Category Archives: Lowndes County Commission

Videos: MAZ again, Lake Alapaha, Emergencies, but no Sabal Trail @ LCC 2015-07-27


300x297 Parcel 0181 001, in Davidson Road, by John S. Quarterman, 27 July 2015

The proposed MAZ changes have “absolutely nothing to do with”
the 23 acres on Davidson Road that were proposed to be rezoned R-21 back in 2010,
after the county paved Davidson Road, said County Chairman Bill Slaughter at yesterday morning’s Lowndes County Commission Work Session.
County Planner Jason Davenport said he had hoped to get “on the same page with Moody”
before that same evening’s Planning Commission meeting
for the
MAZ ULDC Text Amendments,
but as yet he had nothing to report, and tabling was an option.
I don’t think that word “ultimately” means what he thinks it does.
See more
below about Davidson Road.

Not on the agenda were three, no four, reports:

Like the MAZ changes, also requiring a public hearing Tuesday evening is Continue reading

MAZ again + 2 small rezonings @ GLPC 2015-07-27

Planning Commission agenda is finally on county’s website


after this morning’s Lowndes County Commission Work Session,
which included

an item
saying “The current public hearing/meeting timeline
is as follows: July 27th GLPC and July 28th LCBOC.”
Is it a public meeting if there’s no public agenda until a few hours before?

Yes, the notorious
TXT-2015-01 Moody Activity Zoning Districts (MAZ) ULDC text amendments

are back on

the GLPC agenda
,
along with two small rezonings.
Plus
an SGRC Transportation presentation.

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission

Lowndes County City of Valdosta City of Dasher City of Hahira City of Lake Park


REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

AGENDA


Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue


Monday, July 27, 2015 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing

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MAZ again, Lake Alapaha, Emergency Management and Liability, but no Sabal Trail @ LCC 2015-07-27

While

Dougherty County, Albany, and their state and federal reps



plan a joint opposition meeting to the Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline invader, there’s nothing about that pipeline
on
Monday’s
8:30 AM

agenda
of the Lowndes County Commission.
Three items on

emergency response,


emergency planning
,
and
911 operations,
plus one on
liability,
but nothing about the
invading pipeline soft target.

The highly controversial

Moody Activity Zoning Districts (MAZ)

are back, despite massive opposition.
The Planning Commission will hear MAZ again Monday evening,
and because there’s only one day from then until the County Commission
can vote on MAZ Tuesday, the County Planner says: Continue reading

Live Oak bus service starts Monday 2015-07-20

How come Live Oak (pop. 6,974) in Suwannee County (43,734), Florida can do


what mighty Valdosta (56,481) in Lowndes County (112,916), Georgia can’t?

Amber Vann, Suwannee Democrat, 17 July 2015,

Live Oak bus route starts Monday
,

The Suwannee Valley Transit Authority’s Live Oak bus route will
begin operating on Monday, July 20, running continuously from 7 a.m.
until 7 p.m. throughout every direction of the city, Monday through
Friday. The route’s unofficial stops include apartment complexes and
other residential neighborhoods, public schools, grocery stores,
parks, government offices, nursing homes, the library and the
hospital.

The route starts at the intersection of Walker Avenue and US 90 West Continue reading

Airport Authority Budget Request discussed and approved @ LCC 2015-07-14



Not on the agenda, discussed for fifteen minutes, then suddenly
approved:
more funding for the Airport Authority,
at the

14 July 2015 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission
.
Which was similar to the previous morning’s transportation study
discussion, except the Commission didn’t vote that time on any possibility
of funding that one.

TSA has reduced the amount of money it gives to small airports like
Valdosta and in order to have Continue reading

Videos: Airport, appointments, well and septic, road naming, and evidence @ LCC 2015-07-14



Tuesday’s surprise report

was on airport funding
,
followed by an unscheduled vote for funding.

They also

reappointed Dr. Martha Giddens to the Lowndes County Division of Family and Children Services Board
, approved two

well
and

septic
rezonings,
passed
Lowndes County Road Naming Resolution and Procedure that they haven’t published even though
it’s because a Commissioner said citizens requested it,
and the latest in the long-running

Juvenile Justice Court diversionary program grant contract
.

See also Continue reading

Transportation explained to Lowndes County Commission @ LCC 2015-07-13

The county asked SGRC a bunch of questions about the $15,957 public transit and trucking studies at yesterday morning’s Work Session that
they didn’t ask about the $16,915 they spent
two weeks ago to upgrade a water main to subsize a developer.
Commissioners seemed to think VLMPO hadn’t involved them in planning
the study proposals, when in fact their own Chairman and County Manager
and Engineer had been involved all along, plus five county-appointed
citizens.


300x225 Corey Hull, in Public Transportation and Trucking Studies Explained, by Gretchen Quarterman, 13 July 2015

County Manager Joe Pritchard said Commissioner Joyce Evans and
Chairman Bill Slaughter had asked him to get the Southern Georgia Regional
Commission (SGRC) to explain its proposed transportation studies.
He also introduced Lisa Crib, whom he said was the new SGRC Executive Director.

Corey Hull spoke for SGRC, saying he first wanted to know their questions.
Chairman Bill Slaughter asked: Continue reading

Videos: Transportation, appointments, well and septic, road naming, and evidence @ LCC 2015-07-13



A

surprise report on public transportation trucking by VLMPO Corey Hull

yesterday morning at 8:30 AM.
They vote today at 5:30 PM
on this agenda
for

reappointing Dr. Martha Giddens to the Lowndes County Division of Family and Children Services Board
, two

well
and

septic
rezonings,
Lowndes County Road Naming Resolution and Procedure that they haven’t published even though
it’s because a Commissioner said citizens requested it,
and the latest in the long-running

Juvenile Justice Court diversionary program grant contract
. Continue reading

Videos: Moody MAZ, Agriculture, Church @ GLPC 2015-06-29



At a very well attended June 29th meeting,
the notorious

TXT-2015-01 Moody Activity Zoning Districts (MAZ) ULDC text amendments



got tabled again by the Planning Commission,
but the Lowndes County Commission could take them up anyway at their
meeting a month later.
The Valdosta-Lowndes Chamber of Commerce did oppose these changes in person
(both their President and Chairman)
after

voting a resolution of opposition
.
Meanwhile, LAKE has laid out the board packet item from last time so you can get an idea of what’s going on and why, including links to the LAKE videos of the previous GLPC and Lowndes County Commission meetings where these MAZ changes were discussed.


REZ-2015-12 Martha Russ

wants to Continue reading

Appointments, well and septic rezonings, road naming, and evidence @ LCC 2015-07-13

This morning at 8:30 AM, with voting Tuesday at 5:30 PM,
on this agenda,
for

reappointing Dr. Martha Giddens to the Lowndes County Division of Family and Children Services Board
, two

well
and

septic
rezonings,
Lowndes County Road Naming Resolution and Procedure that they haven’t published even though
it’s because a Commissioner said citizens requested it,
and the latest in the long-running

Juvenile Justice Court diversionary program grant contract
.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JULY 13, 2015 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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