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| ARTICLE 15 |
RELATING TO LEASE AGREEMENT FOR LEASED OFFICE AND OPERATING SPACE
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| SECTION 1. This article consists of a Joint Resolution that is submitted pursuant to |
| Rhode Island General Laws ยง37-6-2 authorizing a lease agreement for office space and operating |
| space for the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights. |
| SECTION 2. Commission for Human Rights, 180 Westminster Street, Providence. |
| WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights currently holds a lease |
| agreement with Dorwest Associates, LLC for approximately 9,912 square feet of office space |
| located at 180 Westminster Street in the City of Providence; and |
| WHEREAS, The State of Rhode Island, acting by and through the Rhode Island |
| Commission for Human Rights, attests to the fact that there are no clauses in the lease agreement |
| with Dorwest Associates, LLC that would interfere with the Commission's lease agreement or use |
| of the facility; and |
| WHEREAS, The current lease agreement expires on August 31, 2016, and the Rhode |
| Island Commission for Human Rights wishes to renew the lease agreement with Dorwest |
| Associates, LLC for a period of five (5) years, commencing on September 1, 2016 and expiring |
| on August 31, 2021; and |
| WHEREAS, The leased premises provide a central location from which the Rhode Island |
| Commission for Human Rights can serve the needs of state residents and otherwise fulfill the |
| mission of the Commission; and |
| WHEREAS, The annual base rent in the agreement in the current fiscal year ending June |
| 30, 2016 is one hundred sixty-three thousand three hundred fifty dollars ($163,350); and |
| WHEREAS, The additional rent for parking in the current fiscal year ending June 30, |
| 2016 is twenty six thousand one hundred dollars ($26,100); and |
| WHEREAS, The annual base rent in each of the five (5) years of the new lease term is |
| not to exceed one hundred seventy-five thousand nine hundred thirty-eight dollars ($175,938) and |
| additional rent for parking will no longer be included as parking will instead be provided by the |
| Rhode Island Convention Center Authority; and |
| WHEREAS, The State Properties Committee now respectfully requests the approval of |
| the House of Representatives and the Senate for a new lease agreement between the Rhode Island |
| Commission for Human Rights and Dorwest Associates, LLC, for the facility located at 180 |
| Westminster Street in the City of Providence; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this General Assembly approves a new lease agreement, for a term to |
| not to exceed five (5) years and a total cost not to exceed eight hundred seventy-nine thousand six |
| hundred ninety dollars ($879,690); and it be further |
| RESOLVED, That this Joint Resolution shall take effect upon passage by the General |
| Assembly; and it be further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to transmit |
| duly certified copies of this resolution to the Governor, the Executive Director of the Rhode |
| Island Commission for Human Rights, the Director of Administration, the State Budget Officer, |
| and the Chair of the State Properties Committee. |
| SECTION 3. This article shall take effect upon passage. |