Council directs RFPs for data‑center technical reviews and approves formal McKenna planning-services agreement
After debating whether to hire industrial hygienists and tax consultants now or require applicant-funded reviews later, council voted to publish RFPs and incorporate application-funded industrial-hygienist and tax-consultant reviews into the draft data-center ordinance; council also approved a revised three-year agreement with McKenna for planning and building services.
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Council debated two approaches to incorporating technical reviews into a proposed data-center ordinance: (1) retain industrial hygienists and tax consultants now to inform the zoning ordinance language, or (2) require those studies when an applicant submits a development proposal, with the applicant funding the review but the city hiring the experts.
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