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Public Facilities Authority, Water tank, dump trucks, VOCA, VAWA, road abandonment @ LCC 2020-10-26

This morning the Lowndes County Commission will discuss
abandoning a driveway, er road, a couple of grants for legal purposes,
relining a drinking water tank for a fancy subdivision, dump trucks for Public Works,
and
reappointing Michael Walker, Crawford Powell, and Scott Purvis to the
Public Facilities Authority,
plus a vacant seat.
They will vote Tuesday evening at 5:30 PM.

What does PFA do?

Created via Resolution 05-1130, the general purpose of the authority
is declared to be that of providing through the acquisition,
construction, installation, renovation, expansion, modification or
rehabilitation, any buildings, structure, facilities, improvements,
furnishings, fixtures, machinery, equipment and services for the
citizens in the county. Members are appointed to three year terms
and meet as needed. For more information, contact the Office of the
County Clerk, 229-671-2400, or email the County Clerk.

[Map: Road to be Abandoned]

Map: Road to be Abandoned

Cost What
$464,196.00 Bid for Four 10-Wheel Dump Trucks for the Public Works Department
$148,000.00 Stone Creek Elevated Tank Coating
$17,326.00
Solicitor-General’s Office 2021 VAWA Competitive Application
$6,000.00
Solicitor-General’s VOCA Continuation Grant
$635,522.00 Total

How the
Abandonment of Artherman Lane
can be considered not to affect the budget is mysterious,
since Public Works will no longer need to spend to maintain that driveway.

On the
Solicitor-General's VOCA Continuation Grant,
VOCA is the
Victims of Crime Act.
The $6,000 cost is health insurance premiums for the two Victim Advocates ($3,000 each).

On the
Solicitor-General's Office 2021 VAWA Competitive Application,
VAWA is the

Violence Against Women Act
.
The $17,326 is for Cash Match, about $2,000 lower than last time.
Lowndes County funnels grant money for five counties,
by delegating the District Attorney (DA) to receive and distribute the funds.

Here is
the agenda.
The board packet is

on the LAKE website

due to a LAKE open records request. Continue reading

Reappointment to GLPC, three rezonings w. Tiger Creek, whose communications tower? @ LCC 2020-09-07

Update 2020-09-09:
Update: rezonings w. Tiger Creek, whose communications tower? @ LCC 2020-09-08

Why is the owner of the planned 300-foot communications tower off US 84 a secret?
The Lowndes County Commission will deliberate on that rezoning and three more
Monday morning at 8:30 AM and vote on it Tuesday at 5:30 PM,
after these rezonings were heard Monday at the Planning Commission.

Why does the agenda sheet for
REZ-2020-11 Bella Mill Plantation, 8450 Ousley Rd.,
next to Tiger Creek and a short distance upstream from the Withlacoochee River,
make no mention of sewage or the size of the septic system relative to the
number of expected attendees at the planned event facility?
Why is there no mention of any speakers against this rezoning, even though
there was at least one at the Planning Commission?

[Conceptual Plan]

Conceptual Plan

PDF

In addition to two other rezonings, the County Commission will most likely

reappoint Tommy Willis to the Planning Commission
.

Here is the
agenda.
The entire board packet for Monday and Tuesday
is
on the LAKE website,
along with the minutes for the previous meetings two weeks ago,
in response to a LAKE open records request.
Thanks to new County Clerk Belinda Lovern and Sabrina Denson for speedy responses to such requests.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2020, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2020, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

  1. Call to Order Continue reading

Event facility on Tiger Creek, mystery communications tower @ GLPC 2020-08-31

Update 2020-09-05:
Added to the LAKE website the files on late arrival Southern Tractor.

Lowndes County and Valdosta will hear several rezoning cases this week
that were before the Planning Commission Monday.
The County has
a

a family children partition case
,
an

event center for weddings and such next to Tiger Creek
,
for which staff recommends four conditions,
a

43.8 acre rezoning for Southern Tractor & Outdoors Valdosta Facility
,
and a

300′ communications tower for an unnamed company
.

[Tiger Creek and Parcel 0017 096, Tax Assessors Map]

Tiger Creek and Parcel 0017 096, Tax Assessors Map

The GLPC board packet materials for the Lowndes County cases are
on the LAKE website,
thanks to new Lowndes County Clerk Belinda Lovern,
in response to an open records request from LAKE.

The Lake Park and Hahira cases were already heard this week by their Councils and Mayors.

Here is the

agenda
.
I’ve interpolated the WRPDO Site Map where I’ve got it
(the county didn’t send anything for REZ-2020-12),
and a Tax Assessors’ map otherwise. Continue reading