On the closed landfill across from Valdosta State Prison on Val Tech Road, what looks like maybe a megawatt of solar panels by the City of Valdosta.
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange, 1 September 2017
Category Archives: Valdosta City Council
Videos: Crowd for three rezoning cases @ GLPC 2017-07-31
They meet again
tonight.
The longest case last month at the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission was:
5. VA-2017-11 Tombrooks LLC 316&318 Eager Road PD in R-10 at almost 56 minutes.
Together with its companion
4. VA-2017-10 Tombrooks LLC 318 Eager Road R15 to R10
at 27 minutes,
those two took longer than the
pair of
Jon Nijem
Baytree Road rezonings
and the Hahira
Wilby Coleman Stanfill Street rezoning
put together.
That last one is apparently since Hahira is getting redesigned so much by
the exit 29 reworking and a new ball park that
anybody nearby might as well try to do something with their property.
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No coal ash on a dozen years of DSSWA agendas (but Brooks County Landfill)
In agendas for the governmental group which supposedly has oversight of the landfill in Lowndes County, Georgia, there is no mention at all of coal or coal ash. Thanks to Julia Shewchuck of SGRC, those agendas for the Deep South Solid Waste Authority (DSSWA) are on the LAKE website.
![[April 18, 2007 Agenda]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/dsswa/agendas/small/2007-04-18--Agenda--4-18-07-Meeting-0001.jpg)
Back in 2006 the proposed
Brooks County Landfill
is on the
the proposed April 19, 2006 agenda,
and
the June 21, 2006 agenda
said there was
a public hearing June 29, 2006.
An update was on the
October 18, 2016 agenda.
2007 starts with one meeting with no mention of the landfill, but the April 18, 2007 meeting has “5. Discussion of Onyx/Langdale Proposed Land Swap”. I don’t see any further mention of the Brooks County landfill after that, and apparently it never happened.
Curiously, these mentions of the Brooks County Landfill on the DSSWA agenda are all months after these VDT stories: Continue reading
Videos: Appointments to Hospital Authority and Parks and Rec + well pump @ LCC 2017-07-11
Two Regular Sessions back,
they started with a moment of silence for Mike Everett, recently deceased employee
of the Public Works department.
The
obituary in the VDT, 14 July 2014,
Michael Thomas Everett, a senior heavy equipment operator with Lowndes county and long time resident of Berrien County, GA, died unexpectedly on July 9, 2017 at the age of 58 at his home. Mike was born in Miami, Florida on December 29, 1958 to Hermon J. Everett and Mary C. Everett both deceased and is survived by his loving Step-Mother Nora N. Everett. Mike also known as Mr. Mike to many of his close friends and co-workers was an avid race car fan, loved cooking, enjoyed tending to his many gardens. He also loved music and often played guitar with family and friends. He was a magnet for all dogs taking great care of any that showed up on his doorstep. Mike was a very kind and generous man who will be deeply missed by his family, close neighbors, friends, co-workers and all who knew him. There is no service scheduled at this time.
No surprise on the pump or for the Hospital Authority, but news about Ashley Paulk and VLPRA. They approved everything else unanimously, as they usually do.
Below are links to each LAKE video, with a few notes, followed by a LAKE video playlist. See also the agenda. There are no LAKE videos of the previous morning’s Work Session, because, they moved it half an hour early and didn’t send a notification. But there is a blog post about one Commissioner’s response to that. The county apparently does video its work sessions, but not that one, and not this Regular Session, either.
Continue readingVideos: Lake Park Zoning Amendment, Valdosta personal care CUP @ GLPC 2017-06-26
They meet again tonight at 5:30 PM.
Last month was a very rare meeting where nobody showed up to speak for or against either item
at the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission, June 26, 2017:
one zoning change from Lake Park,
and one Valdosta rezoning for a “personal care salon”
on Woodrow Wilson Drive.
Below are links to each LAKE video followed by a LAKE video playlist. See also the agenda. Continue reading
Crowd expected for three rezoning cases @ GLPC 2017-07-31
Three rezoning cases, one in Hahira on W. Stanfill St. and two in Valdosta on Eager Road, may be controversial tonight at 5:30 PM.
Daniel DeMersseman, VDT, 26 July 2017, Planning Commission expects crowd,
“It’s just three properties but they’re not simple ones. Each of these has the potential to bring a crowd,” [Valdosta and Hahira Planning and Zoning Administrator Matt] Martin said.
Map:
Lowndes County Tax Assessors, of 316 Eager Road, with 318 Eager Rd to its left
Here’s the agenda, which the county put on their website after Gretchen called and asked. She will be there with the LAKE video camera. Continue reading
Videos: Appointments to Hospital Authority and Parks and Rec + well pump @ LCC 2017-07-10
Nope, there are no LAKE videos of yesterday morning’s Work Session, because, remember, they moved the meeting half an hour earlier so when Gretchen showed up it was already over. The county does not video its Work Sessions, so there is no county video, either. Since the Valdosta Daily Times apparently did not run a story (I don’t even know if they had a reporter there), this means you won’t know what the Commissioners discussed nor who else was there Monday morning before they vote this evening at 5:30 PM.
City of Valdosta PR 2017-07-10:
Valdosta City Manager Larry Hanson welcomes new 23d Wing Commander Col. Jennifer Short at the July 10 Change of Command ceremony.
Commissioner Scottie Orenstein asked, on facebook, in response to yesterday’s LAKE blog post about the moved meeting: Continue reading
Agenda: Lake Park Zoning Amendment, Valdosta personal care CUP @ GLPC 2017-06-26
Another very light agenda at the Planning Commission, with one zoning change from Lake Park, and one Valdosta rezoning for a “personal care salon” on Woodrow Wilson Drive.
Parcel ID 0114A 006, 401 Woodrow Wilson Drive, Lowndes County Tax Assessors
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
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Lowndes County City of Valdosta City of Dasher City of Hahira City of Lake Park REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
AGENDA
Monday, June 26, 2017 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue
Videos: City of Valdosta Retreat at Lenox River Ranch 2017-03-17-18
Thanks to George Boston Rhynes for tracking the Valdosta City Council to the wilds of Lenox River Ranch where they meet every year in Colquitt County. Here are his videos.
The city did publish an agenda on their website.
Here’s a LAKE video playlist of George’s videos:
Continue readingDeep South Solid Waste Management Authority after privatized landfill
Local counties and cities
sold off one landfill in Lowndes County in the late 1990s,
and a second one in 2005 through the Deep South Solid Waste Management Authority.
Yet in 2007 the
Deep South Municipal Regional Solid Waste Management Authority (WMA),
with the same county and city member governments,
was still active, discussing a regional recycling station.
And it is still active today, including some of the same board members
the entire time since 2005,
such as
Valdosta City Manager Larry Hanson.
Hanson was not present last week
when Valdosta Mayor John Gayle said
Valdosta does not control the landfill, or perhaps he would have
mentioned that Valdosta through its longterm seat on the WMA board
does have some degree of control over the landfill’s operations.
I notice quite a few of the Valdosta City Council’s own minutes record discussions and votes related to that WMA including this item from their Regular meeting of 4 October 2014, which was called to order by Mayor Gayle:
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities, and Advisory Committees
- Consideration of an appointment to the Deep South Regional Municipal Solid Waste Management Authority. — Appointed Richard Hardy, Public Works Director (7-0 Vote).
There must be some advantage to the City of Valdosta to have two members (Hanson and Hardy) on the WMA board. Certainly the average citizen or organization does not have that.
Bill Roberts, VDT, 5 December 2005, Authority closes on landfill deal, Continue reading