A surprising number of questions were asked by Commissioners
at yesterday morning’s Work Session, yet still nobody asked
about the well near

one of the proposed rezonings.
We had a microphone failure during the first few items;
sound picks up as the Commissioners start asking questions on

5.b. REZ-2013-04.
Because of the sound glitch
you can’t tell that for sure from the videos that nobody discussed SPLOST,
but Gretchen was there from call to order to adjournment, and she didn’t hear anything about
SPLOST.
Maybe they’ll say something about it tonight at their 5:30 PM Regular Session,
at which they vote on these rezonings and contract.

Here’s

the agenda with links to the videos and some notes.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2013, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2013, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2^nd Floor

1. 
   Call to Order

2. Invocation

3. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

4. Minutes for Approval
   1. Work Session — February 25, 2013

   2. Regular Session — February 26, 2013
5. Public Hearings
   1. 
      
      
      REZ-2013-03 Rezoning for Jeremy Valler, Knight’s Academy Rd. R-21 to R-A, Well/Septic, ~10.4
      acres

      No sound; sorry.
      Here is video of
      
      the same case at the Planning Commission.

   2. 
      
      
      REZ-2013-04 Doug Thompson Property, 3432 Bemiss Rd. C-H (conditional) to C-H, Comm. Well &
      Comm. Sewer, 1.28 acres

      Here are videos of
      
      the same case at the Planning Commission.

      Commissioner
      Crawford Powell wondered what were the original reasons
      for the zoning requirements.
      The minutes say this was the
      first property on this side of the street to ask for commercial zoning
      yet there was no significant public opposition in the minutes,
      although there might have been some contact with the
      Commissioners outside the public hearing.

      Commissioner Demarcus Marshall
      said he received an anonymous call of concern about a night club
      nearby, apparently indicating concern about this property
      might turn into such.
      Commissioner Powell said they could just line item out night clubs
      and the like.

      
      

      Commissioner Richard Raines asked if anybody had discussed
      C-G zoning with the applicant.
      Davenport said yes, and he thought the applicant
      would be happy with that as long as the use restrictions were
      removed.
      He discussed a couple of nearby properties with various
      commercial zoning variants.

      Nobody mentioned the nearby well.

6. 
   
   
   Bid — Land Application Site (LAS) Farm Lease

   The county spreads liquid waste on a site in the south end
   of the county, and likes to lease it out for a couple of farming
   operations.
   
   Utilties Director Mike Allen
   said they got
   one bid back for hay operation only, not row crops, from
   T and T Farms, aka Rodney Tyree, for $4,110/year with 0.3% annual
   increase, for five years with 3 renewable options.
   Nobody bid on the row crop.
   Several Commissioners asked why no more bids, how long, etc.
   Allen didn’t know why no more bids, and he repeated the above
   information on terms.

7. 
   Reports-County Manager

   There were no reports, so they adjourned.

8. Citizens Wishing to be Heard Please State Name And Address

   That’s only in the Regular Session, which is Tuesday (tonight) at 5:30 PM.

Here’s

a video playlist:

Videos: Two rezonings and a lease

Work Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),

Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 March 2013.

-jsq