(a) Subject to the requirements of this Section, any real property owned or leased by the County, together with any or all improvements thereon, may be leased or licensed for a duration not exceeding ten (10) years, and an estimated monthly rental not exceeding Ten Thousand and no/100ths ($10,000.00) Dollars, without compliance with the formal bidding procedures required by the provisions of Government Code Sections 25526 through 25535.
(b) Before the execution of any lease pursuant to this Section, the Purchasing Agent shall publish notice pursuant to Government Code Section 6061 in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the County, post notice in the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, and, if the lease or license involves residential property, give notice to the housing sponsors as defined by Health and Safety Code Sections 50074 and 50074.5. The notice shall describe the property proposed to be leased or licensed, the terms of the lease or license, the location where offers to lease or license the property will be accepted, the location where leases or licenses will be executed, and any county officer authorized to execute the lease or license, and shall set forth the address and time within which inquiries may be made to the Purchasing Agent and such other matters as may be expressly required by law.
(c) If a lease or license is excluded from the bidding procedure pursuant to this Section, the actual monthly rent in the executed lease or license shall not exceed Ten Thousand and no/100ths Dollars ($10,000.00), the term of the executed lease shall not exceed ten (10) years, and the lease shall not be renewable.
(d) The Purchasing Agent is authorized to execute leases pursuant to this Section for a term, including options, of five (5) years or less. The Board is authorized to execute leases pursuant to this section for a term, including options, exceeding five (5) years. (§ 1, Ord. 515, as amended by § 1, Ord. 1046, eff. December 12, 1986, § 1, Ord. 1177, eff. March 23, 1995, and § 3, Ord. 1326, eff. October 14, 2004)