Residents challenge data centers, call for surveillance rules and criticize council decorum
During public comment several residents urged stronger rules for surveillance technology, criticized council conduct, and raised concerns about data-center impacts, road damage and historic sites; petitioners and environmental advocates urged scrutiny of power, water and transparency.
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Multiple residents used the Audience of the Public to press Council on surveillance, development and meeting conduct. Jake Davis said he had emailed a proposed model surveillance-technology accountability ordinance to Council and urged written rules so protections survive staff or leadership changes: "if Flock is being used for legitimate public safety purposes, those purposes should be placed in writing," he said, adding that the ordinance was meant to cover future technologies as well.
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