{"id":21445,"date":"2019-11-30T13:43:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T18:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=21445"},"modified":"2019-11-30T13:43:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T18:43:48","slug":"roads-rezoning-sales-tax-sunday-alcohol-and-troupville-river-camp-vcc-2019-12-05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/roads-rezoning-sales-tax-sunday-alcohol-and-troupville-river-camp-vcc-2019-12-05.html","title":{"rendered":"Roads, rezoning, sales tax, Sunday alcohol, and Troupville River Camp @ VCC 2019-12-05"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nUnusual on the Valdosta City Council agenda for Thursday are
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\nan award to Valdosta Main Street<\/a> and a request by WWALS Watershed Coalition for support for its
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\nTroupville River Camp project<\/a>; see also WWALS blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\"Downtown<\/a>
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\nPhoto: via Valdosta Today<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nPossibly controversial is the item
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\nto allow Sunday Alcohol Sales to begin at 11:00 a.m.<\/a>
\nBusiness as usual includes a rezoning several road widening and other traffic improvement items.<\/p>\n

\nHere is the agenda<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nAGENDA
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\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE VALDOSTA CITY COUNCIL
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\n5:30 PM Thursday, December 5, 2019
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\nCOUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL\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
        \nSpecial Recognition of the Valdosta Main Street Program as a Georgia Exceptional Main Street (GEMS) by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Downtown Development.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
      2. \n
        \nConsideration of a request for a Special Presentation at the December 5, 2019 Regular City Council Meeting.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
      3. \n
        \nConsideration of the December, 2019 Employee of the Month Award (Sergeant Heather Willis, Valdosta Police Department).<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/ol>\n
      4. \n
        \nMinutes Approval<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
          \n
        1. \n
          \nValdosta City Council – Regular Meeting – Nov 7, 2019 5:30 PM<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/ol>\n
        2. \n
          \nPublic Hearings<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
            \n
          1. \n
            \nConsideration of an Ordinance to rezone 6.70 acres from Planned Mixed Use Development (PMD) to Highway-Commercial (C-H) by Quick Trip Corporation (File No. VA-2019-08). The property is located at 1394 North St. Augustine Road. The Greater Lowndes Planning Commission reviewed this request at their November Regular Meeting and recommended approval (8-0 Vote).<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
          2. \n
            \nConsideration of an Ordinance for Text Amendments to Chapter 102 – General Provisions, Chapter 106 – Definitions, Chapter 242 – Zoning Procedures, Chapter 302 – Subdivision and Site Development Standards, and Chapter 332 – Infrastructure and Site Improvements of the City of Valdosta Land Development Regulations (File No. VA-2019-09). The Greater Lowndes Planning Commission reviewed this request at their November Regular Meeting and recommended approval (8-0 Vote).<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/ol>\n
          3. \n
            \nOrdinances and Resolutions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
              \n
            1. \n
              \nConsideration of an Ordinance to amend the City of Valdosta’s Alcohol Ordinance to allow Sunday Alcohol Sales to begin at 11:00 a.m.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
            2. \n
              \nConsideration of a Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Revenue to provide sales tax information to the City of Valdosta’s Finance Director.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
            3. \n
              \nConsideration of a Resolution authorizing the acceptance of a Contract with the Georgia Department of Transportation for the Eager Road\/Jerry Jones Widening Project.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/ol>\n
            4. \n
              \nBids, Contracts, Agreements and Expenditures<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
                \n
              1. \n
                \nConsideration of bids for traffic improvements at the intersection of Park Avenue and Forrest Street.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
              2. \n
                \nConsideration of bids for a Front-End Loading Dumpster Garbage Truck for the Public Works Department.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
              3. \n
                \nConsideration of a request to approve a Contract for new water meters for the City of Valdosta.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/ol>\n
              4. \n
                \nLocal Funding and Requests<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
                  \n
                1. \n
                  \nConsideration of a request to approve street selections for the Georgia Department of Transportation’s Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant (LMIG) Program.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
                2. \n
                  \nConsideration of a request from the WWALS Watershed Coalition for a Letter of Support for the Troupville River Camp.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/ol>\n
                3. \n
                  \nCity Manager’s Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
                4. \n
                  \nCouncil Comments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
                5. \n
                  \nCitizens to be Heard<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
                6. \n
                  \nAdjournment<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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

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                  Unusual on the Valdosta City Council agenda for Thursday are an award to Valdosta Main Street and a request by WWALS Watershed Coalition for support for its Troupville River Camp project; see also WWALS blog post. Photo: via Valdosta Today. Possibly controversial is the item to allow Sunday Alcohol Sales to begin at 11:00 a.m. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,14,809,325,2,20,478,449,479,54,55,126],"tags":[10610,8733,10955,10956,8704,8413,1431,8805,10963,8701,10964,10962,8764,8699,10958,548,8702,5396,8710,3304,127,1180,1181,12,7,10585,8299,4,1033,1147,8772,10957,8767,8773,10960,6,8726,10961,8727,10959,58,8740,172],"class_list":["post-21445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alcohol","category-economy","category-gdot","category-glpc","category-government","category-law","category-solid-waste","category-transportation","category-trash","category-valdosta-city-council","category-water","category-wwals","tag-10610","tag-alcohol","tag-december-5","tag-eager-road","tag-economy","tag-forrest-street","tag-garbage","tag-gdot","tag-gems","tag-georgia","tag-georgia-department-of-community-affairs-office-of-downtown-development","tag-georgia-exceptional-main-street","tag-glpc","tag-government","tag-jerry-jones-road","tag-john-s-quarterman","tag-lake","tag-land-development-regulations","tag-law","tag-ldr","tag-little-river","tag-lmig","tag-local-maintenance-and-improvement-grant","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-north-st-augustine-road","tag-park-avenue","tag-regular-session","tag-revenue","tag-sales-tax","tag-solid-waste","tag-sunday-alcohol-sales","tag-transportation","tag-trash","tag-troupville-river-camp","tag-valdosta","tag-valdosta-city-council","tag-valdosta-main-street-program","tag-water","tag-water-meters","tag-withlacoochee-river","tag-wwals","tag-wwals-watershed-coalition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21445","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=21445"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21448,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21445\/revisions\/21448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}