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Motel, Agricultural, Commercial @ GLPC 2018-05-29

A

motel,
somebody wanting

to revert to agricultural,
and

a commercial rezoning halfway between exits 22 and 29.
Pretty standard fare at the Planning Commission this evening.


Parcel ID 0052 126, 6125 Union Road, Map

Lowndes County Tax Assessors:
Parcel ID 0052 126, 6125 Union Road.

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



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


Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue

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Videos: EMT, Cleaning, Bids, VLCIA bonds, Airport Authority, Opioids @ LCC 2018-05-22



By far the longest item was

a special proclamation for EMT Services,
at 4.5 minutes,
followed by

cleaning bids,
which took almost three minutes for the Lowndes County Commission to reject.

In Citizens Wishing to Be Heard,

Gretchen took 2 minutes to invite them
to WWALS’

Wild & Scenic Film Festival,
at Mathis Auditorium,
Thursday, May 31, 2018.


WSFF WWALS Logo, Graphics

Almost everything else was read out and unanimously approved,
except the one most contentious the previous morning,

7 b. Additional Deputy Coroner Request,
was tabled.

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Videos: New County Agents, VLCIA bonds, Airport Authority, Opioids @ LCC 2018-05-21



Not on the agenda,

County Agent Jake Price introduced two new people in his office.
The Industrial Authority Executive Director

explained the bonds are not new, she just wants to refinance them to reduce
payments.

Among items they will vote on tonight at 5:30 PM,
the longest item at almost four minutes was the

request for an additional Deputy Coroner.
Looks like they’re finally going to sign up an attorney for the

opoioid litigation.
They spent more time on the

cleaning bids.

The whole Work Session Monday morning took 13 minutes, including the presentaitons.
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Videos: Opioid Attorney, Soccer, Airport Authority, Probation, Ankle Monitoring, Wetlands, Hay, GEFA, Pump @ LCC 2018-05-08



Two weeks ago, they spent the most time (5.5 minutes) on the
two
sections of

5. Proclamation Presentations for National Drug Court Month.

They spent 2.5 minutes on

bids
and almost 2 minutes (almost 5.5 total) on the

wetland credits
for the
North Lowndes Park Soccer Complex.

Third most time was 4.5 minutes on

recognizing retiring volunteer firefighter
Scott Caldwell(?).
The speaker was Chief Ashley Tye, so I guess he’s now the regular county Fire Chief.

They tabled the

Airport Authority appointment
waiting for more information.
Maybe they noticed George Page had also asked the City of Valdosta
to appoint him.

The alleged County Attorney, with his microphone three feet from his face
and pointing 90 degrees away, muttered something about the

mysterious Wisconsin bond issue.

The

Probation agreement
and

Electronic Monitoring Contract
got more than three minutes total.
They spent a bit more than a minute voting on

a law form for the opioid litigation.

The

Hay Lease Agreement Amendment
is a water item, because it’s about the county’s
spray field, also known as its Land Application Site (LAS).
And the

Bevel Creek Lift Station Pump that feeds it.
Final water item:
dates of completion for the

GEFA Loan Agreement; they did provide a clue what that loan was for.

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VLCIA bonds for what? Airport Authority, Opioids @ LCC 2018-05-21

What are the Industrial Authority (excuse me, Development Authority)

bonds for?
Maybe they’re finally going to finance solar power for people here,
since VLCIA has a budget surplus?


Steve Everett at LCC 2018-07-14

VLCAA Chairman Steve Everett and Executive Director Jim Galloway asking for the county to fix its shortfall in funding the Airport Authority, July 14, 2015.

Since George Page got appointed to the Airport Authority by the City of Valdosta,
I suppose they’re going to

reappoint Steve Everett.
They last reappointed him

May 13, 2014.
By the way, he’s the

Chair of VLCAA.

Apparently they’ve

picked an attorney for the
Opioid Litigation
in their

previous meetings two weeks ago,
and now they’re down to signing the agreement.

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Videos: Opioids, Soccer, Airport Authority, Probation, Ankle Monitoring, Wetlands, Hay, GEFA, Pump @ LCC 2018-05-07



Opioid litigation will be added to the agenda
for this evening, although not for voting, as
8.i, Selection of Legal Firm for Opioid Litigation:

Select legal firm,

The Studstill Law Firm and the Blasingame, Burch, Garrard &
Ashley Law Firm have both submitted proposals to represent Lowndes County
in the opioid litigation.

That was the longest agenda item at the Monday morning Work Session.
The

Probation Resolution and Services Agreement,
which

had been tabled two weeks before,
got almost two minutes,
including questions about cost.
Add the minute and a half for the

Electronic Monitoring Contract
and those two items with the same presenter got the longest total.

The two North Lowndes Park Soccer Complex items,

Wetland Credits
and
Bids,
that will massively change Hahira, did not get a total of two minutes.
The

Hay Lease Agreement Amendment
is another water item, because it’s about the county’s
spray field, also known as its Land Application Site (LAS).
And the

Bevel Creek Lift Station Pump that feeds it.
Final water item:
dates of completion for the

GEFA Loan Agreement, whatever it’s for.

The mysterious

Wisconsin Public Finance Authority Bond Issue
is to finance a project on Old Statenville Road in the Valdosta City Limits.

They’re going to reappoint Steve Everett to the

Valdosta-Lowndes County Airport Authority; he did not speak.
And George Page would also like to be considered.

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Soccer, Airport Authority, Probation, Ankle Monitoring, Wetlands, Hay, GEFA, Pump @ LCC 2018-05-07

What was on

the agenda
for yesterday morning at 8:30 AM
and for voting this evening at 5:30 PM.


Parcel 0024-003, Tax Assessors Map
They’re going to reappoint Steve Everett to the
Valdosta-Lowndes County Airport Authority.
At the end, the thing that will massively change Hahira:
4.c. North Lowndes Park Soccer Complex – Bids: five of them, ranging from $6.5 to $8.3 million dollars.
From the Invitation to Bid:

The bid package is for

construction of North Lowndes Park Soccer
Complex including all work shown on the Bid Set of Plans, issue date
February 1, 2018, and Specifications, issue date February 1, 2018,
to include but not be limited to the following items: Site clearing
and other items as noted on the plans in order to construct and
install a new 8 soccer field complex with concession and restroom
pavilion, and maintenance building. Additional items to be
constructed include, entrance road extension from the existing park,
parking lot, signage, concrete pavement, fencing, site and field
lighting, utilities, storm drainage structures and basins,
irrigation, landscaping, and furnishings.


Detail Map, Tax Assessors Map

Map: Lowndes County Tax Assessors, of

Parcel 0024-003, Lowndes County Parks & Recreation Authority.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MAY 7, 2018, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2018, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Videos: Senior living, pool, Hahira food trucks @ GLPC 2018-04-30

Yes, it was food trucks Hahira wants

to change in its Zoning Ordinance,
and that was the long item, at 42 minutes in Monday’s Planning Commission
meeting.
Neighbors Barry Robinson and Gretchen Quarterman spoke about it at the
Planning Commission,
as did the food truck owner,
and I bet on all of them being at the
Hahira City Council tonight, especially given that the Planning Commission recommendation was not favorable.


The Planning Commission spent less than 18 minutes on the

two rezonings
for

a senior living residential housing complex in Valdosta.
The request for

a Planned Development on Gornto Road took about as long.

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Senior living, pool, food trucks @ GLPC 2018-04-30

Could it be food trucks Hahira wants

to change in its Zoning Ordinance?
In Valdosta,
a request for

a Planned Development on Gornto Road,
and

two rezonings
for

a senior living residential housing complex which would
have access on Ashley Street, Emory Street, and University Drive,
based around the site of China Garden.


China Garden, Ashley, Emory, and University

Map:
Lowndes County Tax Assessors.

Red outline of affected parcels: drawn by John S. Quarterman for LAKE.

All on

the agenda
for 5:30 PM tonight 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, April 30, 2018 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing
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Videos: No Opioid No Probation Military Utility @ LCC 2018-04-24

They would have managed less than four minutes,
even with

chatting with Leadership Lowndes in the audience,
including 45 seconds on the only substantial
agenda item,

6 a. Grant Of Easement for Utility Right of Way Moody-Azalea Commons
(aka Moody Family Housing).


2013-07-29 GLPC Packet-007 REZ-2013-09 Moody Family Housing


2013-07-29 GLPC Packet-007 REZ-2013-09 Moody Family Housing

Note the big sinkhole in Phase 2.

But

citizen Jacinta Howell talked about traffic safety.
Let’s remember the immortal words of

former Chairman Ashley Paulk
during a rezoning near Bemiss Road:

I’m not going to argue Bemiss Highway, it’s not a pertinent fact.

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