Semi-monthly Meeting – Full Council
Tuesday, May 10, 2005; 6:00 p.m.
Narragansett Bay Commission Boardroom
One Service Road, Providence, RI

AGENDA

Reading of the minutes of the previous meeting.
Staff Reports.
Subcommittee Reports.

GREENWICH BAY SPECIAL AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN

Greenwich Bay is a five square mile estuary that provides people with food, shelter, transportation, trade, and recreational opportunities and remains a valuable commercial fishing area and recreational harbor surrounded by a 21-square-mile suburban watershed comprising three communities: Warwick, East Greenwich, and, to a smaller degree, West Warwick. Greenwich Bay experiences many of the problems common to growing suburban coastal communities, such as poor water quality, the loss of natural habitats, displacement of traditional commercial fisheries, privatization of the shoreline, and a lack of coordination between neighboring communities.

In accordance with its federal and state legislative mandates to carry-on ecosystem-based planning activities, the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) has developed a special area management plan for the Greenwich Bay region of Rhode Island. Special area management plans (SAMPs) provide for increased specificity in protecting significant natural resources, reasonable coastal-dependent economic growth, improved protection of life and property in hazardous areas, including those areas likely to be affected by land subsidence, sea level rise, or fluctuating water levels, and improved predictability in governmental decision making. The Greenwich Bay SAMP is an examination of watershed resources, uses, problems, and institutions as contained in an integrated coastal management plan to protect and restore the vital ecological and economic resources of Greenwich Bay. Policies, regulations, and actions contained within the SAMP are designed to ensure the preservation of the vital elements of the ecosystem, to guide future development within land and water limitations, and to resolve existing and anticipated problems.

The Coastal Resources Management Council has developed this plan with the municipalities, other federal and state agencies, and the concerned citizens of the watershed to address the issues affecting Greenwich Bay and its communities in a coordinated and collaborative fashion.

Applications which have been Out to Notice for 30 days and are before the Full Council for Decision:

2002-10-038 SALT POND OYSTER COMPANY - DAVID ROEBUCK — Modification of existing aquaculture to increase the farms leased acres by 6.1 acres. Located in Point Judith Pond, Narragansett, RI.

2005-01-039 STEVE CRANDALL — One acre aquaculture farm for the culture of American Oysters, Quahogs, and Bay Scallops. Located in Winnapaug Pond, Westerly, RI.

2004-11-013 PETER BUCKLEY & DANIEL PELLEY — Construct and maintain a residential subdivision consisting of two existing developed lots and 5 new lots for a total of 7 lots. Proposal includes cul de sac road, sewer and water tie-ins and stormwater management. Located at plat 365, lot 292, 293; 512/522 Long Street, Warwick, RI.

2005-03-022 TOWN OF NEW SHOREHAM — Install eight (8) tie-off pilings along west dock, inner basin, to assist in boat docking. Located at Plat 6, lot 158A; Water Street, New Shoreham, RI.

2004-09-089 MARK BARRETT/GREENWICH COVE CONDOS — Residential boating facility to consist of an access stairway to a 4' x 220' fixed timber pier, to a 3' x 20' ramp to a 3' x 10' float to a 3' x 40' T float. Proposed dock will extend 105' beyond MLW. Located at plat 221, lot 52; 66 Oak Grove Street, Warwick, RI.

2005-01-032 JEFFREY GAESS — Residential boating facility consisting of a 4' wide x 100' long fixed timber pier that leads to a ramp that leads to a 150 s.f. terminal float. The proposed structure extends 90 feet seaward of the cited mean low water mark and therefore a variance to RICRMP Standard 300.4.E.3.K is sought. Located at plat Y-1, lot 234; 75 Wheatfield Cove Road, Narragansett, RI.

2005-02-093 KAREN SHERMAN — Construct a two-bedroom residence; denitrifying ISDS and public water. Located at plat 88-4, lot 3; Succotash Road, South Kingstown, RI.

2004-06-002 ALICE HOHLER and HOPE MAYNARD — Riprap revetment (approx. 2,500 linear feet total), beach nourishment and construct shoreline access stairs, per proposed plans. Located at plat 369, lot 111; 597 Buttonwoods Avenue, Warwick, RI.

2004-06-020 INVESTCO — Rhode Island Assent to Alter Freshwater Wetlands in the Vicinity of the Coast for the purposes of: constructing a three (3) bedroom dwelling and attached deck, permeable driveway and landscaping grading. The dwelling will be serviced by local sewer and water tie-ins. Proposed alterations to freshwater wetlands in the vicinity of the coast include: construction of a three (3) bedroom dwelling, a permeable driveway and parking area and landscaping planting and grading. The project, as proposed, will result in the alteration and/or disturbance of at least ( 3,875 ) square feet, or (0.11) acres of freshwater wetland as well as ( no) linear feet of watercourse as noted above. Located at plat N-R, lots 541 and 542; Bonnet Shores, Fairway Drive, Narragansett, RI.

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