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, FEBRUARY 23, 2016. 4 5 ITEM I. CALL TO ORDER 6 7 The meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m. by Chairman Wood. 8 9 ITEM IL ROLL CALL 10 11 Board Members present were: Mr. Troy Thompson, Ms. Laura Burbage, Mr. Arno 12 Hasselquist, Mr. David Bruckheimer, Ms. Leigh Chapman, Vice -Chairman Gayl 13 Cozzens, and Chairman William Wood. Also present were Mr. David Imburgic 14 Environmental & Sustainability Manager, and Ms. Dorinda Weeks, Recording Secretary. 15 16 ITEM III. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES 17 18 Ms. Chapman proposed the following changes on page 2, line 23, of the December 1 19 2015 minutes to read as follows: After discussion regarding alternatives for managing 20 the eroding shoreline and Board Members' statements that a bulkhead is not a 21 preferred solution for reducing erosion, Mr. Schmidt decided to seek more information 22 on proposing a living shoreline design. 23 24 Mr. Hasselquist motioned to approve the December 15, 2015 minutes with the propose 25 changes. Ms. Burbage seconded the motion. A roll call vote on the motion resulted as 26 follows: 27 28 AYES: Thompson, Burbage, Hasselquist, Bruckheimer, Chapman, Cozzens, 29 NAYS: None 30 ABSTAIN: None 31 ABSENT: None 32 33 34 CONTROL 35 36 Mr. Imburgia presented JPA 2015 -1119 to the Board: The application was deferred 37 the December 15, 2015 meeting to February 23, 2016. 38 39 Staff and VMRC met with the applicant, Mr. Schmidt, to provide guidance on a 40 shoreline design and the permitting process. The applicant has not submitted a rf 41 application. 42 43 Mr. Schmidt, project contractor, communicated there had not been any changes 44 the application nor the process he will take to tie back the bulkhead and he is willing 45 pay the mitigation fee of $3000. 46 47 48 February 23, 2016 Minutes - 1  1 VIMS' recommendation notes that a bulkhead would sever the connection betw, 2 the upland and the intertidal area, interrupting the natural water /land continuum to 3 detriment of natural shoreline ecosystems, as well as a vertical bulkhead may incre 4 scour and erosion along the shoreline. 5 6 Since the impacts to the wetlands have not been justified, most of the Board expres . 7 great concern with allowing the bulkhead without first pursuing better alternatives 8 an eroding shoreline. 9 10 Mr. Bruckheimer motioned to approve JPA 2015 -1119 and the applicant to pay 11 mitigation fee. Ms. Burbage seconded the motion. A roll call vote on the me 12 resulted as follows: 13 14 AYES: Bruckheimer 15 NAYS: Thompson, Burbage, Hasselquist, Chapman, Cozzens, Wood 16 ABSTAIN: None 17 ABSENT: None 18 19 Ms. Chapman motioned to deny JPA 2015 -1119. Mr. Hasselquist seconded the motion 20 A roll call vote on the motion resulted as follows: 21 22 AYES: Thompson, Burbage, Hasselquist, Bruckheimer, Chapman, Cozzens, Wood 23 NAYS: None 24 ABSTAIN: None 25 ABSENT: None 26 27 The permit has been denied. Mr. Schmidt was advised he could resubmit a revised 28 application and has the right to appeal to VMRC within 10 days. 29 30 ITEM Va. MATTERS BY STAFF - In -Lieu Fee Fund 31 32 Mr. Imburgia presented an update to the Board of the current In -Lieu Fee Fund 33 balance: $ 48,405.00. 34 35 ITEM Vb. MATTERS BY STAFF - JPAs Processed Since July 1, 2015 36 37 There were eighteen ( 18) No Permit Necessary letters issued. 38 39 Two Joint Permit Applications in review: 40 JPA 2015 -1119, Karl Schmidt, 111 Alamo Court, bulkhead and pier. 41 JPA 2015 -1841, 4408 Chesapeake Avenue, riprap revetment and groin. 42 43 ITEM Vc. MATTERS BY STAFF - Updates from Staff 44 45 There were no staff updates presented. 46 47 ITEM VI. MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC 48 February 23, 2016 Minutes - 2  1 2 No matters presented by the public. 3 4 ITEM VII. MATTERS BY THE BOARD 5 6 No matters presented by the board. 7 8 ITEM VIII. ADJOURNMENT 9 10 The meeting was adjourned by the Chairman at 5: 47 p. m. Il 12 Respectfully Submitted, 13 14 15 16 David ImburgiajO William Wood, Chairma6 17 Environmental & Sustainability Manager Hampton Wetlands Board 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 February 23, 2016 Minutes - 3