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10/22/2024
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Beach erosion commission meets on Monday
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STATE HOUSE – The Special Commission to Make a Comprehensive Study and Provide Recommendations for Remedies to the Erosion of Rhode Island Beaches will hold its first meeting on Monday, Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. in Room 135 of the State House.
The commission was created due to legislation (2024-H 7361) introduced by Rep. Samuel A. Azzinaro (D-Dist. 37, Westerly). The purpose of the commission is to make a comprehensive study and cost analysis in order to provide recommendations for remedies to the erosion of Rhode Island beaches.
Representative Azzinaro is expected to be elected as the chairman of the commission at the meeting.
Other members of the commission include Rep. Tina L. Spears (D-Dist. 36, Charlestown, New Shoreham, South Kingstown, Westerly); Rep. Alex S. Finkelman (D-Dist. 74, Jamestown, Middletown); Salvatore Marinosci, vice chairman of the Little Compton Republican Town Committee; Terrence Gray, director of the RI Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM); Emily Hall, a coastal geologist with the RI Coastal Resources Management Council; Paula Bontempi, dean of Biological Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island; and Caswell Cooke, Jr., executive director of the Misquamicut Business Association.
The meeting will feature presentations from Kim Korioth about RIDEM’s Resiliency 2025 Plan, and from Meredith Brady representing the Department of Statewide Planning,
No public testimony will be taken at the meeting.
The meeting may be televised by Capitol Television on Cox Communications, channels 15 and 61 for high definition; i3 Broadband (formerly Full Channel) on 15; and Verizon, on channel 34. Livestreaming is available at https://capitoltvri.cablecast.tv.
For more information, contact:
Andrew Caruolo, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
(401)222-6124
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