8/7/18 Gould Island Special Meeting
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The Gould Island Project
The Gould Island Restoration
Advisory Board (RAB) meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 19, 2018
at 6:30 p.m. in the Jamestown Philomenian Library located at 26
North Road in Jamestown, R.I. 02835.
The RAB was established
to facilitate in providing information to the local community and to
provide an avenue to address recommendations and concerns regarding
the potential impacts the project may have on the community.
Membership of the RAB board has been established and the public at
large is invited to attend this first meeting. The board serves as a
point of contact between the community and the Corps.
If you
would like more information on the meeting or the project itself
contact Captain Erik Patton, USACE Project Manager, at 978-318-8051
or send an email to erik.m.patton.cpt@usace.army.mil.
This
southern portion of Gould Island is a Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS)
which was used by the U.S. Navy from 1920 to 1973. This FUDS site
was used for marine barracks, air hangars and infrastructure to
support operations at the northern end of the island currently owned
by the U.S. Navy. This southern portion of the island was
transferred from the U.S. Navy to the state of Rhode Island after
1973 and is currently used as a bird sanctuary. Of the approximately
56 acres which comprise Gould Island, the U.S. Navy’s Naval
Education and Training Center (NETC) still has jurisdiction over the
16.6 acres of land on the north end of the island. That portion of
the island will not be investigated and is not eligible for
investigation under the DERP/FUDS program.
The Navy excessed
approximately 39 acres of Gould Island to the General Services
Administration (GSA) in 1972. Of this 39 acres, approximately 16.9
acres were transferred to the Department of Interior, Bureau of
Outdoor Recreation. That land was then transferred to the state of
Rhode Island in 1975. In 1989, the GSA conveyed the remaining land,
22.25 acres to the state of Rhode Island. The 39.15 acres of
property currently owned by the state of Rhode Island is managed by
their Fish and Wildlife Department as a wildlife habitat and bird
sanctuary. The island is heavily overgrown with trees and brush.
For more information contact Project Manager Captain Erik Patton
at
978-318-8051 or by email to erik.m.patton.cpt@usace.army.mil.
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