2 weeks Ago By VALLEY PRESS STAFF REPORT
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider a proposed new nine-year lease for office space and parking in Lancaster for the Antelope Valley juvenile probation program. The proposed lease is for 11,340 square feet of office space and 45 on-site parking spaces at 43423 Division St. where another probation department already exists.
The proposed lease is for units 101 through 104 and 201 through 205. The estimated maximum first year base rental cost is $271,000, according to a letter by county CEO Fesia Davenport. The landlord (Rami Darghilli, trustee of the Rami Darghalli Revovable Living Trust), agreed to a two-month rent abatement of approximately $46,000.
That would drop the first year’s base rental cost to approximately $225,000. The estimated total proposed lease cost including rent abatement, tenant improvements and low-voltage costs is approximately $5.94 million over nine years.
The proposed lease is for a nine-year initial term with no options to extend it. The Antelope Valley Juvenile Probation office is at 43917 Division St. in Lancaster.
The office provides direct service to the AV delinquency courts and to juvenile offenders and their families served by the court. The programs offered at the current site include Community Based Supervision, Dual Supervision with the Department of Children and Family Services, Juvenile Court Investigation and probation deputies who participate in Teen Court. The services include investigation, supervision, school-based programs and transitional living programs in support of the probation department’s mission.
The proposed lease at the new location will serve as a replacement for probation’s existing site. The department occupies 15,500 square feet of office space at its existing site, the letter said. The proposed new site will be slightly smaller at 11,340 square feet.
The proposed new building will house 59 staff using 59 workstations and enclosed offices. “On-site coverage is necessary for the direct services to be provided,” the letter said. “The proposed Premises was selected because another Probation program is already located in the building which provides synergy between the two programs and the Landlord proposed better terms.
Upon completion of construction at the proposed Premises, the lease at the existing site will be terminated.” The public may attend the board meeting and comment in person. The meeting starts at 9:30 a.
m., Tuesday at the Hall of Administration, 500 West Temple St., Los Angeles.
They can also listen and make comments by telephone. To listen only, call 877 873-8017. The access code is 111111 for English and 22222 for Spanish translation.
To make comments, call 877-226-8163 starting at 9 a.m. Once prompted, enter the participant code is 1336503 then press #.
An operator will take your name and the item number you wish to address, then place you In a listening queue. When the board begins discussing Agenda Item 17, press 1, then 0..
