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Videos: Trash, Vallotton agriculture, animals, body armor, HEAT, water, and a canopy road @ LCC 2015-04-14



ADS trash collection price and performance
wasn’t on the agenda, but even

former Commissioner Richard Lee
stood up to speak about it two weeks ago at the April 14th 2015 Regular Session, along with two other citizens

David Eaton
and
me.
See also

VDT trash story.
The VDT didn’t pick up on

Ann Swayze’s smoot and soot concerns
also being related, because nobody stood up to complain about burning in
Foxborough before the collection centers closed.

Commissioners did the right thing and unanimously

rezoned Vallotton Farms back to Estate Agriculture,
like it was before county-wide rezoning happened.
It wasn’t like the County Planner said, “it has developed around it
in an urban way”.
The subject land and landowners didn’t do that:
other people have built subdivisions around it the the county’s
active promotion.
And for once agriculture won, after

landowner attorney Bill Langdale,
Commissioner

Demarcus Marshall,
and I spoke up for it.

They’re even going to

preserve the canopy on Boring Pond Road
and

I thanked the County Engineer for that.

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Videos: Vallotton agriculture, animals, body armor, HEAT, water, waste, and a canopy road @ LCC 2015-04-13



The County Planner said “I can’t tell you anything beyond that”
about why
Vallotton Farms
is requesting rezoning to Estate Agriculture,
which is mysterious, since he (and the County Chairman)
sat through the entire Planning Commission explanation
by attorney Bill Langdale, several Planning Commissioners,
and me: see the LAKE video
of that GLPC item.
The County Planner did say “we expect development” in that area.
They vote on their expectations tonight at 5:30 PM,
although they have to listen to citizens for and against first.


300x225 Canopy, in Boring Pond Road, by John S. Quarterman, 13 April 2015
I’d like to commend County Engineer Mike Fletcher for preserving the canopy
in the plans for
Boring Pond Road Phase III.

The

Vickers rezoning item
was withdrawn by applicant,
and the County Planner yesterday morning
explained that was because they’d worked out a way for the property
to count as five acres so no rezoning was necessary.
The

Vickers Jennings rezoning to commercial is still being considered.
Also discussed yesterday morning and to be voted on tonight at 5:30 PM are

three

water-related

items,
a
Georgia Department of Agriculture Spay/Neuter Grant Request,
two Sheriff’s requests (
body armor,
and
High Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic (HEAT) Team grant),
another paving items (Resurfacing of 3 County Roads (Howell Road, Whitewater Road and Ousley))
a
Fuel Island Upgrade.
The


Execution of the Resolution for the Hazardous Waste Trust Fund
is about reimbursement for

monitoring of the closed Clyattville landfill
about which

the county chooses to reveal very little.
Last I heard, the Sabal Trail methane pipeline was still proposed to go through
there with its hundred-foot right of way and 36-inch pipe.
I wonder how that would affect monitoring?

Here’s
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Spay, Rezonings, Body Armor, HEAT, Water, Waste, Ponds, and Roads @ LCC 2015-04-13



Update 2015-04-13: videos.

The three rezonings from the Planning Commission are on

the agenda
for this morning’s Lowndes County Commission Work Session.
One has been

withdrawn by applicant,
Vallotton Farms still wants to

rezone to Estate Agriculture,
and
another wants to

rezone to commercial.
Also to be considered this morning and voted on tomorrow evening are

three

water-related

items,
a
Georgia Department of Agriculture Spay/Neuter Grant Request,
two Sheriff’s requests (
body armor,
and
High Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic (HEAT) Team grant),
two paving items (Boring Pond Road Phase III
and
Resurfacing of 3 County Roads (Howell Road, Whitewater Road and Ousley))
a
Fuel Island Upgrade,
and what’s this about
Execution of the Resolution for the Hazardous Waste Trust Fund?
Ah, that’s about reimbursement for

monitoring of the closed Clyattville landfill
about which

the county chooses to reveal very little.
Last I heard, the Sabal Trail methane pipeline was still proposed to go through
there with its hundred-foot right of way and 36-inch pipe.
I wonder how that would affect monitoring?

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2015, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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