1. MINUTES of previous meeting.
** APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
2. PERMITS (Projects over
$50,000 with no
objections and with staff recommendation for approval.)
3. CLOSED SESSION.
4. APM TERMINALS VIRGINIA, INC., #02-1913,
requests authorization to develop a marine container terminal facility
and to maintenance dredge on an as-needed basis adjacent to property
situated along the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth. Continued from
December 22, 2003, meeting.
5. DONALD BRITTON, ET AL, #03-1873. Commission
review of the October 23, 2003, decision of the Accomack County
Wetlands Board to approve the filling of 4,500 square feet of vegetated
wetlands along Chincoteague Channel in the Town of Chincoteague,
Accomack County. Continued from the December 22, 2003 Commission
meeting.
6. CYPRESS COVE VILLAS ASSOC., INC., #03-1578, requests
authorization to install 1,100 linear feet of bulkhead aligned a
maximum of two (2) feet channelward of the existing deteriorated
bulkhead adjacent to their property situated along Lily Creek in the
City of Portsmouth. The project is protested by nearby residents.
7. GREEN HILL BY THE BAY CONDOMINIUM OWNERS
ASSOCIATION, #03-0895, requests authorization to construct a
150-foot long community pier with a 12' by 16' T-head at their property
situated along Broad Bay in Virginia Beach. The project is
protested by adjacent property owners.
8. MARSHAL B. COX SR., #03-061S; OTIS P. ASAL AND
ROBERT A. SCOTT, #03-027S; D.S. LONG AND L.H. LONG, #02-053S, have
requested authorization to lease 10, 5 and 7 acres respectively of
Oyster Planting Ground along the Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of Old
Plantation Creek in Northampton County. The projects are protested by
nearby property owners.
9. PUBLIC COMMENTS
10. PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed amendment to
Regulation 4VAC20-20-50,
providing relief to pound net fishermen.
11. Approval of procurement procedures for the 2004
Shad Restoration Program.
12. Discussion and request for public hearing:
Vessel permit transfers in the
Summer Flounder fishery; Regulation
4VAC20-920-40.
13. BRIEFING: Virginia Saltwater Sport
Fishing Tournament.
14. REPEAT OFFENDERS
PAGE 2 ITEMS (Projects over $50,000
with no
objections and with staff recommendation for approval)
2A. CAVALIER GOLF AND YACHT CLUB, #03-0279,
requests authorization to construct two floating docks to provide 14
additional wet slips at their exiting marina situated along Little Neck
Creek in Virginia Beach. Recommend an annual encroachment royalty
of $335.80 for the encroachment over 6,716 square feet of State-owned
subaqueous land at a rate of $0.05 per square foot.
2B. COLONIAL BEACH YACHT CENTER, #03-0144,
requests authorization to hydraulically dredge approximately 37,000
cubic yards of subaqueous material to provide maximum depths up to
minus eight (-8) feet at mean low water in conjunction with the
redevelopment and reconfiguration of the Colonial Beach Yacht Center
situated along Monroe Bay in Westmoreland County. The proposed
redevelopment also includes the construction of 99 covered slips and 59
open slips on a combination of floating and fixed open-pile piers to
replace the existing slips, a new 335 linear foot floating fuel pier,
two 65 foot long travel lift piers to replace the existing travel lift
facility, and a 500 linear foot floating pier extending into the
Potomac River to support aquaculture and fishing activities. The
floating piers are designed to house floating shellfish upweller units
to support oyster aquaculture activities. Staff recommends a
one-time royalty of $16,200.00 for the new dredging of 36,000 cubic
yards of State-owned subaqueous bottom material at a rate of $0.45 per
cubic yard and an annual royalty of $5,852.35 for the encroachment over
117,047 square feet of additional State-owned submerged land at an
annual rate of $0.05 per square foot.
2C. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, #03-2261, requests
authorization to hydraulically place approximately 40,000 cubic yards
of dredged material, per dredge cycle, generated from the maintenance
dredging of the Trout Creek to Kegotank Bay section of the WCV Federal
Navigation Project channel into the surf zone along Metompkin Island,
3,000 feet south of Gargathy Inlet in Accomack County.
2D. RICHMOND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, #03-2163,
requests authorization to construct and backfill 164 linear feet of
sheet pile retaining wall aligned up to 30 feet channelward of mean low
water, resulting in the filling of 4,920 square feet of State-owned
subaqueous lands at the Richmond Terminal Dock within the James River
in the City of Richmond.
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.
