{"id":24656,"date":"2024-11-17T06:33:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T11:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=24656"},"modified":"2024-11-17T06:33:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T11:33:49","slug":"videos-glpc-appointments-uldc-amendments-2-rezonings-street-lighting-beer-and-wine-ups-infrastructure-acceptance-regional-transit-georgia-power-vsu-lmig-fire-lcc-regular-2024-11-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2024\/11\/videos-glpc-appointments-uldc-amendments-2-rezonings-street-lighting-beer-and-wine-ups-infrastructure-acceptance-regional-transit-georgia-power-vsu-lmig-fire-lcc-regular-2024-11-12.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos: GLPC appointments, ULDC Amendments, 2 rezonings, Street Lighting, Beer and Wine, UPS, infrastructure acceptance, Regional Transit, Georgia Power, VSU, LMIG, Fire @ LCC Regular 2024-11-12"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nEd Hightower was reappointed to the Planning Commission and.\r\nCalvin Graham was appointed to the seat previously held by Vicki Biles.\r\n

\r\nTwo citizens spoke in Citizens Wishing to Be Heard.\r\nBurton Fletcher thanked various people for running for or winning office and other things.\r\nJanice Strickland spoke about flooding on Pin Oak Circle, which is in the City of Valdosta, so she was referred to the City Council.\r\n

\r\nIn a thirteen and a half minute discussion,\r\n“County Planners JD Dillard and Jason Davenport went over the proposed changes to the ULDC which was “in the room” at the seat of the Lawyer Walter Elliott.”\r\n

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Collage @ LCC 12 November 2024<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nJason Davenport mentioned their goal was to get these changes approved by the County Manager\r\nand then to the “development community”.\r\nNo mention of the public, other than the request by “Mrs. Quarterman” for a copy,\r\nwhich LAKE did get and publish<\/a>.\r\nThe county did not publish them before that Regular Session.\r\nThe latest copy of the ULDC on the county’s website is still earlier than that, ULDC Unsigned Searchable Copy – July 9, 2024 (PDF)<\/a>.\r\n

\r\nCommissioner Demarcus Marshall wanted affirmation that these changes required existing systems to have generators if they expand. Davenport agreed they do require that.\r\n

\r\nCommissioner Scottie Orenstein, County Manager Paige Dukes, and County Chairman Bill Slaughter discussed other existing systems. It doesn’t look to me like the ULDC changes require those to have generators.\r\n

\r\nCommissioner Orenstein wanted to hear more about subdivision policy goals.\r\nDavenport’s answer was they would be looked at on a case-by-case basis\r\nand “appropriately address” them.\r\nCounty Chairman Bill Slaughter expressed concern about dense subdivisions where the county could not bring utilities and for subdivisions with a single point of ingress and egress (cul-de-sacs).\r\nDavenport mentioned they chose not to have separate rules for septic vs. county utilities.\r\n

\r\nAt the Public Hearing,\r\nGretchen Quarterman spoke in opposition to the amendments, noting that the time available to actually review the final language was only a couple of hours before the meeting,\r\nespecially since the Planning Commission no longer gets ULDC text amendments on its agenda.\r\nShe also recommended “continuously” instead of “consistently” for private well generators.\r\nShe liked the explicit list of grandfathered subdivisions.\r\nShe mentioned Val Del Estates, which flooded recently, despite\r\nthe county rezoning it a few years ago in what were claimed not to be wetlands.\r\n

\r\nThe Commissioners did not discuss most of those topics,\r\nnor removing pine trees from being protected species.\r\nThey did unanimously approve the ULDC text amendments.\r\n

\r\nThey also unanimously approved everything else, including the Loch Winn rezoning,\r\neven though several people spoke in opposition.\r\nThat one took twelve and a half minutes.\r\n

\r\nThey discussed the purchase of VSU South Campus for almost five minutes.\r\n

\r\nThe Chairman paused other items several times for recognition of various groups and individuals.\r\nAn agenda item at the front would simplify all that.\r\nSimilarly, a Commissioner Comments item at the end would be easier than\r\nad hoc asking Commissioners for comments.\r\n

\r\nHere are LAKE videos of each agenda item, with a few notes by Gretchen Quarterman,\r\nfollowed by a LAKE video playlist.\r\n

\r\nSee also the\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLAKE videos of the Work Session earlier that same day<\/a>\r\nand the\r\nagenda<\/a>.\r\n

\r\nAnd the\r\n\r\nULDC Text Amendments<\/a>.\r\n

\r\nWe still don’t have the board packet,\r\neven though I sent the open records request on November 10.\r\nIf they count that as received on the next working day, November 12,\r\nthey’re still over the three-day statutory limit for responding.\r\n

\r\nHowever, the packet materials for the rezonings will probably be much like the ones from the\r\n\r\npreceding GLPC meeting<\/a>,\r\nand the ULDC amendments should be somewhat similar\r\n\r\nto those<\/a>\r\nthe Lowndes County Commission \r\n\r\npreviously tabled<\/a>.\r\n

\r\nFor the VSU South Campus, see\r\n\r\nPacket: DRC Emergency Services and VSU South Campus Purchase @ LCC 2024-10-22<\/a>.\r\n