Semi-Monthly Meeting – Full Council
Tuesday, October 10, 2006; 6:00 p.m.
Narragansett Bay Commission Boardroom
One Service Road, Providence, RI

AGENDA

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

Policy Discussion
Grover J. Fugate, Executive Director – Setbacks and Buffers
J. McCann, URI/CRC/SG – Urban Coastal Greenways

Public Hearing on Changes to the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Program and Management Procedures:

Urban Coastal Greenways/Providence Harbor SAMP

The Coastal Resources Management Council is developing an Urban Coastal Greenway (UCG) regulatory program for the Metro Bay Region, which comprises the shorelines of the municipalities of Cranston, East Providence, Pawtucket, and Providence. The UCG is a new regulatory approach for coastal vegetative buffers in the urbanized environment of northern Narragansett Bay, and is intended for projects bordering the Providence, Seekonk, Moshassuck, and Woonasquatucket Rivers. The purpose of the proposed Urban Coastal Greenways program is to provide a mechanism to redevelop the urban waterfront of the Metro Bay Region in a manner that integrates economic development with expanded public access along and to the shoreline, as well as the management, protection, and restoration of valuable coastal habitats.

The purpose of the UCG program is intended to provide a permitting option that clarifies and streamlines the regulatory process for urban coastal development, and to create greater flexibility in meeting the state and federal requirements of the Coastal Resources Management Program. The UCG therefore establishes specific standards regarding overall vegetation of the site, management of stormwater runoff, and public access along and to the shoreline within the Metro Bay Region.

Revise Section 300.4 Recreational Boating Facilities

The Council proposes to revise in its entirety Section 300.4 Recreational Boating Facilities of the RI Coastal Resources Management Program. The proposed revisions affect definitions, findings, policies, prerequisites, prohibitions and standards pertaining to recreational boating facilities which comprise commercial facilities such as marinas, yacht clubs and boatyards, as well as residential docks. The purpose of these proposed changes is to revise the various sections of this set of regulations such that they are more up-to-date, address safety issues and better account for the use of the public trust resources of the state.

Applications requesting an Extension of existing Assent:

2002-05-052 RI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION – Replacement of Washington Bridge #200; Providence, Rhode Island. First Council Extension.

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

2006-01-075 ALFRED ELSON & ANNE LEYDEN – Construct and maintain a residential boating facility consisting of a 4’ wide by 92’ long fixed timber pier that leads to a ramp that leads to a 150 square foot terminal float. The proposed structure is to extend 75’ seaward of the cited Mean Low Water mark. Variances to several RICRMP dock standards are required. Located at plat 27, lot 32; 22 Tyler Point Road, Barrington, RI.

Public Hearing on Special Exception before the Full Council:

2006-06-042 NARRAGANSETT BAY COMMISSION – Conduct “Grotto Brook Siphon Replacement Project” within sewer easement owned by NBC. This project includes work within a Coastal Wetland designated for Protection in a Type 4 Water (Seekonk River). A Special Exception has been requested for that work. 1036 square feet of wetland will be lost and a replication area of 2326 square feet is proposed. In addition, 1215 square feet of wetland will be restored after the siphon installation is complete. Located just north of the Intersection of Gulf Avenue and River Drive, Providence, RI.

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