COMMISSION ACTIONS August 26, 2025

** APPROVAL OF AGENDA. THE COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

1. MINUTES of previous meeting. THE COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING AS PREPARED.

2. PERMITS (Projects over $1,000,000 with no objections and with staff recommendation for approval). ITEMS 2A THROUGH 2D WERE APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

3. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ITEM 3A WAS APPROVED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE.

4. CLOSED MEETING FOR CONSULTATION WITH, OR BRIEFING BY, COUNSEL. NONE.

5. ROBERT J. RESH, #25-1077 requests authorization to construct a 45-foot by 19-foot open-sided canvas boathouse roof structure adjacent to an existing private pier serving 945 Bobolink Drive, situated along a cove tributary to Linkhorn Bay in Virginia Beach. This project is protested by an adjacent property owner. APPROVED AS PROPOSED BY A VOTE OF 6 TO 0 WITH ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER WHITE ABSTAINING.

6. PUBLIC COMMENTS Mr. Michael Shackelford, commercial waterman, requested that the Commission reinstate his crab pot license which was placed on the waiting list in 2008. The Commission did not take any action. The Commission voted unanimously for the crab pot waiting list to be brought back to CMAC for recommendations, including on transferability to immediate family members.

7. DISCUSSION Resolution pertaining to Virginia Waterway Maintenance Grant Program and Fund.

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A. EASTERN FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAY DIVISION, #25-1492 requests authorization to install 65 linear feet of riprap revetment as part of the repair of Mount Vernon Trail Bridge #26 in the City of Alexandria. This project requires a VMRC Wetlands permit. THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE PROPOSAL BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

B. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, #23-1116 requests authorization to replace an electrical line under a 6,132 linear-foot section of the Nansemond River via horizontal directional drilling and embedment plow near the intersection of Bennetts Creek Landing and Bridge Road in the City of Suffolk. The electrical line will be installed a minimum of six (6) feet below the river bottom. Recommend approval with an encroachment royalty of $18,396.00 for the crossing under 6,132 linear feet of state-owned submerged bottom at a rate of $3.00 per linear-foot. This project requires a VMRC Subaqueous permit THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE PROPOSAL BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

C. JONATHON WILSON, #25-1485 requests authorization to construct an 83-foot long rock revetment channelward of a failing bulkhead along the Pamunkey River shoreline at 340 West Euclid Boulevard in King William County. The project requires a VMRC Wetlands permit. THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE PROPOSAL BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

D. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, #25-0615 requests authorization to mechanically dredge a maximum of 170,000 cubic yards of state-owned submerged land to achieve a maximum depth of -57 feet below mean low water and to maintenance dredge up to 50,000 cubic yards of material per cycle on an as-needed basis, at Pier 6 berths at the Norfolk Southern Railway Company facility located on Norfolk Southern Drive, situated along the Elizabeth River in Norfolk. The dredged material will be transferred by barge to CIDMMA/CIRB or Shirley Plantation or offloaded on-site into sealed trucks and hauled to the Recycled Properties LLC facility in Chesapeake. Staff recommends approval with our standard dredge conditions, including a royalty of $102,000.00 for the dredging of 170,000 cubic yards of submerged material at a rate of $0.60/cubic yard, and a time-of year restriction from July 1 to September 30 of any year for the protection of nearby shellfish resources. This project requires a VMRC Subaqueous permit. THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE PROPOSAL BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

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A. LARRY SHORES JR., #25-0687 requests after-the-fact authorization to retain seven (7) 4-foot by 8-foot crab shedding trays attached to an existing pier, and to utilize the pier for both private and commercial purposes, adjacent to tax parcel 20B-65, situated along Urbanna Creek in Middlesex County. THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE PROPOSAL BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.