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WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO THE JULY QUORUM COURT MEETING.
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WELCOME TO OUR GUEST. WELCOME TO OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT.WELCOME, CERTAINLY TO THE QUORUM COURT MEMBERS.
THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION AND RESPECTFUL DEBATE ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
THE SAME EXPECTATION APPLIES TO THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.
DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT OUTBURSTS, PROFANITY, OR PERSONAL ATTACKS FROM THE GALLERY WILL NOT BE PERMITTED.
YOU'LL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND ESCORTED OUT QUICKLY.
PLEASE CONSIDER THIS A GENERAL WARNING TO EVERYONE PRESENT, SO THAT THE MEETING MAY PROCEED WITHOUT NECESSARY INTERRUPTION, UNNECESSARY INTERRUPTION. ADDITIONALLY, UNDER 25OR-01 ARTICLE 5.A, INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO SPEAK DURING THE DESIGNATED PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING MUST IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, REMAIN ON TOPIC, KEEP THEIR COMMENTS COMMENTS CONCISE AND AVOID PERSONAL ATTACKS, INFLAMMATORY LANGUAGE OR PROFANITY DIRECTED TOWARDS OTHERS.
TURN THE VOLUME DOWN AND PLEASE SET YOUR PHONES ON THE TOP OF THE BAR HERE.
MEMBERS. PLEASE TURN YOUR PHONES OFF. TURN YOUR RINGER OFF.
TURN THE VOLUME ALL THE WAY DOWN. SET YOUR PHONES ON THE BAR.
DO THE MEMBERS ON THIS SIDE NOT NOT GET THAT.
THANK YOU. SOMEBODY TOOK YOUR PHONE HI, PAUL.
THANK YOU. THE DECISIONS MADE TONIGHT SHOULD BE BASED SOLELY ON THE INFORMATION AND THE DISCUSSION PRESENTED IN THIS PUBLIC MEETING, FREE FROM DISTRACTION OR OUTSIDE INFLUENCE. THANK YOU AND ADVICE FOR YOUR IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COOPERATION, YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND YOUR RESPECT FOR THIS PROCESS.
WELL, ALL THOSE WHO CAN RISE FOR THE INVOCATION.
AMEN. [INAUDIBLE]. WELL, PRAISE THE LORD. AMEN.
AMEN. I NEED MY PHONE TO PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH A HUMBLE HEART, RECOGNIZING THAT EVERY POSITION OF LEADERSHIP IS A SACRED RESPONSIBILITY.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF PULASKI COUNTY.
WE DO NOT TAKE THIS RESPONSIBILITY LIGHTLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE DECISIONS BEFORE US HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF SO MANY LIVES. LORD, YOUR WORD TELLS US THAT IF ANYONE LACKS WISDOM, WE SHOULD ASK YOU AND YOU WILL GIVE IT GENEROUSLY.
TODAY WE ASK FOR THAT WISDOM. REMOVE EVERY DISTRACTION, EVERY PERSONAL BIAS, EVERY OUTSIDE INFLUENCE, EVERY FEAR THAT COULD CLOUD OUR JUDGMENT. HELP US TO SEE THIS MATTER THROUGH YOUR EYES AND NOT MERELY THROUGH HUMAN UNDERSTANDING.
GRANT US DISCERNMENT TO RECOGNIZE WHAT IS RIGHT.
LET OUR ACTIONS REFLECT COMPASSION FOR THOSE WHO ARE VULNERABLE, CONCERNED FOR EVERY FAMILY AFFECTED AND SINCERE COMMITMENT TO THE GREATER GOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY. FATHER, WE PRAY THAT EVERY PIECE OF INFORMATION PRESENTED WILL BE ACCURATE,
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HONEST, AND COMPLETE. GIVE US THE ABILITY TO CAREFULLY WEIGH EVERY FACT, EVERY CONCERN, EVERY CONSEQUENCE.SURROUND US WITH WISE COUNSEL AND HELP US TO LISTEN WITH AN OPEN MIND AND A SERVANT'S HEART.
I PRAY FOR EVERY RESIDENT OF PULASKI COUNTY WHOSE LIFE MAY BE AFFECTED BY OUR DECISIONS.
PROTECT THEM, STRENGTHEN THEM, AND LET WHATEVER CHOICE IS MADE ULTIMATELY PROMOTE HEALTH, SAFETY, PEACE, AND HOPE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. LORD, REMIND US THAT LEADERSHIP IS NOT ABOUT POWER, BUT ABOUT SERVICE. HELP US TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE NOT ONLY TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT, BUT ULTIMATELY TO YOU. MAY EVERY DECISION I MAKE HONOR YOU AND DEMONSTRATE MY COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE, MERCY, AND FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP. GOD, WE PRAY THIS PRAYER IN JESUS NAME.
AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. WHERE DOES IT SAY YOU CAN TAKE OUR PHONES AWAY? WE CAN'T HAVE OUR PHONES. THAT'S NOT IN ANY OF THE RULES.
I'M ASKING. I'M. I'M ASKING YOU THE SAME THING.
THANK YOU.[INAUDIBLE] FOR HELP FOR THAT BUT I CAN HAVE MY PHONE.
THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? CERTAINLY. MISS DAVIS. PRESENT, MISS CAPPS. I'M SORRY.
HERE. MISS LEWISON. HERE. MISS BLACKWOOD. HERE.
PERSON. HERE. MISS MASSEY. CURRY. PRESENT. MR. KEITH. HERE. PASTOR WARD. AMEN [LAUGHS]. VERY GOOD.
MISS YOUNG-BAKER. PRESENT. MR. ROBINSON. HERE.
MR. MCCOY. HERE. HERE. MISS MEDLOCK. HERE. 13 PRESENT, ONE ABSENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. NOW, MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED IN YOUR PACKET THE MINUTES FROM OUR
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
LAST MEETING. HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD TIME TO REVIEW THEM.ARE YOU READY? I'LL TAKE A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND. SECOND. HEARD THE MOTION? YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH'S MEETING? NONE. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MONTH'S MEETING, MISS MEDLOCK.
AYE. MR. ELLIOTT. MR. MCCOY. YES. MR. ROBINSON.
YES. MISS YOUNG-BAKER. YES. MISS WARD. YES. MR..
KEITH. YES. MISS CURRY. AYE. MR. PERSON. YES.
MISS BLACKWOOD. YES. MS.. LEWISON. YES, MISS CAPPS.
AYE. MISS DAVIS. YES. 13 AYES, ONE ABSENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. AND WHEN YOU'RE READY NOW, PLEASE READ FOR US THE COMMITTEE REPORT.
[6. COMMITTEE REPORT: Agenda Committee ]
JULY 28TH, 2026. TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE PULASKI COUNTY QUORUM COURT.WE. YOUR COMMITTEE OF THE AGENDA, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED.
ITEMS 26-I-49, 26-I-50, 26-I-51, 26-I-52 BEG LEAVE TO REPORT WE'VE HAD THE SAME UNDER CONSIDERATION, AND HEREWITH RETURNED THE SAME WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF DO PASS.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED CURTIS A, KEITH, CHAIR.
JULY 28TH, 2026. TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE PULASKI COUNTY QUORUM QUORUM COURT.
WE. YOUR COMMITTEE OF THE AGENDA, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED.
ITEMS 26-I-54 A BEG LEAVE TO REPORT, WE'VE HAD THE SAME UNDER CONSIDERATION, AND HEREWITH RETURNED THE SAME WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF DO PASS, AS AMENDED RESPECTFULLY. CURTIS A KEITH.
CHAIR. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. WE HAVE NO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
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MOVES US ON TO NEW BUSINESS PLEASE, MISS CLERK.[26-I-50 A RESOLUTION OF THE QUORUM COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY AUTHORIZING PULASKI COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION FOR AN AKRANSAS COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT. ]
MADAM CLERK. PLEASE READ FOR US RESOLUTION 26-I-50.A RESOLUTION. HELLO. A RESOLUTION OF THE QUORUM COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY AUTHORIZING PULASKI COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION FOR AN ARKANSAS COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT.
JUSTICE BLACKWOOD. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION. I MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION.
SECOND. PULL YOUR MICROPHONE DOWN. I MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION.
THANK YOU MA'AM. SECOND. MEMBERS, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION, YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING RESOLUTION 26-I-50.
BEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 26-I-50.
MISS DAVIS. YES. MISS CAPPS. AYE. LEWISON. YES.
MISS BLACKWOOD. AYE. MR. PERSON. YES. MISS CURRY.
AYE. MR. KEITH. YES. MISS WARD. YES. YOUNG-BAKER.
YES. MR.. ROBINSON. YES. MR.. MCCOY. YES. MR..
ELLIOTT. YES. MEDLOCK. AYE. 13 AYES, ONE ABSENT.
[26-I-55 A RESOLUTION OF THE QUORUM COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY CONFIRMING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. JON SWANSON TO THE ROCK REGION METRO BOARD FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE FEBRUARY 28, 2030. ]
RESOLUTION 26-I-55. A RESOLUTION OF THE QUORUM COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY CONFIRMING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. JON SWANSON TO THE ROCK REGION METRO BOARD FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE FEBRUARY 28TH, 2030.JUSTICE ROBINSON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THE MOTION.
MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION. SECOND. SECOND. MEMBERS.
YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND. SECOND.
GOT IT. HE'S CONFIRMING. WHAT IS IT? I DON'T HAVE MY [INAUDIBLE] I DON'T HAVE THE ACCURATE.
OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO GIVE ME ANOTHER ONE? SURE.
YOU APPARENTLY UPDATED. I-51 IS ON THE SECOND PAGE OF MY AGENDA.
55. 55. YOU'RE WANTING TO MOVE. 26-I-51 TO BE THE FIRST ORDINANCE READ? NO, WAIT. I WAS ASKING IF YOU WOULD MOVE 54 A AFTER 51.
AFTER 51. ANYTHING FOR YOU? NO. WHERE WERE WE? ARE WE ON THE FIRST ORDINANCE? NO. WE ON THE SECOND.
RESOLUTION RESOLUTION. SECOND RESOLUTION 26-I-55.
HAVE YOU ALREADY READ IT? YES. AND YOU ASKED FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND SO NOW WE'RE READY FOR THE VOTE. AND CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
YES, SIR. MISS MEDLOCK. AYE. MR.. ELLIOTT. YES.
MR.. MCCOY. YES. MR.. ROBINSON. YES. MISS YOUNG-BAKER.
YES. MISS WARD. YES. MR.. KEITH. YES. MISS CURRY.
AYE. MR. PERSON. YES. MISS BLACKWOOD. NO. MISS LEWISON.
YES. MISS CAPPS. AYE. MISS DAVIS. YES. 12 AYES, ONE NO, ONE ABSENT.
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. AND JUSTICE ROBINSON, YOU PASSED YOUR RESOLUTION FOR MR. SWANSON'S CONTINUED GOOD SERVICE. MEMBERS THAT MOVES US NOW TO ORDINANCES.
[26-I-29* AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 17-OR-12 (PULASKI COUNTY PERSONNEL POLICY) AS AMENDED TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACT 848 OF 2025 AND TO COMPLY WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AAC (ASSOCIATION OF ARKANSAS COUNTIES). ]
SO, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ FOR US. 26-I-29 AND THIS IS THE THIRD AND FINAL READING.AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 17-OR-12 PULASKI COUNTY PERSONNEL POLICY, AS AMENDED, TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACT 848 OF 2025 AND TO COMPLY WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AAC ARKANSAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.
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JUSTICE CURRY RECOGNIZED FOR THE MOTION. I MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION.SECOND. 26-I-29. MEMBERS YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.
THAT MEANS THAT IT TAKES EIGHT VOTES FOR THIS TO PASS.
YES. MADAM CLERK, THERE BEING NO QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF 26-I-29, WHICH IS ON ITS THIRD AND FINAL READING, MISS DAVIS.
YES. AYE. MISS LEWISON. YES. MISS BLACKWOOD. AYE.
MISS. MR. PERSON. YES, MISS MASSEY. AYE. MISS CURRY.
AYE. YES. MISS WARD. YES. MISS YOUNG-BAKER. YES.
MR.. ROBINSON. YES. MR.. MCCOY. YES. MR. ELLIOT.
YES. MISS MEDLOCK. AYE. AYES ZERO NAYS. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
JUSTICE MASSEY YOU PASSED YOUR ORDINANCE. 26-I-29.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE NOW READ FOR ORDINANCE 26-I-49.
[26-I-49 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 25-OR-52 (2026 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO APPROPRIATE MONEY FROM THE ASSESSOR’S AMENDMENT 79 FUND (FUND 3004) INTO THE ASSESSOR’S REAPPRAISAL COST FUND (FUND 3011). ]
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 25-OR-52. 2026 ANNUAL BUDGET.PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS TO APPROPRIATE MONEY FROM THE ASSESSOR'S AMENDMENT 79 FUND, FUND 30-04 INTO THE ASSESSOR'S REAPPRAISAL FUND, REAPPRAISAL COST FUND, FUND 30-11. JUSTICE LEWISON.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THE MOTION. MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION.
SECOND. MEMBERS YOU HEARD THE MOTION, YOU HEARD THE SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING ORDINANCE 26-I-49? MADAM CLERK, CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 26-I-49 MISS MEDLOCK.
AYE. MR. ELLIOTT. YES. MR.. MCCOY. YES. MR. ROBINSON YES.
MISS YOUNG-BAKER YES. MISS WARD. YES. MR.. KEITH.
YES. MISS CURRY. AYE. MISS MASSEY. AYE. MR. PERSON.
YES. MISS BLACKWOOD. AYE. LEWISON. YES. MISS CAPPS.
AYE. MISS DAVIS. YES, 14 AYES ZERO NAYS. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
[26-I-51 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 26-OR-02 TO APPROVE THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY AT 2723 FERNDALE CUT-OFF FROM R-2 RESIDENTIAL TO O-1 QUIET OFFICE. ]
ORDINANCE. 26-I-51. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 26-OR-02 TO APPROVE THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY AT 2723 FERNDALE CUT OFF FROM R-2 RESIDENTIAL TO 01 QUIET OFFICE.JUSTICE DAVIS YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THE MOTION. MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE.
26-I-51. MISS DAVIS. YES. MISS CAPPS. AYE. MRS LEWISON.
YES. MISS BLACKWOOD. AYE. MR. PERSON. YES. MISS MASSEY.
AYE. MISS CURRY. AYE. MR.. KEITH. YES. MISS WARD.
YES. MISS YOUNG-BAKER. YES. MR.. ROBINSON. YES.
MR.. MCCOY. YES. MR.. ELLIOTT. YES. MISS MEDLOCK.
14 AYES ZERO NAYS. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. JUSTICE BLACKWOOD.
YOU PASSED YOUR ORDINANCE. 26-I-54, AS AMENDED.
NO, NO, NO. I'M SORRY. NO, THAT WAS JUSTICE DAVIS FOR 51.
PARDON ME. YEAH. MADAM CLERK NOW READ FOR 26-I-54, AS AMENDED.
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A 12 MONTH TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE APPROVAL OF A.
I. THAT'S THAT'S I WANT YOU TO SEE. 26-I-54 AS AMENDED, PLEASE.
[26-I-54A AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 17-OR-12 (PULASKI COUNTY PERSONNEL POLICY) AS AMENDED TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ]
MY APOLOGIES. I WAS THINKING THAT. OCCURRED TO JUSTICE BLACKWOOD.SHE'S REQUESTED US TO MOVE THAT UP ON THE LIST.
OKAY. GOT IT. AND AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 17-OR-12 PULASKI COUNTY PERSONNEL POLICY, AS AMENDED, TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
JUSTICE BLACKWOOD YOU RECOGNIZE FOR A MOTION.
MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION. SECOND. MEMBERS YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.
YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING 26-I-54 AS AMENDED.
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THERE BEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 26-I-54 AS AMENDED.MISS MEDLOCK. AYE. MR. ELLIOTT. YES. MR.. MCCOY.
YES. MR.. ROBINSON. PRESENT. PRESENT. MISS YOUNG-BAKER.
YES. MISS WARD. YES. MR. KEITH. YES. MISS CURRY.
AYE. MISS MASSEY. AYE. MR. PERSON. YES. MISS BLACKWOOD.
AYE. MISS LEWISON. YES. MISS CAPPS. AYE. MISS DAVIS.
YES. ONE PRESENT, 13 EYES AND NO NAYS. CONGRATULATIONS MISS BLACKWOOD, YOU PASSED ORDINANCE 26-I-54, AS AMENDED. MADAM CLERK, NOW READ ORDINANCE 26-I-52, PLEASE.
[26-I-52 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A TWELVE-MONTH TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE APPROVAL OF HIGH-INTENSITY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGH-IMPACT UTILITY-INTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL USE FACILITIES IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF PULASKI COUNTY PENDING DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND NOTICE OF INDUSTRIAL IMPACT AND INTENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ]
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A 12 MONTH TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE APPROVAL OF HIGH INTENSITY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGH IMPACT, UTILITY INTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL USE FACILITIES IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF PULASKI COUNTY, PENDING DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND NOTICE OF INDUSTRIAL IMPACT AND INTENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. JUSTICE CURRY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION. MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION.
I DO HAVE A CLARIFICATION. OKAY. GO AHEAD. MEMBERS.
YOU'VE HEARD A MOTION. DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND.
I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. GO AHEAD. THAT'S THE AMENDMENTS.
AND SO DO YOU. DO YOU HAVE A FURTHER COMMENT? DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE RECOGNIZE MR. PERSON.
JUSTICE PERSON, THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. JUSTICE PERSON IT'S RIGHT HERE AT THE TOP.
SO THE MATTER BEFORE US IS ORDINANCE 26-I-54 AS AMENDED.
AND JUSTICE PERSON IS PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT.
I-52. I-52. I'M SORRY. HE HE CHANGED THE ORDER ON ME, AND IT MESSED ME ALL UP.
CORRECT. CORRECT ME. THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING ME.
YES. JUSTICE PERSON. YOU'RE PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO 26-I-52.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU READ THAT AMENDMENT FOR US? SO AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A 12 POINT TEMPORARY TEMPORARY MORATORIUM OF THE APPROVAL OF THE HIGH INTENSITY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGH IMPACT, UTILITY INTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL USE FACILITIES IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF PULASKI COUNTY, PENDING DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE CONSTITUTIONAL USE PERMIT AND NOTICE OF INDUSTRIAL IMPACT AND INTENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK DECLARING EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, NON RETROACTIVITY.
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL NOT APPLY TO PROJECTS THAT A HAVE AN EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICE BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE OR B, HAVE RECEIVED FINAL FINAL COUNTY APPROVALS.
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. JUSTICE PERSON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.
MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION. SECOND. MEMBERS. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.
YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND. ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ITEM 26-I-52? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SORRY.
DO YOU DO YOU DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS? YEAH. I'D LIKE TO SEE. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY THINKS ABOUT THIS LANGUAGE.
QUESTION REGARDING? SORRY. MADAM CLERK. MADAM COUNTY ATTORNEY.
I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT HE JUST WANTS TO KNOW THE LEGALITY OF THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
JUDGE, I CAN ASK. I CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC. OKAY.
THANK YOU. PLEASE BE. I READ THIS OBVIOUSLY WE COULD AMEND THIS MORATORIUM IN THE FUTURE, SO
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I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE ANY HEARTBURN WITH THIS ISSUE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE COULD COME BACK AND ADD SOMETHING, ADD SOME OTHER REGULATION IN THE FUTURE. SO DO YOU THINK THIS IS NECESSARY? YES OR NO? WHEN WHEN YOU SAY, DO I THINK THIS IS NECESSARY? I HAVE TO I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE. THE QUESTION IS A LITTLE IMPROPER FOR ME.IF THE QUORUM COURT DEEMS IT NECESSARY, THEN THAT IS APPROPRIATE.
AS FAR AS THE LEGALITY OF THE AMENDMENT, IT IS A LEGAL CLAUSE TO ADD TO THIS MORATORIUM.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, I DO NOT SEE ANY LEGAL ISSUES WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT SEND OFF WARNING SIGNS FOR ME.
AND YOU ARE CORRECT. SHOULD SOMETHING COME UP IN THE FUTURE AND THE MORATORIUM NEEDS TO BE AMENDED, THAT WOULD BE AT THE PLEASURE OF THIS BODY. JUDGE, I YIELD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES. MR. PERSONS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU. I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT VESTED RIGHTS PAST WEEKS, DAYS, SO FORTH.
AND ALTHOUGH I WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE A MORATORIUM I'M, I'M PLAYING THE HAND, I'M BUILDING.
SO I DO NOT WANT US. SINCE OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY ASSESSING REGULATIONS, I DID NOT WANT ANY COMPANY OR ENTITY OR TO BE EXEMPT OR TO BE EXEMPT FROM ANY REGULATIONS OR TO BE TO NOT ABLE TO HAVE TO NOT BE ABLE TO BE REGULATED. SO THEREFORE THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT.
CAPPS. MISS CAPPS, I WAS ALMOST GOING TO FIRST NAME YOU, MISS CAPPS YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
SO I UNDERSTAND THIS AMENDMENT TO TRY TO CLARIFY THAT ANYONE WHO IS EXEMPT IN THIS CURRENT MORATORIUM WILL NOT BE EXEMPT FROM REGULATIONS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PASS TO RESTRICT THEM OR CONTROL THEIR IMPACT ON OUR ENVIRONMENT. IS THAT, AM I CORRECTLY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT THIS IS TO STRENGTHEN THE MORATORIUM IN SOME WAY? THE AMENDMENT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT ANY ENTITIES THAT FALL UNDER THE RETROACTIVITY CLAUSE, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE MORATORIUM, THE AMENDMENT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THEY MAY BE SUBJECT TO FUTURE REGULATION.
OKAY. SO IF WE WERE TO PASS A REGULATION THAT SAID, YOU CANNOT HAVE YOU CANNOT HAVE YOUR DATA CENTER WITHOUT A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, WITHOUT ADEQUATE FIRE PROTECTION, OR YOU HAVE TO PROVE WATER PROTECTION OR WHATEVER THE ISSUES AT HAND ARE THEY WOULD BE PRIVY TO THOSE REGULATIONS.
AND THIS CLARIFIES THAT. SHOULD THIS BOARD, SHOULD THIS COURT PASS REGULATION THAT THEY INTEND TO APPLY TO ENTITIES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE RETROACTIVITY CLAUSE? YES. YES, YES THEY CAN, THEY CAN BE REGULATED RETROACTIVELY, MEANING THAT EVEN IF THEY ARE FURTHER DOWN THE LINE THAT WE CAN MAKE THESE REGULATIONS APPLY TO THEM.
AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER THESE PARTICULAR REGULATIONS THAT ARE BEING PASSED, AND I'M SPEAKING HYPOTHETICALLY HERE SHOULD APPLY TO AVAIL AT WHATEVER STAGE THEY'RE AT.
IF I CAN OFFER AN EXAMPLE, THIS STAGE ONE THAT THEY'RE IN, WOULD LIKELY NOT COME UNDER NEW REGULATION. ANY FURTHER STAGES? STAGE TWO, THREE OR WHATEVER WOULD COME UNDER FUTURE REGULATION.
BUT THIS EXPLICITLY SAYS THAT THIS BODY, SHOULD WE PASS REGULATIONS, IT WILL APPLY TO THEM.
AND IT SAYS THAT IT'S, NOTHING IN THIS SECTION IS TO BE CONSTRUED THAT THEY WON'T, THAT THEY'RE EXEMPT, THAT THEY'RE EXEMPT. SO IT WILL BE WE'RE HOPING TO TIGHTEN UP THE REGULATORY PARAMETERS.
IT WILL BE THIS BODY'S PREROGATIVE TO DETERMINE TO WHAT EXTENT REGULATION, FUTURE REGULATION WILL APPLY TO ANYONE FALLING UNDER THE RETROACTIVITY CLAUSE.
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SO FOR ME, I AM FOR THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO REGULATE THEM.THIS. THIS CLAUSE EFFECTIVELY PUTS THEM ON NOTICE.
THANK YOU. I YIELD. JUSTICE KEITH, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THE QUESTION.
SO LET ME SEE IF I CAN ASK IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
IS THIS REGULATION AFTER THE FACT? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME.
WE'RE GIVING THEM TELLING THEM YOU CAN BUILD STRUCTURE A, BUT STRUCTURE A IS ALREADY UP AND GOING.
BUT NOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE COUNTY WE, THE QUORUM COURT COMES UP WITH A SET OF GUIDELINES.
AND NOW YOU'VE GOT TO GO BACK AND RETROFIT. YOU'VE GOT TO GO BACK AND AND MAKE YOUR BUILDING CONFORM TO WHATEVER REGULATIONS WE COME TO AT THAT TIME. AM I MISREADING THAT OR MISUNDERSTANDING THAT? NO. JUSTICE KEITH IN YOUR SCENARIO, WHICH IS VERY COMMON IN THESE SCENARIOS, IN THIS SITUATION WHERE A PHASE ONE OF A PROJECT HAS BEGUN AND THEN PHASE TWO BEGINS.
AND WHEN A, WHEN A PHASE TWO OF ANY PROJECT BEGINS, NEW PERMITS, NEW THINGS HAVE TO BE SOUGHT.
THE SCENARIO WE'RE WE'RE FACED WITH HERE IS THAT THIS PHASE ONE OF ANYONE FALLING UNDER THE RETROACTIVITY CLAUSE WOULD LIKELY BE UNREGULATED OR SUBJECT TO THE CURRENT PERMIT CONDITIONS THAT THEY WERE ALREADY UNDER, AND THEN ANY FUTURE PROJECT MODIFICATIONS PHASES WOULD THEN FALL UNDER ANY REGULATION THAT IS IN PLACE BY THIS BOARD.
BUT IF I'M MAYBE I'M MISUNDERSTANDING BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE I'VE GOT A BUILDING THAT'S ALREADY BUILT, BUT I'VE GOT NEW REGULATIONS AND I'M GOING TO GO IN AND AND REQUIRE THEM TO CHANGE IT.
YOU CAN'T REQUIRE ME TO COME BACK IN. WE SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REQUIRE THEM TO COME BACK IN.
I THINK FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM OR FIREWALL, WHATEVER AM I? SO WE'RE DEALING WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES.
OKAY. RIGHT NOW, THE MORATORIUM CREATES THE SUSPENSION, RIGHT? THERE ARE ENTITIES THAT WILL FALL UNDER A RETROACTIVITY CLAUSE, WHICH IT WILL NOT APPLY TO THEM.
THOSE ENTITIES ARE SUFFICIENTLY ON NOTICE THAT ANY FUTURE REGULATION PASSED BY THE QUORUM COURT.
THEY ARE THEY COULD BE SUBJECT TO. NOTHING IS TO BE CONSTRUED AS TO EXEMPT YOU.
OKAY. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BUILDING IN PHASE ONE? PHASE ONE? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE BUILDING THAT'S IN PHASE ONE. SO I SAID THAT TO SAY THIS.
ONCE. YEAH. I SAID THAT TO SAY THIS. ONCE REGULATION IS BEFORE THIS BOARD, THIS QUORUM COURT TO TO PASS OR DENY. THAT IS WHEN THE CONVERSATION CAN BE HAD ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS WILL APPLY TO ENTITIES THAT FELL UNDER THE RETROACTIVITY CLAUSE. WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES IS ENSURE THAT ENTITIES MAY ARE AWARE THAT THEY MAY BE.
THEY MAY BE SUBJECT. OKAY. FAIR ENOUGH. THANK YOU, I YIELD.
I JUST HAVE YEAH. JUDGE. CAN I SAY A WORD? YES.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, THIS PROJECT, THERE'S ONLY ONE PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY BEGUN.
AND SO THEY HAVE BEGUN THEIR PHASE ONE. AND PHASE ONE IS A PROJECT COMPLETE IN AND OF ITSELF.
SO IF IF YOU'RE INTENDING THAT, RIGHT, IF PHASE ONE MEETS THIS CRITERIA, THEN THEY'RE EXEMPT FROM ANY ADDITIONAL RESTRICTION, BUT IF THEY START THEIR PHASE TWO BUILDING, THEN IT IS CERTAINLY SUBJECT TO WHATEVER REGULATION IS IN PLACE AT THAT TIME.
MR. PERSON. I'M TRACKING. YEAH. I'M SORRY. PLEASE, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? NO. SO I WAS HOPING THAT THE AUTHOR WOULD WOULD CLARIFY THAT FOR US.
AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TESTIMONY FROM ANYBODY ELSE.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK HER A QUESTION. GO AHEAD.
MR. PERSON, PLEASE. THANK YOU. I WANT TO LET JUSTICE BLACKWOOD GO.
IN MY OPINION, IT PUTS US IN A BETTER POSITION TO AVOID LITIGATION.
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MEANING IT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THIS PHASE, WHICH SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY, I HOPE, AND WE CAN ALWAYS BE SUED OR ELSE I WOULDN'T HAVE A JOB. I WOULD HOPE IT WOULD PRECLUDE ANY LITIGATION IN THE WAY OF VESTED RIGHTS TAKINGS AND WHATNOT. YES. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SUBMISSION? SOMEWHAT. YES. OKAY. I'M JUST. I'M SORRY. ANYBODY ELSE? ONE MORE THING. SO 2652 IN ITS CURRENT FORM IF IT PASSES, AVAIO WOULD NOT FALL UNDER THE MORATORIUM, AND AVAIO WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY REGULATIONS THAT WOULD, THAT WE WOULD PASS IN A MONTH OR TWO, WHATEVER AVAIO WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE.THERE WOULD NOT BE. THEY WOULD NOT FALL UNDER THOSE REGULATIONS FOR 2026-52 IN ITS CURRENT FORM.
ALL THIS ALL THIS ORDINANCE DOES. NO. I'M OKAY.
I'M SORRY. JUST NOT NOT THE AMENDMENT, NOT THE AMENDMENT.
OKAY. THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED, ALL IT DOES IS CREATE A SUSPENSION FOR ONE YEAR SO THAT REGULATION CAN BE PASSED. IT DOES NOT CONFER ANY RIGHTS. IT DOES NOT SAY THEY WON'T BE EXEMPT FROM FUTURE REGULATION.
IT DOES NOT SAY AVAIO WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO FUTURE REGULATION.
IT DOES NOT SAY THEY GET A FREE PASS EXCEPT FOR PHASE ONE.
WE'LL BE EXEMPT FROM FURTHER REGULATIONS. BECAUSE.
I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND CLEARLY WHAT THEY'RE VOTING FOR WHEN HOWEVER YOU VOTE.
BECAUSE IT WOULD APPEAR BASED ON THE LANGUAGE OF THE RETROACTIVITY CLAUSE, THAT A VO WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE MORATORIUM, MEANING THEY CAN CONTINUE WITH THEIR CURRENT PLAN.
THEY CAN CONTINUE. THAT IS WHAT THIS MORATORIUM DOES.
IT DOES NOT SAY THAT WHEN THEY WANT TO DO A PHASE TWO, A PHASE THREE OR WHATEVER, THAT THEY ARE ALSO GETTING, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, A FREE PASS. ALL RIGHT.
SO AND THIS AMENDMENT. WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES IS CURB IS PUT ANYONE WHO FALLS, SUBJECT TO THE RETROACTIVITY CLAUSE ON NOTICE THAT THEY MAY BE SUBJECT TO FUTURE REGULATION.
NOW, HOW THIS BOARD, HOW THIS COURT DECIDES TO APPLY THAT REGULATION WILL BE FOR, THAT CONVERSATION WILL BE HAD AT THE TIME REGULATIONS ARE BEING CONSIDERED, BUT IT DOES PUT THEM ON NOTICE. EVERYONE WHO FALLS UNDER THE RETROACTIVITY CLAUSE THAT FUTURE REGULATION.
THEY COULD BE SUBJECT TO. I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAY AND WILL POINT OF ORDER. THE ONLY IF I CAN CLARIFY, THE ONLY REASON I SAY MAY IS BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
I FEEL YOU. SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD IN THE FUTURE WILL CONSIDER REGULATION.
YOU WILL DISCUSS IT, YOU WILL ARGUE OVER IT, YOU WILL FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD.
FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT? JUDGE HYDE. MRS. MASSEY. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. PLEASE PULL YOUR MIC DOWN.
THANK YOU. YES. SO I'M GOING TO DRAG THIS CAR A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
SO. CURRENTLY PHASE ONE, AVAIO HAS THEY HAVE A FREE PASS EVEN WITH THIS AMENDMENT BECAUSE WE'RE. SECOND GOING ON GOING FORWARD FOR BUILDING PHASE TWO.
THAT'S FINE THAT THEY MAY FALL UNDER REGULATIONS, BUT CURRENTLY THERE WOULD BE NO REGULATIONS FOR THEM IN PHASE ONE, NO COUNTY REGULATIONS FOR THEM IN PHASE ONE. THEY CAN CONTINUE IT WOULD APPEAR, BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE'VE BEEN GIVEN, THAT THEY FALL UNDER THE RETROACTIVITY CLAUSE, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE MORATORIUM, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE. YOU JUST TOLD ME ALL I NEEDED TO HEAR.
THANK YOU. JUDGE HYDE. I JUST WANT A CLARIFICATION.
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THANK YOU. REGARDLESS, WE STILL WOULD EXPLAIN IT.WE STILL WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW GUIDELINES, REGARDLESS TO THE REGULATIONS.
THE REGULATIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE IN LINE WITH FEDERAL, STATE, ETC..
YES, JUSTICE CURRY AND I, AND I, FORGIVE ME, BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
RIGHT. SO TODAY IS THE MORATORIUM, RIGHT? OKAY.
AND WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO INCLUDE THIS LANGUAGE, OKAY, WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT REGULATIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN WRITTEN AND NOT BEEN APPROVED AND NOT BEEN TESTED. WE'RE NOT THERE YET, I KNOW.
YES, MA'AM. AND IF REGULATIONS ARE COMPLETED, THEY CAN BE COMPLETED.
WE HOPE IT WON'T TAKE A YEAR BECAUSE WE'VE GIVEN SO MANY DAYS FOR THEM TO COME BACK TO US WITH SOME POSSIBLE REGULATIONS. I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT.
THAT WOULD BE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE QUORUM COURT.
THANK YOU. SO AGAIN FOR FOR CLARIFICATION, AND I I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THIS TOO.
SO THERE IS A DEFINITE TIME TO BRING BACK REGULATIONS.
IT'S 12 MONTHS. IF THIS PASSES, THE TIME ON THE MORATORIUM WILL BEGIN CRANKING TOMORROW WHEN WE FILE THIS WITH THE CLERK AND THE PLANNING BOARD. AND THIS BODY WILL HAVE 12 MONTHS TO DEVELOP THESE ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS.
AND THERE WOULD BE THAT 12 MONTH MORATORIUM NOT ONLY GIVES YOU TIME TO DO THAT, BUT IT ALSO PREVENTS ANYONE ELSE FROM FILING AN APPLICATION FOR A FOR A NEW OR ADDITIONAL FACILITY, INCLUDING A PHASE TWO ON THE SAME SITE THAT WAS WORKING ON.
IT'S A GOOD IDEA. AM I, IS EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT.
ARE WE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE? THANKS. CHECKING NOW.
YEAH, SURE. YES. PLEASE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT? THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT? I HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT AND NOT THE.
YEAH, WE WE ARE WE WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING THE ORDINANCE AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE CONSIDERING THE AMEND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE.
OKAY. JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR. AND AS LONG AS THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COURT, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT ONE TO ITEM NUMBER 26-I-52.
MISS MEDLOCK. NO. MR. ELLIOTT. YES. MR. MCCOY.
YES. MR. ROBINSON. YES. MISS YOUNG-BAKER. NO.
MISS WARD. NO. MR.. KEITH. NO.
MR. PERSON. YES. MISS BLACKWOOD. NO. MISS LEWISON.
EIGHT NO, EIGHT NAYS. SIX AYES. SIX YESES. MR. PERSON. YOU FAILED TO PASS YOUR AMENDMENT TO ITEM 26-I [APPLAUSE].
MEMBERS THE GENTLEMAN IN THE FIRST ROW. PLEASE ESCORT HIM OUT OF THE ROOM.
I ALREADY WARNED YOU, SIR. NO EXCEPTIONS. MOVE ON.
YES, SIR. YOU LOOKING LEFT AND RIGHT AND UP AND DOWN.
SIR, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE FELLA IN THE WHITE SHIRT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST ROW AND ESCORT HIM OUT OF THE ROOM? ARE YOU SPEAKING TO ME? SERGEANT AT ARMS. SIGNS.
WE ALL CLAP. SOMEONE ELSE HAD A COMMENT? WELCOME TO JOIN HIM.
I ASKED YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING THAT THIS ISN'T A PARTICIPATORY EVENT.
HERE YOU ALL ARE GUESTS. AND PLEASE HONOR WHAT'S GOING ON AND GIVE US QUIET AND PEACE AND RESPECT.
THANK YOU. NOW, MADAM CLERK, WE'RE TO TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 26-I-52. THE AMENDMENT HAS FAILED.
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ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING 26-I-52 FROM THE COURT.THERE BEING NONE, MADAM. I'VE GOT A QUESTION. YES, SIR.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, MR. KEITH. AND I GUESS THIS IS THIS GOES ALONG WITH THIS.
WHERE'S WHERE'S THE PLANNING BOARD? WE ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT AN ORDINANCE EARLIER IN THE YEAR, AND I THINK WE GAVE THEM, WHAT, 60 OR 90 DAYS TO LOOK AT IT.
DO WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THEM BRINGING SOMETHING BACK TO THE QUORUM COURT? SINCE I DIDN'T MAKE THE MEETING THE OTHER DAY BECAUSE OF WORK, MY UNDERSTANDING THERE, THEY ARE NOT READY. THEY'RE NOT READY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I PASSED. OKAY, I PASSED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COURT REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF 26-I-52? THERE BEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 26-I-52 MISS DAVIS. NO. MISS CAPPS. AYE. MISS LEWISON. NO. MISS BLACKWOOD. NO. MR. PERSON.
NO. MISS MASSEY. NO. MISS CURRY. AYE.
MR. KEITH. NO. MISS WARD. NO. MISS YOUNG-BAKER.
NO. MR.. ROBINSON. PRESENT. MR.. MCCOY.
YES. MR.. ELLIOTT. NO. MISS MEDLOCK. NO.
[INAUDIBLE] GET IT CLEANED UP. [INAUDIBLE] THREE YESES.
ONE PRESENT. JUSTICE CURRY. YOU FAILED TO PASS YOUR ORDINANCE.
GOOD LUCK NEXT TIME. THAT COMPLETES THE BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS HERE AT THE BAR? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
[Announcements]
JUSTIN, WE DO NEED AN ORDINANCE FOR THIS MORATORIUM.SO I KNOW WE CAN'T BRING A PAST ONE BACK, SO WE DO NEED TO REWRITE ONE.
CAN IT BE CLOSE TO A PREVIOUS ONE? YES. OKAY.
WELL, I'LL GET WITH YOU TOMORROW AND WE CAN START WORKING ON THAT.
ALREADY MEETING WITH HIM. AND I WILL DO SO ALSO.
SO SO SO YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. GO AHEAD. PLEASE PULL THE MICROPHONE TO YOUR.
I JUST WANT TO. ASK JUSTIN IF IT IS POSSIBLE.
AND SO I PERSONALLY LEFT THINKING ABOUT WANTING TO.
WHAT DOES IT REALLY FEEL LIKE TO BE ON THE CAMPUS OF A DATA CENTER? IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD RESEARCH A DATA CENTER FOR THIS BODY TO GO FOR WHETHER IT BE AT OUR OWN EXPENSE, BUT OR AS A COLLECTIVE BODY OR IF THE COUNTY HAS TRAVEL EXPENSES THAT COULD ALLOW US TO GO, BUT SOMETHING THAT IS ON THE SAME SCALE AS AVAIO.
YES, I CAN DO THAT. AND TO BE CLEAR, SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ACCESS TO A DATA CENTER LIKE A TOUR SIMILAR IN SIZE, SCALE AND DESIGN. YES. OKAY. YES. AND I ACTUALLY HAVE LOOKED INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT MISS YOUNG-BAKER AND IT, I GUESS IT'S POSSIBLE IT'S NOT. YOU DON'T JUST GET TO WALK INTO A DATA CENTER AND DO TOURS.
AND WE CAN DISCUSS IF YOU GUYS WANT TO ADD TRAVEL FUNDS IN THERE TO GO AS A COLLECTIVE.
AND I WOULD AIM TO DO IT REGIONALLY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO HALFWAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
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I MEAN, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF PROBABLY THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST AS FAR AS A REGIONAL MODEL.OKAY. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE BODY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING? I, I HAVE ANOTHER I HAVE ANOTHER IDEA AS WELL.
OKAY. I LIKE TO SHARE THAT WE WOULD ALSO, SINCE WE HAVE THE RESOURCES WITH NACO THAT WE'VE TALKED, WE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHEN WE WERE IN NEW ORLEANS THAT WE IDENTIFIED.
THAT COULD BE SOME LIKELY PEOPLE WE COULD BRING IN, EVEN ON ZOOM, AND THAT WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE TO BRING SOME PEOPLE AND BRING A COLLECTIVE GROUP TO LOOK AT ONES THAT HAVE NOT MAYBE NOT DONE AS WELL, BUT THOSE HAVE THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
AND I KNOW IN NEW JERSEY THEY'VE HAD THEM FOR A WHILE AND THEY NOW HAVE NEW APPLICATIONS.
SO THAT WOULD BE A LESS EXPENSIVE WAY TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR CONCERNS TO BRING A PANEL IN THAT WAY.
SO WHY DON'T WHY DON'T YOU ALL LET YOUR, YOUR INITIATOR COME UP WITH SOME OPTIONS FOR YOU AND YOU CAN TAKE THEM UP IN THE AGENDA COMMITTEE, FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH YOU NEED AND WHERE YOU CAN FIND IT AND COME TO A DECISION AT THAT TIME.
CAN YOU ALL CAN YOU DO THAT FOR HIM? JUSTIN? OKAY, I'LL DO MY BEST.
THANK YOU. THANKS, JUSTIN. MISS MEDLOCK. THANK YOU.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO. [INAUDIBLE] DID YOU JUST BREAK THE MICROPHONE? NO. I JUST KIND OF WANT TO SEE IF I CAN PIGGYBACK ON WHAT JUSTICE CURTIS, KEITH HAD ASKED EARLIER ABOUT WHERE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS WITH REGULATIONS, AND IF WE CAN MAYBE HAVE AN INPUT OR SUGGESTIONS WITH THE REGULATIONS, WITH THE PLANNING COMMITTEE.
SO I THINK THE PLANNING BOARD HAS MET THREE TIMES, MOSTLY WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
YEAH. SUCCESSFULLY. SO THEY HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO WORK ON ANYTHING.
AND I GET THAT. I GUESS I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO IF THE IDEA OF THESE DATA CENTERS PROVIDING THEIR OWN ELECTRICITY HAS EVER BEEN BROUGHT UP, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA AND WOULD LIKE TO JUST KIND OF THROW THAT OUT THERE.
YEAH. THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I YIELD. JUDGE HYDE.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? I DO. JUSTIN, CAN WE FORMALLY REQUEST THAT WE HEAR FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE IN PROGRESS SO THAT WE LIKE, RECORD LIKE AN UPDATE AS FAR AS WHERE THEY'RE AT.
YES. I WILL REACH OUT TO MR. CRANER AND HAVE THEM GIVE AN UPDATE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, JUSTIN, REQUEST MR. CRANER PROVIDE US WITH A WRITTEN REPORT. THAT IS NOT MY REQUEST.
I WOULD LIKE THEM TO COME TO THE BOARD. COME TO THE QUORUM COURT.
OKAY. THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO REQUEST THAT.
ANNOUNCEMENTS? THERE BEING NONE MOVES US ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. TO HAND THOSE OVER. ARE YOU GOING TO HANDLE IT FOR ME
[Public Comment ]
OR. [INAUDIBLE] SO, JUSTIN, ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP OUR TIME? THREE MINUTES ON COMMENTS. YES, SIR.DUSTIN SCHREINER I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. IS THAT CORRECT? OH [INAUDIBLE]. OH WAIT A MINUTE. NOW YOU'VE GOT IT.
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OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE. I'M GOING OUT OF THE WAY.THIS MORATORIUM SHOULD HAVE BEEN VOTED DOWN. Y'ALL DID THE RIGHT THING BY DOING SO.
IT WAS DONE SO PURPOSEFULLY TO PREVENT ANY REAL RESTRICTIONS ACTUALLY BEING IMPOSED ON AVAIO.
WE ANTICIPATE LITIGATION. THAT IS THE PURPOSE.
LITIGATION WILL AT LEAST STOP THEM. AND IF THAT.
AND THAT IS BETTER THAN NOTHING. PHASE ONE IS BEING SPOKE ABOUT AS IF IT IS DONE.
IT IS IN THE PROCESS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EARTHWORK. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIRT WORK. WE'RE STILL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING UTILITIES TO THIS PLACE. IT IS NOT A DONE DEAL. IT CAN BE RESTRICTED, IT CAN BE IMPEDED. AND WE EXPECT YOU TO DO IT ON OUR BEHALF.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME. Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
THANK YOU. LYNN FOSTER. IS LYNN FOSTER STILL. OH, THERE YOU GO.
JUSTICES, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND THANK YOU FOR NOT PASSING THE TONIGHT'S MORATORIUM.
YOU HAVE A SECOND OPPORTUNITY. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL RELY ON EXPERTS, NOT JUST FROM THE COMPANIES WHO WANT DATA CENTERS. DATA CENTERS ARE EXTREMELY COMPLEX AND TECHNICAL.
JUST VISITING A DATA CENTER WILL BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S ENOUGH TO GET YOU THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, THOUGH, THAT YOU WILL NEED.
AND WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THOSE EXPERTS, PLEASE TALK TO FOLKS WHO WILL BE ADVOCATING FOR THE PEOPLE OF WRIGHTSVILLE BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES BEING GREATLY DIMINISHED.
AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ROLLING BLACKOUTS. HOW IS THIS GOING TO AFFECT DATA CENTERS? THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN ELECTRICITY AND THEY SHOULD NOT TAKE FIRST PRIORITY OVER OUR ELECTRICITY NEEDS.
AGAIN, I THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS FOSTER.
CHERI GLEBER. GLEBER. G L E B E R. LAVINIA BELL.
I'VE NEVER SPOKEN BEFORE YOU, BUT THANK YOU, QUORUM COURT, AND THANK YOU FOR VOTING DOWN THAT HORRENDOUS WOULD HAVE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MORATORIUM FOR. I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SPEAK OF.
I DEAL WITH IT DAILY. I HAVE A 100 YEAR OLD FARM.
I GIVE FOOD AND PRODUCE TO FOOD BANKS. I GIVE PRODUCE, FRESH PRODUCE TO HIGGINS COMMUNITY CENTER THAT GIVES OUT FOOD BOXES TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE NEEDY. I SELL TO THE ARKANSAS FOOD BANK WE HAVE PRODUCED, WE WORK WITH MANY FARMERS IN THE AREA.
WE HAVE GIVEN OVER 200,000 MEALS, PROVIDE OVER 200,000 MEALS TO THE NEEDY.
I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT ARKANSAS IS NUMBER ONE IN FOOD INSECURITY IN THE NATION.
WE USUALLY IT'S USUALLY MISSISSIPPI, BUT THIS YEAR IT'S US.
THIS IS HARD TO SAY BECAUSE WE WORK HARD. WE HAVE BEES.
WE HAVE CHICKENS. I KNOW I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH.
WHEN I SAW THE AD ABOUT THIS DATA CENTER, I DID INTENSIVE RESEARCH.
OUR LEGACY WILL BE GONE. OUR LEGACY WILL JUST BE GONE.
DATA CENTERS ARE IN GREAT DEMAND FOR ENERGY. THEY NEED WATER.
THEY NEED ELECTRICITY. AND THE POWER GRID IS JUST NOT ENOUGH.
JUST TODAY. AND I KNOW YESTERDAY ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY WAS TURNED OFF FROM 8:30 TO ABOUT TWO-ISH.
MY GRANDMOTHER, MY MOTHER, WHO WAS 96 YEARS OLD, HAD COME TO MY HOUSE BECAUSE I DID HAVE AIR FOR HER, WITH THE TEMPERATURE BEING 110 DEGREES OUTSIDE.
TODAY MY ELECTRICITY WENT OUT. THE HOT 105 DEGREES OUTSIDE.
THEY'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE, BUT OF COURSE, THEY'RE DOING IT NOW BECAUSE OF THE DATA CENTER.
THANK YOU FOR VOTING THIS DOWN. I HOPE THAT YOU KEEP THIS IN MIND THAT YOU ARE AFFECTING PEOPLE, REAL PEOPLE, AND WE LOVE WHERE WE LIVE. IF YOU'RE EVER IN THE AREA, WSBS FARMS STANDS FOR WELLNESS SUSTAINABLE BOUNTIFUL ZONED FARMS. YOU CAN LOOK US UP ONLINE.COM,
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WE WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WE WORK FOR THE PEOPLE.W S, B AS IN BOY, Z AS IN ZOO FARMS WITH AN S.COM.
PLEASE GOOGLE US PLEASE. WE'RE THERE, WE'RE HERE.
THAT'S WHAT WE LIVE. DON'T TAKE IT AWAY, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
I'M SORRY. I TURNED TO MY OWN MIC OFF. AUBREY BUCHANAN.
GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, I AM DEFINITELY AGAINST THE DATA CENTERS.
MY NAME IS AUBREY BUCHANAN. I'M A US NAVY COMBAT VETERAN AND MOTHER AND ARKANSAS NATIVE.
I'M A CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE. AND I'M HERE TO PROVIDE NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE TO USCS RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, AS WELL AS RULE 17 AND RULE 20 FROM THE US SUPREME COURT.
THE US CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES [INAUDIBLE] LAND.
YET IT'S HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND FAMILY AND JUVENILE COURT ACROSS THIS NATION, CHILDREN ARE BEING REMOVED FROM THEIR PARENTS, NOT FOR ABUSE, NOT FOR DANGER, BUT FOR PROFIT UNDER TITLE IV AND TITLE IV.
E FEDERAL FUNDING. STATES AND COUNTIES RECEIVE FINANCIAL.
CAN YOU PAUSE FOR JUST A SECOND? YES. I'M GETTING.
I'M GETTING THE WAVE. THIS THING'S LIKE CUTTING OUT.
OKAY. CAN YOU TURN MINE OFF? OKAY. SO YOU TURN THAT ON. OH, THE LEFT MIC. ALL RIGHT.
NOT FOR ABUSE, NOT FOR DANGER, BUT FOR PROFIT.
UNDER TITLE IVV AND TITLE IVE FEDERAL FUNDING, STATES AND COUNTIES RECEIVE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TIED TO REMOVE, SEPARATE AND ADOPT CHILDREN. THIS MEANS A SYSTEM PROFITS FOR FAMILIES ARE TORN APART.
A FEDERAL PIPELINE OF MONEY HAS RETURNED OUR CHILDREN INTO FINANCIAL COMMODITIES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS NOT CONSPIRACY. THIS IS A CONFIDED FEDERAL FUNDING.
IT IS TRUE THAT A PORTION OF THIS COUNTY'S BUDGET CONTRIBUTES TO THE OPERATION OF VARIOUS COURTS PARTICIPATING IN UNLAWFUL REMOVAL OF CHILDREN FROM FIT, LOVING AND HEALTHY PARENTS WITH DUE PROCESS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW, WITHOUT JURY TRIALS, WITHOUT EVIDENCE.
WHEN PROFIT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INCLUDING JUDGES, ATTORNEYS AND COUNTY CLERKS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ANY OTHER COUNTY FUNDED AGENCIES KNOWINGLY OR ILLEGALLY DEPRIVED CITIZENS OF THEIR RIGHTS AND THEIR INSECURITIES AND PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION.
THE FEDERAL CRIME UNDER 18 U.S.C. 2420 2242. WHEN TWO OR MORE AGENCIES TO OPERATE UNDER THE COLOR OF LAW TO DEPRIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF THEIR RIGHTS, THEY BECOME CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY UNDER 18 U.S.C.
22241 WHEN THE STATE ACTORS FIVE INDIVIDUALS OF RIGHTS IN EXCHANGE FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL GAIN, SUCH AS CONDUCT, CONDUCT INSTITUTE'S UNLAWFUL EMOLUMENT UNDER ARTICLE ONE, SECTION TEN.
THIS IS ALSO A PATTERN OF RIGHTS BASED EXPLOITATION IN WHICH, IN MANY CASES UNDER KIDNAPING, BRIBERY, EXTORTION, SOMETIMES MURDER OTHERWISE KNOWN AS RICO.
UNDER TITLE 18 USC FOR MISSING PRISON OF FELONY, WHOEVER IS MADE AWARE OF FEDERAL CRIMES AND FAILS TO REPORT IT TO PROPER AUTHORITIES IS COMMITTING A SEPARATE FELONY. IGNORING THIS IS NOT AN OPTION, BUT A LAW REQUIRES ACTION.
AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU SWORE TO AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION BECAUSE THIS COMMISSION ALLOCATES FUNDING AND ENABLES THESE COURTS AND STATES ACTORS TO OPERATE, CONTINUING TO FUND THESE OR UNCONSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE OR RECEIVE NOTICE IN PLACES, THE COMMISSION AT RISK OF BEING IMPLEMENTED ON THE ONGOING VIOLATIONS.
WHERE I CALL ON YOU TO IMMEDIATELY WITHHOLD ANY COUNTY FUNDS TO SUPPORT ENABLE THESE ACTIONS UNDER COMPLIANCE WITH THE US CONSTITUTION AS RESTORED IN EVERY CHILD THAT REMOVED UNLAWFULLY HIS RETURN TO THEIR RESPECTIVE HOMES.
ARKANSAS IS TRAFFICKING VETERANS CHILDREN. ARKANSAS FAMILY COURT FRAUD MATTERS.
OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT FOR SALE. VETERANS CHILDREN ARE NOT FOR SALE.
ARKANSAS IS KIDNAPING, TRAFFICKING, VIOLATING, ENSLAVING AND WEAPONIZING, TERRORIZING, SEXUALIZING, ENDANGERING, TRAUMATIZING OUR CHILDREN. NO SYSTEM HAS A PROFIT FROM CAN PROFIT FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF FAMILIES AND MORAL CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY EXISTS.
WHO. I NEED TO SERVE THIS TO. THANK YOU MA'AM.
GOOD NIGHT. WHO DO I SERVE THIS TO? YOU'VE BEEN SERVED.
THANK YOU. IS ROBIN DEES HERE? I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SAYING THAT.
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WELCOME, MISS DEESE. THANK YOU. SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR VOTING AGAINST THE MORATORIUM AND DOING SOME MORE RESEARCH.I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUICK STATEMENTS. LAST WEEK AT THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING, ENTERGY WAS THERE AND THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH MISO AND THE NORTH AMERICAN ELECTRIC RELIABILITY CORPORATION.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT LAST YEAR, THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION JOINED OTHER STATES IN A COMPLAINT AGAINST MISO, THE STATE'S CLAIM THAT MISO HEAVILY INFLATED THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS WHILE UNDERESTIMATING THE ACTUAL COST.
THEY ALSO COMPLAIN HOW THIS DEBT WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO RATEPAYERS.
THE NORTH AMERICAN RELIABILITY CORPORATION RECENTLY, LIKE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, ISSUED A LEVEL THREE ESSENTIAL ACTION ALERT THAT TARGETS TRANSMISSION PLANNERS, TRANSMISSION OPERATORS AND BALANCING AUTHORITIES.
THIS, THIS COMING FROM AVAIO OR GOOGLE OR WHICHEVER DATA CENTER OR IS THIS LIKE A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT'S AFFILIATED WITH THEM? DO WE KNOW? NO. OKAY. HAVE EITHER ONE OF THEM ALREADY APPLIED FOR THEIR FEDERAL AIR PERMITS? MA'AM, THIS ISN'T A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION. IT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO TO SPEAK YOUR MIND.
OKAY, WELL, I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET SOME INFORMATION, SO.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SHARON LEONARD.
WELCOME, MISS LEONARD. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE NO VOTE ON THE MORATORIUM, ALTHOUGH I DO THINK WE NEED ONE WITHOUT EXCLUSIONS.
MY SUBJECT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. I'VE HEARD NO MENTION OF REQUIRED PERMITS FOR THESE DATA CENTERS.
NOT ON AVAIO, BUT I DO KNOW ABOUT THE GOOGLE DATA CENTER ON 4.6.
THEY APPLIED FOR A STANDARD PERMIT WITH US CORPS ARMY OF ENGINEERS, BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT'S A WETLAND OVER A HALF ACRE HAS TO GO THROUGH THE STANDARD PERMITTING PROCESS, WHICH IS DETAILED AND TIME CONSUMING.
BUT I WAS INFORMED ON JUNE 23RD THAT THE PERMIT WAS WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT.
WHERE THE NEEDED WATER WILL BE PULLED FROM, AND WHERE THE RECYCLED WATER WILL BE DISCHARGED.
IF THE PROPOSAL IS TO PULL FROM THE BUSCH BIO, I WOULD REQUEST THAT AN INSTREAM FLOW ASSESSMENT BE CONDUCTED THAT PERTAINS TO THE PROPOSED SITE. IF THE PROPOSAL IS TO FILL AND IMPACT THE 16 ACRES OF WETLAND, THEN WHAT MITIGATION IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THESE IMPACTS? OUR PLANS FOR AN ENDANGERED SPECIES ASSESSMENT TO BE CONDUCTED FOR THIS AREA.
THERE SHOULD ALSO BE AN ACOUSTIC AND AIR ASSESSMENT FOR WILDLIFE AND THE PUBLIC.
I WOULD LIKE THE QUORUM COURT AND PUBLIC TO BE PROVIDED WITH ANSWERS TO THESE CONCERNS.
THESE SHOULD BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH LEGAL PERMITS, NOT JUST WITH DATA CENTER STATEMENTS.
I'M ASKING YOU IF APPROVED PERMITS WILL BE INCLUDED AS A REQUIREMENT IN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
ONCE WETLANDS AND ENDANGERED SPECIES AT THIS SITE ARE DESTROYED, THEY CAN NEVER BE REPLACED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MA'AM. VALERIE HART. SHE'S PULLED HERS.
IS VALERIE HART STILL HERE? SHE PULLED UP, PULL HERS.
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SHE'S SHE'S SHE'S GONE. NO, SHE'S. SHE PULLED HERS.OH. NICOLE DESIDERIO. IS THAT CLOSE? THANK YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR VOTING THAT DOWN.
MY NAME IS NICOLE DESIDERIO. YOU WERE CLOSE. BETTER THAN WHAT MOST DO.
SO GOOD JOB. HOWEVER, I DIDN'T COME WITH QUESTIONS.
I'VE REALLY SEEN ALL I NEED TO SEE. I'VE WENT TO A COUPLE OF THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND WHAT I'M HEARING ISN'T GOOD, AND I'M NOT BUYING THAT THIS IS GOING TO DO WELL.
I'M NOT BUYING WHAT ANYBODY'S SELLING ME ON ON THIS, THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY.
I'M NOT. WHAT WITH 70 JOBS? 70 JOBS. THAT DOESN'T IMPRESS ME.
IT DOESN'T IMPRESS THE CITIZENS AND IT DOESN'T GET US EXCITED.
BUT REALLY, IF I, I CAN'T REALLY TURN THIS MICROPHONE AROUND, BUT THIS IS REALLY FOR THEM.
AND MY QUESTION IS, IS HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF A STORY ABOUT A DOG ON A NAIL? IT'S ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN NOVEMBER.
AND TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE REALLY IN FAVOR OF THIS AND NOT WANTING TO PUT A PAUSE ON THIS.
I'M PARTICULARLY LOOKING AT Y'ALL. AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS, ONE TIME THERE WAS THIS DOG AND IT WAS IN A SIT ON A PORCH AND IT WAS HOLLERING AND IT WAS CRYING, AND IT WAS MAKING A HELL OF A LOT OF NOISE.
AND THIS PERSON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HEARD IT, AND IT WALKS UP TO THE MAN ON THE PORCH SITTING WITH THE DOG AND SAYS, HEY, MAN, YOUR DOG'S CRYING. HE SAID, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. MY DOG IS CRYING.
WELL, HE'S KEEPING MY KIDS UP. IT'S MAKING NOISE.
DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS DOG. I'M TIRED OF HEARING IT CRYING, HE SAID, YOU'RE RIGHT. MY DOG IS MAKING A LOT OF NOISE, BUT THERE ISN'T ANYTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT. THIS DOG IS GOING TO KEEP CRYING. WHY IS THE DOG CRYING? WHY CAN'T YOU DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT? I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, SIR, BECAUSE THIS DOG IS SITTING ON A NAIL.
WELL, IF THE DOG IS SITTING ON A NAIL, WHY DON'T IT GET UP? BECAUSE IT'S NOT HURTING THEM BAD ENOUGH YET.
SO MY QUESTION TO EVERYBODY IN PULASKI COUNTY IS, ARE YOU GOING TO WAIT FOR YOUR WATER, YOUR WATER PRESSURE TO GO OUT? ARE YOU GOING TO WAIT FOR YOUR WATER TO BE POLLUTED? BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT EVERYBODY IN THE HEIGHTS.
THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT EVERYBODY IN WEST LITTLE ROCK, WHERE YOU THINK IT WON'T BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHITENESS IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US, RIGHT? THAT'S SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US FROM EVERYTHING, RIGHT? KEEP IT RESPECTFUL. LET'S MOVE ON. I HAVEN'T EVEN GOT CLOSE TO DISRESPECTFUL, SIR.
I'M JUST POINTING OUT FACTS, AND IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE AS IT IS.
IT'S JUST AS UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME TO SIT HERE IN A MINUTE AS IT IS FOR YOU TO HEAR IT.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK IN THAT MIRROR AND WE TELL THE TRUTH.
SO MY QUESTION TO PULASKI COUNTY, TO LITTLE ROCK AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT IS INVOLVED IN THESE DATA CENTERS FOR OR AGAINST IT, WHATEVER, WHAT MY QUESTION IS, IS, IS IT HURTING YOU BAD ENOUGH YET? DO YOU WANT TO WAIT WHEN YOU'VE LOST YOUR HEARING? BECAUSE THEN IT'LL BE TOO LATE. SO WE'RE GOING TO REMEMBER THAT IN NOVEMBER.
AND I WANT ALL OF Y'ALL TO HEAR THAT. THANKS.
THANK YOU MA'AM. AND MA'AM, FOR YOUR INFORMATION, JUST A LITTLE CIVICS LESSON.
THESE PEOPLE ARE UP HERE WORKING FOR YOU, TRYING TO GATHER THE FACTS AND MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
THE COUNTY JUDGE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A VOTE. JUST REMEMBER THAT.
THANK YOU. HOW ABOUT THECIA DAY? IS THECIA DAY HERE? YES. YES. YES. YES YES YES, YES, I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME.
HOW DO YOU SAY YOUR NAME WHEN YOU GET UP THERE? I'M SORRY.
IT'S THE TEASSAR. TEASSAR. YES. I ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY.
I JUST NEED I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME QUESTIONS.
WHEN YOU WHEN THIS DATA CENTER IS BUILT ARE WE, THEY'RE GOING TO REZONE THAT AREA.
I AM A CITIZEN OF 145TH STREET. AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW, IS IT GOING TO BE REZONED, AND IF SO, WHICH WILL BE? WE WILL BE LITTLE ROCK, OR ARE WE A SOMETHING ELSE?
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I WANTED TO KNOW CODING. NOW, I KNOW IN THAT AREA THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC AS FAR AS ACTUALLY A LOT OF DIGNITARIES GOING TO BE COMING THROUGH THERE FROM THE AIRPORT, LOOKING AT THE SYSTEM BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A NEW FACILITY.AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO HOW ARE YOU ALL GOING TO HANDLE OUR AREA? AS FAR AS I'M QUITE SURE Y'ALL DON'T LOOK AT US AS SCHNALL, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU ALL LOOK AT US AS KIND OF A DOWN, YOU KNOW, HERE.
WE LIVE IN THE COUNTRY AND COUNTRY PEOPLE DO COUNTRY THINGS.
AND ARE WE GOING TO HAVE AN ORDINANCE WHERE WE IT'S GOING TO BE SO INTENSE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING THERE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM TRYING TO GET THEIR PROPERTY UP TO STANDARD TO GET THEIR PROPERTY WHERE IT. AND I'M QUITE SURE THESE THESE DIGNITARIES THAT COME FROM CHINA OR WHATEVER, YOU BRING THEM IN, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO COME THROUGH THERE. AND WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH NOW, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
AND I WANT TO KNOW, IS IT GOING TO BE TO THE POINT THAT IT'S GOING TO CAUSE OUR CITIZENS HARDSHIP TO GET OUR PROPERTY AT A CERTAIN CODING LEVEL? SO THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY. THANK YOU MA'AM.
BRITTANY WALKER. BRITTANY WALKER HERE. WELCOME, MISS WALKER.
SO I DON'T KNOW THE POLITICS SIDE OF IT OR WHO VOTES FOR WHAT.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE BIG ISSUE IS [INAUDIBLE] THE COUNTY CAN BE SUED, YOU KNOW.
TO ME, IT'S LIKE IT SHOULD BE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT LIKE I STATED WHEN I CAME UP HERE BEFORE, MY MAIN CONCERN IS ENERGY. I SENT EVERYONE AN EMAIL BECAUSE WE'RE CAUSING A PICKLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY ENERGY IS DOING THE PLANNED CIRCUIT UPGRADE.
IS IT TO BENEFIT GOOGLE OR AVAIO? I DON'T KNOW.
I'M IN BETWEEN BOTH OF THEM. SO LIKE I STATED TO YOU ALL, DESPITE OF WHAT YOU MAY THINK, I AM ONE THAT GREW UP WHERE WE CALL THE COUNTRY, I CHOSE TO MOVE BACK TO THE COUNTRY BECAUSE IT MADE SENSE TO ME.
I DIDN'T WANT TO PAY HIGH HOA FEES. I WANTED MY KIDS TO HAVE SPACE WHERE THEY CAN RUN, RUN WILD.
SO THE THING OF IT IS ENERGY. YOU GUYS GOOD PARTNER THAT COMMUNICATES SO EFFICIENTLY WITH SOME OF YOU, THEY'VE SENT OUT MISCOMMUNICATION. FOR ONE, I GET A COMMUNICATION FRIDAY MORNING.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OUTAGE. I'M A REMOTE EMPLOYEE.
I DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY TO GO SIT AT STARBUCKS AND WORK BECAUSE I DEAL WITH PHI IN HIPAA.
TO 11 A.M. HOWEVER, THEY'RE CALLING TELLING US IT'S GOING TO BE FROM 8:30 A.M.
TO 2:00 PM. WHICH ONE IS IT? SO WE'RE ALREADY GETTING ON A ROCKY START WHEN THESE DATA CENTERS COME INTO OUR AREAS AND WE'RE HAVING ENERGY ISSUES, WHO IS GOING TO GIVE US SOME TRANSPARENCY? I'M PRETTY SURE. DID. DID NOBODY KNOW IN PULASKI COUNTY ABOUT THIS OUTAGE UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING LIKE WE DID? SO DO WE NOT HAVE DO WE NOT GET ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE PROPER ACCOMMODATIONS? NOT ONLY THAT, LUCKY FOR ME, I GET THE BOTH BOTH ENDS OF THE STICK.
I HAVE FAMILY AND PROPERTY IN COLLEGE STATION.
JULY THE 1ST WE HAD A POWER OUTAGE. CALL ENERGY.
GUESS WHAT THEY TOLD US. THIRD PARTY LIABILITY.
THEY'RE NOT GIVING US ANY. LIKE SOMEONE SAID, WE NEVER GOT ANYTHING.
THEY'RE NOT JUST COMING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS GIVING US NEW UPGRADES FOR NOTHING.
I DO LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU HAD. LET'S GO OUT AND SEE A DATA CENTER.
I WOULD SUGGEST MEMPHIS. STOP AT THE CORNER STORES.
SEE A RESIDENT OUT WALKING. ASK THEM HOW HAS THIS IMPACTED YOU? BECAUSE A ZOOM CALL IS NOT GOING TO DO IT. AND I DIGRESS.
THANK YOU, MISS WALKER. I'M GOING TO TRY WITH THIS ONE IS KATIE
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KORNREICH. YES. WELCOME, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR VOTING THAT DOWN. MY NAME IS KATIE KORNREICH.WE HAVE COME WITH FACTS. YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF FACTS, AND YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF TRUTHS, AND YOU'VE HEARD OF TRUTHS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, BUT THAT DOESN'T REALLY SEEM TO CARE. SOME OF YOU DON'T SEEM TO CARE.
SOME OF YOU DON'T SEEM BOTHERED BY IT. AT THIS POINT THIS IS NOT ABOUT MONEY OR IT SHOULDN'T BE.
THIS IS ABOUT OUR LIVES AND THIS IS ABOUT OUR NATURAL STATE.
OUR WORLD IS LITERALLY ON FIRE. WE HAVE RECORD HEAT.
THE WORLD HAS RECORD OUTAGES OF EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED.
WE ARE IN A DROUGHT. DOES THIS NOT KEEP SOME OF YOU UP AT NIGHT? BECAUSE IT SHOULD. IT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT BECAUSE I WORRY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A PLANET.
THIS SHOULDN'T BE ABOUT LINING YOUR POCKETS OR ANY COMPANY FOR THAT MATTER.
THIS IS ABOUT KEEPING ARKANSAS SAFE AND KEEPING ARKANSAS, ARKANSAS RESIDENTS HEALTHY AND HAPPY.
AND YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THAT. IF NOT, SHAME ON YOU.
THANK YOU MA'AM. ALICIA WATSON. WELCOME, MA'AM.
THE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT A MORATORIUM WRITTEN BY ENTERGY.
WE WANT A CLEAN MORATORIUM THAT HAS EVERYBODY COMING IN AT THE SAME LEVEL.
I'VE BEEN HERE ALL SUMMER WITH YOU. I'M AN OT.
THOSE ARE MY KIDS. I'M GOING BACK ON THURSDAY.
I WANT TO EXPLICITLY CORRECT THAT MISINFORMATION TONIGHT.
NEITHER ACT 851 OF 2023, THE ARKANSAS DATA CENTERS ACT, NOR EITHER OF ITS SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT 173 OR 174 PREVENT THIS MUNICIPALITY OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FROM ADOPTING FROM ADOPTING A MORATORIUM.
THAT WAS THE LIE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER.
NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VESTED INTERESTS. LEGAL PRECEDENT IS CLEAR.
IF AN INDUSTRY POSES AN UNSTUDIED THREAT TO OUR LOCAL DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES, OUR AIR QUALITY AND OUR GRID STABILITY, IT IS YOUR LEGAL OBLIGATION TO STEP IN AND TIGHTEN THE RULES.
YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT. YOUR JOB IS TO REPRESENT THE EVERYDAY CONSTITUENTS, NOT ENTERGY, NOT THE WATER COMPANY, NOT JAY CHESHIRE, NOT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
WE'RE WANTING YOU TO BRING BACK. BRING BACK THE BLACKWOOD GRIFFIN MORATORIUM.
ONE THAT HAS AVAIO NOT CARVED OUT. LET'S PASS THAT MORE, THAT TEMPORARY MORATORIUM, AND GIVE THE CITY WHAT IT NEEDS TO BUILD A LEGAL SHIELD THAT PUTS SAFETY AND FINANCIAL WELL-BEING OF OUR CITIZENS FIRST.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. MR. GRIFFIN. WELCOME. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, JUDGE. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THEY DON'T HAVE BABIES. THEY DON'T HAVE PARENTS.
THEY NEVER GO TO AN ICU OR TO A HOSPITAL. DON'T GO TO SCHOOL.
THEY'RE CALLED DATA CENTERS. THEY DON'T BUY GROCERIES.
THEY DON'T PAY TAXES BECAUSE THEY GET TAX BREAKS.
THEY'RE CALLED DATA CENTERS. OH, BY THE WAY, THEY DON'T PRODUCE THOUSANDS OF PERMANENT JOBS.
70 IS NOT THOUSANDS. EVERY THIRD GRADER KNOWS THAT.
SO LET'S BE VERY CLEAR. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR HEALTH AND OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT STOCK OPTIONS AND BALANCE SHEETS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BIRTH DATES AND LIVES. AND IF WE DON'T MAKE
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THAT THE FIRST PRIORITY, WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED WRONG.ONE OF MY FAVORITE THEOLOGIANS IS DIETRICH BONHOEFFER, WHO SAID, IF YOU GET IF YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY ON A TRAIN, IT DOES NO GOOD TO RUN BACKWARDS ON THE SAME TRAIN.
IF THE TRAIN IS GOING THE WRONG WAY, RUNNING BACKWARD DOESN'T DO YOU ANY GOOD.
WE NEED TO ADMIT THIS WAS THE WRONG TRAIN IN THE FIRST PLACE.
IT WASN'T THE WRONG TRAIN BECAUSE THE WRONG PEOPLE GOT IT.
IT WAS JUST THE WRONG TRAIN. NOW THE NEXT QUESTION IS, HOW CAN WE DO THIS RIGHT? MORATORIUM IS ONE STEP, SERIOUS RIGOROUS REGULATION'S NEXT STEP.
JUSTICE BLACKWOOD ON THE 12TH OF MAY PUT TOGETHER REGULATIONS.
WE'RE TWO MONTHS OUT. WE COULD HAVE HAD A REGULATION THAT WOULD HAVE REGULATED THIS TWO MONTHS AGO.
BUT THE BALL WAS KICKED DOWN THE ROAD. HOW MUCH LONGER WILL WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS BODY TO DO WHAT IT COULD HAVE DONE TWO MONTHS AGO? JUSTICE WARD HAD A MORATORIUM ORDINANCE TWO MONTHS AGO.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN IN PLACE. IT WOULDN'T. IT DIDN'T DIDN'T EXEMPT AVAIO.
WE COULD HAVE ELECTED, ADOPTED IT, BUT IT WAS KICKED DOWN BECAUSE ENTERGY WANTED IT KICKED DOWN.
I GOT THE EMAIL MESSAGE. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN TOO MUCH THOUGH.
BUT THE PEOPLE VOTE. CORPORATIONS DON'T HAVE VOTER REGISTRATIONS.
ISABELLA WEISSINGER. ALL RIGHT.
WELCOME. HELLO, I'M ISABELLA WEISSINGER. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ADVOCATE FOR THE CHILDREN OF DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE MAY NOT ALL AGREE ON VERY MUCH, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO AGREE THAT CHILDREN SHOULD BE PROTECTED, AND THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING IS AT RISK FROM THESE DATA CENTERS.
I'M ALSO HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SWEET HOME, WRIGHTSVILLE AND COLLEGE STATION, BECAUSE NONE OF THESE PEOPLE DESERVE WHAT IS COMING FOR THEM, AND THEY'RE RELYING ON YOU ALL AS I AM, AND AS WE ALL ARE, TO PUT A STOP TO IT. WE KNOW THAT DATA CENTERS DON'T BRING ANY BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY'RE CONSTRUCTED.
THEY ACT AS PARASITIC ENTITIES. THEY DRAIN US OF CLEAN WATER.
THEY POLLUTE OUR CLEAN AIR. THEY RAISE OUR UTILITY PRICES.
THEY POISON PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. THEY CAN RAISE THE TEMPERATURE OF A LOCALE BY UP TO TWO DEGREES.
THE CEO OF EXELON, WHO RUNS ONE OF THE LARGEST UTILITY PROVIDERS IN THIS COUNTRY, HAS RECENTLY MADE A STATEMENT THAT HE DOES EXPECT DATA CENTERS TO CAUSE ROLLING BLACKOUTS IN THE NEXT YEAR. BUT WE'VE ALREADY SEEN IT. IT'S ALREADY STARTED TO HAPPEN.
I THINK IT WAS WITHIN THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF.
THERE WAS ENTIRE SWATHS OF THE EAST COAST THAT LOST POWER BECAUSE OF THE SO-CALLED DATA CENTER ALLEY THAT EXISTS IN VIRGINIA, THAT WAS DRAINING THE POWER GRID. IT REALLY DOESN'T STOP THERE EITHER, BECAUSE JUST RECENTLY IN WYOMING, A DATA CENTER INFECTED THE POPULATION WITH A FLESH EATING BACTERIA.
THAT'S NOT LIKE A RANDOM MADE UP STORY. YOU CAN LOOK ON THE NEWS THAT REALLY HAPPENED.
AND THIS WAS FROM A SO-CALLED CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM.
SO I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORDS CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM MEAN VERY LITTLE, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PROTECT US FROM THINGS LIKE FLESH EATING BACTERIA. SO THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO SAY WHILE I'M UP HERE IS THAT WE, THE PEOPLE ARE REALLY LOSING OUR FAITH HERE, AND WE REALLY NEED THE QUORUM COURT TO PASS A MORATORIUM.
I THINK IT'S KIND OF FRUSTRATING. NOT ALL MEMBERS OF THIS COURT, BUT MANY MEMBERS OF THIS COURT, HAVE PLACED THE BURDEN OF EDUCATING THEMSELVES ON THESE TOPICS BACK ONTO THE PUBLIC.
AND THEN WHEN THE PUBLIC HAS SHOWED UP REPEATEDLY WITH FACTS AND INFORMATION THAT YOU ASKED FOR,
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YOU FIND ANY REASON AT ALL TO DISREGARD WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING, EVEN THOUGH IT COULD ALL BE VERY EASILY CONFIRMED BY A FEW MINUTES OF RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET. SO I AM HERE TONIGHT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE DO EXPECT THIS MORATORIUM TO BE PASSED AND REMIND YOU THAT YOUR JOB IS TO SERVE PULASKI COUNTY, NOT A FEW PEOPLE AND NOT CORPORATE INTERESTS, BUT THE ENTIRETY OF PULASKI COUNTY.THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. INDIA JACKSON. IS INDIA JACKSON HERE? WELCOME, MA'AM. HELLO. I'M INDIA JACKSON. I LIVE ON 145TH STREET.
WE HAVE TO PAY IT. WE KNOW THAT AVAIO HAS NEVER BUILT A FACILITY LIKE THE ONE PROPOSED.
MUCH OF WHAT HAS BEEN TOLD TO US IS BASED ON PROJECTIONS, NOT PROVEN FACTS, PROVEN RESULTS.
WE KNOW THE WATER SYSTEMS WITH MICRON FILTERS CAN REMOVE, CANNOT REMOVE EVERY CONTAMINANT THAT COULD ENTER OUR WATER SYSTEM, INCLUDING BIOCIDES, WHICH CAN CAUSE SKIN IRRITATIONS AND ALLERGIC REACTIONS.
HEAVY METALS SUCH AS ZINC, COPPER AND CHROMIUM, WHICH HAVE BEEN LINKED TO SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS SUCH AS CANCER, RESPIRATORY ISSUES, ORGAN STRESS AND MORE. WE KNOW THERE ARE NO PLANS TO PROTECT WILDLIFE, FARM ANIMALS AND PETS. LET'S LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
REPORTS FROM FARMERS HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN A MAJOR DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF EGGS BEING LAID, ANIMALS GETTING SICK AND DYING, AND THEY HAVE YET TO HAVE A LIVE BIRTH SINCE THE DATA CENTERS HAVE ENTERED IN.
WE KNOW THAT EVENTUALLY THESE. THESE ISSUES WILL IMPACT THE FOOD SUPPLY, AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEM, THE ECONOMY, AND SO MUCH MORE. WE KNOW AVAIO AND THE UTILITY COMPANIES HAVE ONLY GIVEN US PLANS FOR 2 TO 3 BUILDINGS.
HOMEOWNERS COULD LOSE THE EQUITY THEY SPENT SO MUCH TIME TO BUILD.
THEY WILL AFFECT. ANY MORATORIUM WITHOUT AVAIO IS COMPLETELY USELESS.
THE CURRENT REGULATIONS IN PLACE ARE A JOKE AND THESE DATA CENTERS WON'T HAVE ANY REAL CONSEQUENCES.
I WILL SAY THIS EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT OUR COMMUNITY AN IMPORTANT LESSON.
AND THAT GOES FOR ANY POSITION ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL PLANS TO RUN FOR IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MA'AM. NATALIE. NATALIE JAMES.
WELCOME, MISS JAMES. HELLO, HELLO. HELLO. ALL RIGHT.
I'M NATALIE JAMES, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SEWING JUSTICE HERE IN ARKANSAS.
I REACHED OUT TO A FEW OF YOU TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT HELP WE CAN BRING TO YOU.
NOW I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO EVERYBODY ALL AT ONCE.
THAT'S DONE BY ADVOCATES, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE ONES UP HERE WHO HAVE VOTED AND TAKEN THE TIME TO RESEARCH.
OUT OF THOSE 203 MEMORANDUMS, GUESS HOW MANY AND WHERE THEY STARTED? 82 OF THEM STARTED HERE IN QUORUM COURTS COUNTY LEVEL, THEN NEXT BY THE STATES.
YOU CAN REINTRODUCE IT AND BRING IT IN FOR 24 MONTHS, 36 MONTHS.
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YOU CAN GO WITH SOUND ORDINANCES. YOU CAN GO WITH REGULATORY ORDINANCES.THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT GAPS IN LEGAL WAYS THAT YOU CAN DO IT TO BYPASS ANY POTENTIAL LAWSUITS FROM ENERGY, BECAUSE THOSE ARE BEING HANDLED. AND IF YOU NEED HELP WITH HOW TO HANDLE THOSE AND WHO CAN HELP YOU HANDLE THOSE, YELL, WE HAVE FREE LAWYERS AT A NEW YORK, YALE, HOWARD UNIVERSITY, ALL OVER THE STATE READY AT OUR DISPOSAL.
WE HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PEOPLE HERE IN NAACP READY TO ACT.
THEY JUST NEED YOU GUYS TO TELL THEM HOW YOU WANT THEM TO ACT.
NOW, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DO A MEMORANDUM AND YOU WANT TO PROTECT THE WETLANDS, FISH DAM, FISH BOTTOMS, THE NICE, WONDERFUL 16 ACRES THAT WE WASTED $20 MILLION IN 1980, EXCUSE ME, 1998.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE THAT WATER THAT IS THE LARGEST RESOURCE WETLANDS, THAT CLEANS THE SALT WATER INTO FRESH WATER, GIVING A NICE LITTLE QUICK, WELL, NOT EVEN [INAUDIBLE], BUT YOU KNOW, A LITTLE LESS THAN SINCE WE'RE DOING TEACHING LESSONS BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW MATH IN HERE. I'M GONNA HELP YOU ALL KNOW ALL OF IT TOGETHER REAL QUICK, BUT MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE AN AQUIFER AND THAT'S FED IN BY THOSE WONDERFUL FRESHWATER WETLANDS.
AND WE'RE THE LARGEST ONE IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE WHOLE MID-CONTINENTAL, [INAUDIBLE] COMING IN.
NOW ARE YOU CAN YOU WILL YOU MANY OF YOU HAVE STARTED RESEARCHING AND WE CAN TELL.
AND WE APPRECIATE IT. WE WANT THE REST OF YOU TO PICK IT UP IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
THERE ARE RESOURCES HERE. WE ACT AS A NATIONAL.
WE STOP MANY BILLS. WE GO TO WASHINGTON DC AND WE GO THERE.
WE HAVE NO PROBLEM HARASSING PEOPLE. SO IF WE CAN HARASS JOHN BOZEMAN'S, TOM COTTON'S COLLINS, ALL OF THEM SIT RIGHT THERE IN THE OFFICE WITH THEM.
AND SENATOR WIEDOWER, HE IS A WONDERFUL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVOCATE WHO HELPS US WITH THIS STUFF.
IF WE NEED TO BRING THEM HERE TO DO THAT, WE'LL BRING THEM HERE TO DO THAT.
BUT YOU GUYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THAT.
AGAIN, SOWING JUSTICE, LET'S KEEP ARKANSAS GROWING [APPLAUSE].
THANK YOU, MA'AM. MR. ZHOU. [INAUDIBLE] YOU DID SAY MIKE, RIGHT? YES, YES. OKAY. SO AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE'S NO LAW AGAINST PUTTING THIS MICROPHONE IN MY HAND BECAUSE WE'RE ALLOWED TO TOUCH IT. YOU GUYS. I WANT TO START WITH SAYING THE FACT THAT YOU HAD A BEEKEEPER REMOVED FROM THE ROOM FOR CLAPPING WITH AN ENTIRE ROOM IS REALLY AWFUL.
HONESTLY, WHAT YOU DID THERE WAS BETTER THAN MOST STATEMENTS HE COULD HAVE MADE.
ON THE TOPIC, SIR. PLEASE. ON THE TOPIC. OKAY.
AND BECAUSE RIGHT NOW OUR COUNTRY IS EXPERIENCING A COUP AND A DICTATOR SHOWED UP TODAY IN DC.
YOU ARE PART OF THE ENEMY. YOU ARE THE ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES.
THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE DOING CURRENTLY. YOU ARE GIVING UP OUR WATER RESOURCES, OUR POWER RESOURCES, OUR LAND, OUR AIR TO A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO ARE KNOWN.
AND YOU CAN RESEARCH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT, INCLUDING THIS.
HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE SEEN THAT THESE THINGS ARE EXACTLY WHAT FUELS A GENOCIDE AND FUELS THESE CHILDREN GETTING MURDERED. THESE SAME CENTERS, SAME CAMERAS ARE ALL USED IN ISRAEL.
REFRAIN FROM INSULTING THIS BODY. I AM NOT INSULTING THIS BODY WHATSOEVER.
JUST KEEP GOING. IF IT'S IF IF YOUR VOTES ARE THAT WAY, YOU'RE INSULTING YOURSELF.
OKAY. I'M SORRY, SIR, I AM NOT INSULTING YOU.
I RESPECT EVERYBODY'S HUMANITY ON THIS BOARD.
I RESPECT YOUR BUSINESSES. YOU ALSO DO. AND I BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.
AND SO RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO TURN AROUND AWAY FROM YOU.
YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO ME ANYMORE. YOU HAVEN'T LISTENED TO US FOR A LONG TIME.
WE'VE BEEN COMING IN HERE FOR TEN WEEKS, AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE NOT LISTENED TO US.
THEY COULD HAVE HAD A MORATORIUM. EVERYTHING WE'RE SEEING IS A DELAY.
EVERY AMENDMENT IS A DELAY. EVERY RESEARCH IS A DELAY.
EVERY TIME THEY SPEAK, IT IS ANOTHER DELAY. IT IS SO HARD TO TRUST THIS GOVERNING BODY.
MAYBE ALL OF THEM NOT SHOWING UP SAYING PRESENT.
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THOSE THINGS ARE NOTED. EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO HAS BEEN RECORDED.IT IS RECORDED BY ME. YOU HAVE BEEN SEEN MEETING WITH PEOPLE WHO ABSOLUTELY PROTECT PEDOPHILES.
AFTER YOUR MEETINGS RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM, YOU ARE SEEN BY THE PUBLIC DOING THIS ALL THE TIME AND KNOW WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AS YOU CAN RESEARCH IS THAT RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE ARE KICK STARTING SURVEILLANCE COMPANIES TO SURVEY WHERE ALL THE POLITICIANS, THEIR FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S GO. PAY ATTENTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MEMBERS WE'RE ADJOURNED. WITHOUT OBJECTION. [INAUDIBLE] SIGNED UP TO SPEAK EARLIER.
SHE SIGNED UP. I SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. JACKSON.
KEVIN O. CAMPBELL. I SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. MY THING SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THERE.
I SIGNED UP WHEN MY SISTER SIGNED UP. SAME TIME.
SO? SO YOU MAY HAVE LEFT THE ROOM? THERE WAS ONE.
THERE WAS. I'VE BEEN STANDING RIGHT HERE. COME IN.
COME IN HERE EVERY THREE MINUTES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. Y'ALL BEAR WITH ME FOR THREE MINUTES.
I TRY NOT TO LEAVE FOR THE ROOM IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT REASON.
I WANT TO HEAR EVERYTHING. I'M SORRY. I'M CHARISMA KENDALL, BUT I WANT TO HEAR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THIS ROOM BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THINGS BEING MISCONSTRUED. AND I WANT TO HEAR EVERY WORD THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.
I WANT TO SEE YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS WHEN Y'ALL WHEN PEOPLE ARE TALKING TO YOU GUYS, AND SOME OF Y'ALL ARE ROLLING YOUR EYES AND SHRUGGING YOUR SHOULDERS AND CLEANING YOUR GLASSES AND DOING ALL THIS STUFF BECAUSE YOU GENERALLY I'M, YOU HAVE HARDENED YOUR HEART.
THAT'S JUST THE TRUTH OF IT. I HAD TO EXPLAIN THIS TO SOMEBODY.
WHEN A PERSON CONTINUOUSLY DO EVIL, THEY NO LONGER SEE IT AS EVIL.
IT'S BORDERLINE DEMONIC. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. BECAUSE WE ARE NOT JUST A CITY ON A MAP.
WE ARE HISTORICAL. WE ARE GENERATIONS. WE ARE FARMS. WE ARE COMMUNITY. WE ARE PEOPLE. WE ARE LIVING.
MY VOICE ACTUALLY DOES COUNT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THESE SECRET MEETINGS AND SECRET DEALS AND THEN MAKING UP THE EXCUSES OF LITIGATION, BECAUSE AGAIN, IF LITIGATION WAS AN ISSUE, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DOING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR TEACHING MY COMMUNITY THIS LESSON.
ONE I THINK ALL THE FACTS YOU YOU HEARD TODAY SHOWS YOU THAT READING IS FUNDAMENTAL.
YOU SHOULD REALLY. AND Y'ALL PROBABLY GOT BETTER DEGREES THAN I GOT.
SO I KNOW YOU KNOW HOW TO READ. I KNOW, SO DO YOUR RESEARCH.
DON'T BE LAZY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S LAZY.
AND DON'T BE COWARDICE. ONE PERSON UP HERE ALREADY SAID THAT Y'ALL WORK FOR US.
DO YOUR JOB. WORK FOR US. THE COMMUNITY TOLD YOU.
NO, WE DON'T WANT A DATA CENTER. WE DON'T WANT IT HERE IN ARKANSAS, THE NATURAL STATE.
GIVE ME THREE THINGS. NATURAL ABOUT A DATA CENTER, PLEASE.
DOES IT NATURALLY FIX WATER? DOES IT NATURALLY HELP THE AIR? WHAT'S NATURAL ABOUT A DATA CENTER? CAN'T NOBODY GIVE ME THE ANSWER? DO YOUR JOB. STOP BEING LAZY. STOP BEING SMALL.
LET YOUR VOICE MATTER. OUR VOICES IS TELLING YOU NO, WE DO NOT WANT IT.
THANK YOU..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.