{"id":21381,"date":"2019-10-14T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=21381"},"modified":"2019-10-14T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T15:30:00","slug":"videos-do-not-pave-hightower-road-rezonings-on-val-del-great-north-road-us-41-n-lcc-2019-10-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/videos-do-not-pave-hightower-road-rezonings-on-val-del-great-north-road-us-41-n-lcc-2019-10-08.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Do not pave Hightower Road, rezonings on Val Del, Great North Road, US 41 N @ LCC 2019-10-08"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nEleven minutes plus\r\n<a href=\"#N-7-CWTBH-Steve-and-Sandra-Daugherty-please-do-not-pave-our-road\">\r\nthree minutes from people asking do not pave Hightower and Cooper Roads<\/a> near Moody AFB.\r\nThey said they weren&#8217;t even consulted before the county decided to pave.\r\nChairman Bill Slaughter offered to talk with those citizens after the meeting,\r\nbut not during, when the public could have heard him.\r\nBefore that, County Manager Joe Pritchard summarized\r\n<a href=\"#N-6-Reports-County-Manager-Road-Inventory\">\r\ninternal discussions about the county road inventory<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nMore than four minutes \r\n<a href=\"#REZ-2019-13\">\r\nfor the second NATCO rezoning on Val Del Road<\/a>\r\nwas the longest item at this Regular Session.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;disable_polymer=true\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ec2tJVM_7Fw\/hqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThe\r\n<a href=\"#REZ-2019-14\">\r\nWisenbaker rezoning<\/a> on Great North Road\r\nhad a Commissioner recuse himself and took 2.5 minutes.\r\nThe applicant request to table for\r\n<a href=\"#REZ-2019-15\">Hogan on US 42 N<\/a> was passed in less than a minute.\r\n<p>\r\nBelow are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,\r\nfollowed by<!--more-->\r\n\r\n a LAKE video playlist.\r\nSee also\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/videos-rezonings-on-val-del-great-north-road-us-41-n-lcc-2019-10-07.html\">the LAKE videos of the preceding morning&#8217;s Work Session<\/a>,\r\nthe\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/packet-rezonings-on-val-del-great-north-road-us-41-n-lcc-2019-10-07.html\">\r\nagenda<\/a>\r\nand the <a href=\"www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2019-10-07--lcc-packet\">\r\nboard packet<\/a>.\r\nAlso the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/videos-more-natco-on-val-del-road-2-more-lowndes-county-cases-glpc-2019-09-30.html\">LAKE videos of the preceding Planning Commission Regular Session<\/a>,\r\nand the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2019\/09\/more-natco-on-val-del-road-2-more-lowndes-county-cases-glpc-2019-09-30.html\">agenda of that GPLC meeting<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Order\" href=\"#Order\">\r\n      1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OjM1DmS8zmE&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=2&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/OjM1DmS8zmE\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDFQgBFQAAAAAYASUAAMhCPQCAokN4AQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLCFwMuny8LwL4rSyK6xId95ZnxpwQ\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OjM1DmS8zmE&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=2&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Chairman-Comments-4-Minutes-for-Approval\" href=\"#Chairman-Comments-4-Minutes-for-Approval\">\r\n      Chairman Comments 4. Minutes for Approval\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      Chairman Comments 4. Minutes for Approval\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TPm8tMTwc-E&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=3&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      Chairman Comments 4. Minutes for Approval\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/TPm8tMTwc-E\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDFQgBFQAAAAAYASUAAMhCPQCAokN4AQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLCW5F4Ncmb4LQrkrOj1nmodt9DfNg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TPm8tMTwc-E&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=3&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"REZ-2019-13\" href=\"#REZ-2019-13\">\r\n      5a. REZ-2019-13 NATCO, Val Del Rd. R-1 to P-D, ~56.102 acres\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      5a. REZ-2019-13 NATCO, Val Del Rd. R-1 to P-D, ~56.102 acres\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ec2tJVM_7Fw&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=4&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      5a. REZ-2019-13 NATCO, Val Del Rd. R-1 to P-D, ~56.102 acres\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ec2tJVM_7Fw\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDFQgBFQAAAAAYASUAAMhCPQCAokN4AQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLDzT1Vgmwmggq5nn0XvmGSpIXwc8g\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ec2tJVM_7Fw&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=4&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\nNobody spoke against.\r\nAttorney Jack Langdale spoke at some length in favor, for unknown reasons,\r\nsince there was no opposition.\r\nThe Commissioners passed the rezoning unanimously.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"REZ-2019-14\" href=\"#REZ-2019-14\">\r\n      5b. REZ-2019-14 Wisenbaker  3820 Great North Rd. E-A to R-1 ~5.0 acres\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      5b. REZ-2019-14 Wisenbaker  3820 Great North Rd. E-A to R-1 ~5.0 acres\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MhXARxfzKBQ&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=5&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      5b. REZ-2019-14 Wisenbaker  3820 Great North Rd. E-A to R-1 ~5.0 acres\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/MhXARxfzKBQ\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDFQgBFQAAAAAYASUAAMhCPQCAokN4AQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLBmm38UU7ob64-dg69wUIcP2D6QVA\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MhXARxfzKBQ&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=5&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\nNobody spoke against. Jason Wisenbaker spoke for &#8220;so I can move the mobile home to the one acre and sell it, and put the rest back into the farm.&#8221;\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nCommissioner Mark Wisenbaker recused himself because he is related to the applicant.\r\nThe other Commissioners passed the rezoning unanimously.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"REZ-2019-15\" href=\"#REZ-2019-15\">\r\n      5c.REZ-2019-15  US Hwy 41 N. &#038; Wellman Pl. E-A\/R-1\/M-1 to M-2, ~7.01 ac\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      5c.REZ-2019-15  US Hwy 41 N. &#038; Wellman Pl. E-A\/R-1\/M-1 to M-2, ~7.01 ac\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y-KuimrfDZo&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=6&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      5c.REZ-2019-15  US Hwy 41 N. &#038; Wellman Pl. E-A\/R-1\/M-1 to M-2, ~7.01 ac\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Y-KuimrfDZo\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDFQgBFQAAAAAYASUAAMhCPQCAokN4AQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLCNZkfp2NnVrn-fh19qZEpHyqgCIw\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y-KuimrfDZo&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=6&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\nUnanimously tabled indefinitely at applicant&#8217;s request, waiting for a variance to be handled\r\n(presumably by ZBOA) at an unknown date.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-6-Reports-County-Manager-Road-Inventory\" href=\"#N-6-Reports-County-Manager-Road-Inventory\">\r\n      6. Reports &#8211; County Manager &#8211; Road Inventory\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      6. Reports - County Manager - Road Inventory\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pjkUpIDmB00&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=7&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      6. Reports - County Manager - Road Inventory\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/pjkUpIDmB00\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDFQgBFQAAAAAYASUAAMhCPQCAokN4AQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLAVJqA5j2yTEB0OV_2y7-CaVa8dWg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pjkUpIDmB00&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=7&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\nCounty Manager Joe Pritchard &#8220;would like to restate for the public that is here tonight&#8221;\r\nwhat he said\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/videos-rezonings-on-val-del-great-north-road-us-41-n-lcc-2019-10-07.html#N-6-Reports-County-Manager-proceedure-for-accepting-roads\">\r\nthe previous morning about private roads<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-7-CWTBH-Steve-and-Sandra-Daugherty-please-do-not-pave-our-road\" href=\"#N-7-CWTBH-Steve-and-Sandra-Daugherty-please-do-not-pave-our-road\">\r\n      7. CWTBH &#8211; Steve and Sandra Daugherty &#8211; please do not pave our road\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      7. CWTBH - Steve and Sandra Daugherty - please do not pave our road\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TI82WFPNnPE&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=8&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      7. CWTBH - Steve and Sandra Daugherty - please do not pave our road\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/TI82WFPNnPE\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDFQgBFQAAAAAYASUAAMhCPQCAokN4AQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLAPP5wAZhQ-5YKf9Dwv1EwrAxMZfg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TI82WFPNnPE&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=8&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\nThey said they only found out about the paving of Hightower and Cooper Road\r\nwhen a surveyor asked to come on the property.\r\nWhen they inquired, the county said the paving was already approved.\r\nShe wondered how they could arbitrarily decide that without speaking to the citizens.\r\nChairman Bill Slaughter offered to talk to them after the meeting was over,\r\nbut not during the meeting when the public could hear his answer.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-7-CWTBH-Billy-Atkinson-do-not-pave-Hightower-Road\" href=\"#N-7-CWTBH-Billy-Atkinson-do-not-pave-Hightower-Road\">\r\n      7. CWTBH &#8211; Billy Atkinson &#8211; do not pave Hightower Road\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      7. CWTBH - Billy Atkinson - do not pave Hightower Road\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bg8Be4Nys_E&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=9&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      7. CWTBH - Billy Atkinson - do not pave Hightower Road\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Bg8Be4Nys_E\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDFQgBFQAAAAAYASUAAMhCPQCAokN4AQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLD3P_PApagxg3NXTGBdKN7ldSOOJA\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bg8Be4Nys_E&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=9&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\n&#8220;I hate to give up that much land. Fencing is a big problem.&#8221;\r\nChairman Bill Slaughter offered to talk to them after the meeting was over,\r\nbut not during the meeting when the public could hear his answer.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Adjournment\" href=\"#Adjournment\">\r\n      8. Meeting Adjournment\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      8. Meeting Adjournment\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j21FMkuOgXA&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=10&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      8. Meeting Adjournment\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/j21FMkuOgXA\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDFQgBFQAAAAAYASUAAMhCPQCAokN4AQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLDO7QSp0OAzLb2pOlL8vKOuE2LCiw\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j21FMkuOgXA&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;index=10&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;disable_polymer=true\">\r\na LAKE video playlist:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLshUv86fYkiF2Sx_0tTyd7NfO6DZlpqJT&#038;disable_polymer=true\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nVideos: Do not pave Hightower Road, rezonings on Val Del, Great North Road, US 41 N\r\n<br>\r\nRegular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),\r\n<br>\r\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 2019-10-08.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\n<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>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eleven minutes plus three minutes from people asking do not pave Hightower and Cooper Roads near Moody AFB. They said they weren&#8217;t even consulted before the county decided to pave. Chairman Bill Slaughter offered to talk with those citizens after the meeting, but not during, when the public could have heard him. 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