§ 14669.12
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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may enter into an amendment to the existing joint powers agreement with the Oakland Redevelopment Agency in connection with the development of approximately 700,000 gross usable square feet of new state-owned office space in the City of Oakland. This development shall include, but not be limited to, the financing, planning, acquisition, construction, and equipping and furnishing of new state office buildings and parking facilities, and any betterments, improvements, and facilities related thereto, in the City of Oakland. The state office building and parking facility in the City of Oakland developed pursuant to this subdivision shall be named and shall be known as the Elihu M. Harris Building.
(b)In connection with the development described in subdivision (a), the Director of General Services may enter into a lease-purchase agreement, an agreement for the appointment of a bond trustee, and other documents and agreements in connection with the financing, by sale of bonds or otherwise, of this development, and an agreement for the Department of General Services to act as agent for acquisition, planning, and construction matters. Each agreement shall be with the joint powers authority created under the joint powers agreement.
(c)In connection with the development or any agreements provided for by this section, or any work or expenses related thereto, the joint powers authority may use any funds lawfully available to it for the purposes of this section, and the Director of General Services is authorized to use and expend these funds in accordance with the terms of any agreement between the director and the joint powers authority for the carrying out of these works on the development.
(d)Inasmuch as it is in the best interest of the people of the State of California to consolidate state offices in the City of Oakland, as well as other San Francisco Bay area locations, at the earliest possible opportunity, a “design-build” concept may be utilized in meeting the objective of this section.
(e)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the joint powers authority described in this section may borrow from the Pooled Money Investment Account as provided for in Sections 16312 and 16313.