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Residents urge caution on data centers and raise questions about property assessments at King George supervisors meeting
Summary
Multiple residents told the board they were concerned about data center development, local health and land-use impacts, and individual property assessment errors; one speaker asked staff to consider policies or moratoria and another reported an assessment correction.
Several residents used the public-comment period to press the Board of Supervisors on two recurring local issues: large data-center developments and property assessments.
Anna Maria Lobo, who said she lives in Presidential Lake, thanked the board for a lower assessment rate this year compared with 2021 but said her own parcels were incorrectly valued and described follow-up contact with the county assessor. "He stated that he had changed the assessment on both of my properties," Lobo said, and asked staff to ensure residents can get in-person review of assessment work.
Sue Sargent, a Fredericksburg resident who said she previously worked as a preschool speech-language pathologist for King George Public Schools, read correspondence urging the county to restrict or carefully regulate data-center projects. Sargent cited emergency generator operation and air-pollution concerns, described data-center "land grabs" and requested staff develop policies and procedures on data centers, including decommissioning and moratoria similar to actions taken in other localities. "Please direct staff to develop policies and procedures on data centers to decommission ... moratorium and any more map applications," she said.
Board members did not take immediate policy action during the meeting. Chair acknowledged the concerns and said correspondence and public comment are part of the public record; staff and supervisors noted that regional and state review processes apply to some elements of data-center applications. Several speakers in the meeting packet and public comments referenced planning and review steps and asked the board to ensure transparency and written commitments from developers.
No formal proposals or moratoria were introduced at the meeting; speakers urged staff to return with policy options for board consideration.
