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Attachment 4 - Ground Lease Agreement - Amendment 1-2017.pdf

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August 26, 2025

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Attachment 4 - Ground Lease Agreement - Amendment 1-2017.pdf
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Water Resome Recovery
Dept.

FIRST AMENDMENT TO GROUND LEASE
This First Amendment To Ground Lease is made and entered effective January 1, 2017 (the Affective Date@), by and between West County Wastewater District, a public agency and sanitary district organized and existing pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 6400 et seq ("Landlord"), on the one hand, and the City of Richmond, a municipal corporation and charter city duly organized and existing under a freeholder's charter in the State of California, and the Richmond Municipal Sewer District, a public corporation and sewer district organized and existing pursuant to the provisions of California Health and Safety Code Section 4600 et seq., on the other hand. The City of Richmond and Richmond Municipal Sewer District will be referred to in this First Amendment To Lease collectively as "Tenant".

RECITALS
Effective January 1, 2010, Landlord and Tenant entered that certain Ground Lease (the "Lease") whereby Landlord leased to Tenant, and Tenant leased from Landlord, that certain real property located in Contra Costa County, California, as more particularly described in Exhibit A to the Lease, commonly known as the Landlord's East Site Sludge Lagoons (a.k.a. Sludge Lagoons 1-4 & 11), which sludge lagoons will hereinafter be referred to as the "Property" and is the same Property described in the Lease. A true and correct copy of the Lease is attached hereto.

B. The Lease provides for an Initial Term from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2012, a First Extended Term from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2015 and a Second Extended Term from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017.

Tenant's right to extend the Lease for the First Extended Term and Second Extended Term was conditioned upon Tenant providing timely written notice and Tenant meeting certain milestones specified in the Lease.

D. There is a dispute between Landlord and Tenant regarding whether Tenant met the milestones specified in the Lease and whether Tenant provided timely written notice, and therefore whether Tenant performed its obligations under the Lease and has paid, or is paying, the correct monthly rent payable under the Lease.

Landlord and Tenant have determined to execute this First Amendment To Ground Lease to resolve all pending disputes between them and extend the Ground Lease on the terms and conditions of this Amendment.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, LANDLORD AND TENANT HEREBY AMEND THE LEASE AS FOLLOWS:
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1. Incorporation Of Recitals. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are hereby incorporated by this reference.

2. Lease Of The Property. Section 1 of the Lease is amended to read as follows:

1. Lease of Property. Upon and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Landlord hereby leases the Property to Tenant and Tenant hereby hires the same from Landlord. Upon written notice to Tenant, Landlord shall have the right, at Landlord's discretion, to substitute any of the Sludge Lagoons leased to Tenant for comparable Sludge Lagoons on Landlord's land at no additional cost to Tenant.

3. Rent For Second Extended Term. Lease §2.2.2.1 is modified so Annual Rent for the period January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016 shall be $175,547.00 ($167,188.00 [2015 Annual Rent] × 1.05 = $175,547.00 (rounded)) and rent for the period January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017 shall be $184,324.00 ($175,547.00 x 1.05 = $184,324.00 (rounded)). This change in Annual Rent reflects an annual increase of five percent (5%) instead of the three percent (3%) provided for in the Lease for the Second Extended Term.

4. Third Extended Term: Subsection 2.2.3 is hereby added to the Lease as follows:

2.2.3 Third Extended Term. Upon Tenant providing written notice to Landlord that is received by Landlord on or before July 1, 2017 of Tenant's intent to exercise its option to extend the Lease, and upon Tenant's payment in advance of Annual Rent as set forth in this Subsection

2.2.3, Tenant will have the right to use the Property for an additional three (3) year term in accordance with this Lease (the "Third Extended Term). Annual Rent for the Third Extended Term shall be paid to Landlord, in advance, on or before the first (1st) day of each Lease year and shall be calculated as follows. In no case shall the Annual Rent be reduced January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018: $195,383.00 ($184,324.00 x 1.06 rounded) January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019: $207,106.00 ($195,383.00 x 1.06 rounded) January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020: $219,532.00 ($207,106.00 x 1.06 rounded).

Fourth Extended Term: Subsection 2.2.4 is hereby added to the Lease as follows:

2.2.4 Fourth Extended Term. Subject to the mutual right of Landlord and Tenant to terminate this Lease in their discretion as provided in Section 2.3, upon Tenant providing written notice to Landlord that is received by Landlord on or before July 1, 2020 of Tenant's intent to exercise its option to extend the Lease, and upon Tenant's payment in advance of Annual Rent as set forth in this Subsection 2.2.4, Tenant will have the right to use the Property for an additional five (5) year term in accordance with this Lease (the "Fourth Extended Term"). Annual Rent for the Fourth Extended Term shall be paid to Landlord, in advance, on or before the first (1st) day of each Lease year and shall be calculated as follows. In no case shall the Annual Rent be reduced.
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January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021: $232,704.00 ($219,532.00 x 1.06 rounded) January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022: $246,666.00 ($232,704.00 x 1.06 rounded) January I, 2023 - December 31, 2023: $261,466.00 ($246,666.00 x 1.06 rounded) January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024: $277,154.00 ($261,466.00 x 1.06 rounded) January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025: $293,783.00 ($277,154.00 x 1.06 rounded).

6. Right To Terminate. Section 2.3 of the Lease is hereby amended as follows:

2.3 Right To Terminate. At any time after the commencement of the Fourth Extended Term, in addition to the right of either Party to terminate this Lease in the event of a material breach, either Landlord or Tenant may terminate this Lease in their discretion upon one-year written notice to the non-terminating party. The Lease shall terminate and Tenant shall vacate the Premises at the expiration of one year after service of such written notice.

7. 15.1 Notices. Section 15.1 of the Lease is amended to read as follows:

15.1 Notices. All notices must be in writing. Notice shall be given either (i) when delivered in person to the address(es) set forth below, (ii) when deposited in the United States mail in a sealed envelope or container, either registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage and postal charges prepaid, addressed by name and address to the party or person intended set forth below, (ili) when sent to such address by any courier service keeping records of deliveries and attempted deliveries, (iv) when sent by telecopy or similar facsimile transmission to the numbers set forth below, or (v) when sent by electronic mail to the addresses set forth below. The names, addresses, telecopy numbers and electronic mail addresses of the parties are:

If to the Landlord:

With a copy to:

E.J. Shalaby
District Manager Alfred A. Cabral, Esq.

West County Wastewater District Pelletreau, Alderson & Cabral 2910 Hilltop Drive P.O. Box 1000
Richmond, CA 94806-1974 Grass Valley, CA 95945
(510) 222-6700 (voice) (510) 262-2100 (voice)
(510) 222-3277 (fax) (530) 478-0368 (fax)
[email protected] [email protected]
If to Richmond:

With a copy to:

Ryan Smith
Waste Water Manager Everett Jenkins, Esq.

City of Richmond Senior Assistant City Attorney
450 Civic Center Plaza City of Richmond
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Richmond, CA 94804 450 Civic Center Plaza
(voice) Richmond, CA 94 804
(fax) (510) 620-6509 (voice)
(email) (fax)
[email protected]
If any notice is served by registered or certified mail or courier in the manner provided, it shall be conclusively deemed received upon receipt or first attempted delivery, whichever is sooner. Notices given personally, by facsimile or by electronic mail shall be deemed given on receipt. Either party may, by notice given at any time or from time to time, change its address for notice. Notices given before actual receipt of notice of change shall not be invalidated by the change.

8. Execution in Counterparts. This First Amendment To Ground Lease may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.
oi Lease Otherwise Unmodified. The remainder of the Lease shall remain in full force and effect. If any of the provisions of the Lease are inconsistent with the provisions of this Amendment, then the provisions of this Amendment shall control to the extent necessary to resolve or interpret any such inconsistency. All pending disputes regarding the performance of either Party of its obligations under the Ground Lease are resolved by this Amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have signed and sealed this First Amendment To Ground Lease as of the Effective Date.

TENANT LANDLORD
City of Richmond West County Wastewater District
A Municipal Corporation
By:

Its: President
William Lindsay General Managu
Its: CY MANAGE
Ames. Pamela Chust He sentiary
City Clerk
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FIRST AMENDMENT TO GROUND LEASE
This First Amendment To Ground Lease is made and entered effective January 1, 2017 (the Effective Date@), by and between West County Wastewater District, a public agency and sanitary district organized and existing pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 6400 et seq ("Landlord"), on the one hand, and the City of Richmond, a municipal corporation and charter city duly organized and existing under a freeholder's charter in the State of California, and the Richmond Municipal Sewer District, a public corporation and sewer district organized and existing pursuant to the provisions of California Health and Safety Code Section 4600 et seq., on the other hand. The City of Richmond and Richmond Municipal Sewer District will be referred to in this First Amendment To Lease collectively as "Tenant".

RECITALS
"Lease receive ador. least to load and eace lased to rain ord, hat eata theat property located in Contra Costa County, California, as more particularly described in Exhibit A to the Lease, commonly known as the Landlord's East Site Sludge Lagoons (a.k.a. Sludge Lagoons 1-4 & 11), which sludge lagoons will hereinafter be referred to as the "Property" and is the same Property described in the Lease. A true and correct copy of the Lease is attached hereto.

The Lease provides for an Initial Term from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2012, a First Extended Term from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2015 and a Second Extended Term from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017.

C. Tenant's right to extend the Lease for the First Extended Term and Second Extended Term was conditioned upon Tenant providing timely written notice and Tenant meeting certain milestones specified in the Lease.

D. There is a dispute between Landlord and Tenant regarding whether Tenant met the milestones specified in the Lease and whether Tenant provided timely written notice, and therefore whether Tenant performed its obligations under the Lease and has paid, or is paying, the correct monthly rent payable under the Lease.

E. Landlord and Tenant have determined to execute this First Amendment To Ground Lease to resolve all pending disputes between them and extend the Ground Lease on the terms and conditions of this Amendment.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, LANDLORD AND TENANT HEREBY AMEND THE LEASE AS FOLLOWS:
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1. Incorporation Of Recitals. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are hereby incorporated by this reference.

2. Lease Of The Property. Section 1 of the Lease is amended to read as follows:

1. Lease of Property. Upon and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Landlord hereby leases the Property to Tenant and Tenant hereby hires the same from Landlord. Upon written notice to Tenant, Landlord shall have the right, at Landlord's discretion, to substitute any of the Sludge Lagoons leased to Tenant for comparable Sludge Lagoons on Landlord's land at no additional cost to Tenant.

3. Rent For Second Extended Term. Lease §2.2.2.1 is modified so Annual Rent for the period January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016 shall be $175,547.00 ($167,188.00 [2015 Annual Rent] × 1.05 = $175,547.00 (rounded)) and rent for the period January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017 shall be $184,324.00 ($175,547.00 x 1.05 = $184,324.00 (rounded)). This change in Annual Rent reflects an annual increase of five percent (5%) instead of the three percent (3%) provided for in the Lease for the Second Extended Term.

4. Third Extended Term: Subsection 2.2.3 is hereby added to the Lease as follows:

2.2.3 Third Extended Term. Upon Tenant providing written notice to Landlord that is received by Landlord on or before July 1, 2017 of Tenant's intent to exercise its option to extend the Lease, and upon Tenant's payment in advance of Annual Rent as set forth in this Subsection

2.2.3, Tenant will have the right to use the Property for an additional three (3) year term in accordance with this Lease (the "Third Extended Term). Annual Rent for the Third Extended Term shall be paid to Landlord, in advance, on or before the first (1st) day of each Lease year and shall be calculated as follows. In no case shall the Annual Rent be reduced.

January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018: $195,383.00 ($184,324.00 x 1.06 rounded) January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019: $207,106.00 ($195,383.00 x 1.06 rounded) January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020: $219,532.00 ($207,106.00 x 1.06 rounded).

5. Fourth Extended Term: Subsection 2.2.4 is hereby added to the Lease as follows:

2.2.4 Fourth Extended Term. Subject to the mutual right of Landlord and Tenant to terminate this Lease in their discretion as provided in Section 2.3, upon Tenant providing written notice to Landlord that is received by Landlord on or before July 1, 2020 of Tenant's intent to exercise its option to extend the Lease, and upon Tenant's payment in advance of Annual Rent as set forth in this Subsection 2.2.4, Tenant will have the right to use the Property for an additional five (5) year term in accordance with this Lease (the "Fourth Extended Term"). Annual Rent for the Fourth Extended Term shall be paid to Landlord, in advance, on or before the first (1st) day of each Lease year and shall be calculated as follows. In no case shall the Annual Rent be reduced.
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January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021: $232,704.00 ($219,532.00 x 1.06 rounded) January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022: $246,666.00 ($232,704.00 x 1.06 rounded) January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023: $261,466.00 ($246,666.00 x 1.06 rounded) January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024: $277,154.00 ($261,466.00 x 1.06 rounded) January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025: $293,783.00 ($277,154.00 x 1.06 rounded).

Right To Terminate. Section 2.3 of the Lease is hereby amended as follows:

2.3 Right To Terminate. At any time after the commencement of the Fourth Extended Term, in addition to the right of either Party to terminate this Lease in the event of a material breach, either Landlord or Tenant may terminate this Lease in their discretion upon one-year written notice to the non-terminating party. The Lease shall terminate and Tenant shall vacate the Premises at the expiration of one year after service of such written notice.

7. 15.1 Notices. Section 15.1 of the Lease is amended to read as follows:

15.1 Notices. All notices must be in writing. Notice shall be given either (i) when delivered in person to the addresses) set forth below, (ii) when deposited in the United States mail in a sealed envelope or container, either registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage and postal charges prepaid, addressed by name and address to the party or person intended set forth below, (iii) when sent to such address by any courier service keeping records of deliveries and attempted deliveries, (iv) when sent by telecopy or similar facsimile transmission to the numbers set forth below, or (v) when sent by electronic mail to the addresses set forth below. The names, addresses, telecopy numbers and electronic mail addresses of the parties are:

If to the Landlord:

With a copy to:

E.J. Shalaby
District Manager Alfred A. Cabral, Esq.

West County Wastewater District Pelletreau, Alderson & Cabral 2910 Hilltop Drive P.O. Box 1000
Richmond, CA 94806-1974 Grass Valley, CA 95945
(510) 222-6700 (voice) (510) 262-2100 (voice)
(510) 222-3277 (fax) (530) 478-0368 (fax)
[email protected] [email protected]
If to Richmond:

With a copy to:

Ryan Smith
Waste Water Manager Everett Jenkins, Esq.

City of Richmond Senior Assistant City Attorney
450 Civic Center Plaza City of Richmond
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Richmond, CA 94804 450 Civic Center Plaza
(voice) Richmond, CA 94 804
(fax) (510) 620-6509 (voice)
(email) (fax)
[email protected] .us
If any notice is served by registered or certified mail or courier in the manner provided, it shall be conclusively deemed received upon receipt or first attempted delivery, whichever is sooner. Notices given personally, by facsimile or by electronic mail shall be deemed given on receipt. Either party may, by notice given at any time or from time to time, change its address for notice. Notices given before actual receipt of notice of change shall not be invalidated by the change.

8. Execution in Counterparts. This First Amendment To Ground Lease may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

9. Lease Otherwise Unmodified. The remainder of the Lease shall remain in full force and effect. If any of the provisions of the Lease are inconsistent with the provisions of this Amendment, then the provisions of this Amendment shall control to the extent necessary to resolve or interpret any such inconsistency. All pending disputes regarding the performance of either Party of its obligations under the Ground Lease are resolved by this Amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have signed and sealed this First Amendment To Ground Lease as of the Effective Date.

TENANT LANDLORD
City of Richmond West County Wastewater District
A Municipal Corporation
By: By:

Its: President,
William Lindsan General Manager
Its: CITY MANAGe
16s: SecreTary
Attest: a mala Chunke
City Clerk
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WEST COUNTY WASTEWATER DISTRICT
2910 HILLTOP DRIVE, RICHMOND, CA 94806
(510) 222-6700 FAX (510) 222-3277
WCWD wcwd.org

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
TO:_ City of Richmond DATE January 23,2017
Water Resource Recovery Dept. ATTENTION Ana Crespin
450 Civic Center Plaza First Amendment to Ground
Richmond, Ca 94804 with City of Richmond
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE:
• Requested #Enclosed • Sent separately via.

NO.

ITEM COPIES DATE DESCRIPTION
1 3 1/1/2017 Fully executed First Amendment to Ground Lease with City of Richmond and West County Wastewater District
THESE ARE TRANSMITTED AS CHECKED BELOW:

For Approval No exception taken
For your use Make corrections
As requested Revise and comment
For review and comment Rejected
Returned after loan to us For signatures
REMARKS:_
Sincerely,
d, Mung Busi
Inge Murray-Bish, Administrative Analyst
[email protected]
Enclosures: Agreement

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