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. WAYNE SAWYER,
#02-2440. Commission consideration of Mr. Sawyer's
request to construct a 200-foot long pier, a portion of which includes
a 16-foot wide by 75-foot long floating dock, adjacent to his property
situated along a cove of Linkhorn Bay in Virginia Beach, and Mr.
Sawyer's request for Commission consideration of the Commissioner's
direction to initiate the process to establish a private pier line in
the cove before final action can be taken on the pier request.
Several nearby property owners protest the project.
5. VOLVO-PENTA PROPERTIES, INC., #03-2365, requests
authorization to remove 3,379 square feet of fixed, open-pile pier to
be replaced with 4,365 square feet of floating pier, and to install
nine (9) mooring piles, reducing the existing 26 slips to 15 slips at
the applicant's boat testing facility situated along Chuckatuck Creek
in the City of Suffolk. The project is protested by two adjoining
property owners.
6. JAMES W. WYNE, ET AL, #03-1113, requests
authorization to dredge 748 cubic yards of subaqueous material to
create a 600-foot long by 33-foot wide channel with maximum depths of
minus six (-6) feet at mean low water into Ewell's Prong of White House
Creek in Lancaster County. The sandy material will be removed by
clamshell and transported to a previously approved upland site off
Route 354 in Bertrand. Two nearby residents protest the project.
7. JOSEPH M. DUFRESNE, #03-2105, requests
authorization to replace an A-frame, enclosed boat house with a 336
square-foot, open-sided flat roof/deck with railings and stairs,
resulting in platforms at the pier end totaling 830 square feet, at his
property situated along Broad Bay in Virginia Beach.
8. BAY BRIDGE ENTERPRISES, #04-0286, requests
after-the-fact authorization to retain 200 linear feet of bulkhead
adjacent to property situated along the Southern Branch of the
Elizabeth River in Chesapeake and to dredge 1,407 cubic yards of
material.
9. CHARLES BROWN, #03-1250, requests
after-the-fact authorization to retain a 32-foot long by 18-foot wide
private, open-sided boathouse at a previously authorized pier adjacent
to property situated along Roberts Creek in Poquoson. The project
is protested by the adjacent property owners.
10. PUBLIC COMMENTS
11. Haul Seine/SAV Interactions: Review
of the 2002/2003 database and report from Dr. Bob Orth, VIMS.
12. Public Hearing: Proposed amendments
to Regulation 4VAC20-950-10 et seq. (black sea bass) and
Regulation 4VAC20-910-10 et seq. (scup).
13. Public Hearing: Proposed amendments
to Regulation 4VAC20-620-10 et seq. to establish recreational summer
flounder harvest restrictions for 2004.
14. Blue Crab: Discussion and request for
public hearing on regulatory amendments to extend the license
sales moratorium, to modify the crab dredge limited entry program,
adjust sponge crab restrictions and other issues.
15. Discussion on exemptions for limited entry
programs.
16. Black Drum: Requests for limited entry
fishery permits.
PAGE 2 ITEMS (Projects over $50,000
with no
objections and with staff recommendation for approval)
2A. DEPARTMENT OF
THE ARMY, #04-0072, requests authorization to install on an
annual basis up to 12 temporary floating causeways that will extend
approximately 1,200 feet into the Chesapeake Bay from the Fort Story
Base in Virginia Beach.
2B. DON KLIMKIEWICZ,
#03-2601, requests authorization to install a second, uncovered
boat lift and construct an 8' x 24' floating dock with access ramp at
the channelward end of an existing 136' long private, open-pile pier,
resulting in platforms at the pier end totaling 886 square feet, at his
property situated along the Eastern Branch of the Lynnhaven River in
Virginia Beach. Recommend approval pending expiration of the
public comment period.
2C. LAFARGE NORTH
AMERICA, #03-2531, requests authorization to dredge
approximately 11,800 cubic yards maintenance material and 9,600 cubic
yards of new material from State-owned submerged lands, by clamshell
method, to maximum depths of -37 feet below mean low water, and to
maintenance dredge on an as-needed basis, at the offloading basin at
their facility situated along the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth
River in Chesapeake. Staff recommends a royalty of $0.45 per
cubic yard for the portion of the project that represents new dredging.
2D. PAUL BICKFORD,
JR., #03-2082, requests authorization to expand an existing
private pier with the addition of 35 square feet of decking and a
51/2-foot by 8-foot deck area to square off a flared pierhead, an
8-foot by 10-foot deck area and two 6-foot wide finger piers around a
proposed boathouse, resulting in platforms at the pier end totaling 872
square feet, adjacent to his property situated along the Hampton River
in Hampton.
2E. MARINE RESOURCES
COMMISSION, #04-0293. The Fisheries Management Division
requests authorization to construct a 415-acre public artificial
fishing reef centered at 37( 37'16" North Latitude, 76( 14' 08" West
Longitude in Chesapeake Bay, approximately 1.45 nautical miles north of
Windmill Point Light in Lancaster County. The site will consist
of suitable rubble, prefabricated concrete units and steel hulled
vessels and will provide a minimum clearance of 15 feet at mean low
tide.
2F. CITY OF ROANOKE,
#03-2643, requests authorization to install 85 linear feet of
concrete-encased sewer line under the Roanoke River in Roanoke.
Staff recommends standard instream construction conditions.
2G. TOWN OF
SMITHFIELD, ET AL, #04-0022, requests authorization to install,
by directional method, a 16-inch water line a minimum of ten (10) feet
below the creek bottom of Cypress Creek, a tributary to the Pagan
River, within VDOT's right-of-way along U.S. 10 Bypass in the town of
Smithfield, Isle of Wight County.
2H. MICHAEL KIRSCH,
ET AL, #03-1836, requests authorization to dredge 1,848 cubic
yards of State-owned submerged lands from a 95-foot long by 120-foot
wide boat basin and a 673-foot long by 25-foot wide access channel
adjacent to their properties situated along the Western Branch of the
Elizabeth River in Portsmouth. Materials will be disposed of at
the Craney Island Disposal Facility. Staff recommends a royalty
of $0.45 per cubic yard for the new dredging.
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.