Tag Archives: Georgia

Videos: Old Pine Road and Madison Highway rezonings @ GLPC 2019-01-28

In her first meeting as Chair, Vicki Rountree moved right along,
even getting the opening reading of the set script down to barely four minutes,
even including invocation and pledge.


GLPC Chair Vicki Rountree

All the rezonings considered that Monday by the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) are in Lowndes County, not in any of its incorporated cities.
The two on Madison Highway appear to be coincidence.

REZ-2019-01 Jerry Stoker is apparently for one or both of the
two Stoker Development LLC parcels on Old Pine Road.
This is part of the general development of what Lowndes County staff
refer to as “Central Lowndes County”, as in their preferred development area.

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Videos: Scottie Orenstein swearing in for District 2 @ LCC 2019-01-22

As mentioned in the

morning Work Session,
at 5PM before the

evening Regular Session,
they had a swearing-in ceremony for re-elected County Commissioner Scottie Orenstein, District 2.


Nevermind he already voted in
a previous Regular Session after being elected.

Here’s

a LAKE video playlist:

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Videos: All aye, Simpson Road paving, taxes, alcohol, emergency, roads, and law @ LCC Regular 2019-01-22

They approved everything that Tuesday evening that they discussed
that same morning, including
a

special tax assessment rate.


Special Assessment Rate

No item took as long as two minutes.
There were no special reports and no citizens wishing to be heard.
The whole thing took 16 minutes and 44 seconds.

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Videos: Annual Planning @ LCC Plan 2019-02-07

Here are the LAKE videos of the first day of the two day Annual Planning Meeting
of
Lowndes County Commissioners and staff.
Gretchen is back down there today, videoing the rest.


Below are links to each LAKE video of each item,
with a very few notes,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also
previous post
for the agenda (which was not posted publicly)
and a few previous comments.

Annual Planning @ LCC Plan 2019-02-07

Lowndes County Commissioners and staff are meeting for two days
to discuss strategy, as they do every year.


Commissioners and senior staff, Participants

They didn’t post an agenda on
lowndescounty.com,
but Gretchen photographed the one they had at Chairman Bill Slaughter’s pond house,
so here it is:

Lowndes County

Georgia

lowndescounty.com

Annual Planning Meeting

6926 Simpson Road ~ Hahira

February 7-8

8:30 a.m.


Agenda


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Service Delivery Strategy (SDS) Meeting: Lowndes County and cities @ SDS 2019-02-04

Update 2019-03-04: WWALS videos.

At least some elected officials from at least Lowndes County and Valdosta
will be gathering Monday on neutral ground to discuss tax revenue allocation.
Apparently this is a public meeting which anyone can attend.

In its usual laconic manner, this is all the county says

in its online calendar:

SDS Meeting

Date:
February 4, 2019

Time:
5:00 PM

Location:
Valdosta- Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority Offices

Address:
1901 North Forrest Street

Valdosta, GA 31601


Street View, Image

Google Street View,
VLPRA, 1901 N. Forrest Street, Valdosta, GA 31601

A usually reliable source says this meeting is for voting Council and Commissioners, and the Mayor and Chairman were not invited.
I don’t know if elected members of Council would only be from Valdosta,
or also from
Remerton, Lake Park, Hahira, and Dasher.
If a quorum of any Council or Commissioners for any of these elected
bodies is present, Georgia law requires it to be an open meeting
which the public may attend.
I can’t imagine the county would have posted it publicly if it wasn’t.

The offices of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority (VLPRA)
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Annual Retreat, Valdosta Mayor and Council @ VCCSummit 2019-03-15

Not on Valdosta’s online calendar yet,
but we got this email notice from City Council Tim Carroll,
indicating Valdosta wastewater is first on his list to discuss.
His number 4 about Internet speed and access is also of interest
throughout the county and beyond.
As are his other items.

All,

I hope each and everyone of you are having a great start to 2019. As
we kick the year off, it is time to begin preparing for the cities
annual Mayor and Council retreat.

It will be held March 15 & 16 at the Women’s Building.

When:
All day, Friday-Saturday, March 15-16, 2019

Where:

The Woman’s Building,

1409 N. Patterson St.,
Valdosta, GA 31602

What:
Annual Retreat, Valdosta Mayor and City Council





The Woman’s Bulding

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Old Pine Road and Madison Highway rezonings @ GLPC 2019-01-28

All the rezonings on the GLPC agenda for tonight are in Lowndes County.
The two on Madison Highway appear to be coincidence.

REZ-2019-01 Jerry Stoker is apparently for one or both of the
two Stoker Development LLC parcels on Old Pine Road.
This is part of the general development of what Lowndes County staff
refer to as “Central Lowndes County”, as in their preferred development area.


Parcels 0145B 042 and 0145B 043, Old Pine Road

Map:
Lowndes County Tax Assessors,
Parcels 0145B 042 and 0145B 043, Old Pine Road.

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission


Lowndes County


City of Valdosta


City of Dasher


City of Hahira


City of Lake Park



REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

AGENDA



Monday, January 28, 2019 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing


Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue

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Videos: New Officers, Education, Religion, Commerce @ GLPC 2018-11-26

The Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) picked a new Chair and Vice-Chair
at their November 2018 meeting.
They meet again this evening.


Photo: Gretchen Quarterman, of New GLPC Chair Vicky Rountree
3. CU-2018-13 Scintilla Charter Academy 2171 East Park Avenue,

Photo: Gretchen Quarterman, of New GLPC Chair Vicky Rountree.

Their longest item was
3. CU-2018-13 Scintilla Charter Academy‘s
request to expand from an Elementary School to add a Middle School.
GLPC recommended approval unanimously, as they did for all other such items.

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Videos: Wastewater at Valdosta City Council @ VCC 2019-01-24

A brief agenda was handled quickly by Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Tooley
last night at the Valdosta City Council,
even with two Citizens to Be Heard and a bunch of Council Comments.

7. Thanks, Florida speaker --Tim Carroll

The longest item, at almost six minutes, was

4.b-i) Bids for vehicles,
because it was eight items rolled into one.

Second longest, at almost four minutes,
was
Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, who came from Florida to speak in
CBTH about

Florida effects of Valdosta Sewage.
Ms. Tooley stopped her precisely at three minutes, but
City Manager Mark Barber took most of a minute thanking her
for coming to speak.
Council Tim Carroll
and

Ms. Tooley
also thanked the Florida speaker in Council Comments.

Third longest was probably me (jsq) inviting
them to paddle and discussing sewage.
City Manager Barber before the meeting said he would be sure
he would get to Council the information I presented about
Valdosta spills over time.

Council Vivian Miller-Cody spoke about a Continue reading →