OTHER-2021-030 USDA Lease of a Portion of the Orange County Bonnie B. Davis Environmental and Agricultural Center

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3.12 AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM(SEP 2013) A. Any portion of the Space located below-grade, including parking garage areas, and all areas in a Building referred to as "hazardous areas" (defined in National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101) that are located within the entire Building (including non-Government areas) shall be protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system or an equivalent level of safety. B. For Buildings in which any portion of the Space is on or above the sixth floor,then,at a minimum,the Building up to and including the highest floor of Government occupancy shall be protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system or an equivalent level of safety. C. For Buildings in which any portion of the Space is on or above the sixth floor, and lease of the Space will result, either individually or in combination with other Government Leases in the Building, in the Government leasing 35,000 or more ANSI/BOMA Office Area SF of Space in the Building,then the entire Building shall be protected throughout by an automatic fire sprinkler system or an equivalent level of safety. D. Automatic fire sprinkler system(s)shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems that was in effect on the actual date of installation. E. Automatic fire sprinkler system(s)shall be maintained in accordance with the requirements of NFPA 25, Standard for the Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-based Fire Protection Systems(current as of the Lease Award Date). F. "Equivalent level of safety" means an alternative design or system (which may include automatic fire sprinkler systems), based upon fire protection engineering analysis,which achieves a level of safety equal to or greater than that provided by automatic fire sprinkler systems. 3.13 FIRE ALARM SYSTEM(SEP 2013) A. A Building-wide fire alarm system shall be installed in the entire Building in which any portion of the Space is located on the 3rd floor or higher. B. The fire alarm system shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code,that was in effect on the actual date of installation. C. The fire alarm system shall be maintained in accordance with the requirements of NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code (current as of the Lease Award Date). D. The fire alarm system shall transmit all fire alarm signals to the local fire department via any of the following means: directly to the local fire department,to the(911)public communications center,to a central station,to a remote supervising station,or to a proprietary supervising station. E. If the Building's fire alarm control unit is over 25 years old as of the date of award of this Lease, Lessor shall install a new fire alarm system in accordance with the requirements of NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code (current as of the Lease Award Date), prior to Government acceptance and occupancy of the Space. 3.14 ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT(MAR 2016) A. Energy-related Requirements: 1. The Energy Independence and Security Act(EISA)establishes the following requirements for Government Leases in Buildings that have not earned the ENERGY STAR®Label conferred by the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)within one year prior to the due date for final proposal revisions("most recent year"). 2. If this Lease was awarded under any of EISA's Section 435 statutory exceptions,the Lessor shall either: a. Earn the ENERGY STAR® Label prior to acceptance of the Space (or not later than one year after the Lease Award Date of a succeeding or superseding Lease);or b. (i) Complete energy efficiency and conservation improvements if any,agreed to by Lessor in lieu of earning the ENERGY STAR® Label prior to acceptance of the Space(or not later than one year after the Lease Award Date of a succeeding or superseding Lease);and (ii) Obtain and publicly disclose the Building's current ENERGY STAR®score (using EPA's Portfolio Manager tool), unless the Lessor cannot access whole building utility consumption data,or there is no building category within Portfolio Manager to benchmark against, including spaces— I. That are located in States with privacy laws that provide that utilities shall not provide such aggregated information to multitenant building owners;and II. For which tenants do not provide energy consumption information to the commercial building owner in response to a request from the building owner. (A Federal agency that is a tenant of the space shall provide to the building owner,or authorize the owner to obtain from the utility,the energy consumption information of the space for the benchmarking and disclosure required by this subparagraph D). III. That cannot be benchmarked(scored)using EPA's Portfolio Manager tool because of excessive vacancy; in which case Lessor agrees to obtain the score and publicly disclose it within 120 days of the eligibility to obtain a score using the EPA Portfolio Manager tool. Note:"public disclosure"means posting the Energy Star®score on state or local websites in those areas that have applicable disclosure mandates, and reporting the score to the Government via Portfolio Manager. In the absence of an applicable state or local disclosure LEASE NO.57-37135-21-FA, PAGE 17 LESSOR: GOVERNMENT: GSA TEMPLATE L100 REV(10/20) FPAC V11.13.20