Green and Complete Streets Advisory Council (GCSC)

About

Streets and sidewalks carry not only people and goods, but also various utilities and stormwater runoff. City streets also represent a sizeable portion of the city’s overall land use, house many of its publicly managed trees, and serve as windows into the city for visitors and residents alike. City streets and sidewalks must serve people of all ages and abilities, while creating more mobility and independence for young people, seniors, and people with disabilities. They serve motorists, non-motorists, residents in wheelchairs, parents pushing strollers, kids biking and walking to school, and people who can’t afford to use, or prefer not to use motor vehicles.

The City of Providence will develop a safe, reliable, equitable, efficient, inviting, integrated and connected multimodal transportation system that will promote access, mobility and health for all users and abutters, while also improving environmental quality and reducing polluted stormwater runoff. The City will create a connected network of right-of-way facilities accommodating all modes of travel to the maximum practical extent. This network will promote walking and biking on city streets and sidewalks, provide access to public transportation, beautify and shade the City’s parks, schools, healthy food retail establishments, and reduce and treat polluted stormwater.

The Green and Complete Streets Advisory Council was created by ordinance in July 2021 . Its responsibilities are to:

  • Review projects during their development for compliance with Code of Ordinances Section 1. Chapter 23 Article VIII – Green and Complete Streets (amended December 2023) and make recommendations as necessary
  • Review applications for waivers or exceptions from the Ordinance
  • Review and recommend traffic calming on any streets that are not automatically approved for traffic calming as described in the Ordinance
  • Annually review City activities for compliance with the Ordinance and report to City Council  and Administration. See the 2022 report here and 2021 report here

The Advisory Council replaces the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission and the Traffic Calming Advisory Group, which both previously met to oversee scopes now completed by the Advisory Council.

The Department of Planning and Development provides administrative support to the Advisory Council.

The Advisory Council has adopted these bylaws to guide its work.

Membership

Membership of the Advisory Council is described in the Ordinance as:

  • The Director of Public Works or his/her designee who shall serve as a non-voting ex-officio member,
  • the Director of Planning and Development or his/her designee who shall serve as a non-voting ex-officio member,
  • the Commissioner of Public Safety or his/her designee who shall serve as a non-voting ex-officio member,
  • the Director of the Office of Sustainability or his/her designee who shall serve as a non-voting ex-officio member,
  • the City Forester or his/her designee who shall serve as a non-voting ex-officio member,
  • three members appointed by the Mayor
  • four members appointed by the City Council
  • one alternate member appointed by the Mayor, and
  • one alternate member appointed by City Council.

Current members of the Advisory Council are:

  • Alex Ellis, Principal Planner (Planning ex-officio)
  • Nate Urso, Traffic Engineer (DPW ex-officio)
  • Capt. Luis SanLucas (Public Safety ex-officio)
  • Priscilla De La Cruz (Sustainability ex-officio)
  • Sam Daganhardt (City Forester ex-officio)
  • Kathleen Gannon (Council appointee, Chair)
  • Rosie Jaswal (Council appointee)
  • Cedric Ye (Council appointee)
  • Alana Deluty (Council appointee)
  • Allison Murray (Mayoral appointee)
  • Julissa Arce (Mayoral appointee)
  • Aislinn Hanley (Mayoral appointee)
  • Denise Greenidge (Mayoral alternate member)
  • VACANT (Council alternate member)

If you are interested in serving on the Green and Complete Streets Advisory  Council, please fill out the Boards + Commissions Application.

Meetings + Agendas

The Green and Complete Streets Advisory Council usually meets on the third Monday of every month at 4:45 PM at 444 Westminster Street in the 1st-floor conference room. See 2024 Annual Meeting Schedule here.

Click here for agendas & minutes of the Green and Complete Streets Advisory Council.
October 10, 2024

September 23, 2024

August 13, 2024

July 15, 2024

June 17, 2024

May 22, 2024

March 20, 2024

February 22, 2024

January 25, 2024

December 4, 2023

November 20, 2023

October 2023 cancelled

September 27, 2023

August 21, 2023

July 2023 cancelled

June 22, 2023

May 2023 cancelled

April 17, 2023

March 2023 cancelled

February 23, 2023

December 2022 & January 2023 cancelled

November 21, 2022

October 17, 2022

September 2022 cancelled

August 2022 cancelled

July 2022 cancelled

June 15, 2022

May 18, 2022

April 2022 cancelled

March 24, 2022

Contacts

Alex Ellis, Principal Planner
401.680.8522
aellis@providenceri.gov

Green and Complete Streets Advisory Council
Department of Planning and Development
444 Westminster Street, Suite 3A
Providence, RI 02903-3215

Fax: 401.680.8400

Office Hours:
January-June and September-December: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
July-August: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday