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Conservation Commission
Meetings
- 6:00 p.m.
- 1st Tuesday of each month
- Council Chambers
Town Hall
180 High Street
Wakefield, RI 02879
Agendas & Minutes
Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval.
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Members
The seven members each serve 3-year terms:
- David Flanders - Chair
- Mary L. Talbot-Rabuano - Vice Chair
- Matthew Bradywood - Secretary
- Lorraine Joubert
- J. Vernon Wyman
- Dennis Bowman
- Melissa Hughes
Purpose
The General Assembly enacted legislation in 1960 authorizing Rhode Island cities and towns to establish Conservation Commissions. The Town Council first established the South Kingstown Conservation Commission on March 4, 1961.The South Kingstown Conservation Commission also serves as the Town Tree Board as well as the On-site Wastewater Treatment System (OWTS) Commission.
Advisory Functions
The Conservation Commission promotes and develops natural resources to protect watershed resources, and to preserve natural aesthetic areas, among other functions.
The Advisory duties of the Conservation Commission, pursuant to 1960 Public Law, Chapter 203, are as follows:
- To promote and develop natural resources to protect watershed resources, and to preserve natural aesthetic areas.
- To conduct research into local land areas and to coordinate the activities of unofficial bodies organized for similar purposes, and to advertise, prepare, print and distribute books, maps, charts, plans and pamphlets which in its judgment are deemed necessary for its work.
- To recommend to the Town Council and to other municipal boards and agencies a program for the better promotion, development, utilization or preservation of open areas, streams, shores, wooded areas, roadsides, swamps, marshlands and natural aesthetic areas.
- To work with organizations such as, but not limited to, the South Kingstown Land Trust, toward the goals of natural resource protection and open space designation.
Decisions and recommendations by the Conservation Commission should be made within the discipline of good conservation practice, unfettered by concern for legal or other considerations.
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Jason Parker, AICP
Principal PlannerPhone: (401) 789-9331 x1245
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James D. Rabbitt, AICP
Planning DirectorPhone: (401) 789-9331 x1246
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Planning
Physical Address
180 High Street
Wakefield, RI 02879
Phone: (401) 789-9331 x1244Fax: (401) 788-9792
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Jason Parker, AICP
Principal PlannerPhone: (401) 789-9331 x1245
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James D. Rabbitt, AICP
Planning DirectorPhone: (401) 789-9331 x1246
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Planning
Physical Address
180 High Street
Wakefield, RI 02879
Phone: (401) 789-9331 x1244