Amendment ID: S2025-24

Amendment 24

Dukes County lease

Mr. Wolf moves to amend the bill Mr. Wolf moves to amend the bill by inserting the following new section:

SECTION XX: (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, including section 14 of chapter 34 of the General Laws, but subject to subsections (a), (b) and (g) of section 16 of chapter 30B of the General Laws, the county commissioners of the county of Dukes County may lease space in a building acquired by the county pursuant to section 112 of chapter 287 of the Acts of 2014, to the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living, Inc., a non-profit corporation, or its designee or affiliate, for an initial term not to exceed 30 years, for the purpose of the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living, Inc. conducting health and social services for the benefit of residents of the county or visitors thereto, including but not limited to a Supportive Day Program, so called, for seniors, a medical taxi program for seniors, food and meals programs for seniors, and outreach and referral programs for seniors.  The lease may provide that the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living, Inc. may, on terms acceptable to the county commissioners, design, construct or build-out repairs and improvements to the building.  The lease shall provide that any benefits to Dukes County and the costs of improvements and repairs made to the building by the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living, Inc. shall be taken into account as part of the consideration for such lease.  The lease shall include provisions to ensure community accessibility, in a manner consistent with the corporate and charitable purposes of the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living, Inc.

(b) Any general or special law or rule or regulation relating to the advertising, bidding or award of contracts, to the procurement of services or to the design or construction of improvements shall not apply to the construction or build-out of improvements by the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living, Inc., provided, however, that any construction or improvements by the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living, Inc. to the common areas of the building or areas exclusive of the tenant’s space, as designated in the lease, shall be subject to the wage requirements of sections 26 to 27H, inclusive, of chapter 149 of the General Laws.

(c) If the premises leased during the term of the lease authorized in section 1 are ever used for any purpose other than the purposes listed in section 1 or as listed in the terms of the lease that is ultimately negotiated by the county commissioners of Dukes County, then the authorization to lease space in the building to the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living, Inc. granted by this act shall immediately become null and void.

(d) This act shall take effect upon its passage.