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SDCC General Meeting – Monday Dec. 29th

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Click here for a printable version of the agenda – SDCC Agenda DEC 2014

Shore Drive Community Coalition General Meeting

Monday December 29, 2014

7:30 – 8:30 pm

Ocean Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Station

(Intersection of Shore Drive and East Stratford Rd)

SDCC Mini-CHRISTMAS Party

(Finger Food, Salad, Soda, Cookies provided by David)

Call to order:

Meeting topic: Delegate Chris Stolle to discuss upcoming Assembly items:

  • Virginia Beach’s city package to Assembly
  • Commonwealth’s 2015 Budget outlook
  • Transportation Bill and funding projections
  • Affordable Care Act and State medical insurance expansion
  • State’s mitigation programs of sea level rise
  • Assembly outlook for 2015
  • Questions and answers

Nominations for SDCC Officer’s Slate for 2015

Officer’s Reports:   President’s Report      David Williams

Vice Pres Report         Rick Mercadante

Secretary’s Report      Todd Solomon- November Minutes

Treasurer’s Report      Paulette Hruska

Old Business:   See meeting topics

Adjourn

Next SDCC – Monday January 26, 2015 7:30 pm

Ocean Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Station

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

Woman arrested for stealing dropped-off Christmas presents including in Shore Drive area

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View report at 13NewsNow.com.
Note: Link has audio from commercial that can not be turned off.

“It’s just kind of disheartening that someone in your neighborhood, someone you’re supposed to know and trust could do something like this during the holiday season,” Farrell tells 13News Now.

Police are asking for citizens to contact Det. Cutrer at 385-2724 to make a police report and to identify the potentially stolen item(s) if they feel as though they have been one of the victims.

“We hope that once the project is finished, the improvements will improve access and visibility so these businesses are affected in a much more positive way.”

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Coverage at WTKR.com.

“People would have to go to a detour through the neighborhood,” she said. “I had tons of customers email me and say ‘I didn’t think you were open because of the construction.’ They thought I was completely closed.”

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The good news is the COVB does not want to cut down 2 live oaks at LBR

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The bad news is COVB has hired an arborist to see how much love they need so as not be cut down.

“I-264 LONDON BRIDGE ROAD EXIT RAMP CLOSED DECEMBER 15-19 FOR PAVEMENT REHABILITATION”

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View Press Release at VirginiaDOT.org here.

To stay informed of lane closures and alternate routes prior to traveling in a work zone
area, motorists can visit 511virginia.org, virginiaroads.org, RepaveHR.com, call 511, download Virginia’s free 511 mobile app, listen to Highway Advisory Radio (HAR) 1680 AM or call the Traffic Information Line at 757-361-3016 for the most current traffic and travel information. Follow us on Twitter, @VaDOTHR.

“City Seeks Input on Virginia Beach’s Elderly and Disabled Real Estate Tax Relief Program”

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To ensure City Council receives the best possible recommendations, the Tax Relief for the Elderly and Disabled Taskforce is requesting input from Virginia Beach citizens through Virtual Town Hall. A short survey has been posted whereby citizens are asked to provide feedback on their knowledge of the Elderly and Disabled Real Estate Tax Relief Program and what they think the perimeters should be. The topic will be available on Virtual Town Hall for public input until 5:00 p.m. on January 9, 2015.

To view the Elderly and Disabled Real Estate Tax Relief Program click here.

Participate in Town Hall by starting here.

This topic has an introduction from the City of Virginia Beach, 25 visitors and 11 responses. The deadline for participation is 12:00 AM on January 9, 2015.

That morning, he’d passed out printed copies of insulting emails about her and was cussing and yelling in the lobby of the Chesapeake House condos on Shore Drive, where they had once shared a home and where Tammy still lived. “It’s not going to stop,” the woman said that day, Dec. 22, 2013. “He said he was going to kill her.”

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A follow up at Pilotonline.com.

Forty-five minutes later, Tammy was dead. Dennie had shot her before killing himself.

In the days and hours leading up to the deaths, Dennie was broadcasting his problems, devastated by the breakup of his marriage. A family member says Dennie sought help through the military, and Tammy had called police less than a week before to report his threat of suicide.

Public Info Meeting about offshore wind power. “The BOEM meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 17, 2014, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., at the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, 717 General Booth Boulevard, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451.”

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released an Environmental Assessment (EA) of the proposed Virginia Offshore Wind Technology Advancement Project. The EA addresses the societal and environmental consequences associated with the construction, operation, maintenance, and eventual decommission of the turbines and cables that will deliver power to shore in Virginia Beach. The impacts of noise, presence of structures, bottom disturbance, vessel traffic, and onshore activities are considered.

The comment period is open until January 2. Submission details are listed on the BOEM website. For more information, BOEM will conduct a public information meeting to explain the proposed activities analyzed in the EA and provide additional opportunity for public comment.

More at TidewaterCurrent.com.

Filing Service SCAM may target Incorporated Civic Leagues and Associations as well as Businesses

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The state is warning business owners about a private firm sending solicitations that look similar to annual forms required by the State Corporation Commission.

The mailings, from an entity called the Virginia Council for Corporations, ask business owners to return a form, along with a check for $125.

To read the entire Virginian-Pilot article, please click here

There is no reason to use this service and the State is not accepting the documents.  Please do not pay them for anything.

“Police arrested a man for breaking into cars in a Virginia Beach neighborhood, and it was a 10 On Your Side report that helped bring him to justice.”

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Head over to WAVY.com.

There was a reason why Browne wanted to show 10 On Your Side his home surveillance video from late October.

“Complete Streets are streets for everyone. They are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders of all ages and abilities. Complete Streets make it easy to cross the street, walk to shops, and bicycle to work. They allow buses to run on time and make it safe for people to walk to and from train stations.”

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Virginia Beach Adopts Complete Streets Policy

Woo hoo!

The purpose of the Complete Streets Policy is to improve the Virginia Beach transportation system by providing safe, attractive travel for all users through a system of connected transportation choices designed in harmony with adjacent land uses.

View Press Release at VBGov.com.
Learn more about Complete Streets Policy at VBGov.com.

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“Later, a group of six or so great egrets flew in a graceful dance over the water, sparkling in the sunlight. Four of the beauties settled in a treetop as if to give the photographers a chance for shots. Since 2012, 144 species of birds have been reported at Pleasure House Point. More than 20 species were seen at last week’s bird walk, including the great big rare Brock Center species.”

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Read all of Mary Reid Barrow’s article here.

The bird walk was one of several scheduled through the year by Lynnhaven River Now and led by Steve Coari, an expert birder from the Virginia Beach Audubon Society.

More about Lynnhaven River NOW at LRNow.org.
Visit Virginia Beach Audubon Society page for Pleasure House Point to learn more about bird sightings at PHP.

Photo Credit: Tim Solanic on a different trip.

Photo Credit: Tim Solanic on a different trip.

“The city is moving forward on a long-awaited sand replenishment project for Chic’s Beach, starting with collecting “public beach” releases from the neighborhood’s waterfront property owners.”

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View article at Pilotonline.com.

The release states that a property owner agrees the portion of the land between the dune or the bulkhead line and the water is a public beach. The owner gives the city permission to dump sand on it and agrees not to impede public access.

City officials met with Chic’s Beach residents about the project and the release form last month. They’ll need consent from the owners of roughly 140 properties stretching about a mile from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek to Joyce Avenue.

Chic's Beach resident Taylor Sharpe and his dog Sandy walk the beach there at high tide on Aug. 28, 2011, after the departure of Hurricane Irene. Waves from the Chesapeake Bay lap at the pilings of the waterfront homes on Ocean View Avenue in this section of Virginia Beach. (Vicki Cronis-Nohe | The Virginian-Pilot)

Chic’s Beach resident Taylor Sharpe and his dog Sandy walk the beach there at high tide on Aug. 28, 2011, after the departure of Hurricane Irene. Waves from the Chesapeake Bay lap at the pilings of the waterfront homes on Ocean View Avenue in this section of Virginia Beach. (Vicki Cronis-Nohe | The Virginian-Pilot)

“Your $150 contribution will support the Brock Environmental Center and CBF’s work in Hampton Roads. This is your opportunity to have your name included on the special “Raise the Roof” wall inside the Brock Environmental Center’s conference room.”

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You Asked and ‘Yes!’ You Can Still Help “Raise the Roof” at CBF.org.
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“Join us at Adaptive Planning for Flooding and Coastal Change in Virginia: Next Steps for the Commonwealth, where the dialogue will move forward by sharing the resolutions made to date”

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Learn more at VA Coastal Policy Clinic at W&M Law School event page.

    Friday, December 5th 2014
    8:30am – 5pm
    Miller Hall (Mason School of Business)
    101 Ukrop Way
    Williamsburg, VA 23185

SDCC General Meeting Agenda – Monday November 24th at 7:30pm

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Click here for a printable version of the agenda  SDCC Agenda NOV 24 2014

Shore Drive Community Coalition General Meeting

Monday November 24, 2014

7:30-8:30 pm

Ocean Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Station

(Intersection of Shore Drive and East Stratford Rd.)

 

Call to order:

Meeting topic:  General discussion on various Shore Drive issues 

  • Overview and Updates on Comprehensive Plan
  • Neighborhood Dredging Program (permanent bulkhead implications for Crab Creek area, transfer sites, program issues)
  • Recurrent Flooding Study – 3 year mapping study, is that too long to wait for community input?
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) Brock Environmental Center – Unplugged and Open 
  • Naming of New Bridge – Discussion regarding process and Chic’s Beach campaign for Admiral Jeremiah Denton Memorial Bridge

 

 

Officers’ Reports:     President’s Report              David Williams

                                    Vice President’s Report      Rick Mercadante

                                    Secretary’s Report              Todd Solomon –October Minutes

                                    Treasurer’s Report              Paulette Hruska

 

Old Business:           See meeting topics

New Business:         SDCC elections for 2015 and Open Floor                     

 

Adjourn

  

Next SDCC- Monday December 29, 2014

7:30pm @ Ocean Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Station

 

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

“Residents of adjoining neighborhoods, especially on Broad Bay Island, were worried about the proposal at first, said Kal Kassir, a member of the Broad Bay Island Civic League. They didn’t want an industrial enterprise – envisioned as ugly, noisy and smelly – plunked down in the middle of their quiet neighborhood. They changed their minds after meeting with Lynnhaven River Now.”

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Read entire article at Pilotonline.com.

Oysters are good at cleaning sediment and bacteria out of waterways, which makes them great a cleaning rivers. The goal of the Lynnhaven Aquaculture Center – rendering of the property at left – is to introduce new oysters to the Lynnhaven River to clean it and meet state and federal water-quality standards.

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The Lynnhaven Aquaculture Center is on the agenda tonight for City Council meeting.

“We had the opportunity to push the envelope on innovative and creative methods,” said Chris Brandt, executive vice president of Hourigan Construction. “There were so many certification levels that needed to be met that it was a job in itself to keep track of them all.”

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The Center is on track to be the first commercial-scale building in the continental U.S. to earn net-zero water status. A rainwater collection system will store rainwater in tanks under the building and then filter it for hand-washing and drinking through a state-of-the-art water filtration system licensed by the State of Virginia’s Office of Drinking Water. The Center features waterless, composting toilets, and all grey water (wastewater generated from sinks and showers) will be channeled through a wetland constructed of native plants where natural processes will clean and return it to the underground aquifer.

Photo: November 20th 2013

Photo: November 20th 2013