Videos: Tower, GDOT Utilities, 2 appointments, various agreements @ LCC Work 2019-05-28

The Work Session was at 4PM on Tuesday.
The longest item was

7d. Corrections Software Solutions Probation Tracking System.


On the

6 a. TWR-2019-01 US Hwy 84 E. E-A, New 300′ Telecommunications Tower,
tabled last time,
staff did hear from Moody AFB that the tower was no problem for helicopter
pilots, and the FAA has said no hazard.
But they didn’t say whether Moody had issued its TERPS report.

Berinda Nwakamma did introduce herself very briefly as an applicant for the

5a. Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD).
County Manager Joe Pritchard said
“her information is in your agenda,”
but it was not among the
board packet documents the county sent LAKE in response
to an open records request.
What we dug up about her is below.

The Chairman had to speak for the one applicant for the

5b. Appointment – Southern Georgia Area Agency on Aging,
since Commissioner Joyce Evans declined to say anything.

They had an

Executive Session to discuss pending litigation.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
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Videos: One county case: Knudson & Son Outdoor Activities @ ZBOA 2019-06-04

ZBOA granted some relief on parking, but not as much as they wanted,
and not anything else: not setbacks, fencing, etc.,
to Knudson & Son Outdoor Activities, the only case on

this month’s ZBOA agenda.


This is the case before the Lowndes County Commission today,
after it Continue reading →

Knudson & Son Outdoor Activities, Sheriff, Intrusion Detection, Bids @ LCC 2019-06-10

Update 2019-06-10: ZBOA denied almost all of the variances the same applicant requested.

The paintball-like game venue that
was

surprisingly contentious at the Planning Commission,
is on the agenda for Monday and Tuesday at the Lowndes County Commission.
GLPC voted 5-1 to table until the June Planning Commission meeting,
but the Planning Commission is merely a recommending body:
it does not decide rezonings.
The county’s agenda sheet says
“The TRC considered this request and had no objectionable comments, and staff finds the request consistent
with the Comprehensive Plan.”
The County Commission could decide to ignore the Planning Commission and
approve this rezoning anyway.





Still from LAKE video of REZ-2019-08 in the preceding Planning Commission meeting.

The

Sheriff’s department wants to
buy laptops and handheld citation thingies
for
$85,934.66.


IT wants some cyber-threat-detection service, at unknown cost.

All that and some bids for vehicles.

Here is
the agenda.
See also the Continue reading →

Packet: Lowndes County Commission @ LCC 2019-05-28

Received in response to an open records request by LAKE.
The county supplied it onto the same USB drive with the

documents from the previous County Commission packet.
The county charged LAKE $6.65 for that USB stick.

[Page 1]

GDOT to Lowndes County, Actual Cost Preliminary Engineering Agreement, Cover Letter

These documents are

on the LAKE website.

LAKE looks forward to the county putting all these packet documents
on the county’s own website, along with the
agenda and agenda sheets.

Missing from what the county sent: Continue reading →

Packet: Lowndes County Commission @ LCC 2019-05-14

Update 2019-07-09: Missing items supplied by the county.

Here’s the mysterious Moody AFB “Helicopter Corridor and Class D Airspace” map
from item 6.c. TWR-2019-01 Value Concepts, Inc., US Hwy 84 E. E-A, New 300′ Telecommunications Tower
on the
May 13 and 14, 2019, Lowndes County Commission agenda.

[Page 24]

Page 24

This in the agenda packet,

now on the LAKE website,
including files returned by the county in response to a LAKE open records request.
The county supplied those files on a USB drive, for which it charged LAKE $6.65.

Missing from what the county sent: Continue reading →

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.
See also Continue reading →

One county case: Knudson & Son Outdoor Activities @ ZBOA 2019-06-04

Update 2019-06-10: LAKE video of the ZBOA meeting, in which the case didn’t look nearly so good when presented.

I have to admit I like this part, on page 9 of the one variance request,
a Lowndes County case, the only case on the ZBOA agenda for today:

Requirements for variances: 9.02.03:

A. Due to the size of the property it would create a financial
hardship to tear down current natural vegetation to build a fence
around the activity area. Also one of the property lines goes
through wetlands, and runs along a creek. I would have to disturb a
considerable amount of wetlands to do a fence or wall. It would also
create a hardship with my overall goals for the property. I plan to
have it setup to where for the most part if you are standing at a
property line you wont be able to see the field area. If I have to
tear down natural buffer then it will be easier for neighbors to see
the field from their property vs natural untouched woods. If we were
also required to tear up an area to plant new trees and shrubs this
would create a few hardships. The first would be financial as it
would require several trees and shrubs due to the size of the
property. The second is that it would strain the relationships with
my neighbors as they will more than likely be able to see more of
the recreation area vs if we left the vegetation that is currently
in place.

[Map of setbacks requested]

Map of setbacks requested

PDF

The entire ZBOA board packet is

on the LAKE website,
thanks to ZBOA member Gretchen Quarterman.

Here is
the agenda:

Valdosta – Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals

Matt Martin,
Valdosta Planning and Zoning Administrator

300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia

(229) 259-3563

Lowndes County Zoning Office

327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia

(229) 671-2430

AGENDA

June 4, 2019

2:30 p.m.

  1. Call to Order

    LOWNDES COUNTY CASE:

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Georgia Broadband Deployment Initiative 2019-04-26

Good about the Georgia Broadband Deployment Inititative (GBDI): wired and wireless, and they are actively doing something, including mapping.

[Map Phase 1]

Map Phase 1

See also interactive Phase 1 map.

Dubious: stakeholders are only “private telecom
and cable providers, local government, and electricity cooperatives”.

Where are universities, technical colleges, doctors and hospitals, local businesses, nonprofits, and the people?
Supposedly “Community partnership will be a central component”,
but where is the community in GBDI’s plans?
Where are the other stakeholders?
Where are the public hearings?

Maybe that’s farther along in their timeline: Continue reading →

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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