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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 6314 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002836 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 15 | 15 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $125,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT |
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| 16 | 16 | | OF ENVIRONMENTAL MAN AGEMENT |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Representatives Fenton-Fung, and Baginski |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: April 21, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Finance |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Infrastructure improvements necessary at Meshanticut Lake State Park in 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Cranston, require engineering and architectural analyses and plans in order to examine potential 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | problems from significant environmental erosion, surrounding state road degradation, lack of 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ADA compliance in some walkway areas, stormwater run-off problems, and infestation of a non-4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | native lotus flower; and 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, The analysis would need two parts: 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) An analysis of the actual infrastructure improvement needed within the Park with a 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | primary focus on rehabilitation/replacement of the walkway and necessary improvements to make 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the walkway safe and ADA compliant; and 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) An analysis of the stormwater management and the circumstances which have caused 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the current infrastructure to deteriorate, and identification of any other factors that may be 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | impacting conditions in the Park; now, therefore be it 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2023-2024, the sum of one hundred twenty-five 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | thousand dollars ($125,000) to the Department of Environmental Management to fund 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | engineering and architectural analyses for infrastructure improvements required at Meshanticut 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Lake State Park; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his orders upon 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be from time to time 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LC002836 - Page 2 of 3 |
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| 43 | 43 | | required, upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers. 1 |
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| 49 | 49 | | LC002836 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 50 | 50 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 51 | 51 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 52 | 52 | | OF |
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| 53 | 53 | | J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 54 | 54 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIAT ION OF $125,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT |
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| 55 | 55 | | OF ENVIRONMENTAL MAN AGEMENT |
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| 56 | 56 | | *** |
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| 57 | 57 | | This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $125,000 to the 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Department of Environmental Management to fund engineering and architectural analyses for 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | infrastructure improvements required at Meshanticut Lake State Park. 3 |
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