{"id":539,"date":"2012-08-27T17:28:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T21:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/planning-commission-meets-tonight-no-agenda-glpc-2012-08-27.html"},"modified":"2012-08-27T17:28:41","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T21:28:41","slug":"planning-commission-meets-tonight-no-agenda-glpc-2012-08-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/planning-commission-meets-tonight-no-agenda-glpc-2012-08-27.html","title":{"rendered":"Planning Commission meets tonight: no agenda @ GLPC 2012-08-27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nThis month LAKE didn&#8217;t get an agenda from GLPC, but they are meeting<br \/>\ntonight at 5:30 PM.<br \/>\nAccording to<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/Index.aspx?page=269&amp;recordid=1502\"><br \/>\nthe City of Valdosta&#8217;s calendar<\/a>,\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Greater Lowndes Planning Commission<\/h3>\n<p>Date: 7\/30\/2012 5:30 PM<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/index.aspx?page=102\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017617783e64970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017617783e64970c-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a><br \/>\nLocation:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?f=l&amp;hl=en&amp;q=325+W.+Savannah+Avenue+31601\"><br \/>\nLowndes County South Health District Administrative Office<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n325 W. Savannah Avenue<br \/>\n<br \/>\nValdosta, Georgia 31601\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowndescounty.com\/content.asp?pid=23&amp;id=143\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017617783e71970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017617783e71970c-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowndescounty.com\/calendar.asp\"><br \/>\nLowndes County Commission&#8217;s calendar<\/a><br \/>\ndoes not list this meeting;<br \/>\nit doesn&#8217;t list any Planning Commission meetings.<br \/>\nThe county website also has no description of GLPC that I can find.<br \/>\nIt does get a mention three levels deep, under<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowndescounty.com\/content.asp?pid=23&amp;id=143\"><br \/>\nPlanning<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nValdosta&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/index.aspx?page=102\"><br \/>\ndescription page for GLPC<\/a> has the information appended below.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Greater Lowndes Planning Commission<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Purpose:<\/strong><br \/>The mission of the Greater Lowndes<br \/>\nPlanning Commission (GLPC) is to look beyond short-term solutions in<br \/>\nplanning for the future of the Greater Lowndes community; to improve the<br \/>\npublic health, safety, convenience and welfare; and to provide for the<br \/>\nsocial, economic and physical development of communities on a sound and<br \/>\norderly basis, within a governmental framework and economic environment<br \/>\nwhich fosters constructive growth and efficient administration. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Members:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Planning Commission is a joint<br \/>\nadvisory board, comprised of ten citizens of various backgrounds,<br \/>\nappointed by the elected officials of each governing body. The City of<br \/>\nValdosta has four appointments; the Lowndes County Board of Commissioners<br \/>\nhas three appointments; and the cities of Hahira, Lake Park, and Dasher<br \/>\neach have one appointment.&nbsp; Members are appointed for five-year<br \/>\nterms. <\/p>\n<p>The current members of the Commission are:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>City of Valdosta<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chip Wildes (2000-2015)<\/li>\n<li>Johnny P. Ball, III (2006 \u2013 2014)<\/li>\n<li>Lou McClendon&nbsp;(2007 &#8211; 2012)<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Powell (1998 &#8211; 2013)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lowndes County<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tommy Willis (2010-2015)<\/li>\n<li>Bill Slaughter&nbsp;(2008-2013)<\/li>\n<li>John Page (2009-2014)<\/li>\n<li>Diondra Nichols (2009-2014)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>City of Dasher<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ryan Warren (2012 &#8211; 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>City of Hahira<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ted Raker (fill unexpired term of John Bailey) &#8211;&nbsp;(2007 &#8211; 2012)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>City of Lake Park<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ken Sherrill (2004 &#8211; 2012)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Meetings:<\/strong> <br \/>Regular meetings (Public Hearings)<br \/>\nof the GLPC are held the last Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the<br \/>\nLowndes County Board of Commissioners meeting room at 325 W. Savannah<br \/>\nAvenue.<\/p>\n<p>Worksessions are held the second to last Monday of each month at<br \/>\nthe Southern Georgia Regional&nbsp;Commission (327 W. Savannah Avenue)<br \/>\nat 5:30pm.&nbsp; These meetings are open to the public. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Interested in Serving:<\/strong><br \/>Any City<br \/>\nresident interested in serving on the GLPC should submit a<br \/>\ncompleted <a href=\"Modules\/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=10\" target=\"_blank\">application<\/a> to the&nbsp;City Clerk, located in<br \/>\nthe City Manager and Mayor&#8217;s office in&nbsp;City Hall (216 E. Central<br \/>\nAvenue).&nbsp; Residents residing in unincorporated Lowndes County or the<br \/>\ncities of Hahira, Lake Park, or Dasher should contact their respective<br \/>\ngoverning authority.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Information:<\/strong><br \/>For more<br \/>\ninformation, contact the Planning and Zoning Division<br \/>\nof the Community Development Department at (229) 259-3563 or&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:aarzayus@valdostacity.com\">E-mail<\/a>.<br \/>\nYou may also visit the GLPC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sgrc.us\/GLPC\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month LAKE didn&#8217;t get an agenda from GLPC, but they are meeting tonight at 5:30 PM. According to the City of Valdosta&#8217;s calendar, Greater Lowndes Planning Commission Date: 7\/30\/2012 5:30 PM Location: Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office 325 W. Savannah Avenue Valdosta, Georgia 31601 The Lowndes County Commission&#8217;s calendar does not list [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[325,2,21,3],"tags":[1799,8701,8764,1800,8699,326,10,8702,12,7,8711,4,6,328],"class_list":["post-539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glpc","category-government","category-planning","category-transparency","tag-27-august-2012","tag-georgia","tag-glpc","tag-glpc-2012-08-27","tag-government","tag-greater-lowndes-planning-commission","tag-gretchen-quarterman","tag-lake","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-planning","tag-regular-session","tag-valdosta","tag-zoning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}