Category Archives: Valdosta City Council

City Manager’s Report and Council Comments @ VCC 7 April 2011

Sometimes you hear what you need to hear at the end of the meeting. Or, maybe you’re not there to hear it.

I think it helps make the point if you need to first listen to the City Manager’s Report before you hear what happened at the end of this video.

City Manager’s Report

Second night of classes [for something] is this coming Monday.

Police Department review April 16-19 including a public hearing April 18th 6PM at the City Hall Annex.

Electronic recycling was very successful.

Composting program “very unique”: they give it away free three days a week; bring your own truck.

Matt Martin promoted from interim planning director to full time.

City’s table is #17 at the event tonight [100 Black Men annual dinner].

Employee appreciation luncheon Thursday April 21 at [?] Park.

Next meeting one council member will serve on committee about comprehensive plan.

Council Comments

Council Yost said: Continue reading →

Conversation for jobs —Cristobal Serran-Pagan @ VCC 7 April 2011

Dr. Serran-Pagan suggests we have a conversation among all types of people and do the math. Let’s put the money where it will produce jobs. Solar, wind, why haven’t we been doing it? Real clean renewable sources of energy. He brings up the water the biomass plant would use.
Water is precious. Air is precious. Oil, coal, is not precious. Biomass is not precious. We have plenty of good clean, renewable sources of energy. Let’s do that…. and get rid of old models, and let’s try to do what is right for community, for our economy, and for public interest.

Here’s the video:


Conversation for jobs —Cristobal Serran-Pagan @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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Allergies and biomass @ VCC 7 April 2011

Can someone supply this speaker’s name?

Here’s the video:


Allergies and biomass –Geraldine (?) @ VCC 19 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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7.b) Manhole covers on Country Club Road @ VCC 7 April 2011

This item comes from the flooding on Country Club Road caused by:
…excess rain which overloads the Withlacoochee River Water Pollution Control Plant. He said growth along the river and throughout the regional watershed area has contributed to the amount of excess water running into the river.
That’s two flooding-related items in one Valdosta City Council meeting; the other was Browns Canal Streambank Restoration. Maybe we should think about doing something about the uncontrolled growth that leads to such water problems.

Here’s the video:


7.b) Manhole covers on Country Club Road @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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7.a) Community Development Block Grant —Mara Register @ VCC 7 April 2011

They don’t know yet how much it will be, since the feds haven’t said, but they have a plan for how to allocate a Community Development Block Grant. Council approved it.

If you want to see the Annual Action Plan they approved, you can, in a 30 day public examination and comment period. The total scheduled grant amount is $647,678 fromm HUD.

There’s an advisory committee: maybe you want to be on it.

Here’s the video:


7.a) Community Development Block Grant –Mara Register @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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Thanks for clean up after recent storm —Dan Davis @ VCC 7 April 2011

Dan Davis thanks Valdosta City staff for timely clean up after recent storm. This plus there were two scheduled items related to storm and flood damage. Maybe we need better planning to reduce sprawl and the resulting flooding.

Here’s the video:


Thanks for clean up after recent storm —Dan Davis @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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6.c) Browns Canal streambank restoration @ VCC 7 April 2011

As near as I’ve been able to tell, this project deals with erosion caused by flooding. This thing has been bid and rebid. Sounds like they’ve finally accepted a bid involving at grant to pay for much of it.

Here’s the video:


6.c) Browns Canal streambank restoration @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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Barry Hyatt @ VCC 7 April 2011

He was a metallurgical engineer (he spelled that for them) in Pittsburgh. People there were glad of the jobs, but the air is bad now. He said that air quality is important, and biomass is a detriment to the community. He reminds the council that they were elected to become involved.

Here’s the video:


Barry Hyatt @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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6.b) Madison Highway Utility Extension Project @ VCC 7 April 2011

This kind of municipal government action enables subdivision building. From the agenda:
6. Bids, Contracts, Agreements and Expenditures

… Consideration of bids for the completion of the Madison Highway Utility Extension Project.

They approved staff’s recommendation for the low bid.

Here’s the video:


6.b) Madison Highway Utility Extension Project @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

-jsq

Energy efficiency in Valdosta: survey

The city of Valdosta wants your input on energy efficiency.

According to a press release from Sementha Mathews on 14 April 2011:

Valdosta Develops Strategy for Continued Energy Conservation

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The final activity that is underway is the completion of an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy (EECS) to help Valdosta effectively manage its use of energy resources. As part of this effort, the community’s help is being requested to develop the best strategy possible for the city. The EECS will take the form of a report to the city, helping us decide what we want to achieve and then providing a strategy for getting us there. In particular, the EECS provides guidance for future decisions to make sure our choices reflect a smart and sustainable energy policy. This includes potential projects and activities that the city can undertake to improve our use of energy resources.

YOU CAN HELP!

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