RI Coastal Resources Management Council
...to preserve, protect, develop, and restore coastal resources for all Rhode Islanders
...to preserve, protect, develop, and restore coastal resources for all Rhode Islanders
AGENDA
Semi-Monthly Meeting – Full Council
Tuesday, March 10, 2015; 6:00 p.m.
Administration Building; Conference Room A
One Capitol Hill, Providence, RI 02908
Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting – February 24, 2015
Subcommittee Reports
Staff Reports
Coastal Habitat Restoration Trust Fund Applications before the Council for Review and Decision:
The projects recommended for full funding are:
1. Mussachuck Creek Fish Passage Enhancement ($5,000)
2. RIDEM Low Ground Pressure Excavator Maintenance ($13,508)
3. Goosewing Beach Salt Marsh Restoration ($9,300)
4. Seapowet Point Restoration and Coastal Resilience Project ($30,759)
5. Shady Lea Dam Removal ($100,000)
The projects recommended for partial funding are:
1. Edge Restoration in the Blackstone Park Conservation District, Phase II ($30,000)
2. Barrier Beach Protection and Plant Community Restoration on Social Trails at Napatree Point
($20,433)
3. Rose Island Nature Preserve Restoration ($16,000)
The projects not recommended for funding are:
1. Cocumscussoc Brook and Meadow Brook Wetlands Restoration
In addition, the committee has created a contingency list of projects to be funded in the event that a project recommended for funding is unable to go forward or the requested funds are not needed due to unforeseen circumstances.
2014-20145 Contingency List:
1. Seapowet Point Restoration and Coastal Resilience (additional funding if needed for monitoring)
2. Shady Lea Dam Removal (additional funding if needed for construction)
Applications which have been Out-To-Notice and are before the Full Council for Decision:
2014-08-089 TOWN OF JAMESTOWN -- Construct and maintain: a shoreline protection facility consisting of an approximately 400’ rip rap revetment. Located at plat 8; lot 338; Bay View Drive, Jamestown, RI.
2014-07-067 DEVON CAMPANALE – Perform aquaculture: a 2.58 acre oyster farm using the cage and bag method west of Ram Island in Point Judith Pond, Narragansett, RI.
2013-10-026 KEVIN DELANE & SUZANNE FROST -- The Petition seeks to amend Sections 920.1.B.2(f) and (g) of the CRMC Salt Pond Region Special Area Management Plan (SAMP) as they pertain to parcels of land located within CRMC-designated Lands of Critical Concern of the Salt Pond Region SAMP. Sections 920.1.B.2(f) and (g) require a 225-foot setback and a 200-foot buffer, respectively, for all development activities within Lands of Critical Concern. Relief from the setback and buffer regulations requires a Special Exception as defined in Section 130 of the Coastal Resources Management Program unless the land was subdivided before the SAMP regulations adoption. For Section 920.1.B.2(f) the adoption date is April 12, 1999 and for Section 920.1.B.2(g) the adoption date is November 27, 1984. A similar rule is in effect for the CRMC Narrow River SAMP.
The Petitioners seek to amend the SAMP regulations by exempting parcels from the Special Exemption requirement provided that they were originally platted prior to the respective SAMP rule adoption dates and then were subsequently the subject of an administrative subdivision. The proposed rule change could affect parcels in CRMC- designated Lands of Critical Concern located within the Towns of Westerly, Charlestown, South Kingstown and Narragansett.
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