Proposed Strategy for Creating a Rhode Island Team

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Proposed Strategy for Creating a Rhode Island Team

• Prepared for House Bay Trust Study Commission
• By G. Ciminero
• M. Petruny-Parker
• S. Whitehouse
• January 28, 2004

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Objectives

• COORDINATION
• Plan (long and short term)
• Coherent, Multi-Year Funding Approach
• Integrated Information
• Participatory Process
• ACCOUNTABILITY

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Strategy?
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Coordination Team
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Coordination Team - Membership

• Coastal Resources Management Council
• RI Dept. Environmental Management
• Department of Health
• Statewide Planning
• Department of Transportation
• Narragansett Bay Commission
• Clean Water Finance Agency

• RI Water Resources Board
• RI Rivers Council
• RI Economic Development Corporation
• Others
• Cities and towns
• Massachusetts
• Federal agencies

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Coordination Team- How It Functions

• Committees
• Scientific Advisory Committee
• Public Advisory Committee
• Meetings Quarterly?
• Chair
• Staff

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Coordination Team General Duties

• Development of plans and budgets
• Implementation
• Reporting

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Coordination Team - Specific Duties

• Long Term Plan
• Annual Work Plan
• Budgets
• Monitoring Program
• Reporting Requirements

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Other Provisions

• Conflict resolution
• Grants Apply for and receive
• Public Participation
• Relationship to local communities

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Summary

• Legislature Oversight
• Executive Branch Implementation