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ARTICLE 12
RELATING TO LEASES

     SECTION 1. This article consists of a Joint Resolution that is submitted pursuant to Rhode
Island General Law § 37-6-2, authorizing various lease agreements for office space and operating
space.
     SECTION 2. Department of Children Youth and Families (101 Friendship Street,
Providence).
     WHEREAS, the Department of Children Youth and Families currently occupies
approximately 99,500 square feet at 101 Friendship Street in the City of Providence; and
     WHEREAS, the Department of Children Youth and Families currently holds a lease
agreement, in full force and effect, with Provident Property, LLC for approximately 99,500 square
feet of office space located at 101 Friendship Street, in the City of Providence; and
     WHEREAS, the existing lease expires on November 30, 2025, and the Department of
Children Youth and Families wishes to renew this lease for an additional ten-year term; and
     WHEREAS, the State of Rhode Island, acting by and through the Department of Children
Youth and Families attests to the fact that there are no clauses in the lease agreement with Provident
Property, LLC that would interfere with the Department of Children Youth and Families’ lease
agreement or use of the facility; and
     WHEREAS, the leased premises provides a critical location for the offices of the
Department of Children Youth and Families from which the Department can fulfill its mission; and
     WHEREAS, the annual fixed rent in the agreement in the current fiscal year, ending June
30, 2025 is $2,089,500.00; and
     WHEREAS, the annual fixed rent of the agreement in each of the first five (5) years of the
renewal term will not exceed $2,293,826.79 and shall not exceed $2,490,076.79 in each of the
remaining years of the renewal term [or in each of years six (6) through ten (10) of the renewal
term]; and
     WHEREAS, the payment of the annual fixed rent will be made from funds available to the
Department of Children Youth and Families for the payments of rental and lease costs based on
annual appropriations made by the General Assembly; and
     WHEREAS, the State Properties Committee now respectfully requests the approval by the
Rhode Island House of Representatives and the Rhode Island Senate of the lease agreement
between the Department of Children Youth and Families and Provident Property, LLC for leased
space located at 101 Friendship Street, Providence; now therefore be it
     RESOLVED, that this General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island hereby approves the
lease agreement, for a term not to exceed ten (10) years and an aggregate fixed rent not to exceed
$23,919,517.90; 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 Director of the Department of Children Youth
and Families, the Director of Administration, the State Budget Officer, and the Chair of the State
Properties Committee.
     SECTION 3. Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (2700 Plainfield Pike,
Cranston).
     WHEREAS, the Department of Administration currently holds a lease agreement which
was enacted during the Covid-19 emergency, with EIM Plainfield Pike, LLC for approximately
73,770 square feet of warehouse space located at 2700 Plainfield Pike, in the City of Cranston; and
     WHEREAS, the existing lease expires on July 31, 2025, but the warehousing needs
continue; and
     WHEREAS, the annual gross rent in the agreement in the existing lease is $684,585.60;
     WHEREAS, the Department of Administration and Rhode Island Emergency Management
officials received and reviewed proposals for warehouses that would meet Emergency Management
Agency needs; and
     WHEREAS, upon completing an evaluation of the submitted lease proposals, the Rhode
Island Emergency Management Agency wishes to enter into a ten-year lease agreement with EIM
Plainfield Pike, LLC for approximately 73,770 square feet of warehouse space located at 2700
Plainfield Pike in the city/town of Cranston.
     WHEREAS, the aggregate base rent for the ten-year lease will not exceed $7,188,368.21.
     WHEREAS, the payment of the annual base rent will be made from funds available to the
Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency for the payments of rental and lease costs based on
annual appropriations made by the General Assembly; and
     WHEREAS, the State Properties Committee now respectfully requests the approval of the
Rhode Island House of Representatives and the Rhode Island Senate for the lease agreement
between the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency and EIM Plainfield Pike, LLC for lease
space located at 2700 Plainfield Pike; now therefore be it
     RESOLVED, that this General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island hereby approves the
lease agreement, for a term not to exceed ten (10) years and an aggregate base rent not to exceed
$7,188,368.21; 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 Director of the Rhode Island Emergency
Management Agency, the Director of Administration, the State Budget Officer, and the Chair of
the State Properties Committee.
     SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon passage.