Category Archives: Current Concerns

Online Petition to Preserve Live Oak in Ocean Park

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Update: March 2, Saturday morning, lot is cleared.  Thank you to all that signed the brief petition campaign.

One Tree.  Why bother saving one tree?  Well, in order to get to your destination, you have to take one step at a time.

Please take a minute and sign the online petition to show the property owner that One Tree really does matter.  Click here for the petition

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save-live-oak-at-bar-harbor/

Here are several additional reasons why saving one tree is a good thing.

  • The Live Oak is the City of Virginia Beach’s official tree.
  • The majority of Live Oaks in Virginia Beach are located in the Bayfront area.
  • The property owner is an understanding developer.  He has already agreed to save the logs from other live oaks that needed to be removed from this “by right” project.
  • Having one “Tree Conscience” project may lead to other responsible developments.

For more about saving Live Oak Trees, visit www.friendsofliveoaks.org

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.

Fatal accident reported on Shore Drive near First Landing State Park – 2/14/13

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It’s very unfortunate, but after almost 3 years without a fatality on Shore Drive (April 2010), another tragic death has occured.

 

http://wtkr.com/2013/02/14/vehicle-accident-reported-on-shore-drive-near-first-landing/#ooid=FzaDVkOTpJky9UGDdDQ_hVkNmZoxpPm4

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The following was taken from WTKR’s website:

UPDATE: As of 4:00pm., Shore Drive remains closed to East Bound traffic from Kendall Street to Fort story.

Virginia Beach, Va. – Police tell NewsChannel 3 one person has died and one has been injured in a vehicle crash on Shore Drive near First Landing.

It happened at 1:15 p.m., Thursday, February 14, 2013, in the 2500 block of Shore Drive near First Landing. Police say a vehicle was heading eastbound in the 2500 block of Shore Drive near First Landing Park, when it crashed.

One person was reported deceased; and a second person was injured.

Eastbound traffic on Shore Drive is closed from Kendall Street to Fort Story.

NewsChannel 3 is working to find more details. Watch starting First at Four for updates.

“SB 926 Wetlands; governmental activity. 01/31/13 Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources”

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From Virginia’s LIS:

YEAS–Hanger, Watkins, Puckett, Ruff, McEachin, Petersen, Northam, Marsden, Black, Miller–10.

NAYS–0.

ABSTENTIONS–0.

Thank you.

Members of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources:

Special thanks to Senator Jeffrey L. McWaters Republican-District 8 for requesting SB926 to be stricken.

Senator Jeffrey L. McWaters Republican-District 8

Senator Jeffrey L. McWaters Republican-District 8

Commonwealth of VA Senate Bill 926 SHUTDOWN!

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Senator McWaters has just informed me at 9:28 pm TONIGHT that SB926 will be dropped tomorrow due to the opposition voiced by so many of our civic organizations. He said the bill needs more study and was not ready for prime time. YES!!!!!!! The voice of the citizens CAN be heard when we have dedicated people to group together, inform our members, and collectively express our voice. I thank ALL of you who have voiced your concerns during this intense negotiating period. WELL DONE!

And to Senator McWaters and his very hard working staff, WE THANK YOU!!!!!
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation Action Alert – Withdraw SB926 Now

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The following Action Alert has been sent out by the CBF.  Click here for an easy way to take action

The Chesapeake Bay and her precious wetlands need your help TODAY.

Senate Bill 926, a measure that weakens the authority of local wetlands boards, will be considered at tomorrow’s Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources. Your state senator, Sen. Jeff McWaters, has introduced this bill. Please ask Senator McWaters to withdraw this bill, which will have unintended harmful consequences.

CBF and many other conservation organizations oppose this bill, as it undermines Virginia’s effective, four-decades-old tidal wetlands program that relies upon local citizen wetland boards, with oversight by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC), to protect our valuable tidal wetlands.Time is of the essence. Please contact  Sen. McWaters today, and tell him SB 926 is a step backward and to please withdraw it immediately!

Wording for Wetlands Board Code Modification in the City’s Legislative Agenda

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Here is some more background information regarding SB926.  The attached document was pulled from this year’s City Legislative Agenda and was used to start the ball rolling on SB926.

CVB 2013 LegislativeAgenda

City Staff Information Regarding SB926

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The following updated wording of SB926 was provided by Mr. Dave Hansen, Deputy City Manager, earlier today

10. Governmental activity in wetlands owned, leased or within an easement or right to use held by the Commonwealth or a subdivision thereof or a local government approved neighborhood navigation dredging project within a Special Services District adopted by the local governing body in accordance with Va. Code Section 15.2-2400, et seq.  

170 4.  For governmental activity not falling within the exceptions set forth in § 3 (10) above,

the board shall not condition approval on compensatory mitigation for adverse impacts if compensatory mitigation is required for the same activity by the Commission pursuant to Title 28.2 of the Code of Virginia, the Department of Environmental Quality pursuant to Title 62.1 of the Code of Virginia or  § 401 of the Clean Water Act,  or the United States Corps of Army Engineers pursuant to § 404 of the Clean Water Act and § 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1889

Mr. Hansen also provided the following justification for making the legislative request that created SB926

SB926 is a modification of the existing law regarding government activities in wetlands.  The City Council has asked that the language be modified to expand the definition of government projects to include bon-a-fide easements and the Navigation SSD Dredging Projects.  These additions modify the 1992 law  of Va. Code Section 28.2-1302.  The specifics are:

  1. 1.      In Section 3, Paragraph 10, the addition of “or within an easement or right of use held by the Commonwealth or a subdivision thereof.”  The absence of reference to a legally binding easement has significantly disrupted the ability of government entities to implement timely and cost effective projects when substantiated, documented, and City Attorney validated legal instruments allowing the public use of property are in existence.  The “right of use” reference addresses the potential existence of a documented conveyed right other than title, easement or lease.  This instance occurred in the construction of the Constitution Drive Extension across Thalia Creek in Virginia Beach which delayed construction for over 12 months while properties were dedicated and accepted by the Council to establish the relationship of fee simple ownership.
  2. 2.      Also in Section 3, Paragraph 10 was the inclusion of additional specifying language, “or a local government approved neighborhood navigation dredging project within a Special Services District adopted by the local governing body in accordance with VA.Code Section 15.2-2400.”  This language is added to specifically allow SSD Navigation Projects to be considered government projects as they are engineered, constructed, funded and administered by local government staff and therefore, also exempt from Local Wetlands Board review.  This in no way is intended to amend or circumvent the State and Federal permitting process.  All navigation SSD projects will have permit applications submitted through the Joint Permit Application Process managed by VMRC for the purpose of obtaining State permits from both DEQ and VMRC as well as federal permits from the Corps of Engineers.  This specific exemption from Local Wetlands Board review solidifies the need for all three segments of the neighborhood SSD projects (City spur, neighborhood SSD channel, and individual connections) as being the complete project for the purpose of design, permitting and contracting.  By making these projects a government activity all mitigation becomes eligible for use in a government mitigation bank which the City of Virginia Beach is establishing as a result of the Pleasure House Point Purchase and its partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.  It is essential this specific language be included in Senator McWaters’ bill so that Lynnhaven River Now can create a Trust for the oversight of mitigation funds related to impacts in the Lynnhaven.

So as you see, this is a definitional clarification for what constitutes a government project that is exempt for local wetland board review.   The City Council sponsors feel that a permit application submitted by the City Manager’s Office to perform a City Council directed Navigation SSD Project that has been formulated by the City staff charged with providing the regulatory staff research and recommendations for the Local Wetlands Board creates a conflict of interest.  The staff that prepares the application should not be the staff support charged with reviewing and  recommending approval of that application. Currently the definition of “governmental activity” for the Local Wetland Boards, due to legislation for the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC),  is limited to lands the government either owns or holds an easement or right-of-way over.  The language must be modified as it is antiquated and not consistent with the SSD legislation, which was created decades after VMRCs legislation.  This in no way circumvents the state and federal permit review and approval process which this City adheres to on all government projects.

The neighborhood SSD program created by the City Council of Virginia Beach, following state enabling legislation available to all coastal communities in Virginia,  is a tremendous opportunity for waterfront residents to regain navigable access to city channels.  The SSD program is an essential program for many neighborhoods who could not otherwise dredge because the city is able to bundle the regulatory process, tax residents over a period of 16 years, thus building in a means to  finance the effort making it cost effective. Additionally, the “mud tax” which the City’s wetland board collects from private residential projects does not take into account that exposed sediment (“non-vegetated wetland” – or “mudflat” exposed at low tide) is “natural” versus a consequence of sedimentation from surrounding development.    The “mud tax” adds $112.50/cy ($12.50 per square foot x 9 square feet per cubic yard) to the cost of a project currently estimated to cost $30/cy (surveying, engineering, permitting and dredging) to remove the mud. It is this outrageous mud tax that has caused these project to be unaffordable.  In a matter of speaking this tax could be viewed as a prohibition to the property rights of waterfront home owners.

 The Local Wetland Board does not have jurisdiction over subaqueous river bottoms. These Projects will help to restore the environmental quality of the Lynnhaven River by improving the volume of water flow which will improve the tidal cleansing of the river.  All of which will improve the health of fish and shell fish in the river which is of major environmental benefit to the city and its citizens. I could understand the concern that the Local Wetland Board would have regarding tidal wetlands located around the point where dredge spoils are removed from the river but this will be covered in the state and federal permitting. Notwithstanding their normal concerns, all of the Projects are located within the river proper and not in the tidal wetlands.  It would appear that the only other concern that the Local Wetland Board could possibly have is where non-vegetative wetlands and subaqueous river bottom overlap.  Subaqueous river bottom and non-vegetative tidal wetlands are generally one in the same and determining where one starts and stops is of no environmental consequences.  Finally, the public is not further served in any way by requiring the waterfront property owner and the public to spend additional time and money to file and process redundant permits with their City Council appointed Local Wetland Board. Additionally, the fees that the Wet Lands Board could impose on the property owners were arbitrarily established several years ago by the Local Wetland Board without empirical environmental or economic basis. It is beyond reason to require the property owner to submit to additional public hearings only for the property owners to be required to pay additional fees.   To simply duplicate the review of the state and federal agencies that have jurisdiction over such project with an unnecessary local bureaucratic layer is not appropriate.

URGENT NOW: “PLEASE WITHDRAW SENATE BILL SB926” PLEASE CONTACT SENATOR MCWATERS NOW

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Please call and/or email Senator McWaters:

Respectfully ask Senator McWaters to withdraw Senate Bill SB 926.

EMAIL Senator McWaters & His Aid
PHONE Richmond Office: (804) 698-7508

Senator McWaters Contact Info
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WHY?

Dear Gentleman,

I respectfully request that Senate Bill (SB926) be withdrawn.

Removing local Wetlands Board review of local City projects is unacceptable.

Citizen engagement at the local level must be maintained in order to keep trust in government.

The current review process for “28.2-1302 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the jurisdiction of local wetlands boards” results in State owned wetlands projects being reviewed by State commissions (VMRC) and locally owned wetlands projects being reviewed by local Wetlands Boards.

This is the correct method and must be protected.

Moving review boards out of the local area places an unfair burden on citizens and their rights for public comment.

Additionally, local Wetlands Boards are more familiar with the particulars of local projects and are best suited to review these applications.

Sincerely,

Todd Solomon

Shore Drive Community Coalition-Secretary

Maintaining the Status Quo for Shore Drive, check out http://www.sdcc.info

ALSO:

It could undermine Virginia’s no net loss goals for preservation of wetlands acreage and function.

It could undermine government openness and transparency by imposing additional barriers to public participation in the local public hearing of projects that would impact state-protected wetlands.

PLEASE CONTACT SENATOR MCWATERS NOW
Senator Jeffrey L. McWaters
Republican-District 8

Capitol Office
Senate of Virginia
P.O. Box 396
Richmond, VA 23218
Email: district08@senate.virginia.gov
Phone: (804) 698-7508
Fax: (804) 698-7651
Room No: 310
Legislative Assistant: Cheryl Simmons, Christen T. Smith

District Office
1207 Laskin Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23451

Phone: (757) 965-3700

Legislative Assistant: Cheryl Simmons, Christen T. Smith

1207 Laskin Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Phone: (757) 965-3700

As of the time of this post, this Senate Bill SB926 could be heard Thursday.

UPDATE: read the bill. Start here.

Noticed more files available at replacement for Lesner Bridge CIP Project Page

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Added a list of what’s available at our SDCC.info/Hot page. Scroll down to find info about bridge.

Direct link to CIP Project Page for Lesner Bridge.

Landscaping Concept Under Bridge

Landscaping Concept Under Bridge

Construction Impacts – Lesner Bridge Replacement Project

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Sneak peak of power point presentation pulled from the Official City Project Page.

Construction – Begin July 2013; Complete July 2016

One image from presentation

One image from presentation

Download presentation from VBGov.com. [24 page PDF]

Note: If you are viewing presentation on a Mac in Preview – you can watch in full screen slideshow mode.
You can also view each slide & read notes for each by clicking on small cartoon bubble icon in upper left corner of each slide.

“The bill would require the Marine Resources Commission, the Department of Environmental Quality and other involved agencies to establish a procedure for approving within 90 days applications for permits to dredge sand from the bay and dump it on adjacent beaches.”

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From Pilotonline.com:

He said Virginia Beach has agreed to pay for sand replenishment along its part of the Chesapeake Bay, which includes Chic’s Beach and the Shore Drive corridor, areas that suffer some of the worst damage from nor’easters and storms like Sandy.

Apparently Ocean Park was hit harder by Sandy than the east side of the Lesner Bridge.

Taken couple days after Sandy. Dinwiddie walkway in Ocean Park. Photo Credit ~ Jen C.

Taken couple days after Sandy. Dinwiddie walkway in Ocean Park. Photo Credit ~ Jen C.

View SB946 at LIS:

SB 946 Public beaches; authorizes MRC and DEQ to establish procedure for sand replenishment.

Introduced by: Frank W. Wagner | all patrons … notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Sand replenishment for public beaches. Authorizes the Marine Resources Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality to establish an expedited procedure for sand mining and beach replenishment on the public beaches abutting the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. The bill requires the agencies to establish a working group, consisting of representatives from affected localities, to assist in the development of the expedited procedure. The working group is to consider a requirement that the application for the sand replenishment project permit include the submission of a mining plan by the locality for areas within the Chesapeake Bay from which the dredged material will be taken and the location of the beach replenishment project. The bill provides several types of information that such a plan would include, such as the analysis of benthic, marine, and fishery resources; impact on any historical artifacts; and impact on other uses of the state waters and bottomlands at the dredge site.

Proposed Page Avenue and Cherry Place Intersection Alternative at Shore Drive, Cape Henry Towers.

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Thanks to Public Works Project Manager Jason B. Wilson for sharing the proposed changes for the intersection of Page Avenue and Shore Drive.

View the CHT Presentation Final (12 page PDF).
This is part of 2.117.000: Shore Drive Corridor Improvements – Phase III.
Learn more about Shore Drive infrastructure work at SDCC.info/HOT.

Alternative 1 for proposed realignment of intersection.

Alternative 1 for proposed realignment of intersection.

View from Page Avenue looking east down Shore Drive. This is across the street from Starbucks at east end of Lesner Bridge.

View from Page Avenue looking east down Shore Drive.

Trees pictured above would come down under all 3 Alternative proposals.

An excerpt of a comment from previous post at SDCC.info about this proposal:

I don’t understand the reason for ANY if these three proposals. Even when Duck In was hosting their famous Friday night parties, everyone (even drunk drivers) managed to exit onto Shore Dr without problems.

City Continues Engineering Studies for Immediate Stormwater Solutions East of Lesner Bridge – Results Expected April 2013

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The following email was received from Deputy City Manager Dave Hansen in respone to requests that immediate stormwater solutions similar to the one used in Ocean Park be installed in flood prone areas east of the Lesner Bridge in Cape Story, Lynnhaven Colony and Cape Henry neighborhoods.

 

Eastern Shore Drive Leaders,

Let me begin by attesting the Eastern Shore Drive Storm Water Drainage Area Improvement Initiative is one of our top focus areas as we roll into the new year.  The staff and City leadership are very sensitive to the hardships created when we have intense and long-lasting weather events such as Sandy, Irene, and the Nor’easter of Nov 09.  Following Public Works attendance and briefing last Saturday with the Lynnhaven Colony Civic League and concerns we have received from Cape Henry Shores, Cape Story By the Sea and other concerned citizens in the eastern Shore Drive drainage area, our engineering and operations staff will be undertaking an accelerated analysis of several interim solutions which have been suggested and on the face seem to have merit in providing various degrees of protection from tidal inundation.  Below is a summary of the two phases I have asked our engineering staff to pursue.  Phase I is a data map with summary descriptions so we identify all infrastructure, elevations and drainage areas east of the Lesner.  Completing this on 7 Dec allows us to define the study aspects of Phase II.  I have asked Public Works to complete their assessments and recommendations by the first week in April and to publish a written report NLT 12 April.  Intent will be to post this report on-line for the civic leagues and citizens to review. Here are summaries of the first two phases:

1.    Using City topographic mapping as the base, delineate the drainage sub basins, the drainage systems (open and closed), and the outfalls for the Lynnhaven Colony/Cape Henry/Cape Story by the Sea areas.  This will provide a clear graphic that depicts the ground elevations, drainage areas, and drainage system elements – including outfalls.  This will be used as a tool for the additional analyses identified in Phase 2 and will be suitable for discussions with the BAC and civic leagues when describing how the systems function and why engineering analyses are necessary to support any proposed interim measures such as backflow preventers.  I.e., it’s not as simple as just keeping the tide out, the rainfall runoff has to be able to either be safely stored within the particular drainage area or be able to be discharged with the backflow preventers in place (or a combination thereof).  These products will be ready by December 7.

2.    Each sub basin will have an analysis done to determine the suitability of backflow preventers on the outfall for the particular subbasin; if a backflow preventer is suitable, the type of backflow preventer; the amount of rainfall runoff the subbasin can handle without structural flooding; the stand-by pumping requirements (if any); and the probable costs.  While simply jumping to a “solution” as has been suggested by some,  it is absolutely necessary that the City allow the responsible level of engineering to be done to assure that we do not inadvertently worsen the drainage situation for any particular subbasin.  We are estimating four months for this effort. Expect to deliver a written analysis with recommendations and preliminary costs and timeline by mid-April.

Phase III will be the review and approval process leading to design and construction.  Once we firm up the costs and the competitive process we’ll use to get the work done we can provide a reasonable timeline.  I wish to close this email by ensuring our citizens fully understand these interim solutions as with the permanent solutions have definitive limitations.  At some level of tidal surge and some accumulation and intensity of precipitation all infrastructure improvements will be overcome and mother nature will prevail.  Hopefully implementing interim measures will reduce the risk of moderate storm damage and buy the time for us to consider even grander infrastructure solutions to tackle the bigger more threatening hurricanes and nor’easters we seem to be weathering of late.  Happy Thanksgiving and fingers crossed for a quiet winter storm season. Regards, Dave

 

Dave Hansen

Deputy City Manager

City of Virginia Beach

(757)385-4242

“Temporary Bulkhead” at the beloved Lynnhaven Boat Ramp & Beach Facility further explained

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From an email from Dave Hansen posted unedited with permission:

Kal & Grace,

FYI – The “Temporary Bulkhead” as shown in the permit application and on the current design plans, is designed with steel sheeting with a tie-back system and a concrete cap. The length is approx 400 LF.

Timber is great for residential bulkheads, but it is not adequate for a commercial/industrial application like this.

Timber would not hold up for the construction duration. The cap would require cleats to tie-off and a timber cap would not provide an adequate anchor for loaded barges, boats, etc., to tie off.

The concrete cap provides more structural stability for the bulkhead design.

This concrete cap bulkhead design is more of a standard section that contractors are used to building.

As an alternate, a more expensive steel cap could be used, but in either scenario (steel or concrete) the cap needs to be more durable than timber.

As promised in my many briefings to your respective organizations we will visit this discussion just past the 50% construction stage to see how we are co-existing with our boating public. Regards, Dave

Dave Hansen
Deputy City Manager
City of Virginia Beach
(757)385-4242

Permit at US ACOE website.
More about dredging, and the replacement for the Lesner Bridge at SDCC HOT page.

Online Petition to Move Electronic Roadway sign and Save Live Oaks

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Three electronic ITS traffic/safey warning signs are being installed on Shore Drive. 

1 – West of Marlin Bay Drive in the median

2- West of First Landing State Park Bayside entrance (northside of road)

3- Northend near 89th street

The signs are part of a Federally funded project and were approved by the City’s Public Works department in 2008.  In addition to the signs being big and ugly, the sign installed near the State Park will require several of the City’s official trees, the live oak, to be removed.

Members of the Friends of Live Oaks have started an online petition requesting the sign be relocated to the median to avoid tree removal.  You can sign the petition at the following link

 http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/702/346/384/

 

Close up of sign near Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trees between sign (located far left just behind the white car) and Park entrance to be removed.

Editorial entitled Negotiate to save Lynnhaven property, Pleasure House Point.

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Read entire editorial entitled Negotiate to save Lynnhaven property at Pilotonline.com.

It’s time for the firm, city and foundation leaders to work together for the common good and figure out a way to preserve those four acres.

And:

…whether through negotiations with the developer that involve a land swap, tax breaks or some other method.

One of the groups that worked to preserve PHP. A team of Kemps Landing Magnet School eighth-graders and the sixth-grade class at Cape Henry Collegiate School have a shared vision: to preserve…

Multiple car break ins, drunk driving including hitting various objects, driving on bike path, vandalism and more in Cape Henry Shores and Cape Story by The Sea last night.

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Neighborhood Watch from CSTBS will be attending the Citizen’s Advisory Committee meeting on Wednesday night at the Second Precinct at 820 Virginia Beach Blvd and intend to bring all this up. Everyone is invited to attend this meeting to air complaints, and to meet with police and other City officials. They really appreciate public comments. The meeting starts at 7:00 p.m.