1. MINUTES of previous meeting.
2. PERMITS (Projects over $50,000 with no objections and with staff recommendation for approval).
3. CONSENT ORDERS (Commission approval of consent agreement).
4. ROBERT WELLER, #97-1650. Commission review on appeal of the November 17, 1997, decision of the Virginia Beach Wetlands Board to deny a permit to construct a 15-foot by 24-foot enclosed gazebo on an existing 156-foot long private pier at property situated along Old House Cove in Virginia Beach.
5. THOMAS V. JOYNT, #97-1395, requests authorization to construct a 17-foot by 36-foot private, noncommercial, open-sided boathouse adjacent to his property situated along Linkhorn Bay in Virginia Beach. The project is protested by an adjacent property owner.
6. WALTON MAHON, #97-1626, requests authorization to construct a 48-foot long low profile timber groin adjacent to his property situated along the Rappahannock River in Caroline County. Wetlands and subaqueous permits are required.
7. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of amendments to Regulation 4 VAC 20-950-10 "Pertaining to Black Sea Bass," to raise the minimum size limit to 10 inches for commercial fisheries.
8. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of amendments to Regulation 4 VAC 20-620-10 et seq., "Pertaining to Summer Flounder," to adjust quarterly quotas, trip limits, and open season fishing dates.
9. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of proposal to repeal Regulation 4 VAC 20-530-10 et. seq. which establishes the moratorium on the harvest of American shad in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
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10. CONSIDERATION of appeals of crab dredge license denials.
11. DISCUSSION: Consideration of amendments to Regulation 4 VAC 20-70-10 et seq. to establish limits on the size of clam dredges and eliminate the bycatch of crabs when clam dredging.
12. DISCUSSION: Consideration of amendments to scup and black sea bass regulations to establish trip landing limits for 1998.
13. RECOMMENDATIONS of the Recreational Fishing Advisory Board.
14. DREDGE VIOLATION.
VMRC DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES; THEREFORE, IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS DUE TO A DISABILITY, PLEASE ADVISE LAVERNE LEWIS (757) 247-2261) NO LATER THAN FIVE WORK DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING DATE AND IDENTIFY YOUR NEEDS.
FISHERY AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE COMMISSION AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 NOON AND WILL BE FOLLOWED WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE HABITAT PERMIT CASES.
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2A. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF UTILITIES, #97-1862, requests authorization to install a 30-inch potable water line crossing of Ashton Creek, just south of the Route 1 and 301 crossing in Chesterfield County.
2B. HENRICO COUNTY DIVISION OF RECREATION AND PARKS, #97-1608, requests authorization to construct a public access facility involving the installation of a 120-foot long fishing pier with a 56-foot T-head and a 400 square foot roof, 50-foot and 65-foot sections of quarrystone riprap revetment, and associated 35-foot and 45-foot marginal wharves/boardwalks at the Henrico County Parks and Recreation property situated along the James River immediately upstream from Osborne Landing.
2C. GLOUCESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, #97-1686, requests authorization to construct a 140-foot by 10-foot open-pile addition to the western end of the existing pier-head at the public fishing pier located at the Gloucester Point Beach on the York River.
2D. AQUIA HARBOUR PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, #97-1173, requests authorization to modify a previously issued permit to allow the additional dredging of 1,332 cubic yards of subaqueous material from Aquia Creek adjacent to the Aquia Harbour subdivision in Stafford County. Recommend a royalty in the amount of $399.60 for the dredging 1,332 cubic yards of State-owned subaqueous land at a rate of $0.30 per cubic yard.
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3A. SUNSET YACHTING CENTER, #94-0047, requests after-the-fact authorization to retain an alternate configuration of five (5) floating piers approved under a previously issued permit, and a 10-foot long by 20-foot wide floating dock addition at their property situated along Sunset Creek in the City of Hampton. The applicant has agreed to pay a civil charge in the amount of $1,500.00 in lieu of further enforcement action.
