The Chesapeake Beach Civic League has established a relief fund to help victims of Monday’s fire.

There was an early morning fire in Chicks Beach that destroyed several homes.
Read more.
Link to photos of the destructive blaze that destroyed 8 houses.

The next meeting of the Shore Drive Advisory Committee has been scheduled for December 11, 2003.  The meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. at the Bayside Community Recreation Center.
Details at VBGov.com.

At tonight’s Council meeting, the 150 foot Right of Way (ROW) along Shore Drive from North Great Neck Road to Kendall Street was reduced to 100 foot.  Councilman Jim Wood made the motion to amend the City’s Master Transportation / Comprehensive Plan to reduce this ROW requirement to 100 feet.  The motion passed with a vote of 9 to 1.

Additional funding approved for Virginia Beach!
Since the Shore Drive area easily provides the highest residential tax base per acre versus any where else in the entire city, we should get at least more than our fair share of this funding.
Shouldn’t we?

Dupont Circle Condo’s approved tonight!
Read more at OPCL.org.

Dinwiddie Condo’s Update:
As promised, here is a copy of letter sent to Mr. Kurfman of Ft Worth Development concerning the “Preservation proposal for Live Oaks” during construction and after. Link to letter. [.pdf]

Below is the City Planning Staff’s write-up for the updated design for the proposed Dupont/Dinwiddie project.  This plan is recommended for approval by the City Planning Department with the conditions listed below.  Please attend the SDCC general meeting on Monday to help discuss a position on this modified proposal.

Beach officials identified the Williams parcel as a strong candidate for preservation long before there was money or a program with which to buy it.

“It’s phenomenal,” said Barry Frankenfield, design development administrator for the city’s parks department. “Talk about a strategic piece of property.”

Made some inquiries and apparently Krogers is the only location offering Flu Shots.

SDCC General Meeting
Monday November 24, 2003
7:30pm to 9:00pm
Ocean Park Fire & Rescue Hall
This month’s general meeting will cover the following topics, some of which are listed below:

Stumbled upon a petition to save Open Space and Live Oaks down the road from us in Ocean View.

Virginia residents who suffered losses from Hurricane Isabel have more time to apply for federal/state disaster recovery assistance.

Just a quick update on the recent SDCC request for Beach Walkways.

Keep getting those Petitions signed! So far we’ve gotten hundreds of signatures.
More info here.

Community Legislative Agenda General Assembly Session 2004 City of Virginia Beach.
This was adopted in Oct 2003.
If you are looking to expand your horizons about VB read the entire document.[.pdf]
Continue reading below for a couple interesting quotes about transportation and more.

Want to share your thoughts about keeping Shore Drive 4 lanes? 35MPH? Great Neck Interchange?
Email the Commissioner of VDOT at: philip.shucet@virginiadot.org

Please Purchase at least 39 acres for Open Space!
The residents of Ocean Park Civic League voted virtually unanimously to encourage City Council to purchase at least 39 acres for Open Space/natural park at Pleasure House Point.

“The city, which has had an option on the 10-acre property for several years, plans to buy it for around $6 million. The deal is expected to close by the end of September 2004, when the option runs out.”

“The city has purchased other properties in the Rudee Inlet area, but this would be the most significant, said Don Maxwell, Virginia Beach’s director of economic development.”
Read the entire article about the City purchasing more land around Rudee Inlet.

“A plan to redevelop parts of the city’s northern half with more dense, urban-style development holds both promise and peril, residents say.”

“Unless we have some significant transportation improvements, we’re going to have a bigger mess than we do right now,” said Councilwoman Reba McClanan.
Read entire article here.