Agenda

Semi-Monthly Meeting — Full Council — Tuesday, March 8, 2022; 6:00 p.m.
Administration Building, Conference Room A, One Capitol Hill, Providence, RI

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Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting — Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Subcommittee Reports

Staff Reports

COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION 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 Wednesday, February 23, 2022 to rank the 5 full proposals submitted to CRMC for consideration of funding under the state’s Coastal and Estuary Habitat Restoration Trust Fund. Of the proposals reviewed for the 2021-2022 funding cycle, five are recommended for funding.

The projects recommended for full funding are:

1. Ten Mile River Reservation Dam Removal Assessment ($50,000)
2. Woonasquatucket River Streambank Stabilization: San Souci Drive ($50,000)
3. alt marsh restoration and adaptation at Fogland Point, the Haile Preserve on the Palmer River and Canonchet marsh on the Narrow River ($50,000)

The projects recommended for partial funding are:

1. Norman Bird Sanctuary Habitat Restoration: Invasive Removal and Native Planting ($25,000)
2. Improving Fish Passage on the Saugatucket River ($50,000)

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.

2021-2022 Contingency List:

1. Remainder of requested funds for Improving Fish Passage on the Saugatucket River ($20,000)

PUBLIC HEARING ON PROGRAM CHANGES:

REPEAL of the current CRMC Rules and Regulations Governing the Protection and Management of Freshwater Wetlands in the Vicinity of the Coast at 650-RICR-20-00-2 to be effective on July 1, 2022, which is the same date that the newly adopted CRMC freshwater wetland rules at 650-RICR-20-00-9 will be effective.

Request for an Executive Session pursuant to RIGL § 42-46-5 (a)(1) Personnel matter - The employee has been notified.

 

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