060308 Stumpy LakeStumpy Lake Conservation
Easement
Clay Bernick
Planning / Environmental
Management Center
June 3, 2008
Background
July 3, 2001 City Council Briefing on North
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American Wetlands Conservation Act Grant
Proposal
VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
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Proposal for $1 million to acquire Beasley Tract
on Back Bay
Request for City to partner with in-kind grant
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match of conservation easement over Stumpy
Lake property
July 3, 2001 Council Decision
Staff recommendation to be partner in grant
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proposal
City Council endorsement
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Letter sent by City Manager confirming grant
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support as partner for easement over
Stumpy Lake property
Actions for 2001 to Present
VA Department of Game and Inland
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Fisheries obtained Grant
Beasley Tract acquired on Back Bay (254
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acres, ½mile shoreline on western shore of
Bay)
Managed as part of Princess Anne Waterfowl
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Management Area by the Commonwealth
Remaining Actions Required
. Place conservation easement over Stumpy
Lake property that is:
- Outside of golf course tract;
- Located on west side of lake; and
- Does not include lake or road causeway.
Specifics of Easement
. Will not restrict other planned or potential City
projects (dam and spillway renovations, causeway
road renovations, golf course lease or operations,
Indian River Road improvements, Rosemont Forest
drainage improvements, Brigadoon and Charlestown
Lakes drainage maintenance)
. Will work in harmony with Stumpy Lake Master Land
Use and Management Plan for passive recreational
use of the Stumpy Lake property (trails, education,
etc.) and Southeastern Parkway and Greenbelt
plans
Specifics of Easement
Easement will be placed on property in
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perpetuity to ensure area encumbered by
easement remains in conservation status
and maintains natural conditions
Actions Required
City Council Approve Ordinance to Authorize
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City Manager to Place Easement as
Described scheduled for June 24, 2008
Council meeting
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