2025 -- H 6016 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N | |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $400,000 TO THE COASTAL RESOURCES | |
MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (CRMC) FOR FUNDING OF URI’S COASTAL RESOURCES | |
CENTER (CRC) STORMTOOLS, CHAMP ANALYSIS, AND MYCOAST | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Cortvriend, Carson, Fogarty, McEntee, Tanzi, McGaw, | |
Date Introduced: February 28, 2025 | |
Referred To: House Finance | |
1 | WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) is |
2 | facilitated by the URI Coastal Resources Center and Rhode Island Sea Grant; and |
3 | WHEREAS, In 2014, URI’s Coastal Resources Center (CRC) developed and executed |
4 | three URI-implemented products in response to the expressed needs of Rhode Island’s emergency |
5 | managers, partner communities, state regulatory agencies, and military, in order to plan for and |
6 | respond to storms and the flooding associated with them; and |
7 | WHEREAS, STORMTOOLS provides up-to-date predictions on flooding that could |
8 | affect commercial and residential parcels throughout the State; and |
9 | WHEREAS, CHAMP (Rhode Island–Coastal Hazards, Analysis, Modeling & |
10 | Prediction), is designed for emergency responders to predict damage to vital infrastructure in real |
11 | time; and |
12 | WHEREAS, MyCoast Rhode Island is a portal to collect and analyze crowd-sourced |
13 | photos of flooding and erosion across the Ocean State, with increasing capacity to monitor inland |
14 | flooding underway. Information collected is used to capture the impact of flood hazards today, |
15 | and to illustrate possible future conditions with increased storm activity; and |
16 | WHEREAS, These three research-based decision support tools have become essential in |
17 | helping the State cope with the uncertainty of future storms and require ongoing funding to serve |
18 | the needs of Rhode Island Coastal Hazards Analysis, Modeling and Prediction system, (RI- |
19 | CHAMP), STORMTOOLS, and MyCoast Rhode Island; now, therefore be it |
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1 | RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of money in the treasury not |
2 | otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2025-2026, the sum of four hundred thousand dollars |
3 | ($400,000) to the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) to continue |
4 | current services of STORMTOOLS, CHAMP, and MyCoast; and the state controller is hereby |
5 | authorized and directed to draw their orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said |
6 | sum, or so much thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt of properly |
7 | authenticated vouchers. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N | |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $400,000 TO THE COASTAL RESOURCES | |
MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (CRMC) FOR FUNDING OF URI’S COASTAL RESOURCES | |
CENTER (CRC) STORMTOOLS, CHAMP ANALYSIS, AND MYCOAST | |
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1 | This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $400,000 to the Rhode |
2 | Island Coastal Resources Management Council for the continuation of STORMTOOLS, |
3 | CHAMP, and MyCoast. |
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