(a)Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Director of General Services may enter into an additional amendment to the existing joint powers agreement with the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles dated June 30, 1982, in connection with the financing, planning, acquisition, equipping, furnishing, and construction or renovation of an additional office building or buildings and parking facilities in the City of Los Angeles in near proximity to the Ronald Reagan State Building and in connection therewith may
enter into a lease-purchase agreement or agreements, an agreement for the appointment of a bond trustee, and an agreement or agreements for the Department of General Services to act as agent for acquisition, planning, and construction or renovation matt
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(a)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Director of General Services may enter into an additional amendment to the existing joint powers agreement with the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles dated June 30, 1982, in connection with the financing, planning, acquisition, equipping, furnishing, and construction or renovation of an additional office building or buildings and parking facilities in the City of Los Angeles in near proximity to the Ronald Reagan State Building and in connection therewith may
enter into a lease-purchase agreement or agreements, an agreement for the appointment of a bond trustee, and an agreement or agreements for the Department of General Services to act as agent for acquisition, planning, and construction or renovation matters, each of which agreements shall be with the joint powers authority created under the joint powers agreement. The amendment to the existing joint powers agreement shall provide that any authorization under the joint powers agreement for the joint powers authority to acquire property by means of condemnation proceedings shall not include the power to condemn the property on which was located, as of January 1, 1991, that certain homeless women’s housing and day care center commonly known as the Downtown Women’s Center, which property is legally described as set forth below. The lease-purchase agreement or agreements may provide for space to be used for private commercial purposes. The director shall notify the chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget
Committee or his or her designee, and the chairpersons of the committees in each house which consider appropriations, of his or her intention to execute the lease-purchase agreement or agreements at least 20 days prior to its execution.
The property referred to above is legally described as follows:
THAT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY OF C.E. THOM, IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 72, PAGE 45 OF MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING IN THE NORTHWEST LINE OF LOS ANGELES STREET, 77 FEET WIDE, AS ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY ENGINEER OF SAID CITY, DISTANT THEREON SOUTH 38 DEGREES 41 FEET 30 INCHES WEST 219.30 FEET FROM THE SOUTHWEST LINE OF THIRD STREET, 60 FEET WIDE, AS ESTABLISHED BY SAID ENGINEER; THENCE NORTH 54 DEGREES 24 FEET WEST 124.05 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST LINE OF DOMITILA COHN PANORAMA PROPERTY AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 12, PAGE
161 OF MAPS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY; THENCE ALONG SAID LINE SOUTH 34 DEGREES 05 FEET WEST 25.79 FEET TO AN ANGLE POINT THEREIN; THENCE ALONG SAID LINE SOUTH 51 DEGREES 45 FEET WEST 16.54 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST LINE OF LAND DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED IN BOOK 3746, PAGE 101 OF DEEDS, RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY; THENCE ALONG SAID NORTHEAST LINE SOUTH 43 DEGREES 50 FEET EAST 126.61 FEET TO SAID NORTHWEST LINE OF LOS ANGELES STREET; THENCE ALONG SAID STREET, NORTH 38 DEGREES 41 FEET 30 INCHES EAST 65 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH: THAT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY OF C.E. THOM, IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 72, PAGE 45 OF MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHERLY LINE OF THE BAKER TRACT, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 5, PAGE 459, MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY, WITH THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOS ANGELES STREET,
AS WIDENED BY DECREE OF CONDEMNATION RECORDED IN BOOK 2088, PAGE 256 OF DEEDS; THENCE NORTH 38 DEGREES 35 FEET EAST ALONG SAID LINE OF LOS ANGELES STREET, 50.45 FEET; THENCE NORTH 43 DEGREES 40 FEET WEST, PARALLEL WITH SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF THE BAKER TRACT, AND 50 FEET AT RIGHT ANGLES THEREFROM, 130 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT IN THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF DOMITILA COHN PANORAMA PROPERTY, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 12, PAGE 161 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY; THENCE SOUTH 51 DEGREES 45 FEET WEST ALONG SAID SOUTHEASTERLY LINE, 50 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID BAKER TRACT; THENCE SOUTH 43 DEGREES 40 FEET EAST ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID BAKER TRACT, 138 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
(b)
In as much as it is in the best interest of the people of the State of California to consolidate state offices in the City of Los Angeles as described in subdivision (a), at the earliest
opportunity, a “design-build” concept may be utilized in meeting the objective of this section.
(c)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the joint powers authority described in subdivision (a) shall have the authority to borrow from the Pooled Money Investment Account as provided in Sections 16312 and 16313.