Dan talked to Barry Frankenfield this morning and was pleased to find out he sent a plan for Osprey Point to the Sheriff.

Barry emailed to clarify the earlier post today.

Can crabs grown by humans in hatcheries help restore native crab stocks in the Chesapeake Bay?

The tagging program of hatchery grown crabs is in it’s 3rd year.
Read the entire article.

Virginia Beach officials released 911 calls on Monday from witnesses who say they saw a baby strapped into a car seat tumble from atop a moving car last Tuesday on Shore Drive.

The baby survived. I can’t imagine witnessing that!
Link to article at Wavy.com includes 911 tapes of phone calls.

Ways to safely cross Shore Drive.

A primer of FOIA, or the Freedom of Information Act.

The following info is intended as a synopsis of how the City views complying with the Virginia State Code for FOIA, or the Act.

To help one understand the procedures on making and a city employee’s responsiblity in responding to FOIA requests, the City Administrative Directive is now available on this site.

Cool & Eclectic Furniture and Fashions is offering a reward for the return of Betty Boop’s head according to an article in The Pilot.

…having a sidewalk all the way along the corridor on at least one side of the street…

A very comprehensive report on the work being done by the Beach Sand Replenishment Task Force of the SDCC, the Army Corps of Engineers and the City.

Thanks to Richard Norman of Lynnhaven Dunes Condos for this very detailed report to-date.

The second meeting of the Bayfront Vision group has been scheduled for Tuesday August 2nd from 6pm to 8pm at 3556 by the Bay. 
Satellite map image of 3556.

Shore Drive Community Coalition (SDCC)- General Meeting
Monday July 25 , 2005
7:30pm to 9:00pm
Ocean Park Fire & Rescue Hall

Proposed mixed use development planned for the existing Colley Marine location.  Mr. Bushard will present his plans to build a 3 story structure (lower level parking, retail middle level, condo upper level) on the B-2 lot.  A question and answer session will follow the presentation.  This project will have to apply for a change in zoning to a B-4 for mixed use and then a Conditional Use Permit (CUP).

June Minutes of the BSRTF, or the Beach Sand Replenishment Task Force.

There will not be a July 18th meeting of the Task Force.  Please pass the word to all interested parties.

According to Tommy Drew of Advantis GVA, only 2 of the 9 retail spaces are not rented at the new Kroger Shops… which is located between Krogers and Hollywood Video.

Virginia Beach police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two suspects wanted in connection with a hotel robbery of the Howard Johnson’s on Shore Drive early Friday morning.

In case you missed Mr. Stanton’s letter to the Editor in The Virginian-Pilot on July 11th, it is reprinted unedited below with Mr. Stanton’s permission.

An excerpt:
The Shore Drive area is extremely frail from a land use perspective.  A single bad decision by the city?s leadership can be an enormous set back.

The second meeting of the Bayfront Vision group has been tentatively scheduled for the first week in August and most likely Tuesday the 2nd.  The exact date, time and location will be forwarded to you as soon as the meeting room availability is verified. 

“If the richest, most powerful nation on Earth can’t clean up this mess on the very doorstep of the nation’s capital… Article in June’s issue of the National Geographic magazine.

This is interesting.

The hearing on proposed changes to R-5R zoning was recently scheduled to be heard at the July Planning Commission meeting, then rescheduled to the August meeting.

The draft of the proposed changes will possibly not be ready for the public to view until at least next week.

Although I’m not aware of any construction getting started at 4:30am around the Bayfront area, this article in the PilotOnline.com points out some interesting construction related info.