Tag Archives: GLPC

Videos: Sixty-one lots on Val Del Road @ GLPC 2019-08-26

The

Val Del Road rezoning
breezed through unanimously in four minutes,
with one Planning Commissioner wondering if Val Del Road could
handle the traffic,
and nobody speaking against.
The

Valdosta cases took almost half an hour, with three split votes
(yes, three votes on two cases).

GLPC Chair Vicki Rountree

Final decisions will be made by
the Lowndes County Commission on Tuesday, September 10, 2019
for

REZ-2019-12 Val Del Rd.,
and
by the Valdosta Mayor-Council on Thursday, September 5, 2019,
for the

paired Valdosta cases,
as you can see in

the agenda.
The Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) is an advisory body only,
with the actual decisions being made by those other bodies,
as

its Chair Vicki Rountree explained
at the beginning of the session,
before she had to vote thrice to resolve tied votes.
You can hear Gretchen Quarterman of LAKE explaining
it towards the end of the

final LAKE video.

After they adjourned, they kept talking about a

joint ordinance to the six governments, without saying what that was about.
Since Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter was standing up there at the time,
I would guess it’s the SPLOST VIII agreement.

Before it adjourned, the Planning Commission

established the minutes on the county’s website as its official minutes.

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

the agenda.
And come to the Lowndes County or Valdosta decision meetings if you care about one of those cases. Continue reading →

Sixty-one lots on Val Del Road @ GLPC 2019-08-26

Apparently NATCO LLC wants to rezone 28 acres of its 567.12 acre Parcel 0072 061
to build 61 house lots.

Parcel 0072 061, NATCO LLC

Where along Val Del Road it wants to put them is not stated in the

Planning Commission agenda
for today.
I’d guess close to the existing lots to the south, but the county
ran water and sewer up to Nelson Hill, which you can see to the
northwest of the NATCO tract,
so the subdivision could be anywhere along Val Del in that tract.

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission

~ Lowndes County

~ City of Valdosta

~ City of Dasher

~ City of Hahira

~ City of Lake Park

~ City of Remerton ~

REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING AGENDA

Monday, August 26, 2019 5:30 P.M.

Public Hearing, Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia

Continue reading →

Videos: Leadershp Lowndes, KLVB, ZBOA, Library board, three rezonings @ LCC 2019-07-09

Twenty-two minutes, quite long for the Lowndes County Commission,
with four minutes on the

ZBOA appointment with a split vote,
and most of the rest on the three rezonings,
with five and a half minutes on

6a. REZ-2019-09 Mark Courson, 5761 Long Pond Rd. R-1 to R-10.

The Chairman held forth about Leadership Lowndes

at the end of the meeting.
It’s like he’s not running again and is getting the most out of his time up there.

Commissioner Clay Griner was not present.

Below are Continue reading →

Three Valdosta Cases @ GLPC 2019-07-29

Here is

the agenda:

qpublic Lowndes

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission

~ Lowndes County

~ City of Valdosta

~ City of Dasher

~ City of Hahira

~ City of Lake Park ~

REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING AGENDA

Monday, July 29, 2019 5:30 P.M.

Public Hearing,
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue

Continue reading →

Videos: Appointments to KLVB, ZBOA, Library board, three rezonings @ LCC 2019-07-08

Yesterday morning’s Work Session took eleven minutes.
They vote this evening.

The three rezoning cases took the longest, simply due to time for Planning Technician Molly Stevenson to read them out.
Only one Commissioner had one questions on one of them.
Longest at 2 and a half minutes was
6c. REZ-2019-11 Stewart, 4151 Stewart Circle R-1 to C-H
which is for establishing a new metal working business with rail access.
Second at almost two minutes was

6a. REZ-2019-09 Mark Courson, 5761 Long Pond Rd. R-1 to R-10,
which was for subdividing into two lots; this one had the quesion.
Third at a minute and a half was

6b. REZ-2019-10 Ballard, Madison Hwy E-A to C-C and R-A
for a boat repair service and a single residence.

None of the appointment candidates appeared.
Surprisingly there were questions on two appointments, to Continue reading →

Appointments to KLVB, ZBOA, Library board, three rezonings @ LCC 2019-07-08

Update 2019-07-09: Videos.

On

the Lowndes County Commission agenda
for Monday and Tuesday, appointments to three boards, three rezonings,
and a mystery agreement.

They have no candidates to replace Malinda Taylor
on the
Lowndes County Library Board.
Paul Alvarado and John McCall want to be reappointed
to the
Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals.
Gregory Powell apparently does not want to be reappointed,
and Victoria O’Steen and Kelisa Brown have applied for
Keep Lowndes Valdosta Beautiful (KLVB).

Area map

The

rezoning cases are three from
the preceding Planning Commission meeting; GLPC unanimously recommended approval of all three.

The mystery
Agreement with Cornerstone
is, according to the agenda sheet, a $96,000 ($8,000 / month) item:

As a part of Lowndes County’s ongoing support of Moody Air Force Base, the
services of Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc. are being recommended. In addition to assistance with
matters related to the Department of Defense, Continue reading →

Valdosta * 2, Remerton, Lowndes County * 3 @ GLPC 2019-06-24

Tonight at the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission,
presumably

REZ-2019-08 Knudson & Son Outdoor Activities
will be skipped, since last month
the Lowndes County Commission
already decided that case,
and ZBOA denied most of the applicants’ requested variances.

Context map

The only other big one (by acreage) tonight is

REZ-2019-11 Stewart,
4151 Stewart Circle, 0072 001, ±12 ac., R-1 to C-H.

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, June 24, 2019 * 5:30 P.M.

Public Hearing, Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia

Continue reading →

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

Animal welfare was the topic of the one
Citizen wished to be Heard: Ed Barr, a former VSU faculty member,
who said he spoke for a group of people
who want a better-designed animal shelter,
with better accessibility, as in closer to a residential area,
or maybe redesigned like

Miss Kitty Feline Sanctuary in Thomasville;
he never said quite what features that meant.

The Regular Session was double-booked at the same time as the
Planning Commission, so Gretchen went to the Planning Commission.
The county’s own video was not available yesterday,
but it appeared after I inquired.

They appointed Continue reading →

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.
See also 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.

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 →

On the LAKE front

Citizen dialog for transparent process by the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange