Wind Turbine will top Hot Tuna

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Todd Solomon

Shop center wind machine

The owner of Cape Henry Plaza Shopping Center at the corner of Shore Drive and W. Great Neck Road applied for and received approval from the city to install a wind turbine on the roof of the property, an initiative that is by all accounts the first of its kind for a commercial property in the city.

The 19-foot-tall turbine is expected to help supplement the electricity consumed by the shopping center whose tenants include a grocery store, a drugstore and Hot Tuna Bar & Grill.

Click here to read the entire article in this week’s Inside Business, http://www.insidebiz.com/news/mighty-wind-energize-center

3-8-10 General Meeting Agenda

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Todd Solomon

CAPE STORY BY THE SEA

MONTHLY CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETING

VIRGINIA BEACH RESORT HOTEL

Monday March 8, 2010 at 7:30pm

I. Call to Order

Introduction of guests – possible Candidates for Elections by Virginia Beach Voters

II. Minutes February 2010 Meeting

III. Treasurers Report

IV. Officers Reports

V. Committee Reports

Neighborhood Watch Update – Regina Wallace- Neighborhood Watch –
Beautification & Clean-up Committee – Shirley Drye and Dee Simpson –– completed Sunday, February 21^st

Military Liaison Update–

Amy Phillips, Information Officer amy.l.phillips@navy.mil phone: 757.422.7101 ext 225 and Janson Eversole, AICP Community Planning Liaison Officer Jason.eversole@navy.mil

SkipJack: Ginnie and Tracy Stover –SPRING ISSUE

Pictures available on www.capestory.org – send your pictures to post links at web site

VI. Unfinished Business

Storm Water and Flood Damage follow up –must report concerns and problems to Public Works 385-1470 Nor’easter– SDCC and civic associations are working with City Storm water engineer, Mike Mundy to gather data from the storm in order to identity areas for improvement (back flow of water through storm drains and flood on streets and park noted). Please contact Mike Mundy at MMundy@vbgov.com with Your stories and pictures.
Sand Replenishment on the Bay– weekly updates received by CSBTS-

Jim Wood, Phillip Roerhs and David Hansen have provided us with information noted. Mr. Lankford indicated on the March 1 weekly report that the sand haul over Oak Street will be completed at end of the week (March 6/7) and the restoration of the Oak Street vehicular beach access will commence immediately following the truck haul. No citizen concerns were received the previous week. A topographic survey of the beach has been scheduled to commence after the truck haul to document the “after placement” condition.

Membership for 2010 – WINTER and SPRING NEWSLETTER has membership application for 2010—JOIN NOW for $10 for whole family –MEMBERSHIP is open to ALL (Owners and Renters) persons living in Cape Story. Please provide READABLE email to be added to or to remain on the CSBTS Email List. Chance for $100 drawing with each membership application.
The Sandalwood Walkover– City Intends to rebuild – no time line stated, markers noted on bay-FEMA funds to cover costs

V. New Business

CSBTS Elections Nominations: Elections for CSBTS 2010

President – Empsy Munden

1st Vice President- Tracy Stover

2nd Vice President- Diana Albis

Secretary – Todd Solomon

Treasurer – David Albis

Nominations from the Floor Called. Elections by members present

VBCCO-: Banquet March 6, 2010- CSBTS nominations – Jim and Regina Wallace-membership drive 2009, Dee Simpson & Shirley Drye- Park & Trail Clean Ups, Teri and Chris Doddy- Christmas Families donations and Cookies for the Troops , Cape Story by the Sea- July 4^th: parade, brunch, fireworks . Todd Solomon nominated by SDCC for Outstanding volunteer contributions to Cape Story and SHORE DRIVE

Categories available include Community Service Award— CSBTS Received THIS Award Last Year–and Outstanding Youth Award as well as citywide Volunteer of the Year Award and citywide Youth Volunteer Award and Community of the Year Award

March Meeting Wednesday March 10^th at 7 PM- Central Library www.vbcco.org – Program:City Planning Commission CSBTS is a member for 2010, Diana Albis 2^nd VP attends meetings . Meetings are open to the public.

· SDCC – Check www.sdcc.info for current information – CSBTS residents may attend as guests MONDAY, March 29, 2010 at 7:30PM at the Ocean Park Rescue Squad Station-Jim Wood and Louis Jones-will be guest speakers- City Budget- location may be changed , watch emails for updates …..

· Shamrock Marathon- Saturday, March 20 & Sunday, March 21-route will follow Atlantic Ave into Ft. Story West Gate. www.shamrockmarathon.com for information and volunteer

VIII. Adjourn

List of storm water issues identified at CSBTS 1-11-10 General Meeting

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Todd Solomon

The following list of issues were discussed and identified as action items at the January 11, 2010 Cape Story by the Sea Civic Association general meeting. The Civic Association will keep you updated on the progress of these issues, so check back for posts or sign up for email updates by becoming a Civic Association Member.

Calvert Street (Bayside) needs the French drain clean out. Water backs up and never subsides. Action=Phil Cutter
First Landing, Calvert and Walke (Landside) request a backflow preventer be installed at the common outfall location in Long Creek Cape Henry subdivision. This will prevent tide surges from flooding our neighborhoods at 0-6 feet above normal tide cycles. Action=Mike Mundy
Large scale storm water improvement project (piping and pump station) discussed for streets north of Shore Drive (Bayside). No money to accomplish and may not be necessary. Action=Mike Mundy, Phil Cutter
Calvert and First Landing (Bayside), if clean out of French drain doesn’t work, maybe a pipe can be installed to connect Calvert to the pumped system on First Landing. Action=Mike Mundy, Phil Cutter
Change to City Codes to require adequate storm water drainage for new homes when they infill and wind up creating a dam next to lower lying existing homes. Action=CSBTS & Mike Mundy
Oak & Poinciana swale and ditch works during normal rain cycle, but not during tidal surge. Never did this before recent City improvements. City needs to determine if a backflow preventer will help this situation. Action=Mike Mundy
Call the following number to report all storm water issues. 385-1470 This is the best way to track our problems and allows the city to assign a ticket number to our issues. Action=CSBTS
Clean outfall at First Landing (Bayside) beach access. Sand has built up and may have blocked flow. Action=Phil Cutter
Clean out drainage ditch just east of First Landing Lane along Cape Henry Trail. Blockage where ditch ties into Cape Henry system. Action=Phil Cutter
Provide CSBTS an electronic version of the colored tidal surge level map. Action=Mike Mundy

Cape Henry Beach Replenishment Update #3

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Todd Solomon

The contractor was not able to work on Wednesday 3/3/10 (due to the Nor’easter) and the remaining sand material removal from the Maple Street Dredge disposal area is taking longer to remove than we first anticipated. We anticipate completion of the truck haul early next week and then another week to re-establish the Oak Street vehicular beach access.

The following is the third weekly update for the Cape Henry Beach truck haul replenishment contract as provided by Phill Roehrs, Water Resources Engineer with Public Works Engineering:

“As of the close of business on Monday, March 1, the contractor had hauled 36,000 cubic yards of sand to the eastern portion of Cape Henry Beach. The entire reach from Ships Watch Court, where replenishment from the navigation project terminated, to the border with First Landing State Park/Kendall Street has received sand from this effort.

Approximately 4,000 cubic yards of material remained available at Monday’s close for hauling to the beach – our revised estimate for total quantity is 40,000 cubic yards. The remaining material will be spread to the east of Oak Street. The sand quality continues to be outstanding.

Hauling did not occur this past Saturday, February 27; the contractor used the time to scour the Maple Street Dredged Material Management Area for all remaining sand, creating a final stockpile and reconfiguring the staging for efficient hauling this week. We anticipate that the haul will be completed sometime this week. The restoration of the Oak Street vehicular beach access will commence immediately following the truck haul. Work hours for the truck haul and the beach access restoration will continue as 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.

No citizen concerns were received this week, and there have been no reported traffic incidents. No damage to Oak Street has been observed, however a final and detailed inspection will occur after the completion of the beach access restoration and any needed repairs will be promptly scheduled. A topographic survey of the beach has been scheduled to commence next week to document the ‘after placement’ condition.”

If you have any questions or need additional information, please let me know and I will be happy to assist you. Thank you.

Drew Lankford

Media and Communications Department of Public Works. City of Virginia Beach

dlankfor@vbgov.com (O) 757.385.8062, (C) 757.409.4353

Update on Cape Henry Beach Sand Replenishment

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Todd Solomon

The following is the second weekly update for the Cape Henry Beach truck haul replenishment contract as provided by Phill Roehrs, Water Resources Engineer with Public Works Engineering:

“As previously reported, hauling began on February 10, 2010. As of the close of business on Monday, February 22, 22,000 cubic yards of sand had been hauled to the beach and spread between Ships Watch Court and Oak Street. The contractor is now placing sand east of Oak Street.

We have revised our estimate of the quantity of sand available to be approximately 35,000 cubic yards – the contractor has been able to remove quality sand down to elevation 2 feet, NAVD, within the Maple Street Dredged Material Management Area, almost two feet deeper than we had originally anticipated. Again, our intention is to remove all available sand from the Maple Street site, we are actively looking for every opportunity to maximize the volume. We are also closely monitoring the material quality with a full-time inspector at the borrow site, no objectionable loads have left the site.

We continue to field-adjust the cross section to assure that the fill operation will extend all the way to First Landing State Park with the largest possible beach berm dimension. The finished beach is a substantial and notable improvement. The sand placed on the beach is of such a quality that it is difficult to distinguish the new material from the existing beach sand – from color to grain size to shell content. We have not discovered any pockets of deleterious material, but if found on final inspection we will promptly schedule a visit by Beach Operations to sift and groom any objectionable areas.

Work hours continue as 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.

With roughly 13,000 cubic yards to go, we anticipate the hauling will be complete by the end of the first week of March. We continue to monitor the condition of Oak Street, and will schedule repairs if necessary immediately after hauling and the Oak Street beach access restoration are complete.

No concerns or objections from citizens were received during this week, and there have been no traffic incidents.”

Cape Story by the Sea Civic Association General Meeting – Monday Feb. 8th (Agenda)

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Todd Solomon

CAPE STORY BY THE SEA

MONTHLY CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETING

VIRGINIA BEACH RESORT HOTEL

Monday February 8, 2010 at 7:30pm

I. Call to Order

Introduction of guests

II. Minutes January 2010 Meeting

III. Treasurers Report

IV. Officers Reports

V. Committee Reports

Neighborhood Watch Update – Regina Wallace- Neighborhood Watch –
Beautification & Clean-up Committee – Shirley Drye and Dee Simpson –– Next Clean up : RESCHEDULED for Sunday, February 21^st at 2PM meet in the Park

Military Liaison Update–

Amy Phillips, Information Officer amy.l.phillips@navy.mil phone: 757.422.7101 ext 225 and Janson Eversole, AICP Community Planning Liaison Officer Jason.eversole@navy.mil

SkipJack: Ginnie and Tracy Stover –SPRING ISSUE DEADLINE FEBRUARY 15^th. GREAT WORK ON THE WINTER 2009 Issue – pictures outstanding.

Pictures available on www.capestory.org – send your pictures to post links at web site

VI. Unfinished Business

Storm Water and Flood Damage follow up –must report concerns and problems to Public Works 385-1470 Nor’easter– SDCC and civic associations are working with City Storm water engineer, Mike Mundy to gather data from the storm in order to identity areas for improvement (back flow of water through storm drains and flood on streets and park noted). Please contact Mike Mundy at MMundy@vbgov.com with Your stories and pictures.
Sand Replenishment on the Bay– Jim Wood, Phillip Roerhs and David Hansen have provided us with information noted. Current information indicates The remainder of the beach from East of the fishing pier to Kendall Street in Cape Story will be replenished using sand dredged from Long creek, dumped onto the spoils site at Marina Shores (end of Maple Street) dredging noted currently in progress, and sand will be trucked onto Cape Story by the Oak Street Access.
Membership for 2010 – WINTER NEWSLETTER has membership application for 2010—JOIN NOW for $10 for whole family –MEMBERSHIP is open to ALL (Owners and Renters) persons living in Cape Story. Please provide READABLE email to be added to or to remain on the CSBTS Email List . Chance for $100 drawing with each membership application.
The Sandalwood Walkover– City Intends to rebuild – no time line stated, markers noted on bay
Dune Restoration—Sand fences? Christmas Trees?

VII. New Business

Wind Turbine – information provided
VBCCO-: February meeting Wednesday February 10^th at 7 PM- Central Library Bill DeSteph – City Budget Discussion, www.vbcco.org CSBTS is a member for 2010, Diana Albis 2^nd VP attends meetings . Meetings are open to the public.
Banquet March 6, 2010- CSBTS is seeking Award nominations – Categories available include Community Service Award— CSBTS Received THIS Award Last Year–and Outstanding Youth Award as well as citywide Volunteer of the Year Award and citywide Youth Volunteer Award and Community of the Year Award.

Special programs and events:

February 14th Sunday at Tropical Smoothie Café at Marina Shores Shoppe- Pediatric Proton Foundation Fund Raising Event 10% of sales to the cause
February 16th Tuesday at the Meyera Oberndorf Central Library from 6:30pm to 8:30pm Gang & Delinquency Prevention for Parents register at 385-1324, MPO Leta Krieger
SDCC – Check www.sdcc.info for current information – CSBTS residents may attend as guests MONDAY, February 22, 2010 at 7:30PM at the Ocean Park Rescue Squad Station

VIII. Adjourn

Cape Henry Beach Replenishment – Truck Haul To Begin Feb. 10th

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Todd Solomon

Cape Henry Beach Replenishment – Truck Haul

The Lynnhaven Inlet dredge work and beach replenishment of Cape Henry Beach as performed by Cottrell Engineering Corporation under the contract with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers was completed from Lesner Bridge to just east of Ships Watch Court.

Public Works is expecting to continue beach replenishing on February 10, between areas from where the inlet dredge work was completed and First Landing State Park. As much as 50,000 cubic yards of beach sand materials is expected for truck haul from the Maple Street area. Launching of the truck haul project was a consequence of Virginia Marine Resources Commission’s approval of a permit modification to allow truck haul onto Cape Henry Beach at the City’s request. The truck haul project is anticipated to take place until the middle of March.

VMRC approved truck-hauling of sand to finish Cape Henry Beach replenishment

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Todd Solomon

The following are the agenda items from the Commission’s regular meeting held January 26, 2010 at Commission headquarters. The Commission’s actions are in bold.

THE FOLLOWING SO-CALLED PAGE TWO ITEMS (PROJECTS OVER $50,000 WITH NO OBJECTIONS AND WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROVAL) WERE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY, INCLUDING AGENDA ITEM 5 THAT WAS MOVED TO THIS SECTION OF THE AGENDA:

2K. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS & CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH, #09-0427, requests authorization to modify the existing Cape Henry Beach nourishment permit to allow the truck-hauling of beach quality sand from the City-owned Maple Street dredged material management area to the easternmost end of Cape Henry Beach. A maximum of 50,000 cubic yards of beach quality sand will be delivered and spread along the beach within the overall boundaries of the Lynnhaven Fishing Pier and First Landing State Park situated along the Chesapeake Bay.

To read the entire draft minutes for the VMRC meeting, click here http://www.mrc.virginia.gov/Commission_Summaries/cs0110.shtm

High Tide and Flood Zone Maps

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Todd Solomon

High Tide Map

At the Jan 11^th Civic meeting, City Staff presented this image showing tidal impact levels in our neighborhood. The numbers correspond to high tide numbers. For reference, the northeaster of Nov 2009 was recorded at 7.9 feet.

cape story by the sea high tide map

City Map showing flood zones

To see the flood zones for you home follow these instructions:

1)Click on the link below

http://www.vbgov.com/e-gov/emapping/access/default.asp

2) Search by address (don’t include road, lane, street extensions). Type you address into the box and click search.

3) Click on Zoom To next to the correct address.

4)Change the “Basic Map” to “Flood Zones” to show your impact.

Flood Zone Frequently Asked Questions:

http://www.vbgov.com/vgn.aspx?vgnextoid=f557b4023704c010VgnVCM1000006310640aRCRD&vgnextchannel=ed31fd67f3ad9010VgnVCM100000870b640aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default

Check out the information about an Elevation Certificate. City staff recommended getting one of these if you’d like to possibly reduce your flood insurance costs. You actual floor elevation is identified by this certificate and based on the height, you may qualify for a lower premium. Check with your insurance company before getting the certificate.

Support if City maps don’t work.

Main page link. You may need to go here first to download some software if the mapping doesn’t work for you http://www.vbgov.com/e-gov/emapping/

Holiday LIGHTS WINNERS, Cape Story by the Sea – December, 2009

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Todd Solomon

Holiday LIGHTS WINNERS

Cape Story by the Sea – December, 2009

Click here to see some pictures of the winners. http://capestorybythesea.shutterfly.com/60

MOST Lights

2250 Oak Street

BEST Bribe

2126 Sandalwood Road

BEST Party/Child Labor

2267 Walke Street

MOST Spirited

2217 Bayberry Street

MOST Tasteful

2206 Oak Street

MOST Original

2247 Maple Street

MOST Traditional

2251 Wake Forest Street

BEST German Beverage (Hot)

2609 Poinciana Street

MOST SNOWFLAKES for a Snowy Night

2732 Shore Drive

BEST Street Participation

WALKE Street 68%

Honorable Mention for BEST TOOL SHED Decorations

2137 Bayberry Street