[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?