ARTICLE 9

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).

     WHERAS, 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 article shall take effect upon passage.