A million dollar loan wasn’t worth scheduling on the regular agenda for the May 9, 2023, Lowndes County Commission Regular Session?
Apparently not, since Chairman Bill Slaughter added it after the previous morning’s Work Session. Commissioner Demarcus Marshall wanted to know Continue reading
Update 2023-06-11: Videos: Five Valdosta rezonings, one Lowndes County, Lake Park Case pulled @ GLPC 2023-05-22.
These redevelopment rezonings all look unremarkable, although one never knows who will turn out to be in opposition or support.
In addition to the five Valdosta items and the one Lowndes County item on the agenda for Monday evening’s Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) meeting, there was a Lake Park item, but it was pulled. I have included the packet materials for Lake Park anyway, for comparison in case it turns up in a later meeting.
![[Rezoning Maps @ GLPC Packet 2023-05-22]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2023-05-22--glpc-packet/many.jpg)
Rezoning Maps @ GLPC Packet 2023-05-22
The board packet materials, received in response to a LAKE open records request, are on the LAKE website.
Here is the agenda.
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission ~ Lowndes County ~ City of Valdosta ~ City of Dasher ~
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~ City of Hahira ~ City of Lake Park ~ City of Remerton ~
Monday, May 15, 2023 5:30 P.M. Work Session
Monday, May 22, 2023 5:30 P.M. Regular Session
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia
Big news: One Valdosta-Lowndes has hired an Executive Director, Mary Beth Brownlee, previously with ACCG. See 8. Reports.
Almost three minutes on 5.c. REZ-2023-06 Wild Adventures, 3766 Old Clyattville Road, P-D amendment was the longest at the Lowndes County Commission Work Session yesterday morning. They vote tonight at 5:30 PM.
In her 8. Reports, County Manager Paige Dukes said for the tire amnesty starting that day (yesterday), people could take tires to either the county or city locations. Ordinary vehicle tires, not for tractors or semi-trucks.
She said the tax assessment notices will go out mid-May. There will be some increases, since Continue reading
Update 2023-05-09: Videos: Wild Adventures glamping, AB Motorsports withdrawn, a road abandonment and RoW purchase, Clyattville Community Center, plus alcohol @ LCC 2023-05-08.
Update 2023-05-09: Videos: ULDC Updates, AB Motorsports withdrawn, Wild Adventures glamping @ GLPC 2023-04-24.
A Wild Adventures rezoning for glamping will be at the Lowndes County Commission Work Session Monday morning at 8:30 AM and at the voting Regular Session Tuesdahy 5:30 PM. Plus a $50,000 road project to Wild Adventures’ front door is on the agenda.
![[Collage @ LCC Packet 2023-05-08]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2023-05-08--lcc-packet/many.jpg)
Collage @ LCC Packet 2023-05-08
The AB Motorsports rezoning was “withdrawn by Continue reading
There is no meeting this month of the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC), due to lack of business.
However, the lists of GLPC members by Lowndes County and Valdosta do not match.
According to Loretta Hylton of SGRC there are no agenda items for Dasher or Lake Park.
According to City Planner Matt Martin, there are no agenda items for Valdosta or Hahira.
Remerton City Planner Jessica Freeman was not heard from.
But Lowndes County Planner JD Dillard summed it up: “There are no GLPC agenda items for the County either, and therefore the October meeting of the GLPC has been cancelled.”
![[Lowndes County and Valdosta lists of GLPC members]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2022-10-28--glpc-agenda/many.jpg)
Lowndes County and Valdosta lists of GLPC members
Lowndes County may want to update its list of GLPC members, considering that Valdosta appointed Robert Jefferson to GLPC on November 11, 2021, almost a year ago.
The Valdosta list of GLPC members includes Robert Jefferson.
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The Lowndes County Commission took seventeen minutes to do the people’s business at its Regular Session, Tuesday, August 9, 2022.
![[Collage]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2022-08-09--lcc-regular-videos/many.jpg)
The Flannigan rezoning was withdrawn by the applicant. Perhaps they thought that without a more complete plan, the rezoning would be denied and then they couldn’t come back for a year. By withdrawing, they do not have to wait to come with a new, more complete proposal.
The Boring Pond Lane abandonment actually had a speaker for, who Continue reading
Update 2022-08-22: Packet: Walkers Crossing @ LCC 2022-08-08
Update 2022-08-22: Videos: Rezoning, Roads, Communications, Water leak @ LCC Regular 2022-08-09.
Here is the board packet for the August 8, 2022, Work Session and the August 9, 2022, Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission, received in response to a LAKE open records request.
![[Rezoning, Roundabout, Abandonment, Subdivision]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2022-08-08--lcc-packet/many.jpg)
Rezoning, Roundabout, Abandonment, Subdivision
The packet is on the LAKE website.
See also the agenda and the LAKE videos of the Work session.
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Remerton at almost 28 minutes was far the longest item at the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission Monday. Second was for Hahira, at 12 minutes. Everything else breezed through.
![[Remerton and Hahira Cases @ GLPC 2022-04-25]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2022-04-25--glpc-videos/many.jpg)
Remerton and Hahira Cases @ GLPC 2022-04-25
The sound is not so good because the county has still not fixed the audio in the room.
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 Lake Park packet item, which Loretta Hylton of the Southern Georgia Regional Commission sent, saying she heard I was looking for it. It’s now on the LAKE website (PDF). Also, she said “The attorney pulled the Dasher item before submitting it to the Planning Commission.”
We still don’t have the Remerton item. The Valdosta and Hahira items were already on the LAKE website, previously sent by City Planner Matt Martin. We still don’t have the Remerton items. There were no Lowndes County packet items. Continue reading
Update 2022-04-25: Hahira subdivision proposed near Big Branch of Franks Creek @ GLPC 2022-04-25.
The one big rezoning on the agenda for this evening’s meeting of the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission is HA-2022-06, Sweet Bay Properties, 7440 Union Road, 0024 024, 72 acres, R-15 to R-6, on the site of Guthrie Lumber Company.
Staff recommendation is “Find R-10 zoning consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and the Standards for the Exercise of Zoning Power (SFEZP), and recommend approval of R-10 zoning (instead) to the City Council.”
Here is the agenda. The Hahira and Valdosta items, sent by City Planner Matt Martin, are on the LAKE website. The Dasher, Lake Park, and Remerton items are not; LAKE will send Lowndes County an open records request. The minutes of the previous GLPC meeting are not on the county’s website yet, so they are also not included on the LAKE website yet. Continue reading
Almost half an hour on the church on Woodlawn Drive (sidewalks and building size), eleven minutes on the personal care home on Slater Street, and three minutes each on the RV sales expansion and the Lake Park Zoning Ordinance amendments. That was a slack evening for the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC), at 47 minutes total.
![[Welcome, Lake Park, RV expansion, Board]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2021-08-30--glpc-videos/many.jpg)
Welcome, Lake Park, RV expansion, Board
GLPC recommends. The Lowndes County Commission is already meeting about its items. Lake Park and Valdosta Mayor and Council will decide their items.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, followed by a LAKE video playlist. See also the agenda. Continue reading
![[Hightower Road, Wild Adventures, Briggston Road, $1 million housing loan, @ LCC Regular Session, 9 May 2023]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2023-05-09--lcc-regular-videos/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ LCC 8 May 2023]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2023-05-08--lcc-work-videos/many.jpg)
![[Rezonings]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2022-04-25--glpc-packet/many.jpg)