AGENDA
Semi-Monthly Meeting – Full Council
Tuesday, March 24, 2026; 6:00 p.m.

Administration Building, Conference Room A
One Capitol Hill, Providence, RI

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1. Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting — February 10, 2026 and March 10, 2026

2. Subcommittee Report

3. Staff Report

4. Staff presentation: Point Street Bridge – Bruce Lofgren, CRMC Coastal Policy Analyst

5. Coastal and Estuary Habitat Restoration Program and Trust Fund Applications Before The Council for Review and Decision:

The RI Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Team’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) convened on Monday, March 9, 2026 to rank the nine full proposals submitted to CRMC for consideration of funding under the state’s Coastal and Estuary Habitat Restoration Program and Trust Fund. Of the proposals reviewed for the 2025-2026 funding cycle, seven are recommended for funding.

The projects recommended for funding are:

1. Avondale Salt Marsh Restoration and Marsh Migration Facilitation Project ($20,000)
2. Pontiac Dam Site Survey to Support Dam Removal Design and Permitting ($20,000)
3. Galilee Salt Marsh Tide Gate Repair and Recalibration ($50,000)
4. Removal of the Rodman Mill Dam, and Associated Site Improvements to Enhance Climate Resiliency on the Annaquatucket River in North Kingstown, Rhode Island ($49,426)
5. Oakland Beach Coastal Invasive Species Mitigation and Habitat Restoration Preparation ($12,000)
6. Enhancing Eelgrass Resilience and Thermal Tolerance through Seed-Based Restoration and Enhancement Approaches ($50,000)
7. Engaging Woonasquatucket Watershed Communities in Coastal Resilience and Habitat Restoration ($23,574)

The projects not recommended for funding at this time are:

1. Monitoring Potential Bay Scallop and Eelgrass Habitat to Inform Restoration Strategies in Point Judith Pond, Rhode Island
2. Assessing Post-Transplant Quahog Population Structure in the Potowomut Spawner Sanctuary

6. Applications which have been Out To Notice for 30-Days and are before the Council for Review and Action:

2025-09-101 Bruce H Moeckel 2015 Revocable Family Trust - Construct and maintain a structural shoreline protection facility on a 50ft unprotected section of the property. This facility is considered an “infill” on manmade shoreline on Type 1 Waters. Located at plat 156, lot 12; 585 Atlantic Avenue, Westerly, RI.

7. Administrative Application before the Full Council for review and action:

2024-03-112 Pistocco Irrevocable Trust – Construct a Single-Family Dwelling on piers to be serviced by municipal sewer; requesting greater than 50% Variance to Buffer and Setback standards. Located at plat 334, lots 18 & 19; 256 Shawomet Avenue, Warwick, RI, Warwick, RI.

8. ADJOURN

CALENDAR INDEX