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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - THE I-195 REDEVLOPMENT

ACT OF 2011

     Introduced By: Senator Dominick J. Ruggerio

     Date Introduced: March 01, 2018

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

     (I-195 Redevelopment District Commission)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 42-64.14-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64.14 entitled "The

I-195 Redevelopment Act of 2011" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     42-64.14-5. The I-195 redevelopment district created.

     (a) The I-195 redevelopment district is hereby constituted as an independent public

instrumentality and body corporate and politic for the purposes set forth in this chapter with a

separate legal existence from the city of Providence and from the state and the exercise by the

commission of the powers conferred by this chapter shall be deemed and held to be the

performance of an essential public function. The boundaries of the district are established in 37-5-

8. However, parcels P2 and P4, as delineated on that certain plan of land captioned

"Improvements to Interstate Route 195, Providence, Rhode Island, Proposed Development Parcel

Plans 1 through 10, Scale: 1" =20', May 2010, Bryant Associates, Inc., Engineers-Surveyors-

Construction Managers, Lincoln, RI, Maguire Group, Inc., Architects/Engineers/Planners,

Providence, RI," shall be developed and continued to be used as parks or park supporting activity

provided, however, the commission may, from time to time, pursuant to action taken at a meeting

of the commission in public session, adjust the boundaries of parcel P4 provided that at all times

parcel P4 shall contain no fewer than one hundred eighty-six thousand one hundred eighty-six

square feet (186,186 ft2) of land and provided, further, that the city of Providence shall not be

responsible for the upkeep of the parks unless a memorandum of understanding is entered into

between the commission or the state and the city of Providence that grants full funding to the city

for that purpose.

     (b) The I-195 redevelopment district commission established in this chapter shall oversee,

plan, implement, and administer the development of the areas within the district consistent with

and subject to the city of Providence comprehensive plan adopted by the city pursuant to 45-22-

2.1 et seq. and the city of Providence zoning ordinances pursuant to 45-24-27 et seq. as

previously enacted by the city of Providence, and as may be enacted and/or amended from time to

time through July 1, 2012, or enacted and/or amended thereafter with the consent of the

commission.

     (c) The city of Providence shall not be required to install or pay for the initial installation

of any public or private utility infrastructure within the district.

     (d) It is the intent of the general assembly by the passage of this chapter to vest in the

commission all powers, authority, rights, privileges, and titles which may be necessary to enable

it to accomplish the purposes herein set forth, and this chapter and the powers granted hereby

shall be liberally construed in conformity with those purposes.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - THE I-195 REDEVLOPMENT

ACT OF 2011

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     This act would permit the I-195 Redevelopment commission, at a meeting held in public

session, to alter the boundaries of the portion of the I-195 redevelopment district called "Parcel

P4" provided that the size of the parcel called P4 would not be less than one hundred eighty-six

thousand one hundred eighty six square feet (186,186 ft2).

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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