In accordance with notice of the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council’s Planning & Procedures subcommittee, a meeting was held on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 5:00 pm at the Administration Building, Conference Room A, located at One Capitol Hill, Providence RI.

MEMBERS PRESENT
Raymond Coia, Chair
Ronald Gagnon, RIDEM
Patricia Reynolds
Anthony DeSisto, Legal Counsel
Mark Hartmann, Legal Counsel

STAFF PRESENT
Jeff Willis, Executive Director
Laura Miguel, Deputy Director
Bruce Lofgren, Coastal Policy Analyst
Kevin Sloan, Coastal Policy Analyst

 

Call to Order. Chair Coia called the meeting to order at 5:05 p.m.

Item 2 Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes:

December 10,2024 - Chairman Coia seconded by Ms. Reynolds to approve the minutes as presented. Coia voted Yes in favor of the motion, Reynolds and Gagnon abstain. Motion passes (1-0-2).

Item 3. Old Business/Works in Progress

Staff had no old business or works in progress to discuss.

Item 4. Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Petition for Promulgation of Rules

A. Subcommittee’s Recommended Decision - for review and action: 2024-04-071 Quidnessett Country Club Petition for Change to Map of Water Type Classification for North Kingstown (north)

Anthony DeSisto, CRMC Legal Council introduced the agenda item and informed the members that this petition had been previously voted on, but a written recommendation for the full council needs to be voted on. Attorney DeSisto briefly described the petition and summarized the proposed written recommendation to deny the petition and incorporate the findings made by CRMC Staff.

A motion was made by Ms. Reynolds and seconded by Mr. Gagnon to accept and adopt the written recommendation as presented. All voted Yes in favor of the motion (3-0).

Attorney DeSisto stated that there should be a further motion to forward the written recommendation to the full Council.

A motion was made by Mr. Gagnon and seconded to Ms. Reynolds to forward the written recommendation to the full Council. All voted Yes in favor of the motion (3-0).

Item 5. Other Business

There was no other business.

Item 6. New Business

There was no new business.

Item 7 Staff Reports

There were no staff reports.

ADJOURNMENT.

A motion was made by Ms. Reynolds and seconded by Mr. Gagnon to adjourn the meeting . All voted Yes in favor of the motion (3-0) and the meeting adjourned at 5:15 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted by
Bruce Lofgren, Coastal Policy Analyst

 

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