The Planning Commission meets tonight, we hear with no cases other than
two for Lowndes County, one of which may be tabled.
No agenda is available to the public, unless you show up in person 5:30 PM tonight at 325 W savannah Ave., Valdosta, GA.
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They wouldn’t say
what they would do to secure their own building after July 1st
when the Georgia guns-everywhere law goes into effect.
A split vote for not opposing the
Hahira annexation
recommended against by the Planning Commission
plus unanimous approval of everything else under
For Consideration, including
declaring some Finance computers surplus.
They voted to approve their
opaque selection of auditing services
and to buy
an unnamed firewall replacement
among other things for unknown amounts.
Maybe somebody should bring that up at the county Budget Hearings.
They reappointed Lonnie Denton to a sixth five-year term on the Lowndes Division of Family and Children Services (he spoke) and Willie Houseal and Gretchen Quarterman each to a third three-year term on the ZBOA (they spoke yesterday morning). Also Public Hearings for well and septic and a special events change to the ULDC. in their Luke Bryan balancing act.
Here’s the agenda, with links to the videos and a few notes. See also the videos of the Work Session of the previous morning and the videos of the 27 May 2014 Planning Commission meeting.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSContinue reading
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
Almost unanimous against the
Hahira
rezoning
and
annexation,
even though the
reduction from 66.1 to 58.09 acres
was to exclude Hagen Bridge Road and obviate the
paving issue.
A
county ULDC amendment request for Special Events and such
and a Valdosta
LDR amendment request.
A
county
rezoning
to agricultural
and
three
Valdosta
use changes:
daycare,
fraternity,
and
commercial office.
Here’s the agenda, with some notes and links to the videos.
Greater Lowndes Planning CommissionContinue readingLowndes County City of Valdosta City of Dasher City of Hahira City of Lake Park
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
AGENDA
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah AvenueTuesday, May 27, 2014* 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing
The
Hahira Annexation request
was actually heard at
the Planning Commission meeting that started at the same time.
All the incumbents were reappointed to the
Hospital Authority
and the
shadowy Lowndes County Public Facilities Authority.
Both the road abandonments were approved, of
Old Statenville Road
and
of
Excess Right of Way on James Road and Riverside Road.
All that plus a
GEMA Sheltering Memorandum of Agreement
and a
beer license,
plus
Poll Manager Recognition.
The blank page Budget Session was at 9:30 AM after the Work Session, all the same day as this Regular Session. See also my question about Budget Public Hearings.
Here’s the agenda. See the videos from the Work Session of the same morning and the videos from the previous Regular Session of May 13th for context on the Public Hearings and on the James Road Subsidence.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSContinue reading
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
We can’t see the draft budget before the Public Hearings, said the Chairman, answering my question after the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session of 27 May 2014.
Video. After congratulating the Chairman on recognizing the poll workers, Crawford Powell for recusing himself on an appointment of himself, and the Commission for the recent Budget Sessions, I asked:
Chairman Bill Slaughter’s answers to me after the meeting adjourned: Continue reading
Two
Lowndes County
cases (
road frontage and
tree protection),
and two
Valdosta
Valdosta cases
(daycares on busy streets
and
Wal-Mart parking).
The county cases are both variances from the
Unified Land Development Code (ULDC)
and the city cases are both variances from Valdosta’s
Land Development Regulations (LDR),
and both the ULDC and LDR are supposed to be consistent with the
Comprehensive Plan.
Here’s the agenda. The City of Valdosta puts ZBOA agendas and minutes online in real PDFs.
Continue readingValdosta -Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals
Matt Martin, Valdosta Planning and Zoning Administrator Carmella Braswell, Lowndes County Zoning Administrator 300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia 327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia (229) 259-3563 (229) 671-2430
AGENDA
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
2:30 p.m.
Anticipating water and wastewater needs,
coordinating with Florida and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
comparing water usage to available resources in the face of droughts,
floods, and climate change,
Georgia’s regional water management council for this area
considered all this and more when it met
in Valdosta to finalize a document:
Regional Assessment of Implementation Status.
Here are videos of the whole meeting.
Video. Attendees included:
The
Hahira Annexation request is back
(while on
the Planning Commission agenda the same day),
and there is an appointment to the
Hospital Authority
and two to the
shadowy Lowndes County Public Facilities Authority
that approves bonds.
Two Public Hearings for road abandonments, of
Old Statenville Road
and
of
Excess Right of Way on James Road and Riverside Road.
All that plus a
GEMA Sheltering Memorandum of Agreement
and a
beer license,
plus
Poll Manager Recognition.
The county’s front page and calendar link to a blank page for a Budget Session Tuesday. Guessing by previous behavior, that may mean at 5PM before the Regular Session at 5:30 PM, which in turn is the same time as the Planning Commission meeting. The Work Session is also Tuesday, at 8:30AM, due to Memorial Day Monday.
Here’s the agenda. See videos from the previous Regular Session for context on the Public Hearings and on the James Road Subsidence.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSContinue reading
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
In a
Special Presentation to Thomas Smith on retiring from the 911 center,
we saw a rare use of the county’s video camera to display the podium
at the front of the room.
Escalated from contingency fund to SPLOST payment (we still don’t know how much):
fixing the
James Road 10-inch drop in 48 hours
in front of Westside Elementary School due to faulty road construction in 2008.
Also due to that same hasty 2008 James Road widening and realignment
for the
James Road second mall and massive subdivision mega-project
that never happened,
they scheduled a Public Hearing for abandoning
Excess Right of Way on James Rd & Riverside Dr.
And they voted
to fix three discrepencies MIDS, Inc. found in its contract of last year.
They voted for the low bid on the
lift station pump without ever saying what the other bids were.
They reappointed Airport Authority Chairman Steve Everett for another four-year term; he did not appear. They approved the 911 Center surplus item sale. They scheduled a Public Hearing to abandon part of Old Statenville Road SE because they say only seven cars a day, no, now it’s ten cars a day, use it and there are no houses on it. Nobody had any questions about the a beer license.
And the County Manager said a quarantine on the Animal Shelter was being lifted and the next Work Session would be Tuesday (27 May 2014) because of the holiday (Memorial Day).
Here’s the agenda.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSContinue reading
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
Return of the
Hahira
rezoning
and
annexation,
down from 66.1 to as 58.09 acres,
even after the
Lowndes County Commission letter of objection of 22 April 2014,
and on Tuesday next week, same time as the County Commission meeting.
A
ULDC amendment request for Special Events and such
and an
LDR amendment request for unspecified reasons.
A
county
rezoning
to agricultural
and
three
Valdosta
use changes:
daycare,
fraternity,
and
commercial office.
Here’s the agenda, which arrived as a PDF actually convertable to text!
Greater Lowndes Planning CommissionContinue readingLowndes County City of Valdosta City of Dasher City of Hahira City of Lake Park
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
AGENDA
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue
Tuesday, May 27, 2014* 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing