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ACOE response to Lynnhaven Municipal Wharf Public Hearing request.
After a thorough review of our extensive project record as well as comments received, I have determined that a public hearing would not likely result in substantive new information relevant to our authorities and the required analysis.
Letter to ACOE regarding wharf August 2 2018.
OPCL respectfully requests a public hearing to serve the public interest on this proposal.
Note: Photo from Army Corp of Engineers official page for permit request.
Virginia Beach’s newest public art sculpture, “The Canoes,” by nationally renowned artist Donald Lipski, welcomes visitors to Lynnhaven Inlet and the Chesapeake Bay.
“We want to make sure it’s safe in all aspects.”
It’s SPECTACULAR in person!
About 200 people were there.
Thanks to Margaret B. for the pics!
View all documents at US Army Corps of Engineers website here.
FEDERAL EVALUATION OF APPLICATION: The decision whether to modify a permit will be based on an evaluation of the probable impact including cumulative impacts of the proposed activity on the public interest. The decision will reflect the national concern for both protection and utilization of important resources. The benefits which reasonably may be expected from the modification must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments. All of the modification’s relevant factors will be considered, including conservation, economics, aesthetics, general environmental concerns, wetlands, cultural values, fish and wildlife values, flood hazards, flood plain values, land use classification, navigation, shoreline erosion and accretion, recreation, water supply and conservation, water quality, energy needs, safety, food and fiber production, mineral needs, consideration of property ownership and, in general, the needs and welfare of the people.
The Corps of Engineers is soliciting comments from the public; Federal, state, and local agencies and officials; Indian Tribes; and other interested parties in order to consider and evaluate the direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of this modification. Any comments received will be considered by the Corps of Engineers to determine whether to modify, condition or deny this proposal. Comments are used to determine the need for a public hearing and to determine the overall public interest of the proposed modification. Anyone may request a public hearing to consider this modification by writing to the District Commander within 30 days of the date of this notice, stating specific reasons for holding the public hearing. The District Commander will then decide if a hearing should be held.
COMMENT PERIOD: Comments on this request for modification should be in writing and can be sent by either email to scharlene.a.floyd@usace.army.mil or by regular mail, addressed to the Norfolk District, Corps of Engineers (ATTN: CENAO-WR-S), 803 Front Street, Norfolk, Virginia 23510-1011, and should be received by the close of business on August 6, 2018.
From Irene Bowers, reporter for Virginian-Pilot:
Benjamin Heller is a visiting artist from NY on a grant from VBeach Office of Cultural Affairs. He is creating a sculpture—Terrapin Basin—near the Brock Environmental Center. His assistant had to leave, and he is finishing alone.
Here are two ways to help:
1. Interested adults can help polish the rock surfaces. Benjamin will show you how to use the polishers.
2. He could use 600 feet, yup that much, of three pronged or grounded electric cord. He already has one set of 600’ and hopes to borrow enough to run several polishers for any volunteers. He will tag and return the cord to owners upon completion.You can find him out there early morning to night.
Contact him at: benjaminhellerart@gmail.com
You can read about Terrapin Basin here.
View the BAC ’18 Requests Page at OPCL.org.
Lynnhaven Municipal Wharf and it’s proposed uses is one of the new items we’ve added:
Request the City of Virginia Beach eliminate the proposed Dredge Material Transfer Station and expand the Lynnhaven Boat Ramp & Beach Facility (LBRBF) with additional lanes of boat and trailer parking. This would also include repairing the shoreline of the former sand storage area to assist in reducing the number of times Crab Creek has to be dredged.
-Request a public hearing about the Lesner Municipal Wharf with The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
-Request a public hearing about the Lesner Municipal Wharf with Army Corp of Engineers.
-Request the City of Virginia Beach Maintain an open dialogue with the Ocean Park Civic League of all actions, discussions and document disclosures as related to the potential uses for the Lesner Municipal Wharf.In our opinion, a dredge material transfer station is not needed.
• History has shown that it is less expensive for neighborhoods to create haul routes from within their own property as opposed to barging material to Lynnhaven Boat Ramp.
• The transfer station causes potentially dangerous conflicts with the boating, fishing and recreational beach users in this area.
• The planned overlook and “The Canoes” sculpture for the new eastbound Lesner Bridge would have an unsightly backdrop of a transfer station.
• The Lynnhaven Boat Ramp is heavily used for recreational fishing boats and pleasure craft.. . .
View the BAC ’18 Requests Page at OPCL.org.
Ocean Park Civic League 