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Attend SDCC Meeting Monday March 25th – bring your donations for Eastern Shore Fire/Rescue Aid to Ocean Park Volunteer Fire & Rescue too!

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Come out to our meeting Monday, tomorrow, from 730p-830p. We meet in the Ocean Park Volunteer Fire & Rescue Squad building so please – also bring your donations for Eastern Shore Fire/Rescue Squad Aid.

Click here for a printable version of the agenda  SDCC MAR 2013 Agenda

About the donations the Rescue Squad are collecting.

Here’s the Agenda:

Shore Drive Community Coalition

Monday 25 FEB 2013

SDCC General Meeting

SDCC General Meeting – Monday, 25 March – 7:30-8:30 pm

Ocean Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Station (Intersection of Shore Drive and East Stratford Rd.)

Call to order

Meeting topic: (1) Security Measures for residents

(2) Identity theft and other Scams in the area

Officers’ Reports:

President’s Report David Williams

Vice President’s report Rick Mercadante

Secretary’s Report Todd Solomon –FEB Minutes

Treasurer’s Report

Update on issues:

Old Business

New Business

Adjourn

Next SDCC- Monday April 29, 2013

Ocean Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Center

Speaker- TBA

Please check http://www.sdcc.info for more information on area news and events

Any and all are always welcome and can speak. Only Members can vote.

Ocean Park Volunteer Fire & Rescue Squad accepting donations to help Eastern Shore re: arson fires

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Read article and watch video report at WTKR.com.

John Burkard, event organizer, says so many donations are coming in that they’ve had to move them to a spare garage bay.

The top items still needed are:
Dish soap
Bottled water and Gatorade
Protein bars
Coffee and creamers/sugars
Paper products

PLEASE HELP! Your donation will make a difference.

“Those guys over there certainly have their hands full, and they definitely need all the help they can get,” says fellow volunteer EMT Brian Lowe.

To help out the Ocean Park Volunteer Rescue Squad has organized a supply drive to collect some of the most needed items to keep the firefighters going.

“We are trying to receive donations to donate to Parksley Volunteer Fire company because they have a support truck that basically goes to each of these fires and keeps the firefighters fueled and running and hydrated and ready to go,” says Burkard.

Visit Ocean Park Volunteer Fire & Rescue Squad to donate, volunteer, etc.

We also accept donations in the form of checks, cash, services and goods. All donations are tax exempt.

Visit Ocean Park Volunteer Fire & Rescue Squad Facebook page.

Folks, this is what Taking Action and Getting Results looks like!

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Photos of seals at CBBT by Jet Ski Brian & how to contact the Stranding Response Team

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Photo Credit: Jet Ski Brian http://jetskibrian.com/

In case you’ve missed the great pics Jet Ski Brian has been getting here’s his website.

One of the seals seems to have a gill net wrapped around it’s neck:

I went through the pictures I took on Saturday and sure enough it looks like one the poor guys has what looks like part of a gill net tightly around his neck. I emailed and called the Virginia Beach Aquarium and am waiting to here back from them.
I saw several sets of gill net around the Islands of the tunnel.

Stranding Response Program at Virginia Aquarium.

Report a Stranding
ATTENTION ALL BOATERS AND BEACH WALKERS:
When water temperatures drop quickly, cold-blooded reptiles like sea turtles often find themselves in trouble up and down the East Coast. Some of these animals may appear deceased but are actually in a coma, due to the surrounding cold waters. These animals are in need of IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION! If you come across a sea turtle swimming, floating or stranded on the beach, please stay with it and call the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team immediately at (757) 385-7575.
Report a Stranding

To report a stranded sea turtle or marine mammal (dolphin, whale, seal or manatee) to the Aquarium’s Stranding Response Program, call (757) 385-7575 (24 hours/7 days).

And, the Virginia Aquarium has a new website up to catalog the deadly balloons that can kill marine life.

“An air raid siren will sound at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek on Tuesday morning as part of a statewide tornado drill.”

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At 945am Tuesday for 30 seconds.

At Pilotonline.com.

“According to Bonita Harris with Dominion Virginia Power, high winds caused a large tree to fall atop a transmission line near the intersection of Northampton Boulevard and Bayside Drive just before 4 p.m.”

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Visit Dom.com for updates.

If you have power around Shore Drive area, you’re very lucky.

“Save the Old Cavalier”? Join the discussion at the Hampton Roads Center for Civic Engagement (HRCCE)

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Visit the Project page including a way to submit questions for a Live Chat scheduled for March 13 noon – 1pm:

…The sale is a court-ordered transaction involving private property. As such, the City of Virginia Beach has little control over the sale of the hotel other than the ability to enforce existing zoning laws. The City’s Historic Preservation Commission, however, would like to protect the old Cavalier Hotel on the basis of it historic and architectural merit. A special committee convened by Mayor Will Sessoms and chaired by Mac Rawls, former chair of the Historic Preservation Commission and former Director of the City’s Museums and History Resources Department, has been appointed to study possible uses for the old hotel and make recommendations to City Council regarding the hotel and the City’s role in protecting it.

Coastal Storm Update from VBGov.com

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Read the entire update at VBGov.com:

The City of Virginia Beach is closely monitoring the developing coastal storm. It is anticipated that the storm will cause higher than normal tide cycles.

    Possible tidal flooding up to elevation +4 feet above sea level

Maps:

“Blipfoto is a community of people from all over the world,” said Giles, a resident of Cape Story by the Sea. “Some people have done this for years, and some are just beginning. I’ve done it for over a year now.”

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Check out the Pilotonline.com article about Martha.

Giles’ favorite photo subject is nature, particularly birds. Favorite local sites include First Landing State Park, the Chesapeake Bay and Pleasure House Point.

“You’ll find that many of my pictures are of birds,” Giles said about her online gallery, http://www.blipfoto.com/mmg. “I never set out to take just pictures of birds, but that’s just how it happens.”

Martha’s daily photos from around the Bayfront are inspirational and gorgeous. Be sure to check them out!

Thanks to CBF for generously accepting to stage live oak lumber at their PHP parcel.

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There was a lot in Ocean Park recently cleared of all but one of its live oak trees. It was impossible to save these trees.

Thinking boldly, CBF, thanks to Christy’s work, generously agreed to stage this lumber at PHP for use in a future inspirational art project.

We imagine many interested parties working together creating a magnificent sculpture in the near future with inspiration from birds, Native Americans ….

We can also imagine other interested parties helping create smaller pieces, benches, Native American inspired art…

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Please join us in using the live oak’s precious lumber to create something worthy of their beauty & strength.

NOTE:CBF did not cut these trees down. CBF generously allowed them to be staged at their PHP parcel.

Amazing news about live oak lumber being preserved!

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From an email from Todd:

Bar Harbor Tree Removal – Proffers
T
Todd Solomon
to Kal, Faith, Clay, +7
35 minutes agoDetails
To All:

This development went through the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) process almost a year ago. I know it wasn’t a topic at any SDCC meetings last year, but can’t answer for BAC. However it appears it was reviewed by Planning with the Shore Drive Design Guidelines in mind. Landscaping in accordance with the guidelines, saving the logs for Friends of Live Oaks and a monetary donation were all added as proffers for approval. Unfortunately this doesn’t save the trees, but it is a major improvement over the developments being built 10 years ago the totally ignored these issues.

Vince does identify an ongoing communication void that could still benefit from some improvement. CUPs are identified as required in the Beacon, but unfortunately the citizens don’t catch them all. And even if we do, the details in the paper are too vague to identify specific tree removal issues. Also, correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think all the CUPs go before the BAC for review. If they do, then maybe a more detailed agenda would be helpful to the community. I also thought the Planning Commission always asks if the developer has met with the neighboring civic leagues as part of their approval. If a review at BAC is being substituted for meeting with the civic league, then maybe BAC will now have to validate that requirement.

Maybe we can perform a critique on this CUP and look for ways to improve communication. Anything we come up with can be discussed with the appropriate groups that can help implement the suggestions.

Sincerely,

Todd Solomon

Shore Drive Community Coalition-Secretary

(757) 667-8533 cell

“Shore Drive, We Love This Place”, check out http://www.sdcc.info

Subject: Bar Harbor

Hi Ron and Steve,

We are receiving numerous calls regarding the clearing of the site at the intersection of DuPont Circle and Shore Drive. I just want to make sure that the developer, Steve, has proffered the agreed upon money to the live oak fund (that Clay administers). Also the oaks being taken down should be donated to the Friends of Live Oaks. Here is the condition on the use permit –

# 9. The applicant, as agreed upon, shall work with the Environment and Sustainability Office to determine an appropriate donation to the Live Oak Fund to help offset loss of the live oaks on the site, and to have the logs of the trees set aside for Friends of Live Oaks (http://www.friendsofliveoaks.org).

Faith Christie, CZA, CBO

Planner, City of Virginia Beach

2405 Courthouse Drive, Room 115

Virginia Beach, VA 23456

757-385-6379

COASTAL ACTION STORM PLAN Emergency Response “CASPER” FAMILY DISASTER PREPARATION AND RECOVERY PLAN

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“CASPER” FAMILY DISASTER PREPARATION AND RECOVERY PLAN (24 pagePDF)

Thanks to Dave for having us repost his work! We highly recommend you download it, study it and take action before catastrophic storms are forecasted.

unexpected damage at Lynnhaven Boat Ramp from Sandy Oct 2012

unexpected damage at Lynnhaven Boat Ramp from Sandy Oct 2012

2013 Watersheds Forum – SIGN UP NOW

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Brought to you by VIMS, LRNow, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, and Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

If you love the magnificent bounty of our local waters – GO.

View Lynnhaven River NOW’s E-News here.

2013 Watersheds Forum
March 21, 9:00-2:30, Virginia Beach Convention Center

Oyster Roast 3 The first Virginia Beach Watersheds Forum will be held on March 21, 2013 at the Vriginia Beach Convention Center. Registration will begin at 8:15 AM and presentations begin at 9 AM. The Forum is 9 AM-1 PM and includes a box lunch.
The Forum is being held jointly by Lynnhaven River NOW and the Back Bay Restoration Foundation and is sponsored by the City of Virginia Beach and the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program.

The 2013 Forum will have two panel presentations from regional experts on adapting to Sea Level Rise and how our natural resorces fit into Virginia Beach’s long range planning. Additionally, break-out sessions for the northern and southern watersheds will feature speakers from VIMS, LRNow, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, and Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Registration is $15 and includes light morning refreshments, a box lunch and all presentations. Add-on workshops will be held at the close of the informational presentations from 1:00-2:30. For an additional fee, participants can build their own rain barrel, learn about gardening with native plants and receive their own native plant, or build their own worm composting bin.

Please register here using PayPal. If you prefer to pay with a check, please contact Mary Tilton at mary.tilton@bbrf.org or 757-619-6429.

For more information, visit our website or contact Karen at Karen@LRNow.org or 757-962-5398.
We hope to see you all on March 21st for an interesting day!

“The Department of Parks and Recreation will begin the preliminary design and associated cost estimates for a dog park at Bayville Farms Park.”

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From VB Virtual Town Hall:

The department will work to identify funding for the project within its upcoming FY 2013-14 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Funding Plan, and if so identified, the target date for completion and opening of the dog park would be Spring 2014.

Great news for dog lovers everywhere! Let’s help the project get funded!

From yet another concerned person who sees the mess & destruction created by a few dog owners who do respect PHP and it’s nesting birds:

“Outta control”. That’s the title of yet another message we’ve received about dogs NOT on leashes on PHP.

Currently – this person has counted 7.

ANIMAL CONTROL
tel:757-385-4444

Yes they called.

“Today we had an incident in the Landings on Croix Drive that is worth sharing with your list.”

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From Cape Story Neighborhood Watch:

The following was received Tuesday, Feb. 12 from a resident in the Landings (across Shore Dr. from the Food Lion shopping center):

A young male, 6’2 tan skin, dark black hair had his face cupped against the passenger window of a work van belonging to one of our neighbors. When our neighbor’s wife asked him if she could help him, he replied in a hostile voice, that he was looking in the mirror. He then got into his faded red Toyota Tercel, license plate (WUS —-) and struck one vehicle as he frantically left the Landings.

He then came back and threatened this young woman, yelling that he knew where she lived and that if she called the police he would be back.

…Master Police Officer Shortridge responded. The vehicle was found parked at Rite aid at Cape Henry Plaza with no occupants. The officer was diverted to other calls.

This evening, this person came back

His vehicle was seen parked behind this woman’s building and the door was ajar- no occupants. By the time that I and others were alerted, the vehicle had left. The person was then seen walking through our community and took off when someone said ” Hey, who is he? He keeps walking back and forth, I don’t know him, who is he?”

The police were notified.

Later tonight at Rite Aid, I spoke with [someone] who lives on Oak Street who described a similar situation- same vehicle, same plate, occurring between 5-530 tonight.

Please pass this info on, as the behavior of this individual is very bizarre and merits the attention of all of our residents.

The following received from the resident on Oak St.:

Today around 5:30 p.m. I noticed two older teens engaging in very suspicious behavior. They were riding in an old, faded dark red vehicle (lic. # WUS —-).

Please remember to call 911 if you see a crime in action and call 385-5000, option 1, to report crimes after they have occurred or to report any suspicious activity. Also, please call or email the NW Coordinator so crime reports and suspicious activities can be shared with all of our residents.

Child bit by German Shepherd in Cape Story on Feb 9th. Do you know the owner ?

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From Cape Story Neighborhood Watch:

My son and I were at CSBTS park Sat. 2/9/13 playing basketball. Somewhere around 5:30- 6:00 a woman wearing a black parka (hood up so I couldn’t really see her face) was walking her German Shepherd. My sons basketball went into the bike path in the park and he went to retrieve it when the dog jumped up and bit him on the arm. My son was wearing a sweatshirt so luckily there was no blood but the dog did break the skin on his arm and his arm is black and blue so there was pressure in the bite. I was busy consoling his crying and the owner said “I am sorry”, waited a couple of minutes and turned and walked back down the bike path.
She was walking away in the direction of Great Neck Rd and it is possible she lives between the park and Oak, I lost sight of them about Oak. I am concerned and, at this point, only need to know the dogs shots are up to date etc. It would have been nice of her to give me her contact information just in case. I did not think to ask her that while she was there as I was more concerned with my son. Does anyone know this dog? Is there anyway you can help me find them?
Thank you for any assistance you can give. Carol K.

Please email any info that could help.