PROVIDENCE Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is urging the Rhode Island Supreme Court to reject a settlement approved by state coastal regulators that allows for the expansion of a marina on Block Island that has been the subject of heated dispute for nearly two decades.
In a motion that excoriates the state Coastal Resources Management Council, Neronha’s office argues that the memorandum of understanding agreed to by the council and the owner of Champlin’s Marina behind closed doors and without public review is invalid.
“Given the long and complicated history associated with the Champlin’s application, it is troubling that now, before this final stage of review, the CRMC, in partnership with only the applicant, has moved this Court to allow a form of the very expansion that has been at issue these past seventeen years and which has been repeatedly rejected by the CRMC after opportunities for hearings and the review of evidence in the record,” says the motion filed on
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AG urges R I Supreme Court to reject Block Island marina expansion approval
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The Manisses Hotel and Restaurant proposed to extend split-rail fencing around the property in its application to the Historic District Commission.. New fence lines are shown in red on this drawing; existing fences are in black. Courtesy Milestone Engineering.
Windows were a common feature among applications the Historic District Commission considered at its Feb. 22 virtual meeting. New fencing for open areas at the Manisses Hotel was a separate concern.
Paul Filippi, co-owner of the hotel, presented preliminary plans to rebuild an existing split-rail fence and to install new fencing on the hotel property (Plat 7, Lot 26 and 27).