Sneak peak of power point presentation pulled from the Official City Project Page.
Construction – Begin July 2013; Complete July 2016
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Forwarded from previous OPCL President:
Hope at receiving this you had a festive holiday season and are ready to do great things for our City in 2013. Attached you will find a draft of the legislation Chris Stolle is carrying for the City to set the ground work for a collaborative process of creating a sand replenishment program for the Chesapeake Bay Beaches. Following completion of the Council funded study by VIMS (can be found at http://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/public-works/coastal/Documents/cxb-shoal-report-12-11.pdf )[246 Page PDF]. The study focused on Chesapeake Beach but we are confident the sizeable deposits of suitable material exist offshore of all our Chesapeake Bay Beaches. Please share with your Commission/Board and if you would like Phil and I are more than happy to attend your next meeting to discuss our program initiative. As this has the unanimous support of the City Council we would like to receive both the Beaches and Waterways Advisory Commission and the Bayfront Advisory Committee endorsements. The Norfolk City Manager’s office is endorsing the legislation as well. Also request that once your organizations are behind the initiative that you take the opportunity to let our General Assembly Delegation know of your support. Please call if you have questions. VR Dave
Dave Hansen
Deputy City Manager
City of Virginia Beach
(757)385-4242
Download the VIMS study entitled A Geotechnical Evaluation of Chesapeake Beach for Beach Quality Sand. [246 Page PDF]
VIMS is the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
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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.
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.
Learn more about Bayfront Advisory Committee(BAC).
As our neighbor was about to leave for his short Christmas holiday with his family, a visitor came to stay for a bit. About 50 pounds of wet black hair planted himself on our neighbor’s front porch. My neighbor called me to ask if I knew the owner of the friendly mature black lab. Not knowing the owner, I called Marty Schuman, president of Cape Henry Shores Civic Association to ask for help. He gave me the name and telephone of the Neighborhood Watch coordinator, Ms. Regina Wallace. She quickly put the word out over the internet and text alert system. Within 45 minutes, we had some nice people picking up a very happy dog who would have otherwise gone to animal control. Amazing! One HAPPY family and one very lucky dog who had apparently chased a duck and ventured across Long Creek from Bay Island. With the timely return of their dog, and his reunion with their sweet young daughter, Christmas was once again made special. I am sorry, but I didn’t get her name. I wonder if it is “Virginia”?
As we finish the year of 2012, we wish a warm (no global warming reference intended) season’s greetings to all our families and volunteers who have so freely given of their time, efforts, and treasures to maintain and improve the beauty and community of the Shore Drive area. Many, many people have so generously given to others in our area through food, furniture and clothing drives. You have welcomed our troops home, or said “good bye”, and offered a hand to neighbors while watching over our communities to keep them safe for all. Virginia Beach is truly a generous and caring community. Many of you have given without even expecting a “thank you”. You are beautiful, friendly and caring. You are the heart and very soul of this community that makes you so special. Enjoy your Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or winter solstice. May you personally feel the sense of community with all your neighbors, friends, and family about you.
We wish to give a special “thank you” to our Mayor, City Council members, and city staff for bringing Pleasure House Point to a reality and preserving this incredible public treasure for our future generations. Lynnhaven River Now and Chesapeake Bay Foundation deserve our very special thanks and continued future support.
On behalf of Grace, Todd, Carol, and Tim, may all of you have a MOST SPECIAL HOLIDAY!
CHEERS!!!!!
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.
View from Page Avenue looking east down Shore Drive.
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.
Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) would like your help in long range planning for our region. Read their information below and Please take 5 minutes to answer their online survey.
The Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) is updating the Long-Range Transportation Plan. Entitled Navigating the Future to 2040, this plan will address future road, transit, passenger rail, freight, bicycle and pedestrian needs for the region. Because these are your needs, and because this plan will directly impact you and shape your quality of life, we want to hear your perspective and opinions on vital transportation issues in the region. In this way, we can mutually shape a vision for Hampton Roads. Help us navigate the region’s future! This short survey should only take about 5 minutes to complete and will be used to help guide transportation in Hampton Roads. We thank you for assisting us with identifying these issues, and enabling us to direct resources to solving these needs.
By Selene D. Guerrero, Correspondent Virginia Pilot
Residents of Lynnhaven Colony filed into Dockside Restaurant on Nov. 17, but instead of appetites they brought questions for the public works officials in attendance. The city panel and more than 50 residents gathered to discuss solutions to the neighborhood’s common flooding during high tide and inclement weather.
“The most important and expensive thing you purchase is your home,” Donna Rennick, civic league vice-president, told Phillip Davenport, public works director, before he took the floor.
“We need to know how we can work with you,” Rennick said. “We need answers.”
Phillip Roehrs, water resources engineer, presented a project that officials believe would alleviate most of the flooding, but further study is needed to make certain it will do the job. Lynnhaven Colony is south of Shore Drive, on land that is between the Chesapeake Bay and Long Creek, which is a tributary of the Lynnhaven River. According to a 2005 study, solving the core problems – feeder ditch improvements, flooding on Shore Drive, relieving flooding in low-lying areas – is estimated to cost $50 million, Roehrs said. Roehrs added that he was not prepared to provide the residents a timeline of when the project would begin or be completed.
“We’re at a point where we are thinking of moving,” said Joyce Dunn, a 30-year resident. “After the 2009 nor’easter, the city proposed the same and nothing has been resolved.”
Dunn’s family has made costly adjustments in their home, such as resurfacing their garage and moving their furnace to the attic. In about a year, when sidewalk construction on Shore Drive begins, the city plans to start Phase I of the project by putting in the components needed for development of a flood-control system.
The final plan would provide the community with two tide gates, five water pump stations (adding to the two already in place) and an underground conveyance system. The current outfalls to the Chesapeake Bay and river would be improved with extra collection systems that would provide a better flow.
“There are minor tweaks in the works,” Roehrs said. “But it will take a number of years to build and a number of years to finance.”
Currently less than $3 million a year is set aside for the project. City officials are working to come up with a way to fully finance the project and move forward.
“Even if we are able to come up with a financing plan where we can have all the money today,” Davenport said, “we can’t do all of the work at one time, it has to be phased.”
Construction around the roads and ditches would make it difficult for residents to get in and out of Lynnhaven Colony, he said.
The city plans to put in place a funding and work schedule, and provide residents with a timeline by December 2013. In the meantime, city representatives suggested that homeowners have their homes elevated and seek federal funding with the Federal Emergency Management Agency through the Severe Repetitive Loss program.
“Set an expectation,” resident Vin Melwani told the panel after the presentation. “I’m a homeowner,” Melwani said. “I just would really appreciate it if you could set a realistic expectation.”
program, contact Erin Sutton, city emergency planner, at 385-1076.
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
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.
About Jetty study at Pilotonline:
Once the study is complete, the corps will present its findings to the city. Then both parties will decide whether to move forward with building the structures, said Phil Roehrs, the Virginia Beach coastal engineer.
Roehrs said the city would consider the jetties “only if the study shows they can be built in an environmentally sound way.”
Previously at SDCC.info. We scooped the Pilot. Thanks Andy.
About wind turbines at CBF’s facility on PHP at SavePHP.org:
Hopefully CBF and SmithGroup JJR will far exceed the standard in the wind turbine they use so as to minimize bird conflicts since PHP is a vital stop in the Atlantic Flyway.
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…
Learn more at US Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District article.
The federal study will determine if jetties or a combination of coastal structures is cost-effective in reducing critical shoaling and annual costs of maintaining the navigation channel, as well as reducing damages incurred on structures in the channel due to continuous wave action.
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.
More press about 100% of Pleasure House Point not being preserved.
… plans have quietly moved ahead to build duplexes and extend a road through two areas in the tract, known as Pleasure House Point.”
Turns out there’s a loophole in the celebrated purchase and preservation of Pleasure House Point, the largest undeveloped tract left on the Lynnhaven River, loaded with sand dunes, maritime forest and waterfront vistas.
Note the amount of trees and vital habitat that is at risk for destruction. Birds, including those migrating in the Atlantic Flyway, depend on Pleasure House Point and it’s open space to survive.
Partial shot of 1 page of plans shown upside down.
The photos below show the high tide flooding that occurred Monday Oct. 29th around 10:30am high tide cycle for Long Creek. The water level above the SW grate on First Landing was about 14 inches. Estimate for the height of the high tide for this event is close to 7.0 feet based on 2006, 2009 Nor’Ida and 2011 Irene.
At least 8 homes between Calvert and Wake Forest had water come into their homes. The one at the end of First Landing Lane had at close to 18 inches and will need dry wall and insulation replaced. All of the flooding for these homes was a direct result of the tidal surge coming backwards through the First Landing outfalls in the Cape Henry canal.
Based on observations during the storm, water from the Cape Henry canal never breeched the roadway crest at the intersection of Admiral and First Landing. Water entered the ditch along the trail and filled the low lying areas and then flowed west toward Wake Forest. The maps produced after the 2009 event were very close to what actually happened.
Based on the success of the backflow prevention device in Ocean Park, some type of device needs to be installed in the First Landing outfalls ASAP. The flooding damage to Cape Story as a result of Sandy could have been prevented. Based on past experience from 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2012, a backflow device will function satisfactorily for events that have a high tide less than 8.5 feet. This should be acceptable for most events. Of course, if a Cat 2 storm hits us directly, we’re all in trouble. Nothing will save us and we know that.
CBF’s Virginia update on critical action the State Legislature needs to take. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD CLOSES NOVEMBER 16. Help protect menhaden population in the Bay.
As a companion article in this newsletter details, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) is now considering steps to protect and begin restoration of the Atlantic menhaden population. Ensuring that menhaden remain abundant in the Atlantic and the Chesapeake Bay is critical. Described as the “most important fish in the sea,” menhaden provide a major food source for other fish, marine mammals, and birds.
The companion article mentioned above.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is pushing for fair and reasonable changes to the management plan in order to rebuild the menhaden population and boost opportunities for watermen, anglers, and wildlife:
A 25 percent reduction of the menhaden catch as a first step toward eliminating overfishing.
Achieving the target level fishing mortality within five years.
To avoid undue harm to local fishermen catching menhaden for bait, the allocation scheme should split the new quota 70:30 between the industrial fishery and the local bait fisheries.
SUBMIT YOUR COMMENT BY NOVEMBER 16th TO HELP PROTECT MENHADEN.
Many people have never even heard of this boney, oily, unappetizing fish (also known as bunker or pogy).
But without this little unsung hero, the Bay’s ecosystem would likely collapse.
