Category Archives: Valdosta City Council

Budget, LMIG, tractor, truck, 3 sewer items @ VCC 2018-06-21

On the

Valdosta City Council agenda this Thursday,
a budget public hearing (no agenda nor draft budget linked for that),
and a bunch of bids, including three about the sewer system,
ioncluding
sewer lines on Iola Drive,

manhole rehabilitation,
and

the Cured-In-Place-Pipe (CIPP) Lining Project.
Here’s the Invitation to Bid for CIPP.

Maybe this kind of

Sewer System Imprrovements
is why Valdosta has not had a major spill in a hear and a half,
while
Tifton continues to spill.
Also, over on the Flint River,

Albany recently spilled quite a bit.
Don’t worry: if Valdosta spills again, you’ll hear about it.

AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING

OF THE VALDOSTA CITY COUNCIL

5:30 PM Thursday, June 21, 2018

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL

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Videos: Senior living, pool, Hahira food trucks @ GLPC 2018-04-30

Yes, it was food trucks Hahira wants

to change in its Zoning Ordinance,
and that was the long item, at 42 minutes in Monday’s Planning Commission
meeting.
Neighbors Barry Robinson and Gretchen Quarterman spoke about it at the
Planning Commission,
as did the food truck owner,
and I bet on all of them being at the
Hahira City Council tonight, especially given that the Planning Commission recommendation was not favorable.

The Planning Commission spent less than 18 minutes on the

two rezonings
for

a senior living residential housing complex in Valdosta.
The request for

a Planned Development on Gornto Road took about as long.

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Senior living, pool, food trucks @ GLPC 2018-04-30

Could it be food trucks Hahira wants

to change in its Zoning Ordinance?
In Valdosta,
a request for

a Planned Development on Gornto Road,
and

two rezonings
for

a senior living residential housing complex which would
have access on Ashley Street, Emory Street, and University Drive,
based around the site of China Garden.

Map:
Lowndes County Tax Assessors.

Red outline of affected parcels: drawn by John S. Quarterman for LAKE.

All on

the agenda
for 5:30 PM tonight at the Planning Commission.

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission

Lowndes County

City of Valdosta

City of Dasher

City of Hahira

City of Lake Park

REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

AGENDA

Monday, April 30, 2018 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing
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Videos: Suing big pharma, resolutions to support WWALS water trails @ VCC 2018-04-05

Everything passed: yes, Valdosta is joining a lawsuit against big pharma about opioid addiction,
yes, The Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church can expand,
and yes resolutions passed supporting the Withlacoochee and Little River (WLRWT) and the Alapaha River Water Trail.

There was amusement about Council members joining the BIG Little River Paddle Race,
and maybe writing a song for the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest.
Two citizens had complaints.
Valdosta City Council members had praise for departing Public Information Officer Sementha Mathews and also for each other.

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Where you at, onevaldostalowndes.com?

Well, they spelled that wrong, as “Where are we now?”
Maybe for the video narrator from California who showed
a picture of lily pads when he said “River”.

But to be fair, this website and

the video from the Development Authority
organized by

VisionFirst whom Lowndes County paid $25,000,
presumably matching Valdosta,
also adopted by

SGRC,
does work hard to show a positive vision of the local area.
Oops, I forgot the hospital and the Chamber, and, most importantly,
Georgia Power, listed in the FAQ:

Who is the leading the effort?
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Opioid addiction lawsuit, 2 water trail resolutions, 1 of 2 rezonings withdrawn @ VCC 2018-04-05

The Valdosta City Council

plans to sue big pharma over opioid addiction.
The

Thursday agenda also includes two rezonings (one

withdrawn), and two water trail resolutions:
one for the
Alapaha River
and one for the
Withlacoochee and Little Rivers.
For the rezonings, see

the LAKE videos of the preceding Planning Commission meeting.

AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING OF THE VALDOSTA CITY COUNCIL

5:30 PM Thursday, April 5, 2018

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL

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Valdosta Strategic Initiatives Summit 2018-03-16-17

Once again the Valdosta Mayor and Council hold their retreat
outside Valdosta and outside Lowndes County at Lenox River Ranch, Lenox, Cook County, Georgia, today and tomorrow.
Excuse me: Strategic Initiatives Summit (SIS).
I compliment them on publishing
on their website before the event
the agenda,
the
topics submitted by each council member,
and the
Mayor and Council Goals for Fiscal Year 2018
(I got this four days ago).
Hm, what’s this about:

5. Find additional resources for the executive director of Valdosta-Lowndes Keep Lowndes-Valdosta Beautiful (KLVB) to include the Mayor’s Adopt-A-Street program.

However, I don’t see who else they are meeting
with for it to be called a Summit.
Oh wait: the Chamber.
Probably George Boston Rhynes will be there to video like last year.

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Used cars, manufacturing, and subdivision @ GLPC 2018-02-26

A longish

agenda
led to a

quite long GLPC meeting.

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission

Lowndes County

City of Valdosta

City of Dasher

City of Hahira

City of Lake Park

REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

AGENDA

Monday, February 26, 2018 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing

Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue

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Videos: subdivision, manufacturing, and used cars @ GLPC 2018-02-26

Third time was the charm for

William Branham and his Copeland Road subdivision,
which the Planning Commission recommended 6:1.

Below are links to each LAKE video with a few notes, followed by a
LAKE video playlist.
See also the

agenda.

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Videos: Branham subdivision, Bemiss Knights Academy, Lake Park @ GLPC 2015-09-28

Almost half an hour on the
Bill Branham subdivision on Copeland Road
resulted in a split denial: the only denial in this Planning Commission Regular Session.

Slightly less time on

the Charles Bennett accessory dwelling unit on Green Meadown Drive
got unanimous approval with staff conditions.

Ten minutes on the

Clint Joyner’s request for Knight’s Development’s
30-acre subdivision rezoning on Bemiss Knights Academy Road
got unanimous approval.
About the same on

Tim Blanton’s rezoning of 45+ acres to residential agriculture
passed unanimously.
Ditto

rezoning for Richard Bonner’s rezoning for
a fast-growth corridor between Highway 84 and Interstate 75.
Less time for

Jon Nijem’s expanded parking on Baytree Road
to pass unanimously.

Keith Sandlin’s

Lake Park case did sail through,
as did

John Thomas’ rezoning for a showroom for his show car business.

Commissioner Willis’ term was

coming up for reappointment.

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On the LAKE front

Citizen dialog for transparent process by the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange