Tag Archives: Moody AFB

Board packet item for MAZ ULDC Text Amendment TXT-2015-01 @ LCC 2015-06-08

It’s no wonder the Planning Commission wanted more time for these complicated
proposed county code changes to the Moody Activity Zoning Districts (MAZ).
The county could have just as easily put

the PDF of this item online with

the agenda.
They didn’t, so LAKE filed an open records request, which no only makes
these maps and text available to the public, it demonstrates
the county can supply electronic format via email.

Here’s plain text for the
Board packet agenda item sheet
and the
Planning Division Amendment Notes,
and images of all the other pages from the PDF.

Videos: Doublewide, Commercial, Professional, Residential, Landscape, Stormwater, Suburban, Agriculture, Schools, and Moody @ GLPC 2015-05-26

The Planning Commission said at its 26 May 2015 meeting
that it needed at least a month more to review
Lowndes County’s proposed changes to the Moody Activity Zoning (MAZ)
Districts, which is why

the County Commission is pushing back the schedule on that.

Another big item is

REZ-2015-11 The Orchard at Stone Creek,
yet another subdivision on Old US 41 N,
this one due west of Nelson Hill on Val Del.

Here’s

the agenda.
Below are links to each of the LAKE videos of the agenda items,
followed by a video playlist. Continue reading →

Doublewide, Commercial, Professional, Residential, Landscape, Stormwater, Suburban, Agriculture, Schools, and Moody @ GLPC 2015-05-26

The busiest Planning Commission agenda I can recall,
is scheduled at exactly the same time as the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session because of the Memorial Day holiday.
The biggest item is

REZ-2015-11 The Orchard at Stone Creek,
yet another subdivision on Old US 41 N,
this one due west of Nelson Hill on Val Del.

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, May 26, 2015 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing

Continue reading →

Sabal Trail contractor yard at end of Valdosta Airport runway

The same company that sued Lowndes County in 2007 to try to put a
tall building above the 30-foot height limit in Valdosta’s Runway Protection Zone
now appears to want to put a contractor yard for Sabal Trail’s fracked methane
pipeline in the same location.
Will this involve any tall cranes?
What about Moody’s flights off of that runway at Valdosta Airport?
And what about those aquifer recharge zones?

Among the contractor yard maps

Sabal Trail filed with FERC 20 February 2015,
there’s this one: Continue reading →

State of District 4 Address –Demarcus Marshall @ Town Hall Meeting 2014-12-15

Text published by Demarcus Marshall (PDF)
and LAKE video of his address at the
Town Hall Meeting 15 December 2014. -jsq

For those unaware, Super District 4 was a newly created district in
Lowndes County two years ago. I assumed this office without a
predecessor to this district seat. It was my understanding of this
district to compliment the other districts by adding more
responsiveness and accountability for the citizens of Lowndes
County.

Upon being elected and occupying the seat, I inherited a wonderful
staff; however, the county faced several challenges. The economy was Continue reading →

More military enlistments from Southwest Georgia

Yet another reason Atlanta doesn’t understand south Georgia:
military enlistment is 1 in 100 people in south Georgia from
Columbus to Valdosta, and less than a third of that in the Atlanta Metro area.
Enlistment is probably related to two other major features
of south Georgia that Atlanta doesn’t understand:
it’s agricultural (traditionally a bastion of military supporters),
and it’s poor (and enlisting is one way to a career).
A certain pipeline company may not have taken this factor
into account, either. Continue reading →

Lowndes County Sheriff Deputy enforces First Amendment

Lowndes County, an oasis of constitutional rights.
Yes, really.
Here’s video evidence.
This kind of good news could do more to attract businesses here
than many things the local powers that be are doing.

Carlos Miller wrote for Photography is Not a Crime 25 June 2014,

Georgia Deputy Surprises us all by Respecting Constitution,

It started off with a federal protective service officer pulling up
to Jeff Gray in a patrol car for taking pictures from a public
sidewalk outside the Moody Air Force Base in Georgia Monday.

Gray told the officer that he was photographing the railroad. But
the cop had his doubts and accused him of photographing the entrance
to the base — as if it would make any difference within the
scopes of the law — and decided to call the local sheriff for
backup.

When Gray tried to walk away, the cop informed he was being
detained.

When Gray asked for his name and badge number, the cop informed Gray Continue reading →

Videos: Water under Moody Family Housing and Sabal Trail @ LCC 2014-03-11

Two

speakers about

the Sabal Trail pipeline,
one about

water issues under Moody Family Housing,
One
request to do something about speeding
(good luck),
a

recognition (firefighters),
a

proclamation (purple hearts),
and
an

award (budget),
one rezoning

withdrawn,

three

others

approved,
two contracts (bus system renewal
and

software master contract),
some but not all

streets accepted in Nelson Hill,
and no mention of the

Lake Park annexation request that took up at least five minutes the
previous morning.

For why John Page is no longer on the Commission, see

the previous post with the agenda.
Here’s the agenda again with links to the videos and a few notes.
See also

videos from the previous morning’s Work Session.
And see also

Lowndes County becomes third purple heart county in the state,
by Matthew Woody, VDT, 12 March 2014.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

Continue reading →

Water issues under Moody Family Housing –Dr. Michael Noll @ LCC 2014-03-11

Water issues still need to be investigated and resolved under
the proposed Moody Family Housing,
said Dr. Michael Noll,
presenting a public comment by him and two other VSU professors about the recent

evironmental assessment
to the

11 March 2014 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.

Here’s

the video:

Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC)

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 March 2014.

Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE).

Appended is the text of the VSU professors’ letter,
and here it is in
PDF.