{"id":19602,"date":"2018-01-26T13:29:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T18:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=19602"},"modified":"2018-01-28T17:18:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T22:18:21","slug":"regional-t-splost-public-meetings-in-pearson-and-valdosta-2018-01-29-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/regional-t-splost-public-meetings-in-pearson-and-valdosta-2018-01-29-30.html","title":{"rendered":"Regional T-SPLOST public meetings in Pearson and Valdosta 2018-01-29-30"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update 2018-01-28<\/strong>:\r\nLAKE videos of Valdosta Mayor and Council talking about<\/a>\r\n $406 million and 25% discretionary funds which can be used for things like public transportation.\r\n

\r\nPreparing for a vote on the May 22, 2018, primary election ballot,\r\nSGRC is holding two public meetings next week to review what the\r\nregional roundtable has come up with for a project list for a regional\r\none-percent sales tax.\r\nMost of the projects, ranging from $18 thousand to $26 million dollars, are for roads and bridges, but there are also sidewalks and one airport tower light.\r\nThere is nothing in the project list for public transportation,\r\nbut 25% of the funds are not on the project list, and counties or cities\r\ncould choose to use some of those funds for example for paying for\r\nthe urban area parts of trips by the Lowndes County MIDS on-call bus service.\r\n

\r\nWhen:<\/strong> 4-6PM, Monday, January 29, 2018\r\n

\r\nWhere:<\/strong>\r\nPearson Sports and Civic Complex,\r\n
\r\n786 Austin Avenue East, Pearson, Georgia\r\n

\r\nWhen:<\/strong> 10AM-6PM, Tuesday, January 30, 2018\r\n

\r\nWhere:<\/strong>\r\nSouthern Georgia Regional Commission Valdosta \r\nOffice,\r\n
327 West Savannah Ave. Valdosta, Georgia\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"Distribution<\/a>\r\n
\r\nEstimated\r\nRevenue\r\nDistribution\r\nby\r\nJurisdiction,\r\nSouthern\r\nGeorgia\r\nRegional\r\nTransportation\r\nSales\r\nTax<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nSGRC Press Release, 19 January 2018,\r\n\r\nPublic Meetings Set for Transportation Sales Tax Project List<\/a>,\r\n\r\n\r\n

\r\n

\r\nThe Executive Committee of the Southern Georgia Regional\r\nTransportation Roundtable has set a series of public meetings to\r\nallow for review of the Draft Constrained Investment List for the\r\nfollowing counties, representing the special district for a proposed\r\nregional transportation sales and use tax: Atkinson, Bacon, Ben\r\nHill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook,\r\nEchols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Tift, Turner, and Ware.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nThe Transportation Investment Act of 2010 is a law prescribing the\r\nprocess to call for a regional sales tax referendum for\r\ntransportation projects. The regional transportation sales tax\r\nprocess is a mechanism for voters in the region to enact a regional\r\nsales tax for transportation purposes. The law allows a region to\r\nimplement a one percent sales tax to fund transportation projects,\r\nsuch as pavement maintenance, road construction, bridge, safety,\r\ntransit, aviation, bicycle, and pedestrian projects. This\r\nTransportation Sales Tax process began in the Southern Georgia\r\nregion in early 2017 when a majority of the counties within the\r\nSouthern Georgia region passed resolutions to initiate the process\r\nfor a regional transportation sales tax. Previously in 2012, voters\r\nin this region voted down a similar regional transportation sales\r\ntax.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nOver the past six months, The Executive Committee of the Roundtable\r\nhas met several times to select the projects presented in this draft\r\nlist. The Executive Committee reviewed each project and how it best\r\nmet the needs of the region, and worked to make sure the proceeds of\r\nthe sales tax are divided equitably throughout the region. The\r\nExecutive Committee selected 150 projects, totaling more than 296\r\nmillion dollars. These projects are located throughout the region\r\nand each county is represented by at least one project on the list.\r\nThis sales tax is estimated to generate more than 513 million\r\ndollars over the next 10 years for transportation purposes.\r\nTwenty-five percent of the proceeds or 128 million dollars will be\r\ndivided by formula to each city and county in the region. If the\r\nsales tax is passed by the voters, local jurisdictions will also see\r\na reduction in the match they pay on annual LMIG (Local Maintenance\r\nImprovement Grant) funds they received from the Georgia Department\r\nof Transportation from 30-percent to 10-percent, an additional\r\nsavings of more than 24 million dollars over 10 years to each city\r\nand county in the region.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nIn January, the following public meetings will be held so the public\r\ncan comment on the Draft Constrained Investment List. Two public\r\nmeetings will be held at the following locations, the Draft\r\nConstrained Project List will also be available online at\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.sgrc.us\/regional-roundtable.html”><\/a>.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nThe public meetings are as listed above,\r\nand the project list is online now.\r\n

Project List<\/a><\/H4>\r\n

\r\n\r\nSGRC T-SPLOST Project List<\/a>.\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"Page<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"Page<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nThe SGRC PR concludes:\r\n

\r\n

\r\nAfter the public meetings the Regional Transportation Roundtable\r\nwill reconvene on February 13, 2018 to review the public comments\r\nand adopt a Final Constrained List that will be presented to voters\r\non the May 22, 2018, general primary ballot.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nFor more information about the Regional Transportation Sales tax,\r\nplease contact Corey Hull at the Southern Georgia Regional\r\nCommission at 229-333-5277 or via email at chull@sgrc.us.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nThe agenda for the previous roundtable Executive Committee meeting of January 17, 2018\r\nsays the Febuary 13, 2018, meeting will be in Pearson.\r\nIts Chair is John Gayle, Mayor of Valdosta.\r\n

\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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