The RIDEM Allows PRIX to continue to operate its parking lots

Below Email Was Sent to Those In Charge of the State Properties Committee.
Dear Chairperson Marco Schiappo and Chief of Staff Kayla Weststeyn,
In accordance with the following:
As outline: Rules and Regulations of the State Properties Committee (600-RICR-00-00-1) - Rhode Island Department of State and noted below. No agency shall become a lessee of land, space, or other real property unless said action is approved by the State Properties Committee.
The RIDEM terminated its lease with PRI X (Procaccianti Developers) (Procaccianti and Paolino) earlier this year. Please see the following link: DEM says lease for former Lighthouse Inn site has expired | News | independentri.com.
I sent an APRA Request to the RIDEM asking if any new lease has been generated as PRIX is continuing to operate its street level parking lots on 2 of the 3 parking lots on the 5-acre parcel. I was informed NO NEW LEASE has been issued. Please see the attached email sent to me by the RIDEM Legal Counsel, Mary Kay.
I then sent a second APRA Request to see the payments made to the RIDEM for the years 2022-2023. As can be seen by the attached document, the RIDEM is continuing to receive payments for the 5-acre parcel of leased land. PRIX is still operating its parking lots on 2 of the 3 lots on the 5-acre parcel. Therefore, RIDEM is circumventing the law by receiving payments from PRIX without a valid lease that would need to be approved by the State Properties Committee. If the parking lot operations to PRIX are continued to be allowed, PRIX can then continue to operate its street level parking lot in perpetuity. After the lease expired in August of 2022, the State Properties Committee approved a 6-month extension during the RFP process. Why did RIDEM seek approval for a 6 month extension with the State Properties Committee at that time if it could have allowed PRIX to continue with operating its parking lots without being granted a six month extension? Why did the RIDEM go on record and state the lease with PRIX has expired and will not be renewed earlier this year if it will continue to allow PRIX to operate its parking lots on the 5-acre parcel indefinitely? Why did the RIDEM put out an RFP for the entire 5-acre parcel if it was going to continue to allow PRIX to operate 2 of the 3 lots as parking lots? Why did PRIX put forth a proposal in response to the RFP for a Boutique Hotel if they were granted a 99-year lease if they could continue to operate their street level parking lots on 2 of the 3 lots on the 5 acre parcel without a lease?
If the RIDEM is receiving monetary payments from the PRIX after the lease has expired, and the RIDEM is continuing to allow PRIX to continue to operate its street level parking lots without a month to month lease or any form of lease extension, and no lease extension has been approved by the State Properties Committee, then it clearly shows the RIDEM is failing to comply with our State Law which requires a State Agency to issue a lease that must be approved by the State Properties Committee.
When I previously discussed my concern about a lease renewal between PRIX and the RIDEM with the former Director of the State Properties Committee, James Thorson, he noted that he would give the utmost consideration in what I had to say before granting any lease extension to PRIX as I outlined PRIX grossly violated the terms of its prior lease by intentionally abandoning the Lighthouse Inn and creating a health, safety, and environmental hazard. The Town of Narragansett Building inspector inspected the Lighthouse Inn and noted the hotel is in a deplorable condition. Please see the attached document that verifies the deplorable conditions created by PRIX (Procaccianti and Paolino) by Procaccianti Developers intentionally abandoning and neglecting their Lighthouse Inn Property. The lease between the RIDEM and PRIX clearly noted PRIX was to maintain its property, and PRIX must continue to operate the hotel and restaurant on the leased land for the lease to be renewed. In agreement with previous statements by the RIDEM, PRIX breached the terms of its prior lease by failing to maintain the operation of a hotel and restaurant on the 5 acre parcel.
In the legal brief filed by the RIDEM lawyer, Mr. William R. Landry he clearly notes, the PRIX clearly breached the terms of its lease with the RIDEM, and it was noted that PRIX had until August 1st to vacate the property. One can see at the following site, Mr. Landry is supposed to be one of the Best Lawyers in America: William R. Landry | Blish & Cavanagh LLP | Providence, Rhode Island (blishcavlaw.com).
Yet, ironically, the RIDEM is going against what Mr. Landry stated in his legal briefs. He noted that PRIX needs to leave the leased land, pay for the demolition, and pay all legal fees as a result of the reckless abandonment by PRIX. When I requested documentation regarding who from the RIDEM is allowing PRIX to continue with its street level parking and who from the RIDEM is stating the RIDEM has to pay for the demotion, the RIDEM noted the records do not exist, and they noted if the records did exist it would be confidential as it is client privileges.
I am respectfully requesting you conduct a complete inspection on the above matter. If the RIDEM can allow a business to continue to operate a business without a lease after a lease expired on State leased land, and enable a company to continue to make a profit on State leased land after the company has caused significant harm on State Leased Land after a lease has expired then this GROSS MALFEASANCE by a State Agency in FAILING IN ITS FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES. Why would any State agency in Rhode Island have to go to the State Properties Committee to approve any lease after a lease has expired if what the RIDEM is doing is allowed and condoned by the State Properties Committee? I am hoping the State Properties Committee will issue a Cease-and-Desist Order to Procaccianti Developers for operating its street level parking lots without a lease and without the approval of the State Properties Committee.
Sadly, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management that is supposed to protect wildlife from harm is allowing a Corporation that has created a death chamber for live seagulls to continue to operate its street level parking lots on 2 of the 3 parcels of the 5 acre parcel. Here is a link to the story Brian Crandal covered: NBC 10 I-Team: Neighbors raise concern over birds making themselves at home in old motel | WJAR (turnto10.com).
Below are two videos to show the deplorable conditions that PRIX - Procaccianti Developers (James Procaccianti and Joseph Paolino) intentionally created in the hope of creating a massive street level parking lot on the entire 5 acre parcel. If this was any other business or individual the RIDEM would have fined, summoned into court, and possibly imprisoned and charged the individual or business with reckless endangerment. Yet, ironically, the RIDEM is awarding Procaccianti and Paolino by allowing them to keep their parking lots in operation, so they can continue to make a profit. It is DEEPLY TROUBLING that the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management that is supposed to protect our environment has failed to issue a cease-and-desist order to a company that has caused harm to our fragile environment. The State of Rhode Island or the Town of Narragansett should be taking over the operations of the street level parking lots, so we can use that money to improve Galilee rather than having that money profit corporate billionaires.
https://youtu.be/41PAm9Ui6LM?si=Y7WD2e2kHKpYrbVU
https://youtu.be/OLVBI5j9fZA?si=vFWjgxC0m377wMmo
I feel it is imperative that the State Properties Committee, our Governor, and all who have power to STOP this GROSS ABUSE OF POWER by the RIDEM and Procaccianti Developers take action against the RIDEM and Procaccianti Developers as the RIDEM has FAILED in its fiduciary duties to PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT from the GROSS MALFEASANCE of CORPORATE BILLIONAIRES, and PRIX has created a health, safety, and environmental hazard for Galilee.
Please feel free to call me at 401-218-3614 or email me back regarding what action the State Properties Committee will be taking to stop the RIDEM and Procaccianti Developers from continuing to do significant harm in Galilee, RI. The harm Procaccianti Developers has caused to our environment, the local businesses in Galilee, those who work in Galilee, and those that live in Galilee and in the area neighborhoods such as Great Island is significant and inexcusable. In addition, the State of RI and the Town of Narragansett are suffering a significant financial loss where hundreds of thousands of dollars is going into the hands of corporate billionaires each year who caused harm to the entire State of Rhode Island. When the Lighthouse Inn is demolished the debris and fallout of the demolition will definitely hurt and not help our environment. Let us hope and pray those that perform the demolition will use containment measures to prevent toxins from spreading into our environment. The toxins from the Lighthouse Inn when it becomes demolished can potentially leak into our waterways, the air we breathe, and cause additional harm to not only our wildlife, but there is a potential the fallout can harm our residents and those who work, visit, and live in and near Galilee.
Respectfully Submitted, Dr. Albert Alba