Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-13

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Martha's Vineyard Center for Living

Mr. Wolf moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section ___, the following new section:-

“SECTION ___. 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 the leased premises. The lease shall provide that the costs of the improvements to the leased premises 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.

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.

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the design and construction of any such improvements shall be exempt from sections 44 to 58, inclusive, of chapter 7C of the General Laws, section 39M of chapter 30 of the General Laws, sections 44A to 44M, inclusive, of chapter 149 of the General Laws, and chapter 149A of the General Laws; provided, however that any construction or improvements by the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living, Inc., or its designee or affiliate, to the space in the building acquired by the county pursuant to section 112 of chapter 287 of the Acts of 2014 shall be subject to sections 26 to 27H, inclusive of said chapter 149."