This past Sunday, Cape Story had another one of their outstanding neighborhood parties and Governor Kaine showed up!

Check out some pics.

Last night, Thursday Nov. 9, two cars belonging to the same family were broken into on Bay Island. The police were notified and a report was taken.  Neither car was locked and a purse with credit cards was taken. The credit card company was able to track charge activity to Norfolk and Portsmouth Citgo and BP gas stations, 7-11 stores and finally to an industrial park. No other valuables were taken.

From Regina of Cape Story.

Next meeting of the Shore Drive Advisory Committee will be held at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, November 16, at the Bayside Community Recreation Center.  The center is located on the north side of First Court Road between Shore Drive and Pleasure House Road.
Check out VBGov.com for more.

On Election Day at Bayside Rec Center alone, well over 500 signatures were gathered for the No Indigo Dunes Petition.

Some anecdotal evidence about the opposition to Indigo Dunes.

Collected hundreds of signatures for the No Indigo Dunes Petition this morning at the Polling station I was at.
Also distributed hundreds of the Mini Flyers [1 pg PDF].

Also received a large amount of feedback like “keep up the good work to stop this development”.

Dear Shore Drive Residents,

The No Indigo Dunes Petition Committee is looking for volunteers to spend an hour or two at one of the 3 Bayfront polling locations on Tuesday Nov. 7th. gathering signatures.

The polling locations are:

1) Lynnhaven Colony Congregational Church at 2217 W Great Neck Rd Virginia Beach, VA 23451
2) Grace Bible Church at 2961 Shore Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23451
3) Bayside Recreation Center at 4500 First Court Rd Virginia Beach, VA 23455

Traditionally, the most active times at the polls are 7-9am,  11am-1pm, and 5-7pm.  Just remember to stay behind the 40 foot boundary that is set up by the poll workers and there won’t be any issues.

To help settle the mounting debts of the Civil War, the commonwealth in 1868 sold off “the desert tract,” the elbow of land where the Chesapeake Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean. Didn’t know that did you?

Condo Associations, Civic Leagues, the City plus SDCC helping to moderate the discussions have been trying to work out an agreement to replenish the beaches on the east side of the Lesner Bridge.

Read entire article in Pilotonline.com.
Beach Sand Replishment Task Force[BSRTF] entries at SDCC.info.

Next Wednesday, November 8th at Virginia Wesleyan. More info at SDCC.info.
Check out the flyer. [1 pg PDF]

Thinking of filling or altering non-tidal wetlands? Attending this could educate you on the process.

The 396th Harbormaster Detachment (396thDet.) from Ft.Story is scheduled to return from one year deployment in IRAQ..this Sat…Nov 4th..coming from Ft. Dix onto Shore Drive from Rt.13 at about 12 noon to 2:00 1pm…times will change of course.

I have already contacted all the business to put up signs..etc & will deliver homemade signs along the route tomorrow. I have coordinated with police/fire depts & they will escort them along the route. There will be one bus plus other army vehicles. Anyone who wants to volunteer I have plenty of bare signs…call me at 412-2027..[encode=rmmaphis@cox.net]Email Roger[/encode]

The future health of the Chesapeake Bay is included as one of the important estuaries that could be negatively affected. The study included work from J. Emmett Duffy, an ecologist and head of biological sciences at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in Gloucester County.
Read & Comment on article at Pilotonline.com.
More articles at Google News.

“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!