{"id":15838,"date":"2016-02-11T07:10:14","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T12:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=15838"},"modified":"2016-02-11T07:10:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T12:10:14","slug":"cemetery-residence-parking-housing-appointments-to-5-boards-vcc-2016-02-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/cemetery-residence-parking-housing-appointments-to-5-boards-vcc-2016-02-11.html","title":{"rendered":"Cemetery, residence, parking, housing, appointments to 5 boards @ VCC 2016-02-11"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nFor the Valdosta
\n
\nfour public hearings<\/a> tonight at 5:30 PM,
\n
\n<\/a>
\nsee first the LAKE videos of the Planning Commission Work Session<\/a> and Regular Session<\/a>.
\nThat
\n
\ncemetery rezoning<\/a> is quite controversial.<\/p>\n

\nThe
\nhousing resolution<\/a>
\nmay be related to proposed joint city-county nonprofit for rehab housing in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nAlso, Valdosta has
\na new website, apparently as of yesterday;
\nfollow
\n
\nthis link for more about that and an online survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nHere’s the agenda<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n

\nAGENDA
\n
\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE VALDOSTA CITY COUNCIL
\n
\n5:30 PM Thursday, February 11, 2016
\n
\nCOUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL\n<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \n
    \nOpening Ceremonies <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
      \n
    1. \n
      \nCall to Order<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
    2. \n
      \nInvocation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
    3. \n
      \nPledge of Allegiance to the American Flag<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/ol>\n
    4. \n
      \nAwards and Presentations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
        \n
      1. \n
        \nConsideration of the February, 2016 Employee of the Month Award (Jonathon Braddy,<\/a><\/strong>
        \nPolice Department).\n<\/ol>\n
      2. \n
        \nMinutes Approval<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
          \n
        1. \n
          \nValdosta City Council – Regular Meeting – Jan 21, 2016 5:30 PM<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/ol>\n
        2. \n
          \nPublic Hearings<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
            \n
          1. \n
            \nConsideration of an Ordinance for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for a cemetery<\/a><\/strong>
            \nlocated on 77.87 acres that is split-zoned Residential-Professional (R-P), Single-Family
            \nResidential (R-15), and Environmental Resource (E-R) as
            \n
            request<\/strong>ed by Randall
            \nGodfrey (File No. CU-2016-01). The property is located at 2591 Stallings Road. The
            \nGreater Lowndes Planning Commission reviewed this
            \n
            request<\/strong> at their January regular
            \nmeeting and recommended approval with four conditions (5-3 Vote). <\/p>\n
          2. \n
            \n
            \nConsideration of an Ordinance to rezone 0.58 acres from Single-Family Residential (R-10) to Single-Family Residential (R-6) as requested by Ming Lin (File No. VA-2016-01).<\/a><\/strong>
            \nThe property is located at 1611 Williams Street. The Greater Lowndes Planning
            \nCommission reviewed this
            \n
            request<\/strong> at their January regular meeting and recommended denial (8-0 Vote). <\/p>\n
          3. \n
            \nConsideration of an Ordinance for Text Amendments to Chapter 222 – Off Street<\/a><\/strong>
            \nParking, Chapter 234 – Non-Conforming Situations, and Chapter 310 – Stormwater
            \nManagement of the Land Development Regulations (LDR) as
            \n
            request<\/strong>ed by the City of Valdosta (File No. VA-2016-02).
            \nThe Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
            \nreviewed this
            \n
            request<\/strong> at their January regular meeting and recommended approval (7-1
            \nVote).\n<\/ol>\n
          4. \n
            \nOrdinances and Resolutions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
              \n
            1. \n
              \nConsideration of a Resolution authorizing the filing of an Application with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for a Community Housing Investment Program (CHIP) Grant<\/a><\/strong>
              \nto fund a Program to assist with the assessment and planning for
              \nhousing needs in neighborhoods within the Designated Revitalization Area (DRA) of
              \nthe City of Valdosta. This Grant Application will be submitted in partnership with the\n<\/ol>\n
            2. \n
              \nBids, Contracts, Agreements and Expenditures<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
                \n
              1. \n
                \nConsideration of bids for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Corridor Project.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/ol>\n
              2. \n
                \nBoards, Commissions, Authorities, and Advisory Committees<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
                  \n
                1. \n
                  \nConsideration of an appointment to the Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
                2. \n
                  \nConsideration of appointments to the Valdosta Historic Preservation Commission.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
                3. \n
                  \nConsideration of an appointment to the Metropolitan Planning Organization Citizen’s Advisory Committee.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
                4. \n
                  \nConsideration of an appointment to the Valdosta-Lowndes County Conference Center & Tourism Authority.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
                5. \n
                  \nConsideration of appointments to the Valdosta-Lowndes County Land Bank Authority.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/ol>\n
                6. \n
                  \nCity Manager’s Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
                7. \n
                  \nCouncil Comments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
                8. \n
                  \nCitizens to be Heard<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
                9. \n
                  \nAdjournment<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

                  \n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  For the Valdosta four public hearings tonight at 5:30 PM, see first the LAKE videos of the Planning Commission Work Session and Regular Session. That cemetery rezoning is quite controversial. The housing resolution may be related to proposed joint city-county nonprofit for rehab housing in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity. Also, Valdosta has a new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,54,13,545,2305,55],"tags":[9118,8687,8701,8699,10,3363,8702,12,7,9119,4,6,8726,9065,9067,2932,9120,8703,8776,9090,8852,8727],"class_list":["post-15838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-valdosta-city-council","category-vlcccta","category-vlclba","category-vlmpo","category-water","tag-11-february-2016","tag-cemetery","tag-georgia","tag-government","tag-gretchen-quarterman","tag-hospital-authority-of-valdosta-and-lowndes-county","tag-lake","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-metropolitan-planning-organization-citizens-advisory-committee","tag-regular-session","tag-valdosta","tag-valdosta-city-council","tag-valdosta-historic-preservation-commission","tag-valdosta-lowndes-county-conference-center-tourism-authority","tag-valdosta-lowndes-county-land-bank-authority","tag-vhpc","tag-vlcccta","tag-vlclba","tag-vlha","tag-vlmpo","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15838","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15838"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15840,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15838\/revisions\/15840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}