Videos: More Natco on Val Del Road + 2 more Lowndes County cases @ GLPC 2019-09-30

Longest at 22 minutes was the

second Natco subdivision on Val Del Road.
At least they’re moving back towards Valdosta, remaining within existing services
(which were run out Val Del Road for Nelson Hill).

The
Wisenbaker rezoning on Great North Road
sailed through even faster, with nobody speaking against.
The
Hogan heavy manufacturing rezoning at US 41 N and Wellman Place
was recommended to be tabled, 7:0, at the request of the applicant,
who discovered a variance is needed first.

They also recommended 7:0 approval by the various elected bodies a

Joint Ordinance, which is apparently about the operations of GLPC itself.
What’s in it is mysterious.
Why they can’t put it on the county or city website is even more mysterious.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with Continue reading →

Rights of Way variances: Village of Hope and SSMT Holdings @ ZBOA 2019-10-01

Two Lowndes County cases this month at ZBOA,
both wanting variances to access rights of way.

Village of Hope
appears to be
a religious rehab center,
offshoot of
House of Hope,
wanting to use the same access road as Valdosta Wake Compound.

Site plan on Aerial Map

SSMT Holdings
appears to be an ordinary subdivision expansion,
with fewer feet than code requires for road access due to a retention pond.

Also, ZBOA votes on
officers this month.

Here is the agenda.
See also the board packet, which is

on the LAKE website,
courtesy of ZBOA Board Member Gretchen Quarterman.

Valdosta – Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals

Valdosta Planning and Zoning Office

300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia

(229) 259-3563

Lowndes County Zoning Office

327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia

(229) 671-2430

AGENDA

October 1, 2019

2:30 p.m.

Call to Order

LOWNDES COUNTY CASES:

VAR-2019-11 — Village of Hope (Old Clyattville Road)

Request for a

variance to ULDC Chapter 4.04.03(D) as it pertains to
Design Standards for lots and Chapter 6.01.02(D)(1) as it pertains
to Streets and Rights-of-Way requirements

VAR-2019-12 — SSMT Holdings (4173 Springruff Drive)

Request for a

variance to ULDC Chapter 4.04.03(D) as it pertains to
Design Standards for lots and Chapter 6.01.02(D)(1) as it pertains
to Streets and Rights-of-Way requirements

OTHER BUSINESS:

Approval of Minutes: September 10, 2019
Nomination of Chairman and Vice-Chairman
Adjournment

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More Natco on Val Del Road + 2 more Lowndes County cases @ GLPC 2019-09-30

Look who’s back after
last month’s rezoning on Val Del Road,
which was heard by

the Planning Commission
and
approved by
the Lowndes County Commission:
Natco, with
another
rezoning for twice as many acres, also on Val Del Road, just south of that previous rezoning.

56 acres for sale just to the south

Also a Joint Ordinance,
which one can guess is the one

Lowndes County Chairman talked to the Planning Commissioner
about after adjournment last month,
which one can guess is the SPLOST VIII agreement.

Why do we have to guess what our elected and appointed boards are up to?
Would it be so hard to include a few words on that agenda item to say which Joint Ordinance?
For that matter, would it be so hard to publish the GLPC board packet
along with the agenda, like many counties much smaller than Lowndes
have already been doing for years?

Here is the

agenda:

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission

~ Lowndes County

~ City of Valdosta

~ City of Dasher

~ City of Hahira

~ City of Lake Park

~ City of Remerton ~

REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING AGENDA

Monday, September 30, 2019 5:30 P.M.

Public Hearing, Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia

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Videos: Jury, Paving, and GEFA in Work Session @ LCC 2019-09-23

The Lowndes County Commission spent nine minutes yesterday morning discussing spending $124,454 and borrowing $1,734,000.
They vote this evening at 5:30 PM.

The county has now gotten up to not just demanding landowners give road right of way to the county, but also

condemning property if they don’t get it donated.

The longest item at less than two minutes was

6.d. Request for Professional Engineering Services Proposals – CDBG.
As Gretchen remarks in the notes, apparently this is in support of Arglas,
the Japanese glass products manufacturer locating on Rocky Ford Road.

Second longest was

7.b. Bid for a Breathing Air System for the Fire Department,
due to a question by a Commissioner.

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Videos: One Lowndes County case, solar fence, Lake Park, GA @ ZBOA 2019-08-06

Nancy Hobby recused herself before the
lengthy discussion of the one

ZBOA case for August 2019, which was actually in Lowndes County,

VAR-2019-09 — Tycor Farms (6734 Georgia Highway 376, Lake Park) Request for a variance….
or

6530 GA 376,
according to a followup letter from the applicant’s representative.

Photo: Gretchen Quarterman, Notice Sign

There was still nothing about the wetlands around the place, leading to
Enoch Creek, then into the Alapahoochee River,
into the Alapaha, the Suwannee, and on to the Gulf.

Map: John S. Quarterman, from WWALS Alapaha River Water Trail Map.

However, the likely wetlands seem to be along the eastern edge of the cleared area,
so one can guess the solar panels are not going there.

Map: Lowndes County Tax Assessor, Parcel 0222 002, Tycor Farms LLC, 6530 GA HWY 376, Lake Park, GA 31636.

Nobody from the audience spoke for or against the application.
The result was: Continue reading →

Videos: Bonds, Val Del Road, GLPC appointments, 1/2 million to Motorola @ LCC 2019-09-10

The longest item at 2:23 was

the Val Del Road rezoning case,
for which one Commissioner recused himself. The others passed it unanimously.

Second longest was

the GLPC appointments.
No surprise, Ed Hightower was reappointed, and the second appointment was….

Third longest was

the Chairman’s unscheduled recognition of Leadership Lowndes and advertisement for a 9/11 ceremony.
If he’s going to do this every time, maybe it could be put on the agenda.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,
with Continue reading →

Jury, Paving, and GEFA in LCC Packet @ LCC 2019-09-23

Lowndes County staff are proposing to spend
$124,454,
according to all the “BUDGET IMPACT”s board packet:
$48,500 for a

Jury Management System,
$1,469.00 for

Condemning ROW for Howell Lane Paving Project,
$3,500.00 (approx.) for

Second Modification of GEFA Loan Agreement,
and for the Fire Department
$29,195.00 for

a 1/2 Ton Truck and
$41,790.00 for

a Breathing Air System.

Survey plat: Revised County RoW for Howell Lane

They propose

to borrow $1,734,000 from the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA).

The Lowndes County Commission discusses Monday morning at 8:30 AM. They vote 5:30 PM Tuesday.

GEFA Loan Agreement Project Budget

For the first time ever! Lowndes County has returned the board packet before the Work Session.

LAKE sent an open records request Tuesday, and the county actually supplied the packet Friday, with this note: Continue reading →

Videos: Surprise Bonds, Val Del rezoning, GLPC appointments, 1/2 million to Motorola @ LCC 2019-09-09

Apparently more was shown on the screen yesterday morning that we finally
received this morning
in

the board packet,
such as this picture of the Nelson Hill subdivision on Val Del Road.

They also added

7.b. Refunding Revenue Bonds by South Region Joint Development Authority for VSU ASRE,
which makes no sense until you can see details in the

board packet.

After the agenda items, the Chairman made

unscheduled announcements of a Continue reading →

Packet: Surprise Bonds, Val Del Road rezoning, GLPC appointments, 1/2 million to Motorola @ LCC 2019-09-10

After four days, but before the Commission votes at 5:30 PM in its Regular Session this evening, the county sent the packet, at 10:50 AM this morning.
Three is more than the statutory 3 days in the Georgia Open Records Act (GORA).
The packet is

on the LAKE website.

Now we can see who are the applicants to the Planning Commission.

Survey Plat

Now we can see
where is the Val Del rezoning:
from the trailer park south to the power line.
There’s also this interesting flood map: Continue reading →

ZBOA Packet: One county setback case @ ZBOA 2019-09-10

Only one ZBOA case tomorrow, in the county:
a setback variance so Applicant can put up a carport for his new truck,
while avoiding mature trees.

WRPDO Site Map

The agenda is not on
the City of Valdosta website,
but it is
on the LAKE website,
courtesy of ZBOA member Gretchen Quarterman. Continue reading →

On the LAKE front

Citizen dialog for transparent process by the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange