{"id":17156,"date":"2016-08-10T12:54:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T16:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=17156"},"modified":"2016-08-10T12:54:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T16:54:15","slug":"flood-map-funding-on-valdosta-agennda-vcc-2016-08-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/flood-map-funding-on-valdosta-agennda-vcc-2016-08-11.html","title":{"rendered":"Flood map funding on Valdosta agennda @ VCC 2016-08-11"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nIt’s Valdosta’s turn, after
\n
\nLowndes County approved up to $40,000<\/a>,
\ntomorrow (Thursday 11 Aug 2016),
\nit’s on the
\n
\nValdosta City Council agenda<\/a>
\n
\n<\/a>
\nfor the city to approve a similar amount<\/a>,
\nadding up to matching what USGS is willing to supply.
\nIt was Valdosta’s idea in the first place, and maybe this
\ninteractive flood map for a small part of the Withlacoochee River through Valdosta will help prevent, or at least provide early warning for,
\nthe types of
\n
\nroad closings and other floodings that happened in 2009<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n

\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE VALDOSTA CITY COUNCIL
\n
\n5:30 PM Thursday, August 11, 2016
\n
\nCOUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL\n<\/p>\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 August 2016, Employee of the Month Award (Lt. Robert Mercer,<\/a><\/strong>
        \nSgt. Shelly Miller, and Firefighter Austin Williams — Valdosta Fire Department).<\/p>\n
      2. \n
        \nSpecial Presentation on the 2016 Southern Hospitality Group Workcamp.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/ol>\n
      3. \n
        \nMinutes Approval<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
          \n
        1. \n
          \nValdosta City Council Regular Meeting — July 21, 2016 5:30 PM.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/ol>\n
        2. \n
          \nLocal Funding and Requests<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
            \n
          1. \n
            \nConsideration of a request to start a Small Business Seed Loan Program and enter into a<\/a><\/strong>
            \nMemorandum of Understanding with Valdosta State University’s Small Business
            \nDevelopment Center for technical assistance.<\/p>\n
          2. \n
            \nConsideration of a request to abandonment a utility easement on Emerson Way.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
          3. \n
            \nConsideration of a Joint Funding Agreement (JFA) with the U.S. Geological Survey<\/a><\/strong>
            \n(USGS) to develop a Flood Inundation Map for a portion of the Withlacoochee River.\n<\/ol>\n
          4. \n
            \nCity Manager’s Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
          5. \n
            \nCouncil Comments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
          6. \n
            \nCitizens to be Heard<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
          7. \n
            \nAdjournment<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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

            It’s Valdosta’s turn, after Lowndes County approved up to $40,000, tomorrow (Thursday 11 Aug 2016), it’s on the Valdosta City Council agenda for the city to approve a similar amount, adding up to matching what USGS is willing to supply. It was Valdosta’s idea in the first place, and maybe this interactive flood map for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,73,54,55],"tags":[9366,4427,59,8701,8699,10,9367,8702,7372,12,7,8734,252,4,8731,9368,342,6,8726,8727,58],"class_list":["post-17156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-safety","category-valdosta-city-council","category-water","tag-11-august-2016","tag-4427","tag-flood","tag-georgia","tag-government","tag-gretchen-quarterman","tag-inundation","tag-lake","tag-lidar","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-lowndes-county-commission","tag-map","tag-regular-session","tag-safety","tag-united-state-geological-surrvey","tag-usgs","tag-valdosta","tag-valdosta-city-council","tag-water","tag-withlacoochee-river"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17156","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=17156"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17159,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17156\/revisions\/17159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}