Tag Archives: USGS

3 appointments, 1 well public hearing, Withlacoochee River Flood Map @ LCC 2016-07-11

Monday morning,
will Lowndes County match Valdosta with
$40,000 for LiDAR for the
Withlacoochee River Flood Inundation Map Project?
They vote Tuesday 5:30 PM.



A bit more information about the
REZ-2016-12 Salami, 3320 Bemiss Rd community well for a home school science facility;
see also

the LAKE video of the June 27th 2016 Planning Commission review
of this rezoning request.

No explanation of why there’s a vacancy on the
South Georgia Community Service Board
nor why Chairman Bill Slaughter is who they’re going to appoint.
Reappointing Randall Crews to the
Valdosta- Lowndes County Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals
and
Paul Alvarado
to the
Valdosta/Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA). Continue reading →

Videos: Forestry, river gage, abandon two roads, dedicate another @ LCC 2015-09-21



They vote this evening, about right now.
Here are videos of yesterday morning’s Work Session.
The
Forestry report referred to a report that the public can’t see.
What the forestry rep reported was mostly numbers of burn permits.

County Manager Joe Pritchard had to

stop Chairman Bill Slaughter from
adjourning so he could say:
“Friday afternoon we received a request for electronic signalling at highway 41.”
County Engineer Mike Fletcher elaborated that it was a
railroad pre-empt that would not allow for left turns onto Tillman Crossing
when there’s a train.
Request came from Norfolk Southern.
Chairman agreed to add it to the agenda, then they adjourned.


The annual continued funding for the Little River USGS stream gage at GA 122
costs $400 more this year.
Commissioner Marshall wanted to know what happened with the automated gage reporting system he thought they voted for previously, that would send reports
when the gage was high.
County Manager Joe Pritchard said that was actually the SCADA system for the county’s wells and sewage lift stations.
Commissioner Mark Wisenbaker wanted to know how this gage operates.
Box on bridge, tube down into river, monitors height and flow,
reported through a cell phone,

real time data on the web.
It’s been there long enough to establish flood stages and advanced warning levels
so people can protect their property.

The
Abandonment of a portion of Spain Ferry Road and Kinderlou Clyattville Road turns out to be from Continue reading →

River gage, abandon two roads, dedicate another @ LCC 2015-09-21

This morning at 8:30 AM,
USGS Funding Agreement for HWY 122 Stream Gauge
continue funding for Little River USGS stream gage at GA 122,


Abandonment of a portion of Spain Ferry Road and Kinderlou Clyattville Road because “the county has received a request” from whom wasn’t said,
Dedicate a portion of Shiloh Road to whom or what wasn’t said.
Plus
GEMA Sheltering Memorandum of Agreement
“for the sheltering of evacuees from Coastal Georgia and/or Florida in the event those areas are threatened by a hurricane”.
Plus
Declaration of Surplus Items and Authorization to Sell on GovDeals.com.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2015, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2015,  5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

Continue reading →

Don’t Frack Georgia –sing along



Alton Paul Burns
commented yesterday on

Fracking south Georgia and north Florida?

Mr Emmet Carlisle wrote a song about fracking Florida

“Don’t Frack Florida”.
So in support of that movement I wrote another verse:

The battle is on in Bama & Georgia too

Spectra wants to run a pipeline through,

They could care less ’bout me or you,

And they lie to FERC more than they have too,

More Solar energy, Yeah that’s the thing

To everyone this message we bring,

We don’t need Spectra’s pipeline, That’s a fact!

And we don’t have to Frack!

-apb

So this would be the chorus for that verse: Continue reading →

Fracking south Georgia and north Florida?

Potential fracking in north Georgia was too close,
but what about right here in south Georgia?
Florida has a snowballing anti-fracking movement.
Looks like Georgia needs one, too.


300x149 South Georgia and North Florida Basins Map, in Shale gas basins in South Georgia and north Florida, by USGS, 4 June 2012
Dan Chapman, AJC Online Athens, 10 March 2013,

Gas drillers turn to Georgia,

Jim Kennedy, the state’s geologist, says another company is
considering the shale gas fields of the Mesozoic Basin that covers
60 percent of the Coastal Plain in South Georgia.

Most of the story is about proposed fracking in north Georgia
that

we noted back in 2013,
plus fossil fuel industry propaganda about how great they say
that would be for the local economy, with very little
about the immense destruction, environmental hazards,
and invasions of private property that would ensue.
The AJC version of that Dan Chapman story didn’t seem to have Continue reading →

Valdosta sewage into Alapaha River watershed three times in February 2015

Valdosta didn’t mention it and the Florida Department of Health doesn’t seem to know it,

300x219 Knights Creek in Valdosta, in Knights Creek, Valdosta, Georgia, by USGS Streamer, for WWALS.net, 28 February 2015
but
Knights Creek is in the Alapaha River watershed.
Valdosta spilled sewage into it twice in February.
Plus that 16 February spill into Dukes Bay Canal
also ends up in the Alapaha River.
But never you mind,
Valdosta also spilled
into the Withlacoochee River through the usual Sugar Creek.
Somehow I don’t think all these spills are not Valdosta’s fault.
Seems like it’s time for Valdosta to finish fixing its wastewater problem.
And since the most recent spills were due to rainfall directly on
Valdosta,
the

levee proposed by the Army Corps of Engineers on Sugar Creek
at the Withlacoochee River wouldn’t help,
nor would it help at any time for spills directly into the Withlacoochee
River at GA 133, nor for Dukes Bay Canal nor Knights Creek,
which flow into the Alapaha River.

News Release, Florida Department of Health (FDH), 27 February 2015,

Florida Department of Health Advises of Possible Wastewater Contamination, Continue reading →

Videos: Transportation, Water, Safety, and Alcohol @ LCC 2014-09-23


300x255 2100 East Hill Avenue, in GDOT option at Clay, Hollywood, and US 84, by John S. Quarterman, 23 September 2014
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall recused himself
in the Regular Session of 23 September 2014,
for the

Public Safety Radio System System Upgrade,
in case anybody thought a Motorola VP with the same last name was related. (Update 11:10 AM: added transcription of the three-part motion.)
Rental leases for the

Leila Ellis Social Services Building
got more discussion.
They added

VOCA-funded VWMAP
and

GDOT at Clay and Hollywood (from the previous morning’s Executive Session), that the Tax Assessor’s database says is owned by the School Board,
to the

amended agenda.
Everything else,
including

the USGS water level gauge on the Little River,
was breezed through with no discussion,
so fast the Chairman almost forgot to ask for speakers
in

an alcohol license public hearing,
and he didn’t bother to mention
before they adjourned that

nobody had signed up for Citizens Wishing to Be Heard.

Here’s the

amended agenda
with links to the videos and a few notes,
followed by a playlist.
See also the
LAKE videos of the previous morning’s Work Session
and

Board Packet.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

Continue reading →

Board Packet @ LCC 2014-09-22



Here is the board packet for yesterday morning’s Work Session.
Notice it does not have anything about
reporting on services provided or number of citizens serviced

for the Leila Ellis leases,
and no contracts at all for

the Public Safety Radio System Upgrade.
And nothing at all about the non-even-on-the-agenda

Victim Witness Program renewal.
Maybe those items will be added to the board packet Commissioners get
before they vote tonight at 5:30 PM.
Here are
videos of their Work Session from yesterday morning, at which Commissioners Marshall and Powell made it clear they would like to see some additional items.

At least this packet cost a lot less ($7.80) than
the last one.

-jsq

Videos: Alcohol, Transportation, Water, and Safety @ LCC 2014-09-22

Update: Board packet.



They took a little longer than ten minutes,
because Commissioners had questions about

the right of way abandonment and
even more questions about rent, tenants, and services at the

Leila Ellis Social Services Building,
and about the

Public Safety Radio System System Upgrade:
Commissioners actually want to see what they’re voting in; fancy that!
Plus a substantial
presentation about the

USGS water level gauge on the Little River
and an unscheduled request for approval for

a continuation of a Victims Assistance grant.

Here’s the
agenda with links to the videos and a few notes,
followed by a playlist.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

Continue reading →

Alcohol, Transportation, Water, and Safety @ LCC 2014-09-22

Will they take ten minutes to consider all these agenda items?
They’re meeting right now.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor


  1. Call to Order


  2. Invocation

    Only in the Regular Session.


  3. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

    Only in the Regular Session.


  4. Minutes for Approval


    1. Work Session — September 8, 2014


    2. Regular Session — September 9, 2014

  5. Public Hearing


    1. Beer, Wine and Liquor License — Cowboys Fire Pit Grill, LLC — 1088 Lakes Blvd

  6. For Consideration


    1. Abandonment of Unopened Right of Way off Water Oak Drive


    2. Section 5311 Rural Transportation Program Operating Contracts


    3. Leila Ellis Social Services Building-Approval of Lease Agreements


    4. GEMA Performance Partnership Agreement (FY 2014)


    5. USGS Funding Agreement for Hwy 122 Stream Gauge


    6. Public Safety Radio System Upgrade

  7. Reports-County Manager


  8. Citizens Wishing to be Heard Please State Name And Address

    Only in the Regular Session.

-jsq