County Manager Joe Pritchard told everyone about the FERC Notice of Intent
and Scoping Meetings
starting next week
(Albany Monday 3 March, Valdosta Holiday Inn on West Hill Ave.
Tuesday 4 March, Moultrie 5 March, all at 6PM).
at the
25 February 2014 Lowndes County Commission Regular Session.
7. Reports-County Manager
He said materials were on the county’s website, and they are:
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We maybe learned which road was abandoned
in the
25 February 2014 Lowndes County Commission Regular Session.
5.a. Abandonment of Unopened Right of Way off of US 41 South
Video. This time County Engineer Mike Fletcher said when the county previously decided to abandon, April 24, 2012, and he said where, sort of, “known as Walker Avenue”. The county’s online tax assessor map has no such road, but it does have a Walker Road between Valencia Street and Tillman Road Continue reading
Retreating again this week, but not very far this time:
next door to the Commission chamber, tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday.
In addition to SPLOST (now that they’ve got it, they
have to determine how to spend it),
what’s this about website on
the agenda?
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2014 Commission Retreat Agenda
Lowndes County Judicial Complex, Administrative Wing
2nd Floor, Overflow Room next to the Commission Chambers
327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, GA 31601
Here’s
a video playlist of the
real questions asked at the Gilchrist County Commission
where everybody could see Sabal Trail and Spectra Energy answering
about their proposed 36-inch fracked methane pipeline in a 100-foot right of way:
or not answering.
This is 1 hour and 27 minutes worth of video.
I didn’t get all of it because both camera batteries ran down
and it took a bit to find a plug.
This interrogation went on for more than two hours total.
Well done, Gilchrist County, staff, citizens, and everybody who asked questions.
Update 28 Sep 2014: A couple of notable questions:
Adapt natural gas pipeline to renewable resources? –Laura Dailey @ GCC 2014-02-20
As mentioned in this PR, Gilchrist County put this in the “Time Certain” part of their agenda:
5:00 p.m. Sabal Trail Workshop
As mentioned in
local government pipeline responsibilities,
other local governments could do this, and more.
For example,
Lowndes County, Georgia
with 114,552 population compared to 16,815 for Gilchrist County (2012 est.)
could do more.
Here’s the video playlist:
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It’s unlikely a U.S. town has any direct power over a siting decision in Canada, but a small Michigan town made its views known anyway, because it would be affected. Local governments affected by the Sabal Trail methane pipeline could do the same.
Lori Maranville wrote for the Milan News-Leader 22 February 2014, MILAN: Council approves resolution opposing nuclear waste site in Canada,
In October, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry showing their concern for the proposed nuclear waste site.
“The placement of this nuclear waste storage facility is of great concern given its location near Lake Huron and the importance of the Great Lakes to tens of millions of U.S. and Canadian citizens for drinking water, fisheries, tourism, recreation, and other industrial and economic uses,” they wrote in the letter.
In passing a resolution opposing the site, Milan elected officials brought the issue to light for the city’s residents.
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A
special called voting meeting
about Industrial Authority bonds.
followed the Work Session.
In the Work Session,
the last item was
the presentation
by Industrial Authority Executive Director Andrea Schruijer,
preceded by a
severe weather report
For Nine minutes they discussed a deficit for
special tax lighting districts throughout the county:
apparently they didn’t take into account that power rates or
lighting times might vary.
Lowndes County’s sewer lift station at a subdivision with a private golf club
apparently needs replacement.
This is the subdivision for which the
Nelson Hill Wells were drilled as possible replacements.
The abandonment
of some unspecified unopened right of way off of US 41 South
is apparently resolved now after two years.
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
Mostly single-family rezonings this time, plus one 15 acre
planned development request.
Here’s the agenda, supplied by an informant. This one came as a real PDF, permitted extracting the text, so that’s an improvement over last month. Too bad about that “the expense” for the county to put it on the web in the first place.
Greater Lowndes Planning CommissionContinue readingLowndes 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 AvenueMonday, February 24, 2014* 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing
Lowndes County’s sewer lift station at a subdivision with a private golf club
apparently needs replacement.
This is the subdivision for which the
Nelson Hill Wells were drilled as possible replacements.
And an abandonment
of some unspecified unopened right of way off of US 41 South.
Plus a presentation
by Industrial Authority Executive Director Andrea Schruijer.
Here’s the agenda:
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
Apparently it doesn’t take size
for elected commissioners to represent the people, or
to choose not to.
There’s still time for local governments
to choose to do at least those things FERC and NTSB say they should do about pipelines, especially the proposed Sabal Trail Transmission methane pipeline.
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Make pipeline companies answer questions, motivate implementation of safety standards, announce FERC Scoping meetings, and enforce reasonable local zoning restrictions: these are things local governments can do, and NTSB and FERC say they should do most of them. Gilchrist County Commission in Trenton, Florida has done most of them, and plans to continue doing more. The Lowndes County Commission and the Valdosta City Council still can, too, plus all the other county and city governments along the proposed pipeline path, and their statewide county and city government associations. Will our local elected officials represent we the people?
There were
Real questions at the Gilchrist County Commission meeting in Trenton, Florida Monday.
Two hours of first questions from a citizens committee with
Spectra’s reps expected to answer right there in front of everybody,
then questions from locals and people from many counties around,
including attorneys representing landowners and other county
commissions cross-examining Spectra on the spot. The Chairman of the
Gilchrist County Commission said there was a general opinion among
the populace that they were asking specific questions and getting
only general answers. Congratulations, Chairman, Commission, staff,
Committee, and everyone who asked questions for showing the world
how it’s done, and for exposing Spectra’s evasions to public
scrutiny.
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