Agenda

Semi-Monthly Meeting — Full Council — Tuesday, November 25, 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 — October 28, 2025

2. Subcommittee Report

3. Staff Report

4. Rights of Way Subcommittee Recommendation before the Council for Review and Action:

2023-03-069 TOWN OF WESTERLY – Proposed CRMC ROW designation of Everett Avenue in the Watch Hill section of Westerly.

5. Council Review and Action on of a Technical Amendment to Previously Adopted CRMC Proposed Rulemaking:

Title of Rule: Management Procedures (650-RICR-10-00-1)
Rulemaking Authority: R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 46-23 et seq.

Summary of Rulemaking Action:

The Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) has proposed two amendments to the Management Procedures Program, 650-RICR-10-00-1.2(B) Meetings and Members and 650-RICR-10-00-1.4.6(A)(22) CAD Cell Disposal Fee.

Management Procedures Program 650-RICR-10-00-1.2(B) Meetings and Members

R.I. General Law § 46-23-2 Coastal Resources Management Council – Appointment of Members and R.I. General Law § 46-23—4 Officers of the Council - Quorum and Vote Required for Action was recently amended by the General Assembly in 2025 (see Senate Bill 0998 Substitute A and House Bill 6126 Substitute A). The amendments reduce the number of Coastal Resources Management Council members from ten (10) to seven (7). The amendment at 46-23.4 also reduces the number of members required for a quorum from six (6) to four (4). The General Assembly requires the CRMC to initiate rulemaking within 30 days of the date of passage. To implement this legislation, Section 1.2(B) Meetings and Members of the Management Procedures (650-RICR 10.00.1) is proposed to be amended to reduce the quorum requirements of the Council from six (6) members to four (4) members pursuant to § 46-23-2(b).

CRMC previously adopted language in red strikethrough and the proposed technical revision language in underlined blue.

1.2 Meetings and Members

A. The regular meeting schedule, unless changed by the Chairman or the Vice Chairman, shall consist of the second (2nd) and fourth (4th) Tuesday of the months of September through June and only the fourth (4th) Tuesday in July and August.

B. Pursuant to § 46-23-4 a quorum shall consist of four (4) members of the council. The quorum of the Council shall be pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-23-4.

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