Packet: Complicated Library Board, ULDC amendments, Boat and RV Storage, Alapaha Plantation Water, Purchases houses by Griner Park, Insurance, LMIG @ LCC 2023-07-10

Update 2023-07-11: Videos: Complicated Library Board, ULDC amendments, Boat and RV Storage, Alapaha Plantation Water, Purchase houses by Griner Park, Insurance, LMIG @ LCC Work 2023-07-10.

Four terms expire on the South Georgia Regional Library Board (SGRLB) and all four people want to be reappointed. Plus another term will be vacant and two people want to be appointed to that: Catherine Ammons and Sarah Fitzgerald.

The Lowndes County Commission will hear these items this morning at 8:30 AM, and will vote on them at 5:30 PM tomorrow evening.

The text amendments to the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) are on the agenda, even though the Planning Commission recommended tabling it for 30 days for the public to review. The version in this board packet is different from the version shown to the Planning Commission. Even county staff are asking for more time for the solar amendment.

[Collage, LCC Packet 2023-07-10]
Collage, LCC Packet 2023-07-10

The County Commissioners will vote on more than two and a half million dollars, mostly in road paving and insurance.

Plus they’re buying the houses next to where they want to make Griner Park near the county palace, and only a few blocks from where the City of Valdosta has already made Unity Park with an amphitheater.

And yet more of your tax dollars go to fix the private water system at Alapaha Plantation.

On the bright side, the land formerly rezoned for a biomass plant is now requested to be rezoned for boat and RV storage.

Cost What
$1,534,014.682023 Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant (LMIG) Resurfacing Bids
$1,066,238.00 ACCG IRMA Property & Liability Insurance Program Renewal
$75,000.00Purchase of 412-416 North Lee Street Property
$10,000.00Alapaha Plantation Cerafiltec Pilot Study Proposal
$2,685,252.68Total

Here is the agenda.

The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request, is on the LAKE website.

See also the LAKE videos of the preceding GLPC meeting.

And see also Utilities Director Steve Stalvey’s explanation of the Lake Alapaha water situation in the previous Regular Session two weeks before.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JULY 10, 2023, 8:30 AM
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2023, 5:30 PM
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

  1. Call to Order
  2. Invocation
  3. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
  4. Minutes for Approval
    1. Work Session – June 26, 2023 & Regular Session – June 27, 2023
  5. Appointments
    1. South Georgia Regional Library Board

      Documents:South Georgia Regional Library Board -5.pdf

  6. Public Hearing
    1. TXT-2023-01 ULDC Text Amendments

      Documents:TXT-2023-01 ULDC Text Amendments.pdf

    2. REZ-2023-09 – South GA Boat and RV Storage, ~22 acres, 6153 Inner Perimeter, from I-S to C-H, Well & Septic

      Documents:REZ-2023-09 South GA Boat and RV Storage.pdf

  7. For Consideration
    1. Alapaha Plantation Cerafiltec Pilot Study Proposal

      Documents:Alapaha Plantation Cerafiltec Pilot Study Proposal.pdf

    2. Purchase of 412-416 North Lee Street Property

      Documents:Purchase of 412-416 North Lee Street Property.pdf

    3. ACCG IRMA Property & Liability Insurance Program Renewal

      Documents:ACCG IRMA Property and Liability Insurance Program Renewal -.pdf

  8. Bid
    1. 2023 Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant (LMIG) Resurfacing Bids

      Documents:2023 Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant (LMIG) Resurfacing Bids.pdf

  9. Reports – County Manager
  10. Citizens Wishing to be Heard-Please State Your Name and Address
  11. Adjournment

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