AGENDA May 23, 2023

** APPROVAL OF AGENDA.

1. MINUTES of previous meeting.

2. PERMITS (Projects over $500,000.00 with no objections and with staff recommendation for approval).

3. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.

4. CLOSED MEETING FOR CONSULTATION WITH, OR BRIEFING BY, COUNSEL.

5. DISCUSSION Commission review of application ADV-23-02 by Mathews County in the amount of $7700.00 for the removal of a derelict vessel.

6. LICENSE STATUS REVIEW

7. DUSTIN ANDERSON, #22-2638 Requests authorization to construct an open-sided boathouse and gazebo on a statutorily authorized private pier along the East River at 363 The Long Lane in Mathews County. The project is protested by an adjacent property owner.

8. PUBLIC COMMENTS

9. DISCUSSION Presentation of 2022-2023 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey results and information pertaining to Virginia's blue crab fisheries.

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A. TANGADA RAO, #22-2842 Requests authorization to construct 413 linear feet of riprap sill with 290 cubic yards of clean sand fill and plantings to create a living shoreline at properties (11637 and 11643 Riverboat Drive) situated along the James River in Chesterfield County. This project requires a tidal wetlands permit.

B. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, #22-2623 Requests authorization to construct a 1,085-foot long by 47-foot wide bridge over the James River Oxbow near 251 Henricus Park Road in Chesterfield County. Temporary barges and work trestles will be installed for construction access. Staff recommends approval with the standard time-of-year restriction for any instream work between February 15 and June 30 of any year. The use of "ramp-up" procedures, cushion blocks, and bubble curtains will be required during the installation of any hollow steel pilings.

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A. BRUCE MARTIN, #21-1216 Requests after-the-fact authorization to retain 206 linear feet of riprap revetment installed channelward of the existing bulkhead serving 1605 Arnold Circle, situated along Linkhorn Bay in Virginia Beach. Staff recommends approval as the applicant has agreed to pay a triple permit fee of $900.00, and the contractor has agreed to pay a civil charge of $1,000.00.

FISHERY MANAGEMENT ITEMS WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THE HABITAT MANAGEMENT PROJECTS ON THIS AGENDA.