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Residents, conservation group press Pawtucket council to halt Morley Field conversion
Summary
Public commenters and the Conservation Law Foundation urged the council to suspend a conversion application for Morley Field, arguing the administration submitted a package without required council review and that the proposal would remove the neighborhood’s primary green space.
Richard Stang, an attorney with the Conservation Law Foundation, told the council the foundation has repeatedly notified city, state and federal agencies that the Morley Field conversion application fails to meet federal statutory requirements and "that the conversion application was not brought in front of the city council for the city council to actually vote on it as required by a previous vote" (speaker 12). He asked the council to notify the Department of Environmental Management and the National Park Service that council review and approval must precede any conversion submission.
Adam Greenman, a Woodlawn…
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