[0:37] >> Heavenly father thank you for the privilege of gathering here

[0:40] tonight in service of the people of Marietta as we approach

[0:43] September 11th we remember the knives --

[0:46] lives lost with families forever changed amongst our first

[0:49] responders and citizens and others who served in the face

[0:51] of unimaginable danger.

[0:52] We ask for the same spirit of service and unity tonight.

[0:56] Our mayor and Council and Cathcart --

[1:01] staff give them wisdom.

[1:04] Help us to disagree respectfully and make

[1:06] decisions that serve the city.

[1:07] Protect our first responders and city employees

[1:09] and all who serve our community.

[1:11] May God bless America and our great city.

[1:15] In your name I pray Amen.

[1:19] Please stand for the pledge .

[1:26] [All pledging allegiance]

[1:59] >> We have a special presentation tonight.

[2:01] We were very excited to bring the band and football team

[2:04] and cheerleaders here.

[2:06] A special night for the band we have tonight

[2:08] so I'd like to ask the director to come down

[2:10] with the senior band members that are here

[2:12] and I will let Councilman Goldstein say a few things.

[2:16] He actually played for the Redcoat band

[2:20] and also in Marietta.

[2:21] I did a little bit but after sixth grade

[2:23] they told me to stop playing.

[2:26] >> Good to see you.

[2:27] >> Good to see you here and welcome to the council meeting

[2:29] tonight.

[2:29] Thank you very much for coming on down.

[2:32] I know it's been a lot of prep work for the the ball season

[2:37] starting up and as you start up for competitions.

[2:39] I know there's a lot of stuff like band camp

[2:41] and a lot of hard work has gone in.

[2:43] I'm about to hand this over to you

[2:46] to recognize these seniors that have come through and put

[2:48] in a lot of work common musical and athletic

[2:50] to make it on through.

[2:52] And to make this a reality.

[2:55] >> Hello everybody, it's honestly a pleasure for all

[2:58] of us to be here in front of you.

[3:01] To be here in Marietta, we love the city of Marietta.

[3:05] We are all servants of Marietta.

[3:09] We believe in community and these kids in front of you

[3:11] are some of our seniors that could come out tonight

[3:15] and they're just fantastic people.

[3:16] I have the privilege of seeing them grow up.

[3:19] And I've known some of them since eighth grade

[3:22] and it's been honestly a privilege of mine.

[3:25] They are incredible people, they will

[3:28] continue to be game changers wherever they go.

[3:31] I always tell them that when they come into my classroom

[3:36] and into marching band we don't just do notes

[3:38] and rhythms we talk about becoming better people.

[3:41] And I'm very excited for them to have this year

[3:45] to show that off, to be honest.

[3:48] The marching band is preparing, like he was

[3:51] saying, for a fantastic season.

[3:52] We have three competitions in October.

[3:55] We do practice a lot, we have a lot of hours in the sun.

[3:59] We take a lot of breaks, they march and play.

[4:03] Our show this year is actually a pretty cool show

[4:06] it's about the Greek mythology, the fates,

[4:09] if you know anything about that.

[4:11] But in the meantime we also love cheering on our team.

[4:15] And cheering on Marietta.

[4:18] You'll see us on Friday nights playing and cheering

[4:20] on everybody.

[4:21] So without further ado I wanted to actually have our student

[4:26] drum major, since it's September 11th,

[4:29] which is a special thing for me I lived in Philadelphia when

[4:32] September 11th happened so I have a personal connection

[4:34] to that.

[4:35] And I talked to the seniors, they've heard this story a lot.

[4:39] But our senior drum major Abdul is

[4:41] going to come up and play our national anthem for us

[4:44] if you don't mind standing.

[4:55] [Instrumental Star Spangled Banner Plays]

[6:17] [Applause]

[8:25] >> Good evening, my name is Daniel Gaddis Ward three Council

[8:31] member.

[8:31] I'd like the former Ward three Council member

[8:34] Johnny Walker to come up here.

[8:37] He wisely a poor Mark Maloney to the Board of Appeals

[8:40] and I'd like him to say a few remarks about his appointee.

[8:44] Bam absolutely, I didn't have a lot of time to plan.

[8:50] If I had known all of his five pretty sisters

[8:55] were going to be here I would have got some flowers.

[9:02] And for Tommy.

[9:07] Mark I have a couple words I just want to say to you.

[9:10] Thank you for your years of service

[9:13] to the Board of Zoning Appeals, you

[9:14] have been a true friend to me and a true friend to the city

[9:18] of Marietta all of your life.

[9:20] I also want to thank you for all you do for our veterans,

[9:24] Marietta Georgia is a better place because

[9:27] of you and your entire family.

[9:30] I can't imagine what Marietta would

[9:34] be like without you so congratulations

[9:37] and thank you for serving so well.

[9:40] Do you want to come down?

[9:49] >> You have been serving on the Board of Zoning Appeals from

[9:52] the plexus 2022.

[9:54] Does that sound about right?

[9:58] What brought you or made you interested in this board?

[10:07] >> Our father loved the city and he served on the hospital board

[10:09] and taught all of us two things, one is when you are asked

[10:15] to serve your community or your country you show up.

[10:20] Johnny asked me so I said yes.

[10:23] And the second thing he taught us was always vote.

[10:26] So those two things.

[10:28] And it was a joy.

[10:32] The folks on the zoning board, the civil employees, Shelby

[10:40] and Sara and Lisa, more than I can say.

[10:42] Friendly and professional, it was a joy from start to finish.

[10:45] Thank you very much.

[10:47] >> Not only did you serve on the Board of zoning Appeals but also

[10:50] for the Wellstar Foundation for seven years.

[10:53] You were a Scoutmaster at First Presbyterian Church

[10:56] and you co-founded, and Mr. Walker alluded to this,

[11:01] you co-founded the welcome for your service

[11:03] 501 C three which serves our armed Forces veterans.

[11:09] Why don't you tell the audience a little bit

[11:11] about that organization and how you've been involved.

[11:14] The microphone is right here.

[11:17] >> So Mary Ansley and I founded thank you for your service.

[11:21] Were both on the foundation board, I was on the board

[11:24] because, again, she asked me.

[11:27] So I showed up.

[11:28] And we from day one decided to do as much as we could

[11:35] for veterans.

[11:36] We started a program of Wellstar which exists to this day.

[11:39] If you are a veteran and you go into hospice at Wellstar

[11:44] tranquility , a veteran will show up,

[11:49] either there or at your home and present you with a proclamation,

[11:53] a pin like the One I am wearing.

[11:58] And a blanket because when you're dying you're cold.

[12:02] And we also just got a grant from the National Endowment

[12:07] for the Arts to teach photography to veterans.

[12:09] Which we are doing right now, both at the VA here

[12:14] in Cobb County and also at the American

[12:17] Legion in Camden Georgia.

[12:19] So that program is going strong.

[12:21] That's what we do, and we hopefully we'll

[12:23] keep doing it for many years.

[12:27] >> Will stand right here, this plaque is the Distinguished

[12:31] Service Award presented to Mark Maloney for the Zoning Appeals

[12:34] Board Service from 2022 until 2026.

[12:36] For a faithful and dedicated service to the city and its

[12:39] citizens, hereby presented by the Mayor and Council

[12:42] of the City of Marietta on September 9th of 2026.

[12:44] Ladies and gentlemen put your hands together for Mark Maloney.

[12:53] [Applause]

[13:15] >> Come on down family.

[13:19] >> Get the pretty ones down here.

[13:20] Come on Tommy come on YouTube. -- you too.

[13:51] >> Thank you.

[14:12] >> If you have a proclamation celebrating public power

[14:14] and clean water , water?

[14:33] >> Good evening my name is Carlyle Kent of Marietta city

[14:36] Council Ward five.

[14:39] Also appointed by the mayor and council for the board

[14:44] of Lights and Water.

[14:45] Today we are here to celebrate public Power and Water week.

[14:51] We are so blessed.

[14:52] I want to take a moment to recognize something

[14:54] that makes Marietta special.

[14:55] Our public power and public water system, the BMW.

[15:00] From our Board of Lights and Water

[15:02] these essential services are locally owned and managed

[15:05] and accountable to the people of Marietta.

[15:07] They are owned by the city of Marietta

[15:10] and they contribute back to the Marietta City budget.

[15:13] So we can keep our tax base low.

[15:17] It's more than poles and wires and pipes and equipment,

[15:20] it's people serving people.

[15:22] It is the men and women who work every day .

[15:29] Through their work day and night and emergencies

[15:35] to keep our power and water going.

[15:38] Local control and reliable service and investment

[15:41] in our community.

[15:43] Tonight we thank every be LW employee public power and water

[15:50] employee in the county and in the State of Georgia.

[15:53] Past and present and future who has helped

[15:56] build and maintain this tremendous community asset.

[16:00] Public power, public water, public service.

[16:04] That's Marietta.

[16:05] I especially like that final line for you, public power,

[16:12] public water, public service.

[16:16] That's Marietta.

[16:17] That would also work well on B LW public signage

[16:21] and social media.

[16:22] They do a great job.

[16:24] Every month we have several of the employees come,

[16:29] they are introduced.

[16:31] They may be linemen or customer service people

[16:34] and I'm just amazed at the use of service.

[16:37] I think the lease has been 20 years.

[16:39] It's been a great place to work and contribute

[16:42] to the city of Marietta.

[16:44] The staff at Public Power, we have a representative

[16:48] for public power.

[16:49] Before I read the proclamation if you'd

[16:51] like to share a few words.

[16:53] >> I just want to say thank you to our mayor,

[16:57] thank you and thank you to the Council and our own Board

[17:02] of Public Power and Water and our city management as well

[17:06] for taking the time to acknowledge the importance

[17:10] of public power and water systems.

[17:13] I've been in public power and public utilities

[17:18] for about 26 years now.

[17:20] And it's rare to come to a city that recognizes it.

[17:25] We appreciate it.

[17:26] We're thankful, I speak for every one of us

[17:28] that works for the b LW, we thank you

[17:31] and we are happy to do it and to serve.

[17:34] >> I asked the mayor a few minutes ago how long it's been

[17:39] in existence and he said more than 20 years.

[17:41] And I just think we need to take this time to thank them,

[17:44] all the employees, and all the staff that support them

[17:49] for the tremendous job they have done for our city.

[17:52] I know that I'm proud wherever I go

[17:54] to talk about our public power and water,

[17:57] compared to other municipalities that

[17:59] don't have that type of service to contribute

[18:04] their concern with taxes going up the increased cost

[18:09] to maintain streets and to provide the services that we

[18:11] provide to our residents.

[18:14] We have a proclamation from the mayor, tonight.

[18:19] It says whereas Marietta Power and Water was created in 1906

[18:29] to provide energy and water service to the citizens

[18:32] of Marietta, and whereas water and power are the utilities most

[18:36] fundamental to daily life, and whereas it is vital

[18:41] to advocate the conversation of our shared water and energy

[18:48] resources through education, innovation and community

[18:52] support, and whereas water and power utilities are

[18:58] valuable hometown assets that are

[18:59] essential to the economic and environmental health

[19:02] of this community, and whereas the designated and hard

[19:08] employees of Marietta Power and Water have provided

[19:12] continued high quality service to its customers

[19:15] over the past year, in spite of hot humid summertime

[19:20] weather and storms.

[19:22] Now, therefore, be it resolved that Marietta Power and Water

[19:27] will continue to work to bring safe and dependable power

[19:30] and water service to community homes and businesses.

[19:36] And that the Marietta Board of Lights and Water does hereby

[19:40] proclaim October the 4th through October the 10th of 2026

[19:45] as public power and Clean Water Week in the City of Marietta.

[19:56] [Applause]

[20:15] >> Any announcements that anyone would like to make?

[20:17] Yes sir?

[20:23] >> On September 11th, on top of it being the 25th anniversary

[20:26] of the terror attacks , the Iguana's Club of Marietta is

[20:33] putting on a community event where the names of all 2977

[20:40] of those who were lost on that day will be read.

[20:45] That program begins at Mountain National Battlefield Park.

[20:50] At 7:55 a.m.

[20:51] That will go throughout the morning.

[20:55] The display of the flags will be up through the 19th and I

[21:01] believe they're also looking for volunteers to help with

[21:04] the takedown of the flags around 9 a.m.

[21:07] That morning.

[21:12] I believe that's it from me for events.

[21:15] And I hope everyone has a good fall

[21:18] break in terms of the school schedule coming up

[21:20] later this month.

[21:31] I don't know the times, but I believe there's a cleanup event

[21:37] on Saturday the 12th.

[21:40] >> Saturday the 12th from 10 a.m.

[21:42] To 1 p.m.

[21:43] At the Marietta National Cemetery .

[21:48] They're listing that as a National

[21:49] Day of Service and Remembrance.

[21:51] So if you'd like to go help out in the cemetery

[21:54] and keep our national cemetery looking beautiful and respectful

[21:58] for all those who lay their, we'd love to have you come out.

[22:10] >> Anything else?

[22:11] The next item is scheduled appearance Mr. Perry

[22:20] Barrett come down please sir.

[22:41] >> Amazing, the magic of technology.

[22:42] Hello everybody, first I want to thank the council

[22:45] for the opportunity to speak here.

[22:47] Again, I have been a resident of the city for a few years now

[22:50] and I want to make it clear how much I do really love this city.

[22:56] I regard it as my home, there's a beauty to this city

[23:00] that I don't think can be understated.

[23:02] And honestly every time my nine year old daughter

[23:05] spends the weekend with me here she's

[23:07] always asking if we can go to the square or one of the very

[23:11] many good parks here.

[23:12] She loves it so much, I love it so much.

[23:14] And I do think it is something else.

[23:16] But over the past few months things

[23:19] here have been pretty contentious for one reason,

[23:22] which I think personally directly threatens me and many

[23:25] of our residents here and will negatively

[23:27] affect our ability to continue peacefully working and living

[23:30] in the city, especially as the problem grows

[23:32] further and further.

[23:33] Most concerns that have been made about the data center issue

[23:39] were about noise, environmental issues,

[23:41] the effects of these data centers

[23:43] on water and electricity.

[23:45] All very tangible and real issues

[23:46] that these things are causing all over the country that

[23:48] are directly harming families.

[23:51] But I want to highlight a few other issues that

[23:53] were only referenced a couple of times in the last few meetings.

[23:56] That is the unique technology that is coming out

[23:59] of these data centers.

[24:00] So to start with this, the applicant

[24:04] for the data center is prime, they're

[24:12] not a tech company they're a private equity fund.

[24:14] That kind of tells you everything they need to know.

[24:17] Their typical business model is to buy

[24:19] assets do prioritize profits without sustainability

[24:26] and then run off with their winnings.

[24:31] And they are now chasing after the next big thing, the AI boom.

[24:36] At the last few meetings we heard

[24:39] them talk pretty confidently about the sole positive use

[24:42] of AI, pretty much just medical use.

[24:44] But again they are not a technology company.

[24:46] Their intention is to build all the infrastructure

[24:50] and then rent out the servers to whoever wants to buy them.

[24:52] If they don't mention a server it's

[24:54] because they likely don't have one yet.

[24:55] There really is no guarantee that this

[24:57] will be primarily medical tech that they focus their data

[25:03] center for.

[25:04] So my question is what kind of technology

[25:07] could they be supporting with this?

[25:09] Is it going to contribute to job loss?

[25:12] Shown here as a citation from a website that

[25:16] has aggregated all reports and announcements from a range

[25:19] of company restructurings, quote unquote,

[25:22] occurring all over the US tied to corporations

[25:26] pivoting their focus to AI.

[25:28] I would encourage going down this list later.

[25:31] This list is honestly just too much

[25:33] to go through at the moment.

[25:37] It's like a mile long.

[25:39] But it's thousands and thousands of jobs

[25:42] gone due to unregulated AI.

[25:44] Personally I don't think any job is safe.

[25:50] Now this next aspect is a bit more

[25:55] difficult to talk about so I won't dwell on it

[25:57] more than I have to.

[25:58] But for every great accomplishment of AI

[26:00] that you hear about there are more and more

[26:03] stories coming out about the worst kind of abuses of AI image

[26:07] generators.

[26:08] At this moment AI is not regulated

[26:10] enough to prevent the most depraved type of individuals

[26:13] from creating harmful material.

[26:15] It is such a unique evil that anyone

[26:18] can create this kind of stuff this type of technology.

[26:22] And it's almost impossible to describe the disgust

[26:25] I feel on this subject.

[26:26] As a father myself, generating this type of imagery is --

[26:32] it seems to be much easier than you would like to imagine.

[26:36] And I know that all encompassing regulation goes

[26:40] beyond the jurisdiction of this council,

[26:42] but these are some of the most pressing concerns that I have

[26:44] with the technology itself.

[26:46] Do we want to make this problem worse by adding

[26:48] another log to the fire?

[26:50] Another data center?

[26:51] AI data center?

[26:52] Is prime just going to maximize profit

[26:56] by renting this space to the highest bidder

[26:58] regardless of how that technology is used?

[27:01] Can we trust Prime to ensure that AI technology in these data

[27:05] centers will be used for altruistic technology.

[27:07] I don't think we can trust Prime to make sure

[27:10] that the technology being used in these data centers

[27:12] will be altruistic.

[27:14] I have been down to rock bottom before

[27:18] with money tight and hanging on and just trying to make it.

[27:21] But I don't think I've been this down bad before.

[27:24] What kind of deal did we make with this guy?

[27:26] Is he being honest with us?

[27:29] Because going through some of what Robert Moser said

[27:32] at the last meeting, the CEO of Prime Comet

[27:35] had me scratching my head a little bit.

[27:44] >> Your five minutes is up sir.

[27:45] >> That's it?

[27:46] >> That's it.

[27:47] >> That was quick.

[27:48] Well I hope we can move to bound --

[27:51] ban these AI data centers because this is just going

[27:54] to get worse.

[28:17] >> Thank you so much for the opportunity to speak once again

[28:20] tonight.

[28:20] I am Reggie Copeland better known

[28:24] as Game Changer throughout the city.

[28:26] My address is public information.

[28:28] I just want to say tonight as a former city councilman here

[28:33] in the city of Marietta, a former vice

[28:36] president of the Municipal Association

[28:39] which includes all cities in Cobb,

[28:42] but most importantly tonight as a citizen,

[28:45] and officer, a veteran of the United States Air Force,

[28:51] we have really become kind of concerned

[28:56] about how the whole process of the Civil Service Board took

[29:01] place.

[29:02] I'm just going to be honest and open on tonight,

[29:07] we are asking you to reconsider what you have done,

[29:11] and if not we are planning a march as well as a protest

[29:15] in the city.

[29:17] In the last meeting that you had you said why don't we

[29:21] just go with the next person?

[29:24] But it seems to many of us in the community

[29:27] that you could have opened up the process again

[29:30] and allowed other citizens to be selected.

[29:34] The meeting prior to that, mayor,

[29:37] you looked over at the African American woman who

[29:40] had been nominated to serve on the committee

[29:44] and then you, Councilman Anderson,

[29:48] nominated another white male.

[29:50] When in fact the whole Civil Service board

[29:53] was already comprised of an all white male board.

[29:58] For all of us in the community we are deeply hurt by this.

[30:03] We feel that you continue to practice policies

[30:09] that plague our community.

[30:10] One of your jobs as a council member

[30:15] is to improve the quality of life for all citizens.

[30:21] That means everybody.

[30:22] It seems like we continue to have these practices that

[30:26] only select people, based on favoritism

[30:28] or because they go to your church, this is not looking well

[30:33] and our community is.

[30:36] Especially when our city is considered an All American city,

[30:41] a Hall of Fame city.

[30:44] I have talked with some of the police and some of the firemen

[30:48] and they don't feel like they have adequate representation

[30:52] either.

[30:53] And therefore it seems to many of us

[30:55] that the Civil Service Board should be

[30:57] a reflection of its employees.

[31:00] But it is not, let's just be honest about it.

[31:02] As a council member, one of your jobs

[31:05] is to make sure that we are fair,

[31:08] and that we are providing an opportunity for all

[31:11] of our citizens to be able to serve.

[31:14] Tonight I come to say to each of you, this is unacceptable.

[31:18] We will not -- we will continue rather to speak up and to speak

[31:24] out about these practices that you continue to enforce.

[31:28] Also.

[31:29] It is strange to many of us, and hard for a lot of us,

[31:33] to accept the fact that when you look

[31:36] at the population, the white population in our beautiful city

[31:40] of Marietta it is 42% white and yet the Civil Service

[31:45] Board is 100% white.

[31:48] The African American population is 31% African American,

[31:54] there are no African Americans on the civil Service Board.

[31:58] And yet the police department and the fire department

[32:02] are comprised of black, white, and others.

[32:05] There are no women on this civil service board.

[32:09] So I stand tonight to speak up for all citizens, and especially

[32:15] women and others who are out of the white male race.

[32:19] I want to say to all of you in closing,

[32:21] I strongly believe that for these platforms

[32:24] to truly serve the public interest the appointment

[32:28] process must be transparent, merit based, free from cronyism,

[32:34] and the integrity of these boards and committees

[32:38] are deeply compromised when favoritism

[32:41] dictates who is selected.

[32:43] Thank you for all that you do, God bless America,

[32:47] but mostly Marietta.

[32:49] Thank you.

[33:00] >> Mr. Davison.

[33:04] >> Good evening Council members how are you this evening?

[33:07] I will respectfully have a few things

[33:10] to say about Mr. Barrett's conversation.

[33:13] I can agree to disagree with anybody.

[33:15] I have been here before and I've said

[33:19] I'm not for all data centers and I'm not

[33:21] against all data centers.

[33:22] I'm for good ones and against bad ones, bad locations

[33:26] and bad technology I'm against.

[33:27] But at the end of the day to put everything

[33:29] into a bucket, all of the hyperbole

[33:32] and politics and division and say AI is going to do this,

[33:35] AI is going to do that, it reminds me of the people that

[33:38] started the horseless carriage.

[33:39] In the early 1900s that was going to destroy society.

[33:43] They didn't do it.

[33:44] I remember 25 or 30 years ago when I got my first selfie,

[33:49] people were worried that was going to destroy society,

[33:52] and that may have but everyone seems to have one.

[33:56] Everyone seems to know what we don't

[34:00] know until they start to do it.

[34:01] They drag into this all the conversations and all

[34:04] of that into my understanding, the city of Marietta

[34:07] and Cobb County only use flock license plate readers

[34:11] not cameras, is that correct?

[34:14] That's what I believe and I understand.

[34:17] But anyway not all technology is good and not all is bad.

[34:21] And he brought up that he couldn't

[34:22] trust the man from Prime.

[34:24] I don't trust everybody either, I

[34:26] don't trust everything anybody says.

[34:27] All the time, that's just the way it is.

[34:30] But to sit there and put him up there,

[34:32] as the poster child for everything that's bad,

[34:35] this young man is a nice guy, he proudly

[34:40] wears his Democratic Socialists of America t shirt.

[34:43] Just a few things that the DSA wants, abolish the US Senate,

[34:48] abolish Ice and open borders, replace the president

[34:52] and Supreme Court, public ownership

[34:55] of the largest corporations.

[34:57] I mean heck socialism basically is defined as government

[35:01] owning the means of production.

[35:04] That's not going to make smaller government, that's

[35:06] not going to make less powerful government that's

[35:08] going to make worse government.

[35:10] I am against that in general.

[35:12] When it talks about the nature of the beast

[35:17] and who can be trusted.

[35:20] Exactly who has control and so forth,

[35:24] does anyone know who Hasan Piker is?

[35:28] You can laugh if you want he's one

[35:31] of your favorite influencers.

[35:32] What does it say right here?

[35:35] Kill landlords and let the streets

[35:37] run red with capitalist blood.

[35:40] The University of Chicago professor,

[35:42] I may mispronounce this -- denouncing the University saying

[35:52] she's only teaching there to bring down the system.

[35:54] These aren't the only ones.

[35:56] There's a lot of people, there's probably

[35:59] some good Democratic socialist.

[36:01] But putting Democrat in front of socialist

[36:04] is just putting lipstick on a pig.

[36:06] There's never been a socialist government that has performed.

[36:08] They'll try to tell you, they'll use the Nordic examples

[36:13] it's a capitalist government with socialized programs, that's

[36:17] not socialism.

[36:17] I think they can think anything they want to think

[36:20] and they can vote anything they want to think.

[36:22] They can even mock me and laugh at me.

[36:24] But history is on my side.

[36:26] Thank you.

[36:37] >> Mr. Barth.

[36:50] >> Donald, good evening Mr. Mayor and Council.

[36:52] You know one of the privileges of living in Marietta?

[36:56] We do a lot together.

[36:59] I got to see some of you at this event, we went to put up flags.

[37:06] Joseph was on that committee, that's what makes a community.

[37:09] I get to see Cheryl, we do things over here

[37:13] and over there, I run into everyone at different things.

[37:17] We are at community, what is community?

[37:21] That's why we are here in Marietta.

[37:24] We live with a great community.

[37:26] And one of the good things about the mayor

[37:28] is he still has a hell of a handshake.

[37:32] And as long as that son of a gun can shake hands and look us

[37:35] in the eye you're my mayor.

[37:39] We are in the week of September 11th,

[37:41] 25 years ago we would have thought nothing about September

[37:47] 11th.

[37:47] We lost a lot of first responders.

[37:51] And we continued to lose first responders every day

[37:56] on the simplest things.

[37:58] In my neighborhood we had a little something something.

[38:04] It looks simple enough.

[38:07] I'm gonna tell you uncle saved the day.

[38:12] And he's so well trained.

[38:14] I want you to understand how well trained our officers are.

[38:19] I got to meet some of them, but sometimes they're

[38:21] so busy being officers that there's not time for handshakes.

[38:25] Handshakes are what we grew up on.

[38:27] We grew up, in my generation, shaking hands.

[38:32] That's an important part of life.

[38:35] Another thing comes to mind.

[38:39] Artificial intelligence.

[38:42] I'll take any kind of intelligence

[38:45] I can get right now.

[38:46] There is something missing up there on that dais.

[38:49] There is a policy and procedure in place

[38:55] that says the first four scheduled speakers will

[38:59] follow a certain protocol.

[39:01] So you get yourselves all worked out and think well we

[39:07] can use this and this and this.

[39:08] Follow your policies and procedures.

[39:11] If it says those first four scheduled speakers are

[39:16] to address city business , you're supposed to be talking

[39:23] about something in particular that affects the city

[39:26] and the citizens.

[39:28] You want to go off on a tangent, get in the unscheduled.

[39:33] It's in your policies and procedures.

[39:35] Do you want me to get the artificial intelligence

[39:38] to read it to you?

[39:39] Some of you need some artificial intelligence.

[39:44] It is not sinking in.

[39:47] What the policies and procedures are.

[39:50] I am tired of hearing the division that comes up

[39:55] when we don't have to have it.

[39:56] I want to stick to Marietta business

[39:58] when it's time for Marietta.

[40:00] We want to go off on a tangent there's a time for a tangent.

[40:04] There's no time in the first four speakers,

[40:09] let's address city policy and make sure that we do that.

[40:16] Great Joseph do you want to tell them about 204 Goldie Drive?

[40:22] An abandoned property.

[40:24] Only in ward seven, only on main Road in Ward seven

[40:29] and abandoned property.

[40:31] It's been abandoned, it's been reported, it's been reported,

[40:35] then it's been Rereported.

[40:38] Use the AI to find out what you're going to do to fix it.

[40:43] It's a blighted property.

[40:45] If it is in Joseph's ward, and he can't get repair

[40:51] he needs to fix it.

[40:54] There's six of you that can help get it done.

[40:57] We don't need blight.

[41:00] Look in Clarkston, look what happens when

[41:04] you allow blight to come in.

[41:06] We had a little incident down there on 138 Power Berry Road,

[41:13] they built a bar, too close to the property line,

[41:17] they built the bar too close and Joseph

[41:20] said we're not going to address that.

[41:23] Who is Joseph Goldstein to say such a thing?

[41:26] He does not have the eye.

[41:30] But it's been taken care of.

[41:35] It came out and was addressed the right way, the fire

[41:38] department came up and said no we are not going to build

[41:44] >> Your five minutes is up.

[41:46] >> Thank you think about it.

[41:53] >> Next is the consent agenda I'd like to call upon our pro

[41:58] tem to adjust that.

[42:00] >> If everyone could turn to page two on the meeting agenda.

[42:03] All items marked by an asterisk have been discussed and approved

[42:08] in our various meetings over the past month.

[42:15] Do we have any additions to that?

[42:20] >> No it is before you as printed.

[42:26] >> All right thank you so much.

[42:27] Do we have a motion to approve?

[42:33] Moved and properly second?

[42:36] All in favor raise your right hand .

[42:41] Or vote.

[42:45] The consent agenda is approved, 7 to 0.

[42:52] >> Thank you Mr. Sims.

[42:54] The next item is 16, will you conduct this?

[43:04] >> Yes will you please come forward.

[43:05] The public hearing is now open on 1516 West Oak Drive .

[43:13] The floor is yours.

[43:15] >> Thank you Mr. Haney the applicant,

[43:20] Edwards Realty Group is requesting a rezoning of 4.6

[43:24] acres of property at 1516 West Oak Drive for R-2 single family

[43:29] residential two families per anchor --

[43:32] acre to retail and commercial for the purpose of maintaining

[43:36] use as a daycare.

[43:38] The recommendation was to approve to office institutional.

[43:43] And Sonya Edwards is here to present

[43:46] on behalf of the applicant.

[44:05] >> Good evening Council members.

[44:07] My name is Sonya Edwards with Edwards Realty Group

[44:10] and I wanted to present my application

[44:16] about the rezoning of 1516 West Oak Drive in Marietta Georgia.

[44:23] 30062, eight was purchased as a daycare center

[44:30] and has been operating as a daycare

[44:32] center for a number of years.

[44:35] The capacity of children that are allowed

[44:41] for this property for this daycare center is 58 children,

[44:44] currently my client has 45 children attending.

[44:53] We presented the application to get the rezoning

[45:00] from residential to commercial.

[45:05] The surrounding properties, a large number

[45:09] of the surrounding properties are all commercial.

[45:14] We believe it would be better served

[45:17] to the community for this specific property

[45:21] to be identified as residential.

[45:26] N previously, at the last meeting we discussed about

[45:29] changing it The, from rc r, commercial , to industrial.

[45:43] Because of the remaining residential properties

[45:48] that are in that area.

[45:50] So it would limit the amount of businesses that could possibly

[45:55] operate in the event that my client sold the property.

[45:59] And hopefully would not disturb the existing residences

[46:05] that are in the area.

[46:08] Do you have any questions?

[46:11] >> Any questions for Miss Edwards?

[46:13] Thank you Miss Edwards.

[46:15] This is public if anyone else would

[46:18] like to speak on this matter?

[46:21] If anyone else wants to speak on 1516 West Oak Drive?

[46:35] Public hearing is closed.

[46:42] >> We recognize the councilman for Ward six Sims.

[46:45] >> Daniel.

[46:48] Can you address the CRC versus the on I?

[46:57] What's the big difference there

[47:01] >> The big difference is the number of allowable uses

[47:04] in the intensity of those uses.

[47:06] With CRC I think you have over 50 like 51 or 52 allowable uses.

[47:09] Some of those are fairly impactful on residents

[47:12] that could be nearby.

[47:14] So like car washes or auto related uses,

[47:18] storage facilities, those kind of things.

[47:20] So I was originally recommended in the staff report

[47:23] and then recommended by the Planning commission

[47:25] because it has less intense uses and fewer uses as well.

[47:28] But it does accommodate the use that the applicant

[47:31] is trying to accomplish with the daycare center.

[47:38] >> Thank you.

[47:46] >> May I ask a question?

[47:48] It looks like it is commercial across the street and then

[47:53] residential on the same side of the street

[47:56] and then residential behind it is that correct?

[47:59] >> That's right.

[48:04] >> Thank you.

[48:08] >> Mayor can I ask a question?

[48:09] How long has it been a daycare center?

[48:16] >> From city staff record the property was annexed in 2013

[48:18] and then we have a business license record for the city

[48:21] of Marietta as of at least 2014.

[48:24] However we don't know it operated in Cobb County

[48:27] as a daycare center could have been well before that.

[48:32] >> Why the change now?

[48:33] >> The change now because one of the things that loses

[48:37] grandfathering comment in this case a non-conforming property

[48:40] is the lapse of a business license.

[48:42] And in this case it went two months past the six month term

[48:47] to resubmit for a business license.

[48:57] >> But it didn't stop being a daycare in that entire term they

[49:00] didn't have this license is that correct?

[49:03] >> That's correct.

[49:06] >> So still being used as a daycare even though the business

[49:09] license lapsed?

[49:11] >> Yes, one of the triggers that we have when we have

[49:14] for nonconformity as the business license.

[49:16] Because that's what we know it's authorized

[49:19] to be used for at that time.

[49:26] >> I have a question.

[49:29] My concern looking at oh I, clearly oh I is better than CRC

[49:38] but OI, is still, given that there's residential on one side

[49:45] of the street, and directly behind it still allows

[49:48] for things like funeral homes, drug abuse treatment centers ,

[49:57] medical laboratories.

[50:00] Some things that I don't think I would necessarily

[50:03] want next door.

[50:05] Is there any way to put controls on this so if sold,

[50:14] the next use would have to come back?

[50:19] >> Yes, so when it comes from a development standpoint,

[50:22] if they were able to make mod double major modifications

[50:25] to the building that exceeded the 50% mark something like

[50:28] a funeral home would do that, it would trigger a litany of review

[50:32] from our staff to come back to you for potential variances that

[50:35] would be required to accommodate that use.

[50:39] So that's one of those triggers that would bring that forward.

[50:43] >> So I know that what we did for, that's what I was about

[50:47] to say, for the CrossFit, we did it I think it was OI with

[50:55] special use as a gym.

[50:58] Can we do that with this where anything besides a daycare

[51:01] center requires a return here?

[51:03] So if sold you don't end up living next

[51:07] to a medical laboratory?

[51:13] >> You have the right to do that if you so choose.

[51:18] >> I understand your question, it won't change what they are

[51:20] allowed to do with it.

[51:21] It's just if they sold it, anybody else

[51:24] if they wanted to use it for something

[51:26] other than a daycare they would be required to come here

[51:29] for a land use permit.

[51:38] >> It does affect the use of the property so it may affect

[51:41] the value of the property going forward for resale.

[51:54] >> The applicant would be in favor of limiting the use

[51:58] to a daycare center.

[52:00] But I wanted to let the council know,

[52:06] although there is residential on that side of the street,

[52:09] it is not near the daycare center.

[52:11] There is a church on one side of the daycare center

[52:14] and I don't know what is on the other side,

[52:17] but it's not a residential home.

[52:20] So there are still businesses, commercial businesses that are

[52:25] surrounding the daycare center.

[52:32] >> Thank you.

[52:37] >> I would like to make an amendment motion.

[52:38] Oh did he make one?

[52:42] I'm sorry.

[52:54] >> My recommendation is going to be to go with OI with a special

[53:03] land use permit in place for any future sale of the property that

[53:12] they would have to come back to the city.

[53:23] >> I don't think we could tie it to the sale of property

[53:25] because it's the property not the land.

[53:31] >> Just the sale of the daycare so that anything else would

[53:33] require a return.

[53:35] >> Just to clarify the language a special land use is anything

[53:38] else that might not be allowed but in this case it would be

[53:41] allowed so it might be restricted use.

[53:52] >> We will go with what Daniel said.

[53:54] I second.

[54:03] >> I just want to ask one more time the applicant do you

[54:05] understand it's restricted to just daycare use?

[54:07] Are you okay with that and you accept that?

[54:11] Thank you.

[54:21] >> Any other like setbacks or anything is that all fine?

[54:24] >> There would be nonconforming conditions required for if they

[54:27] did something substantial that would trigger that but at this

[54:30] point there would be grandfathered conditions

[54:33] for the change of zoning and use.

[54:40] >> We're changing the zoning right?

[54:41] >> Yes sir.

[54:44] >> And there's no need for changing anything?

[54:46] Okay.

[54:51] We have a motion and a second, other discussion?

[54:55] All those in favor of the limited use under OI please

[55:04] indicate your vote.

[55:05] The motion carries.

[55:08] You've done it.

[55:14] >> Mr. Mayor?

[55:15] Would you like a motion on the travel and train

[55:20] code on the second reading?

[55:22] >> Yes please.

[55:24] >> I make a motion to suspend the rules and waive the second

[55:30] reading for the travel and train code amendment.

[55:34] >> Seconded.

[55:39] >> Those in favor?

[55:40] Please indicate your vote.

[55:47] 7 to 0.

[55:54] >> Motion to waive the second reading regarding 2026842 travel

[55:57] and train Code amendment.

[56:01] >> Any discussion?

[56:07] >> Do we get a second?

[56:08] >> Second.

[56:11] >> Please indicate your vote.

[56:13] The motion carries 7 to 0.

[56:25] The next item is variance 202628,

[56:33] the home on Coleman Road.

[56:40] Will conduct a public >> Thank you the time of public hearing

[56:46] is now open.

[56:48] The public hearing will be opened by Mr. Cummings.

[56:53] >> Thank you , 2026-28 home on the House of Mike Clotfelter

[57:01] requesting a variance to waive the sidewalk development

[57:06] for the property.

[57:08] I believe he is here to present on behalf of the project.

[57:19] >> Mr. Mayor and council members and other members of the city.

[57:23] My name is Mike Clodfelter and I have

[57:26] lived at this address for 54 years,

[57:29] the property has been in our family for almost 100.

[57:33] The property has gotten a bit much

[57:36] for me to look after so I put it on the market.

[57:39] The first of the year I contracted with Berkshire Homes

[57:42] to build me a new home on Colston Road

[57:45] and I'm tickled to death to have had that opportunity.

[57:48] Two reasons, one Bircher builds a great home

[57:55] I've been amazed at their attention to detail

[57:57] throughout the process.

[57:58] The second reason is I am glad to stay in the city of Marietta.

[58:02] I have had many interactions with the city

[58:05] and have been treated so well from sanitation

[58:08] through the lights and water to this body with a I

[58:13] am speaking today.

[58:17] When I asked to build my home and found out

[58:24] it was really a part of a new development they had proposed

[58:29] called High Vale, High Vale is off

[58:33] of Breckenridge Road and butts into Colston where my home is.

[58:41] When the Birchers presented their plan to the city

[58:44] it was required of them that sidewalks be put in.

[58:47] And I certainly understand the importance

[58:51] of sidewalks in a subdivision.

[58:53] I would like at this time to turn your attention

[58:55] to page three of that handout.

[58:58] It shows the location of the one lot

[59:02] that is not accessible from Breckenridge,

[59:05] and that's my home on Colston.

[59:08] The houses on each side of my home are over 40 years old

[59:14] and there are no sidewalks on Colston.

[59:18] If the Birchers were required to put a sidewalk in front

[59:23] of my place it would certainly look a little bit out of place.

[59:28] The reason why I'm being here tonight

[59:30] is to respectfully ask you to allow them to forgo putting

[59:34] a sidewalk in front of my home.

[59:36] And more specifically to allow them to skip putting sidewalks

[59:41] in front of 729 Colston Road.

[59:44] I'll be glad to answer any questions you have.

[59:53] >> This is public hearing is there anyone here tonight who

[59:55] would like to speak on this matter?

[59:59] With that the public hearing is closed.

[1:00:06] >> Mr. Waters for a motion.

[1:00:07] >> I would like a motion to approve this variance.

[1:00:10] >> Second.

[1:00:11] >> Any discussion?

[1:00:15] >> Mr. Cummings, as part of the planning process where

[1:00:19] the sidewalk would have been that's been given over

[1:00:23] to the city as public right of way already right?

[1:00:26] >> That's correct.

[1:00:37] >> This Robert, can we call you Mike?

[1:00:44] >> Thank you making this readable.

[1:00:47] Can we get all our stuff this large?

[1:00:55] >> The motion is on the table any further discussion?

[1:00:57] Hearing none I'd like to call to question, indicate your vote.

[1:01:01] Motion carries 7 to 0.

[1:01:05] Thank you Mike.

[1:01:14] Mr. Alan, are you here for a reason?

[1:01:19] You're taking care of them?

[1:01:21] Take care of.

[1:01:25] The next is unscheduled appearance.

[1:01:30] If any citizens, up to six of you,

[1:01:33] would like to speak the floor is now open.

[1:01:36] Come on down if you want to speak.

[1:01:48] >> Hello again Mr. Mayor and members of the Council.

[1:01:50] My name is Joel Becker and I am once again here

[1:01:53] to talk about the AI data center which you recently approved.

[1:01:56] I am not necessarily here to argue about why

[1:01:59] this thing is a bad idea.

[1:02:00] I am here to tell you that we won't forget that you did this

[1:02:04] and you won't let you sweep it under the rug

[1:02:06] and move on with your lives.

[1:02:08] We're going to come to the polls over this

[1:02:09] and we're going to vote for this.

[1:02:10] You have seen how many people have

[1:02:12] come to all of these meetings.

[1:02:13] You have seen the enthusiasm of these people.

[1:02:15] This is not going to be something

[1:02:17] you can just wish away.

[1:02:18] And act like another happened.

[1:02:20] You can still change this, you write the rules,

[1:02:23] you can do what you want and you can still reject this thing.

[1:02:26] But if you keep going then you're going to get voted out.

[1:02:30] And that is really not up for debate, seeing as

[1:02:33] how many people showed up both today and more importantly

[1:02:36] within the past three meetings.

[1:02:38] Now it's currently water and power week,

[1:02:41] which we discussed earlier.

[1:02:43] Can you explain to me why you think it's justifiable to spend

[1:02:46] all of that water and power on some AI data center when you

[1:02:51] care --

[1:02:51] claim to care about it.

[1:02:53] And another person who came up earlier, Mr. Stevens,

[1:02:57] he spoke about how the DSA was scary to this country.

[1:03:02] First, that's a logical fallacy because they're still

[1:03:05] your voters and regardless of their politics

[1:03:07] you are still beholden to them.

[1:03:10] You still have to listen to them and any of your voters.

[1:03:14] And you are still beholden to them.

[1:03:16] Now I would like to thank the two council members who

[1:03:19] voted no on this, however to the rest of you

[1:03:22] you're going to get voted out unless you shape up.

[1:03:24] We will not forget this.

[1:03:26] We will not forgive this.

[1:03:27] And we will see the consequences of this,

[1:03:29] and you will see the consequences of this

[1:03:31] in the election results.

[1:03:33] >> Thank you sir.

[1:03:36] Anybody else like to come down?

[1:03:41] You want to speak up there?

[1:03:44] Is that working?

[1:03:54] >> I don't think that microphone is on.

[1:04:08] >> Whenever you are ready.

[1:04:10] Oh he's gotta have a mic.

[1:04:28] >> I am not a speaker, so I'm sorry if I am a little nervous.

[1:04:30] My name is Stephanie, I live in Ward two of Marietta.

[1:04:36] After our last election I started

[1:04:40] following on social media and oppressive young man Sam

[1:04:44] Foster who ran for mayor of.

[1:04:46] He made a post on Instagram about 108 megawatt data center

[1:04:51] that was approved in Marietta and I just have to say,

[1:04:56] learning about how much a megawatt is

[1:04:59] and that one megawatt is equal to a thousand,

[1:05:05] around 800 to 1000, according to Georgia

[1:05:11] Power, residential customers.

[1:05:13] And we only have 45,000, that is just really scary to me.

[1:05:21] I went to the city Council meeting

[1:05:24] to oppose the data center already approved.

[1:05:27] There I heard about flock cameras.

[1:05:31] So I'd like to talk about these two.

[1:05:35] And actually this is not just DSA,

[1:05:38] this was our mailman, Jason.

[1:05:40] This is our mailman who came and asked me about this information

[1:05:45] and asked for some of this information I've created.

[1:05:49] Because I think the community needs

[1:05:52] to know about these things.

[1:05:53] While leaving this meeting I noticed

[1:05:56] I was being watched by a drone overhead.

[1:05:59] I don't believe in mass surveillance,

[1:06:00] I think it's a slippery slope and it

[1:06:03] starts eroding our freedoms in the name of safety.

[1:06:06] I found this Resource, deflock.org

[1:06:13] and I've been using Flock Hopper to see how many cameras I've

[1:06:21] been passing as I drive here and I live next to Marietta High

[1:06:24] School, going out of my neighborhood

[1:06:26] I pass one to go to the shopping, five

[1:06:31] to go to the library and more to come here.

[1:06:34] These AI powered tools are being abused by police officers

[1:06:39] and by other agencies that they share with.

[1:06:43] If you go to the website you can see

[1:06:46] tools for how it's being used and you

[1:06:49] might trust your own police but they are not the only ones

[1:06:53] who have our data.

[1:06:55] Atlanta is the most surveilled city.

[1:07:00] Crime closure rates have actually

[1:07:03] dropped since these cameras were implemented

[1:07:06] according to the FBI.

[1:07:07] They have had multiple trafficking, human trafficking

[1:07:15] cases that they haven't solved, the last seven cases they

[1:07:19] haven't solved since 2024.

[1:07:20] So you tell me what these cameras are actually doing?

[1:07:24] Because it's not the same as a police officer

[1:07:26] when they serendipitously find the information

[1:07:30] they need and are actually solving crimes.

[1:07:33] You are relying on AI too much to solve these problems.

[1:07:38] It's not just flock alone.

[1:07:41] I've learned about technology that Cobb County has

[1:07:46] intelligence that can collect data on mass gatherings

[1:07:51] like me coming to this City Council meeting.

[1:07:54] It features bulk surges of 180 social media networks.

[1:08:02] And automatic license plate readers, bank statements, chats,

[1:08:06] instant messages and more.

[1:08:08] And who has access to all that data?

[1:08:10] Who are they sharing it with?

[1:08:14] Before FISA 702 lapsed in June.

[1:08:17] I believe Marietta should cancel our contract

[1:08:20] with flock, banned data centers and invest in our community.

[1:08:23] Thank you for your time.

[1:08:25] >> Thank you.

[1:08:27] Would anyone else like to come forward?

[1:08:30] Yes sir.

[1:08:39] Within five minutes.

[1:08:47] >> Thank you for the opportunity to speak again, this is amazing.

[1:08:50] To finish where I left off, the quotes that were up there

[1:08:54] were Robert Moser saying we are only

[1:08:56] planning on developing the one data center exclusively

[1:08:59] and it has nothing to do with AI.

[1:09:01] He repeated those statements, the slide

[1:09:05] was up there it said the website that they

[1:09:09] have where they advertise their nationwide AI data center

[1:09:14] network, the edge.io.

[1:09:16] One word, the edge.io.

[1:09:19] And and AI this and hyperscale that

[1:09:24] and it shows three data centers in Marietta on their map

[1:09:28] and 16 total in Georgia to build out their network.

[1:09:31] They also talk about on site power, which I'm not sure

[1:09:35] if that's money toward the cities Marietta power and water.

[1:09:39] I don't know if that is returned back to the city.

[1:09:42] If they divert resources to doing on power.

[1:09:45] I really feel like they obfuscated their product here.

[1:09:51] Why would they do that?

[1:09:52] What's the game?

[1:09:54] This is exactly why so many people have

[1:09:57] been coming to these meetings.

[1:09:59] It's why we kept asking for more time for public comment.

[1:10:02] It is why, I've been really waiting for this one,

[1:10:06] we have 150 signatures, people adding their names

[1:10:11] to our petition to say no AI data

[1:10:13] centers in our neighborhoods.

[1:10:14] All across the country people are seeing shady business

[1:10:17] with these data centers.

[1:10:18] We are watching in real time the loss of communities everywhere

[1:10:21] and we are frightened beyond belief that we will be next.

[1:10:25] We know that this is the height of corporate extremism.

[1:10:29] Our neighborhoods that we love are

[1:10:31] made unlivable to sell us on a terrible technology that

[1:10:34] puts us all at risk all to chase after a quick buck.

[1:10:39] I highly doubt Prime will argue --

[1:10:42] honor their side of the bargain even with the stipulations that

[1:10:45] were made.

[1:10:46] This is why we are upset and we are angry.

[1:10:49] When we see the city advertise itself

[1:10:51] as the number one digital city.

[1:10:53] That sign is still up there, whatever that means.

[1:10:55] When we see redacted documents and agenda filings

[1:11:00] and contractors from these data center developers showing up

[1:11:03] hours in advance to fill seats to prevent residents

[1:11:06] from being in the room where the decision is made, all

[1:11:10] of those yellow vests that said South mechanical,

[1:11:13] those were all employees for a company that does construction

[1:11:18] for the data centers.

[1:11:20] And they fill up seats so that we can't even be in the room.

[1:11:23] I have been living here for two years.

[1:11:27] I don't know where those guys are from.

[1:11:29] We were accused of not even being in the city.

[1:11:31] And these guys send in their paid swarm to come in here

[1:11:34] and block residents from being able to even be in the room.

[1:11:40] We are seeing these corporate interests

[1:11:43] come in as they take and take and take

[1:11:46] what they think they are owed.

[1:11:48] Please forgive us for losing some decorum.

[1:11:51] This is coming after all of us.

[1:11:54] I want to reiterate the sentiment shared

[1:11:57] by Mr. Stevens at the last meeting that it bears repeating.

[1:12:00] If you give a mouse a cookie he's

[1:12:02] going to want a glass of milk.

[1:12:04] This is where we are at.

[1:12:07] I really hope that we move forward

[1:12:11] in the best way possible to protect residents

[1:12:13] from future proposals after the moratorium expires

[1:12:16] to prevent more damage done by these data centers.

[1:12:19] Not just what they do on site to the people around them,

[1:12:23] but what they do to our society as it is currently unregulated.

[1:12:30] I think the best move forward again

[1:12:32] is a full ban on data center construction within the city

[1:12:36] limits.

[1:12:36] And I hear a bunch of people talking about the shirt,

[1:12:40] whatever.

[1:12:41] I don't think that matters here.

[1:12:43] I don't want to waste the city's time with , I don't know,

[1:12:49] the ideology, I want to talk about the issues here at.

[1:12:54] I do wish to see the needs of everybody met.

[1:12:58] And I love everybody.

[1:12:59] Thank you for your time.

[1:13:02] I appreciate you letting me come back to finish.

[1:13:11] >> Anyone else like to come forward?

[1:13:21] Hearing no one else I'd like to close the public hearing.

[1:13:26] Any need for an executive session?

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