No agenda available to the public,
not on county’s website,
and not available at the door at Monday’s Planning Commission Work Session.
They didn’t even say the rezoning case numbers.
Apparently the Planning Commissioners had a board packet with some materials,
but the citizens and taxpayers did not get to see it,
and the City Planner said the electronic version would be much different.
They haven’t even put a sign up on
the Lowndes County property.
The
Valdosta rezoning
is a pretty big deal, with a grocery store and a gas station
for the unnamed applicant, who apparently is Continue reading
Tag Archives: Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
Lack of site plan disconcerting and unacceptable –Glenn Gregory about cemetery rezoning @ GLPC 2016-01-25
For an item
also on the Valdosta agenda tonight,
lack of transparency and concern for trees perplexed a prominent local citizen at the Planning Commission,
as you can see in
the LAKE video of the
25 January 2016 GLPC Regular Session.
Glenn Gregory said:
I think y’all might have a site plan, but the public does not have a site plan.
Commissioner Celine Godwin recommended Gregory take his transparency recommendation to the Valdosta City Council.
We shall see, at 5:30 PM tonight.
Gretchen will be there with the LAKE video camera.
Jason Stewart, VDT, 29 January 2016,
Gregory opposes cemetery proposal, Continue reading
Videos: Video: Comprehensive Plan @ GLPC 2016-01-19
Following
the email announcement about the Comprehensive Plan,
I showed up late, expecting no formal presentation and
a typical SGRC tables-and-easels mill-about meeting,
and found the Planning Commission and staff in their usual seats.
Turns out they were there for their
Work Session agenda;
see the
LAKE videos.
As you can see in this video of the first part of the meeting,
there were citizen questions from Valdosta City Council Sandra Tooley and from me. Continue reading
Videos: Chancy R6M, Stallings Road Cemetery, 4 County cases, one to E-A @ GLPC 2016-01-25
The Lowndes County cases
are the ones the County Commission is reviewing
this morning in their Work Session.
GLPC recommended approval for all of them, with conditions on one,
REZ-2016-03 Jacob Eckwahl on US 41 South.
See also the GLPC agenda
and the
LAKE videos of the 19 Jan 2016 GLPC Work Session.
Below are the LAKE videos of the 25 Jan 2016 GLPC Regular Session,
followed by a video playlist. Continue reading
Videos: Chancy R6M, Stallings Road Cemetery, 4 County cases, one to E-A @ GLPC 2016-01-19
Not on
the agenda,
they started with
a public hearing on the Comprehensive Plan.
Expecting from
the email announcement about the Comprehensive Plan
that this would be a typical SGRC tables-and-easels mill-about meeting,
I didn’t show up on the dot and was quite surprised to find
the Planning Commission and staff in their usual spots.
See separate post.
Here are the LAKE videos with some notes, followed by a video playlist. Continue reading
Chancy R6M, Stallings Road Cemetery, 4 County cases, one to E-A @ GLPC 2016-01-25
The owner of
a parcel on US 41 South wants to rezone
from R-10 back to Estate Agriculture.
That Lowndes County case is the opposite of the Hahira case that wants
rezoning
from single-family to multi-family,
and there are many other cases in between, plus
another cemetery case!
Here’s
the agenda for Monday’s Regular Session, and also for last Monday’s
Work Session, even though it doesn’t say that.
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
Lowndes County City of Valdosta City of Dasher City of Hahira City of Lake Park
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
AGENDA
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue
Tuesday, January 25, 2016 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing
Videos: Heavy Manufacturing politics @ GLPC Special 2016-01-05
Even the Planning Commissioners weren’t told what company “Project Max” is, because
the Development Authority is still bidding the location as one of two
being considered by the company.
See also the
agenda
the
previous update.
Planning Commissioners did have quite a few questions about expansion, appropriate zoning, any potential pollution or contamination, etc.
Naturally, the Planning Commission recommended approval,
so the actual decision will be before the County Commission
next Tuesday evening. Meanwhile, here are links to the LAKE videos of the Planning Commission, with a few notes, followed by a video playlist. Continue reading
Update: Heavy Manufacturing site provided by Langdale @ GLPC Special 2016-01-05
We still don’t know what company
might locate on Rocky Ford Road,
but we’re told it’s clean,
needs water to cool its boiler which will be fired by natural gas,
that it rejected Bassford Business Park because of air quality
(too near Sterling Chemical?), and we have the location of the new site,
which turns out to be on
land owned by Langdale Capital Assets, Inc.
Speaking for the rezoning from the Development Authority were Executive Director Andrea Schruijer, Industry Coordinator Stan Crance, and Chairman Tom Call.
Every Lowndes County Commissioner was present.
When asked how an agenda the same day was enough notice,
Lowndes County Planner Jason Davenport said the Special Called Meeting
was actually announced in the Valdosta Daily Times last week.
Also that the rezoning will only take effect if the Development Authority buys the land first.
Gretchen asked a few questions about parking: if the business is going to expand, will there be enough?
Someone told Gretchen that the company would have solar power.
We shall see.
And you will be able to see this meeting by tomorrow in the LAKE videos
Gretchen took. Continue reading
Heavy Manufacturing rezoning on special called Planning Commission agenda @ GLPC Special 2016-01-05
Update 7:30 PM 5 Jan 2016:
The land is owned by Langdale, and why not Bassford Business Park.
Henry Manufacturing (the one in Oregon? Decatur, GA?)
on the
agenda
for a Special Called Meeting
of the Planning Commission,
just announced today, for 5:30 PM today.
Apparently the Development Authority thinks it’s landed a big fish
and wants a rezoning for it.
Which 134 acres on Rocky Ford Road is not clear:
there’s no such size tract according to the Tax Assessors’ map.
All the large tracts are owned either by Langdale Company or a Langdale
investment corporation.
Or it could be out of the 219.99 acre tract owned by
the Paine Clarence M. Family Trust
or the 187.76 acre tract owned by Griffin LLC.
As usual, we the taxpayers are left guessing.
Tonight at 5:30 PM maybe we’ll find out.
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Withlacoochee River Wastewater Treatment Plant packet materials @ GLPC 2015-11-30
The mysterious missing materials from Monday’s Planning Commission meeting
are
on the LAKE website now,
thanks to Lowndes County Planner Jason Davenport, by electronic mail today, 3 December 2015.
He explained that this requested zoning, REZ-2015-20, was a followon to
rezoning
REZ-2010-15 from 2010 for the new Withlacoochee River Wastewater Treatment Plant, plus since then Valdosta had bought another adjoining parcel.
The materials explain the current concerns about buffers, setbacks, roads, other uses, noise, lights, etc.; see
the text pages.
The County Planner said the packet for next week’s County Commission meetings
will also include an agenda item cover sheet.
For all the other packet items from Monday’s GLPC meeting, see
the previous post.
See also
the related variance VAR-2015-16
that was before the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA) Tuesday.
Here’s the beginning of the overview from the GLPC materials:
The main reason for this request is the current conditional
requirement of a bermed buffer along the norther boundary of the
subject property. Right now if the previously approved conditions
(Attached toward the end of the packet), approved site plan
(Attached . . ,), and ULDC are combined it looks like what is
currently required to be constructed is Continue reading