Tag Archives: Valdosta

Dollar General, GA 122 & Skipper Bridge Road @ GLPC 2022-11-28

Update 2022-12-06:
Videos: Opposition gets Dollar General on GA 122 & Skipper Bridge voted down @ GLPC 2022-11-28.

A line of people protested putting a Dollar General on GA 122 at Skipper Bridge Road,
north across from where Wes Scruggs’ store used to be.
That was at the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) last night.


[Dollar General agenda item and waterway map @ GLPC 2022-11-28]

Dollar General agenda item and waterway map @ GLPC 2022-11-28

GLPC voted 7:1 to recommend disapproval, according to LAKE’s Gretchen Quarterman who was there and who was the first to speak against.
LAKE video she took will follow.

The actual rezoning decision will be made by the Lowndes County Commission at its Regular Session,
Tuesday, December 13th, 2022, 5:30 PM.
If you don’t want that store in an agricultural area, attracting still more subdivisions still farther north in the county,
call or write your county commissioner or come speak against at that meeting.
If somebody wants to start a petition, that might also help.

Here is the GLPC Board packet item for REZ-2022-20:
REZ-2022-20-GLPC-Packet.pdf Continue reading →

Big rezoning inside Valdosta among 5 Valdosta cases, 2 Hahira, 3 Lowndes County @ GLPC 2022-11-28

Update 2022-11-29:
Dollar General, GA 122 & Skipper Bridge Road @ GLPC 2022-11-28.

Inside the City of Valdosta,
something may finally happen with the Loch-Winn Farms property
off of James Road and Riverside Road, near the Withlacoochee River
that has been becalmed since 2008.
The inland part of the property

may be rezoned for 130 house lots.

Hahira may get a

Red Owl drive-through coffee shop with indoor and outdoor seating.
And a landowner on Hagan Bridge Road wants to

deannex some property from Hahira.

Lowndes County may get a subdivision
way out west of Snake Nation Road, near the Little River:

REZ-2022-18 Hilton, Chug A Lug Road, 0033 023B, ~8.3 acres.


[Collage @ GLPC 2022-11-28]

Collage @ GLPC 2022-11-28

Here is the agenda.
The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request,
is

on the LAKE website.


Greater Lowndes Planning Commission


~ Lowndes County ~ City of Valdosta ~ City of Dasher ~

~ City of Hahira ~ City of Lake Park ~ City of Remerton ~

Monday, November 21, 2022 5:30 P.M. Work Session

Monday, November 28, 2022 5:30 P.M. Regular Session

Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia

Continue reading →

Greenlight Enhanced Decorative Lighting, Fire, Broadband, Courthouse, other Bids @ LCC Packet 2022-11-07

Two presentations the Lowndes County Commission will hear tomorrow morning:
on Broadband and Fire Prevention.
That’s at the Work Session.
Tomorrow evening there will be a Proclamation on Operation Greenlight, whatever that is.


[Collage @ LCC Packet 2022-11-07]

Collage @ LCC Packet 2022-11-07

Most of the board packet consists of details on Enhanced and Basic Decorative Lighting Districts
and bids for aspects of renovation of the historic Lowndes County Courthouse.

There are also items on repairing lightning damage to the Public Safety Radio System,
a grant acceptance, and a service provider. Continue reading →

Videos: Leadership Lowndes, Rezonings, Lift Station, Pictometry, SDS, Suwannee Riverkeeper, Bethany Drive @ LCC 2022-10-11

Update 2024-01-24:
Why the traffic light: The Towns at 4443 (Bemiss Road @ Studstill Road) letter of intent and Conceptual Plan @ GLPC 2022-09-26.

Lowndes County Commissioners were still not happy with the City of Valdosta
about the

Service Delivery Agreement,
with Chairman Bill Slaughter reciting a litany of recent extraterritorial water and sewage decisions and a change in funding for county roads for the upcoming
“physical” year,
at their Regular Session of October 11, 2022.
Commissioners Clay Griner and Scottie Orenstein complained about the agreement,
with some threats to go back to the 2008 agreement if signatures were not gotten from the Valdosta immediately.
It passed 4:1, with Griner voting against.

They spent 25 minutes on

5.a. REZ-2022-16 4443 Bemiss, ~14.1 acres, from C-G \u0026 R-A to P-D \u0026 C-G, finally agreeing for the applicant to add a fence between it and the nearby church.

County Manager Paige Dukes in her

report
said the county was only doing their river cleanup because it is required
by the county’s stormwater permit, so it’s a checkbox they are checking.
Also, she was asking Public Works to have the county’s litter crew
stand down beforehand, so volunteers would have something to pick up
at the boat ramps.

Two citizens spoke,

Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman
proposing a grant application about water quality,
and

Matthew and Debra Williams of Bethany Drive
back again after a year about a county drainage easement draining onto their property.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,
with a few notes by Gretchen Quarterman,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.

See also the
LAKE videos of the previous morning’s Work Session,
the

agenda and board packet,
and the

LAKE videos of the preceding Planning Commission meeting. Continue reading →

Videos: Rezonings, pictometry, lift station @ LCC 2022-10-10

Update 2022-10-31:
Videos: Leadership Lowndes, Rezonings, Lift Station, Pictometry, SDS, Suwannee Riverkeeper, Bethany Drive @ LCC 2022-10-11.

An executive session involving the fire chief and an extra attorney
was the most unusual thing at the Work Session of the Lowndes County Commission
on October 10, 2022.


[Collage @ LCC 2022-10-10]

Collage @ LCC 2022-10-10

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,
with a few notes,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also
the agenda and board packet,
and the

LAKE videos of the preceding Planning Commission meeting. Continue reading →

Videos: FY24 5311, USGS, Code Red, Disaster, Hazard, Facilities, TIA, FY23 Law, SDS, Exit 13 @ LCC 2022-10-25

Everything passed unanimously at the Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission on Tuesday, October 27, 2022.
There were a few questions, but nothing contentious.


[Collage @ LCC 2022-10-25]

Collage @ LCC 2022-10-25

Chairman Bill Slaughter said Valdosta had supplied all the needed signatures
from the City of Valdosta for the Service Delivery Agreement,
although two of the smaller cities (unnamed) still needed to sign.
City Manager Paige Dukes whispered to the Chairman that
Valdosta City Council Andy Gibbs was in the room,
and the Chairman thanked him.

The County Manager in her Report said Finance Director Stephanie Black had finished the “budget report” and it is on the county’s website for use by Commission, staff, and citizens.
She didn’t say where, but I’m guessing she meant the

Operating Budget, Fiscal Year 2023.
She also said the county is going to update its noise ordinance
to “get in line with citizens’ expectations”.
On
November 7th at 4-7 PM there wil be an Internet session with Windstream.

Rachel Thrasher said the county’s new videos have gotten 6,000 views in six weeks.
She didn’t say where. But here’s one, on facebook, about golf cart accidents.

Robert Tracy proposed a special session of the Commission
that citizens could attend, about property taxes.
Apparently as the Tax Assessors catch up with a many-year backlog of appraisals,
there have been some sudden rises in appraisals.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,
with a few notes by Gretchen,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.

See also the

LAKE videos of the previous morning’s Work Session
and
agenda and board packet.

Continue reading →

Videos: River Gauges, Lift Station, Disaster Relief, Hazards, Facilities, TIA, Service Delivery @ LCC 2022-10-24

Most items sailed through this morning’s Work Session of the Lowndes County Commission.
They vote tomorrow, Tuesday evening, at 5:30 PM.

The county continues to be unhappy with the City of Valdosta about the

Service Delivery Agreement.

Chairman Bill Slaughter asked to have the

Patrol Car Laptop Lease tabled for further clarification.



[River Gauges, Hazard Mitigation, Facilities, Service Delivery, Lift Station, Reports @ LCC 2022-09-24]

River Gauges, Hazard Mitigation, Facilities, Service Delivery, Lift Station, Reports @ LCC 2022-09-24

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few notes by Gretchen,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also the
agenda and board packet. Continue reading →

Videos: Many rezonings, some contentious @ GLPC 2022-09-26

Update 2022-10-31:

Packet: Two rezonings, Pictometry, Lift Station quit claim, Val Del Estates subdivision infrastructure 2022-10-10

Actually, not contentious: the planners and applicants spoke for a long time.
Nobody spoke against the rezoning requests, and the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) voted unanimously to recommend approval of all of them,
last month on September 26, 2022.


[Four of many rezonings @ GLPC 2022-09-26]

Four of many rezonings @ GLPC 2022-09-26

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,
with a few notes by Gretchen, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also

the agenda and board packet. Continue reading →

Videos: LAS, TIA, Facilties, Emergency @ LCC 2022-09-27

Last month, the most time was spent on a six-minute Hurricane Ian report by EMA Director Ashley Tye,
plus a minute on an added Local Emergency Declaration,
at the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session of September 27, 2022.

Chairman Bill Slaughter was absent due to illness.
Commissioner Scottie Orenstein presided.
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall was also absent.

The most discussion on the regular agenda, at more than three minutes,
was on the high-dollar item, the ongoing redo
of the facilities at the county palace.
Next at more than a minute was more than a minute on widening of Old Clyattville Road.
The whole thing took twenty minutes.



[LAS, TIA, Facilties, Emergency @ LCC 2022-09-27]

LAS, TIA, Facilties, Emergency @ LCC 2022-09-27

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,
with a few notes by Gretchen, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also
the
LAKE videos of the preceding morning’s Work Session
and the
agenda and board packet. Continue reading →

Packet: Lift Station & Force Main, River Gauge, Transit, Code Red, Facilities, TIA, SDS, etc. @ LCC 2022-10-24

Update 2022-10-24:
Videos: River Gauges, Lift Station, Disaster Relief, Hazards, Facilities, TIA, Service Delivery @ LCC 2022-10-24.

It’s a long agenda even with no rezonings, at the Lowndes County Commission Work Session this morning.

They vote Tuesday evening at 5:30 PM on $3 million in expenditures.
The agenda says that
$1,839,820 for Hazard Mitigation will be “Fully reimbursed to Lowndes County (90% from FEMA 10% from Pruitt Health Corporation)”.

Cost What
$1,839,820.00 Approval of Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Applications
$1,084,938.91 Exit 13 Lift Station and Force Main Project
$50,300.00 Patrol Car Laptop Lease
$31,500.00 Code Red Service Renewal
$23,850.00 Joint Funding Agreement with USGS for Stream Gauge Maintenance
$3,030,408.91 Total


[Agenda @ LCC 2022-10-24]

Agenda @ LCC 2022-10-24

The Stream Gauge item is for the river gauges
on the
Withlacoochee River at Skipper Road [sic] (Hagan Bridge) and the Little River near Hahira (Folsom Bridge).

Here is

the agenda.

The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request,
is
on the LAKE website. Continue reading →