{"id":20064,"date":"2018-04-29T11:10:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T15:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=20064"},"modified":"2018-04-29T11:10:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T15:10:28","slug":"videos-no-opioid-no-probation-military-utility-lcc-2018-04-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/videos-no-opioid-no-probation-military-utility-lcc-2018-04-24.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos: No Opioid No Probation Military Utility  @ LCC 2018-04-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nThey would have managed less than four minutes,<br \/>\neven with<br \/>\n<a href=\"#N-5-Minutes-for-Approval\"><br \/>\nchatting with Leadership Lowndes in the audience<\/a>,<br \/>\nincluding 45 seconds on the only substantial<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/opioid-military-utility-probation-lcc-2018-04-23.html\">agenda<\/a> item,<br \/>\n<a href=\"#N-6-a-Grant-Of-Easement-for-Utility-Right-of-Way-Moody-Azalea-Commons\"><br \/>\n6 a. Grant Of Easement for Utility Right of Way Moody-Azalea Commons<\/a><br \/>\n(aka Moody Family Housing).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/rezoning\/REZ-2013-09\/mime\/2013-07-29XGLPCXPacket-7.html\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2013-07-29 GLPC Packet-007 REZ-2013-09 Moody Family Housing\"\n style=\"border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/rezoning\/REZ-2013-09\/mime\/2013-07-29XGLPCXPacket-7.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/rezoning\/REZ-2013-09\/mime\/2013-07-29XGLPCXPacket-7.html\"><br \/>\n2013-07-29 GLPC Packet-007 REZ-2013-09 Moody Family Housing<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nNote the big sinkhole in Phase 2.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBut<br \/>\n<a href=\"#N-8-CWTBH-Jacinta-Howell-traffic-safety\"><br \/>\ncitizen Jacinta Howell talked about traffic safety<\/a>.<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s remember the immortal words of<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/lot-size-and-code-enforcement-on-old-pine-road-8-june-2010.html\"><br \/>\nformer Chairman Ashley Paulk<br \/>\nduring a rezoning near Bemiss Road<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nI&#8217;m not going to argue Bemiss Highway, it&#8217;s not a pertinent fact.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nBelow are<!--more--><\/p>\n<p> links to each LAKE video<br \/>\nof the April 24, 2018 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission,<br \/>\nwith a few notes,<br \/>\nfollowed by a LAKE video playlist.<br \/>\nSee also the<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/videos-no-opioid-military-utility-probation-lcc-2018-04-23.html\">LAKE videos of the previous day&#8217;s Work Session<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a name=\"Order\" href=\"#Order\"><br \/>\n      1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge<br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"video: \n      1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F03l4qg89ps&#038;index=1&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFjNXvIus8rvHNLA31PO66G&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\n      1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/F03l4qg89ps\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLCd95zs8vOIgwMSOqshO1kqj-Kqag\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F03l4qg89ps&#038;index=1&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFjNXvIus8rvHNLA31PO66G&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<li>\n<a name=\"N-5-Minutes-for-Approval\" href=\"#N-5-Minutes-for-Approval\"><br \/>\n      5. Minutes for Approval<br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"video: \n      5. Minutes for Approval\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MUMLrHKgs-0&#038;index=2&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFjNXvIus8rvHNLA31PO66G&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\n      5. Minutes for Approval\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/MUMLrHKgs-0\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLDhJrz5pf50Eywz96ey7lyPlyqPlA\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MUMLrHKgs-0&#038;index=2&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFjNXvIus8rvHNLA31PO66G&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<li>\n<a name=\"N-6-a-Grant-Of-Easement-for-Utility-Right-of-Way-Moody-Azalea-Commons\" href=\"#N-6-a-Grant-Of-Easement-for-Utility-Right-of-Way-Moody-Azalea-Commons\"><br \/>\n      6 a. Grant Of Easement for Utility Right of Way Moody-Azalea Commons<br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"video: \n      6 a. Grant Of Easement for Utility Right of Way Moody-Azalea Commons\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VqioA_p9-GQ&#038;index=3&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFjNXvIus8rvHNLA31PO66G&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\n      6 a. Grant Of Easement for Utility Right of Way Moody-Azalea Commons\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/VqioA_p9-GQ\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLAl9ohI0G45y5EKix3T4X62jRd6Rg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VqioA_p9-GQ&#038;index=3&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFjNXvIus8rvHNLA31PO66G&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<li>\n<a name=\"N-6b-removed-from-agenda-7-Reports-County-Manager-none\" href=\"#N-6b-removed-from-agenda-7-Reports-County-Manager-none\"><br \/>\n      6b. removed from agenda 7. Reports &#8211; County Manager (none)<br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"video: \n      6b. removed from agenda 7. Reports - County Manager (none)\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rg8EvbWHGe8&#038;index=4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFjNXvIus8rvHNLA31PO66G&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\n      6b. removed from agenda 7. Reports - County Manager (none)\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/rg8EvbWHGe8\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLA5ZmzBNxTXRiIJfixXJEjBZC11bw\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rg8EvbWHGe8&#038;index=4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFjNXvIus8rvHNLA31PO66G&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a><br \/>\nThey did use 18 seconds reminding everyone they had removed the<br \/>\n<a href=\"#N-6b-removed-from-agenda-7-Reports-County-Manager-none\"><br \/>\nLowndes County Government Probation Plan and Resolution<\/a><br \/>\nfrom the agenda;<br \/>\nsee<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/videos-no-opioid-military-utility-probation-lcc-2018-04-23.html#N-6-b-Lowndes-County-Government-Probation-Plan-and-Resolution.\">LAKE video of previous day&#8217;s Work Session<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<li>\n<a name=\"N-8-CWTBH-Jacinta-Howell-traffic-safety\" href=\"#N-8-CWTBH-Jacinta-Howell-traffic-safety\"><br \/>\n      8. CWTBH &#8211; Jacinta Howell &#8211; traffic safety<br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"video: \n      8. CWTBH - Jacinta Howell - traffic safety\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vg_DxMyLDgY&#038;index=5&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFjNXvIus8rvHNLA31PO66G&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\n      8. CWTBH - Jacinta Howell - traffic safety\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Vg_DxMyLDgY\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLBc-LhIIqQHGdxSlJytb0nybi-n0A\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vg_DxMyLDgY&#038;index=5&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFjNXvIus8rvHNLA31PO66G&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a><br \/>\nShe presented her<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jacinta.howell.9\/posts\/10102843485878763\"><br \/>\nfacebook post<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nOpen letter to Lowndes County and City of Valdosta Engineering<br \/>\nDepartment (feel free to like and share, as I would like these<br \/>\ndepartments to take some action on the situations)\n<\/p>\n<p>\nTo whom it may concern:\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI am writing this letter out of concern for multiple issues that I<br \/>\nhave continuously noticed regarding the road maintenance and<br \/>\ninfrastruction of the roads in Lowndes County and Valdosta City<br \/>\nlimits. This is in no way attempting to shame any particular person<br \/>\nor department, but to bring to light these issues in order that they<br \/>\nmay be given careful consideration and fixed as deemed necessary.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAs a citizen who has lived in Valdosta for over 20 yrs, I have seen<br \/>\nthis city\/county grow in number, but unfortunately our road<br \/>\ninfrastructor has not caught up with that growth, making it (what<br \/>\nseems like) a battle nearly every time we travel in the area. It is<br \/>\ntrue that each driver has the responsibility of driving as safely as<br \/>\npossible, but at the same time the individuls responsible for the<br \/>\nactual road setup have a responsibility to mitigate any potential<br \/>\ndangers they may be inadvertantly creating by their structure or how<br \/>\nthey are set up. In my personal opinion, the county and city are<br \/>\nfailing in that area, leading to dangerous travel and increased road<br \/>\nrage\/ frustrations as well.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nLet me provide you with a few examples (some of which I have<br \/>\npersonally called and reported with no avail)&#8230;.\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> The intersection of Oak Street Ext and Bemiss Road. There is a<br \/>\ngas station that is located there. At multiple times during the day,<br \/>\nthere are people that are at the light, turning left off of Oak st.<br \/>\next onto Bemiss Rd. At the same time, multiple times throughout the<br \/>\nday, there is someone turning off of Bemiss onto Oak st ext and then<br \/>\nwanting to make an immediate left into that gas station, though<br \/>\nthere are double yellow lines on the road that indicate that is not<br \/>\nallowed, but cannot complete the turn bc of traffic and cars backed<br \/>\nup. I have witnessed this on MANYl occasions backing up traffic into<br \/>\nthe intersection, including school buses with children. This lead me<br \/>\nto call and request a &#8220;no left turn sign&#8221; be put at that location<br \/>\nwhich is really to just reinfrce what the traffic rule already is,<br \/>\nbut my request has not been honored as of yet and I received no<br \/>\nfollowup on it.<\/p>\n<li> Bemiss Rd in and of itself is a hazard. Yes, there have been<br \/>\nimprovements and a reduction in head on collisions from the days in<br \/>\nwhich the divider didnt exist which I am grateful for . However,<br \/>\nthere are still and abundance of hazards that exist. Individuals<br \/>\nturning left onto Bemiss Rd. often us the middle divide as a waiting<br \/>\narea until the traffic clears in the direction they are wanting to<br \/>\ntravel. This causes issues with individuals using that same turning<br \/>\nlane area to make a U turn. Technically, the U-turn individuals have<br \/>\nthe right of way. This problem could be alleviated if signs were put<br \/>\nup stating that U turns have the right of way or if traffic lights<br \/>\nwere up at those intersections where this frequently happens (Bemiss<br \/>\nand Old Pine Rd, Bemiss and Huntley Drive (by the Taco Bell), Bemiss<br \/>\nand Knights Academy, etc).<\/p>\n<li> Traffic flow. &#8230;There are certain intersections that would be<br \/>\nmuch better served and flow better if there were traffic lights put<br \/>\nin place. Two examples that I can come up with off the top of my<br \/>\nhead are Forrest Street Ext &amp; Knights academy and Lake Laurie Rd<br \/>\nand Cherry Creek. Accidents and near accidents happen frequently<br \/>\nthere bc people are trying to find a gap in traffic to get where<br \/>\nthey are going. If there was a sensored traffic light there it would<br \/>\nflow much better.\n<\/ol>\n<p>\nThese are just a few of the areas of concern. My question is, what<br \/>\nhappens when as citizen points these things out? Are studies<br \/>\nconducted to survey the area and the potential risks and then<br \/>\nchanges made? Are there already studies that exist to show how many<br \/>\naccidents happen in these areas and what is contributing to these<br \/>\nincidents? Is the concern ignored? Again, I understand that each<br \/>\nperson has the responsibility to drive safely, but the roads and the<br \/>\nroad setup we drive on has the the responsibility of creating the<br \/>\nsafest driving environment possible as well.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI welcome the oportunity to discuss these concerns further with<br \/>\nanyone willing to assist. As a tax paying citizen, I would like to<br \/>\nsee the services that we pay for work for us and our best interest<br \/>\nand Im sure others would as well.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThank you for taking the time to read.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFellow FB readers: If you have an area of concern, feel free to<br \/>\nleave a comment below indicating exactly the traffic area you&#8217;re<br \/>\ntalking about including street names. Also, it would be very helpful<br \/>\nif you provide a suggestion as to how the area could be improved.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiFjNXvIus8rvHNLA31PO66G&#038;disable_polymer=true\"><br \/>\na LAKE video playlist:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLshUv86fYkiFjNXvIus8rvHNLA31PO66G&#038;disable_polymer=true\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideos: No Opioid No Probation Military Utility<br \/>\n<br \/>\nRegular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),<br \/>\n<br \/>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, April 24, 2018.\n<\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align:center;font-style:italic\">Investigative reporting costs money, for open records requests, copying, web hosting, gasoline, and cameras, and with sufficient funds we can pay students to do further research.  You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate\">donate to LAKE today<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They would have managed less than four minutes, even with chatting with Leadership Lowndes in the audience, including 45 seconds on the only substantial agenda item, 6 a. Grant Of Easement for Utility Right of Way Moody-Azalea Commons (aka Moody Family Housing). 2013-07-29 GLPC Packet-007 REZ-2013-09 Moody Family Housing Note the big sinkhole in Phase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,41,19,20,88,570,571,6114,3,449,55],"tags":[10098,10269,10272,8614,2819,8701,8699,10,8718,8709,8702,8710,91,96,12,7,8734,8783,8784,1329,6809,6805,10270,4,2504,208,8700,8767,319,2290,6,8727,58,90],"class_list":["post-20064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-health-care","category-history","category-law","category-lowndes-county-commission","category-military","category-moody-afb","category-sinkhole-2","category-transparency","category-transportation","category-water","tag-10098","tag-april-23","tag-april-24","tag-azalea-commons","tag-easement","tag-georgia","tag-government","tag-gretchen-quarterman","tag-health-care","tag-history","tag-lake","tag-law","tag-lcc","tag-litigation","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-lowndes-county-commission","tag-military","tag-moody-afb","tag-moody-air-force-base","tag-moody-family-housing","tag-nelson-hill","tag-opioid","tag-regular-session","tag-sewer","tag-sinkhole","tag-transparency","tag-transportation","tag-utility","tag-val-del-road","tag-valdosta","tag-water","tag-withlacoochee-river","tag-work-session"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20064","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=20064"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20069,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20064\/revisions\/20069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}