{"id":13818,"date":"2015-08-04T11:18:10","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T15:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=13818"},"modified":"2015-08-04T11:23:07","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T15:23:07","slug":"moody-family-housing-doesnt-want-to-replace-trees-it-cut-down-on-val-del-zboa-2015-08-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/moody-family-housing-doesnt-want-to-replace-trees-it-cut-down-on-val-del-zboa-2015-08-04.html","title":{"rendered":"Moody Family Housing doesn&#8217;t want to replace trees it cut down on Val-Del @ ZBOA 2015-08-04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/zboa\/2015-08-04--zboa\/AgendaXItemX2-016.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/zboa\/2015-08-04--zboa\/small\/AgendaXItemX2-016.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n2:30 PM today,\r\nshould developers not have to follow code and put back trees\r\non the unnecessary and environmentally hazardous Moody Family Housing\r\non Val-Del Road?\r\nYou wouldn&#8217;t know who this was by a pretty name like\r\nAzalea Commons,\r\nor an acronym like\r\nACC Group III Housing,\r\nand only the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/zboa\/2015-08-04--zboa\/\">\r\nboard packet<\/a>\r\nmentions Balfour Beatty,\r\nbut it&#8217;s the same\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/rezoning\/REZ-2013-09\/\">\r\nMoody Family Housing<\/a>\r\nin an\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/moody-family-housing-is-in-aquifer-recharge-zone-lcc-2013-08-27.html\">aquifer recharge zone<\/a>\r\nthat\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/phase-ii-of-moody-family-housing-already-has-a-sinkhole-tom-kurrie-lcc-2013-08-13.html\">already had a sinkhole<\/a>\r\nas admitted by\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/sinkholes-at-proposed-moody-family-housing-scott-rafshoon-lcc-2013-08-13.html\">a K Street lawyer<\/a> to the\r\nLowndes County Commission\r\nand told to them and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/vsu-professors-write-to-usaf-consultant-about-moody-family-housing-lcc-2013-08-27.html\">to the Air Force by VSU professors<\/a>\r\nthat the Air Force proceeded to ignore in its\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/moody-family-housing-environmental-assessment-published.html\">environmental assessment<\/a>\r\nand the Lowndes County Commission rezoned anyway.\r\nStaff recommend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/zboa\/2015-08-04--zboa\/AgendaXItemX2-002.html\">20% &#8220;relief&#8221; from planting trees<\/a>.\r\nHow about the county get some relief from unnecessary sprawl? \r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/zboa\/2015-08-04--zboa\/AgendaXItemX2-006.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/zboa\/2015-08-04--zboa\/small\/AgendaXItemX2-006.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nThey did provide\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/zboa\/2015-08-04--zboa\/AgendaXItemX2-006.html\">\r\na table of the trees they want to cut down<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s the agenda, which is not on the City of Valdosta website,\r\nappearing here courtesy of<!--more-->\r\n\r\n ZBOA member Gretchen Quarterman.\r\nShe sent the entire board packet, which is now\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/zboa\/2015-08-04--zboa\/\">\r\non the LAKE website<\/a>.\r\nI see no reason Valdosta can&#8217;t put that on their own website.\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\r\n<strong>\r\nValdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals \r\n<\/strong>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:70%;text-align:center\">\r\nMatt Martin, Valdosta Planning and Zoning Administrator\r\n<br>\r\n300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia\r\n<br>\r\n(229) 259-3563 \r\n<p style=\"font-size:70%;text-align:center\">\r\nCarmella Braswell, Lowndes County Zoning Administrator\r\n<br>\r\n327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia\r\n<br>\r\n(229) 671-2430\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\r\n<strong>AGENDA<\/strong>\r\n<br>\r\nAugust 4, 2015 \r\n<br>\r\n2:30 p.m. \r\n<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>\r\nCall to Order \r\n<\/ol>\r\n<H4>\r\n<a href=\"#Lowndes\" name=\"Lowndes\">\r\nLOWNDES COUNTY CASES:<\/a> \r\n<\/H4>\r\n<ol start=2>\r\n<li>\r\n<strong><a name=\"VAR-2015-11\" href=\"#VAR-2015-11\">\r\nVAR-2015-11 Daniel Frederick on behalf of ACC Group III Housing, LLC, DBA Azalea Commons<\/a><\/strong>\r\n(Val Del Road, Valdosta) \r\n<br><strong>Variance<\/strong> to ULDC 4.07.07 as it pertains to Tree and Vegetation Protection \r\n<\/ol>\r\n<H4>\r\n<a name=\"OTHER\" href=\"#OTHER\">\r\nOTHER BUSINESS<\/a>:\r\n<\/H4>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Minutes\" href=\"#Minutes\">\r\nApproval of Minutes<\/a>:\r\nJune 2, 2015 (No regularly scheduled meeting in July 2015 due to lack of cases) \r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Adjournment\" href=\"#Adjournment\">\r\nAdjournment<\/a>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2:30 PM today, should developers not have to follow code and put back trees on the unnecessary and environmentally hazardous Moody Family Housing on Val-Del Road? 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