Wetlands Board Agendas & Minutes

1 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, DECEMBER 15; 2015. 4 5 ITEM I. CALL TO ORDER 6 The meeting was called to order at 5:02 p. m. by Chairman Wood. 7 8 ITEM II. ROLL CALL 9 Board Members present were: Mr. Troy Thompson, Ms. Laura Burbage, Vice Chairmai 10 Arne Hasselquist, Mr. David Bruckheimer, Ms. Leigh Chapman, Ms. Gayle Cozzens, an( 11 Chairman William Wood. Also present were Ms. Veronica Meade, Senior Assistant Cif 12 Attorney, Mr. David Imburgia, Environmental & Sustainability Manager, and Ms. Dorindc 13 Weeks, Recording Secretary. 14 15 ITEM III. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES 16 Ms. Chapman motioned to approve the May 26, 2015 minutes as provided. Vice 17 Chairman Hasselquist seconded the motion. A roll call vote on the motion resulted as 18 follows: 19 20 AYES: Thompson, Hasselquist, Bruckheimer, Chapman, Cozzens, Wood 21 NAYS: None 22 ABSTAIN: Burbage 23 ABSENT: None 24 25 ITEM IV. ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF THE BOARD 26 Ms. Cozzens nominated William Wood as Chairman of the Board. Vice Chairman 27 Hasselquist seconded the motion. 28 29 AYES: Thompson, Burbage, Hasselquist, Bruckheimer, Chapman, Cozzens, 30 NAYS: None 31 ABSTAIN: None 32 ABSENT: None 33 34 Vice Chairman Hasselquist nominated Gayle Cozzens as Vice Chairman of the Board. 35 Ms. Chapman seconded the motion. 36 37 AYES: Thompson, Burbage, Hasselquist, Bruckheimer, Chapman, Cozzens, Wood 38 NAYS: None 39 ABSTAIN: None 40 ABSENT: None 41 42 ITEM V. PUBLIC HEARING JPA 2015 - 1119. KARL SCHMIDT, 111 ALAMO CT, NEW BULKHEAD 43 Mr. Imburgia presented JPA 2015 -1119 to the Board: The applicant proposes to install a 44 wooden bulkhead at a single family residential property along approximately 110 linear 45 feet of shoreline of a manmade canal in the Harris River. The proposed bulkhead will 46 be constructed approximately 1' channelward of the top of the existing undercut and 47 eroding bank for most of the reach, with a maximum of 5' of encroachment at the 48 December 15, 2015 . Minutes - 1  north end near an adjacent bulkhead. Active erosion is occurring along this shoreline. The applicant proposes a 4' x 16' dock. The primary purpose is to prevent erosion of 3 remaining property. The secondary purpose is to provide a, dock for water access. 5 The impact will be approximately 70 square feet of vegetated tidal wetlands and 80 6 square feet of non -vegetated tidal wetlands ( 150 square feet total). The application does not propose compensatory mitigation. 0 VIMS' recommendation for this shoreline is to enhance the riparian and marsh buffer, Ire, widen the marsh, selective grading where necessary, and either modify the use of the uplands by moving the shed or limited application of riprap revetment in the vicinity of 12 the existing shed. VIMS' recommendation notes that bulkheads sever the upland and 13 intertidal area and in this location, a vertical structure may increase scour and erosion 14 along the shoreline. VMRC' s Wetland Guidelines recommend, for mild to moderate 15 erosion, the planting of marsh grasses as the preferred means of stabilization. 16 17 Should the Board vote to grant a permit for this application, staff proposes that 18 compensatory mitigation be required as the project does propose impacts to the tidal 19 wetlands. Standard conditions will apply. If the in -lieu fee fund option is utilized, the fee 20 should be $3000 ( 150 square feet lost) *(1. 25) *($ 16. 00 /square foot). 21 22 The applicant, Mr. Karl Schmidt, addressed the Board with concerns of his receding 23 property due to an eroding shoreline. After discussion regarding alternatives for 24 managing the eroding shoreline and Board member statements that a bulkhead is not 25 a preferred solution for reducing erosion, Mr. Schmidt decided to seek more information 26 on proposing a living shoreline design. Mr. Schmidt asked the Wetlands Board to defer 27 his application. 28 29 Ms. Chapman motioned to defer JPA 2015 -1119 until the February 2016 meeting. Ms. 30 Burbage seconded the motion. 31 32 AYES: Thompson, Burbage, Hasselquist, Bruckheimer, Chapman, Cozzens, Wood 33 NAYS: None 34 ABSTAIN: None 35 ABSENT: None 36 37 ITEM Via. MATTERS BY STAFF - Presentation by VMRC on the Living Shoreline Group 1 38 Mike Johnson, VMRC, presented the Living Shoreline Group 1 General Permitting 39' Process that was approved summer 2015. 40 41 ITEM Vlb. MATTERS BY STAFF - In -Lieu Fee Fund 42 Mr. Imburgia presented an update to the Board of the current In -Lieu Fee Fund 43 balance: $ 48, 405.00. 44 45 ITEM Vic. MATTERS BY STAFF - JPAs Processed Since July 1, 2015 46 There were fifteen ( 15) No Permit Necessary letters issued. 47 One Joint Permit Application is in review: 48 December 15, 2015 Minutes - 2  1 JPA 2015- 1119, Karl Schmidt, 111 Alamo Court, bulkhead and pier. 2 3 ITEM Vld. MATTERS BY STAFF - FYI Annual Report 4 There were thirty -nine (39) JPAs from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, the majority of 5 which did not require a permit from the Board. Two applications were withdrawn by 6 applicants, JPA 2015 -0079 and JPA 2014 -0833. One permit was issued by the Board, 7 JPA 2014 -0777. 8 9 ITEM Vie. MATTERS BY STAFF - Updates from Staff 10 There were no staff updates presented. 11 12 ITEM VII. MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC 13 No matters presented by the public. 14 15 ITEM VIII. MATTERS BY THE BOARD 16 Ms. Burbage asked if there has been a follow -up on the living shoreline in the public lot 17 next to Saint Mary Star of the Sea School and is there any provision for its monitoring? 18 19 Mr. Imburgia responded he has gone to the site and is working on a plan with the City 20 departments of Public Works and Parks & Recreation to re- establish the living shoreline. 21 22 ITEM IX. ADJOURNMENT 23 The meeting was adjourned by the Chairman at 6: 15 p. m. 24 25 Respectfully Submitted, APPROVED 26 11 n / 27 28 29 David Imburg , Wiliam Wood, Chairman 30 Environmental & Sustainability Manager Hampton Wetlands Board 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 December 15, 2015 Minutes - 3