I saw no agenda posted beforehand for the Budget Work Session of the Lowndes County Commission, 9 AM, Wednesday, May 31, 2021.
Below are LAKE videos by Gretchen Quarterman, with a few notes by her, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
There was no audio feed back to the video ghetto in the rear of the room, so you’ll have to crank up the volume and see what you can hear. Continue reading
Update 2023-06-13: Videos: surprise ULDC update, DUI Court grant, Project Viking @ LCC Work 2023-06-12.
Tuesday evening after the Monday morning Work Session, the Lowndes County Commission will decide whether to reappoint the incumbent Anthony Payton to the Airport Authority (as it usually does), or to apoing David Westberry.
Also on the agenda are two court grant cash matches, three water projects including a tractor for the county sewer system Land Application Site (LAS), and Project Viking.
![[Airport, Courts, Water, and Project Viking by Knights Creek @ LCC]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2023-06-12--lcc-packet/many.jpg)
Airport, Courts, Water, and Project Viking by Knights Creek @ LCC
The wetlands of the Project Viking rezoning are next to Knights Creek in the Alapaha River Basin. The agenda does not seem to mention who this rezoning is for, but according to the Tax Assessors maps it’s BASSFORD N L JR. Those maps show the acreage as 80.0, not 69. I don’t know why the discrepency.
It appears that none of the water projects went out for bids. Two of them are for private wells.
| Cost | What |
|---|---|
| $96,095.22 | Kubota M6-141 Tractor |
| $64,095.00 | Stone Creek Onsite Well Pump |
| $30,750.00 | Oak Hill Drive Water Main Extension |
| $19,509.00 | Lowndes County DUI Court FY 24 Grant Award |
| $8,857.00 | Lowndes County Juvenile Accountability Court (LCJAC) FY24 Budget & Grant Award |
| $219,306.22 | Total |
Here is the agenda.
See also the LAKE Videos: Five Valdosta rezonings, one Lowndes County, Lake Park Case pulled @ GLPC 2023-05-22.
LAKE does not have the board packet for this County Commission meeting, because I forgot to file an open records request before today. However, the Project Viking board packet materials from the Planning Commission will probably mostly be re-used for the County Commission meeting.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2023, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2023, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
- Call to Order
- Invocation
- Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
- Minutes for Approval
- Appointment
- Public Hearing
- For Consideration
- Oak Hill Drive Water Main Extension
Documents:Oak Hill Drive Water Main Extension.pdf
- Stone Creek Onsite Well Pump
Documents:Stone Creek Onsite Well Pump.pdf
- Kubota M6-141 Tractor
Documents:Kubota M6-141 Tractor.pdf
- Lowndes County DUI Court FY 24 Grant Award
- Lowndes County Juvenile Accountability Court (LCJAC) FY24 Budget & Grant Award
Documents:Lowndes County Juvenile Accountability Court FY24 Budget Grant Award.pdf
- Reports – County Manager
- Citizens Wishing to be Heard-Please State Your Name and Address
- Adjournment
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Last month at the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission, the longest item was almost twelve minutes on Tony Tong’s tattoo studio, for which they eventually recommended approval with slightly modified conditions.
The only Lowndes County rezoning got three and a half minutes, for 8. REZ-2023-07 Project Viking, Hunt Road, Amended conservation. Like all the others (except the retracted Lake Park item), GLPC recommended approval. That case comes before the Lowndes County Commission this Monday, June 12, 2023, for a decision Tuesday evening.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few comments by Gretchen Quarterman, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also the board packet. Continue reading
Update 2023-06-14: Packet: Howell Road Halfway House massive opposition 2023-06-12.
Apparently somebody sued and the county is going to tidy up by invalidating its previous decision on the Howell Road Halfway House rezoning and hold yet another Public Hearing before making what will likely be the same decision. That will be this Monday, June 12, 2023, at 5:30 PM.
![[Redo rezoning, WRPDO Site Map, REZ-2022-10 The Campus Transitional Facility]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2023-06-12--lcc-special-packet/many.jpg)
Redo rezoning, WRPDO Site Map, REZ-2022-10 The Campus Transitional Facility
How five days’ notice solves the legal problem of lack of previous notice, I don’t know. Also why they could not wait one day and hold this Public Hearing in their regularly-scheduled Regular Session of this Tuesday is mysterious. Perhaps the County Attorney will explain it all.
Meanwhile, the county’s apparent lack of concern for the Character Areas of the Comprehensive Plan does not bode well for other rezonings elsewhere.
For what they plan to do Monday evening see Continue reading
A million dollar loan wasn’t worth scheduling on the regular agenda for the May 9, 2023, Lowndes County Commission Regular Session?
Apparently not, since Chairman Bill Slaughter added it after the previous morning’s Work Session. Commissioner Demarcus Marshall wanted to know Continue reading
The Lowndes County Commission Work Session of Monday morning and Regular Session of Tuesday evening are cancelled.
Don’t know why: they didn’t say.
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Update 2023-06-11: Videos: Five Valdosta rezonings, one Lowndes County, Lake Park Case pulled @ GLPC 2023-05-22.
These redevelopment rezonings all look unremarkable, although one never knows who will turn out to be in opposition or support.
In addition to the five Valdosta items and the one Lowndes County item on the agenda for Monday evening’s Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) meeting, there was a Lake Park item, but it was pulled. I have included the packet materials for Lake Park anyway, for comparison in case it turns up in a later meeting.
![[Rezoning Maps @ GLPC Packet 2023-05-22]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2023-05-22--glpc-packet/many.jpg)
Rezoning Maps @ GLPC Packet 2023-05-22
The board packet materials, received in response to a LAKE open records request, are on the LAKE website.
Here is the agenda.
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission ~ Lowndes County ~ City of Valdosta ~ City of Dasher ~
Continue reading
~ City of Hahira ~ City of Lake Park ~ City of Remerton ~
Monday, May 15, 2023 5:30 P.M. Work Session
Monday, May 22, 2023 5:30 P.M. Regular Session
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia
Big news: One Valdosta-Lowndes has hired an Executive Director, Mary Beth Brownlee, previously with ACCG. See 8. Reports.
Almost three minutes on 5.c. REZ-2023-06 Wild Adventures, 3766 Old Clyattville Road, P-D amendment was the longest at the Lowndes County Commission Work Session yesterday morning. They vote tonight at 5:30 PM.
In her 8. Reports, County Manager Paige Dukes said for the tire amnesty starting that day (yesterday), people could take tires to either the county or city locations. Ordinary vehicle tires, not for tractors or semi-trucks.
She said the tax assessment notices will go out mid-May. There will be some increases, since Continue reading
Update 2023-04-09: Packet: Wild Adventures glamping, AB Motorsports withdrawn, a road abandonment and RoW purchase, Clyattville Community Center, plus alcohol @ LCC 2023-05-08.
Not on the agenda for the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC), and not in the board packet materials Lowndes County sent in response to a LAKE open records request, instead showing up under Other Business, were some updates to the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC).
Former Lowndes County Planner Jason Davenport, rehired by the county as a consultant, said he gave the Planning Commission a list of a dozen ULDC amendments that would come before them next month for a recommendation. They included: Continue reading
The Lowndes County Commission breezed through approving everything unanimously two weeks ago.
There was some further discussion in Reports about the county taking over management of the Moody AFB golf course and some other items.
Then in Citizens Willing to Be Heard, Veterinarian Dr. Amanda Hall spoke about changes in state law regarding animal control, including about what counts as a breeder. And it is now unlawful to tether animals during inclement weather or mental distress, but that is not being enforced. She recommended Lowndes County revise its local animal control ordinance to be in line with the noise ordinance.
She recently learned the county was budgeting $7 million for a new animal shelter. She said there was much lower hanging fruit than that, such as updating the ordinance to use ideas that work elsewhere.
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 Continue reading
![[Collage @ LCC 31 May 2023]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2023-05-31--lcc-budget-videos/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ GLPC 22 May 2023]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2023-05-22--glpc-videos/many.jpg)
![[Hightower Road, Wild Adventures, Briggston Road, $1 million housing loan, @ LCC Regular Session, 9 May 2023]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2023-05-09--lcc-regular-videos/many.jpg)
![[Cancelled 2023-05-22-23]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2023-05-22--lcc-cancelled/cancelled.jpg)
![[Collage @ LCC 8 May 2023]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2023-05-08--lcc-work-videos/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ LCC 24 April 2023]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2023-04-24--glpc-videos/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ LCC 25 April 2023]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2023-04-25--lcc-regular-videos/many.jpg)