UPCOMING EVENTS: 7/21 Book Club 8/1 CCL Board Meeting 8/5 Newsletter Deadline 9/4 Rock’n’ Roll ½ Marathon 9/19 Women’s Club 10/21 Annual Dinner/Dance The Croatan Civic League News July 2016 By the Beach with Bill Garvey CONTENTS: By the Beach 1 Croatan Beach Update 2 From the Desk of Ken Jobe 3 Book Club 4 Baby/Pet Siers 5 This month’s arcle will be short so you can get back to the A/C to cool off… Hope everyone had a fun and SAFE 4 th of July. Fireworks at the point were great as usual, but we did miss the annual bash thrown by Sean Forsyth. For years Sean’s party was a July tradion that all the kids and parents looked forward too and we want to thank him for all he has done. We have the Rock N’ Roll marathon coming through on Sunday Sept 4 th ; so please remember that Croatan Road will be closed from 6:00am to about 11:00am. Please inform new neighbors and out of town guests. Please reserve Friday October 21st as we will be having our Annual Dinner and Dance at the Shiſting Sands at Dam Neck. We will also be elecng new Croatan Civic League (CCL) board members; so if you have an interest in running please send me a note. The CCL will resume its meengs on Monday August 1 st , so stop by if you are interested in what’s going on. Meengs are held at Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Building, 740 Virginia Beach Blvd., Virginia Beach, VA starng at 7:oo pm. Again, please be safe this summer and look out for your neighbors. ‘Til we share cold one on the beach, take care and be safe. Bill Garvey CCL President
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
7/21 Book Club
8/1 CCL Board Meeting
8/5 Newsletter Deadline
9/4 Rock’n’ Roll ½ Marathon
9/19 Women’s Club
10/21 Annual Dinner/Dance
The Croatan Civic League News
July 2016
By the Beach with Bill Garvey
CONTENTS:
By the Beach 1
Croatan Beach Update 2
From the Desk of Ken Jobe 3
Book Club 4
Baby/Pet Sitters 5
This month’s article will be short so you can get back to the A/C to cool off…
Hope everyone had a fun and SAFE 4th of July.
Fireworks at the point were great as usual,
but we did miss the annual bash thrown by
Sean Forsyth. For years Sean’s party was a
July tradition that all the kids and parents
looked forward too and we want to thank
him for all he has done.
We have the Rock N’ Roll marathon coming through
on Sunday Sept 4th; so please remember that
Croatan Road will be closed from 6:00am to about
11:00am. Please inform new neighbors and out of
town guests.
Please reserve Friday October 21st
as we will be having our Annual Dinner and Dance at the
Shifting Sands at Dam Neck. We will also be electing new
Croatan Civic League (CCL) board members; so if you have an
interest in running please send me a note.
The CCL will resume its meetings on Monday August 1st, so stop by if you are
interested in what’s going on. Meetings are held at Virginia Beach Rescue
Squad Building, 740 Virginia Beach Blvd., Virginia Beach, VA starting at
7:oo pm.
Again, please be safe this summer and look out for your neighbors.
‘Til we share cold one on the beach, take care and be safe.
Bill Garvey
CCL President
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Safety Update on the Croatan Public Beach from Mike Kelly, CCL VP
Thank you to all of you who responded to “…the Public Notice to modify an existing permit to allow a one-time
dredging from the Rudee Inlet sand trap, to place 10,000 cu yards on city property to the south at Croatan beach."
As you may recall from last month’s note, Colonel Jason Kelly, who is the District Engineer, USACOE Norfolk, took
action as a result of a meeting with the Mayor and the Department of Public Works. He is working with the City to
get approval for a “one-time” dredge and sand push. While the amount isn’t that much, it represents an important
show of good faith and recognition that there are near-term beach issues that must be addressed. It also establish-
es a precedent and process for small scale dredging from the inlet. The Public Notice response for the 10K permit
was due on 10 July. It’s not clear how long it will take after that before we see sand on the south side of the inlet.
My guess is 4-6 weeks.
The “one-time, 10,000 cu. yard permit” should not be confused with the “20,000 cu. yard permit. The 20K permit is
intended to allow the city to send sand to the south on a more frequent basis without having to go through the drill
of a “one-time” permit. Remember that the current permit allows for the dredging of up to 350,000 cu. yards and
that all of it has to go to the north side of the inlet. Generally it is placed between the inlet and 14th St. It will be
the Fall before we see any results from this effort.
We have no specific date on when the engineering study will be done. My guess is sometime in September.
The pictures below were taken on July 1st. One is from the weir on the north side looking south and the other from
the south (near the Lockheed entrance) looking north. It’s great to see the activity, but also sad to see the obvious
erosion and significant sloping of the beach. That said, while we don’t know how long it will take, we will get the
Croatan Public Beach improved so that it is safe and stable for residents and visitors.
City of Virginia Beach Wetlands Board Monday 10 AM 18 July 2016 Meeting: 6 applicants – involving Linkhorn Bay, Whiskey Creek & Broad Bay.
City of Virginia Beach Wetlands Board 20 June Meeting: The following were FYI to Croatan.
1. Application: City of VB [CVB] 2016 WTRA 00028. The CVB proposed dredging wetlands at the Rudee Inlet Dredge Support Dock, VA Dare Drive /R Inlet /Lake Wesley. CVB proposed paying an in-lieu fee mitigating the loss of 744 SF of wetlands. Application was approved.
2. Show Cause Hearing: R Yanek, 538 S Atlantic Ave. -- Unauthorized Removal of Dune Vegetation, Installation of Playground Equipment, a Fence and Raised Flower Beds. Fine was imposed. Restoration Hearing required at WB meeting in 60 days. [Following advice of Deputy City Attorney, I was recused from the Hearing]
The CVB Beaches and Waterways Advisory Commission: 19 April Council Resolution required the commission to study and make its recommendations to Council concerning the rental of homes in residentially zoned neigh-borhoods for the purpose of holding event functions. The two main topics are [1] the impact of large events and [2] rentals using Airbnb. Public meetings have been held 4 PM Thursdays vicinity of The Municipal Center. Future meetings:
July 18, 2016 Virginia Aquarium Owls Creek Marsh Pavilion 6pm – 8pm
July 19, 2016 Wyndham Virginia Beach Oceanfront York Room 6pm – 8pm
July 20, 2016 Virginia Beach Resort and Conference Center Sunset Room 6pm – 8pm
July 21, 2016 Meyera Oberndorf Central Library Auditorium 6pm – 8pm
July 22, 2016 Sandbridge United Methodist Church 7pm - 9pm
1. Airbnb: Main subject at the 8 June meeting in the City Managers Conference Room. Difficult subject. Rentals occur throughout the City. Although the City Treasurer is chasing such rentals, the CVB is losing tax dollars. Hotels/motels and possibly restaurants also are impacted. Standards applicable to hotels, etc. are not appli-cable to Airbnb rentals. Renter and rentee/occupant safety is an issue. The legislature is reexamining this is-sue. My opinion is, the commission should address this issue only after the legislature passes appropriate measures.
2. Event House Issues: These types of events authorized and unauthorized, occur throughout the city but are concentrated in Destination Neighborhoods, including Croatan. Such houses are difficult to define. My simple definition is that they are party houses and are size-immaterial. Events involve graduations, weddings, cele-brations, etc. Often these events are held in rented houses.
3. CROATAN: You should not ignore this. The outcome potentially will impact on the neighborhood and apply to your property whether you are a full time resident, a part time vacation or weekend resident, or an investor. The 18 July meeting is for Croatan, Rudee Heights, Southside and Shadowlawn. You are specifically invited to attend and provide comments. Likely a POWERPOINT presentation will summarize activities to date and pre-sent Amendment 5. See 5 below.
4. Background: Please refer to pp 2, CCL February 2016 newsletter. If tossed, please visit www.croatanbeach.org The CCL discussion, that time frame, was overly focused on residential size. Croatan had only scant interest.
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The current debate could very easily impact nonfamily gatherings not currently governed by The Special Events Ordinance.
5. Proposed Draft Ordinance: 23 June the commission passed a 4 page proposed draft City Ordinance, Draft Amendment 5. This draft is more restrictive than those presently existing in regard to Event Houses and activi-ties therein. The draft proposes to amend Chapter 4, City Code by adding new sections 4-85 to 4-90, defining event facilities and setting forth regulations pertaining to same. Draft 5 is a compromise resulting from staff briefings and input to date from communities, mainly Sandbridge. The proposed draft ordinance is too large to include in this newsletter. Should you wish a copy please contact any CCL Board Director or [email protected] Also if you wish to speak at the 18 July meeting please sign up by contacting [email protected].
Note #1 --- Spring Fling is governed by the Special Events Ordinance. I do not see that changing. Nor do I see the
current Commission mission impacting Spring Fling……… as long as Spring Fling continues on the present path with
the same parameters as at present. To view existing Special Events Ordinance: Refer to City Code Section 4-1.
Note #3 -----What happens to Draft 5 following the July meetings? Public comments will be reviewed at public COM
meetings, adjustments as needed incorporated, a final draft developed and forwarded to City Council. ONLY City
Council action can implement/approve City Ordinances and amendments thereto. The Com can only recommend
such action.
CVB -The Public’s Beach Park at Croatan: Continues to be worrisome. Refer to Mike Kelly’s comments.
Questions/comments on the preceding? Please e-mail them to me—[email protected]
See ya on the Beach – probably at low tide! Ken
The Croatan Book Club
Next Meeting
Date: Thursday, July 21
Time: 7:00 P.M.
Place: Sylvia Vance
Selection: Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
All Neighbors are welcome. Just read the book (or maybe not), bring a beverage or snack, and e-mail
the hostess that you will be attending.
Date Future Selections — Hostess
Aug 18 Before I go to Sleep by S. J. Watson Jane Kelly
Sept 15 The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey Susan Martin
Oct 20 The Pearl that Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi TBA
Dec 1 Guests on Earth by Lee Smith Diane Rolka
Jan 19 Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng TBA
See the CCL website for 2016 selections: www.croatanbeach.org/clubs/bookclub/.
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Babysitters in Croatan Alexa Anderson 961-0423/330-519-1349 (Cell)
Jordan Delaney 491-2263
Devan Doss 613-1525/565-7568 (Cell)
Cindi Dunker 287-6725 or 425-7476
Mariah Dunlap 422-6050/412-8469 (Cell)
Sofia Gerloff 567-6727
Alex Goss 491-7275
Rebecca Hankins 818-0769
Gregory Harris 478-8844
Haden Harris 478-8844
Alli Ingraham 469-3892 (Cell)
Mariah Jonklaas 491-4189/618-7016 (Cell)
Angelina Koester 4771697
Nicole Krykanov 635-6512
Molly Pocock 425-6350
Cameron Reuss 491-1245/633-0928 (Cell)
Sofia Risku 321-2286
Manon Scholl 615-8811
Pet Sitters in Croatan
Donald Black 965-3208/818-2330 (Cell)
Peri Bowman 425-9327
Meaghan Dullea 375-6563
Austin Dunkler 425-7476 or 234-1157
Cindi Dunker 287-6725 or 425-7476
Sofia Gerloff 567-6727
Gregory Harris 478-8844
Hayden Harris 478-8844
Caitlin Helveston 705-9312
Nadia Kravstova 641-4256
Susan Leslie 437-9626
Cameron Reuss 491-1245/633-0928 (Cell)
Manon Scholl 615-8811
Annabelle Smith 641-0943
For recommended pet sitting businesses, visit Nextdoor Croatan or