Once again the big topic was trash, and it wasn’t on the agenda.
The Chairman made up a rule to limit citizen speakers to
15 minutes total.
After five citizens managed to speak anyway, all to applause, and the owner of Deep South Sanitation
got a standing ovation,
the Commissioners offered
nothing but excuses.
Another board, another incumbent reappointed. Now
I’m not saying that’s a bad thing: experience and continuity can be
useful. But I do think applicants could say more about why they
want the job and Commissioners could ask a few questions about
their experience on the board. At least applicants are mostly
showing up to speak; that’s an improvement.
5.c. Valdosta/Lowndes County Zoning Board of
Appeals
Update 24 June 2013: Added links to separate posts for the newly audible items.
Unscheduled: Emergency Director Ashley Tye said more about the proposed juvenile justice grant;
Kevin Beals announced the winners of the county’s Wellness Weightloss Challenge;
and three
unscheduled Library Board applicants.
You can hear starting with the third of those last, but
you can’t hear the few potential appointees for KLVB, VLCCCTA, ZBOA, because
the county’s sound system
was out (due to a consultant or lightning, depending on who you ask)
and Gretchen didn’t notice and go to the camera’s mic until a few minutes in.
Here are videos of the two Lowndes County cases (both in Lake Park)
and the one Valdosta case at the April meeting of the
Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA).
Here are videos of the March meeting of the
Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA).
They had two cases, one each for Lowndes County and Valdosta.
The Lowndes Valdosta Zoning Board of Appeals meets today (Tuesday April 2) at 2:30pm in the Valdosta City Hall Annex Multi Purpose Room.
ZBOA Meeting
There are two Lowndes County cases in Lake Park.
LOWNDES COUNTY CASES:
2. VAR-2013-03 — Roger Budd Jr. (1000 Lakes Blvd. Lake Park) Variance to ULDC Chapter 5.04.09 (E) as it pertains to the design standards for permanent off-site signs on State maintained road.
3. VAR–2013-04 — Ben Futch (5443 Danieli Drive North, Lake Park) Variance to ULDC Chapter 5.02.01 (D)(8) and 5.02.01 (D)(9) as they pertain to the minimum building setbacks and maximum floor area of an accessory structure.
and one city of Valdosta case.
CITY OF VALDOSTA CASES:
4. APP-2013-01 — Wesley Foundation (1601 N. Patterson St.) Variance to LDR Section 214-1 as it pertains to the minimum setbacks for the R-10 zoning district.
The County Commission continues to do the peoples’ business in secret.
The solid waste exclusive franchise agreement was tabled for a month,
due to some mysterious new information,
and two citizens pleaded with the Commission to reconsider the whole thing.
The developer who got to speak at Monday’s Work Session
asked for his development to be tabled for a month, and the Commission did so.
After the meeting, three people from Moody AFB trooped into a side
room with the Chairman.
Also, if it’s a privilege to serve and an honor to be appointed,
why does the Lowndes County Commission not tell us who they are appointing?
In the Work Session
they muttered some proposed names unintelligbly,
and in the Regular Session they didn’t say anything about who some of the
new appointees are, and none of the appointees spoke.
As near as I could tell, only one bothered to show up: VLCIA
reappointee Mary Gooding.
Update 2012-11-20: Jody Hall reminds me he was there as an appointee. He says he was ready to speak, but nobody asked him to.
The Lowndes County Commission invited a developer to speak
about his proposed rezoning at a Work Session
without inviting any opposition to speak.
Plus another rezoning, a proposed solid waste ordinance with exclusive franchise
agreement, and proposed appointments to five boards and authorities.
And at the end an animal event report.
Monday morning the Lowndes County Commission considers and
Tuesday evening votes on members of five appointed boards.
Who are the candidates?
The agenda doesn’t say.
The two rezonings are the same ones
the Planning Commission recently considered.
Presumably the solid waste ordinance has something to do with
the recent privatization decision.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
