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After Project Blue debate, Pima County directs staff to draft environmental-review and NDA policies
Summary
Following public concern about a proposed data center project and the county’s use of nondisclosure agreements, the Board directed staff to return with formal policies on when environmental impact reviews are required and how NDAs will be used in economic-development projects. Both directives passed 3–1.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors directed the county administrator and county attorney to develop two policies — one defining when environmental impact reviews should be required for economic-development prospects and a second limiting and standardizing the county’s use of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) — after public criticism and board debate stemming from a recent confidential-recruitment project frequently referenced in public comment.
Public comment: Multiple residents criticized the earlier handling of a proposed “Project Blue” data center during the meeting’s public-comment period. Vivek Barathan urged supervisors to scrutinize environmental impacts,…
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