Duke’s new solar farms in Florida echo what Duke was already doing three and a half years ago when an independent study concluded more solar power in North Carolina would save utility ratepayers tens of millions of dollars annually.
Duke solar power farm in Perry, Florida, courtesy Duke Energy
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Two of the three
Valdosta cases for tonight involve the
Inner Perimeter Road Corridor Overlay District
of Valdosta’s
Land Development Regulations.
The other Valdosta case is about
a Personal Care Home on Hollywood Street.
The two
Lowndes County cases on
‘
the Planning Commission agenda
are opposite:
REZ-2017-05 Cody Califf wants the usual rezoning of agricultural
to residential development,
but
REZ-2017-04 Jeffrey Taibl wants to return to Estate Agricultural.
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, April 24, 2017 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue
Grants to participating local governments are mostly what’s on the agenda for next Wednesday for the Deep South Solid Waste Management Authority, sent today by Julia Shewchuck of SGRC (PDF).
On the telephone yesterday she clarified that the grants
from this Authority mentioned in
the Lowndes County Commission Goals meetinng
are exclusively available to the seven local governments
participating in this Authority.
They are:
Berrien County, Lanier County, Lowndes County, City of Nashville, City of Lakeland, City of Valdosta, and Echols County CG.
She also noted that Echols County was one of the original participants in the authority, even though it had dropped off for a while, and had been added back in a recent year (2014).
DEEP SOUTH
REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITYMeeting of the Board of Directors
Deep South Regional Municipal Solid Waste Management Authority
April 19, 2017
6:00 PM
Southern Georgia Regional Commission
Valdosta, Georgia
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They vote 5:30 PM Tuesday about what they discussed this morning.
The longest item at five minutes was
6a. FY2018 Juvenile Justice Incentive Grant Program REquest.
Third longest was
a subvision asking to be forgiven paving money the county gave it that
never was used.
And second longest, although not on the agenda, was
a T-SPLOST report by the County Manager.
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No T-SPLOST on the agenda for Monday morning, despite tabling it two weeks ago until their next meeting. That may be because while Lowndes County dithered, ten other of the 18 counties in the region agreed to put it on the ballot, so now it doesn’t matter what the Lowndes County Commission decides about that. Remember, even with it on the ballot, it can still be voted down, like in 2012. Meanwhile, according to the VDT,
In the coming weeks, a regional roundtable of government representatives will determine when the public vote will take place, the projected revenue from the tax and what projects the tax would fund if passed.
You, the taxpayers, are not invited to those roundtables, which will be held on unknown dates at unknown locations.
On the agenda for Monday morning and Tuesday evening is the ironic justaxposition of Special Proclamation Presentation to the Teen Explosion Youth Action Group and FY2018 Juvenile Justice Incentive Grant Program Request for Proposals (RFP). There are two GDOT items and a late payment by a subdivision, with its name spelled wrong by the county, or by Trulia, or somebody.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2017, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2017, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
They tabled T-SPLOST until their next meeting because they got a complaint from the Chamber about process, and also from others. Remember, even if it gets on the ballot, it can still be voted down again, like in 2012.
Meanwhile, John Stephen, VDT, 7 April 2017, T-SPLOST headed for referendum,
Even though the Lowndes County Commission delayed a vote on the regional T-SPLOST at its last meeting due to local confusion on the one-penny sales tax, enough counties in the area now support the tax (10 out of 18 were needed) to move it forward to a public vote even without the commission’s approval.
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2:30 PM today:
it looks like Don Brotherton bought a piece of land without enough road access,
and now he wants a
county variance,
while Valdosta Country Club wants
a city variance
for its clubhouse, and city staff don’t agree.
This is a very light
agenda
for the decision-making Zoning Board of Appeals.
Courtesy of ZBOA member Gretchen Quarterman,
the entire board packet is
on the LAKE website.
Valdosta – Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals
Matt Martin,
Valdosta Planning and Zoning Administrator
300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia
(229) 259-3563Carmella Braswell,
Lowndes County Zoning Administrator
327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia
(229) 671-2430AGENDA
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April 4, 2017
2:30 p.m.
While its natural gas percentage remained flat, and coal and nuclear decreased, Southern Company (SO) more than doubled its renewable energy generation percentage in one year. Maybe I’ll mention that at the annual shareholder meeting in May.
2017 Mix:
2016 Mix:
When:
10:00 a.m., ET
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Where:
The Lodge Conference Center
Callaway Gardens
4500 Southern Pine Drive
Pine Mountain, GA 31822-2593
Event:
Annual Southern Company
Shareholder Meeting
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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:
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Sheriff Ashley Paulk
still wants a warrant before he turns anybody over to ICE.
I agree with him that there’s no point in arresting people who are busy
working in the fields.
Georgia already tried that a few years ago, and crops rotted.
These are the LAKE videos from day 2 of 3. They’re back at it this morning, and Gretchen is there with the LAKE video camera.
The Board of Elections got the second-longest discussion at 44 minutes, partly because the Elections Supervisor kept using jargon it’s not clear the Commissioners understood. Longest discussion was with newly-elected Coroner Austin Fiveash, whose office has been kicked out of Remerton, which used to heavily subsidize it, and he apparently didn’t know the Coroner doesn’t get a car supplied, nor any office help. When asked why he picked an assistant coroner who already had a half-time job, he said nobody wanted this job. Well, apparently he did: he ran for it.
And still no agenda on the county’s website. Why doesn’t the county want the tax-paying public to know what they’re doing? Continue reading