Videos: 4 county rezonings, 5 Valdosta, 2 Hahira @ GLPC 2025-01-27

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The most contentious item at the recent GLPC meeting, at almost half an hour, was 8. CU-2025-02 Perma-Fix of South Georgia 1612 James P Rodgers Circle. Several people spoke against it, including Gretchen Quarterman at 14 minutes. The Planning Commissioners voted 4:5 to recommend denying that Conditional Use application, but then they voted 5:4 to recommend approving.

[Collage @ LCC 27 January 2025]
Collage @ LCC 27 January 2025

The Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) merely advises. The actual decision will be at the Thursday, February 6, Valdosta City Council (VCC) meeting. Valdosta has no agenda posted yet for that meeting:
https://www.valdostacity.com/city-council/agendas-minutes

LAKE has sent in an open records request for the VCC board packet.

Another long Valdosta City case was 9. VA-2025-01 James Warren (202 Denmark Street) Rezone 0.73 acres from R-6 to C-C. The Commissioners unanimously recommended approval.

The two parts of the Hahira case took a while due to being complicated: 12. /13 Lemaka Holdings.

Two county cases also took a long time: 3. REZ-2025-01 Hurtado Property, Bethany Drive ~6.4 acres R-A to R-1, where there were already flooding concerns from previous development. Only the property owner spoke for. Several citizens spoke against. Eight Planning Commissioners voted to recommend denial; Franklin Bailey voted against the motion.

And 6. REZ-2025-04: River Run Farm, 6490 River Run, Naylor, Ga ,27.12 ac. C-C to R-21, near the Alapaha River, which got a recommendation to approva with a condition of only 9 lots, on a split vote which may have been 7:2; it was difficult to see or hear.

The county cases will be decided by the Lowndes County Commission on Tuesday, February 11.

All the other cases got unanimous recommendations of approval from GLPC.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few notes by Gretchen Quarterman, followed by a LAKE video playlist.

See also the agenda and the board packet materials for the Valdosta and Hahira cases.

LAKE is still waiting for Lowndes County to send the board packet materials for those county cases, after LAKE sent the request on January 27.

Here is the LAKE video playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiFlb3wdms2MJznQ2zzMn1ew&si=f0C5409_UPtqYnPz

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