Can someone supply this speaker’s name?
Here’s the video:
Allergies and biomass –Geraldine (?) @ VCC 19 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
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Stonewalling is a good way to get your Industrial Authority
on the front page
of the local newspaper (again).
Here’s video of what Bobbi Anne Hancock said to the board about their minutes (and other things).
First, here’s is VDT reporter David Rodock’s excerpt of what she said last night:
Continue readingBobbi Anne Hancock, the woman who made an Open Records request with the Authority for meeting minutes from 2006 to the present day, spoke to board members during the citizens to be heard portion of the meeting.
“The majority of your costs for the request are for the five hours
The protesters are revolting these days!
Is there nothing an Industrial Authority can do to keep them off its doorstep?
Where are these people protesting? Could it be outside the Industrial Authority?
Protesters @ VLCIA 19 April 2011 Part 1 of 4:
Biomass protesters,
Regular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority, VLCIA,
Norman Bennett, Roy Copeland, Tom Call, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman,
J. Stephen Gupton attorney, Allan Ricketts Acting Executive Director, 19 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman
for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
Why that sign says Continue reading
This item comes from the
flooding on Country Club Road caused by:
…excess rain which overloads the Withlacoochee River Water Pollution Control Plant. He said growth along the river and throughout the regional watershed area has contributed to the amount of excess water running into the river.That’s two flooding-related items in one Valdosta City Council meeting; the other was Browns Canal Streambank Restoration. Maybe we should think about doing something about the uncontrolled growth that leads to such water problems.
Here’s the video:
7.b) Manhole covers on Country Club Road @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
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They don’t know yet how much it will be, since the feds haven’t said,
but they have a plan for how to allocate a Community Development Block Grant.
Council approved it.
If you want to see the Annual Action Plan they approved, you can, in a 30 day public examination and comment period. The total scheduled grant amount is $647,678 fromm HUD.
There’s an advisory committee: maybe you want to be on it.
Here’s the video:
7.a) Community Development Block Grant –Mara Register @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
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Dan Davis thanks Valdosta City staff for timely clean up after recent storm.
This plus there were two scheduled items related to storm and flood damage.
Maybe we need better
planning to reduce sprawl and the resulting flooding.
Here’s the video:
Thanks for clean up after recent storm —Dan Davis @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
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As near as I’ve been able to tell, this project deals with erosion
caused by flooding.
This thing has been
bid
and
rebid.
Sounds like they’ve finally accepted a bid
involving at grant to pay for much of it.
Here’s the video:
6.c) Browns Canal streambank restoration @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
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He was a metallurgical engineer
(he spelled that for them)
in Pittsburgh.
People there were glad of the jobs, but the air is bad now.
He said that air quality is important, and biomass is a detriment to the community.
He reminds the council that they were elected to become involved.
Here’s the video:
Barry Hyatt @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
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This kind of municipal government action enables subdivision building.
From the
agenda:
6. Bids, Contracts, Agreements and ExpendituresThey approved staff’s recommendation for the low bid.… Consideration of bids for the completion of the Madison Highway Utility Extension Project.
Here’s the video:
6.b) Madison Highway Utility Extension Project @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
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Sometimes destruction is creation.
And fun.
This was The Great American Cleanup
by
KVLD, which is
Keep Lowndes/Valdosta Beautiful,
one of those
twenty appointed boards.
They have
other events coming up this year.
Valdosta has two KLVB board appointments available this year. Maybe you’d like to apply.
Here’s the video.
Keep Lowndes/Valdosta Beautiful, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia,
16 April 2011.
Video by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
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