Valdosta Housing Authority Meeting
Monday, August 16, 2021 
12:00 PM
Valdosta Housing Authority
(610 E Ann St.)

The Valdosta Housing Authority owns/administers 546 units of public housing within the City of Valdosta. The Authority has 20 employees and a total annual budget of approximately $2 million. The Authority is operated fully under the guidelines, rules, and regulations of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, with the Board providing oversight into local operations, policy-making, and governance. The goal of the Housing Authority is to provide safe, decent, affordable housing for the citizens of Valdosta and Lowndes County, while at the same time being responsive to the citizens and residents for the economically sound operation of the Authority in its day-to-day operations.

Responsibilities of the Valdosta Housing Authority are as follows: (1) attend a monthly meeting of the Board of Commissioners (1-1½ hour commitment with lunch provided), (2) have the opportunity to attend state, regional, and national housing conferences to gain knowledge in serving as a Commissioner, (3) work with the Board and Executive Director in setting goals for and assessing public and assisted housing needs in the community, and (4) work to keep the community-focused and informed on the Housing Authority's mission of providing safe, decent, and sanitary housing for the City's residents.

The Valdosta Housing Authority meets on the third Monday of each month at 12:00 p.m. at the Housing Authority Office located at 610 East Ann Street.  View the 2021 Valdosta Housing Authority Meeting Schedule.

For more information, please contact Teresa Bolden, City Clerk, at (229) 259-3503 or E-mail or contact Mark Stalvey, Valdosta Housing Authority Executive Director, at (229) 242-4130 or E-mail.

Valdosta-Lowndes Co. Development Authority Meeting
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
5:30 PM 
Valdosta-Lowndes Co. Development Authority Office
(103 Roosevelt Dr.) 

The Valdosta-Lowndes County Development Authority is responsible for the proper applications of those powers associated with promoting and encouraging the location and expansion of industry, agriculture, trade, and commerce in Valdosta and Lowndes County. Other responsibilities of the Development Authority include the following: (1) to buy, acquire, develop, improve, own, operate, maintain, sell, lease, and mortgage land, buildings, and property, (2) to grant, loan, or lease Development Authority funds and/or property to private persons or corporations operating or proposing to operate any industrial establishment, (3) to encourage industrial and agricultural development in Valdosta and Lowndes County, (4) to encourage the location of new industries in Valdosta and Lowndes County, (5) to elect Development Authority officers from the Authority's membership, (6) to appoint and select staff and agents and set compensation, and (7) to adopt and amend bylaws and regulations for the conduct and management of the Authority.

For more information, please contact Teresa Bolden, City Clerk, at (229) 259-3503 or E-mail or contact Andrea Schruijer, Executive Director, Valdosta-Lowndes County Development Authority, at (229) 259-9972 or E-mail, or visit the Development Authority website. 

Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
8:00 AM
South Georgia Medical Center, Board Room
(2501 N Patterson St.)

The Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County is responsible for establishing policy and an adequate means of implementing policy associated with providing person-centered quality care to each sick or injured patient, for promoting healthful living and preventive medicine to the public, for seeking to provide optimal care at a reasonable price, for achieving and maintaining an excellent staff of competent and caring persons, for encouraging a creative partnership within the hospital community with mutual respect for the role of the public, administration, medical staff, nursing staff, and each employee involved in the provision of health care services, and for improving health care in Lowndes County and surrounding areas, while accepting any patient without regard to race, creed, color or national origin.

The Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 8:00 a. m. in the Executive Board Room at South Georgia Medical Center, 2501 North Patterson Street.  View the 2021 Hospital Authority Meeting Schedule.

For more information, please contact Teresa Bolden, City Clerk, at (229) 259-3503 or E-mail or contact Mr. Ronald Dean, CEO, South Georgia Medical Center at (229) 259-333-1000 or E-mail.

Valdosta-Lowndes County Land Bank Authority
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
9:00 AM
Zoom Meeting

The Valdosta/Lowndes County Land Bank Authority was established according to O.C.G.A. §48-4-60, et seq., to foster the public purpose of returning the property in a non-revenue generating, non-tax producing status to effective utilization status to provide housing, new industry, and jobs for citizens.

Responsibilities of the Valdosta/Lowndes County Land Bank Authority are as follows: (1) Inventory and Analysis of Properties - The Board shall collect and receive data from public, private, professional, and volunteer sources to compile an inventory and analysis of the desired property for acquisition. (2) Administration by Authority of Properties - The Authority shall administer the properties acquired by it as follows: (a) all property acquired by the Authority shall be inventoried and appraised, and the inventory shall be maintained as a public record and shall be filed in the office of the Authority, (b) the Authority shall organize and classify the property on the basis of suitability of use, (c) all properties acquired by the Authority shall be appraised and the estimated value as established by the Lowndes County Board of Tax Assessors shall be deemed acceptable for this purpose, (d) The Authority shall provide for the maintenance of all property held by it in accordance with the applicable laws and codes, (e) the Authority shall have the power to manage, maintain, protect, rent, lease, repair, insure, alter, sell, trade, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any property on terms and conditions determined in the sole discretion of the Authority and in accordance with applicable law, (f) the Authority may assemble tracts or parcels, property for public parks, or other public purposes, and, to that end, may exchange parcels or otherwise effectuate the purposes set forth herein, (g) the acquisition or disposal of the property by the Authority shall not be governed or controlled by any regulation or law of the parties unless specifically provided herein, and transfers of property by the parties to the Authority shall be treated as a transfer to a body politic as contemplated by subparagraph (a) (2) (A) of Code §36-9-3, (h) property held by the Authority may be sold, traded, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of by the Authority as long as the disposition is approved by the majority of the membership as required herein above and approved as follows: (i) if the property is located within the City, approved by both Authority Members appointed by the Mayor, and one of the Authority Members appointed by the County Commission, (ii) if the property is located within the County, but outside the City, approved by both Authority Members appointed by the County, and one of the Authority Members appointed by the City.

The Valdosta/Lowndes County Land Bank Authority meets on the third Wednesday of each month (except for June, July, and December) at 9 am in the City Hall Annex Building Multi-Purpose Room.  View the 2021 Valdosta/Land Bank Authority Meeting dates.

View the Recently Approved Meeting Minutes for the Valdosta/Lowndes County Land Bank Authority

For more information on the Valdosta/Lowndes County Land Bank or to inquire about parcel donations or sales, please call Neighborhood Development staff at (229) 671-3617.

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Valdosta Historic Preservation Commission Meeting
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
5:30 PM 
City Hall Annex Building, Multi-Purpose Room

The Valdosta Historic Preservation Commission aims to protect, preserve, and promote the City's historic resources. The Historic Preservation Commission is empowered to regulate the demolition, relocation, or any material change to the exterior of historic resources and non-historic resources located in the Valdosta Local Historic District. Any exterior material changes, including installing signs, must first receive a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) from the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) to properties within the Local Historic District. The HPC is also tasked with several other responsibilities, including recommending historic properties for local historic designation. A full listing of the HPC's powers and duties can be found in the City of Valdosta Land Development Regulations, Chapter 238, Section 238-5.

The Valdosta Historic Preservation Commission meets the first Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the City Hall Annex Building, Multi-Purpose Room, located at 300 North Lee Street.  Meetings are open to the public.  View the 2021 Meeting Schedule.

For more information, please contact Teresa Bolden, City Clerk, at (229) 259-3503 or E-mail or contact James Horton, Special Projects/HP Planner, at (229) 259-3563 or E-mail, or to learn more about Historic Preservation in the City of Valdosta, click here. 

Valdosta-Lowndes Co. Parks & Recreation Authority Meeting 
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
4:30 PM 
Valdosta-Lowndes Co. Parks & Recreation

 The Legislative Act creating the Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks & Recreation Authority was approved by Governor Sonny Perdue on March 25, 2008. The purpose of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks & Recreation Authority is to provide parks and recreation services throughout Lowndes County. No member of the Authority shall have, directly or indirectly, any financial interest, profit, or benefit in any contract, work, or business of the Authority nor in the sale, lease, or purchase of any property to or from the Authority unless (a) any interest, profit, or benefit by such member is disclosed in advance to the other members of the Authority and is recorded in the Minutes of the Authority, (b) that no member having any such interest, profit, or benefit may be present during that portion of an Authority meeting when such contract, work, business, sale, lease, or purchase is being discussed, (c) that no member having such interest, profit, or benefit may participate in any decision of the Authority relating to such matter.

The Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks & Recreation Authority meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 4:30 p.m. at 1901 North Forrest Street.  

For more information, please contact Teresa Bolden, City Clerk, at (229) 259-3503 or E-mail or contact George Page, Executive Director, Parks & Recreation Authority, at (229) 259-3507 or E-mail or visit the Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks & Recreation website.   

Public Art Advisory Committee meeting
Thursday, August 19, 2021 
11:30 AM 
Turner Center for the Arts

The City of Valdosta created the Public Art Program to further the purchase and foster the appreciation of works of public art and to promote the creation of works of art and the purchase of same for the citizens and the City of Valdosta in order to promote the aesthetic value to the entire community. The Program also encourages the preservation and protection of works of public art and encourages economic development.

The Public Art Advisory Committee will meet on the third Thursday of each month at 11:30 a.m. at the Turner Center for the Art, 527 North Patterson Street.   View the 2021 Public Art Advisory Committee Meeting Schedule.

For more information, please contact Teresa Bolden, City Clerk, at (229) 259-3503 or E-mail or contact Bruce Smith, Chairman of the PAAC, at (229) 244-1188 or E-mail.