All four cases got recommendations from the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) for approval by the Valdosta Mayor and Council. However, all but the first and last were on split votes, and the last had one Commissioner recuse himself.

Collage @ GLPC 27 March 2023

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few notes by Gretchen Quarterman, followed by a LAKE video playlist.

See also the agenda and the board packet items for the Valdosta cases. Lowndes County later sent the minutes of the previous GLPC meeting in response to a LAKE open records request, after only one reminder.

• 1. Call to Order, Pledge, Invocation
  

  Video.

• 1. Call to Order (part 2)
  

  Video.

• 2. Approval of the Meeting Minutes: February 27, 2023
  

  Video.

• 3. CU-2023-01 Robert Griner, 434 Connell RoadCUP for a Moving \u0026 Storage in C-H
  

  Video.

  Approved unanimously.

• 4. VA-2023-03 Anthony Tong, 307 East Jane Street Rezone 0.33 acre from R-P to O-P
  

  Video.

  6:3 to recommend approval.

• 5. VA-2023-04 Stoker Utilities, LLC, N. Forrest Street Ext.P-D amendment
  

  Video.

  8:1 recommendation for approval with the seven conditions.

• 6. VA-2023-05 Stoker Development, 2310 East Park Avenue from R-15 \u0026 R-P to R-M
  

  Video.

  Commissioner Steve Miller recused himself.

  8:0 recommendation to approve with one abstention.

• Meeting Adjournment
  

  Video.

Here’s a LAKE video playlist:

Videos: Four Valdosta cases @ GLPC 2023-03-27
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, March 27, 2023.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE).

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