Generators and communications for sewer system lift stations @ VCC 2018-12-06

Nothing is on

the agenda
about the recent major spill at the Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant for tonight’s Valdosta City Council meeting.

However, there are three other sewage-related Utility Department items:
bids for

ten emergency standby generators and for

water treatment chemicals, and

Consideration of a request to purchase a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system for Lift Stations and Water Treatment Plants.

Those are all good steps, so lift stations won’t fail due to lack of power,
so Valdosta Utilities can know what’s going on in real time (SCADA),
and so they can continue testing.

Maybe you’d like to come compliment Valdosta on that much
and ask them what they’re doing to prevent WWTP spills,
in

Citizens to be Heard.

Also tonight, appointments to KLVB, VLCDA, and Valdosta Tree Commission.

AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING OF THE VALDOSTA CITY COUNCIL

5:30 PM Thursday, December 6, 2018

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL

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KFC and Cemetery in ZBOA Packet 2018-12-04 @ ZBOA 2018-12-04

Two items at ZBOA today:

a cemetery on Gaines Lane, off of
Dasher Johnson Road,
south of
US 84,
east of
US 41.

And a

Kentucky Fried Chicken
between Patterson and Ashley Streets.

The agenda packet is

on the LAKE website.
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Education, Religion, Commerce @ GLPC 2018-11-26

Scintilla Charter Academy

wants to expand,
as does

New Harvest United Methodist Church,
plus

a family subdividing
and another

going commercial,
all in Valdosta.

Lowndes County Tax Assessors, Parcel 0072 198, 3911 N Hwy 41.

In Lowndes County,
West Hill Properties

wants an acre zoned commercial between Old US 41 N and Stewart Circle.
Gretchen will be at the Planning Commission tonight with the LAKE video camera.

Here’s

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

Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue

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Subdivisions, solar, and alcohol @ LCC 2018-11-12

Back on
the agenda
for Monday morning
is

the subdivision that does not match any of the criteria
the Lowndes County Commission is supposed to consider,
so will they approve

REZ-2018-17 The Settlement North, 5999 Val Del Road?

The Planning Commission recommended denying that one, but has since

recommended approving this one:

REZ-2018-18 Knights Landing, Phase III, 3982 Bemiss Knights Academy Road.

County staff want

ABM to help reduce energy costs.
How about add some solar panels to the roof of the county palace
and over its parking lot, while you’re at it?

As ABM says:

With the cost of solar installations rapidly declining, and the
number of government and utility incentives increasing, solar has
undergone a radical evolution from a feel good environmental story
to a source for businesses to gain a financial advantage over their
competitors.

See
ABM Energy Vice President Ted O’Shea,

Leveraging Solar to Gain a Competitive Financial Advantage:
Why go Solar at Your Facility: White Paper.

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Southern Company sells off gas assets second time this year 2018-11-07

For the second time this year, Southern Company sells off gas-fired assets.
Could it be to service debt for those way-late and over-budget Plant Vogtle nukes?

Southern Company, PR, 7 November 2018,

Southern Power Reaches Agreement to Sell the Mankato Energy Center,

Southern Power, a leading U.S. wholesale energy provider and
subsidiary of Southern Company, today announced that it has entered
an agreement to sell the Mankato Energy Center to Xcel Energy for
$650 million.

Mankato, a natural gas combined-cycle generation facility, will have
a maximum capacity of approximately 760 megawatts upon completion of
an ongoing expansion project. The completion of the sale, subject to
regulatory approval and other closing conditions, is expected to be
mid-2019.

“The Mankato Energy Center is a valuable part of the local community
and the regional energy infrastructure,” said Southern Power
President and CEO Mark Lantrip. “This transaction is a great
opportunity to deliver value for the benefit of Southern Company
shareholders.”

Proceeds from this transaction will be used to strengthen the
balance sheet of Southern Company and position Southern Power to
continue providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable wholesale
energy to its customers across the U.S, including the expansion of
one of the nation’s largest carbon-free renewable energy portfolios.

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ZBOA agenda and packet @ ZBOA 2018-11-06

Two small county family plot variances at ZBOA this afternoon, one in an agricultural zone,
the other in the Moody Activity Zone near Moody AFB.
And today they vote on who will be Chair and Vice-Chair next year,
as well as on their calendar of meetings.

Thanks to ZBOA member Gretchen Quarterman, here is the
agenda and board packet,
in which you can see where these variances are being requested, who is requesting them, and why.

This agenda is still not on the

City of Valdosta ZBOA agenda web page,
and the board packet never is.

Future Development Map

PDF

Valdosta – Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals

Matt Martin,
Valdosta Planning and Zoning Administrator

300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia

(229) 259-3563

Carmella Braswell,
Lowndes County Zoning Administrator

327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia

(229) 671-2430

AGENDA

November 6, 2018

2:30 p.m.

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Videos: Chair nominations, Accessory structure in Lowndes County and sign in Valdosta @ ZBOA 2018-10-02

Two opposite nomination slates for Chair and Vice-Chair, last month at ZBOA.
Also, both of the variances and the minutes were approved 6 to 0.

Here are the minutes, followed by a LAKE video playlist.

MINUTES

Valdosta-Lowndes Zoning Board of Appeals

Valdosta City Hall Annex Multi-Purpose Room

300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia

October 2, 2018

2:30 p.m.

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Accessory structure in Lowndes County and sign in Valdosta @ ZBOA 2018-10-02

The most exciting ZBOA thing last month was nominations for Chair and Vice-Chair.

ZBOA Members.

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

Carmella Braswell,
Lowndes County Zoning Administrator

327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia

(229) 671-2430

AGENDA

October 2, 2018

2:30 p.m.

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A farm to subdivision, 2 Howell +3 Valdosta, 6 Nijem Remerton @ GLPC 2018-10-29

The six Joe Nijem
Remerton cases are merely for public input.
Wait, isn’t everything before the GLPC merely advisory?
So how are these items different?

Two of the five
Valdosta cases are for Michael Howell on West Gordon Street.

And then there’s

Knights Landing Development, LLC,
for which

the Tax Assessors’ acreages don’t add up to the stated 42 acres,
for the sketched out medieval street names on Hoyle Lane and the nearby property on Bemiss Knights Academy Road, off Bemiss Road.

Knights Development LLC, parcel 01458 357, REZ-2018-18

All on

the agenda for this evening 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, October 29, 2018 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing

Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue

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Tax Assessors Special Called Meeting, Lowndes County, Georgia 2018-10-25

In the

VDT Community Calendar:

Board of Assessors Special Called meeting, 9 a.m. Oct. 25, 1st
floor, Lowndes County Governmental Building, 302 N. Patterson St.

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On the LAKE front

Citizen dialog for transparent process by the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange