Category Archives: Valdosta City Council

Valdosta * 2, Remerton, Lowndes County * 3 @ GLPC 2019-06-24

Tonight at the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission,
presumably

REZ-2019-08 Knudson & Son Outdoor Activities
will be skipped, since last month
the Lowndes County Commission
already decided that case,
and ZBOA denied most of the applicants’ requested variances.

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The only other big one (by acreage) tonight is

REZ-2019-11 Stewart,
4151 Stewart Circle, 0072 001, ±12 ac., R-1 to C-H.

Here is

the agenda.

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission


Lowndes County


City of Valdosta


City of Dasher


City of Hahira


City of Lake Park



REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

AGENDA



Monday, June 24, 2019 * 5:30 P.M.


Public Hearing, Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia

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Two sewer projects, personal care home, street name change @ VCC 2019-06-06

This agenda brought to you by Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),
because mighty Valdosta’s new website forgot all its agendas and minutes
since last October.
No doubt they will get that fixed soon.




Still from LAKE video of CUP-2019-03 at the preceding Planning Commission meeting.

Here’s the

agenda.
See also

the LAKE videos of the preceding Planning Commission meeting
about the

Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to establish a Family Personal Care Home facility in a Residential-Professional (R-P) Zoning District as requested by Chad Bailey (File No. CU-2019-23 at 4019 Forrest Run Circle.

AMENDED AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING OF THE VALDOSTA CITY COUNCIL

5:30 PM Thursday, June 6, 2019

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL

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Videos: Outdoor sports more contentious than Tower @ GLPC 2019-05-28

More than 3/4 of an hour on

Knudson & Son Outdoor Activities,
28 minutes on

one of the Hahira GA overlay variance requests,
and
22 minutes on the

Valdosta personal care home request (before the Valdosta City Council tonight),
plus a bunch of shorter items, added up to a two-hour
Planning Commission meeting.


Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
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Tower, Water, Sewer, Personal Care Home, Hahira Gateway Corridor Overlay District @ GLPC 2019-05-28

The

tabled tower on US 84E is back.
The

Lowndes County Commission meets at the same time.
Since the Planning Commission usually spends more than five minutes
on

Call to Order, Pledge, and reading the boilerplate about
what GLPC does,
and the County Commission brags about having 5 minute meetings,
the County Commission could make a decision before the Planning Commission
even gets that far in its agenda.

There’s also a
Lowndes County
request for water and sewer on
Bemiss Knights Academy Road.

Valdosta has a
request for conditional use for a
Personal Care Home.

And two requests for Variances from the
Hahira Gateway Corridor Overlay District, which is presumably the coral-colored area around W. Main St. on both sides of I-75.


Hahira overlay map, VALORGIS

VALORGIS.

Here is

the agenda.

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission


Lowndes County


City of Valdosta


City of Dasher


City of Hahira


City of Lake Park



REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

AGENDA



Monday, May 28, 2019 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing


Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue

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Videos: Service Delivery Strategy (SDS) Meeting: Lowndes County and cities @ SDS 2019-02-04

The longest topic was

water and wastewater, when
elected officials from Lowndes County and its cities, Valdosta,
Lake Park, Dasher, and Hahira (but apparently not Remerton),
gathered on neutral ground to discuss tax revenue allocation,
in a public meeting.
Curiously, the Chairman and the Mayors were not invited.
It’s not clear whether omitting them helped or not.
There was actually mention that

growth close to existing services is better than sprawl.

Below are links to each WWALS video Gretchen took,
with a few notes,
followed by a WWALS video playlist.
See also

the meeting announcement.

Lowndes County Bird Supper, Atlanta, GA 2019-02-13

Annually Lowndes County and its cities including Valdosta
feed quail to state legislators at the Georgia Railroad Freight Depot
in Atlanta: this is the Bird Supper.


Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter, Valdosta Mayor John Gayle, Inside

Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter, Valdosta Mayor John Gayle

Valdosta

describes the Bird Supper: Continue reading →

Service Delivery Strategy (SDS) Meeting: Lowndes County and cities @ SDS 2019-02-04

Update 2019-03-04: WWALS videos.

At least some elected officials from at least Lowndes County and Valdosta
will be gathering Monday on neutral ground to discuss tax revenue allocation.
Apparently this is a public meeting which anyone can attend.

In its usual laconic manner, this is all the county says

in its online calendar:

SDS Meeting

Date:
February 4, 2019

Time:
5:00 PM

Location:
Valdosta- Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority Offices

Address:
1901 North Forrest Street

Valdosta, GA 31601


Street View, Image

Google Street View,
VLPRA, 1901 N. Forrest Street, Valdosta, GA 31601

A usually reliable source says this meeting is for voting Council and Commissioners, and the Mayor and Chairman were not invited.
I don’t know if elected members of Council would only be from Valdosta,
or also from
Remerton, Lake Park, Hahira, and Dasher.
If a quorum of any Council or Commissioners for any of these elected
bodies is present, Georgia law requires it to be an open meeting
which the public may attend.
I can’t imagine the county would have posted it publicly if it wasn’t.

The offices of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority (VLPRA)
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Annual Retreat, Valdosta Mayor and Council @ VCCSummit 2019-03-15

Not on Valdosta’s online calendar yet,
but we got this email notice from City Council Tim Carroll,
indicating Valdosta wastewater is first on his list to discuss.
His number 4 about Internet speed and access is also of interest
throughout the county and beyond.
As are his other items.

All,

I hope each and everyone of you are having a great start to 2019. As
we kick the year off, it is time to begin preparing for the cities
annual Mayor and Council retreat.

It will be held March 15 & 16 at the Women’s Building.

When:
All day, Friday-Saturday, March 15-16, 2019

Where:

The Woman’s Building,

1409 N. Patterson St.,
Valdosta, GA 31602

What:
Annual Retreat, Valdosta Mayor and City Council





The Woman’s Bulding

My current list includes: Continue reading →

Videos: Wastewater at Valdosta City Council @ VCC 2019-01-24

A brief agenda was handled quickly by Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Tooley
last night at the Valdosta City Council,
even with two Citizens to Be Heard and a bunch of Council Comments.

7. Thanks, Florida speaker --Tim Carroll

The longest item, at almost six minutes, was

4.b-i) Bids for vehicles,
because it was eight items rolled into one.

Second longest, at almost four minutes,
was
Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, who came from Florida to speak in
CBTH about

Florida effects of Valdosta Sewage.
Ms. Tooley stopped her precisely at three minutes, but
City Manager Mark Barber took most of a minute thanking her
for coming to speak.
Council Tim Carroll
and

Ms. Tooley
also thanked the Florida speaker in Council Comments.

Third longest was probably me (jsq) inviting
them to paddle and discussing sewage.
City Manager Barber before the meeting said he would be sure
he would get to Council the information I presented about
Valdosta spills over time.

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Videos: SCADA and Generators for sewer system lift stations @ VCC 2018-12-06

The longest single item in the one January Valdosta City Council meeting was unscheduled:
the

surprise statewide Georgia Parks and Rec Volunteer Award
and

Council Andy Gibbs responding with thanks.


The
most contentious rezoning was

4.b. CU-2018-13 Scintilla Charter Academy Conditional Use Permit,
to add a Middle School to an Elementary School.

The most-discussed general topic on the agenda was water, with
Utility Director Darryl Muse speaking about

5.b. Bids for 10 emergency standby generators for Utilities,

5.c. Bids for water treatment chemicals for Utilities,
and

6.b. Purchase SCADA system for Lift Stations and Water Treatment Plants,
with frequent questions from Council members.
They did bring up the
recent major spill at the Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant.

In Citizens to Be Heard,
I

told them what Valdosta Utilities hadn’t.

Also in CTBH,
John Robinson spoke about how

small businesses need to thrive
and another speaker said

he had been attacked physically by a local business man.
Renaming Forrest Street was discussed by Continue reading →