A boys all terrain type bike was found on the bike path this morning, Mon, 3/15. To claim please call Ellen at 481-7820.
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Beach Replenishment/Candidates/H1N1 Vaccines
CSBTS,
Three items of interest for our neighborhood, the Beach Replenishment Update, it appears the project is nearly complete. The Sandalwood walkover has FEMA funding to replace and is scheduled to be replaced before our spring/summer season starts.
Second Item, there are seven (7) candidates who are running to be the Republican candidate for the second district. IF you live in Cape Story by the Sea, YOU are in the 2nd district and YOU would be eligible to VOTE in the Republican primary (any registered voter) on June 8th to choose the GOP Candidate who would run against Congressman Glenn Nye.
The Republican Party of Virginia Beach will be holding a series of Republican candidate forums/debates and this Saturday will be between Kenny Golden and Scott Rigell. Other Republican candidates for this primary include Ben Loyola, Ed Maulbeck, Bert Mizusawa, Scott Taylor and Jessica Sandlin.
Third Item, Free H1N1 Vaccine Clinic Saturday, March 20th, 10 AM to 2 PM at the Virginia Aquarium
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Cape Henry Beach Replenishment Update
Date: March 16, 2010
As of the close of business on Monday, March 15, 2010 the contractor had completed hauling sand to the eastern portion of Cape Henry Beach. The project included hauling 50,000 cubic yards of sand and reached from Ships Watch Court, where replenishment from the navigation project terminated, to the border with First Landing State Park/Kendall Street received sand from this effort
Restoration of the Oak Street beach dune-access is anticipated to be completed by this Wednesday March 17, 2010 (with sprigging of the beach dune-access (sides of dunes) to be performed in the coming weeks). Oak Street is also scheduled to receive street sweeping this Wednesday. Public Works Operations has observed no damage to Oak Street and will re-review Oak Street upon completion of the street sweeping. Public Works Operations is scheduled to rake Cape Henry Beach this week as final completion of the beach replenishment.
A topographic survey of the beach has been scheduled to commence next week to document the ‘after placement’ condition.
Thank you for your comments and input. If you have any questions or need additional information, please let me know.
Drew Lankford
Media and Communications
Department of Public Works
City of Virginia Beach
(O) 757.385.8062
(C) 757.409.4353
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Second message to CSBTS:
Congressional Candidates, Kenny Golden and Scott Rigell to Speak at Republican Breakfast –
Breakfast Broadcast Live on WYRM Radio
Saturday, March 20th
Join us at the Crowne Plaza Hotel this Saturday for our weekly breakfast to hear Congressional Candidates, Kenny Golden and Scott Rigell, speak about their 2nd District Congressional campaigns, their issue agendas, and take questions from the audience.
Saturday’s breakfast will be broadcast live on WYRM 1110 AM the Specialist’s, Chris Kettner’s, Radio Hour. This will be the first of four breakfast’s featuring two of our congressional candidates at each breakfast. Thanks to all who donated a canned food item to the Food Bank at last week’s breakfast.
Doors open at 8:00 am. Breakfast starts at 8:30 am. The cost of the breakfast is $8.00 for full buffet or $4.00 for continental breakfast.
Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4453 Bonney Rd., Virginia Beach, VA
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VACCINE CLINIC
H1N1 free Vaccine Clinic THIS Saturday – March 20th– at the Virginia Aquarium from 10AM to 2PM — Sponsored by the Virginia Beach Department of Health
Help out a CSBTS neighbor
CSBTS,
This is another opportunity to give support to a neighbor. See information below and THANK YOU ALL.
~ Empsy
Empsy Munden, Pres
CSBTS emunden@aol.com 481-0482
As mentioned at the civic association meeting, we have a couple on Oak Street who are going through a very difficult time and could use our help. Jorge and Stephanie moved into our neighborhood about a year ago. Shortly after their arrival, Stephanie was diagnosed with cancer. Their health insurance from her job had lapsed during the move, and treatment was delayed. She is currently down to 75 lbs, and has a broken hip. She has to deal with a trachea tube and feeding tube, but is still fighting.
Jorge is a master tiling contractor, but has had little opportunity to work because he is Stephanie’s primary care giver.
Our neighbor Janet Hollingsworth at 2215 Oak Street is holding a yard sale fund raiser for them the last weekend in March (Saturday is the 27th). We would like to spread the word, and ask for any items that might be donated to help these neighbors.
Janet’s contact information is:
Janethollingsworth11@yahoo.com
321-0921
Jorge is a master tiling contractor, but has had little opportunity to work because he is Stephanie’s primary care giver.
Our neighbor Janet Hollingsworth at 2215 Oak Street is holding a yard sale fund raiser for them the last weekend in March (Saturday is the 27th). We would like to spread the word, and ask for any items that might be donated to help these neighbors.
Janet’s contact information is:
Janethollingsworth11@yahoo.com
321-0921
Lock your car doors at night
Cape Henry Shores reports cars being ransacked. Both cars were unlocked.
*** Lock-em-up, friends!! ***
If your vehicle is broken into or otherwise ransacked (even if nothing is stolen), please report it to the police as well as the Cape Story Neighborhood Watch: neighborhoodwatch1@cox.net
Update: all pets reunited
Update: All the below animals were reunited with their owners.
Several animals found!
3/20: Yellow Lab or Golden Retriever, found on Wake Forest St. near Poinciana Dr. Sat 3/20. He is wearing a tan/brown collar with the name Hobbes on it. Please call Kevin to claim on 848-3336 up until 5:00 p.m. today (3/20).
3/21: We just found a tailless adorable cat in our outdoor shower. It looks (and smells) like he/she has been there a while. It has fluffy black, grey fur on its back and some legs and a white underbody and white triangle around the mouth area. It does not have a collar, and although it seems to want to hang out here, it is rather skiddish of us and our dog (who thinks she has found a new playmate). I can be reached at 617-6277.
3/22: A huge, grey, domestic rabbit was found on Oak St. Bayside. Please call Elyse – 412-0644 to claim.
3-8-10 General Meeting Agenda
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 21st
- 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 4th: 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 10th at 7 PM- Central Library www.vbcco.org – Program:City Planning Commission CSBTS is a member for 2010, Diana Albis 2nd 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
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
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
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.”
2/21: Park/Trail Clean up.
PARK /TRAIL Clean UP scheduled for SUNDAY FEBRUARY 21st —-weather permitting see you there.
Cape Story by the Sea 