Category Archives: Transportation

Videos: Water under Moody Family Housing and Sabal Trail @ LCC 2014-03-11



Two

speakers about

the Sabal Trail pipeline,
one about

water issues under Moody Family Housing,
One
request to do something about speeding
(good luck),
a

recognition (firefighters),
a

proclamation (purple hearts),
and
an

award (budget),
one rezoning

withdrawn,

three

others

approved,
two contracts (bus system renewal
and

software master contract),
some but not all

streets accepted in Nelson Hill,
and no mention of the

Lake Park annexation request that took up at least five minutes the
previous morning.

For why John Page is no longer on the Commission, see

the previous post with the agenda.
Here’s the agenda again with links to the videos and a few notes.
See also

videos from the previous morning’s Work Session.
And see also

Lowndes County becomes third purple heart county in the state,
by Matthew Woody, VDT, 12 March 2014.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

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Speeding on Academy Drive and Parkwood –Warren Scoby @ LCC 2014-03-11



A local citizen said he was concerned about speeding by
people cutting through his road to get to Bemiss Road.
The Chairman promised they would look into it,
at the

11 March 2014 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.
That would be a refreshing change from the Commission’s previous refusals to
do anything about that problem on other roads.

Here’s

the video:



Speeding on Academy Drive and Parkwood –Warren Scoby

Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),

Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 March 2014.

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Videos @ LCC 2014-03-10



An unexpected concern about

limiting someone’s ability to expand his business
was expressed by
Lame Duck Commissioner Richard Raines, the same who
made the motion for the exclusive franchise for trash collection by
ADS, and who apparently (in executive session so we don’t know for sure)
voted twice to sue local business Deep South Sanitation.
They spent five or six minutes on

an annexation request by Lake Park that was not on the agenda,
even though they received it last week.
They vote tonight at 5:30 PM,
and don’t forget

the budget hearings continue all day today.

One road in

the Nelson Hill subdivision wasn’t up to snuff and will be omitted
from the adoption of infrastructure; that’s better than the county’s
previous practice for that development of
staff waivers with no public hearings.
Plus four rezonings, one for

a former County Commissioner
and another

for a community well for a development.
And the annual contract renewal for the

MIDS on-call bus system,
plus

a master software service contract.



See

Musical chairs in local qualifying for why John Page is no longer
a Commissioner and they already

removed his picture from the entryway.
There’s more about that in

the previous post with the agenda.
And here’s the agenda again with links to the videos and a few notes.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

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Only four voting Commissioners Monday @ LCC 2014-03-10



With only four voting Commissioners left, and two of those
lame ducks, it should be an interesting set of Lowndes County
Commission meetings this week.
On the agenda is adoption of infrastructure for

the Nelson Hill subdivision;
the one with
all the waivers by staff with no public hearings.

Plus four rezonings, one for

a former County Commissioner
and another

for a community well for a development.
And the annual contract renewal for the

MIDS on-call bus system.

While the VDT headline yesterday said

Political shuffle continues:
County commissioner resigns to run for state Senate seat,
actually former Commissioner John Page didn’t resign:
he vacated his seat the moment he signed the qualifying papers
to run for state Senator.
That’s why the Board of Elections has already

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Videos: quick agenda and then pipeline @ LCC 2014-02-25



The

County Manager’s report was
about FERC’s Scoping Meetings starting next week;

two citizens spoke about the pipeline.
The Chairman

refused to let another one speak because she hadn’t turned in a form,
and then he

spent 20 minutes after the meeting
telling her what the county wasn’t going to do.

We sort of found out where is the

unopened right of way off of US 41 South.
The

special tax lighting districts item went quickly this time.
We found out how much the county’s
sewer lift station at a subdivision with a private golf club

will cost to replace.
This is the subdivision for which the

Nelson Hill Wells were drilled as possible replacements.

Here’s the agenda, with links to the videos and a few notes.
See also

videos from the previous morning’s Work Session.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

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Videos, Retreat, first day @ LCC 2014-02-27



They talked in detail about the

Naylor boat ramp and park.
The discussed

animal shelter renovations for 2015 and 2016.
And of course their paving list.
Surprisingly, they actually considered whether ownership
along the road right of way should be taken into account
in deciding whether to pave or not.
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall said he had been surprised
to learn that many county citizens did not want their roads paved.

Here’s
the agenda and some
still pictures.
Here are

the raw videos
so you can see for yourself.



Videos, Retreat, first day

Annual Retreat, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),

Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 27 February 2014.

They’re back at it this morning, and Gretchen is there videoing.

-jsq

1,000 feet is not enough –Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson @ GCC 2014-02-20



The President of Our Santa Fe River said even much more distance
than the pipeline company was proposing wouldn’t be far enough away from
her river,
and the Chairman said specific answers were lacking from the pipeline company,
at the

Gilchrist County Commission meeting 20 February 2014.




Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, President of
Our Santa Fe River, said:

I don’t think a thousand feet on either side is going to deal
with the impacts on the Santa Fe River.

She asked for the Commission’s support.




Chairman D. Ray Harrison Jr (District 2) thanked her and added: Continue reading →

Walker Road abandoned next to US 41 S @ LCC 2014-02-25



We maybe learned which road was abandoned
in the

25 February 2014 Lowndes County Commission Regular Session.

5.a. Abandonment of Unopened Right of Way off of US 41 South

Public Hearing a. Abandonment of Unopened ROW

Video.
This time County Engineer Mike Fletcher said
when the county previously decided to abandon,

April 24, 2012,
and he said where, sort of,
“known as Walker Avenue”.
The county’s online tax assessor map has no such road,
but it does have

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SPLOST and website @ LCC 2014-02-27



Retreating again this week, but not very far this time:
next door to the Commission chamber, tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday.
In addition to SPLOST (now that they’ve got it, they
have to determine how to spend it),
what’s this about website on

the agenda?

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

2014 Commission Retreat Agenda

Lowndes County Judicial Complex, Administrative Wing

2nd Floor, Overflow Room next to the Commission Chambers

327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, GA 31601

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Videos: lift station, weather, jobs @ LCC 2014-02-24



A

special called voting meeting
about Industrial Authority bonds.
followed the Work Session.
In the Work Session,
the last item was
the presentation

by Industrial Authority Executive Director Andrea Schruijer,
preceded by a

severe weather report
For Nine minutes they discussed a deficit for

special tax lighting districts throughout the county:
apparently they didn’t take into account that power rates or
lighting times might vary.
Lowndes County’s sewer lift station at a subdivision with a private golf club

apparently needs replacement.
This is the subdivision for which the

Nelson Hill Wells were drilled as possible replacements.
The abandonment

of some unspecified unopened right of way off of US 41 South
is apparently resolved now after two years.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

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