Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H6016 Compare Versions

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9	9	S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
10	10	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
11	11	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025
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14	14	J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
15	15	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $400,000 TO THE COASTAL RESOURCES
16	16	MANAGEMENT COUNCIL ( CRMC) FOR FUNDING OF URI’S COASTAL RESOURCES
17	17	CENTER (CRC) STORMTOOLS, CHAMP ANALYSIS, AND MYCOAST
18	18	Introduced By: Representatives Cortvriend, Carson, Fogarty, McEntee, Tanzi, McGaw,
19	19	and Spears
20	20	Date Introduced: February 28, 2025
21	21	Referred To: House Finance
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24	24	WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) is 1
25	25	facilitated by the URI Coastal Resources Center and Rhode Island Sea Grant; and 2
26	26	WHEREAS, In 2014, URI’s Coastal Resources Center (CRC) developed and executed 3
27	27	three URI-implemented products in response to the expressed needs of Rhode Island’s emergency 4
28	28	managers, partner communities, state regulatory agencies, and military, in order to plan for and 5
29	29	respond to storms and the flooding associated with them; and 6
30	30	WHEREAS, STORMTOOLS provides up -to-date predictions on flooding that could 7
31	31	affect commercial and residential parcels throughout the State; and 8
32	32	WHEREAS, CHAMP (Rhode Island –Coastal Hazards, Analysis, Modeling & 9
33	33	Prediction), is designed for emergency responders to predict damage to vital infrastructure in real 10
34	34	time; and 11
35	35	WHEREAS, MyCoast Rhode Island is a portal to collect and analyze crowd-sourced 12
36	36	photos of flooding and erosion across the Ocean State, with increasing capacity to monitor inland 13
37	37	flooding underway. Information collected is used to capture the impact of flood hazards today, 14
38	38	and to illustrate possible future conditions with increased storm activity; and 15
39	39	WHEREAS, These three research-based decision support tools have become essential in 16
40	40	helping the State cope with the uncertainty of future storms and require ongoing funding to serve 17
41	41	the needs of Rhode Island Coastal Hazards Analysis, Modeling and Prediction system, (RI-18
42	42	CHAMP), STORMTOOLS, and MyCoast Rhode Island; now, therefore be it 19
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46	46	RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of money in the treasury not 1
47	47	otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2025-2026, the sum of four hundred thousand dollars 2
48	48	($400,000) to the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) to continue 3
49	49	current services of STORMTOOLS, CHAMP, and MyCoast; and the state controller is hereby 4
50	50	authorized and directed to draw their orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said 5
51	51	sum, or so much thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt of properly 6
52	52	authenticated vouchers. 7
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59	59	EXPLANATION
60	60	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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62	62	J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
63	63	MAKING AN APPROPRIAT ION OF $400,000 TO THE COASTAL RESOURCES
64	64	MANAGEMENT COUNCIL ( CRMC) FOR FUNDING OF URI’S COASTAL RESOURCES
65	65	CENTER (CRC) STORMTOOLS, CHAMP ANALYSIS, AND MYCOAST
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67	67	This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $400,000 to the Rhode 1
68	68	Island Coastal Resources Management Council for the continuation of STORMTOOLS, 2
69	69	CHAMP, and MyCoast. 3
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