{"id":8698,"date":"2014-05-08T14:35:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T18:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=8698"},"modified":"2014-05-08T19:10:07","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T23:10:07","slug":"citizens-lawyers-and-developers-lake-park-2014-04-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/citizens-lawyers-and-developers-lake-park-2014-04-28.html","title":{"rendered":"Citizens, lawyers, and developers @ Lake Park 2014-04-28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiFjySspXcqqtwo8WtYbUOKh\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/lE5UlpuMN8A\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n&#8220;A molehill to cover up an eyesore&#8221; pretty much summed up the neighbors&#8217;\r\nopinions.\r\nSome of the usual local lawyers seemed surprised at the number\r\nand sophistication of the rezoning opponents, as you can see in\r\nthese videos of the public hearing for the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/brookhaven-apartment-building-rezoning-public-hearing-7pm-tonight-in-lake-park.html\">\r\nBrookhaven apartment building proposed rezoning<\/a>.\r\nThe Lake Park City Council took its duties to its citizens seriously,\r\nholding a separate zoning meeting just for this one subject.\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiFjySspXcqqtwo8WtYbUOKh\">\r\na video playlist:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLshUv86fYkiFjySspXcqqtwo8WtYbUOKh\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nCitizens, lawyers, and developers\r\n<br>\r\nRezoning Public Hearing, Lake Park City Council (Lake Park),\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),\r\n<br>\r\nLake Park, Lowndes County, Georgia, 28 April 2014.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nAttorney Tom Kurrie&#8217;s apparent\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colemantalley.com\/attorneys\/tom-kurrie\">\r\nsuggestion that the neighbors wanted to discriminate against\r\nthe elderly and children<\/a><!--more--> didn&#8217;t get much traction.\r\nAn audience member proceeded to\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5Q-_IG6PFUY&#038;index=2&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFjySspXcqqtwo8WtYbUOKh\">\r\naddress his other three points<\/a>\r\nthat he had indicated were their primary objections:\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>\r\nEsthetics of a two-story structure in a one-story neighborhood.\r\n&#8220;Not gorgeous,&#8221; she said.\r\n<li>\r\nInadequate buffer zone. She referred to his suggestion that the\r\ndeveloper would hire a landscaper as &#8220;a molehill to cover up an eyesore&#8221;.\r\n<li>\r\nRunoff. No plans to divert the water if it rises.\r\nPlans to pump through the (private) lakes that are maintained\r\nby the neighbors she considered objectionable.\r\n<\/ol>\r\nShe summed up by saying the developers weren&#8217;t doing any\r\nof it to help the elderly; they were doing it to make money.\r\n<p>\r\nThere was much more, about\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=52cJl7WH_EY&#038;index=3&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFjySspXcqqtwo8WtYbUOKh\">Hammock Lake<\/a> nearby being a private lake,\r\nabout\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PjwtYquabIA&#038;index=4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFjySspXcqqtwo8WtYbUOKh\">fire hazards<\/a>,\r\nabout\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d3vCRAVfdjM&#038;index=5&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFjySspXcqqtwo8WtYbUOKh\">\r\ndensity of development<\/a>,\r\nthe apparent\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H8RDAWaQNaA&#038;index=23&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFjySspXcqqtwo8WtYbUOKh\">lack of a letter of authorization<\/a>\r\nfrom the applicant in the council&#8217;s packet,\r\nand on.\r\n<p>\r\nSee\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/follow-the-law-and-be-aware-what-the-citizens-want-judge-ellerbee-lake-park-2014-04-28.html\">\r\nseparate post<\/a> for Judge Wayne Ellerbee&#8217;s eloquent presentation for some of the opponents of the zoning.\r\n<p>\r\nFinal decision was to be made\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lE5UlpuMN8A&#038;index=24&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFjySspXcqqtwo8WtYbUOKh\">7:30 PM 6 May 2014<\/a> by the Lake Park City Council.\r\n<p>\r\nHere videos of\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/videos-brookhaven-rezoning-road-closing-text-amendments-lake-park-2014-04-01.html\">\r\nthe previous Lake Park City Council meeting of 1 April 2014<\/a>,\r\nat which they tabled LP-2014-02-26,\r\nand\r\nvideos of\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/videos-lake-park-annexation-dropped-and-apartment-rezoning-unpopular-glpc-2014-03-31.html\">\r\nthe Planning Commission meeting of 31 March 2014<\/a>\r\nwhich voted unanimously to recommend denying the rezoning.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;A molehill to cover up an eyesore&#8221; pretty much summed up the neighbors&#8217; opinions. 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