Village of Fox Point Coastal Revetment Waterway Individual Permit Application Public Hearing
Date: 11/15/2022
Time: 6:00 p.m. - End of Agenda
Location: In-Person & Virtual Options; See Details for Information
Ryan Pappas, Ryan.Pappas@Wisconsin.gov or 715-492-0200
Scott Brandmeier, authorized representative of the Village of Fox Point, 7200 North Santa Monica Boulevard, Fox Point, WI 53217, along with landowners Michael Costello (8005 N. Beach Drive, Fox Point, WI 53217), David Gutterman (8025 N Beach Drive, Fox Point, WI 53217), and Brian Read (6410 West Washington Blvd, Wauwatosa, WI 53213), have applied to the Department of Natural Resources for a permit to construct a coastal rip rap revetment structure in Lake Michigan within Milwaukee County.
The project is located along two individual sections of N. Beach Drive that run immediately parallel along the shoreline of Lake Michigan within the Village of Fox Point. The northern section of the project area is within part of the 8000 block of N. Beach Drive, in the SW ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 10, Township 08 North, Range 22 East, Village of Fox Point, Milwaukee County. The southern section of the project area is within part of the 7000 block of N. Beach Drive, located in the NE ¼ of the SE ¼ (also in part of the NW ¼ of the SE ¼ and part of the SW ¼ of the SE ¼) of section 16, Township 8 North, Range 22 East, Village of Fox Point, Milwaukee County.
The proposed project involves the construction of a rock rip rap revetment in Lake Michigan that extends along two portions of N Beach Drive in the Village of Fox Point for shoreline erosion control. The revetment will be constructed of rock rip rap placed at a 3:1 slope out into the water starting from behind (landward of) the ordinary high-water mark. The toe of the revetment will be buried into the lakebed. The northern section revetment will be 675 linear feet long, and the southern section revetment will be 1,555 linear feet long. The revetment will consist of geotextile fabric base, base stone, and armor stone that will be clean angular quarry stone, approximately 3 feet in diameter. There will be stone steps allowing access to the beach in both the northern and southern revetment sections.
The Department will review the proposal provided by the applicant and any information from public comments and the public informational hearing. The Department will determine whether the proposal complies with sections 1.11, 30.12(3m) and 30.208, Wis. Stats., and ch. NR 150, 328 Wis. Adm. Code, and ensure that the required mitigation meets the standards in s. 281.36(3r), Stats. if the project impacts wetlands.
The Department has made a tentative determination that it will issue the permit for the proposed activity.
If you would like to know more about this project or would like to see the application and plans, please visit the Department’s permit tracking website and search using the docket numbers listed below that correspond with the applicant’s name.
Docket Numbers:
Village of Fox Point, Scott Brandmeier: IP-SE-2022-41-02019
Michael Costello: IP-SE-2022-41-02023
David Gutterman: IP-SE-2022-41-02026
Brian Read: IP-SE-2022-41-03609
Reasonable accommodation, including the provision of informational material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.
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Join by phone: 312-626-6799; Meeting ID: 373 986 0610
Join in-person:
Village of Fox Point - Village Hall
Schwemer Hall (2nd Floor)
7200 North Santa Monica Boulevard
Fox Point, WI 53217
To help in the planning process, please consider sharing your intention to participate in the hearing here. You are not required to complete this survey to participate, but it will help in the planning process.
The Department scheduled a public hearing on this activity or project because the Department received a request for a public hearing from the applicant. The hearing will be a public informational hearing where members of the public can learn more about the proposed activity and submit written or oral comments about the waterway and project in light of the legal standards above. Any member of the public may submit written comments by emailing Ryan.Pappas@wisconsin.gov or writing to:
Ryan Pappas
1155 Pilgrim Rd.
Plymouth, WI 53073
Comments should include the docket number or applicant name and should relate to whether the project meets the legal standards listed above. Comments must be postmarked no later than 10 days after the date that the public informational hearing is completed in order for them to be considered.
The final decision may be appealed as indicated in the decision document.
