Category Archives: Transportation

Videos: Tucker Rd, West Ridge Business Park, Appointments VLCCCTA, VLCIA @ LCC 2017-12-11



They vote this evening on what you can see them discussing yesterday morning in
these LAKE videos of the Lowndes County Commission Work Session.
The longest business item was not even a minute and a half on
REZ-2017-12 West Ridge Business Park.

By far the longest item was not on the agenda:

11. Reports – County Manager a. Steve Gupton- LODAC Presentation,
about a local drug counseling organization, originally private,
but for long now funded by Valdosta and Lowndes County plus grants.
As one of the presenters noted, probably only Commissioner Joyce Evans
was thoroughly familiar with LODAC.

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Tucker Rd, West Ridge Business Park, Appointments VLCCCTA, VLCIA @ LCC 2017-12-11

A very busy agenda this morning, including the
controversial
REZ-2017-14 Cothron, Tucker Rd rezoning.

They’ll probably reappoint Commissioner Joyce Evans and Gerone Anderson to the
Valdosta-Lowndes County Conference Center and Tourism Authority,
although Robert Jefferson and Ellen Hill have also applied.

Mary Gooding is retiring from the
Valdosta-Lowndes County Development (Industrial) Authority,
and four people have applied:
Ed Hightower Jr., Brad Folsom, John (Mac) McCall (currently on ZBOA) and Giovanni Panizzi.


Mary Gooding, VLCIA

Nevermind the
REZ-2017-12 West Ridge Business Park
rezoning
had nothing to do with the Industrial Authority that I know of.

No meeting would be complete without Continue reading →

Sign variances @ ZBOA 2017-12-05

“[V]ariances are
designed to provide an opportunity for relief in circumstances beyond design’s control where it would be
difficult if not impossible to meet the regulations,”
said city staff, about

APP-2017-07 — Messiah Lutheran Church,
on the the agenda
for this afternoon at the decision-making Valdosta-Lowndes Zoning Board of Appeals.
Ditto
APP-2017-06 — Axis Infrastructure,
but they like the signs proposed in

APP-2017-05 — Staten Station.


APP-2017-05 Tax Parcels Aerial

You can see all the details of the three Valdosta cases on

on the LAKE website.
I don’t have the packet items for the four Lowndes County cases.

Valdosta – Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals

Matt Martin,
Valdosta Planning and Zoning Administrator

300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia

(229) 259-3563

Carmella Braswell,
Lowndes County Zoning Administrator

327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia

(229) 671-2430

AGENDA

December 5, 2017

2:30 p.m.

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Videos: Office rezoning, Georgia Power, Alcohol, and road abandomnent @ LCC 2017-11-14



They

added and agenda item for

7.p. Solicitor-General’s VOCA Grant Renewal; yes, really, the agenda was so long that’s sub-item letter P and the meeting was 51 and a half minutes long.

Longest at seven minutes was

6a. REZ-2017-11 Arrow Engineering,
in which the County Commissioners ignored the Planning Commission’s recommendation to deny, and the County Planner’s observation the previous morning that
the applicants would accept one acre.
Instead they approved 2.5 acres with no conditions as Office Institutional (OI)
in an area with no other instances of that.

At six minutes,

7.n. Georgia Power- VisionFirst
was about putting $25,000 to hire an unnamed consultant for a joint project
for unspecified results.

Update 2017-11-22: According to Chairman Bill Slaughter, the consultant is VisionFirst Advisors out of Tallahassee.

Did they mean the sinkhole-infested Mission Creek instead of

7.k. Grant of Easement for Utility Right of Way Moody-Mission Point?

Five minutes included questions from the Chairman and resulted in a split vote
and a stern warning on

7.i. Beer, Wine & Liquor License – Liquor Barn, 3990 N. Valdosta Rd.

One of the

two road abandonments,

7.a. Abandonment of Lane Road and a Portion of Sheavette Road,
got a very rare split vote, with Commissioner Clay Griner voting alone against.

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Videos: Board of Health and an office in the woods @ LCC 2017-11-13



Quite a long Work Session yesterday morning,

more than half an hour.
Surprisingly, the longest was

Liquor Barn’s Wine & Liquor License;
apparently their state and county licenses don’t match.
They vote tonight at 5:30 PM, in their Regular Session.

Below are links to each LAKE video, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also the
agenda in the previous post,
especially about

6a.REZ-2017-11 Arrow Engineering, R-A and E-A to O-I, ~2.5 acres,
which is now apparently really for 1 acre. Continue reading →

Board of Health and an office in the woods @ LCC 2017-11-13

Stafford Wright Road is getting its 12″ water main,
connecting

all the way from Spring Creek subdivision off of
Studstill Road to Val Del Road.
That’s Nelson Hill on the center left and Foxborough lower left:
subdivisions like that are what to expect on Stafford Wright Road soon.


Spring Creek Blvd. E. to Val Del Rd., VALORGIS

Map:

VALORGIS. Green is Lowndes County sewer line; blue is water mains.

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Signs and setback @ ZBOA 2017-11-07

A
yard setback on Thronwood Way
and signs on Bemiss Road,
both Lowndes County cases,
on the
agenda for the decision-making
Zoning Board of Appeals.


Two parcels: 01108 102, 01108 103, VAR-2017-21

Two parcels at 3323 Bemiss Road: 01108 102, 01108 103, VAR-2017-21.

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Update: Chemical smell, schools, and industry on Clay Road

Maybe ask the company that adopted Clay Road?
Response yesterday from the EMA Lowndes facebook page:

Hi, as a point of clarification emergency personnel
responded to reports of an odor; however, after thorough
investigation no evidence of a chemical leak or release could be
identified or confirmed. As a precaution, the Board of Education
property was accessed by responders. No evidence of contamination
was present. A follow up visit to the area later this morning
reports the odor was no longer present.

Thank you, EMA Lowndes, for responding, and on a weekend, too.

However, people couldn’t get home that night.


ADM Adopt-A-Street, From Howell Road

Adopt-A-Street ADM, Clay Road north from Howell Road
google street view.

I still think it would be good to
check with nearby industry.
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Chemical leak next to Lowndes County Schools Transportation Department

Update 2017-11-05:
Word from EMA Lowndes, and how about ask the company that adopted Clay Road?

Already heard about last night on facebook,
a chemical leak on Clay Rosd at Howell Road is
next to the Lowndes County Schools Transportation Department.
Were all those school buses affected?


Google Street View, SE Corner Clay and Howell Roads

Photo:

Google street view.

Valdosta Daily Times, 3 November 2017,

Chemical leak reported off Clay Road,

VALDOSTA — Lowndes County officials said late Friday a
possible chemical leak located in the vicinity of Clay Road resulted
in temporary road closures.

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Videos: Naylor Boat Ramp and Appointments to Public Facilities Authority @ LCC 2017-10-10



By far the most time, almost eight minutes, on

6b. Abandonment of Portions of Old Lake Park Road and Hickory Grove Road SE,
the Lowndes County Commissioners spent two weeks ago,
involving reference to minutes they approved in that meeting
but that still aren’t on the county’s website two weeks later,
and resulting in a split vote.

More interesting: the county is finally starting construction on the

Naylor Boat Ramp.

By their customary silent “acclamation” they appointed people to the

Lowndes County Public Facilities Authority.

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