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. MICHAEL JEWETT, #03-0849. Continuation of a formal restoration hearing
and consideration of a Commission subcommittee report concerning unauthorized
construction activities at a former seafood offloading facility located at the
terminus of Lawson Road on Bennett's Creek in Poquoson.
5. BEACH COVE VILLAS CONDO OWNERS ASSOC., #04-2277, requests after-the-fact authorization to retain three (3) 90-foot long, T-head, concrete block groins installed at the site of three (3) remnant stone groins in front of their condominium units on the Rappahannock River near Windmill Point in Lancaster County. The project is protested by a commercial waterman who has a pound net adjacent to one of the groins.
6. COLD CHEER FARM ESTATES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, #04-1854, requests authorization to construct a community pier addition to provide five (5) wet slips at their community property situated along Piscataway Creek in Essex County. The project is protested by several nearby property owners.
7. RONALD W. BOONE, #04-2187, requests authorization to construct a 116-foot long by 42-foot wide building to house a bait shop, rest rooms, a snack bar, and recreational room, with a 12-foot by 12-foot gazebo structure on the roof, and two 24-foot by 16-foot open-sided roofed shelter structures, all to serve activites associated with the reconstruction of Harrison's Fishing Pier situated along the Chesapeake Bay in Norfolk.
8. BLUEWATER YACHT SALES LLC, #04-1594, requests after-the-fact authorization for the installation of a 245-foot long by 8-foot wide floating commercial pier and mooring piles adjacent to their property situated along Sunset Creek in Hampton. The project is protested by residents in the vicinity.
9. JACK W. COLLINS, #03-2064, requests authorization to Cross Wolf Creek near the Town of Hicksville in Bland County with a 10-foot wide by 60-foot long, steel and timber, single span bridge with two (2) concrete footers on the edge of the creek to connect an easement over land belonging to Mr. Harry Thompson and provide for vehicular access from State Route 642 to his cabin. Mr. Thompson objects to the project.
10. WILLIAM GEARY, #04-2015, requests after-the-fact authorization to retain an existing culvert crossing constructed over Back Creek in Frederick County and permission to install metal rails along the upstream side of the crossing to help prevent culvert clogging. Construction of the 16-foot wide crossing included laying culverts and concrete over an approximate 40-foot section of State-owned subaqueous bottom and involved filling approximately 100 square feet of subaqueous bottom adjacent to the crossing in an attempt to stabilize the upland. The crossing currently serves as an access route to Mr. Geary's private property.
11. COLUMBIA GAS OF VIRGINIA, #04-2549, requests after-the-fact authorization to retain the installation of a 4-inch replacement gas pipeline for a distance of 20 linear feet, by directional drill method, beneath Lieutenant Run, a tributary to the Appomattox River within the City of Petersburg.
12. DOMINION VIRGINIA POWER, ET AL, #04-2241, requests authorization to install overhead power transmission lines, to provide individual electrical service to Mr. Lewis Starkey, over Wards Creek in Prince George County. The project is protested by an adjoining property owner.
13. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS: Request for a Security Zone in the Area of Plum Tree National Wildlife Refuge.
14. PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed amendments to Regulation 4VAC20-450-10 et seq., "Pertaining to the Taking of Bluefish"
15. PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed amendments to Regulation 4VAC20-910-10 et seq., "Pertaining to Scup (Porgy)"
16. PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed amendments to Regulation 4VAC20-252-10 et seq., "Pertaining to the Taking of Striped Bass"
17. PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed amendments to Regulation 4VAC20-950-10 et seq., "Pertaining to Black Sea Bass"
18. SUMMER FLOUNDER: Request for public hearing on proposed amendments to adjust the recreational fishing measures for 2005
19. AMERICAN SHAD RESTORATION: Approval of procurement procedures and public notice.
20. PUBLIC COMMENTS.
2B. NEW KENT COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, ET AL, #04-2745, requests authorization to install, by directional bore, a submerged 16-inch sewer line beneath 42 linear feet of Rumley Marsh to provide public sewer to residents of New Kent County.
2C. FAIRFAX COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, #02-2187, requests modification to a time-of-year restriction included in a previously authorized permit for the installation of a sanitary sewer trunk line across four separate crossings of Pohick Creek in Fairfax County, and for the installation at the final two (2) crossings of precast concrete caps over existing sewer trunk lines and six-inch thick gabion mattresses along the streambed to cover all trunk lines. Recommend the previous time-of-year restriction of February 15 - June 30 be revised one time to a new in-stream restriction from March 1 - June 30 to allow completion of the final stream crossing.
2D. LYON SHIPYARD, INC., #04-2341, requests authorization to maintenance dredge, by clamshell, 35,000 cubic yards of State-owned submerged lands, and on an as-needed basis, to provide maximum depths of -20 feet below mean low water at the existing bulkhead sloping to depths of -31 feet below mean low water at their existing drydock facility adjacent to their property situated along the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk. All dredged material will be transported to and disposed within the Craney Island Disposal Facility. Staff recommends a pre-dredge conference and requirement to submit a post-dredge bathymetric survey.
2E. CHESAPEAKE COVE MARINA, #04-2401, requests authorization to remove
an existing commercial boathouse, construct a new 115-foot by 50-foot boathouse
with six (6) wetslips, 260 linear feet of replacement vinyl bulkhead, a 5-foot
by 48-foot open-pile pier with finger piers and mooring piles to provide two
wetslips adjacent to their marina situated along Broad Creek in Middlesex County.
There will be a net decrease in the size of the boathouse and the reduction
of two slips.
2F. WESTERN BRANCH PRESERVE, LLC, #04-2132, requests authorization to
construct eight (8) 150-foot long dual-slip community piers, two (2) 175-foot
long community piers with six (6) slips and one (1) 170-foot long community
pier with eight (8) slips (a total of 11 piers and 36 slips), and construct
a 16-foot wide, concrete community boat ramp and associated tending pier which
will extend 45 feet channelward of mean low water. The proposed structures are
designed to serve a 225-acre waterfront subdivision consisting of 41 lots situated
on the Western Branch of the Corrotoman River in Lancaster County. All of the
proposed slips will also include uncovered, low-profile boatlift structures.
Recommend approval based on the developer's agreement to include deed restrictions
that will prohibit any further construction of individual private piers by the
subsequent riparian waterfront property owners.
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.
