Virginia Coastal Program: 1997 Coastal Grant Project Description and Final Summary
Project Task:
FY1997 Task 9
Grantee:
Virginia Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Department
Project Title:
Environmentally Sensitive Site Design Handbook and Workshop
Project Description as Proposed:
Funding is requested to develop a handbook on environmentally sensitive development design and to organize a workshop for land development stakeholders to present this information. Development that follows environmentally sensitive design principles can protect water quality by preserving sensitive areas as well as minimizing impervious cover and land disturbance and preserving natural vegetation and open space. These concepts would be emphasized as techniques for implementing Tributary Strategy cap measures as well as the performance criteria of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act. The workshop would provide state of the art information to local government officials as well as individuals in the private sector currently involved in development design.
Federal Funding:
$40,000
Project Contact:
Shep Moon, 804.225.3440
Project Status:
Grant Closed
Final Product Received:
A May 1, 2006menting Virginia's CBPA on green paper. Better Site Design: An Informational Brochure for Virginia Communities Implementing the CBPA w/color photos/maps on biege cardstock (8pgs). A 59-page, bound report, Better Site Design: An Assessment of the Better Site Design Principles for Communities Implementing Virginia's CBPA, includes text, tables, graphs, photos, and maps printed in black-and-white; 3 appendices; a white cover with color photos/map.
Project Summary Provided by Grantee:
This
project resulted in the preparation and publication of two documents:
"Better Site Design: An Informational Brochure for Virginia
Communities Implementing the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act"
and "Better Site Design: An Assessment of the Better Site Design
Principles for Communities Implementing Virginia's Chesapeake Bay
Preservation Act". These documents are intended to assist Tidewater
localities in implementing the three general performance criteria
(minimizing land disturbance, preserving indigenous vegetation,
and minimizing impervious cover) contained in the Chesapeake Bay
Preservation Area Designation and Management Regulations.
The Better Site Design program outlines 16 Model Development Principles
for consideration by local planners, developers, citizen groups,
design professionals, and policy makers that will help to achieve
the general performance criteria, while minimizing pollutant loads
resulting from development and reducing the costs associated with
development.
The Department hosted a workshop on February 29, 2000 in Richmond,
Virginia for local government officials responsible for implementing
the provisions of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act and the attendant
regulations. The workshop described the Model Development Principles
and their relationship to the three general performance criteria.
In addition, a site plan review exercise demonstrated how these
issues can be addressed during local site plan review. Made possible
by the grant, the workshop also included a presentation on the four
Virginia case studies included in the assessment document to illustrate
the economic and water quality benefits of using these techniques.
To ensure that each of the 84 Tidewater localities received this
information, following the workshop, the Department mailed copies
of the informational brochure and the assessment document to those
localities that were unable to attend.
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Disclaimer: This project summary provides the federal dollars initially awarded to the grantee. Due to underexpenditure or reprogramming of grant funds, this figure may change. For more information on the allocation of coastal grant funds, please contact Laura McKay, Virginia Coastal Program Manager, at 804.698.4323 or email: Laura.McKay@deq.virginia.gov
A more detailed Scope of Work for this project is available. Please direct your request for a copy to Virginia.Witmer@deq.virginia.gov
