DATE: December 3, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Public Works Department
TITLE: AMENDED & RESTATED LEASE WITH OCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve the Amended and Restated Lease with Oceanside Museum of Art for property located at 704-714 Pier View Way, expanding the current premises to include the former Fire Station No. 1 building, with terms for its renovation, and to update the lease terms and conditions, with the initial term to expire October 5, 2052, with two 22-year extension options; appropriate $346,382 from General Fund Infrastructure Reserves; and authorize the City Manager to execute the lease upon receipt of all supporting documents.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
In June 1995, the City leased the former City Hall building located at 704 Pier View Way to the Oceanside Museum of Art's predecessor in interest, the Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF), (the "Lease"). OCAF subsequently assigned the Lease to the Oceanside Museum of Art ("OMA").
On November 7, 2001, the City entered into the first amendment to the Lease (the "First Amendment"), which set forth October 6, 1997 as the lease commencement date, and it expanded the premises to include the parking lot of the former City Hall building located immediately to the east, on which OMA ultimately constructed an additional building for museum operations. It also included provisions to further amend the Lease to expand the premises to include the former Fire Station No. 1 property located at 714 Pier View Way (the "Fire Station Property"), once that property had been vacated by the City and subject to a future lease agreement for that space.
In 2008, OMA completed the construction of a two-story building of approximately 16,000 square feet on the former parking lot site as originally contemplated. The building was subsequently incorporated into OMA's museum operations and now serves as OMA's primary exhibi...
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