Tag Archives: Georgia

Videos: Dasher, Remerton, Valdosta, Lowndes County @ GLPC 2018-01-29



The Planning Commission last month

welcomed Ed Hightower,
appointed earlier that same month

by the Lowndes County Commission.
They heard one case each from the seldom seen Cities of

Dasher,
and

Remerton (longest at almost 38 minutes on apartments at the old mill site).
plus
and three from
Lowndes County including

REZ-2018-02 CR Ventures – Rocky Ford Rd – 71 acres (third longest at 23 minutes),
and
five from Valdosta
including

Deep South Sanitation (second longest at more than 37 minutes),
which was also separately heard on a related matter by

ZBOA a week later.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each item,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also
the agenda,
and

the three Lowndes County cases will be voted on by the county Tuesday evening. Continue reading →

Dasher, Remerton, Valdosta, Lowndes County @ GLPC 2018-01-29

One case each from the seldom seen Cities of
Dasher
and

Remerton,
plus five from
Valdosta
and three from

Lowndes County,
at last week’s Planning Commission meeting; video up shortly.


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 29, 2018 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing


Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue

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Turner Center for the Arts presentation @ LCC 2018-02-12

After a decade
as Director of the Turner Center for the Arts,

Cheryl Oliver announce last month she is resigning,
and she is
on

the agenda
for this morning at 8:30 AM at the Lowndes County Commission with
"State-of-the-Art Center" Presentation.


Cheryl Oliver

Plus three well and septic public hearings,
one road abandonment,
subdivision roads,
utility relocation for I-75 exits 2 and 11,
and an annual judicial grant application.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2018, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2018, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Special Called Meeting @ VLCIA 2018-02-07

Update 2019-07-21: LAKE videos and still pictures.

Alcohol and the economy, on

the agenda for this morning’s
Special Called Meeting of the Development Authority.
I think I’ll go to see Brad Folsom as the new Mary Gooding.

Valdosta-Lowndes County Development Authority

Agenda/Special Called Meeting

Wednesday, February 7, 2018, 11:30 am

Industrial Authority Conference Room

103 Roosevelt Drive

Call to Order

  • For the purpose of voting on amended Economic Development Agreement
    and Lease Agreement for GA Beer Company

Adjourn Special Called Meeting


Only one item, Agenda

Georgia Beer Company’s website
says “We are not open for business yet”,
but its
contact page says “Say hello to the first Georgia brewery in Valdosta.”
They also have a facebook page.
Neither of which says where they will be located.
So, VLCIA, in one of your numerous mostly-empty business parks, or elsewhere?


GA Beer Co. logo

Looks like GA Beer Co. had a kickstarter fundraiser a couple of years ago, which says they all met at VSU.

Presumably this is the same Community and Economic Development Strategy
recently approved by the

Lowndes County Commission.

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Rescheduled, Deep South Regional Municipal Solid Waste Management Authority 2018-02-07

Julia Shewchuk updated January 19 2018: “The regular meeting of the DSSWA has been rescheduled from January 17, 2018 to
Wednesday, February 7, 2018.”
The agenda is the same before rescheduling, as below.

Thanks to Larry Hanson, new member to replace him, officers, and audit
are on
the agenda for next Wednesday for the Deep South Solid Waste Management Authority.

Single page, Agenda
Still nothing about coal ash from Georgia, Florida, or elsewhere.

See previous post
for who’s on this Authority and who gets its grants.

DEEP SOUTH

REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

Meeting of the Board of Directors

Deep South Regional Municipal Solid Waste Management Authority

January 17, 2018

February 7, 2018

6:00 PM

Southern Georgia Regional Commission

Valdosta, Georgia

AGENDA

  1. Welcome and Introduction

  2. January 2018 Election of Officers

    • Report by Nominating Committee and Motion:w
  3. January 2018 Nomination of New At-Large Member by Board of Directors

    • Report by Nominating Committee and Motion
  4. Minutes of October 18, 2017 Meeting

    • Draft attached for Review and Motion
  5. Financial Reports Oct — Dec 2017

    • Review and Motion — to be distributed at meeting
  6. Presentation of Annual Audit Report —Denise Rackely

  7. Discussion to decide on a recognition for Larry Hanson for his Services to DSSWA

    • Discussion and Motion
  8. Other Business

  9. Adjourn

Next regular scheduled meeting will be on April 18, 2017, at 6 p.m.

Fax: (229) 333-5312

Phone: (229) 333-5277

327 West Savannah Avenue

Valdosta, Georgia 31601

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ZBOA Packet 2018-02-06

Two cases, both contentious because neighbors blew them in for code violations.
Joshua Stevens of Wendover Road,
according to pictures submitted by neighbor Franklin J. Richards II,
built a building eight inches from another building.
“Staff Recommendation: Find inconsistent with the Variance Fteview Criteria and deny the requests.”



Deep South Sanitation (DSS) of Tucker Road
apparently has been using a neighboring
lot as a staging area for trash trucks without permit approval,
and there’s a complaint by Steve Edwards of Evergreen Landfill.
If I’m not mistaken, Evergreen Landfill is owned by
Advanced Disposal Services (ADS), and
this would appear to be the same Steve Edwards who has

repeatedly spoken for ADS.
Probably many readers recall, Lowndes County sued DSS on behalf of ADS
all the way to the Georgia Supreme Court before finally coming up with a

Solid Waste Ordinance that allows two trash collection services to co-exist
in Lowndes County.
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FPL parent NextEra Energy admits solar and wind far better investments than pipelines 2018-01-26

Even Sabal Trail partner NextEra Energy’s earnings call has
far more about record solar and wind deployment and earnings
(“added $0.67 per share”)
than about pipeline declining earnings (“added $0.10 per share”)
and misinformation,

claiming Sabal Trail is operational
and on schedule when

it isn’t.

Which is better, NextEra, $0.67 or $0.10 per share?
Oh, wait, effectively you answered that:
“As the world’s current leader in wind, solar, and storage
development….”.


Solar, NextEra Energy


Solar, NextEra Energy

One sentence is NextEra’s only mention of Sabal Trail; nothing about
the Sierra Club lawsuit against FERC
that less than a week later saw

the DC Circuit Court reject all requests for rehearing,
meaning as early as next week the court may mandate shutting down Sabal Trail.
NextEra company FPL is the sole remaining customer listed in Sabal Trail’s
custoner index.
Maybe it’s time to bail out and get on with solar power in the Sunshine State.

NextEra Energy, via Motley Fool,
26 January 2018,

NEE earnings call for the period ending December 31, 2017,

CEO and Chairman James L. Robo:

Fourth, we’re advancing our renewable product offerings as we
prepare for the next phase of renewable development. As a result,
our prospects for new renewables growth has never been stronger. As Continue reading →

Resolutions against GA state fee diversions and for water trail @ Hahira 2018-01-30

Tonight, a resolution

for Georgia HR 158 against state fee diversions, and
another resolution

supporting the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail,
at the Hahira City Council Work Session (and Thursday on the Regular Session agenda).
Also, Terry Benjamin will get sworn in again as

Councilman, District 1,
the

food truck zoning ordinance is back,
there’s a

RR crossing closure request,
and a

Recommendation to Raise Hahira Depot Rental Fee from $400 to $500,
among other items on the agenda.

Hahira City Council

January 30, 2018

Work Session Agenda

6:00 pm- Hahira Courthouse



  1. Call to order     Continue reading →

Videos: Passed resolution for dedicated state fees and bids for equipment @ VCC 2018-01-25

The big item was they passed the

Resolution to support GA HR 158 for dedicated fee collections.


That and the

T-SPLOST projects and upcoming public meetings, by Mayor Gayle.
There was only one Citizen to Be Heard, which was

me, about the resolution and about public access to the Withlacoochee River
at Gornto Road in Valdosta.

Below are links to the LAKE video of each item, with a few notes,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also the

agenda.

Continue reading →

Videos: Approved resolution against state fee diversion, economic strategy, road abandonment @ LCC 2018-01-23



They approved everything in 10 minutes flat,
including the

Special Asessment Rate for 2018,
the

Community and Economic Development Strategy,
and yes, they added to the

agenda
and passed the

Resolution Supporting HR 158 to Stop Diversion of State Fees.

Below are Continue reading →