Organizational Documents
Virginia’s Coastal Wilds is a program by the Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority, which was created by the Virginia General Assembly on April 7, 2002, and ratified by participating localities on June 13, 2003.
The Public Access Authority recognizes that shorelines are high priority natural areas and that it is critical to set aside access sites for all types of recreational activities important to our economy and to the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As a regional leader in addressing public access issues, the Authority understands the importance of public outreach and quality education as it relates to water access and strives to better inform the public on issues of public access. Its members are the Counties of Essex, Gloucester, King & Queen, King William, Mathews and Middlesex, and the Towns of Tappahannock, Urbanna and West Point.
Agenda Packets, Meeting Minutes and Notices
2024
January 2024 PAA Meeting Packet
2023
January 2023 PAA Meeting Packet
April 2023 Meeting Rescheduled Notification
October 2023 PAA Meeting Packet
2022
February 2022 PAA Meeting Packet
2021
2020
November 2020 PAA Meeting Packet
2019
January 2019 PAA Meeting Packet
August 2019 PAA Meeting Rescheduled Notification
October 2019 PAA Meeting Rescheduled Notification
2018
February 2018 PAA Meeting Rescheduled Notification
June 2018 PAA Meeting Postponement Notification
August 2018 PAA Meeting Packet
October 2018 PAA Meeting Rescheduled Notification
December 2018 PAA Meeting Rescheduled Notification
2017
February 2017 PAA Meeting Packet
June 2017 PAA Meeting Cancellation Notification
August 2017 PAA Meeting Rescheduled Notification
September 2017 PAA Meeting Packet
December 2017 PAA Meeting Packet
2016
February 2016 PAA Meeting Packet
October 2016 PAA Meeting Packet
December 2016 PAA Meeting Packet
2015
August 2015 PAA Meeting Packet
December 2015 PAA Meeting Packet
2014
February 2014 PAA Meeting Packet
August 2014 PAA Meeting Packet
2013
January 2013 PAA Emergency Meeting Packet
August 2013 PAA Meeting Packet
October 2013 PAA Meeting Packet
December 2013 PAA Meeting Packet
2012
PAA FY12-13 Approved Budget & Annual Work-Plan
October 2012 PAA Meeting Packet
December 2012 PAA Meeting Packet
2011
February 2011 PAA Meeting Packet
August 2011 PAA Meeting Packet
October 2011 PAA Meeting Packet
December 2011 PAA Meeting Packet
2010
February 2010 PAA Meeting Packet
March 2010 PAA Special Meeting Packet
August 2010 PAA Meeting Packet
October 2010 PAA Meeting Packet
December 2010 PAA Meeting Packet
2009
February 2009 PAA Meeting Packet
August 2009 PAA Meeting Packet
October 2009 PAA Meeting Packet
December 2009 PAA Meeting Packet
2008
February 2008 PAA Meeting Packet
October 2008 PAA Meeting Packet
December 2008 MPCBPAA & Northern Neck PAA Joint Meeting Packet
2007
February 2007 PAA Meeting Packet
August 2007 PAA Meeting Packet
October 2007 PAA Meeting Packet
December 2007 PAA Meeting Packet
2006
February 2006 PAA Meeting Packet
September 2006 PAA Meeting Packet
October 2006 PAA Meeting Packet
December 2006 MPCBPAA & Northern Neck PAA Joint Meeting Minutes
2005
February 2005 PAA Meeting Packet
August 2005 PAA Meeting Packet
October 2005 PAA Meeting Packet
December 2005 PAA Meeting Packet
2004
February 2004 PAA Meeting Packet
August 2004 PAA Meeting Packet
October 2004 PAA Meeting Packet
December 2004 PAA Meeting Packet
2003
August 2003 PAA Meeting Packet
Dredging
Shallow Draft Navigation and Sediment Management Plan
DRAFT – Dredging in Tidewater Virginia Guidance
Dredging Study – Tom Murray July 2015
MPCBPAA NAVIGATION High Bound Spreadsheet
MPCBPAA NAVIGATION Low Bound Spreadsheet
MPCBPAA NAVIGATION Most Probable Spreadsheet
MPCBPAA SHORELINE High Bound Spreadsheet
MPCBPAA SHORELINE Low Bound Spreadsheet
MPCBPAA SHORELINE Most Probable Spreadsheet
Navigable Waters Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act
Options for Handling Dredge Spoils in Florida
MP Shallow Water Master Plan Dredging Framework – April 2010
Financial Audits
Maritime Related Demographics
Policies, Bylaws, Operating Agreement
PROPOSAL for guidelines to harvesting and transplanting saltwater wetlands
MOU For Public Access – VDOT, DGIF, DCR
PAA By-Laws Ratified June 2003; Revised August 2007
PAA Operating-Agreement – Ratified June 2003; Revised August 2007
PAA Operating Agreement – Ratified June 2003
PAA General Rules for Use of Lands Managed by the PAA February 2011
PAA Tax Exemption Letter from Sands Anderson to Gloucester County Atty E Wilmot – May 2013
Letter from Deputy Atty General Richard Neel to Del. David Toscano – July 2011
PAA Game Law Violation Policy – Adopted August 2009
Letter from Director of Fisheries Division Gary Martel to Mathew Sponaugle – June 2009
PAA Model Lease Agreement – May 2009
DRAFT – PAA Discussion Document of the Principles for Establishing a Tidal Wetlands Bank June 2008
Municipal Public Access Plan Template
PAA Definitions of Public Access in Zoning Ordinances Statewide and Beyond – October 2007
Property Reports
FINAL Summary – PAA Captain Sinclair Property – September 2022
PAA Captain Sinclair Property – Preliminary Architecture and Engineering Report – August 2022
PAA Captain Sinclair Preliminary Jurisdictional Determination Request-Wetland Delineation – May 2022
PAA Captain Sinclair Subdivision – Geotech Engineering Study – April 2022
PAA Haworth, Browne & Clay Tracts Master Plan/Timeline 2011-2016
PAA Captain Sinclair’s Recreation Area Plan – May 2015
FINAL – PAA Thurston Haworth Recreation Area Management Plan – January 2009
PAA At the Water’s Edge Status Report – July 2008
PAA Browne Tract Prohibited Uses Signage – February 2008
PAA Browne Tract Wildlife Habitat Management Plan
FINAL – PAA Browne Tract Management Plan with Maps – 2003
PAA Clay Tract Wildlife Habitat Management Plan
PAA Hayworth Tract Wildlife Habitat Management Plan
PAA Report Evaluating the Impact of Flood Insurance and Flood Mitigation – Captain Sinclair
Reports and Studies
FINAL – Riparian Rights and Public Trust: Enforcement Authority – 2018
Joint VASG-MPPDC RFP-Waterfront Property Reuse & Community Development Part 2 – January 2014
VDGIF Response to Beasley – Jackson River – August 2012
Court Case Jurisdiction Over Water – April 2011
FINAL – Planning Report: Law & Policy Regarding Floating Homes – September 2010
VDOT Wharf Research – August 2010
Mathews County Coastal Access Survey Summary – December 2009
Middle Peninsula Tidal Wetlands Bank Memo – November 2009
PAA At the Water’s Edge Status Report – January 2009
PAA Jacqueline Shapo Access Update 2008
York River Use Conflict Committee Report and Recommendations – September 2008
PAA All Coastal Access Survey Summary – July 2008
Mathews County Statewaters Access Plan
Restoration Ecology – Janet Nestlerode – June 2007
VDGIF Jackson River White Paper
VMRC Criteria for a Kings Grant Claim
Road Endings Research
Amended Legislation – 2011 GA Session
Protocol Landing and Road Ending Acquisitions Pgs 1-48 – September 2006
Protocol Landing and Road Ending Acquisitions Pgs 49-68 – September 2006
Protocol Landing and Road Ending Acquisitions Attachments – September 2006
Shaheen v. Mathews County – April 2003
Handbook for Reclaiming Public Access in Massachusetts – June 1999
Letter from VDOT Regarding Access Route 618 Gloucester County – May 1998
Letter from Resident Engineer McEwen to Ted Farrar Regarding Claybank Public Landing – March 1979