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FIELT3 INyESTIGATIdN ItEPOR
Expzess Permit Review progxam.
1. t~PPY,xCANT' S NAME= Hridge Poixit8 DevelOpmemt, I,LC
2. LOC.A.TIQN 4P PROTECT SITE: On US 1 Ca olina s and Rowell Road, on tike Tre1[Lt 1~iveY wgrnin ~t-c
City of New Bern in Craven County, forth $_1011,x2,13, C-11,12,13, D-12,13, E-13,14, 72~
Photo Index - 2000: 71-$30; A-10,1,1,12,13, .
841; W-7,8, X-6,'7,8,9 1995: 70-77'1; H-17;18, T-14,1.5,16,17,18, J-14,15.15,17, K-14,15,14,.
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State Plane Coordinates - ~: 2,587,200 Y:- 49b,60R GPS Raver File ~ U0417 A
New Bern Quad. (upper ri~g?ht. cornea)
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4. INVF,STIGATTVE FRQCEDURE: Wa Applic t kPres n4J1N06
S. PROCESSING 1?ROCEDYJRE: Application Received, - 19 May 2006
Office - Washi~ngtont
~. SITE DESCRIPTION:
(~,) I.acai T.and U'se Plan -Craven County
Land Classification Frozen LUP -Developed (land), ConservatXOn (v~rater, wetlands)
(B) AEC(s) Involved: EW,PTA,CS
(C) Watex Dependent: YES
(D) intended Use: Commercial - Consttucted to enhance the sale of the property
(E) Wastewater Treatrnenr: Existir~;, -Municipal Sewage with the City of New Bern
Planned -Same
(F) Type of Structures: Existing ~ Hotel, pool, ,parking lots, bulkheadlretaining wall, and
r7parina
Planned - Condaniiniums, hotel, marina Office, bulkheadlretaining wall,
. 2 pools, and parking lots
(G) Estimated Annual Rate of Erosion: None '
(H) Source -Applicant
7. HABITAT DESCRIPTION: [AREA] ~~~~i~
(A) Vegetated Wetlands
404 wetlands
(B) Nan-'Vegetated W etlands
River bottom
(C) Other
Highground
f 96U ftz
shaded
±516 ftz
bulkhead
t715,255.z ft2
(D) Total Area Disturbed: t 16,45 acne
(E) Primary Nursery Area: NO
(F) Water Classification: SB-Sw-NSW
(17X6,731.2 sq. ft_)
Open: NO
$, PRQ~EC'Y' SUM1vfARX: The applicant proposes Co construct three residential condo~r-ium buildi~s,
a betel, 2 pools, a marina office, replace bulkhead and retaining wall, construct waterfront
sidewalks, and parking axeas.
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Bridge Pointe Redevelopment, LLC
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Express Permit Review Program
Project setting
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Mike Rice with Robert Chiles Engineers $~ Consultants, on behalf of Bridge Pointe
Redevelopment, LLC, has requested the attached application be processed under the
Express Permit Review Program, for a condominium and hotel development under the
name of Bridge Pointe.
The project site is located in the Gity of New Bern, adjacent US 17 Business and
Howell Road (SR 10x4) on the Trent River in Graven County, North Caralirta. Currently,
the property is the site of the Bridge Pointe {nn and Marina and dutback Steakhouse. The
Outback Steakhouse site is not owned by the applicant and is not a part of this permit
application.
The applicant's parcel of land comprises 116.42 acres with 11,830 ' of river front
shoreline. The existing Bridge Pointe Hotel and Marina complex is a 4 story building with
116 rooms, a restaurant, pool and a full service 1126 slip marina. The remainder and
majority of the site is undeveloped at this time and was an industrial area in past years.
Most of the site (195%} is considered impervious due to the compacted gravel, asphalt and
concrete paved areas that cover the rnajoriy of the property. Some upland grasses are
present over the gravel as well as around the perimeter of the site and the hotel area has
mowed fawn grass with shrubs and ornamental landscaping. The shoreline between the
hots! and the river has a X556' retaining wall landward of an average 160' wide area of
,mowed Section 404 wetlands (as de{ineated by Scott Jones of the US Army Corps of
Engineers). An intermittent fringe of Coastal Wetlands including Spartna cynosuroides
and Juncus ro_emerianus is present along this section of shoreline. and at the downstream
end of the property. The retaining wall intersects he Trent River at the upstream ;west)
end of the existing marina office and becomes a bulkhead from that point on to the
.upstream (west) property fine. The first 1258' of the bulkhead is a wooden structure and
the remaining t1,05~' is a concrete sheet-pile bulkhead with a concrete cap. The portion
of the property that is stabilized with the concrete sheet-pile bulkhead forms a peninsula
projecting into the river,
The property is bordered on the downstream {east) side by tine US 17 Business
bridge over the Trent River and on the upstream side by the Norfolk Southern Railroad
trestle over the Trent River. Qn the upstream side of the railroad trestle, a new multi-unit
condominium project is under construction.
The site is ~3` above the normal water level, The Neuse River in this area is
classified as SB-Sw-NSW by the Environrnenta{Management Commission and is closed to
shellfishing.
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C3rielsa Points 13ad~veicpmenE, LLC
Craven County
Express Permit Review Program
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Project description
The, applicant proposes to redevelop the fi16.42 acre tract by removing the existing
hate! complex and build three separate multi-story condominium buildings with a total of
1307 units. Building one will be constructed on the peninsula and building two will be
constructed immediately south afthefirst building_ The third and final condominium will be
constructed on the site of the current hotel and will have amulti-level parking garage in the
center of the structure. Anew manna office is also .proposed as well as a new swimming
pool located on the waterward side of the third building. Paved parking is proposed around
ail three buildings. A new Note! and pool will be constructed at the southern most end of the
site and wilt have associated paved parking lots.
~'he existing 1556' retaining wall will be replaced in the same alignment and the
height will be raised in some areas. As proposed, the 1258' of wooden bulkhead will be
replaced 2' waterwarc! of the existing bulkhead in the same alignment and will connect into
the retaining wall,
A ~' wide concrete sidewalk is proposed along the waterfront adjacent the
landward side of the bulkhead andlor retaining wall. The proposed sidewalk at the
waterward end of the peninsula will be 125' wide. Anew retaining wall is proposed at the
landward side of the sidewalk an the peninsula at building number one as well as in front of
building number three to retain the additional fill needed to raise the ground elevation of the
building si#e to 10' above the NWL. A X110' section of the proposed sidewalk will be
constructed over the 404 wetlands and the applicant proposes to install a slatted walk in
this area and elevate it a minimum of 3' over the wetland substrate. Two of the three
existing marina access wooden walkways will be replaced and repositioned slightly. The
new access wooden walkways will be elevated a crmin.imum of 3' over the wetland substrate,
As proposed, the new pool will be constructed immediately landward of the retaining
wall at building number three. Around pool is proposed with a concrete apron. The apron
around the pool will tie into the proposed sidewalk resulting in two cantilevered areas over
the 404 wetlands. These concrete cantilevered areas are 1300 ftz of shaded impact and
will be constructed ~3' above the wetland substrate.
The fatal amount of impervious surface existing within the 75' Estuarine Shoreline
has been Calculated at X102,937.5 ftz ar 171 %. The project as proposed will reduce the
impervious impact in the 75' Estuarine Shoreline to 174,115 ftz or 54°!a.
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Bridge Pointe Redevelopment, LLC
Craven County
Express Permit Review Program
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Anticipated impacts
The protect. as proposed will result in the reduction of impervious surface within the
Estuarine Shoreline AEC from 71 % to 54%. The replacement of the existing bulkhead wit!
result in the Piping of 1516 ftz of river bottom. The construction of the slatted sidewalk and
cantilevered concrete pool apron will result in the shading of 1960 fta of 404 wetland. The
project as proposed will result in the disturbance of X715,255.2 ft2 of uplands as a result of
the dBVelOprnent activities.
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