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Commission split on Project Komal employment‑center plan as residents raise water, noise and eminent‑domain concerns
Summary
Project Komal, an employment‑center plan for roughly 220 acres intended to accommodate data‑center use, drew multiple residents and landowner speakers who raised questions about water and power demand, buffering, notification radius and prior eminent‑domain impacts; commissioners were divided and the recorded matter will go to city council.
The Planning and Zoning Commission held a lengthy public hearing on Project Komal, a proposed employment‑center plan for roughly 220 acres that the applicant and developer say is intended to host data‑center tenants and related infrastructure. Staff presented the regulating plan, described proposed frontage along FM 973 and a connection to County Road 401, and recommended approval with stipulated waivers and buffering measures.
Several residents urged more comprehensive city rules for data centers. "This industry is flooding in," said Carrie Deanna,…
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