Commissioner Franklin Bailey summed up the Dollar General proposal for Hahira:
There’s just a lot here we don’t have.
Hahira City Council
votes tonight
on the Teramore Development items, which are for a Dollar General
(like
the one in Naylor),
as we discovered
at the
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission Regular Session 26 August 2013,
even though the agenda doesn’t say.
GLPC recommended for it, even though engineering details hadn’t been done
for water management, the site plan wasn’t finalized, and no solution
was proposed for Dollar General’s corporate habit of using sidewalks
for cart storage, among many other issues.
The Teramore Development items are for a Dollar General
(like
the one in Naylor),
even though the agenda doesn’t say (see Planning Commission videos).
Since City Council District 2 Allen Bruce Cain, Sr.
resigned to run for Mayor
the
ever-contentious,
ethically–
investigated
garbage contract
last voted on
2 August 2012
could go differently this time.
Thanks to City Clerk Jonathan Sumner for providing the agenda upon request,
even though it’s not on the web.
Stay tuned for LAKE videos.
-jsq
Hahira City Council
September 5, 2013
Agenda
7:30 pm- Hahira Courthouse
Call to order
Establish quorum
Pledge of allegiance
Invocation
Review/Correction of Minutes
July 29, 2013 Work Session
August 1, 2013 Council Meeting
August 22, 2013 Special Called Meeting
Public Hearing
HA-2013-01: Rezoning Request by Teramore Development (Planning
and Zoning Administrator)
HA-2013-02: Variance Request by Teramore Development (Planning
and Zoning Administrator)
Received Friday. April Huntley also sent it to the Lowndes County Commissioners.
I have added a few links and pictures. -jsq
Dear Editor,
I’m not sure if people know or care that there is
another Dollar
General about to pop-up in Lowndes County. This time it will be in
Naylor. I’m not sure if this will be an improvement or not.
The applicants have mentioned
trying to do a Dollar General at this site.
We believe that’s what they’re going to do,
but however whatever uses are allowed in C-G
would of course be allowed if it is approved
without any conditions.
He said they had the recommendations from the TRC and the
Planning Commission, but he didn’t say what they were.
The Planning Commission
recommended for,
apparently with the understanding that it was
for a Dollar General.
Davenport said there had been no further input since the Planning
Commission meeting.
The Commission could have staff submit written reports that
go in the agenda and minutes, like the Library Board does,
and then put those online as PDF or HTML linked to an HTML agenda,
like Glynn County
and Richmond County do, and we wouldn’t have to guess the
names of applicants or the details of rezoning requests.
Dollar General or not?
Work Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),
Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 December 2012.
The
Planning Commission 26 November 2012
ignored a Naylor citizen’s questions about
a market survey, traffic, trees, peace and quiet, rural living, and sprawl
and unanimously recommended a rezoning request for
the eighteenth Dollar General in the area.
They did this for a developer who doesn’t live in Lowndes County,
and who didn’t even have her name revealed by the Planning Commission,
even though anyone who spoke against had to show up in person
and state name and address.
All this for a location that wasn’t specified in the agenda.
Does this seem right to you?
US Highway 84 East, Naylor, Georgia
Request to rezone 2 acres from E-A (Estate Agriculture)
to C-G (General Commercial)
It’s for a Dollar General.
County Planner Jason Davenport said nobody had called in.
The agenda doesn’t say which parcel is the subject,
and the County Planner didn’t specify.
Judging by the map displayed on the screen, it’s the southeast corner of
parcel number 0250 003, 101.91 acres owned by
Robinson Milltown Properties LLC of 2605 Hall Ave., Tifton, GA 31794.
According to the Georgia Secretary of State,
that LLC’s agent is
Bobbie Ann Robinson of 2605 Hall Avenue, Tifton, GA 31794.
I’m told she is the Dr. Bobbie Robinson
Professor of English and
Dean, School of Liberal Arts at ABAC in Tifton.
It’s curious how anybody speaking in opposition had to show up in
person and state their name and address,
but she the developer didn’t have to do any of those things.
Commissioner Franklin Bailey summed up the Dollar General proposal for Hahira:
