{"id":2046,"date":"2011-05-11T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/put-there-for-us-to-use-barbara-herring.html"},"modified":"2011-05-11T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T15:00:00","slug":"put-there-for-us-to-use-barbara-herring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/put-there-for-us-to-use-barbara-herring.html","title":{"rendered":"Put there for us to use &mdash;Barbara Herring"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=noHmLTp-IOM\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/uRcKUY938lI\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nShould developers drive the extension of county services,\nor should there be a planning process that takes other factors into account?\nThe Glen Laurel rezoning case suggests that developers drive the process now.\n<p>\nSpeaking for the Glen Laurel subdivision were\nBill Nijem and Barbara Herring.\nShe described the original layout as &#8220;a very efficient layout&#8221;.\nShe said they redesigned it and added a park in the middle\nand other green space in addition to natural vegetation.\n<blockquote>\nAll the neighbors on the outside wouldn&#8217;t be able to see into it very well.\n<\/blockquote>\nShe said they also increased the lot sizes,\nbut they did not change the road plan.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=noHmLTp-IOM\">\nPart 1 of 2:<\/a>\n\n<!--more-->\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/noHmLTp-IOM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nPut there for us to use &mdash;Barbara Herring Part 1 of 2:\n<br>\nREZ-2010-06, Glen Laurel, Old Pine Rd,\n<br>\nRegular meeting, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 8 June 2010.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman, John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TJ6OrhuCc7s\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/TJ6OrhuCc7s\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nBarbara Herring argued that there was no choice but to make\nthe lots larger because of the larger lot size in some other\nsubdivision.\n<blockquote>\nNow I know if that developer had had sewer, that those lots\nwould have been a lot smaller.\nHe wanted to get them as small as he could, but he had no choice.\nThere was no infrastructure for him to draw from.\nAnd there is now.\nNow we have the chance to use this infrastructure\nthat is there.\nIt was put there at county expense, I&#8217;m sure,\nfor us to use.\n<\/blockquote>\nThat&#8217;s right, she said the taxpayers put in infrastructure\nfor her development to use.\nI&#8217;m told by people who have been involved in this process\nfor a long time that that&#8217;s just how it works:\na developer proposes a subdivision and the county\nextends utilities to it.\n<p>\nAnd that&#8217;s how we get sprawl.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TJ6OrhuCc7s\">\nPart 2 of 2:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TJ6OrhuCc7s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nPut there for us to use &mdash;Barbara Herring Part 2 of 2:\n<br>\nREZ-2010-06, Glen Laurel, Old Pine Rd,\n<br>\nRegular meeting, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 8 June 2010.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman, John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Should developers drive the extension of county services, or should there be a planning process that takes other factors into account? The Glen Laurel rezoning case suggests that developers drive the process now. Speaking for the Glen Laurel subdivision were Bill Nijem and Barbara Herring. She described the original layout as &#8220;a very efficient layout&#8221;. 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