The Cape Story by the Sea Neighborhood Watch Group sent out an e-mail to all of its residents alerting them about the burglary. The homeowner believes it happened between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Category Archives: Safety
Pedestrian signs installed at La Casa Rana, Salty C’s, Croakers, Cheap Chic Resale Boutique “block” on Shore Drive. Thanks Public Works!
East bound side of Shore Drive at Salty C's.
West bound side at Bay Vista
Thanks to Debbie of La Casa Rana Baja Grill for letting us know Public Works installed the signs!
There were 4 deaths, including 3 pedestrians, in this area since 1997.
Update on barge in Long Creek
Email from VMRC rep:
Mr. Cunningham,
I recently talked with the contractor. He is currently waiting for the excavator to be delivered back to Marina Shores so it can be placed back on the barge. He has two pier projects (recently authorized by VMRC) nearby on Long Creek, and the barge will be moved over to those properties by the end of January.
Justin D. Worrell
Environmental Engineer
Habitat Management Division
Virginia Marine Resources Commission
(757) 247-8063 telephone
(757) 247-8062 fax
Break-in and Robbery In Cape Story
From an email from Cape Story Prez:
Follow up on the young couple who just moved into Cape Story and were robbed yesterday (door kicked in and two TV’s and computer stolen). I stopped by tonight and found a couple of Cape Story neighbors replacing the door (GREAT WORK!!) and I expresssed the concern of the neighborhood and offered to send out email to see if anyone had extra TV or computer not needed. SO this is the send, if you have extra electronics let me know and I will forward.
THIS is a very serious robbery with the door destruction , between 11 am and 2 pm and targeting specific items right on SHORE DRIVE . CAREFUL and SEE Something SAY Something. Empsy
Empsy Munden, Pres Cape Story by the Sea emunden@aol.com 757-869-5785
House break in. Cape Story this afternoon.
From Cape Story Neighborhood Watch:
My son’s house was just broken into in the last several hours. The police are there now. They busted in the back side door and stole most of the electronics, not sure what else yet. Will update you if warranted. Broad day light….this is scary.
CIP projects info added to our HOT page
Here’s what was added:
Shore Drive Corridor Improvements Projects
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This project will provide safety improvements, including pedestrian walkways and bikeways, along the Shore Drive corridor from South Oliver Drive/Waterspoint Place to Treasure Island Drive. It will also include improvements along Shore Drive at the Northampton Boulevard interchange and to the intersections at Pleasure House Road and at Greenwell Road.
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This project begins at Vista Circle, near the eastern end of the Lesner Bridge, and extends eastward through the Great Neck Road intersection and terminates at Croix Drive. This project will improve vehicular and pedestrian traffic flow and safety in the roadway and intersections; improve storm drainage; include a multi-use trail, 5-ft sidewalk and on-street bike lanes; and enhance the corridor with aesthetic elements such as landscaping and lighting.
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This project begins at the Marlin Bay Drive/Sandy Oaks Drive intersection and ends at the west end of the Lesner Bridge. This project will improve vehicular and pedestrian traffic flow and safety in the roadway and intersections; improve storm drainage; include a multi-use trail, 5-ft sidewalk and on-street bike lanes; and enhance the corridor with aesthetic elements such as landscaping and lighting. It will include improvements at the East Stratford Road intersection.
Note: projected end date of all infrastructure improvements of Shore Drive including replacing the Lesner Bridge is ~ September 2019.
Try out the new bridge on the multi-use path on Shore Drive!
It’s cool!
Walking, strolling, riding, running west of the Lesner Bridge on the south side of Shore Drive – if you head back into the PHP side of Ocean Park – can all be done on a multi-use path all the way to Independence Blvd. Thanks!
When Shore Drive Corridor Improvements Phase IV in Ocean Park is completed, surely there’ll be continuous multi-use paths on both the northbound and southbound sides of Shore Drive.
Pleasure House Point preservation gets another $1.54M grant !
More at SavePHP.org:
$1 million grant will add 82 acres to Virginia Beach’s park and open space system
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, partnering with the City of Virginia Beach and the Trust for Public Land, will use this grant and non-federal match of $540,000 to acquire and preserve one of Hampton Roads’ largest undeveloped waterfront properties.
Incident in First Landing State Park
FYI, from an email to Cape Story’s neighborhood watch coordinator:
We had an individual that was jumping on a gentleman on the King Fisher Trail. The person has psychological issues and was arrested on Friday shortly after the incident. I spoke with this person on Tuesday because we had a report of an individual touching/grabbing men when they went by her along Cape Henry Trail. No one wished to press charges so the individual was told to leave the park for the day. The park will seek a court order banning this individual from park property when her court day arrives. This was an isolated incident and dealt with swiftly.
Let me know if I may be of further assistance.
Bruce
Who is Bruce?
Bruce is Bruce Widener the Park Ranger at First Landing State Park. He receives all of my NW emails and is really sensitive about what is said about any trouble in the park.
“A divided School Board agreed Tuesday to sell an acre of land at Thalia Elementary School to the city, clearing the way for dredging a channel of the Lynnhaven River.”
Read and comment at Pilotonline.com:
As part of the deal, the city agreed to several conditions to mitigate those concerns, including promises to cease operations during student dismissal and to restrict dump trucks from crossing in front of the school.
“We are pleased to help preserve the largest undeveloped parcel of land on the Lynnhaven River for generations to come,” said Virginia M. Board, president of The Dominion Foundation and managing director of community affairs for Dominion Virginia Power. “Pleasure House Point provides valuable public green space and the opportunity to experience shoreline habitat, wetlands and maritime forest, and it protects the natural habitat of birds and marine life.”
Before Wells Fargo took over ownership of the property last year, developers had planned to build a large waterfront development known as Indigo Dunes. TPL intends to buy the property from Wells Fargo and sell most of the land to the Virginia Beach Parks and Recreation Department for open space preservation and public access to the Lynnhaven River.
“It’s gratifying to see the progress we’ve made toward preserving this unique property,” said Virginia Beach Mayor William D. Sessoms, Jr. “I thank Dominion Virginia Power and the Dominion Foundation for their generosity, and for joining this partnership to save the largest piece of undeveloped waterfront property on the Lynnhaven.”
Pleasure House Point. Critical habitat for wildlife, you & future generations!
Update: In Biz Buzz at Pilotonline.com.
The alternative site is on city-owned land along West Great Neck Road between the Lynnhaven Marine Boatel and Marina Shore Shoppes
Plans to build a dredge spoils transfer station in a residential neighborhood off Long Creek appear to be on hold.
The Beaches and Waterways Commission, an advisory group to the City Council, voted Thursday to recommended an alternative site.
What Will It TakeTo Be Heard?
Call me naive maybe, but I was taught in public school and spent my college and military years believing in our Democracy. Even after egregious and impeachable acts of Richard Nixon, LCol Oliver North, and J. Edgar Hoover, and unnamed others who have hacked into our rights, our freedoms have prevailed somewhat intact.
The politicians of that “ill-clique” up in Washington seemed removed from who we are and how we live our daily lives in a city like Virginia Beach.
I am reminded that all politics are local. The violations of our trust and confidence do not always occur just from Washington. Some of our citizens have experienced a trampling of their rights from our city staff and city appointed “Advisory” committees. Any violations of our Constitutional rights should be directly challenged and corrected.
Should citizens be prevented from speaking at scheduled open forums or from asking the city questions concerning the safety of public projects that involve our neighborhoods? Should the city’s Public Works Department be the safety monitor and enforcer for those projects? Should a neighborhood’s rights be mauled to enable a “good ol’gal” private business expansion? Should a neighborhood be pulped from dump truck traffic just to support one private party who would commercially benefit? Mr. Fraim has so stated. Ask Thomas Fraim, Chairman of the Beaches and Waterways Advisory Committee about open and transparent city staff meetings or free and open public committee meetings.
This Veteran’s Day, consider all those who have fought for our freedoms and our very Constitution. Consider this, if Hitler’s Third Reich had defeated us in WWII, or if Stalin’s communists had won the Cold War, would our rights and our freedoms continue today? So, why should we accept any trampling on our rights, back door politics, special deals, lack of transparency, and egregious acts from some city staff members?
Will the Mayor and City Council arrive at an honorable course of action that recognizes the mounting and significant citizen opposition to the Neighborhood Dredge (Spoils) Program? Will city staff acknowledge the numerous serious flaws and lack of sufficient studies that exist in the Neighborhood Dredge (Spoils) Program? We citizens will watch closely while some in City Council deliberate their fate and our given rights.
New link added – VB’s ePro, Electronic Police Reports Online
Welcome to ePRO (electronic Police Reports Online), an interactive web application that allows public access to reported crime, traffic accident reports, and active warrants.
“Each neighborhood dredging project requires City Council approval, and the Beach needs to find multiple sites to unload the dredge spoils from the barges.”
Read entire article at Pilotonline.com.
This is about:
[A] city proposal to put a permanent dredge transfer station on Maple Street next to the Marina Shores marina.
And:
The commission, which will present its final report in the coming months, suggested that the city use the site for only 90 working days a year, avoid bringing in barges during the summer, and haul 30 truckloads a day of dredge spoils out of the site.
“There are methods of mitigation and opportunities for controls that will eliminate or significantly reduce, many of the issues of concern,” the draft report states.
The city launched its neighborhood dredging program last year to help residents deepen their channels if they agree to a tax rate increase.
Guidelines for tonight’s public meeting re:Dredge Transfer Stations
From an email:
We have received a number of calls about this evening’s public meeting and the guidelines for those who wish to speak.
1) Anyone wishing to speak must sign up before the meeting starts
2) Each speaker will be limited to 3 minutes.
3) If a group is in attendance and has chosen someone to speak for them, that speaker will be allowed up to 10 minutes to speak on behalf of the group.
4) Any questions to the commission from the public can be submitted in advance on cards that will be provided at the meeting. Those who wish to submit a question can get a card from Rebecca Lear and submit the card to the moderator.
5) Because the commission wants to hear from as many speakers as possible, speaking time will be only for direct comments. Any questions will be addressed through the cards that are submitted to the moderator.
6) Public comments will be taken (from those who sign up) until 9:00 when the meeting will adjourn.
The Commission will answer questions and take comments on the four following topics only:
· The feasibility of alternative dredging methods, such as hydraulic rather than mechanical dredging;
· The potential for beneficial re-use of spoils;
· An analysis of the impact on affected communities (both those receiving dredging and those in the vicinity of the existing and proposed transfer stations) with a focus on identifying sites that are sufficient to support the needs of the project but have the least potential for adverse impact for the community; and
· A proposed framework with parameters for operation of the spoils sites, including potential use of the site by the public for dredging by entities or individuals other than the City.
If you wish to sign up in advance to speak, you may contact Rebecca Lear at 385-1948, or e-mail her at: rlear@vbgov.com
The meeting will be held 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Great Neck Recreation Center, 2521 Shorehaven Drive.
Thank you.
Drew Lankford
Media and Communications
Department of Public Works
City of Virginia Beach
dlankfor@vbgov.com
(O) 757.385.8062
(C) 757.409.4353
Note: Received this email at 1129a Oct 13 2011.
The Pilot article notes, ‘the city has not identified any dredging project near the neighborhood.
Letter to the Editor about proposed Maple Street Dredge Spoils area at Pilotonline.com:
Re ‘Beach plans appeal over dredge site,’ Hampton Roads, Oct. 5: It is beyond my comprehension that the city of Virginia Beach, through its city attorney, would contemplate appealing to the Virginia Beach Circuit Court to reverse the Board of Zoning Appeals’ determination that the Maple Street site on Long Creek cannot be used for a public purpose. I was stunned to read of the appeal, especially since the public purpose intended is for the construction of a permanent, industrial dredged spoils transfer operation in the heart of a residentially zoned neighborhood.
Beaches and Waterways Commission to Hold Public Meeting
The Beaches and Waterways Advisory Commission will hold a public meeting Thursday, October 13 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Great Neck Recreation Center, 2521 Shorehaven Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
The Commission will answer questions and take comments on the four following topics only:
The feasibility of alternative dredging methods, such as hydraulic rather than mechanical dredging;
The potential for beneficial re-use of spoils;
An analysis of the impact on affected communities (both those receiving dredging and those in the vicinity of the existing and proposed transfer stations) with a focus on identifying sites that are sufficient to support the needs of the project but have the least potential for adverse impact for the community; and
A proposed framework with parameters for operation of the spoils sites, including potential use of the site by the public for dredging by entities or individuals other than the City.
Public comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker, ten minutes if you are representing a group.
Citizens wishing to comment may sign up at the meeting or by contacting Rebecca Lear @ (757) 385-1948, or rlear@vbgov.com.
Beaches and Waterways Commission Meeting Thursday
I recently received on the 1st of August an email sent 3:17 PM of that day from Councilman Wood giving notice of the initial meeting of the Beaches and Waterways Advisory Commission. This important meeting will be held 4 August at 4 PM (Thursday) Building 2, Third Floor Public Works Engineering Conference Room at the Municipal Center. This initial meeting will be our first dialog to discuss the dredge spoils removal and transfer stations proposed for the Lynnhaven basin. SDCC and the other attending civic representatives will seek open discussions concerning the design, scope, safety, duration, viability, and the appropriateness of this commercial project for our neighborhoods and residential roads. More about the specific design aspects will be forthcoming after this initial meeting.
City Violates Zoning
In a letter to the Editor entitled “City Violates Zoning” (Sunday 6/18), Ms. Lynn Hume points out rightfully that the city is ignoring (violating) their own zoning protections. What is appropriate for one area may not be appropriate for another area and that is why the city has zoning codes. Would you want a tattoo parlor operating in the middle of a residential area? I did not think so. So, why should the city be allowed to operate an industrial scale dredge spoils transfer site in a residential area? If the city can expect us to accept this zoning violation, they will continue to ignore their city laws, misrepresent us while ignoring our petitions. Do we have a right to be represented by our elected government? I think we already declared our right to a representational form government. Something about “taxation without representation” if I recall.
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