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Updated Packet: Lowndes County Commission @ LCC 2019-05-14

Lowndes County did supply the items missing from the
May 14 and 15, 2019 board packet, on 11 June 2019,
and those items are now

on the LAKE website
.

[Letter]

Letter

LAKE looks forward to the county putting all these packet documents
on the county’s own website, along with the
agenda and agenda sheets.

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Videos: 2 appointments, Tower, GDOT Utilities, various agreements @ LCC Regular 2019-05-28

Animal welfare was the topic of the one
Citizen wished to be Heard: Ed Barr, a former VSU faculty member,
who said he spoke for a group of people
who want a better-designed animal shelter,
with better accessibility, as in closer to a residential area,
or maybe redesigned like

Miss Kitty Feline Sanctuary in Thomasville
;
he never said quite what features that meant.


The Regular Session was double-booked at the same time as the
Planning Commission, so Gretchen went to the Planning Commission.
The county’s own video was not available yesterday,
but it appeared after I inquired.

They appointed Continue reading

Videos: Tower, GDOT Utilities, 2 appointments, various agreements @ LCC Work 2019-05-28

The Work Session was at 4PM on Tuesday.
The longest item was

7d. Corrections Software Solutions Probation Tracking System
.


On the

6 a. TWR-2019-01 US Hwy 84 E. E-A, New 300′ Telecommunications Tower
,
tabled last time,
staff did hear from Moody AFB that the tower was no problem for helicopter
pilots, and the FAA has said no hazard.
But they didn’t say whether Moody had issued its TERPS report.

Berinda Nwakamma did introduce herself very briefly as an applicant for the

5a. Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD)
.
County Manager Joe Pritchard said
“her information is in your agenda,”
but it was not among the
board packet documents the county sent LAKE in response
to an open records request.
What we dug up about her is below.

The Chairman had to speak for the one applicant for the

5b. Appointment – Southern Georgia Area Agency on Aging
,
since Commissioner Joyce Evans declined to say anything.

They had an

Executive Session to discuss pending litigation
.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also Continue reading

Packet: Lowndes County Commission @ LCC 2019-05-28

Received in response to an open records request by LAKE.
The county supplied it onto the same USB drive with the

documents from the previous County Commission packet
.
The county charged LAKE $6.65 for that USB stick.

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GDOT to Lowndes County, Actual Cost Preliminary Engineering Agreement, Cover Letter

These documents are

on the LAKE website
.

LAKE looks forward to the county putting all these packet documents
on the county’s own website, along with the
agenda and agenda sheets.

Missing from what the county sent: Continue reading

Packet: Lowndes County Commission @ LCC 2019-05-14

Update 2019-07-09: Missing items supplied by the county.

Here’s the mysterious Moody AFB “Helicopter Corridor and Class D Airspace” map
from item 6.c. TWR-2019-01 Value Concepts, Inc., US Hwy 84 E. E-A, New 300′ Telecommunications Tower
on the
May 13 and 14, 2019, Lowndes County Commission agenda.

[Page 24]

Page 24

This in the agenda packet,

now on the LAKE website
,
including files returned by the county in response to a LAKE open records request.
The county supplied those files on a USB drive, for which it charged LAKE $6.65.

Missing from what the county sent: Continue reading

Videos: Outdoor sports more contentious than Tower @ GLPC 2019-05-28

More than 3/4 of an hour on

Knudson & Son Outdoor Activities
,
28 minutes on

one of the Hahira GA overlay variance requests
,
and
22 minutes on the

Valdosta personal care home request
(before the Valdosta City Council tonight),
plus a bunch of shorter items, added up to a two-hour
Planning Commission meeting.


Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also Continue reading

Tower, Water, Sewer, Personal Care Home, Hahira Gateway Corridor Overlay District @ GLPC 2019-05-28

The

tabled tower on US 84E
is back.
The

Lowndes County Commission meets at the same time
.
Since the Planning Commission usually spends more than five minutes
on

Call to Order, Pledge, and reading the boilerplate about
what GLPC does
,
and the County Commission brags about having 5 minute meetings,
the County Commission could make a decision before the Planning Commission
even gets that far in its agenda.

There’s also a
Lowndes County
request for water and sewer on
Bemiss Knights Academy Road.

Valdosta has a
request for conditional use for a
Personal Care Home
.

And two requests for Variances from the
Hahira Gateway Corridor Overlay District, which is presumably the coral-colored area around W. Main St. on both sides of I-75.


Hahira overlay map, VALORGIS


VALORGIS.

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



Monday, May 28, 2019 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing


Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue

Continue reading

Tower, GDOT Utilities, 2 appointments, various agreements @ LCC 2019-05-28

Both the Work Session and the Regular Session are Tuesday,
due to Monday being a holiday.
That puts the Regular Session at the same time as the
Planning Commission.

The

proposed 300′ tower
is back on
the agenda.
Its agenda sheet says they’re still waiting for Moody AFB to do a

Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPS)
analysis,
and for a response from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
So the County Commission could make a decision and adjourn
before the
Planning Commission
even gets that far on its agenda.

Utilities has a
Standard Utility Agreement/Preliminary Engineering Agreement with GDOT that
“that covers the engineering cost of Water and Sewer Distribution
facilities relocations incurred by Lowndes County for improvements of the
interchange on CR 274/Lake Park-Bellville Road. The amount of the contract
is $49,270.00, of which the DOT will bear 100 percent of the cost.”

Two appointments:
somebody unnamed resigned from the
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) and

Berinda Nwakamma wants to be appointed
.
Naturally, the agenda says nothing about who she is,
but
linkedin
says “Program Director at Georgia Home Visiting Program”,
ResearchGate
says “Valdosta State University | VSU ยท department of social work”,
and
Great Start thanks providers,
by Daniel DeMersseman, VDT, 10 June 2017,
says “GSGL [Great Start Georgia Lowndes] supervisor.”
I’m guessing she’s the one in the front left of the picture, not holding a certificate, because she’s the one organized giving them out.





Daniel DeMersseman | The Valdosta Daily Times

Great Start Georgia Lowndes thanks social services providers at its Thank-a-Provider event.

Commissioner Joyce Evans’ term Continue reading

Videos: Tower, appointments, sewer main, boat ramp, water trails, Paddle Georgia @ LCC 2019-05-14

All three rezonings breezed through, except slightly the longest was the

tabling of the proposed 300′ communications tower off of US 84 East
.
The tower had the most people: those sitting in the back.

Surprisingly,

one

of the

two

Authority appointments was not the incumbent.
None of the candidates were introduced, and none spoke.

One Citizen spoke, me, on behalf of WWALS,

thanking them and inviting them
.


Commissioner Clay Griner was not present.
The other four voting Commissioners unanimously approved everything,
including the one tabling.
At least two staff speakers were not introduced, one not named except by last name,
and one never named at all.

Below are Continue reading

Videos: Tower and online packets @ LCC 2019-05-13

As expected, the longest item was about the

300′ communications tower proposed south of US 84 E
.
Second was

bids for rotary mowers (really)
.
And

a Commissioner wanted to know what’s a blade
.


Afterwards, at 9AM, was a special appearance by

Tax Commissioner Rodney Cain and his staff
, which at 16 3/4 minutes, took almost as long as the entire Work Session.

In between, Commissioners answered my question: Continue reading