{"id":23850,"date":"2023-09-05T10:19:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T14:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=23850"},"modified":"2023-09-06T15:00:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:00:48","slug":"please-reject-rez-2023-04-2-5-acre-rezoning-on-quarterman-road-gretchen-quarterman-for-lake-2023-08-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2023\/09\/please-reject-rez-2023-04-2-5-acre-rezoning-on-quarterman-road-gretchen-quarterman-for-lake-2023-08-28.html","title":{"rendered":"Please reject REZ-2023-04 2.5-acre rezoning on Quarterman Road &#8211;Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE 2023-08-28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update 2023-09-06<\/strong>:\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wwals.net\/2023\/09\/06\/please-keep-quarterman-road-in-agriculture-and-forestry-wwals-to-greater-lowndes-planning-commission-2023-08-28\/\">Please keep Quarterman Road in agriculture and forestry &#8211;WWALS to Greater Lowndes Planning Commission 2023-08-28<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nHere is <a href=\"#lakeletter\">the letter<\/a> Gretchen Quarterman sent on behalf of Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE)\r\nto the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) before their meeting of Monday, August 28, 2023.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"LAKE letter and map\" name=\"M:LAKE-letter-and-map\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-lake-letter\/many.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-lake-letter\/many.jpg\"  alt=\"[LAKE letter and map]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-lake-letter\/many.html\">LAKE letter and map<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\nAs you can see in the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2023\/08\/videos-quarterman-road-rezoning-recommended-against-mt-zion-church-road-for-glpc-2023-08-28.html\">\r\nLAKE videos of that meeting<\/a>,\r\nGLPC recommended denial by 7:1 of REZ-2023-04 on Quarterman Road.\r\n\r\n<p>\r\nThanks to everyone who signed the petition: a table of signatories and images of the petition sheets are included.\r\nThanks to everyone who spoke at the GLPC meeting.\r\n<p>\r\nThe final decision will be at the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session of Tuesday, September 12, 2023.\r\nMore petition signatures would help, and more calls and letters to Lowndes County Commissioners, and more speakers in the Public Hearing on September 12th.\r\n<H4><a href=\"#lakeletter\" name=\"lakeletter\">The LAKE Letter<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p>In\r\n<a href=\"PleaseReject-REZ-2023-04-zoning-on-QuartermanRd.pdf\">PDF<\/a>\r\nand below in web format.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<style type=\"text\/css\">.lst-kix_24vqefmr5lrk-0>li:before{content:\"\\0025cf   \"}\r\n.lst-kix_24vqefmr5lrk-2>li:before{content:\"\\0025a0   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class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">To: Greater Lowndes Planning Commission and Lowndes County Commission<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &#8453; J.D. Dillard, Lowndes County Planner<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c21 c10 c23\">Re: Please reject REZ-2023-04 2.5-acre rezoning on Quarterman Road<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">Dear Greater Lowndes Planning Commission and Lowndes County Commission Members,<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">I will start by asking you to deny REZ-2023-04 E-A to R-A on Quarterman Road.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">Quarterman Road is predominantly agriculture and forestry land, zoned Estate Agriculture (E-A), with a few minimum 5-acre lots, in an Agriculture\/Forestry\/Conservation Character Area. The proposed REZ-2023-04 2.5 acre rezoning is inconsistent with the Lowndes County Comprehensive Plan. It is inappropriate and should be rejected. If approved, in addition to causing more traffic, clearcutting, paving, and impervious surface, it would serve as a precedent for more such rezoning, which would greatly damage this Character Area. Additionally, many of the properties on Hambrick Road, which one must use to access Quarterman Road, have covenants preserving the rural nature of the land. Any RA zoning would be spot zoning. By right, the subject &nbsp;property can be divided into three five plus acre lots and remain consistent with the neighborhood and character area.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c10\">Within the last year or so the Planning Commission has recommended against and the County Commission has denied a similar rezoning on Miller Bridge Road, and a rezoning for a Dollar General at GA 122 and Skipper Bridge Road. Please do the same for this inappropriate rezoning.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">In the packet for the Planning Commission, county staff include some numeric calculations that miss the main point of the character area.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c10\">In their first calculation<\/span><span class=\"c5\">, county staff try to dilute agriculture and forestry by including a nearby subdivision. Quarterman Road is almost all E-A zoning with large fields and forests with some minimum 5-acre lots. A few R-21 lots on the northwest end of the road were grandfathered in back in the 1980s along with the R-21 half-acre-lot house-packed subdivision. County staff inappropriately lump together Quarterman Road and the very different subdivision.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c10\">County staff&rsquo;s second calculation chooses only one part of Quarterman Road and includes only lots with a single-family dwelling, excluding almost all of the agriculture and forestry land that is characteristic of Quarterman Road. Such presentations are disingenuous and inappropriate for county planning. See below for <\/span><span class=\"c10\">details<\/span><span class=\"c5\">. The main point is simple: county staff cannot justify the Quarterman Road rezoning if they look at what is actually on the road, and the whole road. And, they are ignoring the character area set out in the Lowndes County Comprehensive Plan.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c10\">Staff also omitted <\/span><span class=\"c10\">a relevant calculation<\/span><span class=\"c5\">: that residential sprawl costs the taxpayers more than it can return in tax revenue.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">County staff&rsquo;s mis-calculations cannot hide the plain fact: agriculture and forestry are characteristic of Quarterman Road, and that is how it should remain.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">Planning Commissioners and County Commissioners should see through these mis-calculations and deny this inappropriate rezoning.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c10\">Please find attached petitions against this rezoning. Signatories include almost all the landowners and residents of Quarterman Road, and many from the nearby subdivision. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c18\">Details on REZ-2023-04 on Quarterman Road<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">First, it is obvious from this map of Quarterman Road that large properties characterize the road, and that most of them are in agriculture or forestry. Even many of the smaller lots are primarily wooded, including the subject property.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c13\"><span style=\"overflow: hidden; display: inline-block; margin: 0.00px 0.00px; border: 0.00px solid #000000; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); width: 570.50px; height: 629.45px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"[Quarterman Road with Parcel 0102 022 marked in SE corner --Lowndes County Tax Assessors]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-lake-letter\/images\/image3.jpg\" style=\"width: 570.50px; height: 629.45px; margin-left: 0.00px; margin-top: 0.00px; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px);\" title=\"\"><\/span><span class=\"c10\"><br><\/span><span class=\"c8 c0\"><a class=\"c11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-08-28--rez-2023-04-quarterman-road\/2023-08-22--quarterman-road.html&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1693924782353791&amp;usg=AOvVaw3K_0mGbtltCsNJXBmEk3hE\">Quarterman Road with Parcel 0102 022 marked in SE corner<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">&nbsp;&mdash;<\/span><span class=\"c8 c0\"><a class=\"c11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/qpublic.schneidercorp.com\/Application.aspx?AppID%3D631%26LayerID%3D11201%26PageTypeID%3D1&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1693924782354207&amp;usg=AOvVaw1gN0G6dK5-Oq6-BMKeSAHq\">&nbsp;Lowndes County Tax Assessors<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">There is a subdivision next to the road&rsquo;s west side, but that is not part of Quarterman Road. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">Now let&rsquo;s look at how the county staff tried to ignore those obvious characteristics.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">Staff&rsquo;s Zoning Location Map cherry picks a section and does not let you see the bigger context.<\/span><\/p><a id=\"t.0f4cc746c86c665133d2bc65642c946c40067fb9\"><\/a><a id=\"t.0\"><\/a><table class=\"c25\"><tr class=\"c33\"><td class=\"c36\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\r\n<p class=\"c12\"><span style=\"overflow: hidden; display: inline-block; margin: 0.00px 0.00px; border: 0.00px solid #000000; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); width: 313.50px; height: 405.03px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"[Zoning Location Map]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-lake-letter\/images\/image5.jpg\" style=\"width: 313.50px; height: 405.03px; margin-left: 0.00px; margin-top: 0.00px; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px);\" title=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c13\"><span class=\"c8 c0\"><a class=\"c11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-packet\/REZ-2023-04-GLPC-Packet-0002.html&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1693924782355690&amp;usg=AOvVaw1q-CT0clRUvhTkKgpfTo3c\">Zoning Location Map<br><\/a><\/span><span class=\"c8 c0 c21\"><a class=\"c11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-packet\/REZ-2023-04-GLPC-Packet-0002.pdf&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1693924782355985&amp;usg=AOvVaw3cABIjLIY-4_321_QJLf_i\">PDF<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/td><td class=\"c3\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">County staff claim that: &ldquo;For reference, there are 131 properties that have access to Quarterman Road, with an average lot size of 12.10 acres&rdquo;, but fail to show the context of those properties.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">What is this &ldquo;access to&rdquo;? Everyone in the county, the country, and the world, has &ldquo;access to&rdquo; Quarterman Road, just by driving there. So what does county staff mean?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">There are only 44 &ldquo;properties&rdquo; that front Quarterman Road. And that includes counting everything with a border line as a separate &ldquo;property&rdquo;, even though some of them actually have the same owner. You can count them yourself in the above Tax Assessors map.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c10\">Follow <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/qpublic.schneidercorp.com\/Application.aspx?AppID%3D631%26LayerID%3D11201%26PageTypeID%3D1&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1693924782357033&amp;usg=AOvVaw1FvdJJpuPsli3fGq6qOUu0\">the link to the Tax Assessors map<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">, and you can add them up to 1967.18 acres. That&rsquo;s 44.7 acres per lot. That number is that low only because of counting single owners multiple times, about a dozen 5-acre lots, a few 1-acre lots, and a couple of half-acre lots in the subdivision and on the corner, diluting the much larger tracts.<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">The county staff says there are 87 lots in the subdivision. Let&rsquo;s assume that is accurate.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">44 + 87 is 131. Which is presumably where they get their 131. (Nevermind three subdivision lots are counted twice.)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">Yes, if you include the subdivision with its half-acre lots, the average lot size goes way down.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">But it is inappropriate to do that, since that subdivision only exists because it was grandfathered in before county-wide zoning.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">So &ldquo;has access to&rdquo; appears to be an excuse to include the subdivision lots in staff&rsquo;s figures.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4 c17\"><span class=\"c5\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">The subdivision has R-21 zoning and is obviously a different beast.<\/span><\/p><a id=\"t.aab9d0df2ef7de1c5b04a9c770d664cfd2106a3b\"><\/a><a id=\"t.1\"><\/a><table class=\"c25\"><tr class=\"c22\"><td class=\"c28\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\r\n<p class=\"c13\"><span style=\"overflow: hidden; display: inline-block; margin: 0.00px 0.00px; border: 0.00px solid #000000; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); width: 296.50px; height: 379.48px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"[Quarterman Road in VALORGIS]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-lake-letter\/images\/image2.jpg\" style=\"width: 296.50px; height: 379.48px; margin-left: 0.00px; margin-top: 0.00px; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px);\" title=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c13\"><span class=\"c8 c0\"><a class=\"c11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-packet\/2023-08-24--quarterman-road-valor-gis.html&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1693924782358825&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Itulryhdf4kGMyyZc-n6G\">Quarterman Road<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">&nbsp;in <\/span><span class=\"c8 c0\"><a class=\"c11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/valorgis.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/webappviewer\/index.html?id%3D46896a0dc6b34504a841368b703542b0&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1693924782359136&amp;usg=AOvVaw1oEsuFEJrbDHpigaKvTmpu\">VALORGIS<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/td><td class=\"c24\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">You can see that save for those few R-21 lots on the northwest end of Quarterman Road at Hambrick Road, which were also grandfathered in along with the subdivision back in the 1980s, all Quarterman Road properties are E-A.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">I would provide evidence of that 1980s R-21 rezoning, but despite a decade of asking, county staff have not been able to produce the minutes of any County Commission approved that zoning. You can see that the R-21 lots are unlike the rest of Quarterman Road, Hambrick Road, and Cat Creek.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">County staff are grasping at half-acre straws by including those R-21 lots in their disingenuous calculations.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">Then county staff add an even more inappropriate calculation: &ldquo;Along the southern boundaries of Quarterman Road, there are 19 properties, including the subject property, that contain at least one, single-family dwelling, with an average lot size of 11.66 acres.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">Requiring &ldquo;that contain at least one, single-family dwelling&rdquo; conveniently discards Ricky and Sherry Brunston&rsquo;s 100 acres, Iann Walker&rsquo;s 192.21 acres (if they didn&rsquo;t notice her house down by the Withlacoochee River), Ferrell Scruggs&rsquo; 604.8 acres, Tommy Stalvey (Stalvey Farms West)&rsquo;s 111.02 acres, and Margaret Quarterman&rsquo;s 204.59 acres. Thus county staff try to avoid the main point that most of the land on Quarterman Road is in agriculture or forestry.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c10\">According to the <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/157\/Unified-Land-Development-Code&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1693924782360355&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ehVnRgeKkiXhi5s8kNUCJ\">Lowndes County Unified Land Development Code (ULDC)<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">, &ldquo;2.01.02 A. E-A, Estate Agricultural District (5 acre). This district is intended to provide for agricultural activities, including those related to crops, livestock, and timber, protected from the effects of suburban residential development.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">In contrast, &ldquo;2.01.02 B. R-A, Residential Agricultural District (2.5 acre). This district is intended to preserve the mixed agricultural and residential character of land while providing a transition between rural and agricultural land and suburban and urban land.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">There is neither suburban nor urban land adjoining the subject property. Residents of Quarterman Road do not want the road to turn suburban or urban. The county government should not want that, either. Inserting smaller lots in an Agriculture, Forestry, and Conservation Character Area is inappropriate and should be denied.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c10\">Back in 2007 when there was an attempt to rezone for a second subdivision next to the existing one (<\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/loco.quarterman.org\/news\/REZ-2007-21.html&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1693924782361005&amp;usg=AOvVaw15MxRGnO_HT3J-D2kk8IHl\">REZ-2007-21<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">), people in the existing subdivision were among those most against it. The Planning Commission recommended denying that one, and the County Commission did deny it. The same should happen for this inappropriate attempt to insert too-small lots into an agricultural and forestry area.<\/span><\/p><h2 class=\"c4\" id=\"h.tc7nnchxno2v\"><span><a href=\"#dorfmanreport\" name=\"dorfmanreport\">The Dorfman Report<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c10\">County staff also omit an actual relevant calculation, which is how much sprawl costs the taxpayers. Yet back in 2007 Lowndes County paid a consultant professor from the University of Georgia to write that up.<\/span><\/p><a id=\"t.08ada7d2767df3b22ccd93a934a19e78cfb2743d\"><\/a><a id=\"t.2\"><\/a><table class=\"c30\"><tr class=\"c37\"><td class=\"c32\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\r\n<p class=\"c12\"><span style=\"overflow: hidden; display: inline-block; margin: 0.00px 0.00px; border: 0.00px solid #000000; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); width: 260.50px; height: 201.91px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sprawl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-lake-letter\/images\/image6.jpg\" style=\"width: 260.50px; height: 201.91px; margin-left: 0.00px; margin-top: 0.00px; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px);\" title=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c13\"><span class=\"c0 c8\"><a class=\"c11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-packet\/Lowndes-Report-Final.pdf&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1693924782362291&amp;usg=AOvVaw0E9Hl9o6S1tLEd2bOZ8vLo\">The Local Government Fiscal Impacts of Land Use in Lowndes County:<br>Revenue and Expenditure Streams by Land Use Category<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">,<br>Jeffrey H. Dorfman, Ph.D., Dorfman Consulting, December 2007.<\/span><\/p><\/td><td class=\"c34\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">These bar charts are specific to Lowndes County:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c12\"><span style=\"overflow: hidden; display: inline-block; margin: 0.00px 0.00px; border: 0.00px solid #000000; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); width: 212.50px; height: 308.77px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-lake-letter\/images\/image1.jpg\" style=\"width: 212.50px; height: 308.77px; margin-left: 0.00px; margin-top: 0.00px; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px);\" title=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c13\"><span class=\"c8 c0\"><a class=\"c11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-packet\/Lowndes-Report-Final-0005.html&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1693924782363191&amp;usg=AOvVaw0mzGMo0pggvoQhOQivasJb\">Figure 1, Revenues per $1 of Expenditures by Land Use, the Dorfman Report, 2007<br><\/a><\/span><span class=\"c8 c0 c21\"><a class=\"c11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-packet\/Lowndes-Report-Final-0005.pdf&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1693924782363426&amp;usg=AOvVaw3KPE0fjsSry7Y9RH1lY5Bh\">PDF<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\r\n<p class=\"c4 c17\"><span class=\"c5\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">$0.74 for residential means for each $1.00 the county spends, residential only returns $0.74 in taxes. The specific dollar figures may have changed since 2007, but the proportions are probably much the same.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">House lots bring in much less tax revenue per tax dollar spent than agriculture or forestry, because fields and forests don&rsquo;t need school buses and they don&rsquo;t often call the fire department or the Sheriff. Residential even costs the county money by calling the fire department when those with forestry acreage are doing prescribed burns. They also are known to complain about the noise of farming.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c10\">As Dr. Dorfman summarized in <\/span><span class=\"c1\"><a class=\"c11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/09\/sprawl-to-ruin-or-dense-with-green-space-for-quality-of-life.html&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1693924782364275&amp;usg=AOvVaw39I_rKZNKSASawBq3Jwaqf\">a different presentation<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">,<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c10 c14\">Local governments must ensure balanced growth, as<br><\/span><span class=\"c14 c10 c21\">sprawling residential growth is a certain ticket to fiscal ruin*<br><\/span><span class=\"c6\">* Or at least big tax increases.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">The county should deny this rezoning to avoid costing taxpayers more.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">County staff&rsquo;s agenda sheet ends:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c6\">The TRC considered the request and had no other objectionable comments, and staff finds the request consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. If approved, staff recommends the following condition:<\/span><\/p><ul class=\"c9 lst-kix_h41yj0x1cd6m-0 start\"><li class=\"c15 c16 li-bullet-0\"><span class=\"c6\">All lots must have a minimum lot width of 210&rsquo;.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c6\">OPTIONS: 1. Approve 2. Approve with Conditions 3. Table 4. Deny<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c6\">RECOMMENDATION: Option 2<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c6\">DIVISION: Planning Staff: JD Dillard<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4 c17\"><span class=\"c6\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c17 c31\"><span class=\"c5\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">I ask that the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission and the Lowndes County Commission reject staff&rsquo;s inappropriate calculations and characterizations and deny REZ-2023-04 on Quarterman Road.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c4\"><span class=\"c5\">Thank you for your consideration,<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c15\"><span class=\"c5\">Gretchen Quarterman<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c15\"><span class=\"c5\">Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c15\"><span class=\"c5\">229-834-1945<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c15\"><span class=\"c5\">lakesubmissions@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c15 c17\"><span class=\"c5\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c15\"><span style=\"overflow: hidden; display: inline-block; margin: 0.00px 0.00px; border: 0.00px solid #000000; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); width: 600.00px; height: 39.00px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-lake-letter\/images\/image4.jpg\" style=\"width: 600.00px; height: 39.00px; margin-left: 0.00px; margin-top: 0.00px; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px);\" title=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c15 c17\"><span class=\"c5\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"c15\"><span class=\"c5\">Attachments: <\/span><\/p><ul class=\"c9 lst-kix_kihaw4sxw5yh-0 start\"><li class=\"c15 c29 li-bullet-0\"><span class=\"c5\">Table of petition signers<\/span><\/li><li class=\"c15 c29 li-bullet-0\"><span class=\"c5\">Petition against REZ-2023-04 2.5 acre lot rezoning<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\r\n<hr>\r\n<p>\r\nThese are the attachments:\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Table of petition signers and addresses:\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-lake-letter\/2023-08-27-addresses-petition.pdf\">PDF<\/a>\r\n<li>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-lake-letter\/2023-08-27--addresses-petition.xlsx\">XLSX<\/a>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-lake-letter\/PetitionScans14pages.pdf\">Petition Scans<\/a>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/glpc\/2023-08-28--glpc-lake-letter\/PetitionMQ.pdf\">Petition page of Margaret Quarterman<\/a>\r\n<\/ul>\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>!\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate\">\r\nttp:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update 2023-09-06: Please keep Quarterman Road in agriculture and forestry &#8211;WWALS to Greater Lowndes Planning Commission 2023-08-28. Here is the letter Gretchen Quarterman sent on behalf of Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE) to the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) before their meeting of Monday, August 28, 2023. 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