Agenda

Semi-Monthly Meeting — Full Council — Tuesday, April 8, 2025; 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 — March 25, 2025

2. Staff Reports

3. Subcommittee Reports

4. Confirmation of Fishermen’s Advisory Board Members:

The CRMC put out a public notice to solicit volunteers from Rhode Island fishing stakeholders regarding the reconstitution of the agency’s Fishermen’s Advisory Board (FAB). Over the course of the solicitation period, CRMC staff received several inquiries from the public, discussed the role of the FAB with each person, and provided additional information as needed. As such, the staff is putting forward the following volunteers, which staff believe are appropriate to carry out the duties of the FAB.

• John Walker
• Isaiah Alverez
• Jennifer Scappatura
• Jeff Grant
• Wayne Banks
• Steve Langley
• Patrick Dowling
• Richard Corrente
• James Riggs
• Spencer Bode
• Adam Silkes

5. Before the Council for Presentation, Consideration, and Action of Funding under the State’s Coastal and Estuary Habitat Restoration Trust Fund:

The RI Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Team’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) convened on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 to rank the five (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 2024-2025 funding cycle, all five (5) are recommended for funding.

The projects recommended for funding are:

1. Woonasquatucket River Streambank Stabilization – San Souci Drive ($50,000)
2. Restoring a Coastal Buffer and Marsh Migration Corridor along Winnapaug Pond ($5,000)
3. Succotash and Potter Pond Marsh Restoration ($65,000)
4. Restoring Coastal Habitats and Improving Resilience on Winnapaug Pond ($83,924)
5. Salt Marsh Habitat Improvement and Phragmites Suppression in a Protected Marsh ($21,076)

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

2025-02-016 Quonset Development Corporation -- The proposed project consists of installing a wave attenuator system along the north side of the Pier 2 pile supported extension, known as the “Pier 2 Extension” (Assessor Plat 193, Lot 15), in the Port of Davisville, Quonset Business Park (Figure 1). The purpose of the wave attenuator system will be to minimize wave energy and decrease wave height, hereby protecting the launching, berthing, testing, and retrieval of prototype seaglider vehicles and other small commercial watercraft along the western side of the Pier 2 Extension. Located at plat 193, lot 15; 242 Terminal Way, North Kingstown, RI.

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