The board packet for tonight’s Valdosta City Council meeting, full of wastewater, stormwater, and trash items, is
on the LAKE website, all 137 pages of it.
The packet includes some details about the proposed Lakeland Avenue Regional Stormwater Facility,
which is item 5.c)
on the
agenda.
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Flags are to fly half-mast Sunday across the entire state of Georgia at the state Capitol and in Lowndes County for the late Sonny Vickers, whose absence loomed large over the
Valdosta City Council meeting.
The funeral will be
3 PM Sunday.
There will be a
special election for his Council seat,
as required by the city charter.
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.
The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request,
is
on the LAKE website.
Some of the materials are out of order (I don’t know why), so if you don’t find something at first, keep looking.
Cave in at manhole on Sustella Ave. along One Mile Branch.
Inspection discovered 525 feet also in danger of collapse.
Due to emergency, Utilities selected a contractor without bids.
Main input line to the plant, so “pretty critical.”
Replaced 5500 feet of cement line with epoxy line.
Emergency contractor selection with no bids.
Work already completed April 6th.
$259,430.86.
Council Tim Carroll pointed out that this is David Frost’s last Council meeting,
and tomorrow is his last day. Applause, and mutual thanks from Frost.
Gregory Williams, 806 West Gordon Street, said he was a son of Sonny Vickers’ work.
He proposed renaming Cherry Street to Sonny Vickers Lane.
Vickers always lived on Cherry Street.
Gracie Bacon, 708 Holly Drive, said three houses had junk cars and trash that made it difficult to breathe.
She invited Council to come see for themselves, then do something about it.
John S. Quarterman, Suwannee Riverkeeper, thanked the city for fixing two sewer lines and installing a trash boom at Sugar Creek.
He reminded them that there was more to do.
For example, that trash on Holly Drive probably washes into waterways.
More than that, fast food parking lots need trash cans and to keep trash from escaping.
The city has ordinances, so if they don’t do it, the city can fine them.
And the city should put trash cans on its own parking lots to set an example.
He invited Mayor and Council to a chainsaw cleanup on the Withlacoochee River.
Council Vivian Miller-Cody said
the funeral for Sonny Vickers will be 3:00 PM this Sunday at
Woodlawn Forrest Church of Christ, 1515 Barack Obama Blvd.
If there’s no room, people can go to
Harrington Funeral Home, 713 Lake Park Road, 229-242-2828.
She said the family requests no flowers, rather donations to a cancer foundation
which they are starting in honor of Council Sonny Vickers.
Mayor Scott James said the state proclamation from the governor
is to fly flags throughout the state at half mast this Sunday.
Standing ovation.
RIP Sonny Vickers + two sewer lines fixed @ VCC 2022-06-23
Valdosta City Council Regular Session, June 23, 2022, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
Videos by John S. Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE).
-jsq
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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
Monday, April 27, 2015 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing
FINAL ACTION by the City of Valdosta Mayor-Council
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Valdosta City Hall, 216 E. Central Street, Valdosta, Georgia
Council Chambers, 2nd Floor
5:30 p.m.
TALLAHASSEE- The Florida Department of Health today issued an
advisory to residents in counties surrounding the Withlacoochee and
the downstream Suwannee River. The City of Valdosta has reported a
spill, made up of a combination of storm water and untreated sewage,
that has overflowed into the One-Mile Branch, Two-Mile Branch, Sugar
Creek and Cherry Creek which flow into the Withlacoochee River. Lab
test results received April 18, 2014, indicate higher than normal
levels of fecal coliform bacteria in the river waters.
Oddly, there doesn’t seem to be anything about this on
the city of Valdosta’s own website yet,
but no doubt there will be.
More in later posts about what that.
Flood control to keep water out of houses seems like a good idea,
but it turns out that it causes the flood control measures to keep
needing to be raised higher, and it encourages people to build
too close to flooding areas, plus
“rare and catastrophic events take place”.
Like the 2009 “700 year flood” and the
four or more floods this year
that have overflowed the Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant.
In our case, there are also the issues of widespread clearcutting
and buildings and streets with impervious cover.
The local runoff containment requirements in the various local government zoning codes may be
like levees: “flood control
structures might even increase flood risk as protection from
frequent flooding reduces perceptions of risk”.
This encourages human settlements in floodplain areas, which are then
vulnerable to high-consequence and low-probability events.
The medical development to span One Mile Branch
recommended by the Planning Commission
is up for a vote tonight, along with sidewalk bids elsewhere,
by the Valdosta City Council.
Plus September, 2013 Employee of the Month is Margaret Ellen Hill, Main Street Department.
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE VALDOSTA CITY COUNCIL
5:30 PM Thursday, September 5, 2013
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL
Opening Ceremonies
Call to Order
Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag
Awards and Presentations
Consideration of the September, 2013 Employee of the Month Award (Margaret Ellen Hill, Main Street Department).
Minutes Approval
Valdosta City Council – Regular Meeting – Aug 22, 2013 5:30 PM
Public Hearings
Consideration of an Ordinance to rezone 4.96 acres from Single-Family Residential (R-
6) and (R-10) to Office-Professional (O-P) as requested by UHS Pruitt Corporation
(File No. VA-2013-12). The property is located at 1501 North Lee Street. The Greater
Lowndes Planning Commission reviewed this request at their August Regular Meeting
and recommended approval (7-0 vote).
Consideration of an Ordinance for a Conditional Use Permit to allow a Residential Care
Facility in Office-Professional (O-P) zoning as requested by UHS-Pruitt Corporation
(File No. CU-2013-02). The property is located at 1501 North Lee Street. The Greater
Lowndes Planning Commission reviewed this request at their August Regular Meeting
and recommended approval with five conditions (7-0 vote).
Bids, Contracts, Agreements and Expenditures
Consideration of bids for the Sidewalk Installation Project on Lamar Street and North
Oak Street.
That looks like a creek running through 1501 North Lee Street,
as Valdosta City Council Sonny Vickers asked Tuesday and
is on the Valdosta City Council agenda for a vote tonight,
after being considered for a recommendation
at the
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission Regular Session 26 August 2013.
Councilman Sonny Vickers expressed concern about the facility being
too close to the stream. He asked if the City approved this and
there was a flood, would the City be liable. He asked if any of the
surrounding areas have been flooded in the past, and Martin said
that in the past 43 years, there has never been an issue.
And what about waste flowing downstream or into the aquifer?
FINAL ACTION by the City of Valdosta Mayor-Council
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Valdosta City Hall, 216 E. Central Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia
Council Chambers, 2nd Floor
5:30 p.m.
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