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Albany City planning board: no application yet for proposed Kenwood Commons data center; board will not take conceptual public comment
Summary
Chair Glena Gilliard told residents the city has not received an application to place a data center at Kenwood Commons (451 Southern Boulevard) and said the planning board will not accept public comment on conceptual proposals; any future application would go through municipal review with public notice and comment.
Chair Glena Gilliard opened the meeting by addressing community interest in a conceptual proposal to locate a data center at Kenwood Commons, 451 Southern Boulevard, and clarified that Albany City has not received any application related to the proposal.
“As of this time, the city of Albany does not have an application for a data center or any other use to be located in Kenwood,” Gilliard said. She added that if the city does receive an application it would proceed through the normal municipal review process and include public notice and public comment.
Gilliard said, consistent with long-standing planning-board policy, the board will not hear public comment on conceptual proposals while there is no submitted application for staff review. She encouraged residents with concerns about including a data center in the city’s USDO to contact local and state elected officials so that “appropriate policies and regulations can be put in place to respond to your concerns.”
No application was filed or reviewed at this meeting. The chair’s statement was procedural: it informed attendees of the board’s practice regarding conceptual proposals and the municipal-review process rather than initiating formal review of a data-center project.
