Packet: ULDC text amendments, Loch Winn LTD rezoning, adoption of millage rates, USGS stream gauges, sprayfield expansion, watermain interconnection @ LCC 2024-10-14

Update 2024-10-21: Agenda: DRC Emergency Services and VSU South Campus Purchase @ LCC 2024-10-21.

The TXT-2024-03 ULDC Text Amendments are quite long and detailed. The county still has not published them for the tax-paying and voting public to see. You can see them now, because LAKE got them with an open records request, and now they are on the LAKE website.

[Packet: ULDC text amendments, Loch Winn rezoning, millage rates, river gauges, sprayfield expansion, watermain interconnection: Grove Pointe, Nelson Hill @ LCC 2024-10-14]
Packet: ULDC text amendments, Loch Winn rezoning, millage rates, river gauges, sprayfield expansion, watermain interconnection: Grove Pointe, Nelson Hill @ LCC 2024-10-14

It’s good the Lowndes County Commissioners decided Tuesday to table those amendments (and the rezoning) until the Planning Commission can review them.

Cost What
$3,369,213.71 Sprayfield Expansion Phase
$78,392.6.00 Grove Pointe Nelson Hill Watermain Interconnection
$3,025.00 Joint Funding Agreement with USGS for Stream Gauge Maintenance
$3,450,631.31Total

The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request, is on the LAKE website.

See also the agenda, as well as the LAKE videos of the Work Session, the Work Session, the Millage Public Hearing, and the Regular Session.

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[ULDC, REZ 2024-15 Loch Winn LTD, Millage rates, USGS Stream Gauges]
ULDC, REZ 2024-15 Loch Winn LTD, Millage rates, USGS Stream Gauges

TXT-2024-03 ULDC Text Amendments

[ULDC Text Amendment TXT-2024-03 includes general amendments to the Code]
ULDC Text Amendment TXT-2024-03 includes general amendments to the Code

[Page 4]
Page 4

[Access Amendment: Primary Issue: How many single-family dwellings/lots are allowed on a single point of ingress/egress.]
Access Amendment: Primary Issue: How many single-family dwellings/lots are allowed on a single point of ingress/egress.

[“The SFMO established 120 as the maximum number of residential units in a subdivision to be...]
“The SFMO established 120 as the maximum number of residential units in a subdivision to be…

[Option C. Range Option (Compromise): 0-30 dwellings: | Cul-de-sac, 0 Conditions Apply: 31-80 dwellings: 1 Cul-de-sac, Various Conditions Apply; 81+ dwellings: 2 Points of Ingress/Egress Apply]
Option C. Range Option (Compromise): 0-30 dwellings: | Cul-de-sac, 0 Conditions Apply: 31-80 dwellings: 1 Cul-de-sac, Various Conditions Apply; 81+ dwellings: 2 Points of Ingress/Egress Apply

[Range Option Decisions: 1. If the Range Options is Chosen a. Where is the dwelling range (trigger) set at (60-80)? b. Which Conditions Apply?]
Range Option Decisions: 1. If the Range Options is Chosen a. Where is the dwelling range (trigger) set at (60-80)? b. Which Conditions Apply?

[Page 9]
Page 9

[Option A SFMO (State Consistency — Over 120)]
Option A SFMO (State Consistency — Over 120)

[1.07.04 Building and Construction Codes]
1.07.04 Building and Construction Codes

[6.01.02 Streets and Rights-of-Way]
6.01.02 Streets and Rights-of-Way

[9.02.00 Variances]
9.02.00 Variances

[IFC and GA SFMO Sections: 2018 International Fire Code (IFC)8]
IFC and GA SFMO Sections: 2018 International Fire Code (IFC)8

[State Fire Marshal Office (SFMO)(GA Amendments to the IFC)*]
State Fire Marshal Office (SFMO)(GA Amendments to the IFC)*

[Page 16]
Page 16

[Code Amendment DRAFT: Tree Protection]
Code Amendment DRAFT: Tree Protection

[DRAFT AMENDED SECTIONS: 4.07.02 Tree and Vegetation Protection]
DRAFT AMENDED SECTIONS: 4.07.02 Tree and Vegetation Protection

[D. Protected Trees 1. These regulations establish Protected Trees as any Oak Tree measuring eight (8) inches in diameter at the breast height (dbh) or greater.]
D. Protected Trees 1. These regulations establish Protected Trees as any Oak Tree measuring eight (8) inches in diameter at the breast height (dbh) or greater.

[E. Requirements in All Zoning Districts]
E. Requirements in All Zoning Districts

[F. Protection of Trees During Construction]
F. Protection of Trees During Construction

[G. Mitigation]
G. Mitigation

[5. Tree Bank]
5. Tree Bank

County Residential Subdivisions

[Quarterman Crossing 2005 ~82 lots]
Quarterman Crossing 2005 ~82 lots

City of Valdosta Residential Subdivisions with Single Access Point

[1952-2020]
1952-2020

REZ-2024-15 Loch Winn LTD, Loch Laurel Rd & Carroll Ulmer Rd, “62ac, R-A to R-1 & R-A, Well and Septic

[to subdivide a portion of the properties into a 41-lot residential subdivision. The subject property possesses road frontage on Loch Laurel and Carroll Ulmer, both locally maintained County Roads...]
to subdivide a portion of the properties into a 41-lot residential subdivision. The subject property possesses road frontage on Loch Laurel and Carroll Ulmer, both locally maintained County Roads…

Adoption of Millage Rate for 2024

[The Board of Commissioners is required to set the millage rate for 2024. The county-wide millage for 2024 was advertised at 7.804 mills, requiring advertisement of a tax increase of 6.09% and three public hearings. The rollback millage for 2024 is 7.356 mills. The 2023 millage rate was 8.778.]
The Board of Commissioners is required to set the millage rate for 2024. The county-wide millage for 2024 was advertised at 7.804 mills, requiring advertisement of a tax increase of 6.09% and three public hearings. The rollback millage for 2024 is 7.356 mills. The 2023 millage rate was 8.778.

Adoption of Fire District Millage Rate for 2024

[Beginning in Fiscal Year 2022, Fire Services was expanded and a special taxing district for fire services was created that includes the unincorporated area of Lowndes County. Fire Services was moved into a special fund and is supported by a millage from the special tax district. The Board is required annually to set the millage rate for this fire district. The 2024 rate should be set at 2.50 mills which is no change from the prior year.]
Beginning in Fiscal Year 2022, Fire Services was expanded and a special taxing district for fire services was created that includes the unincorporated area of Lowndes County. Fire Services was moved into a special fund and is supported by a millage from the special tax district. The Board is required annually to set the millage rate for this fire district. The 2024 rate should be set at 2.50 mills which is no change from the prior year.

Joint Funding Agreement with USGS for Stream Gauge Maintenance

[BUDGET IMPACT: $27,850.00 Folsom Bridge @ GA 122, Little River and Skipper Bridge, Withlacoochee River. increase of $3,025.00 over the previous year. USGS now includes precipitation gauge maintenance as a separate line item]
BUDGET IMPACT: $27,850.00 Folsom Bridge @ GA 122, Little River and Skipper Bridge, Withlacoochee River. increase of $3,025.00 over the previous year. USGS now includes precipitation gauge maintenance as a separate line item

Sprayfield Expansion Phase

[BUDGET IMPACT: $3,369,213.71 GA-EPD has approved up to 3 mgd from 2 mgd. Four bids. Low bid Southeast Connections, LLC, from Conyers, GA.]
BUDGET IMPACT: $3,369,213.71 GA-EPD has approved up to 3 mgd from 2 mgd. Four bids. Low bid Southeast Connections, LLC, from Conyers, GA.

Grove Pointe Nelson Hill Watermain Interconnection

[BUDGET IMPACT: $78,392.60 Three bids. Low bid RPI, Inc.]
BUDGET IMPACT: $78,392.60 Three bids. Low bid RPI, Inc.

September-10-2024-Regular-Session-Minutes

[Page 1]
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September-9-2024-Work-Session-Minutes

[on such short notice. Commissioner Orenstein stated he was notified by multiple venues that the]
on such short notice. Commissioner Orenstein stated he was notified by multiple venues that the

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