07-R386
2007 -- S 1133
Enacted 06/22/07
J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
RELATING TO
ACQUISITION OF LAND - GENERAL ASSEMBLY LEASE APPROVAL - JOINT RESOLUTIONS
Introduced By: Senator
Stephen D. Alves
Date Introduced: June 21,
2007
SECTION
1. This Joint Resolution is submitted pursuant to Rhode Island general laws
subsection
37-6-2(d).
SECTION
2. General Assembly Lease Approval – Department of Human Services
Pawtucket
Regional Family Center.
WHEREAS,
The department of human services currently holds a sublease agreement
with
the city of Pawtucket which will expire on June 30, 2007; and
WHEREAS,
The department of human services wishes to renew, for the period of five
(5)
years, the sublease agreement with the city of Pawtucket; and
WHEREAS,
The city of Pawtucket has a current lease, in full force and effect, with
Kellaway
Realty Corporation of Randolph, Massachusetts; and
WHEREAS,
The city of Pawtucket attests to the fact that there are no clauses in the
lease
agreement
with Kellaway Realty Corporation that would interfere with the department of
human
services'
sublease agreement or use of the facility; and
WHEREAS,
The department of human services now occupies fifty percent (50%) of the
total
18,000 square feet, more or less, of the building located at 24 Commerce Street
in
Pawtucket,
Rhode Island; and
WHEREAS,
The Pawtucket Regional Family Center and its programs housed in this
location
would be difficult to relocate to a different facility due to the nature of the
General
Public
Assistance (GPA) clients and others with social service needs who frequent the
offices;
and
WHEREAS,
It is crucial that such services be provided in a location easily accessible to
the
client population by means of public transportation; and
WHEREAS,
The state's obligation is fifty percent (50%) of the annual rental cost, and
monthly
payments include taxes, electric, parking, and heat; and
WHEREAS,
The cost of the Sublease Agreement in the current fiscal year, ending June
30,
2007, is $135,520, or $7.53 per square foot; and
WHEREAS,
The annual cost of the Sublease Agreement in each of the five (5) years of
the
term is not to exceed the following schedule: $150,660 in the year ending June
30, 2008;
$155,160
in the year ending June 30, 2009; $159,840 in the year ending June 30, 2010;
$164,610
in
the year ending June 30, 2011; and $169,560 in the year ending June 30, 2012,
where this
schedule
represents an average cost increase of three percent (3.0%) per year; and
WHEREAS,
The payment of the Sublease Agreement will be made from funds not
available
to the department of human services for the payments of rental and lease costs,
without
additional
appropriations on the part of the general assembly; and
WHEREAS,
At a meeting duly noticed on June 12, 2007, the state properties committee
considered
the siting criteria for leased facilities under Rhode Island general laws
subsection 37-
6-2(b),
found that site met all relevant criteria and that the lease cost was at or
below a reasonable
market
rate; 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 Sublease
Agreement
between
the department of human services and the city of Pawtucket for the facility
located at 24
Commerce
Street in Pawtucket, Rhode Island; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That the general assembly of the state of Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations
hereby approves the Sublease Agreement, for a term not to exceed five (5) years
and
at
a total cost of no more than $799,830; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That this Joint Resolution shall take effect upon passage by this general
assembly;
and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the secretary of state be and he hereby is authorized and directed to
transmit
duly certified copies of this resolution to Governor Donald Carcieri, the
director of the
department
of human services, the director of the department of administration, the state
budget
officer
and the chair of the state properties committee.
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