Wetlands Board Agendas & Minutes

1 AT A PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR MEETING OF THE WETLANDS BOARD OF THE CITY O 2 HAMPTON, VIRGINIA, HELD IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 22 LINCOLN 3 STREET, 8T" FLOOR, AT 5: 00 P. M. ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014. 4 5 ITEM I. CALL TO ORDER 6 The meeting was called to order at 5: 00 p.m. by Chairman Wood. 7 8 ITEM II. INTRODUCTION OF NEW BOARD MEMBER AND ALTERNATE 9 New members are Troy Thompson and Alternate Carole Garrison. 10 11 ITEM III. ROLL CALL 12 Board Members present were: Mr. Troy Thompson, Ms. Laura Burbage, Dr. Arn 13 Hasselquist, Ms. Leigh Chapman, Ms. Gayle Cozzens, Alternate Jeff Amick, an 14 Chairman William Wood. Also present were Ms. Lesa Yeatts, Senior Deputy Ci 15 Attorney, Mr. Michael Anaya, Environmental & Sustainability Planner, and Ms. Dorind 16 Weeks, Recording Secretary. 17 18 ITEM IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES 19 Ms. Chapman motioned to accept the minutes of the December 17, 2013 and the 20 minutes of the January 23, 2014 with the notation on the site visit to include the site was 21 not staked by applicant. Dr. Hasselquist seconded the motion. 22 23 AYES: Thompson, Hasselquist, Chapman, Cozzens, Amick, Wood 24 NAYS: None 25 ABSTAIN: Burbage February 25, 2014 Minutes - 1  1 ABSENT: None 2 3 ITEM V. ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF THE BOARD 4 Ms. Cozzens nominated William Wood to be reinstated as Chairman of the Board. Mr. 5 Amick seconded the motion. 6 7 AYES: Thompson, Burbage, Hasselquist, Chapman, Cozzens, Amick, Wood 8 NAYS: None 9 ABSTAIN: None 10 ABSENT: None 11 12 Ms. Chapman nominated Dr. Hasselquist as Vice Chairman. Mr. Amick seconded the 13 motion. 14 15 AYES: Thompson, Burbage, Hasselquist, Chapman, Cozzens, Amick, Wood 16 NAYS: None 17 ABSTAIN: None 18 ABSENT: None 19 20 ITEM VI. PUBLIC HEARING JPA 2013 -1052. PACE HOMES. INC.. NORTH BOXWOOD STREET 21 STORMWATER OUTFALL STRUCTURE 22 M. Anaya presented the board JPA 2013 -1052. The applicant proposes to construct a 23 stormwater outfall structure to serve a single -family residential subdivision at the north 24 end of North Boxwood Street in Hampton. As a result of the proposed project, minor 25 impacts to vegetated tidal wetlands will occur. February 25, 2014 Minutes - 2  1 2 Should the Board vote to grant a permit for this application, Staff recommends the 3 authorization subject to an expiration date of February 25, 2015, the standard 4 conditions, and the following conditions: 5 The applicant offer compensation for permanent impacts through 6 contribution to the City of Hampton' s In -Lieu Fee program at a rate of 7 1. 25: 1 for 117 square feet of vegetated wetlands, which equates to 8 2, 340. 00 9 The permittee shall notify the City of Hampton Environmental Inspector 10 one day prior to commencement of construction activity. 11 The site shall be monitored by the City of Hampton Environmental 12 Inspector during construction in order to ensure proper and appropriate 13 construction practices. 14 The permittee shall notify the City of Hampton Environmental Inspector 15 upon completion of construction. 16 Ms. Chapman suggested that the total square feet impacted for tidal wetlands be 17 included in the permit application before issued. 18 19 C. J. Bodnar, Engineer for the applicant, answered the Board questions on how the 20 topography and existing land use makes these impacts unavoidable. Mr. Bodnar 21 explained that the benefit of this project is to provide a drainage facility for the new 22 development that is being constructed so that the roads will not flood during a 23 continuous storm event. 24 25 February 25, 2014 Minutes - 3  1 Ms. Chapman motioned to approve the permit with the recommended condition and 2 two additional conditions for consideration: In addition to monitoring during the 3 construction, Ms. Chapman proposed monitoring to be continued for three years post 4 construction to insure that the project is constructed in accordance with the 5 application and expound on our permit condition number three to show that the 6 permit explicitly excludes disturbance to adjacent wetlands as a result of the permitted 7 action. Ms. Burbage seconded the motion. 8 9 AYES: Thompson, Burbage, Hasselquist, Chapman, Amick 10 NAYS: Cozzens 11 ABSTAI N IMA .. 12 ABSENT: None 13 14 JPA 2013 -1560. CHRISTY WILSON, 4012 CHESAPEAKE AVE, RIP RAP REVETMENT 15 The project proposes to remove existing concrete rubble revetment along 16 approximately 80 linear feet of shoreline channelward of existing concrete and steel 17 seawall to a dept of eight (8) feet, a width of approximately sixteen ( 16) feet. A two ( 2) 18 foot toe will be dug, filter cloth will be placed in toe, along base of revetment, and 19 against existing seawall. Concrete core material will then be placed on top of filter 20 cloth. Class II armor stone will be placed on top of concrete core material. Finished 21 height of the proposed revetment will be approximately 1 - 2 feet higher than the top of 22 the existing seawall. The site will be accessed by a single land through the yard. At the 23 end of construction, ruts in the yard will be smoothed, seeded, and temporarily 24 stabilized through the use of straw mulch. 25 February 25, 2014 Minutes - 4  1 Should the Board vote to grant a permit for this project as proposed in this application, 2 Staff recommends the authorization subject to an expiration date of February 25, 2015, 3 the standard conditions, and the following conditions: 4 The permittee shall notify the City of Hampton Environmental Inspector one day 5 prior to commencement of construction activity. 6 The site shall be monitored by the City of Hampton Environmental Inspector 7 during construction in order to ensure proper and appropriate construction 8 practices. 9 The permittee shall notify the City of Hampton Environmental Inspector upon 10 completion of construction. 11 The applicant was not present to speak. 12 13 Chairman Wood expressed major concern that digging down eight feet during 14 construction may destabilize existing bulkhead. 15 16 Ms. Burbage motioned to approve JPA 2013 -1560 with the standard conditions and the 17 condition that the applicant is asked to ensure stabilization of the bulkhead during 18 construction. Ms. Chapman seconded the motion. 19 AYES: Thompson, Burbage, Hasselquist, Chapman, Cozzens, Amick, Wood 20 NAYS: None 21 ABSTAIN: None 22 ABSENT: None 23 24 ITEM VII. MATTERS BY STAFF 25 February 25, 2014 Minutes - 5  1 M. Anaya presented an update to the Board of the current In- Lieu -Fee Fund balance: 2 46, 065. 00. 3 4 M. Anaya briefed the Board on the JPAs that are pending: 5 6 City project at Blue Bird Gap Farm, 60 Pine Chapel Rd, has proposed to construct a 7 living shoreline in Newmarket Creek to prevent further erosion and to create a teaching 8 marsh. 9 10 There were five joint permit applications that were not in the jurisdiction and no permit 11 was necessary from the Wetlands Board. There were eight permit applications that did 12 not require a permit because they are permitted uses by the Wetlands Ordinance and 13 two currently in review: construction of off -shore breakwater with beach nourishment 14 and sand dune revegetation and fencing and Coliseum Lake retrofit for water quality 15 improvements. 16 17 Next month' s meeting will include an application to construct a living shoreline at 80 N. 18 Boxwood Street. 19 20 ITEM VIII. MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC 21 No matters presented by the public. 22 23 ITEM IX. MATTERS BY THE BOARD 24 25 February 25, 2014 Minutes - 6  1 Ms. Chapman mentioned at our last meeting, the applicant discussed he had done the 2 same work on other properties that we are not allowing him to do at 4012 Chesapeake 3 Ave. The Staff did not have any permits on file for adjacent properties. 4 5 Ms. Chapman suggested revision to the third permit condition on all permits going 6 forward indicating the permit reads " explicitly excludes disturbance to adjacent 7 wetlands as a result of permitted action ". 8 9 M. Anaya briefly answered questions on the City project, Phoebus living shoreline 10 destabilization. 11 12 Vice Chairman Hasselquist stated that he would like to pursue areas to start creating 13 new wetlands with money from the In- Lieu -Fee Fund. 14 15 ITEM X. ADJOURNMENT 16 The meeting was adjourned by the Chairman at 6: 00 p. m. 17 18 Respectfully Submitted, APPROVED BY: 19 20 Michael Anaya, William Wood, Chairman 21 Environmental & Sustainability Planner Hampton Wetlands Board 22 23 24 25 February 25, 2014 Minutes - 7