1. MINUTES of previous meeting.
** APPROVAL OF AGENDA.
2. PERMITS (Projects over
$50,000 with no
objections and with staff recommendation for approval.)
3. CLOSED SESSION.
4. COMMISSION
CONSIDERATION of a resolution recommending approval of a
transfer of 8± acres of subaqueous land in accordance with
Chapter 454 Acts of Assembly 2004.
5. SAM DANIELS, #04-1514. Commission
review on appeal by Mr. Daniels of the July 19, 2004, decision by the
Isle of Wight County Wetlands Board to deny an application to install
up to 170 linear feet of rip rap revetment landward of mean low water
at his property situated along Brewers Creek, a tributary to Chuckatuck
Creek in Isle of Wight County. Deferred from the September 28,
2004, meeting.
6. DUNCAN McGILLIVARY, # 04-1703. Commission
review of the Virginia Beach Wetlands Board's September 20, 2004
decision to approve a permit to construct 203 linear feet of bulkhead
involving a coastal primary sand dune and beach at the applicant's
property situated along the Atlantic Ocean in the Sandbridge Beach
section of Virginia Beach.
7. LYNDA STEWART, #04-1774. Commission
review of the September 20, 2004, decision by the Westmoreland County
Wetlands Board to approve the construction of 355 linear feet of riprap
revetment installed channelward of a deteriorating timber bulkhead,
adjacent to her property situated along Nomini Bay in Westmoreland
County.
8. BAY MARINE, #01-1302. Restoration
hearing to consider the unauthorized construction of a 290-foot by
6-foot commercial pier with four (4) unauthorized boatlifts, the
installation of a sewage discharge pipe and diffuser extending
approximately 268 feet channelward of mean low water, a 5-foot by
80-foot T-head, and 18 wetslips exceeding their authorized dimensions
adjacent to their marina situated along Broad Creek in Middlesex County.
9. JAMES W. FIRTH, #03-0849. Formal
restoration hearing concerning ongoing unauthorized activities at a
former seafood offloading facility located at the terminus of Lawson
Road on Bennetts Creek in Poquoson.
10. CONLEY PROPERTIES, LLC, #04-0732, requests
authorization to construct a 10-slip community pier which will extend
66 feet into Carpenters Cove of Mulberry Creek and include a 157-foot
long T-head, four (4) finger piers, two (2) uncovered boatlifts and ten
(10) associated mooring piles in the Town of Morattico, Lancaster
County. The project is protested by the adjacent property
owners. Tabled from the September 28, 2004, Commission
meeting.
11. TIMOTHY MCCULLOUCH, ET AL, #04-1598, requests
authorization to dredge a 400-foot long by 35-foot wide access channel,
a 70-foot by 70-foot turning basin, and construct two (2) low-water
bulkheads, 120-foot long and 85-foot long, adjacent to property
situated along The Thorofare in York County.
12. SOMERSET CHESAPEAKE WATCH, LLC, #03-1423, requests
authorization to construct three community piers with finger piers and
mooring piles to create 28 wetslips adjacent to their condominium
development situated along Hunton Creek in Middlesex County. The
project is protested by nearby property owners.
13. TOWN OF CAPE CHARLES, #04-1839, requests
authorization to construct a 407-foot long by 10-foot wide public
fishing pier with a 20-foot by 20-foot T-head and a 40-foot long by
10-foot wide roof structure for shade, over the mid-point of the
proposed pier, along Cape Charles Harbor, south of the harbor jetty in
the Town of Cape Charles, Northampton County. The existing timber
walkway along the jetty will also be repaired.
14. ALICE PALIVODA, #04-1305, requests
authorization to install a 12-foot wide by 60-foot long concrete boat
ramp, extending 30 feet channelward of mean low water, for the
launching and retrieval of watercraft adjacent to her property along
Williams Creek, a tributary of the Upper Machodoc Creek, in King George
County. The project is protested by trustees of the adjacent
property owner's estate.
15. DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES,
#04-1852, requests authorization to repair a timber jetty and
to dredge 2,505 cubic yards of subaqueous material from a boat basin
and a proposed "sand trap" adjacent to the Wake Public Landing along
Mill Creek in Middlesex County.
16. UPDATE STATUS REPORT on Rudee Inlet weir
construction by City personnel.
17. PUBLIC COMMENTS
18. PUBLIC HEARING: a) consideration of
emergency amendments to the Black Sea Bass regulation to adjust bycatch
trip limits for 2004, b) consideration of amendments to the Black Sea
Bass regulation for the 2005 fishing year.
19. EXCEPTIONS TO LIMITED ENTRY: review
of draft regulations, recommendations of the Finfish Management
Advisory Committee; request for public hearing.
20. POUND NET SITING: review of draft regulations,
request for public hearing.
21. REVIEW OF MARINE FISHING IMPROVEMENT FUND, VIRIGNIA SALTWATER
RECREATIONAL FISHING DEVELOPMETN FUND, AND CURRENT LICENSE AND PERMIT
FEES.
22. SCUP: request to adjust the commercial harvest trip
limit for the Winter II period from 2,000 pounds to 3,500 pounds.
Emergency regulation required.
23. INFORMATIONAL HEARING: Public
comment concerning revisions to the Striped Bass regulation to modify
the Individual Transferable Quota Program from a tag based quota to a
fish weight quota.
2A. SETTLER'S
RIDGE, LLC, ET AL, #04-1856, requests authorization to install
up to 416 linear feet of 8-inch and 12-inch sanitary sewer impacting
Cornelius Creek, a tributary to the James River in Henrico
County. Staff recommends standard instream construction
conditions.
2B. YORK RIVER YACHT HAVEN ASSOCIATES, #02-2264, requests
authorization to modify the dimensions of the aquaculture racks
deployed within their 28.4-acre oyster lease adjacent to the Sarah
Creek entrance channel along the York River near Quarter Point in
Gloucester County. The modified racks would measure 8 feet wide
by 12 feet long and extend to a height of 3 feet above the
substrate. The currently authorized structures measure 3 feet
wide by 6 1/2 feet long with a height of 3 feet above the substrate.
2C. HARBOR POINT INVESTORS, LLC, #04-1950, requests
authorization to mechanically maintenance dredge a maximum of 6,800
cubic yards of subaqueous material, on an as-needed basis, to provide
maximum depths up to minus -40 feet at mean low water within a 750-foot
by 204-foot area adjacent to property situated along the Southern
Branch of the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth. Staff recommends
submission of a post-dredge bathymetric survey. Material will be
disposed at the Craney Island Rehandling Basin.
2D. TOWN OF LURAY, #03-1233, requests
after-the-fact authorization to retain emergency repairs to the
upstream end of Pier # 1 supporting the VDOT Route 211 bridge crossing
Hawksbill Creek in Page County which had been undermined by erosion.
2E. METRO MACHINE CORPORATION, #04-2036, requests
authorization to install two (2) new mooring dolphins, a new tower
crane foundation and crane, and to enlarge two exiting mooring dolphins
at property situated at the confluence of the Eastern and Southern
Branches of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk.
2F. CITY OF SALEM and VERIZON, #04-2003, requests
authorization to relocate overhead telecommunications lines and replace
the Colorado Street Bridge with a new bridge, 115-feet long by 83-feet
wide, and install a bridge-suspended 2" electrical conduit over the
Roanoke River in the City of Salem. Staff recommends standard
instream construction conditions and a time of year restriction from
March 15 to June 30 to protect endangered fish species.
2G. CITY OF HAMPTON, #04-1993, requests
authorization to replace and extend by 100 feet an existing
deteriorated timber jetty with a new 445 linear foot vinyl and timber
jetty on the southside of the Salt Ponds Entrance Channel in Hampton.
2H. MARINE HYDRAULICS INCORPORATED, #04-1807, requests
authorization to maintenance dredge, by clamshell method on an
as-needed basis, a maximum of 10,000 cubic yards of State-owned
subaqueous material, to provide maximum depths up to -40 feet below
mean low water within a 1,420 foot long by 450-foot wide mooring basin
adjacent to their property situated along the Elizabeth River in
Norfolk. All dredged material will be transported to and disposed
within the Craney Island Rehandling Basin. Staff recommends
submission of a post-dredge bathymetric survey.
2I. LYNCHBURG DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
WORKS/ENGINEERING, #03-1825, requests authorization to
construct a 120-foot long by 12-foot wide covered pedestrian bridge
that will span 40 feet of Blackwater Creek near U.S. Business Route 29
and Rivermont Avenue in the City of Lynchburg. The bridge will be
an open truss, prefabricated steel structure, including a timber deck
and a pitched metal roof, that will provide access to the historic
Point of Honor from both sides of Blackwater Creek.
VMRC DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES; THEREFORE, IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS DUE TO A DISABILITY, PLEASE ADVISE KATHY LEONARD (757-247-2200) NO LATER THAN FIVE WORK DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING DATE AND IDENTIFY YOUR NEEDS.
FISHERY MANAGEMENT ITEMS WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THE HABITAT MANAGEMENT PROJECTS ON THIS AGENDA.
