Metro Clerk

Resolution RS2019-1678

A resolution to approve the Fourth Amendment to Lease Agreement between The Metropolitan Government and Square Investment Holdings, LLC, for office space in the Washington Square Building located at 222 Second Avenue North (Proposal No. 2019M-010AG-001).

WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Government and Square Investment Holdings, LLC previously entered into a lease agreement for office space in the Washington Square Building (the “Building”), located at 222 Second Avenue North in Nashville, to house the Metropolitan Legal Department and the Office of the District Attorney for Davidson County, dated June 10, 2008, which lease was approved by Ordinance BL2008-226; and,

WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Government and Washington Square Holdings, LLC executed a First Amendment to said lease on January 10, 2011, adding space for the Office of the District Attorney for Davidson County, to house its Juvenile Court staff displaced after the May 2010 flood, which lease amendment was approved by BL2011-842; and,

WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Government and Washington Square Holdings, LLC executed a Second Amendment to said lease on October 24, 2013, adding space for the Office of the District Attorney for Davidson County, which lease amendment was approved by RS2013-921; and,

WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Government and Washington Square Holdings, LLC executed a Third Amendment to said lease on March 19, 2014, providing space for Criminal Justice Planning, which lease amendment was approved by RS2014-1016; and,

WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government and Square Investment Holdings, LLC have now agreed to a Fourth Amendment to said lease, which will provide new space for Criminal Justice Planning and allow the Office of the District Attorney for Davidson County to utilize the space previously occupied by Criminal Justice Planning; and,

WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this fourth lease amendment be approved.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

Section 1: That this Fourth Amendment to Lease Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved and the Director of Finance or his designee is authorized to execute it on behalf of the Metropolitan Government.

Section 2: That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.