Update 2023-06-13: Packet: Airport Authority appointment, Project Viking rezoning, 2 court, 3 water including a tractor @ LCC 2023-06-13.

Once again Lowndes County sprung ULDC changes not on the agenda. They took up more than half of the Work Session yesterday morning.

This time County Manager Paige Dukes asked former County Planner and current consultant Jason Davenport to explain to the Commissioners those changes to the Unified Land Development Code. LAKE has sent in an open records request for those changes.

Collage @ LCC 12 June 2023

Second longest was 7.d. Lowndes County DUI Court FY 24 Grant Award. We don’t know why a judge has to come justify a grant that is working, yet applicants for boards do not have to show up before they are appointed.

The mysterious Project Viking conservation rezoning got two minutes.

The water main and well raise interesting questions about who is paying. The county got a local deal on the LAS tractor.

They vote this evening at 5:30 PM.

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

See also the agenda. LAKE will publish the board packet after the county sends it to us in response to the LAKE open records request.

• 1. Call to Order 4. Minutes for Approval
  

  Video.

• 5.a. Appointment – Valdosta-Lowndes County Airport Authority
  

  Video.

• 6.a. REZ-2023-07 Project Viking, ~69 acres, Hunt Rd, M-2 CON to M-2 CON
  

  Video.

  6a. REZ-2023-07 Project Viking, ~69 acres, Hunt Road, M-2 & CON to M-2 & CON, City Utilities

  About 4 acres being taken out of conservation zoning.

• 7.a. Oak Hill Drive Water Main Extension
  

  Video.

  Cost is ~30K. Homeowners will pay 6K (each?) for the extension.
  Services will then be available to 10 homeowners.
  This is off of Lakes Blvd, near Pikes Pond Road in Lake Park.

• 7.b. Stone Creek Onsite Well Pump
  

  Video.

  About 64K to fix the well at Stone Creek.
  I hope this money comes from the Water and Sewer Enterprise fund and not from the general fund.
  Cost should be borne by those who use the service, not those that don’t.

• 7.c. Kubota M6-141 Tractor
  

  Video.

  Amazingly, they are getting it for less than the state contract price from a local dealer.

• 7.d. Lowndes County DUI Court FY 24 Grant Award
  

  Video.

• 7.e. Lowndes County Juvenile Accountability Court FY24 Budget Grant Award
  

  Video.

• 8. Reports – County Manager called Jason Davenport for ULDC update (part 1)
  

  Video.

  Never on the agenda, always a vague surprise.

• 8. Reports – County Manager called Jason Davenport for ULDC update (part 2)
  

  Video.

• 10. Meeting Adjournment
  

  Video.

Here’s a LAKE video playlist:

Videos: surprise ULDC update, DUI Court grant, Project Viking @ LCC Work 2023-06-12
Work Session, Lowndes County Commission, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, June 12, 2023.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE).

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