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Residents warn of data‑center impacts and ask for disclosures; county counsel recommends closing the record
Summary
Two public commenters raised environmental and transparency concerns over potential data centers and large industrial zoning in the Tower Road overlay and requested additional disclosures and a continuance; county legal counsel advised the board it was not required to keep the record open for this legislative action and recommended declining the request.
Multiple public commenters urged caution before adopting the IAMP, saying the overlay could enable large industrial development including data centers and raising concerns about power use, water consumption and conditional use approvals. One commenter, Stuart, argued the plan could leave the public liable for large costs and cited large acreages of newly zoned industrial land; he told the board citizens would organize opposition if transparency was lacking.
Another commenter asked the board to keep the record open for seven days and to disclose nondisclosure agreements or confidential infrastructure information. County counsel Dan Kearns advised the board that the matter is legislative and that there is no legal obligation to keep the record open; he said he did not hear allegations of personal conflicts of interest and recommended the board politely decline the continuance request. The board then closed the hearing and proceeded to deliberation and a vote.
