The former PFF Bank building at Yucca Valley’s busiest intersection of highways 62 and 247 has sat empty since before the Yucca Valley Redevelopment Agency purchased it for $1.3 million in October 2009. But if all goes as expected at tomorrow’s 10 a.m. meeting of County Supervisors in San Bernardino, the site is about to receive a new lease on life. Reporter Mike Lipsitz explains…
Supervisors are expected to approve a 15-year lease agreement with Yucca Valley for 7,200 square feet of library and office space in the former PFF Bank building beginning March 2019. The space is 13 percent smaller than the library’s current location adjoining the Yucca Valley Community Center where it has been since 2003; however, a more efficient floor plan and other planned improvements make it more desirable according to county documents. The agreement calls for an approximate $1 million renovation to the facility at town expense, much of that to be reimbursed by the county. Among the upgrades are new book shelving, a surveillance system and burglar alarm, interior signage, a one-of-a-kind children’s space, and circulation desk. Pending town approval, the agreement will allow the option for two five-year extensions, the first of which would begin March 2034. At the completion of the 15-year term, lease and other payments by the county to the town will slightly exceed $1 million.
COUNTY WILL LEASE PART OF PFF BUILDING IN YUCCA VALLEY FOR THE LIBRARY
