“I wish, and I’m going to have a lot of company on this, that some of these decisions could be revisited,” Scott said Wednesday. “Change is both energizing and invigorating to a city, but it’s also painful. There are very few cities that have seen as much invigoration or pain as Virginia Beach.”
Read entire article at Pilotonline.com.

The Design Subcommittee of the Shore Drive Advisory Committee will meet at 8 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Great Neck Community Recreation Center….meeting will be open for the public to observe; however, there will not be an opportunity for the public to participate.
More at VBGov.com.

You’re voting next Tuesday….right?!

Here’s the Sample Ballot from the Voter Registration and Elections of VBGov.com.

This is also a great time to volunteer to be an Election Official too!

Need to oversee Development so CONDO construction doesn’t overwhelm…

Mail your donations of checks, money orders or if you must, cash, to:

Ocean Park Civic League, Inc.
        P.O. Box 55385
        Virginia Beach, VA 23471

please designate “preservation fund” on your donation.
Your privacy is guaranteed.

Update: Donations received to date have varied from $5 – $500 per donation. Please join your friends & neighbors by donating.

Stickers

Yard Sign & 8.5″x11” Poster[1pg PDF]

Daphne recently received updates from Charlie Myer, the COO of the City.
These are the handouts that were distributed at the October SDAC meeting.

Entitled: Work Packages [ 1pg PDF ], Comm Plan  [ 1pg PDF ], & Shore Drive CIP [ 12 pg PDF ].

Thanks to Daphne & Charlie for working to get us this info!

Just a last minute reminder,

This is a great opportunity for your civic group to network with other similar groups and city staff on a variety of subjects.  Based on my observations from last year’s event, if you have any questions or concerns in the following areas, you should plan to stop by.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Hampton Roads Office
Presents an Evening Seminar at Virginia Wesleyan College

“Navigating Virginia’s Non-Tidal Wetlands Process” Wednesday, November 8th in Shafer Room of the Boyd Center at Virginia Wesleyan College.

Shore Drive Community Coalition (SDCC)- General Meeting on Monday October 30, 2006 at 7:30pm to 9:00pm in Ocean Park Fire & Rescue Hall.

This month?s topic will be ?What is the role of the SDCC and how can it help the SDAC ??  Kal Kassir, SDAC chairman and Scott Ayers, SDAC member will be present to discuss comments from their Shore Drive Advisory Committee retreat.  They would like to focus on how the SDCC can help with obtaining grants and other possible ways we may be able to support them.

Ten speakers from Skip Stiles of Wetlands Watch to Laurie Sorabella of Oyster Reef Keepers of Virginia to of course Karen Forget of LR2007.

Topics included are valuable to anyone who lives in the Lynnhaven River watershed or are interested in learning about the exciting new research & efforts underway to clean our river.

Please read on to learn more!

Due to unexpected circumstances the Big Easy has been closed. I would like to thank all my friends and customers who attended and supported my efforts to have my own business. It was great while it lasted. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. I will still be available for all your entertainment needs. http://www.eddiesal.com.

Sincerely Eddie Sal

Dyer, in a three-page letter to his council colleagues, has suggested the city establish a ward election system, televise the council?s open mic night, and hold quarterly town meetings.

Read Councilman Dyer’s ideas in Pilotonline.com article.
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Shore Drive and Surry Road meet at a 45-degree angle, and Rebecca Anderson said drivers don?t slow before turning from Shore onto the residential street. No doubt you’ve witnessed the problem.

Read the entire Pilot Warrior Article.
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Sept. 16, police were called to a residence in the 4800 block of Beach Landing Court for a report of an attempted poisoning.
The bizarre news at Pilotonline.com.

Photo added by SDCC

Lynnhaven River 2007 Presents:
Lynnhaven Friendly Landscaping Workshop
Saturday, November 4th
8:30-12:30 AM
Windsor Woods Elementary School

If your property borders any body of water, the most important thing that you can do to improve water quality in that lake or stream and the river is to convert a part of your lawn to a buffer garden.

Join us Saturday morning November 18th to help pick up litter and hang out with some very cool people from 9am to about noon.

First 20 or so volunteers receive Starbucks gift certificates.
We provide the fancy orange vests, bags and those fancy pointy sticks.
We suggest supplying your own gloves.

Meet at Starbucks before 9am to meet everyone and get instructions.
As you can imagine, you’ll be meeting the coolest of the coolest of Shore Drive people.

“Our” Starbucks.  Check out last clean up.

No Indigo Dunes Petition Signing & Fund Raiser ending at 2pm the same day.

Our very own Todd “the prez” Solomon is a Progam leader presenting “Effective Community Organizing” at the City’s Community Connections Civic Fair on Saturday morning, October 28th at the VB Convention Center.

You of course are required to attend!
Do you have questions about city services?
Are you trying to better organize your neighborhood for effective problem solving?
Do you want to talk with city staff and civic league leaders about what can be done to improve your neighborhood?

Indigo Dunes has asked for a 90 day deferral for their Chesapeake Bay Preservation Board Hearing.

The new requested hearing date is January 22, 2007.
View letter asking for deferral.

As part of her Master?s degree in fine arts from Old Dominion University and Norfolk State University, she built a crescent-shaped oyster reef in the Lynnhaven River in Virginia Beach.
Learn more at CBF.org including a photo of the project.

Brett D. Noren, age 19 of the 3100 block of Sand Pine Road was found early Friday morning on the beach near Croix Drive.

Our hearts go out to Mr. Noren’s family.

More at VBGov.com.