\r\n \r\nThat’s right, staff lost the digital copies of an agenda item,\r\n\r\nCU-2014-11 Normal Life of Georgia<\/a>.\r\nBoard packets on the county’s website would serve as a backup\r\nfor copies on planners’ laptops.\r\n \r\nGretchen, who was there, reports further below, including\r\na note about that charming young white man recently appointed\r\nto the Planning Commission. -jsq\r\n \r\nAt a brief and poorly attended GLPC meeting, there were a couple of\r\ninteresting things.\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\nSplit zoning featured in\r\nLowndes County rezoning case\r\n\r\nREZ-2014-19<\/a>, a request by Danny E. Edwards\r\nto rezone 9.13 acres at 3307 Bemiss Road from R-10\r\n(Suburban Density Residential) to C-G (General Commercial).\r\nOnly part of the\r\nparcel is being considered for General Commercial and relatively\r\nnew member Brad Folsom asked some interesting questions about split\r\nzoning and record keeping. While this was a Lowndes County case,\r\nValdosta City Planner Matt Martin gave a knowlegeable and insightful\r\noverview of how split zoned parcels can happen and how records for\r\nthese (and all other parcels) are kept.\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\nAnd on the part of\r\n\r\nthe agenda<\/a> which was\r\nonly available at the\r\nmeeting, the commission members\r\n\r\nelected a vice chair for 2015<\/a>, Mr.\r\nJody Hall. Franklin Bailey will be the chair next year as he has\r\nbeen the vice-chair for 2014. As an observer, the process by which\r\nthe vice chair was chosen was both amusing and horrifying.\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\nFinally, the commission voted\r\n\r\nto accept a calendar of meetings<\/a> for\r\n2015 which was not available to the public. Perhaps Lowndes County\r\nwill publish it on the snazzy new website.\r\n \r\n-gretchen\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\nHere’s the agenda<\/a>,\r\nand below are links to each of the videos, followed by a video playlist.\r\n \r\nVideo.<\/a>\r\nSo sparsely attended\r\neven one of the Commissioners remarked, “Where’s everybody at?”\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\nVideo.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\nVideo.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\nVideo.<\/a>\r\nMotion to recommend approval by (?), second by Wildes, passed unanimously.\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\nVideo.<\/a>\r\nCounty Planner Jason Davenport said this was for\r\nBemiss Road Baptist Church in “Central Lowndes County”.\r\nThat’s at 3307 Bemiss Rd, Valdosta, GA 31605, which is a bit north of Inner Perimeter.\r\nThey want a lighted sports field out back.\r\n \r\nMotion by Willis, second by Hall to recommend approval\r\nwith one condition that all lights be directed and shielded to avoid illumination of neighboring properties, explicitly not including existing lighting.\r\nPassed 5 to 1.\r\n \r\nNobody mentioned preventing lighting from shining up and causing\r\neven more skyglow than already makes Valdosta visible for fifty\r\nmiles around.\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\nVideo.<\/a>\r\nCity Planner Matt Martin remarked:\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\nAt the Work Session we had all maps and things to show you,\r\nbut between then and now the digital copies have vanished\r\noff of both laptops.\r\nAnd we are sort of\r\nat a loss as to where they went but they’re gone.\r\nSo if you’ll use the\r\nmaps that are in your packet and perhaps some memory from the Work Session discussion….\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n \r\nThat’s right, staff lost the digital copies of an agenda item,\r\n\r\nCU-2014-11 Normal Life of Georgia<\/a>.\r\nBoard packets on the county’s website would serve as a backup\r\nfor copies on planners’ laptops.\r\n \r\nMotion by McClendon, second by Wildes, to recommend approval\r\nwith two staff-recommended conditions; passed unanimously.\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\nVideo.<\/a>\r\nNext meetings 20 and 26 January 2015 at which Bailey will be Chair.\r\nVice-Chair was vacant; chair Ball asked for nominations.\r\nAfter a long pause and a mention of “normal protocol” that the\r\nVice-Chair would later be Chair, plus more than one person saying\r\nthey’d already been both, somebody suggested “why don’t you put that woman on”.\r\nThey did get a motion and a second\r\nto nominate “Celine” without her being there.\r\nThen Jody Hall volunteered, so they elected him instead.\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\nVideo.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\nVideo.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n \r\nHere’s\r\n\r\na video playlist:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\n![](\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/1RBA6AhX5dY\/mqdefault.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\nAt the Work Session we had all maps and things to show you,\r\nbut between then and now the digital copies have vanished\r\noff of both laptops.\r\nAnd we are sort of\r\nat a loss as to where they went but they’re gone.\r\nSo if you’ll use the\r\nmaps that are in your packet and perhaps some memory from the Work Session discussion….\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n
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