Videos: Camelot Crossing subdivision tabled for two weeks @ LCC 2022-04-12.
An updated plan that no longer has any egress onto Val Del Road arrived Friday for
6.b. REZ-2022-07 Hayden Park.
Nonetheless, the turn lanes on Val Del Road were already scheduled as a T-SPLOST project, expected to be completed in 2023.
Not clear whether there are two egress points in the current plan.
The county’s sound system is working, so the LAKE video camera was plugged into it at yesterday morning’s Lowndes County Commission Work Session.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few notes,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also Continue reading ![[Rezoning, EV, VAWA, Quit claim]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2022-04-11--lcc-videos/many.jpg)
Rezoning, EV, VAWA, Quit claim
Tag Archives: VAWA
Subdivisions subsidized by roads, EV charging, VAWA, Soccer complex, Courtroom AV @ LCC 2022-04-11
Update 2022-04-12: Videos.
Thanks to Joe Brownlee of Georgia Power for getting Lowndes County to agree to Electric Vehicle Charging Stations at the county palace.
REZ-2022-06 Kinderlou Forest aims to go pretty close to Spring Branch and the Withlacoochee River.
![[Rezonings, Val Del Road traffic, Electric Vehicle Charging]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2022-04-11--lcc-packet/many.jpg)
Rezonings, Val Del Road traffic, Electric Vehicle Charging
The agenda item for REZ-2022-07 Hayden Park, Camelot Crossing & Val Del Rd says “BUDGET IMPACT: N/A” for “a mixture of residential and commercial sites for development in various stages.” Yet the Lowndes County Commission board packet contains 52 pages of traffic study for the intersection of Val Del Road and North Valdosta Road. Staff notes “Plans for two left-turn lanes from Val Del to North Valdosta Road are anticipated to be complete by 2023.” The applicant’s Letter of intent says, “Lowndes County has been wise to pro-actively invest in infrastructure here, anticipating and preparing for new growth.” Continue reading
Videos: Comprehensive Plan, rezonings, tower, Hospital Authority, elections @ LCC 2021-11-09
All the main items breezed by unanimously, including the Comprehensive Plan and the Hospital Authority re-appointment of Ben Copeland, at the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session, November 9, 2021.
The only things taking longer than three minutes were the County Manager’s Report and Citizens Wishing to Be Heard about how the Board of Elections is appointed and funded.
![[Comprehensive Plan, Communications Tower, Manager's Report, Electios]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2021-11-09--lcc-videos/many.jpg)
Comprehensive Plan, Communications Tower, Manager’s Report, Electios
Below are LAKE videos of each agenda item with a few notes, followed by a LAKE video playlist. See also the LAKE videos of the previous morning’s Work Session, the agenda and Board packet, and, for the rezonings and the tower, the LAKE videos of the preceding Planning Commission meeting.
For the Comprehensive Plan, see also the LAKE videos of the preceding Comprehensive Plan Update Meeting 2 and the Character Area Maps for it, the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session before that, and the quite lengthy first Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing.
Videos: One Valdosta-Lowndes, Troupville River Camp, Hospital Authority re-appointment, Godfrey rezoning, VAWA staffing @ LCC 2021-11-08
By far the longest item at 33 minutes at the Lowndes County Commission Work Session was a presentation about One Valdosta-Lowndes (OVL).
![[OVL River Camp, Hospital Authority appointment, Godfrey rezoning, VAWA staffing]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2021-11-08--lcc-videos/many.jpg)
OVL River Camp, Hospital Authority appointment, Godfrey rezoning, VAWA staffing
Second longest at almost five minutes was 8.e. Request For Cash Match Increase For VAWA ASG Salary Supplement, about the Violence Against Women Act. Third at four minutes was 7.c. REZ-2021-24 Barry Godfrey, Mt. Zion Church Road.
The likely re-appointee to the Hospital Authority did attend.
Everything else got little discussion, including the final approval of the Comprehensive Plan Update.
They voted the following Tuesday evening.
Below are LAKE videos of each agenda item, with a few notes, followed by
Comprehensive Plan approval, Hospital Authority re-appointment, 3 small rezonings, AT&T cell tower, Regional Transit, LMIG Restriping, Budget Calendar, Second Harvest, Code Red @ LCC 2021-11-08
The Lowndes County Commission will probably re-appoint Ben Copeland to the Hospital Authority, and approve three rezonings, only one (REZ-2021-24 Barry Godfrey) apparently controversial, as well as an AT&T telecommunications tower, Tuesday evening after hearing them Monday morning.
The item with the biggest effect is the 2021 Comprehensive Plan Adoption.
![[REZ-2021-24 Barry Godfrey, Mt. Zion Church Road; TWR-2021-01 CitySwitch II, LLC, Bemiss Road, New 265' Telecommunications Tower]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2021-11-08--lcc-packet/many.jpg)
The big ticket near-term item is for roads, 2021 LMIG Safety Action Plan Restriping.
| Cost | What |
|---|---|
| $281,529.50 | 2021 LMIG Safety Action Plan Restriping |
| $32,266.00 | Request for Cash Match Increase for VAWA ASG Salary Supplement |
| $31,500.00 | Code Red Annual Renewal |
| $345,295.50 | Total |
See the agenda. The board packet is on the LAKE website, received in response to a LAKE open records request.
For the Comprehensive Plan, see the LAKE videos of the preceding Comprehensive Plan Update Meeting 2 and the Character Area Maps for it, the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session before that, and the quite lengthy first Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing.
For the rezonings and the telecommunications tower, see also the LAKE videos of the preceding Planning Commission meeting.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2021, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2021, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
Public Facilities Authority, Water tank, dump trucks, VOCA, VAWA, road abandonment @ LCC 2020-10-26
This morning the Lowndes County Commission will discuss abandoning a driveway, er road, a couple of grants for legal purposes, relining a drinking water tank for a fancy subdivision, dump trucks for Public Works, and reappointing Michael Walker, Crawford Powell, and Scott Purvis to the Public Facilities Authority, plus a vacant seat. They will vote Tuesday evening at 5:30 PM.
What does PFA do?
Created via Resolution 05-1130, the general purpose of the authority is declared to be that of providing through the acquisition, construction, installation, renovation, expansion, modification or rehabilitation, any buildings, structure, facilities, improvements, furnishings, fixtures, machinery, equipment and services for the citizens in the county. Members are appointed to three year terms and meet as needed. For more information, contact the Office of the County Clerk, 229-671-2400, or email the County Clerk.
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| Cost | What |
|---|---|
| $464,196.00 | Bid for Four 10-Wheel Dump Trucks for the Public Works Department |
| $148,000.00 | Stone Creek Elevated Tank Coating |
| $17,326.00 | Solicitor-General’s Office 2021 VAWA Competitive Application |
| $6,000.00 | Solicitor-General’s VOCA Continuation Grant |
| $635,522.00 | Total |
How the Abandonment of Artherman Lane can be considered not to affect the budget is mysterious, since Public Works will no longer need to spend to maintain that driveway.
On the Solicitor-General's VOCA Continuation Grant, VOCA is the Victims of Crime Act. The $6,000 cost is health insurance premiums for the two Victim Advocates ($3,000 each).
On the Solicitor-General's Office 2021 VAWA Competitive Application, VAWA is the Violence Against Women Act. The $17,326 is for Cash Match, about $2,000 lower than last time. Lowndes County funnels grant money for five counties, by delegating the District Attorney (DA) to receive and distribute the funds.
Here is the agenda. The board packet is on the LAKE website due to a LAKE open records request. Continue reading
Videos: End-of-calendar-year wrapup and Remerton SPLOST Resolution @ LCC 2019-12-09
Remerton can’t use SPLOST VI funds for an office building, since the old mill building intended for that has been torn down. That was the longest item in the Lowndes County Commission Work Seesion of December 9, 2019: 7. Reports – County Manager – Remerton SPLOST Resolution.
Then Commissioner Clay Griner moved to go into Executive Session to discuss personnel. Chairman Bill Slaughter reminded him the Commission has only one employee. Griner agreed, and they went into Executive Session. The one employee is the County Manager.
They breezed through everything else their last meeting of calendar year 2019.
Below are LAKE videos of each agenda item, followed by a LAKE video playlist. See also the Continue reading
Packet: End-of-calendar-year wrapup @ LCC 2019-12-09
In its last meeting of calendar year 2019, the Lowndes County Commission had many items to wrap up, as you can see in the board packet, on the LAKE website. We don’t know why the county sent this packet in black and white.
LAKE videos of the Work Session and Regular Session will follow.
![[WRPDO Site Map]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2019-12-09--lcc-packet/December-9--10-2019-Commission-Meeting-Packet-0025.jpg)
LAKE sent an open records request Continue reading
Videos: MIDS bus system, roof cleaning, truck bypass, new lift station generator @ LCC 2019-11-12
Longest at four and a half minutes on November 12, 2019, was 6.e. Grant Re-Application for the Rural (5311)Transportation Program, in other words, the MIDS on-demand bus system; follow the link for more notes, including a question about where have the county funds for this been coming from.
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall about the MIDS bus system.
Let’s hope the Arglass project doesn’t turn out like the James Road project a decade ago, with massive road paving and road and utilities rerouting, and nothing else, given that the county just approved a grant and VLDA match of more than a million dollars for road repaving for Arglass.
The truck bypass through downtown Valdosta had some discussion about when the bypass would happen and why the county is passing an ordinance now.
Um, it’s actually a generator for emergency management that took two minutes. 6.j. Hart Road Lift Station Pump took half a minute.
And another big item at three minutes: Continue reading
Videos: Grants and bids, Law, Transportation, Water, and Roof Cleaning @ LCC 2019-11-11
The longest item at yesterday morning’s Work Session was the unscheduled 8. Reports County Manager – Recognition of Fire Safety. The whole thing took less than nine minutes. They vote tonight at 5:30 PM.
Second longest was the Solicitor General combining the two items on Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
Third longest was 7.a.Judicial and Administrative Complex Roof Cleaning
Below are Continue reading