Got a TV camera in there this morning.
Here’s the agenda.
See also yesterday’s session.
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Videos, Retreat, first day @ LCC 2014-02-27
They talked in detail about the
Naylor boat ramp and park.
The discussed
animal shelter renovations for 2015 and 2016.
And of course their paving list.
Surprisingly, they actually considered whether ownership
along the road right of way should be taken into account
in deciding whether to pave or not.
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall said he had been surprised
to learn that many county citizens did not want their roads paved.
Here’s the agenda and some still pictures. Here are the raw videos so you can see for yourself.
Videos, Retreat, first day
Annual Retreat, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),
Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 27 February 2014.
They’re back at it this morning, and Gretchen is there videoing.
-jsq
1,000 feet is not enough –Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson @ GCC 2014-02-20
The President of Our Santa Fe River said even much more distance
than the pipeline company was proposing wouldn’t be far enough away from
her river,
and the Chairman said specific answers were lacking from the pipeline company,
at the
Gilchrist County Commission meeting 20 February 2014.
Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, President of
Our Santa Fe River, said:
I don’t think a thousand feet on either side is going to deal with the impacts on the Santa Fe River.
She asked for the Commission’s support.
Chairman D. Ray Harrison Jr (District 2) thanked her and added: Continue reading
More the county could do about the pipeline –John S. Quarterman @ LCC 2014-02-25
I thanked the County Manager but mentioned something else
the county could do about that pipeline,
at the
25 February 2014 Lowndes County Commission Regular Session.
I thanked County Manager Joe Pritchard for notifying constituents like FERC had recommended about the FERC Scoping Meetings starting next week.
Then I read the
recommendation of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
after Spectra Energy’s
1994 Durham Woods pipeline fireball
in Edison, New Jersey that burnt dozens, evacuated thousands, made
hundreds homeless, and literally scared one woman to death:
The public will not benefit from the safety improvement recommendations developed in RSPA’s public safety risk study without guidance containing implementation procedures and without motivation from associations representing local governments.
I suggested Lowndes County Commissioners might want to talk to the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) about that.
Here’s the video:
Continue readingObjections and Sabal Trail pipeline reader –Danielle Jordan @ LCC 2014-02-25
A local native and VSU student voiced her objection to the
proposed Sabal Trail pipeline
in the
25 February 2014 Lowndes County Commission Regular Session.
8. Citizens Wishing To Be Heard – Danielle Jordan
And she handed the Commission a pipeline reader. The VDT summarized:
During the citizens to be heard portion of the meeting, Danielle Jordan voiced her opposition to the Sabal Trail Transmission pipeline because “it violates personal property rights, causes safety concerns, and causes troublesome environmental impacts.” She then presented the commission with a packet of research.
Here’s the video:
Continue readingFERC Scoping Meetings on Sabal Trail Pipeline –Joe Pitchard @ LCC 2014-02-25
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:
Continue readingWalker Road abandoned next to US 41 S @ LCC 2014-02-25
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
SPLOST and website @ LCC 2014-02-27
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?
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSContinue reading
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
Sabal Trail interrogated in Gilchrist County, Florida @ GCC 2014-02-20
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:
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Adapt natural gas pipeline to renewable resources? –Laura Dailey @ GCC 2014-02-20
- 1,000 feet is not enough –Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson @ 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:
Continue readingSmall town in Michigan votes to oppose nuclear waste dump across the lake in Canada
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.
Continue reading