AGENDA
Semi-Monthly Meeting – Full Council
Tuesday, January 14, 2020; 6:00 p.m.
Administration Building; Conference Room A
One Capitol Hill, Providence, RI 02908

Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting –- Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Subcommittee Reports

Staff Reports

APPLICATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN OUT-TO-NOTICE AND ARE BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DECISION:

2018-11-092 PAUL & TARA SANTA BARBARA -- Construct and maintain a residential boating facility consisting of a 4’ x 67’ fixed timber pier, 3’ x 20’ access ramp and 8’ x 18’ (144sf) terminal float. The facility is to extend ~37’ seaward of the cited MLW mark and requires a ~19’ property line setback variance to Red Book 650-RICR-20-00-01 Section 1.3.1(D). Located at plat R-2; Lots 229, 230, 231; 10 Sea Crest Drive, Narragansett, RI.

COUNCIL DECISION ON PROPOSED RULE MAKING:

Management Procedures (650-RICR-10-00-01) -- The CRMC proposes to amend its Management Procedures to clarify and improve its regulatory procedures, including adding Council member coastal program training, adding specific requirements for staff recommendations and written findings of fact and conclusions of law in contested cases, and consolidation and simplification of determination requests and beach vehicle permit fees, among other proposed changes as summarized below.

Brief summary of proposed amendments to 650-RICR-10-00-01:

1. Amend § 1.2(C) clarify member abstention process;
2. Add new § 1.2(G) for member training requirement and participation on a Council subcommittee;
3. Amend § 1.4.5 to simplify determination requests and fees;
4. Amend § 1.4.6(A)(11) to consolidate and simplify beach vehicle fees;
5. Amend § 1.5.1(A) to add specificity of public notice for variances and special exceptions; and
6. Add new §§ 1.8(B)(1) and (2) to add specificity for recommendations and findings of fact and
   conclusions of law.

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