Wetlands Board Agendas & Minutes

1 AT A WORK SESSION OF THE WETLANDS BOARD OF THE CITY OF HAMPTON, VIRGINIA, 2 HELD IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, CITY HALL, 22 LINCOLN STREET, 3 5T" FLOOR, AT 5: 00 P. M. ON TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2016 4 5 ITEM I. CALL TO ORDER 6 7 The meeting was called to order at 5: 05 p.m. by Chairman Wood. 8 9 ITEM II. ROLL CALL 10 11 Board Members present and seated were: Ms. Laura Burbage, Mr. Arne Hasselquist, 12 Mr. Jeff Amick ( Alternate), Ms. Carole Garrison ( Alternate), and Chairman William 13 Wood. Ms. Leigh Chapman and Vice -Chairman Gayle Cozzens were absent. Mr. Troy 14 Thompson arrived just after roll call. Also present were Ms. Veronica Meade, Deputy 15 City Attorney, Mr. David Imburgia, Environmental & Sustainability Manager, Mr. 16 Andrew Griffey, Wetlands Board Coordinator, Ms. Dorinda Weeks, Recording 17 Secretary. 18 19 ITEM III. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES 20 21 Mr. Hasselquist moved to approve the April 26, 2016 minutes as written. Mr. Amick 22 seconded the motion. A roll call vote on the motion resulted as follows: 23 24 AYES: Burbage, Hasselquist, Amick, Garrison, Wood 25 NAYS: None 26 ABSTAIN: None 27 ABSENT: Chapman, Cozzens 28 29 Mr. Thompson was present at this time, however, was not included in this roll call due 30 to accidental oversight. 31 32 ITEM IV. VIMS WETLANDS WORKSHOP DISCUSSION 33 34 Special Review Account for Civil Charges 35 Review of Mitigation Policy and the In -Lieu Fee Fund 36 After discussion of the In -Lieu Fee, the Board agreed the fund will remain 37 at $ 16 per square foot. 38 We currently have a separate account for the In -Lieu Fee Fund and 39 Structure Encroachment Fee Fund. The Civil Charges is not a separate 40 account it is combined with the In -Lieu Fee Fund. The Board may 41 consider having a separate account for the Civil Charges. 42 Beach and Dunes Ordinance resolution will be revised and re- submitted to City 43 Council for adoption. 44 45 After the Fact Permit Fees 46 The Board was in agreement with the After the Fact Permit Fees changing to 47 double fees. 48 June 28, 2016 Minutes - 1  1 Ms. Garrison motioned to change the After the Fact Permit Fees to double 2 fees. Ms. Burbage seconded the motion. A roll call vote on the motion resulted 3 as follows: 4 5 6 AYES: Thompson, Burbage, Hasselquist, Amick, Garrison, Wood 7 NAYS: None 8 ABSTAIN: None 9 ABSENT: Chapman, Cozzens 10 11 Opening Statement 12 At the beginning of each meeting a portion of the opening statement will be 13 read by the Chairman and a portion will be displayed on the screen. 14 15 Ms. Burbage motioned the Chairman or acting Chairman for the day read the 16 opening statement through the paragraph that reads: " We will be guided by 17 this policy as well as by the legal standards and the Virginia Marine Resources 18 Commission guidelines ". Further guidance to the applicants and commenters 19 will be presented in bullets on the screen or the Chairman or acting Chairman 20 can refer to. Mr. Hasselquist seconded the motion. A roll call vote on the motion 21 resulted as follows: 22 23 AYES: Thompson, Burbage, Hasselquist, Amick, Garrison, Wood 24 NAYS: None 25 ABSTAIN: None 26 ABSENT: Chapman, Cozzens 27 28 Judicial Review 29 Consider separate accounts for the penalties and Civil Charges 30 If Staff goes to a site and access is denied for an inspection, they can go to the 31 Magistrate to get a search warrant. 32 Conflict of Interest Act is limited to $ 250. 00 per year if you accept any tangible 33 gifts and there is no limit on intangibles. There could be criminal penalties for 34 willfully violating the Act. 35 Three or more Board Members constitute a meeting and limited to two Board 36 Members without an advertisement. 37 During Council Chamber meetings do not appear too familiar with one another 38 around applicants to ensure we do take their order of business seriously. 39 40 Other Matters by the Board for Discussion 41 Update was given on the 2 living shoreline projects around Coliseum 1- 664/ 1 - 64. 42 One project is VDOT project and the other is a City project. 43 Phoebus shoreline would be great for public viewing. 44 45 ITEM V. MATTERS BY STAFF 46 Mr. Griffey presented an update to the Board of the current In -Lieu Fee Fund: 47 May and June collected $2, 065. 08, new balance $50,470. 08 48 Four JPA' s came in for review and processed as No Permit Necessary. June 28, 2016 Minutes - 2  1 ITEM VI. MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC 2 No matters presented by the public. 3 4 ITEM VII. ADJOURNMENT 5 6 The meeting was adjourned by the Chairman at 6: 40 p. m. 7 8 Respectfully Submitted, APPROVED BY: 9 10 11 12 Andrew Griffey, William Wood, Chairman 13 Wetlands Board Coordinator Hampton Wetlands Board 14 15 16 17 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 June 28, 2016 Minutes - 3