Agenda

Semi-Monthly Meeting — Full Council — Tuesday, July 14, 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 — June 23, 2026

2. Subcommittee Report

3. Staff Report

4. Application requiring Special Exception before the Council for Public Hearing and Review and Action:

2026-01-003 – NRI TT RGG LLC et al & CITY OF NEWPORT-- The current plan includes conducting maintenance activities along the entire 550-foot Cliff Walk length between Webster Street and Narragansett Avenue - Newport RI.

For ease of reference, the project description has been divided the area into 5 sections:

Section 1 (STA 0+00 to 1+25) - Exposed Cliff Face. A geotextile fabric is proposed with crushed stone and rip rap cover. The wall will extend to approximately MLW with a 1.5:1 slope. Grout or concrete will be used to fill existing cavity(s) in the cliff face. Large stones are proposed at the toe, landward of a new cast-in-place concrete block, and armor stones reduced in size past the 100-Year Flood Water Level. Nearly all activities will be above the MLW line.

Section 2 (STA 1+25 to 2+00) - Granite Block Wall. Rip-rap is proposed along the face of the existing granite block wall from the base flood elevation of 25’ NAVD88. Wall construction will be at a 1.5:1 slope. Grout or concrete will be used to fill cavity(s) in the wall face, and/or to create base slope. Large 5’-6’ stones will be placed at the toe, landward of a new cast-in-place concrete block, and armor stones will be placed beyond the 100-Year Flood Water Level. Nearly all activities will be above the MLW line.

Section 3 (STA 2+00 to 3+25) - March 3, 2022, Collapsed Area. A modular stone block wall is proposed directly below and adjacent to the Cliff Walk path. The wall will be supported by concrete filled micropiles drilled 5-feet below bedrock. A rip-rap wall is proposed to extend seaward at a 1.5:1 slope. Grout or concrete will be used to fill cavity(ies) in the cliff face. Large 5’-6’ stones will be placed at the toe, landward of new cast-in-place concrete blocks, and armor stones reduced in size will be placed beyond the 100-Year Flood Water Level. Nearly all activities will be above the MLW line.

Section 4 (STA 3+25 to 4+25) - Exposed Cliff Face. Rip-rap is proposed to extend seaward from the base flood elevation of 25’ NAVD88, sloping at 1.5:1. Grout or concrete will be used to fill cavity(ies) in the cliff face. Large 5’-6’ stones will be placed at the toe in front of new cast-in-place concrete blocks, and armor stones reduced in size will be placed beyond the 100-Year Flood Water Level. Nearly all activities will be above the MLW line.

Section 5 (STA 4+25 to 5+50) – Granite Block Wall. The collapsed area of Section 5, landward of the existing granite block wall is proposed to be filled with crushed stone and topped with a layer of RIDOT R-8 Armor Stone. Seaward of the existing granite block wall, rip-rap is proposed to extend at a slope of 1.5:1. Large 5’-6’ stones will be placed at the toe in front of new cast-in-place concrete blocks, and armor stones reduced in size will be placed beyond the 100-Year Flood Water Level. Nearly all activities will be above the MLW line.

The current estimate is that approximately 18,242 square feet (SF) (3830 cubic yards) of permanent impacts will occur in Rhode Island tidal waters (below high tide line). At the location of the bedrock outcrop there will be filling at Section F-F (approximately stations 3+75 to 4+50). This portion of the project is considered Prohibited per CRMP Red Book Section §1.3.1.G.3.c (Shoreline Protection, Prohibitions) “Filling on a coastal feature or tidal waters beyond that which is consistent with §1.3.1(G)(5)(a) of this Part is prohibited.” CRMP Red Book Section §1.3.1(G)(5)(a) (Shoreline Protection, Standards) states “All applicable standards for earthwork in § 1.3.1(B) of this Part shall be met. The base of the seawall, bulkhead, revetment or toe-of-slope protection for hybrid shoreline protection must be located as close as practicable to the shoreline feature it is designed to protect….”. Also, per CRMP Red Book Section 1.3.1.J.3(a) (Filling in Tidal Waters, Prohibitions) “Filling in Type 1 and 2 waters is prohibited.”

5. ADJOURN