NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
NYC LfiW DEPT 212 798 0366 P.02/09
KW-18-1997 18 ■ 52
LAW DEPARTMENT
100 CHURCH STREET
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10007
M^iiflorporation Counsel
MEMORANDUM
FROM: JASON
Assistant Corporation Counsel
TO; JEFF KONDRAT
DCAS Assistant Commissioner
RE: 7 World Trade Center License (Draft #3) for Architectural and
Consultant Services: Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management
Date; November 17, 1997
I enclose my hand-written comments on pages 4, 6 and 7 of draft #3 of the
referenced license.
The new Silverstein comments referred to in Len Carter’s transmittal fax of
November 13, 1997 are in underlined dark type in your copy of draft #3 plus the following
items which Len gave me today by phone; (a) the time period for the term (Article 1) of the
license and our option to lease (Article 3) expires on January 15, 1997; (b) For the last
paragraph of Article 5 on page 8 the five (5) day period for Licensor to comply from the date
of our Delay Notice is to be extended if said 5 days is too short a time period. Comment (b) is
all right with me.
For comment (a) if Silverstein insists on a termination date, we should try to
extend it. As a practical matter when are the Charter Section 1602 hearings scheduled for the
beginning months of 1998? I assume Silverstein is just trying to pressure us to expedite
execution of the lease, but it really seems counterproductive for both sides. As you well know
the time frame is not within our sole control. We accommodated them by changing 12-31-97 to
only a target date for Licensor’s completion of the final plans; they may not be completed until
after 1-15-97. If there is a termination date in the license effecting our option to lease, we
should add a provision that there is no intent to limit Licensor’s liability for Licensor’s Share
of preparation of the Final Plans, whether such Plans are completed or not completed, pursuant
to Article S of the License
Aside from the time considerations for negotiating the lease (which depends on
cooperation and accommodation of both sides), we have to get 0MB approval of the costs of
the alterations (based in part I assume on a review on the Final Plans) and allow for public
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