GLOUCESTER COUNTY

Environmental Programs
6489 Main Street

Gloucester, VA  23061

(804) 693-1217

www.gloucesterva.info

TO:                  Regina Smith

Gazette Journal

FROM:             Sarah Mitchell (Bill to)

                        Environmental Administrative Coordinator

                        6489 Main Street

                        Gloucester Virginia 23061

Date:                November 22, 2023

SUBJECT:         Public Notice Notification

Please print the attached Notice of Public Hearings in both the November 30 and December 7, 2023 editions of the Gazette Journal in the legal ad section.

Please send confirmation and call if you have any questions.

Enclosure:

Public Hearing:

Gloucester County Wetlands Board

VMRC 23-2426 – Stephen & Ashley Field

VMRC 23-2494 – Carolyn Challoner

VMRC 23-2506 – Robert Kigans

VMRC 23-2515 – Mark Cleaves

GLOUCESTER COUNTY

Environmental Department

Gloucester County Wetlands Board Meeting:  Notice is hereby given of a Gloucester County Wetlands Board hearing to be held Wednesday December 13, 2023, at 7pm.  The meeting will be held in the Colonial Courthouse, Court Circle - Gloucester, Virginia. All interested parties are invited to attend the meeting and express their views. Citizen comments may also be submitted prior to the public hearing by two different methods:

An online form is available on the County’s website at: www.gloucesterva.gov/citizencomment.  Please follow the instructions on the form to indicate your comments are for this specific public hearing.

Comments may be submitted by US Mail to County Administration, ATTN: PUBLIC HEARING, 6489 Main Street, Gloucester, VA 23061.  Any mailed comments must include your name, your magisterial district, and the title of this public hearing clearly printed at the top, and all such comments must be received by the scheduled date of this hearing.  Please type or print all comments legibly.

Comments submitted through one of these methods prior to the public hearing must be received by the County no later than close of business on December 13, 2023 and will be read during the public hearing. 

“Form letters,” consisting of communications which are verbatim duplicates (other than the identifying information of the author/submitter) of one or more other communications received by the County pertaining to the matter to be considered at the public hearing or public comment period, shall be read only once per letter, along with the list of persons submitting the same comments pursuant to such “form letter”.

The following applications will be heard by the Wetlands Board:

VMRC 23-2426 – Stephen & Ashley Field seeking authorization to construct an 8’ x 130’ stone sill at Tax Map 34-170A in Gloucester County, Virginia.

VMRC 23-2494 – Carolyn Challoner seeking authorization to install 70 linear feet of class 2 rock revetment in place of a failed timber bulkhead at Tax Map 37A(1)-2 in Gloucester County, Virginia.

VMRC 23-2506 – Robert Kigans seeking authorization for 185 linear feet of tall stone sill, 225 linear feet of short stone sill, 500 cubic yards of sand nourishment at Tax Map 42A(1)-8 in Gloucester County, Virginia.

VMRC 23-2515 – Mark Cleaves seeking authorization for 515 linear feet of low-profile rock sill and 300 cubic yards of sand nourishment at Tax Map 40-100 in Gloucester County, Virginia.

Interested parties are invited to attend the meetings Applications may be reviewed in the Environmental Programs Office, 6489 Main Street – Suite 235, during regular business hours.

Bronco Bayless, Chairman

Gloucester County Wetlands Board

Chesapeake Bay Preservation & Erosion Commission