It was Art
(12 minutes of
4. State of the Arts by Cheryl Oliver, Director, Turner Center of the Arts)
Law
(10:46 of

7.c. Solicitor-General’s Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Grant Application
and
1:31 of

Introduction of new Probation Officer, which was not on the agenda),
and
Development
(
6.b. REZ-2018-02, E-A and C-C to E-A and PD-R, 4391 Rocky Ford Rd, ~72 acres)
this morning at the Lowndes County Commission Work Session.
Actually, all of those items were about law enforcement one way or another.
The Commissioners vote Tuesday evening at 5:30 PM.

Below are

links to each LAKE video of this morning’s Work Session,
with a few notes, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also
the agenda for this morning and tomorrow evening, and
the LAKE videos of the preceding GLPC meeting.

• 
  1. Call to Order 4. “State-of-the-Art Center” Presentation by Cheryl Oliver
  
  

  Video.
  Cheryl Oliver certainly is the very model of a public speaker.
  After a decade
  as Director of the Turner Center for the Arts,
  
  she announced last month she is resigning.
  She discussed several recent Arts Center events,
  how arts promote the local economy,
  Center debts paid off, and
  a million-dollar endowment.

• 
  Introduction of new Probation Officer
  
  

  Video.
  The new Probation Director is Felicia Rountree.
  They spoke at her; she did not speak.

• 
  5. Minutes for Approval
  
  

  Video.

• 
  6 a. REZ-2018-01 Simmons, 3881 Bemiss Rd, R-10 to C-G .89 acres
  
  

  Video.

• 
  6 b. REZ-2018-02, E-A and C-C to E-A and PD-R, 4391 Rocky Ford Rd, ~72 acres
  
  

  Video.
  GLPC Recommendation: Approval

  TRC Recommendation: Approval and Approval with Conditions (Buffering)

  County Planner Jason Davenport said
  Pastor Jay Watkins with Redlands Baptist Church works with a group called
  Camp Rock that
  wants to use this site for at-risk youth in the community
  and around the region.
  He said applicants and staff started with around 30 issues and whittled it down to two.

  In most cases there would be a requirement for a landscaped and fenced buffer,
  but Davenport and County Zoning Director Carmella Braswell thought the property
  was big enough that something different would work,
  and they asked for a fifty foot undisturbed buffer.
  Applicants got letters from neighbors saying they didn’t want any buffer.
  Davenport countered with a 20-foot buffer, thinking ahead for new owners
  of adjacent properties.
  Applicants said the camp would be established and anybody moving in
  would know what to expect.
  Staff still prefer a buffer.

• 
  6c. REZ-2018-03 Diana Guy, 2497 Madison HWY, C-G to C-G and C-H, 4.04 acres
  
  

  Video.

• 
  6 d. Abandonment of a Portion of Bradford Rd. N.
  
  

  Video.
  County Engineer Mike Fletcher reviewed that this was cleaning up an omission
  from 1986.
  People will get to speak in the Public Hearing Tuesday evening.

• 
  7 a. Accept infrastructure for Quarterman Estates Subdivision Phase 2
  
  

  Video.

• 
  7 b. Professional Services for I-75 Exits 2 &11 Utility Relocate
  
  

  Video.

• 
  7 c. Solicitor-General’s Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Grant Application
  
  

  Video.

• 
  8. Reports – County Manager (none)
  
  

  Video.

• 
  10. Adjournment
  
  

  Video.

Here’s

a LAKE video playlist:

Videos: Turner Center presentation, VAWA, Rocky Ford Road

Work Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),

Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, February 12, 2018.

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