified with the approval of the County Attorney; and, be it further

           RESOLVED, that pursuant to the terms of the Lease, the County of Ulster shall have the option to terminate the Lease for any reason or no reason, upon ninety days written notice to the Landlord,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

                                                            AYES:                  NOES:    

Passed Committee: Public Works and Capital Projects on _______________.

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on _______________.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$8,000.00 – 2020 COUNTY APPROPRIATION DOLLARS

$8,000.00 – 2021 COUNTY APPROPRIATION DOLLARS

$8,000.00 – 2022 COUNTY APPROPRIATION DOLLARS

$5,644.44 – 2023 COUNTY APPROPRIATION DOLLARS