AGENDA
Semi-Monthly Meeting – Full Council
Tuesday, April 12, 2016; 6:00 p.m.
Administration Building, Conference Room A
One Capitol Hill, Providence, RI

Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting – March 22, 2016

Subcommittee Reports

Staff Reports

Applications requiring Public Hearing for Special Exception before the Full Council for Council Decision:

2016-02-090 TOWN OF NEW SHOREHAM -- A riprap revetment to protect the shoreline-side slope of the Town’s closed landfill to help protect the landfill from shoreline erosion. A public access pathway will be provided up and over the landfill to provide/maintain lateral public access along the shoreline. The project requires a Special Exception pursuant to RICRMP Section 300.7.D.1 which prohibits the construction of structural shoreline protection bordering Type 1 waters. The project is located at plat 2, lots 39, 40, and 48-1; West Beach Road (seaward terminus), New Shoreham, RI.

2016-03-020 RI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT -- Construct and maintain a new public access pathway/steps utilizing existing shoreline boulders at the base (seaward terminus) of the existing Mohegan Bluffs timber stairway owned by the State of Rhode Island. Equipment access will be provided along the East side of the stream channel which flows from Mohegan Trail to the coastal beach at the base of the existing timber stairway. The project requires a Special Exception pursuant to the RICRMP Section 300.2.C.1 & 3 which prohibit filling, removing, and grading on coastal beaches and bluffs bordering Type 1 waters and prohibits the use of on-site beach materials for construction materials. The project is located at plat 8, lot 183; Mohegan Trail (Mohegan Bluffs), New Shoreham, RI.

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