[Planning] Two Land Use Announcement's from GrowSmartRI and the Division of Statewide Planning

Fri Nov 9 08:27:07 EST 2018

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Writing Sound Decisions
REGISTRATION FEE ASSISTANCE
AVAILABLE FOR MANY MUNICIPAL STAFF, OFFICIALS.

RECOMMENDED FOR ALL PLANNING BOARD, ZONING BOARD MEMBERS AND MUNICIPAL PLANNERS AND SOLICITORS.

      Thursday, November 29th, 2018
      5:30pm until 9:00pm
Warren Town Council Chambers
514 Main Street, Warren

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WRITING SOUND DECISIONS

Writing Sound Decisions is designed to help municipal planners, legal staff and boards and commissions write decisions whose content will hold up in court and whose clarity will make them readily understandable for both enforcement officers and property owners. It is specifically intended to address the problem, noted repeatedly in recent Superior Court and Supreme Court decisions, that written decisions coming out of municipal planning boards and zoning boards do not explain how the evidence contained in the record led the board to reach its conclusions. Taught by a Rhode Island land-use attorney, the program is grounded in Rhode Island law and cites recent Rhode Island Superior and Supreme Court decisions. The workshop handbook provides both a summary of material covered in the workshop and appendices that include templates for simple decisions, examples of appropriate content for more complex decisions and a glossary of terms. The workshop culminates in a hands-on writing exercise.

Need more information about this or any of our
other programs?
C.J. Opperthauser
Training Manager
Grow Smart Rhode Island
One Empire Plaza, Suite 523
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 273-5711 x103
cjopperthauser at growsmartri.org<mailto:cjopperthauser at growsmartri.org>

Supported by the Rhode Island Division of Planning

[complete streets]REGISTRATION FEE ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE

Once again the Rhode Island Interlocal Risk Management Trust is partnering with the Land Use Training Collaborative to provide registration fee assistance for this workshop for Trust members. The registration fee for the workshop is scaled according to Member participation levels in The Trust. Trust Members who participate in both the Property/Liability Pool and the Workers' Compensation Pool may register people free of charge. Trust Members who participate in only one Trust Pool may register people for 50% of the standard fee (ie, $15). Non-Trust members pay the standard registration fee ($30).

Eligible for Free Registration
Barrington
Bristol
Burrillville
Central Falls
Charlestown
Coventry
Exeter
Foster
Glocester
Hopkinton
Jamestown
Little Compton
Middletown
Narragansett
New Shoreham
Newport
North Kingstown
North Smithfield
Portsmouth
Smithfield
South Kingstown
Tiverton
Warren
West Warwick

Eligible for 50% Discount
Cumberland
East Providence
Johnston
Lincoln
Pawtucket
Scituate
Warwick
West Greenwich
Woonsocket

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In 2017, a provision (see Public Law Chapter 403<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__webserver.rilin.state.ri.us_PublicLaws_law17_law17403.htm&d=DwIFAw&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=0lGS4Hd8nx4fEu6Mi8WFfbWJIM_1sIa8jowLJE7DNno&m=TStxPRhAn7jrOFkUl2gnzBlrAubpKh1Ybun-rR-Nmck&s=ZW-EhVTBpxcsBU5FWYdlrfaTACh7yUwHFUHuGNr3mJA&e=>) was added to RIGL §45-22-7. of the Rhode Island General Laws. This portion of State Law describes the powers and duties of a planning board or commission. The provision (j) requires that each member of a planning board or commission must participate in training and education classes concerning the effects of development in a flood plain and the effects of sea-level rise once every two years. To meet this requirement, planning board/commission members can watch educational modules on-line regarding making informed choices for supporting resilience to the impacts from climate change. (Access the six training modules called PREP-RI<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__prep-2Dri.seagrant.gso.uri.edu_&d=DwIFAw&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=0lGS4Hd8nx4fEu6Mi8WFfbWJIM_1sIa8jowLJE7DNno&m=TStxPRhAn7jrOFkUl2gnzBlrAubpKh1Ybun-rR-Nmck&s=bWf36AFSrQDJ01-1PsdwyG084XGNdoV7OnUyRvnuwkI&e=>.) In addition, members are strongly encouraged to review or watch the additional resources listed at http://www.planning.ri.gov/planning-areas/land-use/land-use-law.php to round out the 2-hour training requirement. Each member must complete two hours of training by September 30, 2019 and file with the municipal clerk a statement asserting that the training has been completed. A sample "Statement of Completion" can be found in the 2017 Planning Guidance Memo<http://www.planning.ri.gov/documents/LU/2018/PGM_Pl-Bd-Education_Final.pdf> on the webpage of the Division of Statewide Planning.

Preparing for Sea Level Rise as Planning/Zoning Officials
Thursday, December 6
5:30 - 7:30pm
  East Providence Public Library
41 Grove Avenue, East Providence
(Adjacent to RIPTA stop, routes 35 & 78)
FREE WORKSHOP!

The workshop's presenters:

Jen West, Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Pam Rubinoff, URI Coastal Resources Center

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Supported by the Rhode Island Division of Statewide Planning

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