{"id":22426,"date":"2021-10-24T17:02:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T21:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=22426"},"modified":"2021-10-24T17:35:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T21:35:43","slug":"folsom-bridge-and-skipper-bridge-usgs-gauge-funding-beer-and-wine-extension-office-presentation-lcc-2021-10-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2021\/10\/folsom-bridge-and-skipper-bridge-usgs-gauge-funding-beer-and-wine-extension-office-presentation-lcc-2021-10-25.html","title":{"rendered":"Folsom Bridge and Skipper Bridge USGS gauge funding, beer and wine, Extension Office Presentation @ LCC 2021-10-25"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nContinued funding for two river gauges is the only significant decision\r\non a very brief agenda for the Lowndes County Commission 8:30 AM tomorrow morning,\r\nand voting 5:30 PM Tuesday<\/del> Monday, that same evening.\r\nOne of them used to be funded by Valdosta, which it primarily benefits, but Lowndes County picked up that one back in 2019.\r\nThe other the county has been funding since 2009; it’s at the same Little River location that at its last meeting\r\nthe Commission fortunately decided not to close to the public.\r\n

\r\nThere’s a Monday morning Work Session presentation from the Lowndes County Extension Service Office.\r\n

\r\nThe only actual decisions are on yet another beer and wine license,\r\nand on funding two USGS gauges, at Folsom Bridge on GA 122 on the Little River west of Hahira,\r\nand at Skipper Bridge on the Withlacoochee River north of Valdosta.\r\n

\r\n\"[Gauge<\/a>\r\n
Gauge cost, Little River, Withlacoochee River<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nLowndes County has been funding $14,200 for the Folsom Bridge gauge since shortly after the\r\nbig flood of 2009.\r\nNote that this the same Little River site that the Commssion in its last meeting\r\ndecided not to close to the public<\/a> by not closing Wells Road.\r\n

\r\nHere are LAKE videos of their October 2012\r\n\r\n Work Session<\/a> and Regular Session<\/a> on the annual decision to continue funding for the Folsom Bridge gauge.\r\nHere’s a LAKE report with links to video of an explanation by Emergency Director Ashley Tye at their 2013 decision meeting<\/a> on the Folsom Bridge gauge.\r\n

\r\n\"[Folsom<\/a>\r\n
Folsom Bridge @ GA 122, Little River<\/a>,\r\n\r\nUSGS Gauge 02318380<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nBack in 2019\r\n\r\nValdosta ceased paying for its part of the Skipper Bridge gauge<\/a>,\r\napparently because Valdosta discovered that location is not within its city limits<\/a>,\r\nand\r\n\r\nLowndes County picked up that cost<\/a> of $8,300.\r\nThe rest for Skipper Bridge is paid by\r\nUSGS ($900) and Florida’s Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD, $5,900).\r\n

\r\n\"[Skipper<\/a>\r\n
Skipper Bridge, Withlacoochee River<\/a>,\r\n\r\nUSGS Gauge 023177483<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nAs you can see by the USGS location map, it’s rather ironic\r\nthat Valdosta is not paying for the Skipper Bridge gauge,\r\nsince it’s the source of water levels for the\r\n\r\nUSGS Flood Inundation Mapper (FIM)<\/a>,\r\nfor the Withlacoochee River floodplain from Skipper Bridge to GA 133,\r\nwhich primarily benefits Valdosta.\r\n

\r\nValdosta does continue to pay towards the US 41 (North Valdosta Road) Withlacoochee River gauge.\r\n

\r\n\"[$15,400<\/a>\r\n
$15,400 Little River @ GA 122 + $9,350 Withlacoochee River @ Skipper Bridge Road<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nThis year the Lowndes County costs went up $450 total,\r\nto $14,500 for Folsom Bridge and $8,450 for Skipper Bridge.\r\n\r\n\r\n
\r\nCost<\/th>\r\n\r\nWhat<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
$22,950.00<\/td>FY2022 Joint Funding Agreement with USGS<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n
$22,950.00<\/td>Total<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

\r\nBelow is the agenda<\/a>.\r\nSee also the board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request,\r\nand now on the LAKE website.\r\n
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2021-10-25–lcc-packet\/<\/a>\r\n

\r\n

\r\nLOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS\r\n
\r\nPROPOSED AGENDA\r\n
\r\nWORK SESSION, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2021, 8:30 a.m.\r\n
\r\nREGULAR SESSION, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2021, 5:30 p.m.\r\n
\r\n327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor\r\n<\/p>\r\n

    \r\n
  1. \r\nCall to Order<\/a>\r\n
  2. \r\nInvocation<\/a>\r\n
  3. \r\nPledge of Allegiance to the Flag<\/a>\r\n
  4. \r\nProclamation Presentation to Valwood Valiants Volleyball Team<\/a>\r\n
    \r\n
  5. \r\nMinutes for Approval<\/a>\r\n
      \r\n
    1. \r\nWork Session – October 11, 2021 & Regular Session – October 12, 2021<\/a>\r\n
      \r\n<\/ol>\r\n
    2. \r\nFor Consideration<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n
      1. \r\nFY2022 Joint Funding Agreement with USGS<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n

        \r\nDocuments:<\/strong>FY2022 Joint Funding Agreement with USGS.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

      2. \r\nBeer and Wine License – Nehaben Patel of Shree 4946, LLC, DBA Triangle Foods – 4946 US Hwy 41 S, Lake Park, GA<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n

        \r\nDocuments:<\/strong>Beer and Wine License – Nehaben Patel of Shree 4946, LLC, DBA Triangle Foods – 4946 US Hwy 41 S, Lake Park, GA.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

      3. \r\nReports – County Manager<\/a>\r\n
          \r\n
        1. \r\nLowndes County Extension Office Presentation (Work Session)<\/a>\r\n
          \r\n<\/ol>\r\n
        2. \r\nCitizens Wishing to be Heard-Please State Your Name and Address<\/a>\r\n
          \r\n
        3. \r\nAdjournment<\/a>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

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

          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 donate to LAKE today<\/a>!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Continued funding for two river gauges is the only significant decision on a very brief agenda for the Lowndes County Commission 8:30 AM tomorrow morning, and voting 5:30 PM Tuesday Monday, that same evening. One of them used to be funded by Valdosta, which it primarily benefits, but Lowndes County picked up that one back […]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[87,55],"tags":[8733,11456,59,11455,10922,4417,8701,8702,127,12,7,8195,11454,342,6,8727,11436,58],"class_list":["post-22426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alcohol","category-water","tag-alcohol","tag-fim","tag-flood","tag-flood-inundation-mapper","tag-folsom-bridge","tag-ga-122","tag-georgia","tag-lake","tag-little-river","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-skipper-bridge-road","tag-united-states-geological-service","tag-usgs","tag-valdosta","tag-water","tag-wells-road","tag-withlacoochee-river"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p585fK-5PI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22426","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=22426"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22433,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22426\/revisions\/22433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}