HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1993 (Marin History Museum Lease of Boyd Gate House)CLERK’S CERTIFICATE
I, LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk of the City of San Rafael, and Ex-Officio Clerk of
the Council of said City, do hereby certify that the foregoing
ORDINANCE NO. 1993
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL APPROVING A
LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY AT 1125 B STREET (BOYD GATE HOUSE), TO THE
MARIN HISTORY MUSEUM
is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance of said City, and was introduced at a REGULAR
meeting of the City Council of the City of San Rafael, held on the 3rd day of May 2021; a
SUMMARY of Ordinance No. 1993 was published as required by City Charter in the
MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, a newspaper published in the City of San Rafael,
and passed and adopted as an Ordinance of said City at a REGULAR meeting of the City
Council of said City, held on the 17th day of May 2021, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bushey, Hill, Kertz, Llorens Gulati, & Mayor Kate
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
WITNESS my hand and the official
Seal of the City of San Rafael this
18th day of May 2021
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LINDSAY LARA
City Clerk
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ORDINANCE NO. 1993
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
APPROVING A LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY AT 1125 B STREET (BOYD
GATE HOUSE) TO THE MARIN HISTORY MUSEUM
WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael owns real property located at 1125 B Street, commonly
known as the Boyd Gate House; and
WHEREAS, between from 2002 and 2015 the Marin History Museum (“Museum”), a local
nonprofit organization, rented the Boyd Gate House from the City for public exhibitions and
educational programs celebrating the traditions, innovation and creativity of the people of Marin
County; and
WHEREAS, the Museum wishes to reopen and resume its operations at the Boyd Gate
House; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to encourage and promote the reopening of the
Museum to support its mission and to revitalize the San Rafael downtown area, and finds that
leasing Boyd Gate House to the Museum for its operations would be in the best interests of the
public and would benefit the public health and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that approval of a lease of an existing structure is
categorically exempt from environmental review, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
DIVISION 1.
The City Council hereby approves, and authorizes the Mayor to execute, a lease of the
Boyd Gate House to the Marin History Museum for a term of three (3) years, with an option to
renew for two additional one-year terms, at a base rental of One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars
($1,200) per month and on the other terms set forth in the “Lease Agreement Between the City of
San Rafael and the Marin History Museum” included with the staff report for this Ordinance,
subject to final approval as to form by the City Attorney.
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DIVISION 2:
This Ordinance shall be published once, in full or in summary form, before its final
passage, in a newspaper of general circulation, published, and circulated in the City of San
Rafael, and shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its final passage. If published in
summary form, the summary shall also be published within fifteen (15) days after the adoption,
together with the names of those Councilmembers voting for or against same, in a newspaper of
general circulation published and circulated in the City of San Rafael, County of Marin, State of
California.
KATE COLIN, Mayor
ATTEST:
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LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk
The foregoing Ordinance No. 1993 was introduced at a Regular Meeting of the City
Council of the City of San Rafael, held on the 3rd day of May 2021 and ordered passed to print by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bushey, Hill, Kertz, Llorens Gulati & Mayor Kate
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
and will come up for adoption as an Ordinance of the City of San Rafael at a Regular Meeting of
the Council to be held on the 17th day of May, 2021.
LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk
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