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Committee hears SB 146 to extend Osawatomie land reversion deadline amid concerns about potential data center
Summary
The Committee on Local Government heard testimony on Senate Bill 146, which would extend a reversionary deadline on land conveyed to the City of Osawatomie from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2046. City officials urged the extension to allow economic development; local residents opposed the extension unless it barred data centers and other industrial uses, citing proximity to a state psychiatric hospital. The committee closed the hearing and will consider final action after turnaround.
At its meeting before turnaround, the Committee on Local Government held a hearing on Senate Bill 146, which would amend the statute authorizing the conveyance of state land to the City of Osawatomie to extend a reversionary deadline from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2046.
Brett Glendening, City Manager for the City of Osawatomie, urged the committee to support the bill, saying the city has spent "thousands of man hours" and "millions of dollars" extending infrastructure to the parcels and provided a 20‑year timeline in filed testimony. Glendening said two parcels are under a pre‑development agreement for a data center and that delaying the reversionary deadline would give the city more time to attract commercial development that would broaden the tax base.
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