Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Town officials say the planning phase of the project has ended. What would you like to see on the development models?
Since 2008, the three Aquidneck Island communities have been holding public meetings, hearings and gathering comments on how to best use roughly 175 acres of west side land parcels surplused by the Navy. On Tuesday night, Middletown Town Administrator Shawn Brown told Middletown Town Council members that by this June, the project's initial models will be completed and councilors will have decisions to make. Brown said the project has moved into the implementation phase. “We no longer talk about what we want to do, we talk about the mechanics of what we want to do with the property,” said Brown. Middletown has three potential development projects. How would you like to see these lands used? Straddling Middletown and Portsmouth, …
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Navy relinquishes its legislative jurisdiction of Newport land to the State of Rhode Island. What does this mean? Find out below.
Residents living in Navy housing on Aquidneck Island should no longer contact military police for help, but instead reach out to State Police or their local law agency. This past June, Governor Lincoln Chafee signed an agreement with the U.S. Navy, accepting the relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction of certain Navy land in Portsmouth, Middletown and Newport. "For lands under control of the Department of the Navy, Section 2683 of Title 10, United State Code, authorizes the Secretary to relinquish to a State all or part of its legislative jurisdiction over such lands," wrote Roger Natsuhara, principal deputy for the Navy. "The Navy currently has federal legislative jurisdiction over lands in Newport, RI, and believes it would be …
Monday, July 18, 2011
Julie Oakley of the Aquidneck Island Reuse Planning Authority and Richard Adams, chairman of the Aquidneck Island Planning Commission, speak further after last week's meeting.
After nearly two years of tightly choreographed public meetings, hearings and comment gathering, the three Aquidneck Island communities reached a unanimous consensus Thursday on how to best use roughly 175 acres of west side land parcels surplussed by the Navy. The final vote green lights the package of five proposals to be submitted to the United States Department of Defense by Aug. 19 for final federal approvals. Perhaps no one was more relieved to see how smoothly talks and planning went upon last week's vote than Julie Oakley, the Aquidneck Island Reuse Planning Authority (AIRPA) Communities Planning Coordinator. Oakley worked with each of the three communities both individually and collectively to come up with the five separate plans…
Thursday, June 30, 2011
The Newport City Council was presented with several options during a workshop Wednesday night.
Julie Oakley, property reuse coordinator of the Aquidneck Island Reuse Planning Authority, presented four development scenarios for the Navy Hospital surplus property before the Newport City Council decided on a mixed-use plan during a Wednesday night workshop. The development plan includes a hotel, along with commercial and residential space. The council will formally vote on the decision later in July. Oakley said the Naval Hospital is “functionally obsolete” and cannot be used under any development plan, however demolition must be approved by the Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission due to the historic nature of the building. Naval Station Newport is currently demolishing a chapel on the site, which will no longer be available …
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
If the council approves the resolution, the town will petition the federal government to acquire and develop the property overlooking Narragansett Bay by the former Navy Hospital. The park will be for public use.
The Newport City Council will vote tonight on whether to petition the federal government to acquire and develop the strip of waterfront property by the former Navy Hospital for public recreation and boating use. The area was declared as excess Navy property. Councilors will vote to approve a resolution to instruct the City Manager to submit a letter to the National Park Service requesting a Public Benefit Conveyance for the land on Newport's waterfront. Newport will also have to submit a "Notice of Interest" to Aquidneck Island Reuse Planning Authority (AIRPA) by Nov. 22to secure its request. The request is for approximately 4.78 acres of land and water. "Newport intends to use the delineated property for park, trail, recreation, water …
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12:42 pm on Thursday, November 17, 2011
Oh well, so much for speeding down Burma road without worrying about getting a ticket! more ›