{"id":1084,"date":"2012-02-22T11:18:05","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T16:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/an-industrial-authority-agenda-with-content-including-vseb-and-land-acreage.html"},"modified":"2012-02-22T11:18:05","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T16:18:05","slug":"an-industrial-authority-agenda-with-content-including-vseb-and-land-acreage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/an-industrial-authority-agenda-with-content-including-vseb-and-land-acreage.html","title":{"rendered":"An Industrial Authority agenda with content! Including VSEB and land acreage!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Andrea Schruijer promised to get an agenda for
\ntomorrow’s 2PM Thursday 23 February 2012 Industrial Authority board meeting (101 N. Ashley Street)
\nonline.
\nIt’s
\nthere<\/a>,
\nand it has content!
\n
\n<\/a>
\nWhat it does not<\/em> have is any mention of
\n
\nanything about Project Excel, or CCA, or the private prison<\/a>,
\neven though Ms. Schruijer told me yesterday to expect the board
\nto say something about that.
\nYou can still
\n
\nexpress your opinion to them before then.<\/a>
\nAnd since this agenda says
\n
\n**TENTATIVE**
\n<\/span>
\nmaybe that item will get added before tomorrow afternoon.<\/p>\n

\nAlso missing is
\n
\nany item for the Strategic Planning RFP,<\/a>
\neven though that RFP says the board will review any responses received by their February board meeting.<\/p>\n

\nWhat this agenda does have is numerous specific items
\nunder the usual broad headers such as
\nExisting Industry\/Project Report.
\nSo instead of listening to Col. Ricketts
\nand trying to figure out what he’s talking about,
\nyou can see such things as
\n“e-Snychronist\u00ae Existing Industry Retention
\nand Expansion business information system (BIS)” in writing.
\nYou still don’t see names of the
\n“five (5) Prospects”
\nor the “three (3) companies that are developing expansion plans”.
\nMaybe I buy the competitive information argument for the prospects,
\nbut I’m not so sure about the three expanding companies, especially
\nif they’re already local.
\nAnd considering the things VLCIA has tried to sneak in under cover
\nof not mentioning competitive information, such as biomass and a private prison,
\nI’m not sure I buy that argument at all.<\/p>\n

\nAlso on the plus side, the agenda includes an actual schedule for bids<\/p>\n


\non a project related to Miller Business Park:<\/p>\n

\nWe completed landscape\/irrigation installation bid documents, released an
\nAdvertisement for Bids, conducted a pre-Bid Meeting and received sealed
\nbids for completion of the project. We’ll present the bids to the VLCIA
\nBoard for final review\/acceptance and award of the contract on Tuesday,
\n21 February 2012.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s more than the Lowndes County Commission usually does.
\n(Nevermind the date is wrong; the board meeting is really tomorrow,
\nThursday, 23 February 2012.)<\/p>\n

\nVLCIA staff are acting like they’re taking small businesses seriously:<\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/a>
\nWe met with the Assistant City Manager (Human Resources) and
\ndiscussed\/identified opportunities to improve the Valdosta Small Emerging
\nBusiness (VSEB) Program and strengthen our partnership in supporting
\ncommunity outreach initiatives to promote the program.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s something that
\n
\nRoy Copeland and John Robinson appear to agree on.<\/a><\/p>\n

\nAnd, finally making public something that former Chairman Jerry Jennett
\nasked for back at Brad Lofton’s final board meeting (15 March 2011),
\n
\n<\/a>
\nthis agenda includes
\nan actual list of numbers and acres of tracts of land in the
\nvarious VLCIA business parks.
\nHe’s been
\nfollowing up on that ever since.<\/a>
\nCongratulations to Jerry Jennett and VLCIA staff for
\nrevealing to the public what that $15 million
\n(
\nor $23.5 million<\/a>)
\nbond issue went to buy!<\/p>\n

\nWell, most of it.
\nThe list in the agenda seems to add up to 494 acres.
\nWhere the rest of the 577 acres we’ve been seeing on the agenda for
\nmonths and months?
\nIt’s only 83 acres more….<\/p>\n

\nOh, and who did you buy it from?<\/p>\n

\nHere’s
\n
\nthe agenda.<\/a>
\nIt has the date wrong; the rescheduled date, time, and place are:
\n
\n2PM Thursday 23 February 2012 at 101 North Ashley Street.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n-jsq<\/p>\n

\n


\n
\n**TENTATIVE**
\n<\/span>
\n
\nAGENDA SUMMARY
\n
\nVALDOSTA LOWNDES COUNTY INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY
\n
\nREGULAR MEETING
\n
\nFebruary 21, 2012
\n
\n<\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n

    \nExecutive Director’s Report-Andrea Schruijer<\/p>\n
      \n
    • \nIntroduce Public Relations\/Communications Manager<\/p>\n
    • \nVLCIA Board Retreat<\/p>\n
    • \n
    • \n
    • \n<\/ul>\n
    • \nPublic Relations\/Communications<\/p>\n
        \n
      • \nRedeveloping Community Profiles to include: updated Demographic Profile, Quick facts, Retail<\/p>\n

        \nMarket reports, Major Employers, Business Incentives<\/p>\n

      • \nUpdating property inventory and program upgrade for Prospector, site selector on website.<\/p>\n
      • \nDeveloped Social Media user guidelines for the Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority
        \nFacebook page.\n<\/ul>\n
      • \nExisting Industry\/Project Report -Allan Ricketts<\/p>\n
          \n
        • \nWe continued work with three (3) companies that are developing expansion plans to meet
          \nemerging customer demand for products\/services<\/p>\n
        • \nWe are currently in preliminary discussions with five (5) Prospects who are seeking a location in
          \nthe Southeastern US to relocate or expand manufacturing\/logistics\/food production operations.<\/p>\n
        • \nWe completed work to load and bring online our new
          \ne-Snychronist\u00ae Existing Industry Retention
          \nand Expansion business information system (BIS)
          \nonline. e-Snychronist\u00ae is a powerful
          \neconomic development tool that will enable us to more effectively partner with existing industries
          \nand local, regional and state economic development partners to resolve issues negatively
          \nimpacting business operations and assist in identifying opportunities in emerging markets for new
          \nproducts\/services.<\/p>\n
        • \nWe met with the Assistant City Manager (Human Resources) and discussed\/identified
          \nopportunities to improve the Valdosta Small Emerging Business (VSEB) Program and strengthen
          \nour partnership in supporting community outreach initiatives to promote the program.\n<\/ul>\n
        • \nMiller Business Park<\/p>\n
            \n
          • \nWe approved\/initiated supplemental work requests to the prime contractor for completion of
            \nsecurity fencing at both park entrances and demolition\/site clean-up of three (3) small structures
            \non the southern portions of the park fronting US Highway 41 South.<\/p>\n
          • \nWe reviewed\/approved final installation plans for Phase I entrance\/roadway lighting submitted by
            \nGeorgia Power.<\/p>\n
          • \nWe completed landscape\/irrigation installation bid documents, released an Advertisement for Bids,
            \nconducted a pre-Bid Meeting and received sealed bids for completion of the project. We’ll present
            \nthe bids to the VLCIA Board for final review\/acceptance and award of the contract on Tuesday, 21
            \nFebruary 2012.\n<\/ul>\n
          • \nWestside Business Park<\/p>\n
              \n
            • \nWe received bids, presented the bids to the VLCIA Board for final review\/approval and award of a
              \ncontract for Phase 1 Infrastructure work (water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, roadway, erosion,
              \nsedimentation and pollution control) required to support the Durocky Road, LLC — DuPont Project
              \ncurrently under construction. This work will also prepare three (3) adjacent tracks of land as \u201csite
              \nready\u201d for future project(s).<\/p>\n
            • \nWe reviewed\/approved final installation plans for entrance\/roadway lighting submitted by Georgia
              \nPower.<\/p>\n
            • \nWe began work to development landscape\/irrigation installation bid documents and plan to release
              \nthe Advertisement for Bids in mid-April 2012.\n<\/ul>\n
            • \nIndustrial Park Acreage Updates<\/p>\n
                \n
              • \nMiller Business Park (currently under development)
                \n
                \n1 -10 acre tract
                \n
                \n1 -15 acre tract
                \n
                \n2 -20 acre tracts
                \n
                \n2 -25 acre tracts
                \n
                \n2 -35 acre tracts<\/p>\n
              • \nWestside Business Park (currently under development)
                \n
                \n1 -100 acre tract
                \n
                \n1 -48 acre tract<\/p>\n
              • \nBuster Bassford Business Park
                \n
                \n1 -6 acre tract
                \n
                \n1 -7 acre tract
                \n
                \n1 -20 acre tract<\/p>\n

                1 -25 acre tract
                \n
                \n1 -26 acre tract
                \n
                \n1 -40 acre tract<\/p>\n

              • \nAzalea West 17 acres<\/p>\n
              • \nLake Park 10 acres<\/p>\n
              • \nHahira 10 acres\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Yesterday Andrea Schruijer promised to get an agenda for tomorrow’s 2PM Thursday 23 February 2012 Industrial Authority board meeting (101 N. Ashley Street) online. It’s there, and it has content! What it does not have is any mention of anything about Project Excel, or CCA, or the private prison, even though Ms. Schruijer told me […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,1113,40,14,2,72,3,178,3021,2856,3022,1672],"tags":[2857,3023,275,1747,3024,8817,1522,2667,8701,8730,186,1622,7,75,1297,3025,60,8700,6,180,8837],"class_list":["post-1084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biomass","category-cca","category-community","category-economy","category-government","category-incarceration","category-transparency","category-vlcia","category-vlcia-2012-02-21","category-vlcia-2012-02-23","category-vlcia-retreat-2012-02-23","category-vseb","tag-23-february-2012","tag-acreage","tag-bond","tag-brad-lofton","tag-business-park","tag-cca","tag-competition","tag-expansion","tag-georgia","tag-incarceration","tag-jerry-jennett","tag-land","tag-lowndes-county","tag-prison","tag-private-prison","tag-prospoect","tag-tax","tag-transparency","tag-valdosta","tag-valdosta-lowndes-county-industrial-authority","tag-vseb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}