{"id":15287,"date":"2016-01-07T16:45:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T21:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=15287"},"modified":"2023-07-28T09:09:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T13:09:59","slug":"videos-heavy-manufacturing-politics-glpc-special-2016-01-05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/videos-heavy-manufacturing-politics-glpc-special-2016-01-05.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Heavy Manufacturing politics @ GLPC Special 2016-01-05"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n\r\nEven the Planning Commissioners weren&#8217;t told what company &#8220;Project Max&#8221; is, because\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiFckJAUz_HMrw-Wu0uh3zXb\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/q6Mf-TI24Og\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nthe Development Authority is still bidding the location as one of two\r\nbeing considered by the company.\r\nSee also the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/heavy-manufacturing-rezoning-on-special-called-planning-commission-agenda-glpc-special-2016-01-05.html\">\r\nagenda<\/a>\r\nthe\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/update-heavy-manufacturing-site-provided-by-langdale-glpc-special-2016-01-05.html\">previous update<\/a>.\r\nPlanning Commissioners did have quite a few questions about expansion, appropriate zoning, any potential pollution or contamination, etc.\r\nNaturally, the Planning Commission recommended approval,\r\nso the actual decision will be before the County Commission\r\nnext Tuesday evening. Meanwhile, here are links to the LAKE videos of the Planning Commission, with a few notes, followed by a video playlist.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Order\" href=\"#Order\">\r\nCall to Order, Invocation, Pledge<\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: Call to Order, Invocation, Pledge\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q6Mf-TI24Og&#038;index=1&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFckJAUz_HMrw-Wu0uh3zXb\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" alt=\"Call to Order, Invocation, Pledge\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/q6Mf-TI24Og\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q6Mf-TI24Og&#038;index=1&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFckJAUz_HMrw-Wu0uh3zXb\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"REZ-2016-01\" href=\"#REZ-2016-01\">\r\nREZ-2016-01 &#8211; Staff Presentation of case<\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: REZ-2016-01 - Staff Presentation of case\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pm95YxOprTE&#038;index=2&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFckJAUz_HMrw-Wu0uh3zXb\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" alt=\"REZ-2016-01 - Staff Presentation of case\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/pm95YxOprTE\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pm95YxOprTE&#038;index=2&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFckJAUz_HMrw-Wu0uh3zXb\">Video.<\/a>\r\nChairman Franklin Bailey noted County Planner Jason Davenport had approached him about this meeting\r\nmore than a week ago, for the single item on\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/heavy-manufacturing-rezoning-on-special-called-planning-commission-agenda-glpc-special-2016-01-05.html\">the agenda<\/a>.\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a title=\"Rocky Ford Road detail\" id=\"15284\" width=\"300\" height=\"387\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=15284\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;width:300;float:right\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Rocky Ford Road detail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/59bb5a64ce456f570c04fb1b9fd4d8a3.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nDavenport said it came from the &#8220;Industrial Authority, excuse me, Development Authority&#8221; and was advertised in the newspaper December 27th.\r\nIt&#8217;s for an unnamed manufacturer of containers with very specific needs\r\nand a large footprint.\r\nThe Health Dept. may have an opinion, but since they usual\r\ncomment on septic tanks and this operation would use county water and sewer,\r\nmaybe no opinion.\r\nSeveral commissioners had questions about details, mostly about the location\r\nand amount of M2 zoning related to the future development map\r\nof the Comprehensive Plan.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a title=\"Future Development Map\" id=\"15275\" width=\"2550\" height=\"3300\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=15275\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"15278\" width=\"600\" height=\"776\" alt=\"Future Development Map\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/11ea8c0c0fdd30a733ebcc830d368f66.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"REZ-2016-01-Part-2\" href=\"#REZ-2016-01-Part-2\">\r\nREZ-2016-01 In favor &#8211;Andrea Schruijer, VLCIA<\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: REZ-2016-01 In favor --Andrea Schruijer, VLCIA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ocm5G237oGk&#038;index=3&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFckJAUz_HMrw-Wu0uh3zXb\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" alt=\"REZ-2016-01 In favor --Andrea Schruijer, VLCIA\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ocm5G237oGk\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ocm5G237oGk&#038;index=3&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFckJAUz_HMrw-Wu0uh3zXb\">Video.<\/a>\r\nShe said it would bring 200 high-paying (10% above average) jobs,\r\nwould be clean, would reduce emissions.\r\nIt would be part of VLCIA&#8217;s inland port project,\r\nand the company needs access to rail, I-75, and a fourlane highway to move their product.\r\nThere&#8217;s only one other site being considered, and it&#8217;s in Florida.\r\nWhen asked, she didn&#8217;t know how many entry level jobs, but somewhere\r\nbetween 15% and 16%.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"REZ-2016-01-Part-2-Part-3\" href=\"#REZ-2016-01-Part-2-Part-3\">\r\nREZ-2016-01 &#8211; Speaking in Favor &#8211;Jeff Lovell, Dev. Authority engineer<\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: REZ-2016-01 - Speaking in Favor --Jim Lovell\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7reTP7DTmq0&#038;index=4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFckJAUz_HMrw-Wu0uh3zXb\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" alt=\"REZ-2016-01 - Speaking in Favor --Jim Lovell\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/7reTP7DTmq0\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7reTP7DTmq0&#038;index=4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFckJAUz_HMrw-Wu0uh3zXb\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nHe said he was impressed that the company did its own air quality tests.\r\nHe said the company also needs high pressure natural gas,\r\nwhich is available there.\r\nAlso bearing pressure of the soil, for their 11-acre building site.\r\nHe said he knows what the company is but can&#8217;t tell.\r\nHe likened it to PCA, which takes paper and processes it,\r\nbut unlike PCA it&#8217;s not a paper mill.\r\nThe Development Authority would acquire the land.\r\n700 cubic feet of water per operation hour: do they recycle that?\r\nYes.\r\nMost of their actual wastewater discharge is from their employees,\r\nnot their industrial process.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"REZ-2016-01-Part-2-Part-3-Part-4\" href=\"#REZ-2016-01-Part-2-Part-3-Part-4\">\r\nREZ-2016-01 &#8211; More speaking in favor &#8211;Tom Call, Chair, Dev. Authority<\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: REZ-2016-01 - More speaking inf favor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J3yB2hveX3o&#038;index=5&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFckJAUz_HMrw-Wu0uh3zXb\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" alt=\"REZ-2016-01 - More speaking inf favor\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/J3yB2hveX3o\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J3yB2hveX3o&#038;index=5&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFckJAUz_HMrw-Wu0uh3zXb\">Video.<\/a>\r\nClaiming to represent everyone, he said it would be a very clean company\r\nthat would quickly become local #1 corporate citizen.\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nCommissioner Ted Raker said it would be a whole lot easier to make these\r\nkinds of decisions if the Planning Commission wasn&#8217;t being asked to just &#8220;trust us&#8221;.\r\nHe said even if the Commissioners had to sign confidentiality agreements, the\r\nwhole process would run a lot smoother.\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nCall said the project had been recommended by the state,\r\nand there were a lot of balls in the air.\r\nHe did clarify that phase 2 would be an exact duplicate of phase 1,\r\nsimply doubling capacity.\r\nHe didn&#8217;t know the timeline; anything from very quickly to a couple of years.\r\nThen there&#8217;s the supply yard, which is above and beyond the job numbers Andrea Schruijer mentioned.\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nCommissioner Celine Gladwin wanted to know why the special meeting.\r\nCall said because &#8220;we were eliminated&#8221;, but coming up with a new site\r\ngot us back into the running, along with the Florida site.\r\nHe mentioned air quality several times as the reason the \r\noriginal site was eliminated.\r\nThe company was going to decide in December, but now by January 15th.\r\nThey say they have a strict timeline for delivering their product.\r\nSchruijer recapped some of what she already said,\r\nand added that the state of Georgia was assisting with the competition.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"REZ-2016-01-Part-2-Part-3-Part-4-Part-5\" href=\"#REZ-2016-01-Part-2-Part-3-Part-4-Part-5\">\r\nREZ-2016-01 -Citizen Questions &#8211; Gretchen Quarterman<\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: REZ-2016-01 -Citizen Questions - Gretchen Quarterman\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-_LDefJfP70&#038;index=6&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFckJAUz_HMrw-Wu0uh3zXb\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" alt=\"REZ-2016-01 -Citizen Questions - Gretchen Quarterman\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/-_LDefJfP70\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-_LDefJfP70&#038;index=6&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFckJAUz_HMrw-Wu0uh3zXb\">Video.<\/a>\r\nChairman asked for anyone who wanted to speak against.\r\nGretchen Quarterman said she didn&#8217;t want to speak against, rather to ask some questions.\r\nShe noted she hoped it was a solar manufacturer.\r\nAnd her question was how does this zoning fit into the zoning plan.\r\nIs it spot zoning?\r\nWhat is appropriate in that area which is currently all pine trees?\r\nWhat about runoff? How much, and where would it go?\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"REZ-2016-01-Part-2-Part-3-Part-4-Part-5-Part-6\" href=\"#REZ-2016-01-Part-2-Part-3-Part-4-Part-5-Part-6\">\r\nREZ-2016-01 &#8211; Discussion and Vote<\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: REZ-2016-01 - Discussion and Vote\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cQHSMdo50Cw&#038;index=7&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFckJAUz_HMrw-Wu0uh3zXb\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" alt=\"REZ-2016-01 - Discussion and Vote\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/cQHSMdo50Cw\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cQHSMdo50Cw&#038;index=7&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFckJAUz_HMrw-Wu0uh3zXb\">Video.<\/a>\r\nCommissioners wanted to be sure zoning would revert back if the deal fell through.\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nCeline Gladwin responded to Gretchen&#8217;s question by noting that about 200 acres to the north of the subject property is already M2, so maybe it&#8217;s not spot zoning,\r\nrather just increasing existing M2.\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nCommissioner Raker reiterated that he didn&#8217;t have a problem with the project,\r\nrather with the process.\r\nHe&#8217;d like to at least have the GLPC Chairman included in meetings with such companies.\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nCommissioner Brad Folsom recommended approval with two conditions,\r\nthat the use be as stated, and that the M-2 zoning would only apply\r\nupon acquisition of the property by the Development Authority\r\n(there was more detail in the actual motion).\r\nCommissioner Wildes seconded.\r\nMotion carried 7 to 0.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiFckJAUz_HMrw-Wu0uh3zXb\">\r\na video playlist:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLshUv86fYkiFckJAUz_HMrw-Wu0uh3zXb\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nVideos: Heavy Manufacturing politics\r\n<br>\r\nSpecial Called Meeting, Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC Special),\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),\r\n<br>\r\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 5 January 2016.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even the Planning Commissioners weren&#8217;t told what company &#8220;Project Max&#8221; is, because the Development Authority is still bidding the location as one of two being considered by the company. 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