Guard Dogs of the Lynnhaven Boat Ramp
SAVE THE LYNNHAVEN BOAT RAMP AND BEACH FACILITY
And the adjacent OCEAN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD
OPPOSE THE DREDGE MATERIALS TRANSFER STATION
AGENDA April 2, 2012
I. Introductions
A. The Ocean Park Civic League voted at the Nov 2011 meeting to oppose the DMTS and sent a letter to the Mayor and City Council expressing that position. At the March 2012 meeting the OPCL appointed a committee to represent Ocean Park Civic League as liason for information and inquiry to city agencies and others for all government funded development and redevelopment within and adjacent to Ocean Park waterways.
This committee is named: Ocean Park Waterways Development and
Redevelopment Committee (OPWDRC). This committee will acquire all
pertinent information regarding waterway development from governing
bodies and present that information to Ocean Park Civic League, share
information with the Guard Dogs, request information via FOIA, and work
with city and state officials.
The Chair is Andy Broyles
Members are Mike Wills , Wendy Vaughn, and Johnathan Macy
Captain Lee Shuler is an Advisor
B. The Guard Dogs of the Lynnhaven Boat Ramp will continue as the
representatives of ALL Stakeholders, Residents, LBR users, Fishermen,
Boaters, and will express opposition through letter-writing, petition, and
other activities.
II. Understanding the Issues and the History
2007-2008 Opposition to a Dredge Materials Transfer Station at the Lynnhaven Boat Ramp and Beach Facility– Guard Dogs of the Lynnhaven Boat Ramp was the group who led the fight (Andy Broyles, Lee Shuler, Mike Wills, Sharon and Jim Need, Tim Solanic, Todd Solomon, Dorinda Ennis, and many others), and the City of Virginia Beach told us they would use the Thalia site instead. See http://www.Boatrampclosing.com
2010-2012 Maple Street Opposition and the Boatel choice – Win for Cape Story and
Bay Island neighborhoods. Residents in Cape Story and Bay Island fought
the Maple Street site for a DMTS to serve the Eastern Branch of the
Lynnhaven River, and a site near the Boatel was chosen instead.
2012 Ongoing Clean Sand Dredging of Crab Creek Channel – Annually Oct – Feb
places clean sand from channel on sand storage area for future use by the city. When
needed, sand is trucked from the LBR for beach replenishment.
2012 – 2016 Current Lesner Bridge plan – three years of construction beginning 2013
using LBR for staging- completion in 2016. Bulkhead permit to be filed in 2013.
2012 Current city plan for DMTS and SSD at the Lynnhaven Boat Ramp and Beach
Facility would begin when Lesner Bridge Construction completes.
The City of Virginia Beach has a plan form Special Service Districts to pay for neighborhoods in the Western Branch of the Lynnhaven River like Thoroughgood, Witchduck Point, to dredge “Spurs” off the main channel and then “Driveways” to individual properties. The Dredged muck would be barged to the LBR, transferred by crane to 15-ton dump trucks and trucked through the boat ramp parking lot, through Piedmont Circle, onto E. Stratford Rd, then East on Shore Drive, South on Great Neck Road to Virginia Beach Blvd. – ultimately to a borrow pit near Oceana.
Captain Lee Shuler will speak about Dredging and the SSD Special Services District plan of the City of Virginia Beach .
III. GOALS: THREE GOALS were established at a March 3rd organizational meeting to revive the Guard Dogs and plan communications for the OPCL meeting Mar 8th. The Three Goals are also shared by the OPWDRC. They are:
- We want the City of Virginia Beach to remove the Lynnhaven Boat Ramp from its DMTS plan.
- We want the city to ensure that all permits for and construction staging of the Lesner Bridge construction reflect temporary use only, and prohibit permanent structures or use.
- We want the city to ensure that, other than the temporary Lesner Bridge construction staging and the usual clean sand storage from Crab Creek dredging, no additional use of the Lynnhaven Boat Ramp be made other than recreational.
IV. Next Steps for Guard Dogs
A. WHAT YOU CAN DO:
1. NEW PETITION and NEW SIGNS– The OPWDRC is drafting a new
Petition and designing new signs.
The petition will be uploaded to: iPetitions with links made available
for use on Facebook and websites. Volunteers will circulate paper
petitions.
Penny Lane and Cyndi O’Grady have agreed to collect the paper petitions
for submission.
The Signs will not be put on city property. We want to ask property
owners including businesses along the proposed truck route and in our
neighborhoods for permission to place signs on their property.
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED for Petitions and Signs. Please sign
up to distribute petitions and signs. You will be notified by email when the
petition and signs are available.
B. IDENTIFY other Stakeholders for Guard Dogs email list: send email addresses to wendyvaughn2@cox.net
C. LETTER WRITING campaign to Mayor and City Council, Beaches and
Waterways Commission, Bayfront Advisory Committee – Please see
sample letter from Ocean Park Homeowner at
www.oceanparkcivicleague.org or write your own. A more generic
Stakeholder letter is being drafted that will be added to that website soon
for your use. Email addresses for Mayor and others are on orange handout.
D. OTHER – see websites and links on orange handout
V. Other Future Action Items:
A. Demonstration at Boat Ramp? Late June after high school graduations
should be a good time. We need a chair for that – we’ll utilize the contacts
we had last time with the dockmaster and the dump truck company. A
planning meeting will be scheduled in early June for that.
B. Newspaper Radio and TV – please send ideas to me. The OPWDRC will
coordinate when we want to involve media. We don’t wish to stifle
individual initiative, but feel it is important to have a unified and
coordinated message.
c. Those of us who are Ocean Park residents: please join the OPCL. It is
$15 annually– membership forms available. Please take them to your
neighbors. We CAN drastically increase our membership by personally
asking our neighbors.
d. Comments, Suggestions:
Next Meeting : in June unless otherwise needed.
There were 21 members in attendance Agenda is attached – contains some information about the issues. Also attached is a flyer containing information about where to find information on the web including sample letter and email mailing list.
Takeaways from meeting : 1. mailing letters to home addresses of City Council members, Bayfront Advisory Committee members, and Beaches and Waterways Commission should get more attention from recipients than email. SEE HOME ADDRESS MAILING LIST attached 2. a petition is being drafted. It will be published on iPetitions and made available to link to facebook, websites, blogs, etc. 3. yard signs will be created for use on private property. 4. The Ocean Park Waterways Development and ReDevelopment Committee (this committee created as liason between Ocean Park Civic League and City of Virginia Beach and other governmental agencies), is beginning dialog with city officials, VMRC. Thirteen members signed up to distribute paper petitions and yard signs. If you would like to be added to that list, please email me.
I will send notice as soon as petitions and signs are available.
Tentatively, a June meeting will be planned to plan a late June demonstration at the LBR.
Please SEND LETTERS stating your opposition! Thank you all for your support Wendy
Virginia Beach City Council :
The Honorable Mayor William Sessoms
401 54th Street
VB 23451
The Honorable Vice Mayor Louis Jones
1008 Witch Point Trail
VB 23455
The Honorable Glenn Davis
1548 Stewards Way
VB 23453
The Honorable William DeSteph
2101 Turnstone Quay
VB 23454
The Honorable Harry Diezel
604 Rosater Lane
VB 23464
The Honorable Robert Dyer
1668 Lake Christopher Drive
VB 23464
The Honorable Barbara Henley
3513 Cherry Neck Road
VB 23456
The Honorable John Moss
4109 Richardson Road
VB 23455
The Honorable John Uhrin
515 Delaware Avenue
VB 23451
The Honorable Rosemary Wilson
1304 Wren Place
VB 23451
The Honorable James Wood
3778 Prince Andrew Lane
VB 23452
Beaches and Waterways Commission: (current term expiration shown, but many renew)
Mr. Thomas E. Fraim 6/30/13
2461 Sandfiddler Rd
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
Mr. Michael L. Clark 6/30/13
500 Winston Salem Ave.
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Dr. George L. Grinnan 6/30/12
4041 Bridgehampton Lane
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Mr. Charles W. Guthrie 6/30/12
2492 Haversham Close
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
Me. William A. Hearst 6/30/13
1004 Witch Point Trail
Virginia Beach, VA 23455-5634
Mr Kenneth D. Jobe 6/30/14
304 Croatan Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Mr. Arthur L. Jones 6/30/14
1109 Ditchley Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Ms. Patricia Keeley 6/30/12
1400 Powder Ridge Court
Virginia Beach, VA 23453-1809
Mr. Wesley B. Lane 6/30/12
526 Virginia Dare Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Mr. Brady S. Viccelio 6/30/12
616 Thalia Point Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Mr. Rodney Allen Voelker 6/30/12
1640 Grey Friars Chase
Virginia Beach, VA 23456-5433
Note: This list is available at www.vbgov.com click on Government, then Agenda and Document Archives, click on edocs, then choose Beaches and Waterways Commission
Bayfront Advisory Committee: (current term expiration shown, but many renew)
Mr. Kal Kassir 6/30/13
2009 Alpine Road
VB 23451
Mr. James M. Arnhold 6/30/12
C/O H.A.V., Inc.
3780 Shore Drive
VB 23455/2966
Mr. Scott Ayers 6/30/12
C/O Leading Edge Realty
3149 Shore Drive #A
VB 23451-1129
Mr. Joseph Bovee 6/30/13
C/O HBA Architecture & Interior Design
One Columbus Center, Suite 1000
VB 23462
Mr. Norman W. Carrick 6/30/12
2410 Whaler Court
VB 23451
Mr. Charles Gee Faison Jr. 6/30/12
P. O. Box 5643
VB 23451
Mr. Fred Hazelwood IV 6/30/13
C/O First Landing State Park
2500 Shore Dr.
VB 23451
Vice-Mayor Louis R. Jones 6/30/12
1008 Witch Point Trail
VB 23455
Mr. Charles R. Malbon, Jr 6/30/12
2904 Gaines Landing
VB 23454
Mr. Joseph A. Miller 6/30/14
HBA Architecture and Interior Design
One Columbus Center, Suite 1000
VB 23462
Mr. Stacey S. Patrick 6/30/12
1417 Rutland Dr.
VB 23454
Mr. David S. Redmond 6/30/12
C/O Divaris Real Estate, Inc.
One Columbus Center, Suite 700
VB 23462-5760
Mr. Martin A. Thomas 6/30/15
Decker, Cardon, Thomas, Weintraub & Neskis, P.C.
109 East Main St., Suite 400
Norfolk, VA 23510
Mr. Robert Thornton 6/30/15
Thalhimer/Cushman & Walkfield
5700 Cleveland Street, Suite 400
VB 23462
Mr. James L. Wood 6/30/12
3778 Prince Andrew Lane
VB 23452
Note: This list can be found at www.vbgov.com click on Government, then Agenda and Document Archives, click on edocs, then choose Bayfront Advisory Committee
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