Public Input Meeting – Permanent Dredge Spoils Transfer Stations

Maple Street (Marina Shores)

and

Crab Creek (Lynnhaven Boat Ramp)

Permanent Dredge Spoils Transfer Stations

Public Input Meeting

Thursday October 13th at 7:00pm

Great Neck Recreation Center

 

 

Dear Shore Drive Residents,

 

This may be the only chance you have to express your opinions regarding the City’s plan to build permanent dredge spoils transfer stations at the Maple Street and Crab Creek locations.  Both of these locations are shown on the City’s Neighborhood Dredge Plan.

 

Identify,

  • All the possible impacts to your neighborhood:  Noise.  Safety.  Traffic.  Smell.  Decrease in home values.

 

Demand,

  • That the Shore Drive sites be removed from the neighborhood dredging plan.
  • That the three transfer stations located in commercial areas along Virginia Beach Boulevard and Laskin Road be the main sites to support the projected dredging demand.

 

Support,

  • Other Civic Leagues that have taken official opposition positions: Cape Story, Cape Henry, Broad Bay Island, Ocean Park, Lesner Cove, Shore Drive Community Coalition.
  • Your neighbors that will be directly impacted.

 

 

Note:  Meeting format will be – Individual Speakers may speak for 3 minutes, Speakers for groups get 10 minutes.  Questions to be answered by Commission Members or City Staff may be submitted on index cards.  Speakers must sign up ahead of time, so plan on getting there a little early.

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Ocean Park Art Show – Oct 8th, 2011

Reminder…Mark Your Calendar!!
The 1st Annual Ocean Park Art Show
Next Saturday – October 8th*
3829 Shore Drive at Browning’s Marine!
10:00 am to 5:00 PM
Free and Open to the Public
Local Artists, many from Ocean Park, will display and sell Jewelry, Paintings and Photographs, Ocean Park Ornaments, Mermaids & Funky Art and more. Several artists will display art that features the Ocean Park area! There are a few artists spaces still available – Call Maryanne at 470-6202 for more info
*Rain date is Sunday Oct 9th

Dredge Spoils Site – hearing w/City Council 9/7/2011

Everyone,

This Wednesday, Sept 7 at 2 PM in Virginia Beach City Council Chambers (Second Floor Bldg 1), the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) will hear public comment on whether the Maple Street transfer site should become a permanent transfer site for non-beach grade dredged spoils.  As you know, this site has been used in the past when the Corps of Engineers was dredging the channel to keep it open for navigation.  This was a hydraulic dredge process that would occur for a couple of weeks every couple of years.  This dredging produced beach quality sand which was spread on our beaches along Cape Henry.  What the city is proposing now is to dredge residential tidal areas that have filled in with street silt and make them “deep water access”. These tidal areas will be dredged mechanically, have the spoils placed on a 20-40 cubic yard floating hopper, barge and then transported to one of two sites as of now (Maple St. and Thalia/VB Blvd). The city has proposed other sites for mechanical transfer, but as of now, only Maple St and Thalia are being established as transfer sites.  This mechanical operation is beyond the current permit for Maple St, because this is not beach quality sand and the spoils can not be deposited at Maple Street, Crab Creek (Lesner Bridge area) without a lot more permitting and approvals. This is key to this BZA meeting this Wednesday.  The city would like to say it is within CURRENT zoning limitations for the site, while we firmly believe that it exceeds R7.5 zoning (Residential) as it is presently zoned.  This meeting will determine whether residential zoning laws prevail, or the city changes it to a permanent  industrial transfer site.  This is big. If the city has their way, it could forever change Long Creek. Will the city control and enforce safety rules for barge traffic on Long Creek?  Look how well the city enforces current OSHA safety rules concerning harnesses worn by workers doing second story roofing.  Just my point.  We need your support in this meeting.

Email me if you have questions.  It is just our neighborhood way of life and safety that is in hazard.

The SDCC Position Statement Letter can be viewed on at this link http://www.sdcc.info/ee/images/uploads/SDCC_Position_Statement_Letter_for_Dredge_Spoils_Transfer_Sites_2011.pdf

Your neighbor,

David Williams
SDCC President

PLEASE CHECK www.LongCreekWetlands.com for documented discussions on this major issue that will impact us.  We need your support in City Council Chambers 7 Sept at 2 PM.  This is really important.

Shore Drive Community Coalition
2260 First Landing Lane
Virginia Beach Virginia  23451
United States

News from Shore Drive Community Coalition – July 2011

Shore Drive Voice
from the
Shore Drive Community Coalition

Shore Drive Voice
2011-Issue #4
BAC Annual Meeting
SDCC General Meeting
Teen Wins Award for PHP
BZA Dredge Hearing

Calendar of events
Thursday July 21st
BAC Annual Meeting
Monday July 25th
SDCC Genereral Meeting
Wednesday Aug 3
BZA Dredging Hearing

Contact Us
Shore Drive
Community Coalition
david@sdcc.info

Check Us Out

 

SDCC Website

 
Dear Shore Drive Resident,

Hurricane Season is upon us, are you ready? Come to the SDCC General meeting to learn if you’re truly prepared. As always,if you have any comments or concerns regarding our community, please send them to my attention at david@sdcc.info

Sincerly,
David Williams
Shore Drive Community Coalition President
Bayfront Advisory Committee to hold annual workshop and general meeting on Thursday July 21st at the VB Resort Conference Hotel

The Bayfront Advisory Committee will hold its annual workshop on Thursday, July 21, from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Virginia Beach Resort and Conference Center, Executive Board Room, 2800 Shore Drive. The regularly scheduled committee meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m in the same location.

Click here to for agenda details.

SDCC Monday July 25th General Meeting Notice and Agenda
SDCC General Meeting ˆ Monday, July 25, 7:30 ˆ 9:00 pm

Ocean Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Station (Intersection of Shore Drive and East Stratford Rd.)

Slide presentation, „Your Local Hurricane Preparations‰

Click here for a printable version of the agenda

Local Teen Presented WTKR Channel 3 “People Taking Action” Award for Fundraising Efforts on Pleasure House Point


On Tuesday, Charlie Harrelson, a 14 year old Kemps Landing student, was presented with the WTKR Channel 3 „Peolpe Taking Action‰ award for his fund raising efforts to help purchase and preserve Pleasure House Point. To watch the newscast, click here
http://www.wtkr.com/videobeta/?watchId=4bdbfa91-128d-49ec-864b-75e846419ffe

Also, don‚t forget, July 31st is the last day to vote for Charlie‚s Pepsi Challange project which has the potential to raise $50,000 for the purchase of PHP. You can vote at the following link http://www.refresheverything.com/savepleasurehousepoint

Wed August 3rd – BZA Hearing Regarding Permanent Dredge Transfer Station at Maple Street


The City is being challenged on their determination that a PERMANENT MUNICIPAL DREDGE SPOILS FACILITY – (a PERMANENT industrial facility with barges, cranes, tandem trucks, sludge & pusher boats) is an acceptable „PUBLIC USE‰ in R7.5 – Residential Zoning

Click here for more details on how you can get invloved.
For more information and news related to the Shore Drive Community, please visit our website at www.sdcc.info

 

Shore Drive Community Coalition
2260 First Landing Lane
Virginia Beach Virginia 23451
And…
Please follow this link from the VBCCO for information on an event coming up at the Farmer’s Market to celebrate Heifer International:

http://hamptonroads.heiferblog.org/

Boat Slips and Proposed Dredge Spoils Site

 

Marina Shores Boat Slips and Proposed
Dredge Spoils Site

 

Sign the Petition if you oppose it

The rhetoric is heating up over the
proposal by the owner of Marina Shores to add 45 boat slips.
Originally, this was coupled with a plan by the City to install a
permanent dredge spoils transfer site nearby. (For the original
proposal, visit www.sdcc.info
and type “Boat slips” in the Search block.)

Since the original proposal, the two
issues have been separated, but both are being contested by many
residents of the neighborhoods of Cape Henry Shores, Cape Story by
the Sea and Broad Bay Island. For a full airing of the reasons for
their opposition, visit www.longcreekwetlands.com.
If you oppose the transfer site being expanded for dredging of
outlying tributaries, or bulkheading for boat slips, you can sign the
petition. Be aware, of course, that Maple Street is already a spoils
site for dredging Long Creek, just as the Boat Ramp location was a
spoils site for dredging the Inlet.

It is also possible that a permanent
dredge spoils transfer station is again being considered at the
Lynnhaven Boat Ramp, in spite of the objections of fishing and
boating enthusiasts, environmentalists, commuters, residents and
taxpayers, which had derailed the proposal a couple of years ago.

 

 

Virginia Boating Safety Education Classroom Course

Virginia  Boating Safety Education Classroom Course

Monday  May 9 AND Wednesday May 11…you must attend BOTH days

6pm til 9pm

Who needs a  Boater Education?

 

In 2007,  the Virginia General Assembly enacted a law to establish a boating safety  education compliance requirement. This requirement will be phased in over the  next several years and by 2016, all  operators of PWCs (Personal  Watercraft such as jet skis, Sea Doos, Wave Runners) and operators of Motorboats  with a 10 hp or greater motor, will be required to have a boating safety  education course completion card on board when operating a PWC or Motorboat. As  of July 1,  2010, operators of PWCs 35 years and younger must  show proof that they have completed a boating safety course. On July 2,  2011, operators of PWCs 50 and younger and  operators of motorboats 20 and younger must show proof that they have completed  a boating safety course.

 

Course  Description

This  course is recommended for motivated students age 12 and older with good reading  and comprehension skills who want to learn more about the fundamentals of safe  and responsible boating. Course materials are on a 6th grade reading level.

Course  is sponsored by United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 83, Virginia  Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF). Subjects covered are Choosing  the Right Boat, Boat Hulls, Motors, Legal Requirements, Navigation Rules,  Cruising, Docking, Anchoring, Knots, Accidents, Alcohol Consumption, Fire on  Board, Weather, Trailering, Water Sports, and Personal Watercraft.

 

A  typical Boater Education course lasts 6-8 hours with exam time depending on the  class location and instructor. (Monday  night and Wednesday night). THERE IS A  TEST ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT!!

 

Course  is free, but registration is required. Each graduate earns a wallet card showing  successful completion of the class and is registered with the DGIF Education  Division in Richmond. This course is approved by the National Association of  State Boating Law Administrators and recognized by the United States Coast  Guard. Instructors are certified by the DGIF. Most major insurance companies  endorse the course and allow insurance premium discounts to graduates. This  course meets the requirements of the new Virginia Boating Safety Laws.

 

For  information and to register, contact Cookie at 385-2914 or douglas.duggan@vbcert.net.

Please  let your friends and family know about this class. We have room for 200 people  to attend.

 

 

Douglas  Duggan

Ham  Radio Operator – KJ4IRK

VB  Amatuer Radio Club (VBARC) (ARES/RACES)

VB Citizens Police Academy Alumni Assoc. (Member Class 3)

Assistant  to VBCERT Cookie Ketcham

VBCERT  Trainer – Med OPS Speciality

VBCERT  Foundation Director

Teen  CERT Trainer

CampusTrainer

Chainsaw  Certified

Traffic/Crowd  Control Certified

Advanced  SkyWarn Member

Search  and Rescue Certified – VBEMS

cell 757-416-8782

5241  Johnstown Lane

Virginia  Beach VA 23464

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