Wetlands Board Agendas & Minutes

1 I AT A PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR MEETING OF THE WETLANDS BOARD OF THE CITY 2 HAMPTON, VIRGINIA, HELD IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 22 LINCOLN 3 STREET, 8TH FLOOR, AT 5: 00 P. M. ON TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2015. 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 IL ROLL CALL 9 Board Members present were: Mr. Troy Thompson, Vice Chairman Arne Hasselquist, Mr. 10 David Bruckheimer, Ms. Leigh Chapman, Ms. Gayle Cozzens, Mr. Jeff Amick ( Alternate) 11 and Chairman William Wood. Also present were Veronica Meade, Senior Assistant City 12 Attorney, Mr. Andrew Griffey, Environmental & Sustainability Planner, and Ms. 13 Weeks, Recording Secretary. 14 15 ITEM III. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES - March 24, 2015 16 Ms. Chapman requested changes on page 3 to read as follows: 17 Line 9 - The determination from VIMS as to where the toe would go... 18 Line 12 and 13- Ms. Burbage has concern with accepting the plantings as mitigation 19 and needs to see plan for success and monitoring.... 20 Ms. Chapman motioned to accept the amended March 24, 2015 minutes. Vice 21 Chairman Hasselquist seconded the motion. 22 AYES: Thompson, Hasselquist, Bruckheimer, Chapman, Cozzens, Amick, Wood 23 NAYS: None 24 ABSTAIN: None 25 ABSENT: None May 26, 2015 Minutes - 1  1 ITEM IV. PUBLIC HEARING JPA 2014 -0777, JOINT BASE LANGLEY- EUSTIS, LANGLEY AFB, 2 FUEL PIER REPLACEMENT. 3 A. Griffey presented the board JPA 2014 -0077: The applicant proposes to construct a 4 new 857 linear feet fuel pier and a 95 x 20 foot emergency access boat ramp, 5 demolition of the existing fuel pier, and dredging of approximately 45,000 CY of river 6 bottom for the proposed fuel piers turning basin and approach channel. 7 The primary purpose is to provide an environmentally safer, long term solution to the 8 aging pier system and provide a facility with reliable and maintainable fuel receipt and 9 distribution capabilities. 10 The current pier system is in excess of 50 years in age and is a 7 foot wide wooden 11 structure with no spill containment and no fire protection. 12 There will be no impact to vegetated or non -vegetated wetlands. Mean high water 13 and mean low water fall on a currently rip -rap and broken concrete revetment. No 14 mitigation is proposed. 15 Staff information and guidance 16 Impacts to the wetlands have been limited to the maximum extent possible. 17 Proposed structures are essential for the success of the Langley Air Forces Base 18 mission. 19 Proposed structures area needed and environmentally safer option than the 20 current structure. 21 Should the Board vote to grant a permit for this application, staff recommends the 22 authorization subject to an expiration date of May 26, 2016, and the standard 23 conditions. 24 After discussion of whether the 12 month or 18 month permit expiration date would be 25 sufficient, Vice Chairman Hasselquist motioned to approve JPA 2014 -0777 with the May 26, 2015 Minutes - 2  1 permit good for 18 months instead of 12 months and standard conditions apply. Ms. 2 Chapman seconded the motion. 3 AYES: Thompson, Hasselquist, Bruckheimer, Chapman, Cozzens, Amick, Wood 4 NAYS: None 5 ABSTAIN None 6 ABSENT: None 7 8 ITEM Va. MATTERS BY STAFF - In - Lieu Fee Fund. 9 A. Griffey presented an update to the Board of the current In- Lieu -Fee Fund balance: 10 48, 405. 00. No new activity has occurred since reported in June 2014. It was 11 mentioned again Newmarket Creek Trail might be a potential area to work In -Lieu Fee 12 Fund into and possibly create extra wetlands. Chairman Wood agrees with the In -Lieu 13 fee being used to create wetlands, however, it should be a place where citizens can 14 see how the In -Lieu fee is spent. 15 16 ITEM Vb. MATTERS BY STAFF - JPAs in process 17 No permit necessary; permitted activity 18 JPA 15 -0562 Vinyl bulkhead at property on N. 11r Street 19 JPA 15 -0595 Oyster Aquaculture 20 Joint Permit Applications in review: 21 JPA 15 -0701 Installation of two parallel fiber optic lines crossing from Willoughby ii 22 Norfolk to Ft. Monroe. 23 24 25 May 26, 2015 Minutes - 3  1 ITEM Vc. MATTERS BY STAFF- Updates 2 None 3 4 ITEM VI. MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC 5 None 6 7 ITEM VII. MATTERS BY THE BOARD 8 None 9 10 ITEM VIII. ADJOURNMENT 11 The meeting was adjourned by the Chairman at 5: 15 p. m. 12 13 Respectfully Submitted, PROVED BY: 14 15 David Imburgia, William Wood, Chairman Environmental & Sustainability Manager Hampton Wetlands Board 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 May 26, 2015 Minutes - 4