1. MINUTES of previous meeting.
** APPROVAL OF AGENDA.
2. PERMITS (Projects over
$50,000 with no objections and with staff recommendation for approval.)
3. CLOSED MEETING FOR CONSULTATION WITH OR BRIEFING BY COUNSEL.
4. PACK FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, #04-2454,
requests authorization to modify a previously issued permit (#04-0983)
to increase the proposed dredging of State-owned subaqueous bottomland
from 3,200 cubic yards to 7,500 cubic yards and to reconfigure
previously authorized slips within the same footprint at the existing
Smithfield Station Marina facility along the Pagan River in the Town of
Smithfield in Isle of Wight County. The project is protested by
an adjoining property owner.
5. RANDOLPH H. PACK, #05-1180, requests
authorization to dredge up to 1,500 cubic yards of State-owned
subaqueous bottomland; after-the-fact approval to retain previously
unauthorized marina slips and finger piers; reconfigure previously
authorized marina slips; and after-the-fact authorization to retain a
larger than previously permitted "lighthouse" building (#87-1941) along
with approval of a change in use of the structure from the previously
authorized use as a dockmaster office; restrooms/showers; and marina
store/raw bar, to use as lodging and a conference/meeting room, at the
existing Smithfield Station Marina/Hotel/Restaurant facility, along the
Pagan River, in the Town of Smithfield in Isle of Wight County.
The project is protested by an adjoining property owner.
6. DERRICK RIDLEY, #05-0981, requests
authorization to install 330 linear feet of riprap on property situated
along Hampton Roads in Hampton. A primary coastal sand dunes and
beaches permit is required.
7. FERNAND BARUCH, JR., #05-1046, requests
authorization to construct four (4) riprap breakwaters and place up to
3,500 cubic yards of sandy material landward of the breakwaters as
beach nourishment and to construct a second open-pile pier extending
120 feet channelward of mean high water adjacent to his property
situated along Meachim Creek and the Rappahannock River in Middlesex
County. The project is protested by several property owners along
Meachim Creek.
8. WILLIAM
NEWTON, #04-2418, requests authorization to construct a 33-foot
long by 17-foot wide (561 square feet) private, non-commercial,
open-sided timber boathouse adjacent to his property situated along
Lodge Creek in Northumberland County. The project is protested by
an adjacent property owner.
9. WAYNE HARBIN, #05-0603, requests
authorization to construct a 360-foot long by 6-foot wide private,
non-commercial, open-pile pier with a 16' by 18' L-head and a 16' by
10' floating dock adjacent to property situated along Back Creek in
York County.
10. KEITH A. FARRISH, #04-2026, requests
authorization to construct a 25-foot wide by 28-foot long, open-sided
boathouse to cover a boat lift, two jet ski lifts, and an 11-foot wide
by 16-foot long L-head platform, adjacent to his property situated
along Monroe Bay in Westmoreland County.
11. MARK WORRALL, #04-2186, requests
authorization to construct a 30-foot by 14-foot open-sided boathouse
adjacent to a previously authorized pier located adjacent to his
property situated along the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in
Norfolk. The project is protested by an adjacent property owner.
12. COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON, ET AL, #05-0492,
requests authorization for the one-time placement of up to 75,000 cubic
yards of hydraulically dredged beach quality sandy material arising
from creation of the proposed Nassawadox Creek Federal Navigation
Channel in an unconfined overboard 68-acre site in the Chesapeake Bay,
northwest of the mouth of Nassawadox Creek. The project is protested by
nearby property owners.
13. VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE,
requests authorization to set-aside 507.90 acres of unassigned state
bottom in Hog Island Bay, southeast of High Shoal Marsh in Northampton
County for five years. The area will be used for seagrass restoration.
14. DISCUSSION: Royalty issue.
15. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
16. PUBLIC HEARING: Emergency Regulation
extending the clam harvest season in the Hampton Roads Shellfish Area
through September 14, 2005, as a permanent part of 4 VAC 20-566-10 Et
Seq.
17. PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed amendments
to Regulation 4 VAC 20-252-10 Et Seq. "Pertaining to Striped
Bass." a) Modification of the recreational striped bass
regulations for the fall 2005 Chesapeake Area fishery. b) Change
the commercial striped bass tagging program to require the use of two
separate tags, based on striped bass size intervals, for the Chesapeake
Area and Coastal Area. c) Add requirements to improve compliance
with the commercial striped bass tagging program. d) Repeal the
January 1 through March 25 prohibitions on the use of gill nets with a
stretched mesh size between 33/4 inches and 6 inches in the western
tributaries, from the James River to the Rappahannock River. e)
Establish a 7-inch maximum mesh size for all gill nets used in the
Chesapeake Area striped bass fishery and a maximum mesh size for gill
nets used in the Coastal Area striped bass fishery.
18. ANNUAL REVIEW of haul seine, propeller
scarring, of SAV beds and status of Chincoteague Bay SAV sanctuary, Dr.
Bob Orth, VIMS.
19. VIRGINIA SEAFOOD COUNCIL: Request
for additional testing of ariakensis oysters in on-bottom deployments.
20. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS: Review of
the Army Corps of Engineers Lynnhaven Decision document to establish
Lynnhaven River as the next priority site for native oyster restoration.
21. REQUEST FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1)
Amendments to Regulation 310 to exempt shellfish seed stock from
certain condemned shellfish relay provisions and 2)Amendments to
Regulation 720 establishing the 2005/2006 oyster harvest seasons.
22. FAILURE TO REPORT COMMERCIAL HARVESTS:
Consideration of individual cases.
23. RECOMMENDATIONS: Recommendations of
the Commercial Fishing Advisory Board.
VMRC DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES; THEREFORE, IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS DUE TO A DISABILITY, PLEASE ADVISE KATHY LEONARD (757-247-2120) NO LATER THAN FIVE WORK DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING DATE AND IDENTIFY YOUR NEEDS.
FISHERY MANAGEMENT ITEMS WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THE HABITAT MANAGEMENT PROJECTS ON THIS AGENDA.