Agenda
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A. CALL REGULAR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER (5 P.M.) AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM PRESENT
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D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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E.1. Hold public hearing, discuss, consider, and provide a recommendation to the Town Council on proposed text amendments to Sections 102-411(b)(9), 102-412(c), 102 415(b), and 102-416(a) of Article IX, "TC, Town Center Form-Based Development District," of the Town of Westlake Code of Ordinances relating to building frontage requirements, modifying the list of building functions, monument signage, and standards for swimming pools, hot tubs, and outdoor woodburning fireplaces and fire pits.
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E.2. Hold public hearing, discuss, consider and provide a recommendation to the Town Council on a request from Ocean Equities, Ltd to rezone approximately 1.33 acres of land located at 1550 Solana Boulevard and currently zoned as PD, Planned Development District 1-2, to the TC, Town Center Form-Based Development District (town center core zone).
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F.1. Discuss, consider, and act on a site plan application prepared and submitted by Kimley-Horn for the development of a data center on approximately 87.96 acres of land generally located at the northeast corner of the intersection of United States Highway 377 and Westport Parkway Lots in PD, Planned Development District 3-8. (Part 1 of 2)
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Additional Item
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F.1. Discuss, consider, and act on a site plan application prepared and submitted by Kimley-Horn for the development of a data center on approximately 87.96 acres of land generally located at the northeast corner of the intersection of United States Highway 377 and Westport Parkway Lots in PD, Planned Development District 3-8. (Part 2 of 2)
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OKAY, IT'S 5 O'CLOCK. WE'D LIKE TO GET THIS MEETING STARTED. WELCOME TO THE WESTLAKE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. THE TIME IS 5 O'CLOCK AND WE CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THERE'S A QUORUM PRESENT AND WE'D LIKE TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. (INAUDIBLE) OKAY, THE NEXT SECTION OF OUR AGENDA IS CITIZEN COMMENT, HOWEVER, ANYBODY HERE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM F1, DATA CENTER, WE WILL HAVE A TIME WHEN WE COME TO THAT ITEM. SO, THIS IS FOR ANYBODY, ANY TYPE EXCUSE ME, ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ABOUT AN ITEM OTHER THAN THE DATA CENTER. IF SO, PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM. SEEING NONE, I CLOSE THE CITIZEN COMMENT. OKAY. NEXT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. EXTRA CONSIDERATION IS MARCH 3RD, 2026, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR MINUTES. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CORRECTION OR EDITS? IF NOT, CAN I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION TO CLAIM? YES. SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS 3E, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL ON A PROPOSED TAXT AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT TO SECTION 102-411B-9, 102-412, 102-415, I'M SORRY, I LOST MY PLACE HERE, 105B-102-416A OF ARTICLE 9, TOWN CENTER FORM-BASED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO BUILDING FRONTAGE, PERMITS, MODIFYING THE SYSTEM BUILDING FUNCTIONS, MONUMENT SIGNS STANDARD, SWIMMING POOLS, HOT TUBS, OUTDOOR WOOD BURNING FIREPLACE AND FIRE PITS. GOOD MORNING, COLE DAVENPORT, TOWN PLANNER. THIS ITEM IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND ACT ON PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS THE TOWN CENTER FOREIGN-BASED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. THE PURPOSE OF THE TOWN CENTER FOREIGN-BASED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS TO ENCOURAGE AND REINFORCE EXISTING AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT ARE OF AN ELEVATED VISUAL QUALITY THAT WILL SUSTAIN A ROBUST TEXT BASE AND THAT WILL AFFORD A PREMIUM QUALITY OF LIFE. IN CONSIDERATIONS, THESE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS EXEMPT LODGING AND OFFICE USES FROM SHOP FRONT DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, UPDATE THE LIST OF ALLOWED USES, ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR COMMERCIAL GROUND BASED MONUMENT SIGNS AND ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR OUTDOOR AMENITIES. THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS IMPROVE THE USABILITY OF THE TOWN, THE TOWN CENTER FORM-BASED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE TEXT AMENDMENTS AS PRESENTED. ACTIONS AND OPTIONS; MOTION TO APPROVE, MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS, MOTION TO DENY OR MOTION TO TABLE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION? CHAIR WE NEED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM IS OPEN FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED?
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THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS, UH, E2. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE TOWN COUNCIL ON A REQUEST FROM OCEAN EQUITIES, LTD TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 1.33 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 1550 SOLANA BOULEVARD AND CURRENTLY ZONED AS PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 1-2, TO THE TC, TOWN CENTER FORM-BASED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (TOWN CENTER CORE ZONE). THIS ITEM IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND ACT ON A REQUEST FROM OCEAN EQUITIES TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 1.33 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED AT 1550 SOLANA BOULEVARD, UH, CURRENTLY ZONED FOR PD 1-2 AND THE ZONING CHANGE WOULD BE TO THE TOWN CENTER FORM-BASED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, UH, TOWN CENTER CORE ZONE. ONCE AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF THE TOWN CENTER FORM-BASED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS TO ENCOURAGE AND REINFORCE EXISTING AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT HAVE AN ELEVATED VISUAL QUALITY THAT WILL SUSTAIN A ROBUST TAX BASE THAT WILL AFFORD A PREMIUM QUALITY OF LIFE. SOME CONSIDERATIONS, UH, THE CURRENT ZONING IS FOR PD 1-2 WHICH AS IT SITS TODAY OFFICE USES ALLOWS BY RIGHT, SO THIS ZONING CHANGE ISN'T GOING TO AFFECT WHETHER THE USE IS ALLOWED OR NOT. THE USE OF AN OFFICE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE SURROUNDING THE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE AREA. YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS WHERE THE PROPERTY IS SITUATED, IT'S AT THE HARD CORNER OF SOLANA BOULEVARD AND CAMPUS, CIRCLE RIGHT NEAR THE KNOLLS VENTANA'S AND THE SOLANA CAMPUS. FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS, THE CHANGE IN ZONING IS INTENDED TO PRODUCE AN ARCHITECTURAL FORM THAT'S, WILL CREATE AN APPROPRIATE TRANSITION IN THE ARCHITECTURE DEFINING IN TROTTA. SO, IT'S ESSENTIALLY GOING TO TRANSITION FROM THE CATALAN STYLE ARCHITECTURE TO A MORE MODERN STYLE LIKE YOU SEE IN THE KNOLLS, THE SOLANA CAMPUS AS WELL AS VENTANA'S. HERE ARE SOME RENDERINGS OF WHAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL LOOK LIKE. ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM TO NOTE IS THAT BECAUSE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS LESS THAN THREE ACRES OF SIZE NO REGULATING PLAN IS REQUIRED, HOWEVER, PRIOR TO ANY PERMITTING OR CONSTRUCTION A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT MUST BE APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION. THIS CHANGE IN ZONING REQUEST IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND REINFORCES THE LAND USE AND ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER OF THEIR SURROUNDING AREA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ZONING CHANGE AS PRESENTED. ACTIONS AND OPTIONS, YOU CAN MOTION TO APPROVE, MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS, MOTION TO DENY OR MOTION TO TABLE TO A SPECIFIC DATE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MAY HAVE AND I'M PRETTY SURE THE APPLICANT IS OUT HERE SOMEWHERE. COMMISSIONERS DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE I HAVE ONE. I HAVE ONE I HAVE ONE. OKAY, PLEASE. WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS ON THE FENCING? I SEE THAT THEY HAVE A FENCE AROUND THE PROPOSED FENCE AROUND THE PROPERTY. WHAT, WHAT'S THE CODE CALL FOR, FOR PARTICULAR ZONING? IT CALLS FOR ORNAMENTAL OR WROUGHT IRON FENCING. AND DOES IT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL VEGETATION? NOTHING? NO SIR, BUT WE DO WANT TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER ON PERHAPS ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL VEGETATION TO IT. SO THAT WAY IT ENHANCES THE FENCING A LITTLE BIT AND DOESN'T DETRACT FROM THE GATEWAY OR THE ENTRYWAY INTO THE DEVELOPMENT. I ALSO NOTICED THAT IT'S AN UNDERGROUND PARKING SO I'M ASSUMING THAT'S FINE AND YOU KNOW ALL THE STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS WILL BE MET IN ORDER YES, THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH, THE PARKING RATIO IN THIS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS A THREE PER ONE THOUSAND BUT THOSE STANDARDS WILL BE MET. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, DOES ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? BEING NONE, I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? MAY I GET A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. AND SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, NEXT IS ITEM F1. DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND ACT ON A SITE PLAN APPLICATION PREPARED AND SUBMITTED BY KIMLEY-HORN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DATA CENTER ON APPROXIMATELY 87.96 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF INTERSTATE, AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 377 AND WESTPORT, WESTPORT PARKWAY LOT IN PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 3-8. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. GOOD
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EVENING, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS. AGAIN, THIS IS AN ITEM REQUESTING SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR A DATA CENTER IN PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 3-8. I WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE HERE AND ASK JEFF PARSONS AND HIS TEAM TO COME UP AND TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THIS REQUEST. THANK YOU, JASON. CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS, THANKS FOR WELCOMING TONIGHT. MY NAME IS JEFF PARSONS. I'M WITH AMERICAN REAL ESTATE PARTNERS. WE'VE GOT ABOUT A 20-YEAR HISTORY IN THE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS. STARTED LARGELY IN THE CLASS A OFFICE BUILDING WORLD AND THEN IN 2021 WE ESTABLISHED OUR, OUR POWERHOUSE DATA CENTERS PLATFORM FOR OUR DATA CENTER PORTFOLIO AND SO, WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY WITH ABOUT 39 MILLION SQUARE FEET ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE'RE IN ABOUT EIGHT STATES AND NINE MAJOR MARKETS. GOT ABOUT EIGHT GIGAWATTS PLANNED AND ABOUT A HUND IN THE NEXT BETWEEN NOW AND 2027 PROBABLY 140 BUILDINGS WILL BE DEVELOPED AND BUILT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. GET A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF THE PROJECT ITSELF. I THINK WE MAY HAVE A TYPO HERE. AS WE SAID, IS AROUND 90 ACRES, WE'VE GOT FOUR BUILDINGS PLANNED ON THIS SITE AND YOU KNOW, ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE A POINT TO, TO HERE IS RECOGNIZING OUR LOCATION IN WESTLAKE AND IN THE CIRCLE T DEVELOPMENT AREA, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE MAJOR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS NEIGHBORS LIKE DELOITTE AND CHARLES SCHWAB AND SOME OF THEM AND SO WE WANTED TO TAKE A NOD FROM THAT AND FROM OUR PAST HISTORY OF CLASS A OFFICE TO REALLY BRING, YOU KNOW, A HIGH LEVEL OF ARCHITECTURE AND AESTHETIC TO THE PROJECT AND REALLY BE CONSIDERATE OF ALL OUR NEIGHBORS AROUND US AND SO (INAUDIBLE) AND SO, SO WE'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON, ON WHERE IT SETS AND WHAT OUR THOUGHTS WERE AROUND THAT. AS A REMINDER, THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS, IT WAS AREA WAS ZONED FOR AN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USE AS FAR BACK AS 1998 AND THEN MORE RECENTLY ADOPTED INTO THE DATA CENTER USE. THIS IS A OVERALL RENDERING OF THE SITE PLAN TO SITUATE YOU OBVIOUSLY, IT'S IF IT'S NOT CLEAR US-377 IS ON THE ON THE LEFT RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH WE'RE SITTING TO THE SOUTH AND FACING NORTH INTO THE CAMPUS AND AGAIN SOME OF THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT WE PUT INTO THIS WAS TO REALLY SET THE CAMPUS AS FAR BACK AWAYS AS WE COULD FROM THE SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES WITH, WITH A LARGE BUFFER OF LANDSCAPE THAT YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE DETAIL OF THAT TO REALLY HAVE A NICE AESTHETIC AND PARTICULARLY EVEN ALONG 377 WE'VE GOT A REALLY NICE LANDSCAPE BUFFER THERE AND THEN TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE ENCORE SWITCH YARD IN OUR PRIVATE SUBSTATION WILL BE. SO, WITH A LITTLE INTRODUCTION I'LL LET ZAID GO THROUGH A FEW MORE DETAILS ON THE PROJECT. SO, TO KIND OF GO BACK A LITTLE BIT, WE'LL GO INTO DETAIL ON A LOT OF THESE FOR DESIGN DECISIONS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE DID TO IMPLEMENT INTO THE SITES REALLY LOOKING ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE SITE THAT'S WHERE THE ENCORE SWITCHYARD WILL BE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE EXISTING SUBSTATION THAT IS OUTSIDE OF OUR PROPERTY LINE AND THEN ON THE TOP RIGHT IS WHERE THE PRIVATE SUBSTATION WILL BE THAT WILL SERVE THIS CAMPUS. THAT'LL BE IN PROPERTY OF THIS SITE. SO JUST KEEPING AN EYE ON WHAT YOU'RE SEEING WITH THIS OVERALL AERIAL VIEW AS YOU GO INTO MORE DETAIL. SO, ONE THING WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND WORKED INTO, INTO OUR DESIGN WAS 75-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER, UM, FROM THE HIGHWAY 377. SO, LOOK THIS IS YOU DRIVING NORTHWARD, NORTHBOUND FROM LOOKING NORTHEAST INTO THE CAMPUS WITH A LOT OF NATIVE VEGETATION, REALLY USING IT AS A NATURAL BUFFER FROM SITES TO THE HIGHWAY. IN ADDITION, WE WANTED TO SHOW NOT JUST WHAT THE SITES WILL LOOK LIKE THE DAY OF COMPLETION BUT A FIVE-YEAR PROGRESSION OF THE TREES ON THE SITE. ANOTHER VIEW LOOKING FROM HIGHWAY 377 SOUTHEAST INTO THE SITES AGAIN WANTING TO NOTE THAT 75-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND BERM THAT'S LOCATED AND SEPARATING THE SITE FROM THE HIGHWAY AND THEN THE FIVE-YEAR TREE PROGRESSION GROWTH. HERE WILL BE THE REALLY THE ONE LOCATION ON THE ENTIRE CAMPUS THAT YOU'LL BE VISIBLE INTO THE SITES. THAT IS OUR
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SECONDARY ENTRANCE THAT IS PRIMARILY USED AS THE EMERGENCY EGRESS. THAT GATE WILL BE PRIMARILY CLOSED AND ONLY USED FOR EMERGENCY REASONS AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO DETAIL ON SOME OF THE DESIGN AESTHETICS THAT YOU'LL EVEN BE LOOKING INTO WHEN LOOKING AT THIS LOCATION. THE SITE AGAIN SHOWS THE FIVE-YEAR TREE GROWTH PROGRESSION. THIS IS THE SITE LOOKING FROM THE CUL-DE-SAC ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY LINE LOOKING NORTH INTO IT. WANTING TO SHOW THAT THIS IS THE VIEW THAT YOU'LL HAVE LOOKING INTO DIRECTLY INTO THE DATA CENTER FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AGAIN AND THIS LOCATION WILL HAVE UP TO 222 FEET OF LANDSCAPE BUFFER BETWEEN THE NEAREST PARKING SPACE AT THE SITE ENTRANCE AND AT THE PROPERTY LINE. THIS IS THE VIEW FROM EAST OF THE CAMPUS. YOU'LL SEE THE ADDED LANDSCAPE THAT WILL BE THROUGHOUT THE EAST SIDE OF THE SITES AS WELL AS THE PRECAST SCREEN WALLS THAT WILL BE COVERING THE EQUIPMENT YARD TO SHIELD AND SCREEN FROM THE GENERATORS. HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT THE DATA CENTER WILL LOOK LIKE. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FROM THE FURTHEST SOUTH BUILDING STRAIGHT NORTH THIS WOULD BE THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING. SO, AS WE WERE MENTIONED EARLIER A LOT OF INSPIRATION WAS TAKEN FROM EXISTING CAMPUSES HERE IN THE WESTLAKE AREA, PRIMARILY WITH A LOT OF THE GLAZING FROM THE CHARLES SCHWAB SITE. AND THIS WOULD BE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DATA CENTER FOR THE SOUTH CAMPOS OR THE SOUTH BUILDING. ALL FOUR DATA CENTER BUILDING WILL MATCH THIS STYLE. WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE DETAIL ON SOME OF THE DESIGN INSPIRATION FOR THE MATERIAL BEING SELECTED. FOR EACH OF THE BUILDING, SO, YOU'LL NOTICE THE ROUTE ON THE FRONT HOUSE OF THE BUILDING, USING A LOT NATURAL STONE, LUDDER STONE. AND THEN ON THE BACK SIDE FOR THE BECCA HOUSE WHERE THE EQUIPMENT YARD IS LOCATED WHERE WE HAVE OUR SCREEN WALL, IT'LL BE THE PRECAST WITH FORM LINER AND PAINTED TO MATCH THE LUDDER STONE COLOR. WRAPPED AROUND ON THE EYEBROW WILL BE SOME ALUMINUM COMPOSITE PANEL EYEBROWS, AGAIN TAKING INSPIRATION FROM CAMPUSES HERE IN THE WESTLAKE AREA. THEN ADDITIONAL PRECAST SCREEN WALLS WITH FORM LINER THAT WILL BE PAINTED TAN ON THE BECCA HOUSE, BACK SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THIS WILL BE THE PERIMETER SECURITY FENCE THAT WILL WRAP AROUND THE ENTIRE CAMPUS. ONE THING TO NOTE HERE, THIS PERIMETER FENCE IS NOT LOCATED AT THE PROPERTY LINE. AS MENTIONED, THERE ARE 75-FOOT BUFFERS THAT WILL BE UP BY HIGHWAY 377 AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OUR SITE AND THEN THE 220 FEET LANDSCAPE BUFFER ON THE SOUTH SIDE BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, THIS WILL WRAP PAST THAT LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND WE'LL SHOW IN DETAIL ON A CROSS-SECTION A LITTLE BIT HERE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. HERE'S SHOWING ALL FOUR SIDES OF OUR BUILDINGS. THE TOP IMAGE IS IF AGAIN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FURTHEST SOUTH BUILDING, LOOKING STRAIGHT NORTH. THAT'S THE LUDDER STONE AND ALL THE ADDITIONAL GLAZING THAT'S SHOWN ON THE MIDDLE SECTION WHICH WOULD BE ON EITHER SIDE. THERE'S A BUMP OUT WHERE YOU CAN SEE ON THE MIDDLE SECTION THE MIDDLE PICTURE, THE MIDDLE ELEVATION IS WHERE WE'LL HAVE LOCALIZED STORAGE TANKS THAT ARE HIDDEN WITHIN THAT, THAT GLAZING AND THEN ON THE FURTHER BOTTOM PICTURE WILL BE THE PRECAST SCREEN WALLS COVERING THE EQUIPMENT YARD. IN ADDITION TO THE FOUR MAIN BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE ON SITE, WE HAVE TWO ANCILLARY BUILDINGS. SO, THIS IS THE SECURITY SLASH MAIN ENTRANCE BUILDING. SO, OUR ENTRANCE, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AERIAL VIEW, WILL BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CAMPUS. AND THIS WILL BE THE BUILDING TO GET INTO THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND MAIN ACCESS SITE. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A PUMP SLASH WATER TREATMENT BUILDING THAT'S ALSO LOCATED KIND OF IN THE SOUTHEAST AREA OF THE SITE TO WHERE WE HAVE OUR CENTRALIZED STORAGE TANKS. SO, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE LOOKED INTO AS PART OF OUR SITE DESIGN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. SO HERE IS THE OVERALL SITE PLAN.
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IF YOU WANT TO ORIENT YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT, THE FAR-RIGHT IMAGE IS PLAN OR TRUE NORTH. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS TO NOTE THAT MUCH, AS ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE WAS ADDED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CAMPUS, WHICH IS ON THE LEFT SIDE, WE HAVE THE 75-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND BERM THAT'S ALONG HIGHWAY 377. AND THEN ON THE NORTH SIDE, WHERE OUR FUTURE SUBSTATION IS LOCATED, AND AS WELL AS THE BUFFER, WE HAVE A BUILDING FOOTPRINT. AGAIN, FROM THE SOUTH OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ARE AT 220 FEET FROM THE PARKING SPACE, THAT NATURAL LANDSCAPE BUFFER THERE, AND THEN A TOTAL OF 506 FEET FROM THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT TO THE PROPERTY LINE. CORRECT. AND TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE, WHAT'S SHOWN HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS AREA ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE ON THE SOUTHEAST AND NORTH SIDE, ARE THE EXISTING TREES THAT WILL BE, THAT WILL REMAIN AND WILL NOT BE DISTURBED. ANOTHER ITEM TO NOTE ON THE AREA THAT'S BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND EXISTING WATER TANK. SO, WE DO HAVE OUR WETLANDS AND FLOODPLAIN STUDY APPROVED BY THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, AND WE ARE NOT DISTURBING THE FLOODPLAIN IN OUR SITE. SO, TWO ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, SO THIS CROSS-SECTION, THE TWO CROSS-SECTIONS SOUTH OF THE BUILDING OR SOUTH OF THE CAMPUS AND NORTH OF THE CAMPUS REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND BERMS AND THE SETBACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. SO, THE NORTH IMAGE IS THE FURTHER SOUTH SECTION VIEW THAT WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT. SO, IF YOU'RE LOOKING ON THE FAR RIGHT, THAT IS THE VIEW OF A VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY 377. WE HAVE OUR 75-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND A BERM THAT IN ELEVATION CHANGES FROM 5 TO ANYWHERE ABOVE 15 FEET, AND THEN THE 160-FOOT SETBACK FROM THE PROPERTY OR FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT. THIS IS OUR LANDSCAPE PLAN. SO AGAIN, EMPHASIZING THE AMOUNT OF TREES THAT ARE BEING ADDED TO THIS PROJECT. IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING TREES THAT WILL REMAIN ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE, WE ARE ADDING AND PLANTING OVER 500, NEARLY 600 NEW TREES INTO THE AREA, MAJORITY AND PRIMARILY ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE THAT LANDSCAPE BUFFER IS. AND THEN BEYOND THAT, ON, SO THAT'S JUST TO THE TREES WITHIN THE SITE AT THE 75-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER, WE ARE PLANTING OVER 4,000 TREES AND BUSHES. SO, A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TREES THAT ARE BEING ADDED ON THE SITE, SO, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT VARIOUS 500-PLUS TREES THAT WILL BE ADDED, AND THEN THE TREES AND BUSHES THAT WILL BE ADDED ALONG THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER. ANOTHER ITEM THAT I WAS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WAS THE SITE LINE STUDY. SO, WE TOOK SIX LOCATIONS OF OUR SITES TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE FROM A PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE. VIEW A IS VERY SIMILAR TO VIEW A AND B ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE VIEWS THAT WE LOOKED AT FOR THE CROSS SECTION. THE TOP SECTION A IS FROM THE FURTHEST SOUTH BUILDING. LOOKING OUT FROM THE HIGHWAY 377, YOU HAVE THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, THE BERM, AND THEN THE SETBACK TO THE BUILDING ON THE BOTTOM SECTION ON VIEW B IS THE MIDDLE BUILDING WHERE IT WILL BE FLIPPED THE OTHER WAY, AND SO YOU'LL SEE THE GLAZING THAT WILL BE COVERING THE WATER TANK, WATER TANKS FOR THE BUILDING. THE SITE LINE VIEWS C AND D ARE STILL ALONG HIGHWAY 377. D IS SHOWING THE VIEW OF THE THIRD BUILDING, OR THE FURTHEST NORTH BUILDING. AND THAT IS THE VIEW LOOKING OR VIEW C SORRY. THE VIEW LOOKING, SAME ORIENTATION AS FOR THE SOUTH BUILDING. AND THEN VIEW D IS THE VIEW OF THE SCREEN WALL THAT'S LOOKING SOUTHEAST AT OUR CAMPUS
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FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF 377. WE ALSO TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE VIEW AND UNDERSTANDING THAT AT THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT THERE IS ANTICIPATED FUTURE NATURE TRAIL BEING ADDED IN THAT AREA. SO, THIS IS THE VIEW THAT, WILL BE SEEN FROM THAT, THAT NATURE TRAIL LOOKING WEST TO THE SITES FOR IMAGE E AND THEN IMAGE F IS THE VIEW THAT YOU'LL HAVE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY NEXT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, SITE PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE, A LOT OF EMPHASIS WAS TAKEN UNDERSTANDING ALL THESE NEW LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES FROM GOVERNOR ABBOTT. WE ARE, BEFORE THESE COME AND TAKEN INTO EFFECT, WE ARE ALREADY IN COMPLIANCE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POWER AND WATER USE, THE COMMUNITY IMPACT, AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE COST. SO, THIS SITE WILL BE POWERED ENTIRELY BY ENCORE. IT WILL HAVE THE SWITCH YARD THAT WE TALKED ABOUT JUST NORTH OF THE EXISTING PUMP STATION. IT WILL POWER OUR PRIVATE SUBSTATION WITHIN OUR PROPERTY LINE. ALL THAT IS FINANCED BY THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE SUB, THE SWITCH YARD IS BEING UPGRADED. IT'S A CAPACITY OF 350 MEGAWATTS WHERE OUR SITE IS 300 MEGAWATTS, GIVING AN ADDITIONAL 50 MEGAWATTS FOR THE USE OF THE COMMUNITY. ON SITE, EVERY BUILDING WILL HAVE REDUNDANT GENERATORS. THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THESE ARE TO BE RAN FOR ONLY DURING EMERGENCY POWER LOSS SITUATIONS AND THEY WILL ALSO RUN ONCE A MONTH FOR, FOR MAINTENANCE FOR ROUGHLY 10 MINUTES. GOING INTO WATER USAGE. OUR AVERAGE DAILY WATER DEMAND IS 165,000 GALLONS PER DAY, THEN CAN INCREASE TO UP TO 1.5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY AT ITS PEAK DEMAND. THE WAY WE CALCULATED TO DO A BETTER LOOK INTO WHAT THAT WATER DEMAND REALLY LOOKS LIKE IS FOR THE ENTIRE CAMPUS, ALL FOUR DATA CENTERS, OUR YEARLY WATER DEMAND WILL BE 54 MILLION GALLONS PER YEAR. IN COMPARISON, THAT IS LESS THAN 1,000 HOMES . I HAVE THE WRONG ONE. COMPARES LESS THAN A 1,000 HOMES FOR WATER USAGE FOR THE YEAR AND HALF OF WHAT A 18-HOLE GOLF COURSE WOULD DEMAND. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MIDDLE PARAGRAPH WHERE IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE MAXIMUM DAILY WATER DEMAND, WE ARE LOOKING AT 85% OF THE YEAR. THE SYSTEM RUNS ENTIRELY WITHOUT WATER DEMAND. THERE ARE TWO WAYS, EXCUSE ME. TWO WAYS WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. ONE, I TOUCHED ON IT ALREADY A LITTLE BIT, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 5.5 MILLION GALLONS OF TOTAL WATER STORAGE ON THE SITE CENTRALIZED AT OUR PUMP BUILDING AND LOCALIZED AT EACH BUILDING. THAT ALLOWS US TO USE THE WATER ALREADY ON SITE DURING THE HIGHEST PEAK DEMANDS IN THE CITY TO NOT USE UP THAT WATER. THE OTHER WAY WE'RE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT 85% OF THE YEAR WE AREN'T INCREASING OUR DEMAND FROM THE CITY IS WE TREAT AND REUSE THE SAME WATER ON-SITE SO WATER ON-SITE WILL BE TREATED AND IT WILL FOLLOW ALL THE SAME REGULATIONS, CODES AND GUIDELINES LOCALLY AND AT THE STATE LEVEL AND WILL BE DISCHARGED THE SEWER AND BACK TO THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY WATER TREATMENT PLAN. IN ADDITION TO OUR COOLING SYSTEMS THAT ALLOW TO NOT USE THE WATER DEMAND FOR 85% OF THE YEAR WE ARE COMMITTED TO REPLENISHING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COOLING WATER USED AT THE SITES. NOW, THIS REPLENISHMENT WON'T BE DIRECTLY BACK TO THE CITY OF FORT WORTH BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONSERVING 97 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER PER YEAR TO THE RICHLAND CHAMBERS RESERVOIR. LET'S CONCLUDE ON THE WATER USAGE. THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS TAKEN FROM THE 2025 CITY OF FORT WORTH ANNUAL REPORT. THAT REPORT NOTES 78 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER PRODUCED THAT YEAR. FOR OUR 54 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER WE'RE EXPECTED TO DEMAND A YEAR THAT EQUALS POINT ZERO SIX EIGHT PERCENT OF FORT WORTH'S ANNUAL WATER PRODUCTION. SIDE ACOUSTICS. WE WENT AND DID AN ACOUSTIC STUDY OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ON THE SITE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP RIGHT OR
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TOP LEFT IMAGE, WE PUT A SOUND MEASUREMENT TOOL JUST AT THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE AND LEFT IT THERE FOR A WEEK TO MEASURE THE AVERAGE DECIBEL LEVELS. SO, WHAT WE SAW THAT AT NIGHT, THE DECIBEL LEVELS WERE BETWEEN 39 AND 56 DBA, OR DURING THE DAY, 39 AND 56 DBA, AND AT NIGHT, 41 AND 59 DBA. IN THAT SAME STUDY, WE CALCULATED WHAT THE SITES, ONCE IT WAS FULLY 100% OPERATIONAL, FOUR DATA CENTERS, BUILDINGS, LIVE, FULL HEAT COOLING DEMAND, MEANING KIND OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER, AND GENERATORS ALL RUNNING TO MAINTAIN THE POWER ON THE SITE. WE FOUND THAT OUR DBA LEVEL, 400 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE JUST SOUTH, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST SOUTH OF US, DID NOT EXCEED THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. TO TOUCH BASE ON THE TRAFFIC, WE ARE ANTICIPATING AROUND 108 TRIPS ONCE THIS DATA CENTER IS FULLY BUILT. AND FOR THE SAME SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR A 1.2 MILLION SQUARE FOOT MULTI-TENANT OR SINGLE WAREHOUSE THAT AVERAGES THROUGH ABOUT 1,200 TRIPS PER DAY, AND FOR THE SAME SIZE ACREAGE FOR ABOUT 400 HOUSES, THAT'S 5,800 DAILY TRIPS. IN ADDITION TO THE CONSIDERATIONS AND THE SITES AND DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT FOR THE LIFESPAN OF THE SITES, WE ALSO ARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT OBSTRUCTIONS WE'LL HAVE DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE SITE. THE IMPACT THAT WE WANT TO HAVE IS AS MINIMAL AS WE CAN TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY. SO, THE NEWLY, WILL BE NEWLY BUILT ROAD JUST NORTH OF OUR PROPERTY LINE WILL BECOME OUR MAIN ENTRANCE FOR MATERIALS, TRUCKS, AND EMPLOYEE PARKING, AND UTILIZE THE PROPERTY JUST NORTH OF US FOR STAGING, FOR MATERIAL STAGING, AND FOR EMPLOYEE PARKING. YEAH. SO, JUST REALLY WANTED TO WRAP IT UP AND RECAP, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE REALLY TOOK A, A CONCEPT OF REALLY TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT WITH THE SUBSTANTIAL STEP BACKS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITIES, ANGLING AND ARRANGING THE BUILDINGS WERE THE GENERATORS ARE FACING EACH OTHER, ARE SHIELDED AND PROTECTED. THE SOUND STUDY THAT ZAID SPOKE TO, JUST TO CLARIFY WAS TO SAY THAT OUR STUDY EVEN AT MAX COOLING WITH ALL GENERATORS ON, WHICH IS A POWER LOSS EVENT THAT WE DON'T EVER EXPECT EXCEPT FOR LIKE A SNOWMAGEDDON LIKE WE HAD FOUR YEARS AGO. IF THOSE GENERATORS WERE TO KICK ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER AND ALL OF THAT WAS HAPPENING, WE DON'T EXPECT FROM OUR ACOUSTICAL ENGINEER, WE DON'T EXPECT THE DECIBELS TO BE ANY HIGHER AT THE PROPERTY THAN THEY ALREADY ARE TODAY. BECAUSE WHAT? BECAUSE BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS OF INTEREST, I'LL GO AHEAD AND HIT THIS REAL QUICK. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SORT OF RANGE HERE, THE TYPICAL 50 DECIBELS OR SO IS THE HUM OF A REFRIGERATOR, THE HUM OF YOUR AIR CONDITIONING. AND SO THAT IS AROUND THE RANGE THAT AT THE PROPERTY LINE, BECAUSE OF THE SETBACKS OF HOW FAR AWAY OUR BUILDINGS ARE FROM THE PROPERTY LINES, THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT. IT'S GOING TO BE LOUDER UP NEXT TO THE MACHINES FOR SURE. BUT NOT 500 FEET AWAY. SO, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. SO THOSE ARE ALL THE THOUGHTFUL, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ENCLOSED GENERATOR YARD AS WELL. SO AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER, WE'RE HERE FOR THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL. SO, YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE COMPLIED WITH EVERYTHING WITHIN PD 3-8 AND THE ORDINANCES THAT APPLY TO US. AND WE APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONERS CONSIDERING OUR SITE PLAN APPROVAL. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'LL NOW HAVE CITIZEN COMMENTS. AND THE FIRST TO SPEAK IS ALEX WRIGHT. WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM? MR. CHAIRMAN, WE ALSO WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY WHO'S SPEAKING THAT WE HAVE A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW SPEAKERS COMING FORWARD TODAY. SO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE PRETTY STRICT ON THE THREE MINUTES. OKAY. SO PLEASE BE CONCISE AS POSSIBLE. IS THERE A TIMER OUT HERE? THERE'S ONE RIGHT HERE ON THE SCREEN. YES SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF YOU'RE SPEAKING, IF YOU'LL KIND OF MONITOR THE SCREEN AS YOU SPEAK, AND MAKE SURE, YOU'RE WRAPPING THINGS UP WHEN
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WE, GET TO TWO AND A HALF MINUTES SO THAT YOU CAN BE DONE AT THREE. THAT WAY, WE CAN BE RESPECTFUL AND HEAR FROM EVERYBODY TONIGHT. THANK YOU. ALEX, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM? OKAY. I DON'T SEE ALEX. OKAY. BARBARA BRE BARBARA BREWER? NEXT WILL BE CINDY JACOBS. MR. BROWN, HERE IS MS. BREWER. EXCUSE ME. NEXT WILL BE CINDY JACOBS AFTER BARBARA. GOOD EVENING. I'M, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE MARSHALL RIDGE FAMILIES. BASICALLY, THEY WEREN'T GIVEN NOTICE. SOME OF THESE FAMILIES, THEY LIVED WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY LINE. THEY WERE NOT NOTIFIED IN TIME. WE WERE QUICKLY TRYING TO GET RESIDENTS TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I FEEL LIKE I'VE WORKED ENOUGH ZONING CASES WITH FORT WORTH THAT WHENEVER SOMETHING LIKE THIS SIZE, THIS BIG, YOU WANT TO LET THE COMMUNITY HAVE A VOICE IN IT. YOU DIDN'T. AND SO, TALKING TO THESE RESIDENTS, ONE HOMEOWNER, HE'S A VETERAN. THIS IS HIS FOREVER HOME. HIS WIFE IS FIGHTING CANCER. SO, I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU GUYS TABLE THIS. TALK TO THE COMMUNITY. LET THEM HAVE A VOICE IN THIS. THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS CYNTHIA JACOBS AND I HAVE LIVED IN MARSHALL RIDGE FOR 17 YEARS. I HAVE LIVED PEACEFULLY NEXT TO THE COWS, RAISING MY FAMILY AND FOSTERING YOUNG CHILDREN AND I HAVE ENJOYED ALL THE BENEFITS AND BLESSINGS OF LIVING IN A SAFE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY WITH RESPONSIBLE AND CONSIDERATE NEIGHBORS. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO HAS A WONDERFUL GREEN BELT THAT BORDERS A SMALL DESIGNATED WETLAND AREA, FLOOD PLAIN, WHICH HOSTS A VARIETY OF WILDLIFE AND PLANT LIFE. IT IS SO PEACEFUL. IT IS SERENE. I ENJOY THIS NATURE WALK AT LEAST TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK. IT IS MY FAVORITE SPOT FOR DECOMPRESSING AND RELAXING. I WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE PEACE THAT THIS LITTLE PRESERVE OFFERS AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THIS PEACE FOR THE CHILDREN IN MY CARE. WHEN I LEARNED ON THURSDAY THAT A LARGE DATA CENTER WAS BEING BUILT NEXT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, I WAS SHOCKED AND UPSET. BIG DATA CENTERS HAVE A LONG LIST OF KNOWN NEGATIVE IMPACTS SUCH AS NOISE POLLUTION, WATER AND ELECTRICITY USAGE ISSUES, HEALTH IMPLICATIONS, DIMINISHED PROPERTY VALUES AND OVERALL DIMINISHED QUALITY OF LIFE. GIVEN THAT I AM A KELLER RESIDENT AND NOT A WESTLAKE RESIDENT, I FEEL POWERLESS AND FRUSTRATED IN A SITUATION WERE I HAVE NO IMMEDIATE LEGAL RECOURSE OR REPRESENTATION AS EVIDENCE TO THAT FACT. SINCE THURSDAY AFTER REACHING OUT TO A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE AND AGENCIES REGARDING THIS ISSUE I HAVE PERSONALLY RECEIVED THREE LETTERS FROM MAYOR MCMULLEN OF KELLER, TWO LETTERS FROM COUNCILWOMAN SHANNON W, A LETTER FROM COUNCILMAN RANCLIFF, TWO LETTERS FROM COUNCILMAN WILL, A PERSONAL PHONE CALL FROM COUNCILMAN ARMSTRONG, A PHONE CALL FROM OUR HOA MANAGEMENT TEAM, A LETTER FROM OUR HOA BOARD, A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR COMMUNITY IMPACT, A LETTER FROM THE JOURNALIST COMMUNITY IMPACT, A PHONE CALL, TEXT MESSAGE AND PHYSICALLY SHOWING UP TO MARSHALL RIDGE JOURNALIST LANA FERGUSON OF THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND THE CITY OF WESTLAKE. I AM ASKING THE CITY OF WESTLAKE TO BE GENEROUS AND AFFORDING US THE SAME CONSIDERATION THEY HAVE GIVEN TO THEIR RESIDENTS. THE CITY OF WESTLAKE DOES HAVE DECISION- MAKING POWER THAT CAN BENEFIT MY COMMUNITY. PLEASE REQUEST THAT THE DEV . EXCUSE ME. THAT THE DEVELOPER MOVE THE DATA CENTER FURTHER NORTH AS A SIGN OF GOOD FAITH TO YOUR NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. LINDSAY FAGAN? LINDSAY FAGAN? DON'T SEE LINDSAY. MARISSA BARTHEL? I'M GLAD YOU PUT SLIDES UP EARLIER, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AGAIN AT, I BELIEVE IT'S NUMBER 11
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IN YOUR PACKET. MY NAME IS MARISSA BARTHEL. MY HUSBAND, JOHN. WE LIVE IN MARSHALL RIDGE. AND, YOU DESCRIBED WHAT YOU SEE IN THESE PICTURES, I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU WHAT I SEE IN THIS PICTURE. I SEE 825 FAMILIES JUST LIKE YOURS. MOMS, DADS, KIDS, GRANDPARENTS THAT LIVE IN THESE HOMES. AND OUR LIVES ARE ABOUT TO BE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN IF THAT DATA CENTER MOVES NEXT DOOR. THE TREES AREN'T GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE SOUND. AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE TEXANS LIKE US WHO LIVE NEAR A DATA CENTER JUST LIKE THIS. AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THEY'VE TOLD US. THEY'VE TOLD US THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE LOSS OF THEIR PROPERTY VALUE. IT'S THE CARDIOVASCULAR AND HEARING ISSUES. IT'S CHILDREN AND ADULTS UNABLE TO SLEEP. IT'S HEADACHES AND MIGRAINE, ALL CAUSED BY THE NOISE FROM THAT DATA CENTER THAT'S RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. GROUND VIBRATIONS, LIGHT 24/7, FIRE SAFETY CONCERNS AND THE STAND OUT QUOTE, FROM OUR COLLEAGUES AND NEIGHBORS, AND FRIENDS HERE IN TEXAS IS THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE A GIANT WASHING MACHINE THAT NEVER STOPS, A NOISE THAT RATTLES YOU TO THE CORE 24-7. AND IT'S NOT JUST TEXANS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THIS. IT'S AMERICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT LIVE NEXT TO A DATA CENTER JUST LIKE THIS. THEY'VE LOST THEIR PROPERTY VALUES. AND ONCE THESE THINGS ARE OPERATIONAL, THERE'S A 24-7 HUM AND A SCREECHING SOUND THAT I'M HAPPY TO PLAY FOR YOU IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. THEY CAUSE HEADACHES, VERTIGO, NAUSEA, SLEEP DISTURBANCES, EAR PAIN, HYPERTENSION. AND THE OUTDOOR TIME THAT PEOPLE HAVE WITH THEIR KIDS OR HANGING AROUND THE POOL OR THE FIRE PIT, JUST HANGING OUT WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS, THEY DESCRIBE AS, QUOTE, UNBEARABLE. THE VIBRATIONS IN THE HOMES ARE ALSO SOMETHING THEY EXPERIENCE. SO, I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH FIVE DESCRIPTIONS PEOPLE, AROUND THE UNITED STATES HAVE GIVEN ABOUT THE NOISE COMING FROM THESE DATA CENTERS. ONE, CALLED IT A HIGH-PITCHED WHINE, ANOTHER A CLOGGED VACUUM CLEANER RUNNING FULL BLAST. YET ANOTHER, A HIGH-PITCHED SQUEALING, CONTINUOUS ENGINE ROARING, CROSSING THE PROPERTY LINE INTO OUR HOMES. THE ENGINE OF A FREIGHT TRAIN PARKED NEARBY HEARD 24-7, A MILE AND A HALF AWAY, YOU FEEL IT IN YOUR BONES. YOU CAN FEEL THE VIBRATIONS IN YOUR BONES. WOULD YOU WANT TO LIVE IN CONDITIONS LIKE THIS? I DON'T THINK SO. WHY DO YOU WANT THAT FOR US? MOVE IT. NEXT, NEXT UP IS KEVIN MEYER. HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME AND SPEAK. MY NAME'S KEVIN MYERS, AND I LIVE AT 517 LLANO COURT IN KELLER, THAT STREET THAT MY BACKYARD BUTTS UP RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR TOWN AND THIS PROPERTY. SO, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, ONE, I'M NOT AGAINST DATA CENTERS. I'M NOT AN ENVIRONMENTALIST. ANYBODY WILL TELL YOU THAT. HOWEVER, WHAT I AM REQUESTING IS THAT YOU TABLE THIS, DO MORE RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT THAT IT WILL HAVE ON US. YOU KNOW, HEALTH-WISE, PROPERTY VALUE-WISE, OF COURSE, WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. YOU WOULDN'T WANT YOUR PROPERTY VALUE TO GO DOWN 5%, 10%, 20%, WOULD YOU? ANOTHER THING, WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION. NO ONE DID. AND WHEN GOING BACK AND LOOKING THROUGH YOUR RECORDS, UNTIL TONIGHT'S MEETING, NOTHING EVER SPECIFICALLY SAID DATA CENTER, CORRECT? SO, WHAT I'M REALLY ASKING IS DO SOME RESEARCH ON THIS THING AND THE IMPACTS ON US. DO SOME RESEARCH ON POWERHOUSE. THEY'RE HERE TO SELL YOU SOMETHING AND MAKE MONEY AND, OF COURSE, HELP YOUR COMMUNITY MAKE MONEY. SO, LOOK ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY PUT OTHER DATA CENTERS IN THIS COMPANY AND THE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE LIVING RIGHT NEXT TO THEM HAVE. ALL RIGHT? AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY ASKING IS, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS IN HILLWOOD HAVE PLENTY OF LAND OUT HERE. YOU COULD MOVE THAT THING JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH AND AFFORD US THE SAME BUFFER THAT YOU'RE GIVING YOUR OWN CITIZENS. 01,200 YARDS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS. I MOVED HERE FROM FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, FOUR YEARS AGO AFTER 30 YEARS IN THE ARMY. AND I'VE GOT A TBI THAT KICKS OFF PTSD BECAUSE I HAD SIX VEHICLES BLOWN OUT FROM UNDER ME. MY WIFE'S THE ONE THAT'S FOUGHT CANCER TWICE. SO, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS OF THIS THING.
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SO THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. AND PLEASE, DO SOME MORE CONSIDERATION ON THIS BEFORE YOU APPROVE IT. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE BEN BUCKWALTER. HELLO. MY NAME IS BEN BUCKWALTER, AND I LIVE IN MARSHALL RIDGE. SO, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR EVERYBODY. IF THIS DATA CENTER WAS BEING BUILT 200 FEET BEHIND YOUR HOME IN VAQUERO, WOULD YOU STILL BELIEVE IT'S THE BEST LOCATION FOR IT? RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'D RATHER BE BUILT THERE. NO. SO, I WANT TO BE CLEAR. I'M NOT AGAINST GROWTH. OKAY? I'M AGAINST PUTTING A MASSIVE DATA CENTER PROJECT RIGHT NEXT TO FAMILIES WHEN THERE IS A BETTER OPTION. SO TONIGHT, YOU'RE REVIEWING THESE PLANS. I'M ASKING YOU TO NOT APPROVE THEM AS THEY SIT TODAY. AND WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO KILL THIS PROJECT. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MOVE IT. OKAY? HILLWOOD IS OWNED BY A BILLIONAIRE. THEY HAVE PLENTY OF LAND. OKAY? SO, WORK WITH HILLWOOD. PLEASE, MOVE IT. BUILD IT. JUST DON'T BUILD IT NEXT TO OUR HOMES. DON'T BUILD IT NEXT TO OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MOVE IT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. EVERYBODY WINS. IF THIS PROJECT IS SO GOOD FOR EVERYONE, WHY DID WE ONLY LEARN ABOUT IT AFTER IT HAD ALREADY MOVED SO FAR THROUGH THE PROCESS? I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY WASN'T THE DECEMBER 10, 2024 PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING CLEARLY PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC AS AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW A DATA CENTER NEXT TO OUR HOMES? WHY WASN'T KELLER PROVIDED THE ACTUAL SITE PLANS? OKAY? THESE ARE NOT THE ACTIONS OF A PROJECT THAT WELCOMES PUBLIC INPUT. OKAY? GOOD PROJECTS DON'T NEED SECRECY, AND THEY CAN STAND UP TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY. SO, IF THIS REALLY IS THE RIGHT PROJECT. THEN SHOW US. RELEASE ALL THE STUDIES. LET THE PUBLIC SEE THE FACTS. THE NOISE STUDY? DON'T JUST MEASURE DBA. MEASURE DBC. MEASURE DBZ. YEAH! OKAY? THOSE MEASUREMENTS CAPTURE LOW FREQUENCY NOISE THAT DATA CENTERS ARE KNOWN TO PRODUCE AND THAT SOME RESEARCH HAS ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH EFFECTS, INCLUDING ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE. RELEASE THE WATER STUDY. THE ELECTRICAL STUDY. THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY. EVERY ONE OF THEM. AND FINALLY, TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION. I KNOW SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, IS A, IS AN UNPAID JOB. I ALSO KNOW THAT DECISIONS YOU MAKE HAVE LASTING CONSEQUENCES FOR REAL FAMILIES. SO TONIGHT, HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES ARE ASKING YOU TO BE THEIR VOICE. OKAY? WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO STOP PROGRESS. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO LEAD. AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE RECOMMEND A BETTER LOCATION. SO, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, IT'S YOUR TURN. YOUR VOTE IS YOUR LEGACY. I TRULY HOPE YOU CHOOSE TONIGHT PEOPLE OVER PROFIT. AND I HOPE YOU POSTPONE THIS SITE PLAN APPROVAL. AND I HOPE YOU FIND A BETTER LOCATION FOR THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS NUN SARAH HUDSON. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR CREATING THE SPACE FOR CITIZENS TO HAVE A VOICE, AT LEAST AT THIS STAGE IN YOUR PROJECT. PEACE IN THE WORLD BEGINS WITH PEACE WITHIN. TODAY, YOUR, OUR COMMUNITY IS BEING ASKED TO PROTECT BOTH. MY NAME IS MESHI SARAH HUDSON. AND I AM A BUDDHIST NUN AT A MONASTERY KNOWN AS WAT KELLER. YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT WE WERE THERE. BUT OUR MONASTERY HAS BEEN A PART OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1982. IT WAS NEVER BUILT TO COMPETE WITH THE WORLD, BUT TO OFFER REFUGE FROM IT. A MONASTERY'S GREATEST OFFERING TO HUMANITY IS TO PROVIDE THE TEACHING AND PLACE TO DEVELOP PEACE WITHIN. IT IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COME TO STEP AWAY FROM THE NOISE OF DAILY LIFE, REFLECT, MEDITATE AND DEVELOP COMPASSION. THIS TYPE OF PEACE CANNOT BE BORROWED, BOUGHT, INHERITED, OR DOWNLOADED. IT HAS TO BE DEVELOPED FROM WITHIN. IT MUST BE CULTIVATED. BUILDING AN AI DATA CENTER SO CLOSE TO OUR MONASTERY THREATENS THAT ABILITY. THE MECHANICAL NOISE, NIGHTTIME LIGHT POLLUTION, IMPACTS OUR AIR QUALITY AND NATURAL RESOURCES. AND OTHER POTENTIAL LONG-TERM EFFECTS THAT COULD SUBSTANTIALLY INTERFERE WITH OUR RELIGIOUS PRACTICE AND OUR ABILITY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
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GIVEN THE LIMITED LONG-TERM EXPERIENCE WITH FACILITIES OF THIS SCALE AND CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER PROMISED MITIGATION MEASURES WILL FULLY ADDRESS THESE IMPACTS WE BELIEVE AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW IS ESSENTIAL BEFORE ANY FURTHER APPROVALS OR CONSTRUCTION MOVE FORWARD. WE HOPE THIS MATTER CAN BE RESOLVED THROUGH COOPERATION, THOUGHTFUL PLANNING, AND RESPECT FOR EVERYONE AFFECTED. HOWEVER, IF OUR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS SUBSTANTIALLY BURDENED, DESPITE PRECAUTIONS, WE ARE PREPARED TO SEEK THE PROTECTIONS AVAILABLE UNDER STATE AND FEDERAL LAW. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THIS COUNCIL TO PAUSE ANY REMAINING APPROVALS OR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY UNTIL AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW CAN FULLY EVALUATE THE IMPACTS ON OUR RELIGIOUS PRACTICE, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. WE ALSO ASK THAT THE CITIZENS OF KELLER, THOSE WHO LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THIS PROPOSED PROJECT HAVE A MEANINGFUL VOICE IN THE PROCESS. WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO STOP PROGRESS. WE ARE ASKING THAT PROGRESS BE GUIDED BY WISDOM, HUMANITY, RESPECT, AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY. AS KELLER AND WESTLAKE GROWS, LET US ALSO PROTECT THESE PLACES THAT PRESERVE OUR HUMANITY. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, JENNIFER TIERNEY. HELLO, MY NAME IS JENNIFER TIERNEY. I AM A KELLER RESIDENT. I'M A THIRD GENERATION KELLER RESIDENT. MY FAMILY AND MY GRANDPARENTS GREW UP HERE. I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF INDEPENDENT STUDYING. ESPECIALLY WITH INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS SUCH AS BEN JORDAN ONLINE WHO STUDIES INFRASOUND'S AND HAS FOUND THAT THE COOLING FANS AND AIR CHILLERS DO CREATE THOSE VIBRATIONS THAT CAN TRAVEL FARTHER AND FURTHER THAN SOUNDS. FOR EXAMPLE, AN EARTHQUAKE CAN TRAVEL UP TO 20 MILES. THERE ARE ALSO LAWSUITS, 41 TO BE EXACT. TWO OF THEM HEALTH RELATED CONCERNS. WHERE, YES, THESE FACILITIES WERE 4 MILE 4 MILLION SQUARE FEET WERE WESTLAKE WOULD BE 1.1 MILLION. THEY STILL CONTAMINATED THE GROUND WATER WITH NITRATES. CAUSING, COULD CAUSE UP TO, COULD CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS AND CELL DAMAGE AND CANCER. BECAUSE THE NITRATE LEVELS WERE SO HIGH. THE SECOND LAWSUIT, WHICH IS A 617 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY. 617,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY. IT IS CAUSING SOUND THAT IS MAKING PEOPLE NOT WANT TO STAND FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES OUTSIDE. THE LOW HUM, THE VIBRATIONS CAN BE HEARD IN THE CAR. THEY CANNOT SLEEP AT NIGHT EITHER FROM THESE SOUNDS. IT IS DRIVING THEM CRAZY. I'M JUST ASKING AS A CITIZEN THAT YOU WOULD TAKE A PAUSE AS WELL. I ECHO THEIR VOICE. CAN WE JUST TAKE A BEAT. SIX MONTHS, A YEAR TO STUDY OR LESS. AND CAN WE MOVE IT. CAN WE GET IT AWAY FROM RESIDENTS, FROM HOMES, FROM LOCAL CITIZENS LIKE MYSELF, WHO TAKE THEIR KIDS OUTSIDE AND JUST WANT THEM TO GROW UP IN A SAFE AREA. THANK YOU. BEN NELSON. HEY EVERYONE. MY NAME IS BEN ERNEST NELSON. I'VE LIVED IN KELLER SINCE 1993 ON AND OFF. MY IN-LAWS ACTUALLY LIVE OFF OF JULIET ROAD CLOSE TO THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING IN WESTLAKE FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. I WANT TO BRING UP A FEW CONCERNS THAT WE'VE ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT TODAY, WATER, ENERGY, AND NOISE, AND THEN ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS OF THE GROUP. SO, IN 2025, AN ESS, EXCUSE ME, AN EESI STUDY STATES THAT AI DATA CENTERS USE THE SAME AMOUNT OF WATER IN A DAY AS A CITY THE SIZE OF KELLER. MOST OF THAT ISN'T AT THE FACILITY ITSELF, BUT IT'S UPSTREAM AND GENERATING THE POWER. SO, MY CONCERN IS AS WE'RE BEING SOLD A BILL OF GOODS ABOUT WHAT THE DATA CENTER WILL DO, IT'S NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE BIG PICTURE. SAME THING WITH ELECTRICITY. A SINGLE AI QUERY. EXCUSE ME. A SINGLE AI QUERY USES 10 TIMES THE ENERGY AS A STANDARD SEARCH ENGINE QUERY. THIS WAS PUBLISHED BY BARCLAYS IN 2025. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACTS ON THE POWER GRID. THEY'VE SAID IT'S AN ENCORE THING. WELL, AS AN ENCORE CUSTOMER, THEY WILL SPOIL THE THE COST OF THE UPGRADES NEEDED ACROSS ALL OTHER ENCORE CUSTOMERS. I DON'T KNOW THE LAST TIME YOU LOOKED AT YOUR ENERGY BILL. ONLY ABOUT HALF OF IT IS BASED ON YOUR OWN USAGE. EVERYTHING ELSE IS BASED ON FEES AND UPGRADES THAT THE SYSTEM NEEDS, IN LARGE PART DUE TO THESE DATA CENTERS. WE'VE
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TALKED A LOT ABOUT SOUND. LARGE DATA CENTERS DO HAVE AN AUDIBLE OUTPUT, BUT IT'S NOT JUST MEASURED IN DECIBELS, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. IT IS MEASURED IN HERTZ AND GIGAHERTZ, AND THERE ARE LONG-TERM HEALTH IMPACTS. MORE PEOPLE LIVE IN MARSHALL RIDGE AND KELLER THAN IN ALL OF WESTLAKE. SO, A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. SO, A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS. SECTION 211, SPOT 007C STATES THAT ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET MUST BE NOTIFIED WHEN THERE'S A PLANNING AND ZONING CHANGE. WERE WESTLAKE'S NOTIFIED? IF SO, WHEN? WERE KELLER RESIDENTS NOTIFIED? IF SO, WHEN? WHETHER YOU LIVE IN EXCUSE ME, WHETHER YOU LIVE IN WESTLAKE, KELLER, OR NORTH FORT WORTH, THIS WILL IMPACT ALL OF OUR PROPERTY VALUES. I ALSO WONDER WHO ALL SIGNED NDAS, KELLER'S FORMER MAYOR MUST HAVE SIGNED ONE, BECAUSE HE HASN'T SPOKEN ABOUT IT. HE'S ALSO UP FOR ELECTION IN TEXAS HOUSE DISTRICT 98, SO EVERYONE SHOULD BEAR THAT IN MIND. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT WHENEVER THESE DATA CENTERS ARE BEING PUSHED AND THEN STOPPED, LIKE IN SOUTH FORT WORTH, FOLKS ON COMMITTEES LIKE Y'ALL'S HAVE RECEIVED LARGE DONATIONS AND POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM COMPANIES LIKE KIMLEY- HORN OR BLACK MOUNTAIN ENERGY, AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHEN THESE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACTS TO DISCOVER WHAT ALL HAS BEEN PAID, WHAT WE'LL FIND, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE CITIZENS WILL REMEMBER THAT IN THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS. THANK YOU. CYNTHIA DAY. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS CYNTHIA DAY, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF KELLER, TEXAS. WHILE I DO NOT LIVE IN THE MARSHALL RIDGE AREA CLOSEST TO THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, I DO LIVE NEARBY, AS DO MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. WITH ONE GRANDCHILD ATTENDING WESTLAKE ACADEMY AND TWO OTHERS IN THE AREA, I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT PROTECTING THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE OUR FAMILIES LIVE, LEARN, AND GROW. TONIGHT'S HEARING IS ABOUT THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN. HOWEVER, YOU CANNOT SEPARATE TONIGHT'S SITE PLAN HEARING FROM THE ZONING TEXT CHANGES PASSED ON JANUARY 6 OF 2025. THAT TEXT AMENDMENT IS HOW THE TOWN TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A LEGAL LOOPHOLE TO AUTHORIZE DATA CENTERS AS A PERMITTED USE IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND THAT IS WHY HOW THE COMMUNITY WAS NOTIFIED IS COMPLETELY RELEVANT TO TONIGHT'S PROCEEDINGS. A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AFFECTED DIRECTLY ADJOINS ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. WHILE THE TOWN EMPHASIZES BUILDING SETBACKS, THE LEGAL NOTICE TRIGGER IS BASED ON ACTUAL PROPERTY LINES. THE HOMEOWNERS WITHIN THAT STATUTORY, STATUTORY 200-FOOT BUFFER AREA WERE COMPLETELY DEPENDENT UPON THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. PRIVATE CLOSED DOOR COURTESY BRIEFINGS WITH THE MAYOR OF KELLER DO NOT SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC. THE ACTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS DESERVE AN HONEST NOTICE INFORMING THEM OF THE TRUE NATURE OF WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED SO, THEY COULD PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS. IN 2015, THE TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS VERSUS EAST VILLAGE ASSOCIATION SAM'S CLUB CASE RECOGNIZED THAT A ZONING NOTICE MUST DO MORE THAN LAND IN A MAILBOX. IT MUST REASONABLY APPRISE AFFECTED OWNERS OF THE TRUE SCOPE OF THE PROPOSAL. IF A NOTICE FAILS TO CLEARLY DISCLOSE THAT SCOPE, THE NOTICE IS LEGALLY INADEQUATE AND THE UNDERLYING ZONING CAN BE VOIDED. THE TOWN MAY ARGUE THAT THE LARGE-SCALE COMMERCIAL FOOTPRINT WAS ALREADY PERMITTED HERE AND THAT THE SETBACKS MITIGATE THE IMPACT. BUT USING A BROAD TEXT AMENDMENT TO QUIETLY SLIDE IN AN UNPRECEDENTED PROJECT THROUGH A LEGAL LOOPHOLE IS A CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE SPIRIT OF REASONABLE NOTICE. IF A TRANSPARENT DESCRIPTION IS LEGALLY REQUIRED FOR A STANDARD RETAIL LIKE SAM'S CLUB, IT IS INFINITELY MORE CRITICAL WHEN INTRODUCING A HYPERSCALE DATA CENTER CAMPUS. TRADITIONAL COMMERCIAL USES DO NOT DEMAND MASSIVE ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS, CREATE AN OBTRUSIVE LOW FREQUENCY HUMMING, OR BRING IN FLEETS OF MASSIVE BACKUP GENERATORS THAT REQUIRE FREQUENT OBNOXIOUS TESTING NEXT TO A QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. AS THE SAM'S CLUB LITIGATION PROVED, NOTICE ADEQUACY CAN BE A FATAL FLAW THAT COMPLETELY STRIKES DOWN A MAJOR LAND USE DECISION. TO ESTABLISH THE LEGAL INTEGRITY OF TONIGHT'S PROCEEDINGS, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE TOWN IMMEDIATELY MAKE PUBLIC THE COMPLETE NOTICE FILE, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING THE MAILING LIST, 200-FOOT MAP, AN AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING FOR THE DECEMBER 2024 PLANNING AND ZONING HEARING, ALONGSIDE THE EXACT LANGUAGE AND PUBLICATION RECORDS FOR THE JANUARY 2025 TOWN COUNCIL HEARING. BEFORE THIS COMMISSION TAKES ANY FURTHER ACTION ON THIS SITE, THANK YOU. DR. FAHLE, OBERHENTE, I'M PROBABLY MISPRONOUNCING THAT, SORRY.
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GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN, AND GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. THAT'S OK, CHAIRMAN, I GET THAT A LOT. I AM HERE THIS EVENING AS A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, A WIFE, A MOTHER, A MEMBER OF CITY OF KELLER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT UNDERSTANDS WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, AND AS YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR. I'M HERE TO SPEAK AS YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR. WHEN WE LEARNED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, OF COURSE, YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE LIVE RIGHT HERE, SECOND STREET, TO ILANO, IN MARSHALL RIDGE, WHERE WE HAVE BEEN FOR 16 YEARS. SO, YOU CAN IMAGINE, EVERY ONE OF US, THE FRUSTRATION, THE ANGER THAT WE ALL HAD. BUT FROM LAST WEEK TILL TODAY, I'M SO PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS DONE THEIR HOMEWORK, AND THEY KEEP DOING IT. AND WE'VE FOUND A LOT OF LAPSES. WE'VE FOUND A LOT OF GAPS. FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS DON'T DO THIS TO EACH OTHER. NOW. BECAUSE I AM A FORM BELIEVER ON EXPERTISE, ONE OF OUR DAUGHTERS IS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER THAT WORKED WITH ONE OF THE GIANT MEGA TECH COMPANIES IN SAN FRANCISCO. SO, I ASKED HER LAST WEEK. AND HER CONCENTRATION IS AI AND DATA CENTER. SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL WHEN THE DATA CENTER CAME ACROSS THE TRACKS FOR FACEBOOK FOR THEIR USAGE. I ASKED HER. I SAY, I NEED YOU TO BE HONEST WITH ME. TOLD HER WHAT WAS GOING ON. WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THIS? SHE SAID, I'M GOING TO BE HONEST. THERE IS WATER IMPACT. THERE IS ELECTRICITY IMPACT. AND THERE IS HEALTH IMPACT. I KNOW OUR POWERHOUSE COMPANY IS TRYING TO SELL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. THEY'LL GIVE US ASSURANCES. AND THEY WILL GIVE US ASSUMPTIONS. BUT WE CANNOT RELY ON THAT. I AM POLITELY ASKING YOU, PLEASE RECONSIDER THE LOCATION OF THIS DATA CENTER. FURTHER AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS. AND ALSO, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US THIS TIME BUT WHY DID WE NOT HAVE THIS LAST YEAR WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS? I'M PLEADING AND I'M ASKING BECAUSE YOU MAKE DECISIONS. AND IT'S IMPORTANT. NO ONE IS AGAINST YOUR PROGRESS. BUT PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR NEIGHBORS. GOD BLESS YOU. JOSHUA BUSBY. MY NAME IS JOSHUA BUSBY. AND I'M AN ACTIVE RESIDENT IN MARSHALL RIDGE. BACK IN 2025, MY WIFE AND I WITH OUR TWO KIDS BOUGHT OUR FOREVER HOME. RECENTLY, I RECEIVED A PROMOTION FROM WORK. AND I HAVE TO RELOCATE. MY CONCERN I IS SELLING MY PROPERTY. AND IS THE DEVELOPER GONNA PAY FOR ANY LOSSES THAT ANY OF US RECEIVE ON OUR PROPERTIES? IMAGINE MY POSITION. WILL I HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION EITHER TO TURN DOWN A JOB OR LOSE MONEY? I WANT TO ASK EVERYBODY UP HERE A QUESTION. HAVE YOU EVER DRIVEN THROUGH MARSHALL RIDGE? YOU HAVE? HAVE YOU? WHAT DID YOU SEE? YOU SEE KIDS PLAYING? DO YOU SEE PEOPLE WALKING THEIR DOGS? RIGHT? I DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT OUT HERE. BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION, COME TO OUR COMMUNITY. SEE WHAT WE'RE ABOUT. WE'RE A FAMILY. TABLE THIS. I'M ASKING YOU TO TABLE THIS 'CAUSE EVERYBODY IN HERE, THIS IS MY FAMILY TOO. MAJOR MATTHEWS? I'M SORRY, MAYOR MATTHEWS, EXCUSE ME. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MARK MATTHEWS. I'M THE FORMER MAYOR AT KELLER. I LIVE AT 516 LLANO COURT IN KELLER AND I LIVE WITHIN SIX HUNDRED FEET OF THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER. THE PROCESS FOR GUIDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY IS CLEARLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WESTLAKE. THAT'S CLEAR, BUT LIKE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY PROJECT, ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SHOULD CONSIDER
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THE IMPACT TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES WHETHER THEY LIVE IN WESTLAKE OR NOT, THAT'S WHAT BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR IS ALL ABOUT. SO, I URGE YOU TO BRING IN THE NINE RESIDENTS MOST IMPACTED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT INTO A CONVERSATION AND EXPLAIN, THEY DON'T HAVE A VOTE BUT THEY DO HAVE A VOICE THAT'S IMPORTANT. IN THE PAST 48 HOURS I'VE LEARNED WHAT I COULD SO LET ME BEGIN WITH SOME QUESTIONS AND I'M GOING TO KIND OF START FROM THE OUTSIDE AND GO INWARD. FIRST OF ALL, HIGHWAY 377 IS A 55 MILE AN HOUR POSTED SPEED LIMIT. THERE'S NO DECELERATION LANE PUT ON THE SITE PLAN. THAT INTERSECTION HAS HAD FATALITIES AND I THINK THAT, THAT WARRANTS A MEANINGFUL STUDY AND TECH STOCK SHOULD BE CONSULTED. NEXT, WHY DID ERIC HOLDEN ASK FOR THE INCREASE OF THE BUILDING HEIGHT TO 80 FEET AT THE DECEMBER 10, 2024 PNZ MEETING? THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY PHYSICAL RESTRAINTS OR CONSTRAINTS OR HARDSHIPS. THE HEIGHT RESTRICTION FOR ALL OFFICE AND DESTRUCT INDUSTRIAL IN THE PD WAS 45 FEET MAXIMUM FOR 27 YEARS, WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN IS THAT NOT GOOD ENOUGH? WHY WAS HE NOT IDENTIFIED AS A SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT FOR HILLWOOD? THOSE SIX WORDS WOULD HAVE MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE. WHY WAS A DATA CENTER NOT ON THE AGENDA? THERE WAS ONE PERSON PAYING ATTENTION THAT NIGHT AND THAT WAS COMMISSIONER LINDA BJORN WHO VOTED AGAINST THIS PROGRAM. I WILL LEAVE A COPY OF MY PREPARED COMMENTS WITH THE TOWN SECRETARY BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THEM BUT THERE'S TWO MOST IMPORTANT THINGS. ONE, IS THE ON PAGE 52 IT PROPOSES A NEW 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN. EARLIER WE HEARD IN THE PRESENTATION THAT NOTHING WAS GOING TO BE DISTURBED, YOU CAN'T HAVE BOTH TO BE TRUE. WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF THE DRAINAGE STUDY? HAS THERE BEEN A CERTIFIED DRAINAGE STUDY COMPLETED ABOUT MOVING THE 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN? WESTLAKE HAS A GREAT NOISE ORDINANCE BUT IT DOESN'T ADDRESS THE VIBRATION. THE VIBRATION FROM THE COOLING SYSTEMS, THE ROTATING MACHINERY AND THE ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE WILL HAVE MOVING PARTS 24 HOURS A DAY NON-STOP FOR DECADES. WHAT SPECIAL UPGRADES HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO REDUCE THE VIBRATION FROM THE DATA CENTER JUST 506 FEET AWAY? WHAT'S THE NORMAL I'M SORRY TIME IS UP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. KEVIN BURGE? WELL GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, MY NAME IS KEVIN BURGE, I AM THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IN TEXAS'S 24TH DISTRICT. I WAS ASKED TO COME HERE TONIGHT BY SEVERAL WESTLAKE AND KELLER RESIDENTS TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THIS DATA CENTER AND I THINK THAT'S, UH, THAT'S INTERESTING THAT PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO A CANDIDATE FOR A FEDERAL OFFICE TO COME DOWN TO A ZONING COMMITTEE IN THE BEAUTIFUL TOWN OF WESTLAKE. BUT I THINK THAT SAYS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE. IT SAYS THAT PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BEING HEARD. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT BEING HEARD, WHETHER IT'S IN DC OR IN AUSTIN OR AT THE MANY MUNICIPALS AND TOWN HALLS ACROSS THE DFW AREA. NOW, WE CAN DEVELOP DATA CENTERS AND AI RESPONSIBLY, WE AS AMERICANS. BUT I THINK THE KEY WORD THERE IS RESPONSIBLE. AND PUTTING DATA CENTERS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IS IRRESPONSIBLE. AND NOT JUST THAT, BUT WHEN YOU PULL BACK THE CURTAIN JUST A LITTLE BIT, WE START TO SEE THAT THESE DATA COMPANIES, THESE AI COMPANIES, AND THESE TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY COMPANIES ARE FUNDED TO THE TUNE OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, CANDIDATES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ACROSS THE DFW AREA. THAT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THESE COMMUNITIES. SO, I ASK TONIGHT, LISTEN CLOSELY. LISTEN HARD TO THE PEOPLE HERE IN WESTLAKE AND THE PEOPLE HERE IN KELLER.
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PLEASE TAKE THEIR COMMENTS TO HEART. AND PLEASE DO THE RESPONSIBLE THING. THANK YOU. ALI GADI? JOSH RABE? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. OOPS, SORRY, I KNOCKED THIS OFF. MY NAME IS JOSH RABE. I LIVE IN MARSHALL RIDGE. ALL RIGHT, THIS IS GOING TO BE TOUGH. A LITTLE BIT TOUGH FOR ME. WITH MY WIFE AND MY FOUR KIDS, WE LIVE A FEW HUNDRED FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. YOU'VE ACTUALLY SEEN MY HOUSE A FEW TIMES IN AERIAL PICTURES. SO, WESTLAKE STATED THAT THE DATA CENTER WILL COMPLY WITH CITY REGULATIONS TO KEEP SOUND UNDER THE ALLOWED MAXIMUM, RIGHT? BUT BASICALLY, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE PROMISING THERE. YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU WILL KEEP THE NOISE UNDER THE ABSOLUTE LIMIT OF WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE, A NUMBER THAT IS BASICALLY SAYING, AT 70 AT 57 DECIBELS, WE'RE NOW GOING TO INVOLVE THE POLICE. SO, AT 56, IS THAT A COMFORTABLE NUMBER? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S ENJOYABLE TO BE AROUND? I DON'T THINK SO, RIGHT? AND THIS ISN'T JUST LOUD MUSIC BEING PLAYED, OR A TRAIN PASSING BY, OR A PLANE ABOVE. THIS IS 24-7, ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, ALL NIGHT, EVERY NIGHT. SO . YOU KNOW, TAKING MY KIDS TO THE LOCAL POND SATURDAY MORNING IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE A QUIET, SPECIAL EXPERIENCE IN NATURE. AND MY WIFE AND I FINALLY GET OUR FOUR KIDS DOWN IN BED AFTER AN EXHAUSTING DAY, AND WE NO LONGER HAVE SOLACE OR STILLNESS IN OUR OWN HOME. MY KIDS GO DOWN GO TO SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET AT RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY. I'M GUESSING THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY YOU DIDN'T PROPOSE TO BUILD THIS NEXT TO WESTLAKE ACADEMY. THERE IS, LOOK, I'VE ALREADY LOST MY TIME CRYING. OK, SO LOOK, YOU'VE STATED THAT YOU WANT TO BE GOOD MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. YOU WANT TO BUILD OUR RELATIONSHIP. YOU WANT TO HAVE COLLABORATION GOING FORWARD. AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT. I REALLY DO. BUT RIGHT NOW, IT DOES NOT FEEL LIKE KELLER RESIDENTS ARE BEING, WE ARE BEING ASSIGNED A DIFFERENT VALUE THAN WESTLAKE RESIDENTS. I'M CERTAIN THAT WHEN YOU WERE PLANNING THIS, ONE OF YOUR CHIEF CONCERNS WAS NOISE MITIGATION. YOUR STANDARD OF 1,200 YARDS BUFFER FOR WESTLAKE RESIDENTS IS, IN FAIRNESS, SHOULD BE THE SAME THING FOR KELLER RESIDENTS. OKAY. I'M, I'M NOT ANYONE SPECIAL, BUT I'M ONE OF HUNDREDS OF REAL PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN MARSHALL RIDGE. OUR LIVES MATTER AS MUCH AS YOUR RESIDENTS. PLEASE GIVE ME 10 SECONDS. PLEASE CONSIDER THE LIVES THAT YOU ARE IMPACTING. YOUR TIME IS UP. PLEASE TREAT US WITH THE SAME RESPECT THAT YOU TREAT YOUR OWN. 01,200 FOR WESTLAKE, 1,200 FOR KELLER. YES! NEXT UP IS GINA. AND I'M SORRY, I'M NOT ABLE TO PRONOUNCE THIS NAME. I'LL SPELL IT OUT. K-H-E-T. OK, NOBODY CAN PRONOUNCE IT. I'M GINA KHET. I'M A LIFELONG KEPA-CHERNCHAI. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF KELLER, AND MY KIDS ARE FORTUNATE TO ATTEND WESTLAKE ACADEMY, JUST AS I'M SURE MANY OF YOUR KIDS HAVE OR DO ATTEND. IT'S A WONDERFUL SCHOOL, AND I FEEL LIKE THE TOWN REALLY, REALLY CARES ABOUT THE STUDENTS. THE MAYOR IS ALWAYS AT THE SCHOOL. HE'S SUPPORTIVE OF THE STAFF, OF THE STUDENTS. AND I KNOW HE CARES ABOUT ALL OF THE KIDS THERE. THE PROBLEM IS NOT ALL THE STUDENTS LIVE 1,200 YARDS FROM THIS DATA CENTER. MANY OF THESE STUDENTS LIVE IN KELLER, LIVE POSSIBLY 200
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FEET FROM THE DATA CENTER. I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE KIDS. I'M WORRIED ABOUT THEIR HEALTH. I'M WORRIED ABOUT SLEEP DISRUPTIONS DUE TO NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION. I'M WORRIED TO DISRUPTIONS IN THEIR ELECTRICITY AND THEIR WATER. THESE KIDS DESERVE TO BE ALERT, EAGER TO LEARN EVERY DAY AT SCHOOL, JUST AS THEIR PEERS, WHO ARE GOING TO LIVE AT LEAST, 1,200 YARDS AWAY. NOT TO MENTION THE HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN WHO ATTEND RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE TO THINK OF THE KIDS. I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO CANCEL PLANS. I'M ASKING YOU TO RESPECT YOUR NEIGHBORS AND RESPECT ALL OF THE CHILDREN, NOT JUST OF WESTLAKE ACADEMY, BUT OF ANY SCHOOL NEARBY. PLEASE BUILD THIS AT LEAST 01,200 YARDS AWAY FROM ANY HOME AND ANY SCHOOL. THANK YOU. SELENA BAWLING? DIANE PEACOCK? YES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DIANE. I AM A MEMBER OF THE NEARBY BUDDHIST TEMPLE, THE WAT KELLER. IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH BUDDHISM, LIKEN IT TO A CHRISTIAN RETREAT. IT'S A PLACE OF TRANQUILITY, SERENITY, DEDICATION TO REFLECTION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF INNER PEACE, WHICH IS SOMETHING I BELIEVE WE ALL WANT AND SEARCH FOR. I AS A PERSON WHO BATTLES SEVERE PTSD HAVE FOUND THAT AT THIS TEMPLE. DATA CENTERS ARE OFTEN DESCRIBED AS CLEAN, QUIET, BUT THE REALITY IS MORE COMPLICATED. THESE FACILITIES CONSUME MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY, WATER, AND LAND, AND THE SCALE THAT DEMANDS IS ACCELERATING RAPIDLY DUE TO AI. NATIONAL ENERGY STUDIES SHOW THAT THE U.S. DATA CENTER ELECTRICITY USE COULD MORE THAN DOUBLE BY 2030. MOST OF THAT POWER STILL COMES FROM FOSSIL FUELS, WHICH MEANS HIGHER EMISSIONS AND A GREATER STRAIN ON ALREADY STRESSED ELECTRICAL GRIDS. CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE NOW FACING THE SAME CHALLENGE WE ARE HERE. HOW TO SUPPORT NEW INDUSTRIAL-LEVEL ENERGY USAGE WITHOUT COMPROMISING RELIABILITY FOR HOMES AND BUSINESSES. MANY DATA CENTERS REQUIRE MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY FOR COOLING. IN DROUGHT-PRONE REGIONS, LIKE OURS, THAT LEVEL OF CONSUMPTION COMPETES DIRECTLY WITH RESIDENTIAL NEEDS, LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS, AND LONG-TERM WATER SECURITY. SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ALREADY PAUSED OR DENIED DATA CENTER PROJECTS BECAUSE OF THE WATER DEMAND BEING TOO HIGH. THERE ARE ALSO LOCAL, EVERYDAY IMPACTS THAT THE RESIDENTS FEEL IMMEDIATELY. THE NOISE, WHICH WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND BACKUP GENERATORS. AIR POLLUTION FROM DIESEL GENERATORS DURING TESTING OR OUTAGES. LARGE LAND FOOTPRINTS THAT DISPLACE OPEN SPACE AND INCREASE INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC. THESE ARE NOT HYPOTHETICAL ISSUES; THEY ARE DOCUMENTED IN COMMUNITIES FROM OREGON TO VIRGINIA TO ARIZONA AND THEY SHOULD BE PART OF THE DECISION MAKING HERE. TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION ARE IMPORTANT, BUT RESPONSIBLE PLANNING IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT, AS IS THE RESPECT OF YOUR NEIGHBORS AND CITIZENS. BEFORE APPROVING ANY DATA CENTER PROJECT, WE NEED TRANSPARENT INFORMATION ABOUT ITS USAGE, WATER CONSUMPTION, EMISSIONS, NOISE LEVELS, AND OTHER OPERATIONS. WE NEED ENFORCEABLE LIMITS, NOT VAGUE ASSURANCES, AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROJECT FITS INTO THE LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY, NOT JUST TODAY. OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD NOT BEAR THE ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF A FACILITY THAT PRIMARILY WILL BENEFIT CORPORATIONS. WE DESERVE MUCH BETTER, AND I HAVE TO LAUGH AT THE WATER USAGE I'M SORRY. YOUR TIME IS UP. AND KEEPING THE PLANTS GREEN AROUND THIS EXCUSE ME, TIME'S UP. MONSTROSITY. THANK YOU. MARIANA ESTRADA?
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GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARIANA ESTRADA AND I LIVE ABOUT FOUR MILES FROM THE PROPOSED SITE. OKAY. I'M HERE TODAY TO RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS PROPOSAL. TEXAS IS ALREADY ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST AND FASTEST GROWING DATA CENTER MARKETS. WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, NOT EVERY LOCATION IS THE RIGHT LOCATION. I ASK YOU TO PUT RESIDENTS FIRST AND PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND VOTE NO. THANK YOU. KEREN THROAST. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ACTUALLY KAREN, BUT THAT'S OK. EVERYBODY GETS THAT WRONG, TOO. SORRY, THIS IS. I AM A RESIDENT OF MARSHALL RIDGE. I HAVE BEEN FOR FOUR YEARS, BUT I HAVE LIVED IN KELLER ON AND OFF SINCE WE MOVED HERE IN 1999. I RAISED MY KIDS HERE IN KELLER AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SCHOOLS. AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF WESTLAKE AS A FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR. BUT THE ENTHUSIASM WITH WHICH THIS PROPOSAL WAS POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE IS LEADING ME TO QUESTION YOUR WHETHER YOU'RE REALLY A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO THIS COMMUNITY. THE ISSUES OF POWER USAGE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED. NEVER MIND, YOU KNOW, TEXAS'S POWER GRID IS ALREADY TAXED. AND YES, THEY'LL PUT A SUBSTATION IN, BUT THAT'S STILL A BIGGER DRAW ON OUR GRID. THE WATER DRAW, WATER POLLUTION HAVE ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT, AS WELL AS THE HEALTH CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR PETS, TOO, TO BE HONEST. AND THERE'S OTHER ANIMALS TO THINK ABOUT. IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY AN ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DEDICATED WETLANDS AND PERMITTED WETLANDS AREA. I DON'T KNOW IF DEVELOPERS MAY HAVE, EXCUSE ME, NOT GOOD AT THIS. THE DEVELOPERS MAY HAVE MET WESTLAKE'S STANDARDS, BUT HAVE THEY CONSULTED THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT ON THE WETLANDS AREA THAT IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO MARSHALL RIDGE, AND HAS ACTUALLY CHALLENGED OUR COMMUNITIES HOA'S IN DIFFERENT AREAS ABOUT HOW WE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE DEVELOP OUR SPACES. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU REJECT THIS PROPOSAL AND THAT IT BE MOVED MUCH FURTHER AWAY FROM ANY HOMES. WHEN YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT THE VOTE TONIGHT IMAGINE YOURSELF AS A RESIDENT OF LLANO COURT, LIVING WITHING 200 FEET OF THIS PROPOSED DATA CENTER. THANK YOU. NEXT IS LOUISE VEGA AND WILLOW. SEAN MALLOY? GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS SEAN MALLOY, I LIVE AT 525 LLANO COURT, TEXAS, 76248. MY PROPERTY LINE DIRECTLY BORDERS THE SITE PROPOSED FOR TODAY'S DATA CENTER REVIEW. I'M HERE TO RAISE A LEGAL NOTICE PROBLEM. THAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE RESOLVED BEFORE THE COMMISSION VOTES. UNDER TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 211.007C, PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF A SITE UNDER ZONING OR SITE PLAN REVIEW ARE, ARE ENTITLED TO WRITTEN NOTICE, MAILED AT LEAST 10 DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING, USING THE MOST RECENT TAX ROLL. I AM WITHIN 200 FEET OF THIS SITE; I DID NOT RECEIVE THAT NOTICE. I'VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS. WHO ARE SIMILARLY WITHIN 200 FEET. THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THAT NOTICE EITHER. I EMAILED THE TOWN SECRETARY YESTERDAY MORNING RAISING THIS EXACT ISSUE. IN WRITING. BEFORE TONIGHT'S MEETING. SO, THIS IS NOT A NEW OR LAST-MINUTE CLAIM. I'M ASKING THE COMMISSION THESE THREE THINGS.
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FIRST, THAT STAFF CONFIRM ON THE RECORD TONIGHT WHETHER NOTICE WAS ACTUALLY MAILED TO OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET AND TO WHOM. SECOND, THAT, IF THAT NOTICE WAS NOT SENT, THIS ITEM BE TABLED OR CONTINUED RATHER THAN VOTED ON TONIGHT. SO, THE LEGAL NOTICE REQUIREMENT CAN ACTUALLY BE MET BEFORE A DECISION IS MADE. AND THIRD, THAT THIS BE REFLECTED IN TONIGHT'S MINUTES. THAT RESIDENTS RAISED A DOCUMENTED NOTICE FAILURE PRIOR TO ANY VOTE. I'M NOT ASKING THE COMMISSION TO TAKE MY WORD. THAT, THAT LEGAL PROCESS WAS NOT FOLLOWED. I'M ASKING FOR THE RECORD TO BE VERIFIED. BEFORE YOU ACT. THANK YOU. KATHERINE BISHOP. OKAY. FOR THIS THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS CATHERINE BISHOP. I AM ALSO A KELLER RESIDENT, MOM OF THREE. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE VERY ACTIVE IN VOLUNTEERING IN THE COMMUNITY. WE VERY CAREFULLY PICKED OUR HOME LOCATION BACK IN 2022 AFTER TWO YEARS OF HOME SEARCHING, BACK WHEN THIS LAND WAS ZONED FOR OFFICE SPACE. I ALSO HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN HUMAN RESOURCES AND WORKED IN THAT FIELD FOR 10 YEARS. I COULD STAND HERE AND ECHO ALL OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED HERE ALREADY, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT I WANT TO QUESTION AND BRING UP IS HOW CAN YOU ANNOUNCE AN EXCITING FACILITY WHILE EXPLAINING IT'S 3,600 FEET FROM THE NEAREST WESTLAKE RESIDENCE, WHILE HIDING THAT IT IS ONLY 506 FEET FROM THE NEAREST KELLER RESIDENCE? WE... WE WANT TO REQUEST TONIGHT THE SAME CONSIDERATION FOR OUR FAMILIES, FOR OUR LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND FOR OUR FUTURE, JUST LIKE YOU DID FOR YOUR OWN RESIDENTS. YEAH. DO THE RIGHT THING AND TREAT US, ESPECIALLY OUR CHILDREN, WITH THE SAME VALUE AS YOUR OWN RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. TATUM PARKS. HI. MY NAME IS TATUM PARKS, AND I HAVE A MESSAGE FROM TEXAS STATE SENATE CANDIDATE LEIGH WAMBSGANSS WHO HAS AN UNAVOIDABLE CONFLICT WITH TONIGHT'S MEETING. HEAR HER WORDS. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO DATA CENTERS. I AM OPPOSED TO BUILDING A DATA CENTER IN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY TO HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. THE GOVERNOR'S AUDIT AND APPROVAL PAUSE ON DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT UNTIL COMMON SENSE PARAMETERS ARE IN PLACE TO PROTECTS, TO PROTECT TEXAN'S SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IS THE RIGHT COURSE. THAT INCLUDES ENSURING AFFORDABLE ENERGY, MAINTAINING A RELIABLE ELECTRIC GRID, AND PRESERVING WATER FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. DATA CENTER INTERCONNECTION APPLICATIONS CURRENTLY PENDING BEFORE THE PUC AND ERCOT EXCEED THE CURRENT CAPACITY OF OUR GRID. RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPERS ARE BRINGING NEW GENERATION RESOURCES ONLINE TO MEET THEIR OWN DEMAND AND IN MANY CASES PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GENERATION TO THE GRID. THIS SHOULD BE THE STANDARD. I HAVE A RECORD OF WORKING TO PROTECT THE SECURITY AND RELIABILITY OF TEXAS'S ELECTRIC GRID DATING BACK TO, TO 2015. TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT THE SAME TIME, TEXAS CAN SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND INVESTMENT AND TEXANS CAN PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES, NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOLS AND NATURAL RESOURCES. THIS PROPOSED SITE IS TOO CLOSE TO OUR HOMES. PLEASE DENY THIS ZONING REQUEST. THANK YOU. MICHEAL ANDERSON? HI, I'M MIKE ANDERSON. I'M A RESIDENT OF KELLER. I AM THE REPUBLICAN PRECINCT CHAIR FOR 3422, WHICH INCLUDES MARSHALL RIDGE. WHILE I SAY THIS, I RECOGNIZE THIS IS A NONPARTISAN ISSUE. AS I STAND WITH ALL THE RESIDENTS ALONGSIDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM, I APPLAUD YOU IN THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE DONE THE IMPOSSIBLE TASK OF UNITING ALL OF US IN
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THESE PARTISAN TIMES. I HAVE AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE, AND I HAVE BEEN IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY FOR 35 YEARS. I HAVE SOLD BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF CHIPS OVER THAT TIME, ENABLING ALL KINDS OF TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING AI DATA CENTERS. I AM FOR TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENTS, JUST NOT PLACING THIS BEHEMOTH IN SOMEBODY'S BACKYARD WITHOUT THE COURTESY OF EVEN LETTING THEM KNOW. THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, SOLD THIS TO THEIR RESIDENTS BY APPEALING TO THEIR NIMBY THOUGHTS, NOT IN MY BACKYARD. YOU TOUTED TWO-THIRDS OF A MILE, OR 1,200 YARDS, FROM THE NEAREST WESTLAKE HOME. YOU FELT THAT THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT SELLING POINT BECAUSE IT IS AN ISSUE, BUT YOU DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS AN ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO THE KELLER HOMES, WHICH SHARE A PROPERTY LINE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT. AS FOR THE EFFICIENCY OF THESE NEW CENTERS, AND THE CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMS, AND THE COOLING, AND THE NOT USING THAT MUCH WATER, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THOSE. TODAY'S RACKS CAN PACK MORE INTO THE SAME AREA WHICH WE CALL COMPUTING DENSITY. THUS, TODAY'S RACKS USE 60 TO 100 KW PER WAK VERSUS 2 TO 5 KW THAT THEY USED IN THE PAST. WHILE THAT ADDS A LOT MORE COMPUTING POWER, IT ALSO TAKES A LOT MORE POWER. 90 TO 95% OF ALL POWER THAT IS USED IS CONVERTED INTO HEAT AND THAT NEEDS TO BE DISSIPATED OR MOVED OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. IN OUR TEXAS HEAT THOSE INDUSTRIAL AIR CONDITIONING OR COOLING TOWERS OR HOWEVER THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT WILL BE RUNNING 24/7. THAT WHOLE SIDE OF THE BUILDING USE AIR CONDITIONERS OR COOLING TOWERS WHICH WOULD USE WATER. ALL THAT HEAT WILL BE WILL BE CREATING A HEAT DOME OVER THE SURROUNDING AREAS, WELL AS THE CONSTANT NOISE. THIS IS LIKE HAVING A 300 MEGAWATTS SPACE HEATER SITTING RIGHT THERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I JUST ASK THAT YOU RECONSIDER THE LOCATION OF THE FACILITY. PROVIDE KELLER'S RESIDENTS THAT SAME 1,200-YARD BUFFER THAT YOU SAW SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU ACTUALLY PUT IT ON THE WEBSITES TO SELL IT TO THE WESTLAKE RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. STEPHEN SORENSEN. GREETINGS, EVERYONE. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND TAKING ON THIS PROJECT. MY NAME IS STEPHEN SORENSEN. I'M AT 13187 THORNTON DRIVE IN WESTLAKE. AND, I'M ABOUT 1,500 TO 2,000 FEET AWAY FROM THIS SITE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I HEAR A SOUND FROM 377 ON A COOL, QUIET MORNING. I HEAR THE TRAIN. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BLAST OUT THE HORN. I HEAR A LOT BECAUSE WE'RE SLIGHTLY UPSLOPE, AND THE SOUND DOES CARRY UP THE HILLSLOPE. I HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ON, AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE POWER, AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE USING SOME OF THE REPURPOSED WATER. I THINK THAT'S BRILLIANT. I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT. THE THING THAT COMES BACK TO ME IS THE SOUND. AND TO HAVE, WE HAVE A TWO-POINT. TWO-BILLION-DOLLAR FACILITIES THAT FACEBOOK PUT IN ON THE CORRIDOR OF 170 DESIGNED FOR SUCH FACILITIES, AND IT JUST DOES MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT WE TAKE THIS, AND I WISH THEM WELL, AND I WANT IT TO BE BUILT. WE'RE NOT ANTI-DATA CENTERS. WE JUST NEED IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, RIGHT NEXT TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE, AND I WOULD BE AFFECTED. I'M ACTUALLY TRYING TO CREATE A PRIVATE PARK THAT'S GOING TO BE PASSED ON FOR GENERATIONS. THAT SOUND'S NOT GOING TO GO WELL WITH WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER FOR DECADES. BUT ME SET ASIDE, STAGECOACH HILLS SET ASIDE, I DON'T WANT TO SEE OUR TOWN THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST COMMUNITIES IN THIS COUNTRY AND ON THIS PLANET GIVEN A BLACK EYE BECAUSE WE'RE THIS DISRESPECTFUL TO OUR NEIGHBORS. THEY LIVE, THEY LIVE FAR TOO CLOSE TO THAT. I'VE BEEN TOLD OVER AND OVER AGAIN, PLEASE MAKE THEM MILES AWAY FROM POPULATION CENTERS, NOT RIGHT NEXT TO THEM. AND SO, I JUST THINK WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CINNAMON? VIEWERS?
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HELLO, I'M CINNAMON SKEWES. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. LIKE MANY HAVE MENTIONED, I AM A TECHNOLOGIST TOO, AND I ROLLED OUT SOME AI PRODUCTS WITH SABER NOT TOO LONG AGO, SO I'D BE A HYPOCRITE IF I CAME UP HERE AND SAID I'M NOT FOR DATA CENTERS. AND WHAT MOST OF US ARE SAYING IS THE SAME THING. WE'RE OKAY WITH DATA CENTERS, JUST IT IS RIDICULOUSLY CLOSE TO OUR FAMILIES. IT'S GOING TO IMPACT US THROUGH SOUND, THROUGH VIBRATION, OUR CHILDREN, OUR PETS, ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THE WETLANDS. IT'S ABSOLUTELY GOING TO BE AN IMPACT. AND I THINK WE'RE ALSO JUST FLABBERGASTED THAT THIS PASSES FOR ETHICAL CONSIDERATION OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. THE WAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN HANDLED IS JUST EGREGIOUS, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU CAN DO BETTER. PLEASE CONSIDER NOT PASSING THIS NOW. IT'S JUST... IT'S BEEN UNACCEPTABLE, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN TO RESPOND. THANK YOU. LINDSAY JONES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LINDSAY JONES, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF MARSHALL RIDGE, KELLER. I HAVE FORMALLY REQUESTED THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THE TOWN COUNCIL, DENY THIS PROJECT IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION, AND MANDATE ITS RELOCATION FURTHER FROM OUR EXISTENCE. THIS ISN'T SIMPLY ABOUT TECHNOLOGY OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE. IT'S ABOUT OUR FAMILIES, AND IT'S ABOUT WHETHER THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES ARE BEING AS VALUED AS HIGHLY AS FINANCIAL GAIN. LARGE-SCALE DATA CENTERS CAN OPERATE AROUND THE CLOCK. THEY REQUIRE ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY. AND USE GENERATORS THAT CAN AFFECT LOCAL AIR QUALITY. OUR RESIDENTS HAVE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF A FACILITY OF THIS SIZE. THESE ARE NOT ABSTRACT CONCERNS. OUR FAMILIES WORRY ABOUT OUR CHILDREN PLAYING OUTSIDE, MY CHILDREN FISHING IN THE PONDS, SENIORS WORRYING ABOUT THEIR BACKYARDS, AND HOMEOWNERS WHO INVESTED THEIR LIFE SAVINGS IN NEIGHBORHOODS EXPECTING A RESIDENTIAL QUALITY OF LIFE, NOT AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY LOOMING JUST BEYOND OUR FENCES. THIS DECISION WILL DEFINE WESTLAKE'S LEGACY. IT WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A COMMUNITY THAT PRIORITIZED SHORT-TERM TAX REVENUE, OR AS ONE THAT DEMONSTRATED REGIONAL LEADERSHIP BY PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ALL OF NORTH TEXANS. I URGE YOU TO PAUSE THIS PROJECT, REQUIRE INDEPENDENT STUDIES, AND WORK WITH YOUR KELLER RESIDENTS TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT BALANCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH PUBLIC HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND BASIC FAIRNESS. THIS DECISION WILL HAVE LASTING IMPACT ON NEIGHBORING FAMILIES FOR DECADES. I HOPE YOU WILL CHOOSE A SOLUTION THAT STRIKES A BALANCE BETWEEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. PLEASE ENSURE THAT MY NAME IS INCLUDED. THIS WAS SENT TO YOU EARLIER TODAY, AND SO I HAD ACTUALLY LET YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS IN AN EMAIL, SO I WAS NOT PREPARED TO SEND THIS. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. TRAVIS JONES. I'M TRAVIS JONES. I LIVE IN MARSHALL RIDGE. YOU JUST HEARD FROM MY WIFE. YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS THAT IT'S HAVING ON ALL OF US. I KNOW NOT EVERYBODY'S POINTED OUT THE KIDS. WE LITERALLY HAVE A SCHOOL. IT'S HALF A MILE FROM THAT DATA CENTER. HALF A MILE. FOUR-YEAR-OLDS, FIVE-YEAR-OLDS, SIX-YEAR-OLDS, SEVEN-YEAR-OLDS, ALL WITH THAT VIBRATION ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. I DON'T KNOW ALL OF YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD KIDS GO TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WOULD YOU WANT THEM DEALING WITH THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY? THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. LINDA BJORN. THANK YOU. MARY, AGAIN. THE TOPIC THAT I'M PRESENTING INCLUDES BOTH THE WATER TOWER PROPOSED NEXT TO STAGECOACH HILLS AIRPORT, WHICH IS, AS WE FIND OUT NOW, TO SUPPORT THE DATA CENTER THROUGH THE ORDINANCE 10-20. FYI FOR EVERYBODY. MY FAMILY FIRST MOVED TO KELLER IN 1992. WE LIVED IN NORTH KELLER, AND I WAS PART OF
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A SMALL GROUP THAT FOUGHT THE DEVELOPER AGAINST 2,000 APARTMENTS THAT THEY WANT TO PUT WHERE MARSHALL RIDGE IS RIGHT NOW. SO JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CITY POLITICS IS THIS IS NOT MY FIRST RODEO. SO, WE MOVED TO WESTLAKE IN 2004. I APPLIED AND WAS SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE WESTLAKE P&Z BOARD IN JUNE OF 2023 FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM. FAST FORWARD, FALL OF 2024, OUR BOARD HEARD THE PETITION OF A VAQUERO RESIDENT AGAINST THE ONGOING DISPUTE AND LAWSUIT AGAINST THE 138-FOOT CELL TOWER PLANNED NEXT TO THE VAQUERO NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD WERE OUR MAYOR AND SEVERAL COUNCIL AND P&Z MEMBERS LIVE. WE WERE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT SUCH A TOWER IS NOT APPROPRIATE, AS IT IS AN EYESORE TO HAVE SUCH A TOWER NEXT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD. I ALSO WENT ON RECORD TO STATE THAT AS THE SEOUL STAGECOACH HILLS AIRPARK RESIDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD, THAT SUCH A TOWER IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR VAQUERO OR ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IN WESTLAKE WHEN WE CAN FIND ALTERNATIVES TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICE. DECEMBER 2024 P&Z MEETING PRESENTED THE UPDATE TO THE SUP OF THE LAND IN QUESTION. IT ADDED A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGE LIST OF POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS AND UPDATES, INCLUDING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, DATA CENTER, INCREASED MAX BUILDING HEIGHTS, AND LATER FOUND OUT ADDED MULTIFAMILY. A.K.A. APARTMENTS TO THE LIST, WHICH, EVENTUALLY, BROUGHT THE COUNCIL. IN THE PRE-PLANNING MEETING, WE HELD PRIOR TO THE MEETING ON RECORD, I ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS. HAVE THE BUILDING HEIGHTS BEEN EVALUATED BY FAA TO DETERMINE SAFETY OF OUR AIRPARK OPS? HAS THE WATER AND ELECTRICAL USAGE BEEN EVALUATED TO SUPPORT ANY SUCH DATA CENTER, DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING UPON SIZE, FOOTPRINT LOCATIONS, AND OTHER. SINCE THE LOCATION FOR THE DATA CENTER WAS SLATED FOR NORTH OF THE KELLER MARSHALL RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD, I, SPECIFICALLY, ASKED WHETHER WESTLAKE HAD BRIEFED OUR KELLER LEADERS. YOU MAY HAVE REMEMBERED THAT. FOR FEEDBACK AND CONCERNS, THE ANSWER WAS THAT, OH, THEY SHARED A DETAILED POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND KELLER'S RESPONSE WAS THAT THEY THOUGHT IT LOOKED LIKE A GREAT PLAN. OR SIMILAR WORDS, I ASKED IF OUR P&Z BOARD COULD SEE A COPY OF THE SAID PRESENTATION AND THE RESPONSE WAS THAT IT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR US AT THIS TIME. BUT NOT TO WORRY, SINCE THESE DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS ARE ALL JUST POTENTIAL AND ANY DETAILS WILL BE SHARED WITH RESIDENTS IN OPEN MEETINGS AS THEY BECOME PROPOSED. I WAS THE ONLY NO VOTE, IF YOU RECALL. CAN YOU GIVE ME THREE MINUTES FOR MY NEIGHBOR TO FINISH THIS? I'M SORRY. I HAVE MORE. I'M SORRY, LINDA. JANUARY 2025, THE FOLLOWING YEAR. MA'AM, I'M SORRY, YOUR TIME IS UP. I'VE GOT MORE TIME. I THINK WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT'S, I HAVE TO PUT THIS ON RECORD. I HAVE TO PUT THIS ON RECORD BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT. JANUARY? OKAY, HE'S GIVING ME MY. STEVE JOHNSON, YOU CALLED ME, I BELIEVE. I'M SORRY. HE'S THE NEXT. STEVE JOHNSON, YOU CALLED ME, I BELIEVE. YOU'RE NEXT ON THE LIST. THAT'S RIGHT. WELL, I'LL YIELD MY TIME TO LINDA WITH THE EXCEPTION. I WANNA, I WANNA TO CONGRATULATE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE FOR DOING SUCH A FABULOUS JOB OF KEEPING THIS UNDER THE RADAR. THANK YOU. JANUARY 2025, THE FOLLOWING MONTH, A JOINT P&Z COUNCIL WORK SESSION WAS SCHEDULED FOR THIS LAND. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE SESSION, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MAYOR GREAVES THAT I WAS BEING REMOVED, REPLACED ON P&Z EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. I ASKED WHY, AND HE STATED THIS IS DUE TO MY VISION NOT BEING ALIGNED WITH THE CURRENT TOWN OF WESTLAKE'S BUSINESS VISION PLAN. IN A FOLLOW-UP EMAIL RESPONSE, I ASKED WHAT PART OF MY VISION DOES NOT ALIGN WITH OUR TOWN? RESPONSE, I WANTED TO CALL AND TELL YOU AS A COURTESY BEFORE THE COUNCIL VOTE, WHICH WAS HELD LAST NIGHT. IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE, AND THE COUNCIL HAS FULL DISCRETION TO APPOINT AND REMOVE MEMBERS. OH, IT WAS ANOTHER VAQUERO RESIDENT THAT REPLACED MY SPOT. RECEIVED MY ANSWER. NOW WE KNOW THE VISION OF ADDING DATA CENTERS, MONSTROUS WATER TOWERS, MULTIFAMILY HOUSING DOES NOT ALIGN WITH HIS VISION OF WESTLAKE, AT LEAST NOT NEXT TO HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. MARCH 1020, MARCH OF 2026, ORDINANCE 1020 WAS LISTED ON THE AGENDA AS DISCUSSED, CONSIDER, ADAPT, AND ACT ON ORDINANCE 1020 OF THAT LOCATION. NOTHING DESCRIBING WHAT WAS GOING IN IT, AND THIS WAS, THIS WAS AN AGENDA ITEM THAT WAS NEAR A LONG LIST AS ITEM H.2 AFTER A, B, C, D, E, F, AND G ITEMS. YEAH, PASS IT THROUGH, PASS IT THROUGH. SUMMER OF 2025, A BOND WAS LET TO INCLUDE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, GENERIC DESCRIPTION. HOWEVER, IN , YOU KNOW, IN SUCH A, I'LL GET BACK TO THAT ONE. YEAH, GENERIC, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WESTLAKE PAY FOR A BOND TO PASS AN UPDATED WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S ALL IT COUNTED FOR. BUT AS WE FOUND OUT, MAY OF
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2026, WESTLAKE ANNOUNCED A 138-FOOT WATER TOWER TO BE DESIGNED AND LOCATED NEXT TO OUR STAGECOACH NEIGHBORHOOD AND CLOSE TO OUR RUNWAY. ALTHOUGH THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY THE CONTRACTOR IN APRIL 2026, IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER THE MAYOR WAS RE-ELECTED THAT THIS WATER TOWER PROJECT WAS ANNOUNCED. NOBODY IN STAGECOACH WAS INFORMED OR AWARE OF IT UNTIL THEN. QUESTION POSED TO THE CURRENT MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WHY IS IT NOT OKAY OR PROBLEMATIC TO BUILD A 138-FOOT CELL TOWER NEXT VAQUERO BUT NOT ACCEPTABLE TO BUILD A MONSTER 138-FOOT WATER TOWER ADJACENT TO STAGECOACH. AND NOW WE KNOW THE REAL REASON FOR SUCH WATER TOWERS TO FEED THE THIRSTY DATA CENTER USING OUR WESTLAKE BOND TAX DOLLARS. NOT MY INTENT TO PUT VAQUERO AGAINST STAGECOACH BUT IT IS HIGHLY REPROACHABLE TO PAY HUGE LEGAL FEES. I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH THOSE ARE, TO FIGHT THE CELL TOWER NEXT TO VAQUERO, BUT PERFECTLY FINE TO SUPPORT UNWANTED, UNSAFE DEVELOPMENT NEXT TO STAGECOACH AND KELLER NEIGHBORHOODS. LAST POINT, AFTER THE DECEMBER PNZ MEETING, I FOLLOWED UP WITH KELLER LEADERSHIP TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THEY RECEIVED FROM WESTLAKE, AND NO ONE COULD FIND A RECORD OF IT. OUR WESTLAKE LEADERSHIP HAS POSTED ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THIS WATER TOWER AND DATA CENTER WILL DO FOR US, BUT IF WE CAN'T TRUST THEM TO BE TRANSPARENT OR TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DATA CENTER, OR AT LEAST FIND SUCH RECORDS OF IT, HOW CAN WE TAKE THEIR WORD ON D.C. BENEFITS? THANK YOU. KEVIN MYERS? KEVIN MYERS? I ALREADY SPOKE. (INAUDIBLE) JUDY, OR JULIE WATERS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME'S JULIE WATERS. I AM AN ATTORNEY. I AM ALSO THE FOUNDER OF TEXANS UNITED AGAINST DATA CENTERS. I HAVE SPOKEN FROM AUSTIN TO AMARILLO ABOUT THIS SUBJECT, AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO TEXANS ALL ACROSS THE SPECTRUM, FROM RURAL TEXAS TO NOW SUBURBAN TEXAS. NOBODY WANTS A DATA CENTER. NOBODY. AND SO, I KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HERE TODAY ARE FROM KELLER, AND I WANT TO TELL THIS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE WESTLAKE CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM ON YOUR HANDS. EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE NOT WESTLAKE RESIDENTS, I LIVE NEARBY. I AM FAMILIAR WITH KELLER. I HAVE WATCHED KELLER FROM AFAR. YOU HAVE A PROBLEM ON YOUR HANDS. AND SO TONIGHT, I WOULD URGE YOU, PUT THIS TO REST. VOTE NO. THEY CAN, THEY CAN FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO. AND I WILL TELL YOU, THE CITIES AND THE COUNTIES THAT ORGANIZE AGAINST DATA CENTERS, THEY WIN. THAT'S WHY THERE'S 200, 200 TO 300 PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, AND THEY WILL KEEP COMING BACK TO EVERY PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, TO EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE WESTLAKE RESIDENTS. THEY HAVE ALREADY TOLD YOU TONIGHT WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO. THEY ARE ORGANIZED. I AM TRYING TO SAVE YOU A HEADACHE, BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN CEDAR CREEK LAKE, THEY ORGANIZED, AND DIODE DATA CENTER, THEY PULLED OUT. SO, THE LONGER, THE HARDER THAT YOU FIGHT, YOU WILL WIN IF YOU KEEP COMING BACK EVERY SINGLE TIME. AND I WILL END WITH THIS. GOVERNOR ABBOTT, RECENTLY, YESTERDAY, CALLED FOR ARCOT AND PUC TO PUT A HOLD ON DATA CENTERS CONNECTING TO THE ARCOT GRID. NOW THAT IS NOT ENOUGH. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. AND IF WE WANT TO STOP PROBLEMS, IF YOU WANT TO STOP COMING TO MEETINGS LIKE THIS, YOU NEED TO CALL GOVERNOR ABBOTT IMMEDIATELY AND ASK FOR A SPECIAL SESSION TO BAN DATA CENTERS. SO THAT, THAT LETTER IS NOT ENOUGH, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO SAVE THE TEXAS LANDSCAPE FROM CHANGING. SO, THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES THE LIST THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. AT THIS TIME, IT IS 6.50 AND WE ARE GOING TO, AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 551-071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WILL ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL
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ADVICE FROM THE TOWN ATTORNEY ON AGENDA ITEM F-1. THANK YOU. THE TIME IS NOW 9.05. WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE THE REGULAR MEETING FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. JASON, WOULD YOU PRESENT TO US? ED, PLANT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 3-8. THIS ZONING DISTRICT WAS FIRST ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1998. AND IT WAS ADOPTED UNDER ORDINANCE 3-14, WHICH ESTABLISHED IT AS PD-3-8. THE PROVISIONS FOUND IN PD-3-8, THEY WERE AMENDED A NUMBER OF TIMES, INCLUDING ON JANUARY 06, 2025, PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE 10-15. HERE'S THE SITE THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING FOR A REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR A DATA CENTER. AND THEN IN TERMS OF JUST A GENERAL SITE ANALYSIS. I SHOULD SAY THAT DATA CENTERS ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT, I.E., THAT IS THE FIRST SITE PLAN FOR A DATA CENTER PURSUANT TO PROVISIONS FOUND IN PD-3-8, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE OFFICE INDUSTRIAL SUB AREA. AFTER THE FIRST SITE PLAN HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED, IF THAT DOES HAPPEN THIS EVENING, ALL SUCCESSIVE SITE PLANS WOULD REQUIRE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN THIS PARTICULAR, PARTICULAR SUB AREA. THIS SITE PLAN WAS REVIEWED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN PD-3-8. THERE WAS A FOCUS ON BUILDING SETBACKS, BUILDING DESIGN, AND LANDSCAPING. STARTING FIRST WITH THE BUILDING SETBACKS, THE MINIMUM SIDE YARD SETBACK IS 50 FEET, BUT IT DOES INCREASE TO A MINIMUM OF 150 FEET WHEN THERE IS A NON-RESIDENTIAL USE THAT ABUTS A RESIDENTIAL USE. AS CURRENTLY PROPOSED, THAT IS 506 FEET. THE MINIMUM FRONT YARD SETBACK IS 75 FEET AS PROPOSED THAT IS 160 FEET AND A MINIMUM REAR YARD SETBACK IS 50 FEET. IN TERMS OF BUILDING DESIGN, THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS FACING US HIGHWAY 377 THOSE WERE DESIGNED TO EMULATE AN OFFICE BUILDING CONSTRUCTED OF MASONRY EXTERIOR FINISHED MATERIALS AS SET FORTH IN PD 3-8. THE SAME WAS SAID FOR THE ELEVATIONS THAT ARE FACING THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF PD 3-8. FOR THE LANDSCAPING IT IS A BERM LANDSCAPE WITH TREES AND SHRUBS THAT WILL BE INSTALLED ALONG HIGHWAY 377. THAT BERM WITH THE LANDSCAPING ON TOP IS A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 75 FEET THEN THE EXISTING TREE LINE ALONG THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE IT WILL BE AUGMENTED BY ANOTHER BUFFER WHICH IS REQUIRED BY PD 3-8. IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE AND EROSION, THE PROPERTY DOES SLOPE FROM THE HIGHWAY TO THE EAST FROM 692 FEET TO 658 FEET ALONG THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE, A DRAINAGE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED AND COMPLETED IN JUNE OF 2026 AND ALL OF THE COMMENTS WERE ADDRESSED. IT WAS ALSO REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE TOWN ENGINEER AND JUST KIND OF GIVEN AN IDEA OF THE EROSION PLAN BASED OFF OF THAT AND AGAIN JUST KIND OF SHOWING HOW THE CONTOURS SHOW THE PROPERTY SLOPING FROM THE HIGHWAY TO PLAN LEFT TO CENTER PLAN. IN SUM, THE USE OF DATA CENTER IT IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT, AGAIN THE FIRST SITE PLAN AND THE ITEM THAT IS INFRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN PURSUANT TO PD3-8. AGAIN, THAT SITE PLAN IS FOCUSED ON BUILDING SETBACKS, BUILDING DESIGNS, LANDSCAPING AND BUFFERS. SOME INSTANCES, IT DOES EXCEED THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE SET FORTH IN PD 3-8. THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN AS PRESENTED. I'LL PAUSE THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WELL, WE WERE CURIOUS WHETHER THE DEVELOPER WOULD TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS WITH RESPECT TO THE VEGETATION, PERHAPS PROVIDING IMMEDIATE AND CONTINUOUS SCREENING ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER WITH EVERGREEN AND HARDWOOD TREES
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THAT HAVE A MINIMUM THREE-INCH CALIPER SO THAT IT WILL GUARANTEE A CERTAIN HEIGHT AND IMMEDIATE SCREEN OF PRIVACY TO THE RESIDENTIAL. PLEASE ALLOW ME TO YIELD TO THE DEVELOPER TO RESPOND, COMMISSIONER. THIS IS JEFF PARSONS AGAIN WITH POWERHOUSE. SO, YES, WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE WILLING TO REVIEW THE REQUEST THAT YOU'RE MAKING. WE DO HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TREES, AS WE ALREADY REPRESENTED IN THE PLAN, AND WE, A LOT OF THE PLANS WE SHOWED WHAT THE FIVE-YEAR GROWTH WOULD BE, BUT WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE WILLING TO LOOK AT YOUR RECOMMENDATION, REVIEW THAT. I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. THIS PAST WEEKEND, I DROVE OUT PAST THE PROPERTY. I DROVE THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENT TO IT, AND THEN I DROVE OVER TO THE FACEBOOK CAMPUS, AND GOT OUT AND WALKED SEVERAL AREAS AROUND THE PERIMETER, AND THERE WAS AN OBVIOUS NOISE GENERATED FROM THAT CAMPUS. AND, UM, HOWEVER, WHENEVER I ENCOUNTERED AREAS WHERE THERE WERE BERMS, THAT SOUND WAS GREATLY MITIGATED. WILL YOU CONSIDER PUTTING BERMS ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE FROM YOUR ENTRY DRIVE, ALONG THE REMAINDER OF YOUR SOUTHERN DRIVE, UH, SOUTHERN BOUNDARY, A MINIMUM OF EIGHT-FOOT BERMS TO SCREEN BOTH VISUAL AND SOUND FROM THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE KIND OF A LINE-OF-SIGHT STUDY DONE SO THAT THOSE RESIDENTS WILL NOT SEE THOSE BUILDINGS. I THINK THAT WILL GREATLY DECREASE THE IMPACT, BOTH FROM A SOUND PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS A VISUAL PERSPECTIVE. WILL YOU BE WILLING TO DO THAT? AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LANDSCAPE BERMS. IT COULD BE SOUND WALLS OR A COMBINATION OF BERMS AND SOUND WALLS, BECAUSE I KNOW THE WATER IS GOING TO TRAVEL DOWN THAT BUFFER YARD. SO, IF, IF YOU CAN'T, I THINK YOU COULD DO A SERIES OF BERMS THAT WOULD ALLOW THE WATER TO DRAIN, BUT ACCOMPLISH THE SCREENING AND THE VISUAL, THE VISUAL AS WELL AS THE SOUND. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO THAT? SO, THE WE DID HAVE THE VISUALS IN THAT ACTUALLY SHOWED THE SIGHT LINES. THAT WERE VERY... YES. BENEFICIAL TO THE NEIGHBORS IN THE PRESENTATION. THE, UH, WE'D HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR CIVIL ENGINEER AND REVIEW THAT. I KNOW AT ONE TIME WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT DOING BERMING THERE, THERE IS, AS WE WERE JUST SHOWING, THE DRAINAGE PLAN, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE COMPLICATING ANYTHING RELATED TO COLLECTING DRAINAGE, WHERE THAT WOULD BE. AND MAKING SURE IT DRAINS CORRECTLY WITH OUR DRAINAGE PLAN. I'M JUST SAYING WE WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW WITH OUR... MA'AM, I'M SORRY, THIS ISN'T FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. WE WOULD I'M JUST SAYING, YES, WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOOK AT IT. OKAY. I WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ENGINEERING TEAM REVIEWS IT. OKAY. SO, THE DRAINAGE PLAN IS NOT COMPROMISED. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. AND IF IN THE PLACES WHERE BERMS MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE OR, I GUESS, A VIABLE OPTION, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT A SOUND BARRIER WALL WOULD, COULD ACCOMPLISH THE SAME THING. IT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE THAT THEY BE BERMS, BUT... WELL, WE DO ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE THE WALLS AROUND THE GENERATOR YARDS. I UNDERSTAND, BUT, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE VISUALLY SCREENED AS WELL AS SOUND. SO THAT WOULD BE... IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WILL CONSIDER? OR WILL, WILL YOU ACCEPT? WE WOULD NEED TO EVALUATE IT. OKAY. OKAY. THE OTHER THING IS, SPEAKING TO THE AIR CONDITIONING, AND, AND THOSE ARE NOISE-GENERATING ITEMS. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT YOU INSTALL SOUND BARRIER WALLS AND OR ACOUSTIC LOUVERS AROUND ALL HVAC, ALL COOLING TOWERS, ALL GENERATORS, FANS, ANY MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT THAT MAKES SOUND. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EITHER OR A COMBINATION OF SOUND BARRIER WALLS AND OR ACOUSTICAL LOUVERS TO REDIRECT THE SOUND AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WILL CONSIDER? YES. ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
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OKAY. DOES ANYBODY CARE TO MAKE A MOTION? ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. I DO HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION FOR MR. ALEXANDER. MR. CROWLEY. MR. ALEXANDER, DO THE APPLICABLE ORDINANCES GOVERNING THE APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN AND CRITERIA BY WHICH THIS BODY IS MEANT TO EVALUATE THE APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF THE SITE PLAN? YES. WOULD YOU BRIEFLY WALK US THROUGH THAT? YES. SO, THERE ARE SIX REQUIREMENTS FOR REVIEWING AND APPROVING SITE PLANS THAT ARE SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO PD 3.8. IT DOES GO BACK TO ORDINANCE 307. IT OUTLINES ALL OF THOSE. AS WE WERE REVIEWING THE SITE PLANS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, WE WEIGHED THAT AGAINST THOSE SIX CRITERIA, AND WE FOUND THAT THE SITE PLAN WAS COMPLIANT. BASED ON YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THAT. IS THERE, IS THERE ANY VALID BASIS THAT UNDER THOSE PROVISIONS THIS BODY COULD USE TO DENY THE SITE PLAN? AS LONG AS IT'S COMPLIANT WITH THOSE PROVISIONS, THEN WE FELT THAT THE SITE PLAN SHOULD BE APPROVED. IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF THOSE, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, THEN LEGALLY I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD BE VALID FOR THIS BODY. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. AND YOU ALSO EMPHASIZE ON OUR ROLE AND WHAT IS THE APPROVAL CRITERIA WITHIN WHICH WE HAVE TO STAY? YES, SIR. SO THAT IS BASED OFF OF THOSE PROVISIONS THAT ARE FOUND UNDER ORDINANCE 307. THE SECTION ALLUDES ME AT THE MOMENT, BUT THAT IS THE SOLE BASIS THAT YOU HAVE FOR REVIEWING THE SITE PLAN THIS EVENING. AND THE LAND USE THAT WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED UNDER A PREVIOUS ORDINANCE WHICH ESTABLISH IT BEING A USED BY RIGHT SO THIS EVENING BECAUSE THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THAT USE THE BASIS OF THE DECISION THAT THE BODY MAKES TONIGHT WILL BE BASED PURELY ON THE SITE PLAN AND PURELY ON A PROVISION FOUND IN ORDINANCE 307 AS IT RELATES TO SITE PLAN REVIEW AND APPROVAL. SO, IT IS YOUR OPINION THAT WE HAVE A RESTRICTIVE ROLE THAT WILL BE PERFORMING TONIGHT. YES SIR. MR. COMMISSIONER, OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW AND AFTER SPEAKING WITH COUNSEL WE BELIEVE THAT YOUR DEFINED ROLE IS SPECIFIC TO THOSE SIX ITEMS THAT WERE OUTLINED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE WILL AND THAT'S WHY YOU, YOU RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL FROM STAFF. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, I CALL FOR A MOTION. MR. CHAIRMAN I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM F1 ON SITE SHAME. SITE PLAN APPLICATION PREPARED AND SUBMITTED BY KIMLEY-HORN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DATA CENTER ON APPROXIMATELY 87.96 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER, NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 377 AND WESTPORT PARKWAY LOTS PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 3. CONDITIONED ON THE FOLLOWING. FOR ONE, DEVELOPER INSTALLING EITHER A SERIES OF BERMS OR SOUND BARRIER WALLS A MINIMUM OF EIGHT FEET IN HEIGHT OR AS REQUIRED TO VISUALLY SCREEN THE DATA CENTER FROM LINE OF SIGHT, ANY COMBINATION THEREOF, ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ENTRY DRIVE. NUMBER TWO, INSTALL SOUND BARRIER WALLS AND OR ACOUSTIC LOUVERS AROUND THE ALL HVAC COOLING TIRES, GENERATORS, FANS, AND ANY OTHER SIMILAR MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF THE BUILDINGS TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE TOWN MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNATION. AND NUMBER THREE, PROVIDE IMMEDIATELY. IMMEDIATE AND CONTINUOUS VISUAL SCREENING USING CONTAINER-GROWN EVERGREEN AND HARDWOOD TREES WITH A MINIMUM OF THREE-INCH CALIBER ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY. IS THERE A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. (INAUDIBLE)
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LOOK UP THEIR ADDRESS ON THE PAD. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. PLEASE ... (INAUDIBLE) THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.