City Council - public_hearing

I'll give you my problem license, my social security card, but you're not getting my bank card. Thank you.

All right, council, are y'all ready? I got 530. We will call this meeting to order. The City of Clarksville, Arkansas has called for a public hearing on the topic of taxable industrial industrial revenue bonds, Hatchbo LLC, taxable industrial revenue bonds, Server Farm Arkansas 1 LLC. The rules of the meeting are all speakers must sign in. Is that sign in sheet, Wynette, can you grab it? Speak plainly. Give their name and addresses as well as the business they represent. If any, all comments should be addressed to the hearing body. Comments should be relevant to the topic and should not be of a personal nature. Please avoid repetitive comments if there are a large number of speakers, including many who are part of a group or organization. Please ask for a representative to speak on behalf of the group or organization. Unruly behaviors such as booing, hissing, or harassing remarks are prohibited. So the public comment period is considered open at this time. Please raise your hand to be recognized.

Please come to the podium.

My name is Becky Kraft. I live at 165 Mountain View Circle. I'm asking this council for a moratorium on closer to it.

Maybe that'll help.

I can do that.

Okay, good. Can you hear me better? There we go. All right. I'm asking the council for a moratorium on the urgent push to get things signed, sealed, and delivered on the current and future phases of the data center. My concern is we haven't lived one day. None of us has lived one day with the data center to know how detrimental or not that its effects will be. The concern when I saw that on the agenda that we are going for bonds to, as I understand it, buy land, lease it to these companies? Because what are the side effects of who's responsible when we are the leaser? Who's responsible for cleanup if they have poisoned our water or done things like that? I haven't seen that. So that's a concern. I'm asking you to count the cost. Give us all time to count the cost. We need to understand what the data center infrasound is. It's below the threshold of what you hear but vibrates in the body. And a testimony of Kay Richards who lives near DC in Manessa, Virginia speaks out about the constant electrical hum that I can almost feel behind my eyes. Count the cost of water use and if it will affect our pressure and quality due to DC's massive use. One expert shared in an Ohio council meeting that the power plants create another closed cooling loop and that they all have open loops to ultimately dump the heat. Further, how often do these closed loop systems need sludge bled off from them? Not unlike we do for our water heaters. Where does this toxic sludge go? I haven't heard this. I don't know. I've been reading a lot. Count the cost of the turbines and meeting toxic fumes in the air. Particles so small that they can escape the lung tissue and travel in the bloodstream causing cardiac effects, not to mention the lungs that are affected, people that have issues with asthma, COPD, et cetera. Count the cost of property values of your neighbors in this town and other towns. What will be the effect of 50 homes losing property to eminent domain over power grid upgrades? Also, value loss for those who want to move away from a DC. unable to sell their home at the previous value due to the proximity. Count the cost of wildlife survival. I have not heard much going on there and I've read lots of information about that and things that they say, which I was amazed to hear. It says, the noise is exceeding thresholds by which you can imagine there being a fitness consequence for species. He's talking about animals, but we're species. I'm concerned. I'm really concerned about the noise. And at this point, other than hearing testimonies of other people in other places, we have nothing to go on. That's what I feel. And so that is the things to consider. Just again, I would ask you to count the cost.

Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you everyone for coming tonight. This is my first one. So I don't really have an argument or much of a debate. It's just mostly a statement that America is a representative democracy. And if the majority of people don't want something, in their public space inside city limits, it shouldn't be there. So any other smaller technical argument on the pros and cons, which you could argue about all day long, I don't really see that going over my statement, and also it's more of a republic democracy, and both definitions of those terms mean that the citizens rule over the government, and that's all I'm going to say.

Thank you. Who's next? Yes, sir. What is your name? What is your name, sir? He came here. What is your name?

Richard Wiley. Knoxville. I have a couple questions, but first I'd like to know, do we have anybody here representing Hatchboro or Server Farm? Server Farm. Server Farm? What is your name? Mike. Are we dealing with server farm or both of them?

Both of them.

OK. I'm wondering, we started out with a $1 billion deal. And then it was announced it was $8 billion. Can somebody tell me how we got from $8 billion to $550 billion? How did that occur?

It's actually $55 billion, not $550. Pardon? It's actually $55 billion, not $550.

I mean, $55 billion. How did we get there?

Mr. Wiley, where did you hear $1 billion?

Originally? it was announced it was in the newspaper and i think our representative pilkington said 1 billion and then it was announced later it was 8 billion yeah i don't i don't know it's never been a number i've heard you'd have to ask them okay how did we get to 55 billion what happened

Well, one is for property. The $5 billion is for the property and improvements upon it. And the other one is for the equipment within it, generators, servers, different value completely.

That still doesn't answer my question. Is there anybody here? Are you with Server Farm? Okay, I'll ask later rather than taking time now. Are there any plans to include the DVM LCC or No Trouble LLC in future bonds? Is there any discussion about that? It's all the same kettle of fish.

Gordon, do you know what DVM is?

There are other property owners in addition to the ones that exist.

The only thing we're talking about tonight is Server Farm and Hatchbow.

They're the same people.

No, they're not. Server Farm and Hatchbow are two different animals.

No, I'm talking about Server Farm and DVM, LLC, and Hatchbow. We're done. Thank you, Mr. Wiley. Appreciate you. Who else we got?

Thank you.

All right. All right. Okay. Start. Okay. Thank you.

All right. My name is Deborah Hobbs, a little bit 3957 County Road 3451 Clarksville. And since my motives have been questioned about why I'm involved with this, I'm coming as a concerned citizen. about myself as well as our future generation in Clarksville. But pertinent to this subject, I have some questions. And if you as a council do not have clear answers to these, I ask that you table these when it comes up to a vote until you have the answers. Number one, what financial obligations, if any, could fall upon this city if the company defaults? Number two, what is the total capital investment expected over the life of the project? Number three, what is the estimated dollar value of the property tax on abatement over the 30-year term? And the last one, what additional approval agreements or due diligence will be required before any bonds are issued? Thank you.

Mr. David, can you say number two again? Yes, sir.

is the total capital investment expected over the life of the project sure be glad to what additional approval agreements or due diligence will be required before any bonds are issued

All right, I'll keep it mostly about the bond. I do know the bond. The city's not responsible for anything financially. I did my homework, so I do know that. But what I don't like, it also makes it to where it's tax exempt. If I started a company, I would be responsible for paying the taxes, right? So I think they should be too. The other thing, though, I do want to know is... We haven't been told what kind of data center this is at all. Is it going to be part of national security? Is it not? Because if it is, they're limited to where they can get their supplies from under the NDAA. So we need to know that.

Do you guys want to address some of these before we close? It's up to you. I'll leave it up to you, Jason, Gordon, especially some of the ones about the financial obligations.

Gordon Romer, law firm at QTAC Rock. I'm representing the city as bond counsel here, and I can address the bond questions. This is, other than scale, this is not unlike what the city has done before. Issued these bonds for Tyson Foods two, three years ago. I don't remember. There's no financial obligation of the city on these bonds. It is solely for the purpose of getting property tax abatement under Arkansas law. Under Arkansas law, the city can offer up to 65% abatement for up to 30 years. And I think that's what the Hatchmo and SF ARC are asking for here. And that's really, the bonds are the same bonds as you've done before, just the scale is different.

Yes, ma'am. What's your name?

Can you hear me?

Yeah, now we got it.

Is that good back there?

Okay. I WANT TO ADDRESS THE TWO PROPOSED DATA CENTER REVENUE BOND DEALS TOTALING 55 BILLION CITY OFFICIALS HAVE REPEATEDLY STATED THAT THE CITY HAS NO LIABILITY FOR THESE BONDS WHILE THAT'S TRUE IN ONE NARROW SENSE IT DOES NOT TELL THE FULL STORY THESE ARE REVENUE BONDS MEANING THE PRIVATE COMPANIES NOT THE TAXPAYERS ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE THE PAYMENTS However, while the bonds are outstanding, the city would become the legal owners of these projects. Ownership carries responsibilities and potential legal exposure. If these projects face lawsuits over zoning, environmental permits, land use, or the approval process itself, such as the use of an emergency clause, the city could be named because it is both the bond issuer and the legal owner. Even if the city never pays the bondholders defending those lawsuits would still require taxpayer funded legal fees and staff time. If a court later finds that part of the project or approval process was improper, the city would become involved in lengthy legal disputes or negotiations simply because of its role in this transaction. There is also the issue of Clarksville's long-term financial reputation. While these bonds are not direct city debt, a $55 billion conduit bond transaction is extraordinary for a city our size. Credit rating agencies evaluate not only debt, but also financial management and overall risk. If they view this transaction as increasing the city's risk, it could negatively affect Clarksville's credit rating or outlook. That would mean higher borrowing costs for future projects like roads, water, sewer improvements, and public buildings. Even a small increase in interest rates can cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars over time. Before any approval, the public deserves clear answers. What are the city's actual legal responsibilities and potential costs, including legal defense expenses? What happens if these projects are successfully challenged after the bonds are issued? Will the city provide a written legal and financial risk analysis instead of simply saying there's no liability? These are massive long-term commitments. The statement that the city has no liability may sound reassuring, but it does not fully explain the legal responsibilities, financial risks, and ownership obligations involved. Before moving forward with projects of this magnitude, the people of Clarksville deserve the complete picture. And also, we've had a lot of engagement on the data center forum tonight at 7.30 at U of O, and we are looking forward to seeing everybody there. Thank you.

Thank you.

Gordon, you want to? again that's something i should have added to my statement although these bonds are revenue bonds the owners of these bonds will be related entities to hatchbow and sf arc so in essence they are paying themselves and again under the lease agreement and trust initial for these deals the city is indemnified for any of those risks that were that were raised but as far as the payment of the bonds you know that they owe themselves this money so there's no way for the the city to be in default on the bonds thank you is there anyone else

Okay, my question is about this lease for, I don't know how many years, but what if these data centers go obsolete? There'd just be some 200 acres of concrete that Clarksville owns. whoever's in the data center will not be paying property tax because that's excluded. And even if they say, well, you did this favor for us, so we are going to, instead of paying you the legitimate amount of property tax, we're going to give you like 35% of what it would have been if you didn't own it. And we did. And another thing, if the city owns it, the city will have to insure it. Because tornado wipes it out. Nobody's working in there then. That's it.

Thank you, ma'am. You're welcome. Gordon, do you want to one more time? You and Jason? Well, not you, Jason.

Now, again, the companies will be responsible for insurance under the lease agreements. The lease agreements are, in effect, only for the 30 years or somewhat less that the bonds are outstanding. At the end of that period, Server Farm Hatchbo would reacquire the property. for a nominal amount, I think $100 or something. So the city is not, the city is never going to really have full legal title to that property. It will always be subject to repurchase at any time, actually, by these entities. But if they did it at any time, the property would go back on the tax rolls at full value.

All right, is there anyone else? Anyone from Server Farm or John? You want to address any of these questions not before we close? You don't have to. I'm just saying, if there's questions about DVN and that, you might want to address that.

You guys got me?

Yes, sir. Trying to bring some positivity in here.

Appreciate everyone coming out tonight. I appreciate everybody that took time to do some research, write up some of your speeches out here. I really do appreciate it. I think it's very important that communities, especially when change is involved, that everyone is able to come in and give their concerns and ask questions and things of that nature. I would also emphasize When you are doing your research, you are asking questions that we try to make sure that we're as close to the fact as possible. Some of the information that has been going on, not just here, but just nationally, has to do with older built data centers that were built 10, 15, 20 years ago. Technology has changed, efficiency with water, things of that nature has changed, efficiency with electricity has changed as well. And in terms of some of the concerns that I hear up here today regarding the city's responsibility financially. I can assure you since four and a half years ago when we started here, we have collectively taken on all of the financial obligations to the city to get to this point. So some of the stuff I read about, hey, why are we rushing, things of that nature, we have been here for four and a half years working on this project. And coming from a family of public service, my sister, my mom, 60 total years of public service, My family in the military, I understand the importance of doing honest work. And I can tell you ever since we've been here, we've done honest work. We've worked with a lot of different people. I think we're on our fourth CCU commissioner, general manager. But what I can tell you is that I've had the opportunity to meet a lot of people in the community. I've worked with a lot of your city leaders and everyone has been more than fair, but the number one thing that has always rung true is we're gonna do this correctly and we're gonna do it the right way. We've never asked for any shortcuts, any favors, things of that nature. I can assure you that the due diligence to get us to this point has been thorough. and pretty expensive, but I can assure you that we have done our very best to get to this point and make sure that this project will benefit everyone, not just in the short term, but in the interim and long term. And I just, you know, we hear a lot of stuff. I live in Northern Virginia, so when people come and say, hey, they hear all these data centers, I think it was two years ago, so I went outside at three in the morning to take a video of the sound. I live near 15 data centers within a tenth of a mile. I got two little girls, five and two. And we've done all right. And that's not to say that there aren't cases out there, and I'm not here to belittle those things, but what I would ask the council and the community is we see a lot of negative stuff the news about these type of projects and i do feel that the data center industry as a whole could do a better job of educating all of us on how these data centers affect our everyday life from the most simple thing is just facetiming someone and things of that nature but i asked the community and the council you know with all the negativity that's going on maybe clarksville can be the blueprint of doing it right because you had a small group come in here We're not backed by tons of dollars. All these dollars come from personal dollars that we work very hard for. And we're not in a position where we can just throw money and then leave and things of that nature. Our small group came in here and we worked honestly We work diligently and we work very fair. So as we continue to ask questions, which we should, that we try to make sure that the questions that we're referencing from, whether it's these data center forms all over the country, that we try to make sure that we're finding the facts. Because there's a lot on the line. I live in Loudoun County. 25 years ago in Loudoun County, There's a lot of dirt roads, two roads, a lot of manufacturing. It's now the richest county in the country. And the school board, the school system in Lowell County has a $1 billion budget per year, 80 plus percent of it because of the revenue that comes off of the data center industry being there. So I just ask that we try to take all the things into consideration, but more importantly, understand that the group that's here in Clarksville, we're good people. We are good people. We're working honestly. We're trying to make a positive impact. Immediately, intermediate, and long-term. So again, I appreciate everyone taking the time to come out tonight, continue asking questions, and I appreciate everyone taking time to read off your concerns and things of that nature and counsel. I know you guys have a tough job, and I appreciate the time that you guys take and how serious you guys are taking this very much. So thank you for your time. I know it was over three minutes, but I appreciate it. Thank you, gentlemen.

Royce Ann. Harv. I'm asking if you want to sign up. Carol. Yes, no. Carol Martin. John Tracy. Eichenberger. Where are they at? Chris Pomey. How do you say that? Chris. Is he here? P-O-M-E-Y. Did I say that right? Sue Johnson. All right, well, at this point, this will close the public comment period, and the public hearing will be considered closed at this point. We will adjourn until 6 p.m. What time is it now? Until Clay McCall, the city attorney, gets here. Y'all give me five minutes.

My name is Darlene Ragsdale. I've lived in Clarksville for 10 years. I've been in Johnson County my entire life. So I do have an interest in this. But I noticed somebody mentioned that this has been going on for four years. Okay, four and a half years. I only heard about this a little over two years ago. I didn't know anything about it prior to that. And so I'm sure a lot of people are in the same situation I'm in. They didn't know about it. They hadn't heard about it. And so that makes it seem rushed in that sense. I never knew of any zoning. You know, you have to have hearings that go through that whole process. I never knew of any of that going on. Some of these things like, I don't know if it's the EPA or who, but they require you to do studies on how it's going to affect that little insect out there or the white-tailed deer that I used to see over there. Just things like that. Those types of questions have come up because we simply didn't know. If we had been better informed and could have asked questions all this time, I think it would have saved a lot of heartache for both the city council and for the people you represent. Thank you.

and for everybody else i was on planning and zoning when we started all this and there was all we followed every rule law regulation that we we had to we posted the signs we put it in the papers and we had no one show up and the reason i reason i bring that up is When you take your cell phone, and I'm not saying you, but when we as a group take our cell phone and we download an app and we click that I agree at the bottom without reading all the details, it's the exact same thing as what has happened here, in my opinion, because nobody cares until you find out that they're looking at your pictures on your phone or automatically recording you or tracking every move you make. So I do... agree with you that the fact that no one knew because no one cared.

Why were you not here?

Hey, Hey,

God takes care of us, and I appreciate that. God, just continue to guide us as we deal with business tonight. May everything that we do pertaining to the city of Clarkville be done.

Here. Bradley. Here. King. Here. Ressinger. Here. Crystal Thompson. Here. Robert Thompson. Here.

Council, on the agenda, we need to remove items E, APERS adjustment, because we don't have the documentation, and then items I, for the CCU contract server form.

but it wouldn't download. And our estimate on that is 46, 22, 16. If we could go ahead and approve. If we can keep it on there and talk about it.

Do they have the information? If you can get copies of it, we'll leave it on there. So we'll leave item E and then J. The community benefits will be on the next meeting. It goes in line with the ordinances. Not tonight.

We're doing away with J. I said J, actually.

So need approval of the agenda. Dropping item J. So moved. Second? Second. Ms. Lisa?

Bradley? Yes. King? Yes. Reisinger? Yes. Mitchell-Thompson? Yes. Robert-Thompson?

Yes.

Baker?

Yes. Do we have approval of the minutes?

Second. Second.

Ms. Lisa? King? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Thank you. . . . . . . permit request on May 28, 2026, and recommended its approval to the City Council on July 13, 2026. Now, therefore, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Clarksville, Arkansas, Section 1 approval, a specialist permit is hereby granted, allowing an RV park, a recreational vehicle, or travel trailer park within the C3 General Commercial District on the property described in Exhibit A, subject to the conditions contained in . . . . . Okay. Okay. It may not be used at any time as a manufactured home park or mobile home subdivision. Three, there shall be no permanent structures, additions, decks, porches, fences, storage buildings, or skirting attached to any RVs except as specifically approved by the city or partial building inspector. The property owner shall maintain a minimum of 20 foot Thank you. or to comply with any conditions contained herein shall constitute grounds for suspension or revocation of the special use permit as set forth in section three below. The special permit shall be reviewed no later than the five year anniversary of special permit authorization date to ensure compliance. Section three, revocation. A, upon any event set forth in section three B.I. through I.B. below, the city may issue a written notification to the property owner . . . Becky 165 Mountain View Circle

Okay. All right. Is it Anita Daniel? No. Ms. Daniel at 12 Sherwood? No. Okay. All right. Cameron, you didn't sign up for a specific item. Which item do you want to speak on? Which agenda item? Just for the record, we've got to have a record of it. Well, it's on one of these agenda items.

Sue Johnson, which item were you wanting to sign up for?

Which are multiple? Is she here? I know what Phillip, Phillip, where are you at?

I saw him earlier.

Is Philip out there? I know he wants to talk about RV Park.

Which one is his?

His is A. Philip, you want to speak on agenda item A, right? The RV Park on Palmer Road? Oh, yeah, I talked last night. If you want to speak at these council meetings, you've got to sign up for one of these agenda items. So when you sign in over here to the right, you've got to put which item you want to speak on. So obviously, you want to speak on A. I got you. I got you. Sorry about that, Phillip. All right, council, we'll open it for discussion. Questions, concerns?

I think my concerns were something about it. And also the regulations or the stipulations that plan the zoning put on there like the five year and you know they can't they can't be underpinned and they can't live in there live there you know forever. So that that was my and I believe

I thought at the planning and zoning that we were going to put as a stipulation there should be no permanent structures, additions, decks, porches, fences, storage buildings, or skirting attached to any RVs, period. But it has except as specifically approved by the building inspector. That was my addition just in case there was something that needed to be addressed via the county.

uh i'm the property owner uh councilwoman thompson we plan to build one structure possibly two um their support spaces uh laundry uh shower the kinds of things that uh would support the and all of that's in part of the design plan So if it's too narrow, it would prevent us from building those types of structures. But yet, we completely support the addition of no porches, no pools.

We feel, yeah. I understand support structures completely. But I'm talking about just for the RVs.

We completely agree with you.

Right.

Thank you. John, you wanted to say something?

Just on that, you know, you have no underpinnings. Oh, I'm sorry. My name is John Eikenberger. I live up at Ozark Ridge Campground up there. And if you are building this for the workers to stay all winter long and everything. There's no way you can do it without the underpinning and the stuff of their trailers because the stuff will freeze. Most trailers aren't designed to handle the cold down to 20 degree temperature. Even though we only have that for a few weeks a year, it will not handle it. Even when it drops down for a couple hours every night. So what you have there isn't feasible for the workers out there to be able to put their stuff out.

okay so we're in a housing crisis and uh i actually i'm kind of like for the rv park thing and he's right uh i have 10 years of construction and farming experience and i've had to fix a lot of busted water lines just from with underpinning by the way and have to dig that up yeah so i'm just going to touch on that and whether the data center gets built or not fully uh

Stay on this topic.

Oh, sorry. Sorry.

I think I'm for the RV park, technically.

Thank you, sir.

just one of the things on the permanent structures the Health Department regulations actually do require public structures permanent structures depending on the size of the RV park there are exemptions but if it if i think if it gets over 50 you have to have public facilities for restroom showers and laundromats you can exempt out of that if when you submit your plans to the health department you say you're going to have all self-contained units and no camping but in some instances permanent structures are required by the health department I think this one's on the sewer, but I think all the ones we're currently looking at.

Yes, ma'am. I just wanted to briefly go over this. My name is Katie Howard. I'm the chair of the Planning and Zoning Commission. On the section about the permanent structures, that was specifically on the RV itself. It was not in regards to having a laundry or a restroom. We obviously know that is something that RVs have. And then as far as the permanent skirting, we did do some research. There is temporary skirting that is available for RVs. And so our intention was to make it where it did not look like a permanent structure on the facility that is why we made that recommendation everything else looked good i just wanted to address those two issues there all right is there a motion is there a motion to spin the rules and place it on the second reading

Yes. Yes. Yes.

All right, is there a motion to suspend the rules and place it on its third reading? So moved. Second? Second.

Ms. Lisa? Crystal Thompson? Yes. Robert Thompson? Yes. Baker? Yes. Bradley? Yes. King? Yes. Rassinger?

Yes. Can you read my title, please?

Be enacted by the City Council of Clarksville State of Arkansas in ordinance to be entitled an ordinance adopting recommended special permit in a C3 zone.

We'll open it for discussion one more time. Questions, comments? If not, entertain a motion for adopting of the ordinance. Thank you, counsel. The new business 6A.

Thank you. Special Permit for Horn and Sun Construction and a C3 Zone for RV Park. And where the public hearing was held on said petition on July 2nd, 2026, the Planning Commission approved the Special Permit Request on July 2nd, 2026 and recommended its approval to the Clarksville City Council on July 13th, 2026. Now, therefore, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Clarksville, Arkansas, Section 1 Approval, a Special Use Permit is hereby granted, allowing in addition to the zoning code requirement RVs herein located at the property must be and remain registered, licensed, and get an operable condition and capable of immediate transportation to the RV park shall be used for parking RV. to residentially zoned property in compliance with the submitted development plan and is approved by the Clarksville Building Inspector. C, there shall be no material changes to the site plan as approved unless such changes are submitted to the Clarksville Planning and Zoning Commission and approved by the City Council. Any failure of the property owner to comply with any condition contained herein shall constitute grounds for suspension or revocation of the special use permit as set forth in section three below. the special permit shall be reviewed no later than the five-year anniversary of special permit authorization date to ensure compliance section 3 revocation a upon any event set forth in section 3bi through iv below the city may issue a written notification of the property owner that Thank you. One, one or more of the conditions set forth herein have been violated. Two, the use of property as permitted under the special use permit creates a nuisance or hazard to the public. Three, the property owner has failed to maintain compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Or four, for any reason, other reason is allowed by law. Section four, this ordinance shall take effect 30 days after publication.

We'll open it up.

I'm Travis Horn with Horn & Son Construction. I want to thank the council for hearing tonight and everybody that's came out to speak. We proposed this to Planning and Zoning. We agree with all the stipulations they put on RV Park. I think that we want to keep this city nice. I think everybody that's bringing up an RV Park to the City Council has no intentions of degrading the city in any means. One thing specific about this area that I just like to bring up is that it's it's going to be a temporary RV part It's just going to house workers during this construction period You know, I appreciate you being proactive with bringing New business to the city and I think this is a way we handle that I also agree that there is a little bit of a housing crunch in this area and I do believe this will help alleviate it while also keeping the people that are here working, spending their money inside our county instead of outside our county. So I'm here to answer any questions if you guys have any and I appreciate you.

You mentioned at the planning and zoning that you're willing to take up, in essence, this park at the end of five years. Is that what you're saying still?

I hope that they let me keep it as long as the workers are here, however long that is. If it's seven years, if it's eight years, I hope I come in in five years and request an extension on that. If this is over in five years, I am willing to do that, terminate the sewer, pull up the electric, and take up any asphalt or anything else that we put down. Yes, ma'am.

Okay, thank you. I got you. Hang on. Yep, Cameron, come on. You're up.

So I was in favor of it if it's permanent, or at least if the plumbing electric is permanent and that can get converted to possibly like apartments or something. If it's just going to be for the workers for the time that we're here and then we're going to pull it up, it seems kind of like a waste. I think is it possible when the time comes that we have another meeting to see if we can make it permanent?

Yeah, entirely possible.

Okay. Thank you. That's all.

It's working.

I need him. I will talk. I will talk for a bit until she gets the, well, it's working right now.

Yeah, you're good. Go ahead. I'll start when you're good.

My name's Phillip Collain, and I've lived in Johnson County for 48 years. And I didn't bring my notes tonight because I didn't know I was going to talk, but I saw that I could sign up and talk, so I did it. I'm not really prepared, but I can talk about what I talked about last week. And I just want to say that this will be twice.

Okay. Okay. . . . . . .

That's hard, that's hard. Are there any other comments?

I own that property east of the RV park.

Can you state your name, please?

Jeannie Strachbein. Thank you. And I'm gonna quickly say, although it pains me to admit it, I agree with everything Philip just said. And Philip and I do not get along, okay? So, but I have some questions. I have questions about drainage. I have questions about environmental impact studies. And I know this is about the RV park, but bringing up other construction that's going on in the area and what it has done to Greenbrier Creek from that drain off point towards the park. I have very close personal knowledge of that and it's not pretty. So I have questions that need to be addressed. I have questions it affects the water my livestock drink. Okay. I have the same concerns with the ingress egress that goes on that corners always so that is already so dangerous. And Those trees need to be cut back on that corner.

Don't say that.

I get it. That buffer zone should have been thought out a little better. But anyway, my question is, has the drainage been addressed? Is this going to be gravel? Is this going to be pavement?

We'll get, Miss Katie, if you and Morgan are here in a minute, when she's done, we'll pull you up and we'll try to answer these. Where's Morgan at?

Okay, so really quickly, my questions are, have there been any environmental impact on this? Has there been any concern, as Phillip said, about the people that are living there, possibly permanently, if this gets readdressed and approved for permanent structures, or will y'all actually write it into an approval? I'm not against an RV park, per se. I just don't think this has been very well thought out, considering where it's looked at going in. and I'm super concerned about the construction and the drainage.

Thank you very much.

That's it.

Construction and drainage, EPA concerns, and then effects like on the housing authority right behind it there.

So what was submitted were conceptual plans. We don't have detailed plans submitted. When those are submitted for building permits, that's typically when we start looking at the detailed drainage analysis. environmental we don't have that that's going to be controlled by the state so any environmental issues would be addressed by the state but we do look at the drainage and such once the detailed plans are submitted

And then, of course, as far as process, if this is approved and the site plan is created, it will come before planning and zoning. And at that point, we'll review that with the city engineer's recommendation on what he thinks would be the final site plan. So that'll still go through an approval process as well.

All right, council, what's your motion? Motion to suspend the rules and place it on the second reading. Second. Ms. Lisa? Baker? Yes.

Bradley? Yes. Steen? Yes. Reisinger? Yes. Crystal Thompson? Yes. Robert Thompson? Yes. Could you read my title, please? Be enacted by the City Council of Clarksville State of Arkansas an ordinance to be entitled an ordinance adopting recommended special permit in a C3 zone.

We'll open up the council with any more questions, concerns?

So let me get this straight. We're going to approve a permit to build this without knowing

That's a good point though, Michael. It is, it's real good.

Because I kind of got mixed up there for a second.

And people get confused by it all the time, so it's a good point.

Yeah, so as Katie mentioned, there's another step. This step is just a special use permit that allows the petitioner or gives him authority to locate an RV park at that location. The next step will, it'll have to come back to the Planning Commission with a detailed site plan. and a detailed site plan will be reviewed, and Planning Commission will make a recommendation. That does not come to the council. If approved by the Planning Commission at that stage, that is typically when the developers will do detailed site plan, or detailed construction drawings. And that's whenever the detail review will take place. We will look at the site plan to make sure it meets all the, when it comes back to the Planning Commission, we'll make sure it meets the, we address drainage at that point, as well as the landscaping ordinance, because the landscaping ordinance that was adopted by this council will apply to those also.

so that's kind of process this isn't approving a permit or construction or anything it's just the zoning portion of it that gives them you know some confidence to go the next step so michael in the business way it's like it's like saying how do i know i want to spend more money on buying me hiring an engineer to do it if the council don't have an appetite for it i'm done with the site we move on so now if they approve it tonight he's got to go the next And the next meeting, that's where you want to be here to make sure that those things get answered.

I was going to say, if it were in an area that was already zoned for an RV park, you would not be in the council meeting talking about it. This is just allowing for variance in a commercial decision.

Sue Johnson, 13 Cedar Creek Drive here in Clarksville. Michael, I appreciate you asking that question. I do. And Jeannie, I want you to know, my biggest question is, can we be guaranteed that the RV park, any of the runoff, any of those plans are not going to affect her property, her livestock, that she won't even know that RV park exists.

Not tonight, ma'am. That's what we're saying. Okay.

The next stage of that. But can you all feel confident in saying that there will not be any repercussions whatsoever to private property?

No, that's part of the whole process. DEQ permits, things like that. They look at those. Okay.

Sometimes things need to be changed. Right, because no one should suffer because somebody wants an RV park. Yeah. let me just say one more thing that at the next meeting when we talk about this drainage and all of that good stuff can you do a summary and dumb it down so that people like me who are not legally minded will be able to understand this because there sure seems like there's a lot of shims thrown into different statements okay i mean i don't know i didn't get a degree in law you know

But yes, when it comes to planning and zoning, you know, that is one thing that we do is we review all of the aspects of the request and the site plan. Morgan does a great job with the recommendation for us on what he thinks being the city engineer. And I believe that that is also part of the reason why we did the five years on the special use permit is so we can review and be like, hey, this isn't working out. We want to go ahead and not extend that special use if that happens. And so that's part of the reason we wanted to include that time limit on the special use permit as well.

And if there's a violation, it can be revoked.

Yes. So we do have that contingency in these as well.

Bradley. Yes. King. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Yes. Thank you.

I just I still want it on the record that I'm pretty sure that part of that is in the floodplain and I know we're talking about this but again there are things going on south of there that are also impacting and again personal experience on what goes through Greenbrier Creek when we have significant rains there has been a difference okay there is more water in that creek that's that's hitting that creek when we have a rain that's not very substantial It used to take a very substantial rain, particularly, you know, upstream from there. And that creek is trying to handle more runoff now than it was a year ago when it just, you know, moderate rains. So I just really want that to be considered.

We had to fill it up with a fire hydrant. We can fix it right there.

I'll be real quick. A couple things on drainage and the project to the south, which is the data center. I think I should address that. Their development plans included a detention pond. They obviously are going to utilize some of their water on site and And I also need to qualify this with hydraulics is a bunch of random numbers thrown into a pile and somehow it comes out fairly accurate. But it makes a lot of assumptions like uniform rainfall distribution across the entire area that you're looking at and all kinds of other things. It's not exact is what I'm getting at. But there's some middle included a detention pond that would store the 100 year storm plus over the 100 year storm. So during construction, yes, they may have seen some increases before that was built. But now that it's built or almost finished being built, actually should see a reduction in runoff. As far as enforcement of these regulations and these additional requirements that will be enforced by the code enforcement officer and I said this at the Planning Commission meeting that Clarksville I've worked with a lot of code enforcement officers Clarksville has the best one I've worked with she is very effective

I know I was for and I still am for the RV park. But I'm just really telling y'all because I might not be at the next meeting. When someone says they're gonna look at something and make a plan, that's an extremely vague statement. So don't just take their word on it. That's all I'm gonna say.

You guys know my name's Phillip. I don't like coming up here because I'm kind of shy.

How old is that guy?

Anyway.

All right. I just want to say this because I forgot to say it last time, and I'm willing to bet money. Right now, I'm impatient. So when I see people turn up Palmer Road, I come into town about three times a day because I'm just goofing off. But when I see people turn up Palmer Road, you know where I go? Through Kline Park. And I'll bet money, if anyone wants to bet, that Kline Park traffic is going to pick up. And you guys know it. That's it.

All right, 6B is the ordinance.

in the future building within the corporate limits of the city of Clarksville. Whereas a petition was filed in accordance with the provisions said ordinance requesting a special permit for Dean and Karen Hammonds in a C3 zone for an RV park. And whereas the public hearing was held on said petition on July 2nd, 2026, the Planning Commission approved the special permit request on July 2nd, 2026, and recommended its approval to the park's City Council on July 13th, 2026. on the property described in Exhibit A, subject to the conditions contained in this ordinance. All said property being located at 1304 South Rogers, Clarksville, Arkansas. Section 2, conditions of approval. A specialist permit subject to the property owner or his agent assigns employees or representatives collectively known as the property owner remaining in compliance the applicable portions of the City of Clarksville zoning code as amended from time to time, including such code portions applicable to the operation and use of a recreational vehicle or travel trailer park. Two, in addition to the zoning code requirements, the RV park shall meet the additional requirements. One, all recreational vehicles or travel trailers, RVs herein located to property must be and remain registered, licensed in good and operable condition and capable of immediate transportation. Two, the RV park shall be used for parking RVs and insulated vehicles only. It may not be used at any time as the manufacturer to any RVs, except it's specifically approved by the City of Clarksville Building Inspector. The property owner shall maintain a minimum 20-foot landscape buffer adjacent to residentially zoned property in compliance with the submitted development plan and is approved by the Clarksville Building Inspector. Three, shall there be no material changes to the site plan as approved unless such changes are submitted to the Clarksville Planning and Zoning Commission and approved by the City Council. Any condition contained herein shall constitute grounds for suspension or revocation of the special use permit as set forth in Section 3 below. The special permit shall be reviewed no later than the five-year anniversary of special permit authorization date to ensure compliance. Section 3 revocation A upon any event set forth in Section 3 B.I. through I.V. below the city may issue written notification. uh... uh... uh... uh... or hazard to the public. The property owner has failed to maintain compliance with applicable laws and regulations or for any other reasons allowed by law. Section four of this ordinance shall take effect 30 days after publication.

We'll open it for discussion. Is the builder here? The owner here? Proposer? You want to come up and address the council and maybe answer any questions?

Is there any more questions on RV parks?

Yes, that's our family owns the land, yeah.

Yeah, that's the interest we want to use and have the entrance to the RV park on that same fence line back at the back.

I was speaking a little bit.

What was her question? Between Wendy's and what's in Morgan?

Yeah. Going to the restaurant. Going to South Park. Yeah. Thank you. John. Matter of record, state your name and pull the record so we have it.

Becky Kraft, 165 Mountain View Circle. I just am wondering who, when a new entity has access, what happens with road care?

Sue Johnson. Do you need my address again?

No, ma'am.

Thank you. How many spots are you planning on putting over there behind South Park?

Ma'am, let's do this. Let's do this. They're the decision makers up here. Keep your questions up here, and then they can do that, okay?

Okay. That's fine.

Sometimes that gets better, and we don't want to do that.

Well, because I'm now finding out that we have three RV parks going in. Is that correct?

I think so, yeah. Four. Is it four? Palmer, the universities, South Park, and one on South Rogers, so yeah. Four. But they're not here tonight. I know four.

They haven't been to planning zoning.

They're still working on their land deal, I guess. But they have not brought any plans. I know that they were looking at it.

I'm so lucky. I'm gonna have three of them right there, right there by me. I can just do a nice walk. Okay.

Council, I'd invite you to think about the tenants. I think there's a mindset that the tenants are all male workers. I have women living in RVs out at Spadra Park. They've been living there for years. Approximately 190 of my students rent properties in this community every year. I've already been told by the largest landowners that they won't have places to live come fall of 2027 because those places will already be occupied. So as we think about RV parks and we think about temporary housing, I know a lot of it's about workers, but I also see this as solutions for the students that come here and spend four years because we have a housing issue and it's going to be tight for the next five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten years. which is wonderful as a community. And then it's how do we come together to manage not only temporary workers, but also temporary students. I think the last time we did the economic impact study of temporary students, those students who don't live in our properties spend about $2 million a year living in Johnson County, living in these temporary spaces. So although I know, again, the data center and construction is driving this, we see this as potentially a release valve as we find a new normal for 27, 28, 29, and 30 and beyond. But it's coming at us, and I'd love us to take this and do whatever we can to talk more about what's housing going to look like for those wonderful people that we invite to our community, whether it's to build buildings or to come here and study for four years, because we hope they stay. or at least I hope they stay. I hope a bunch of these workers stay because some of us have a really hard time hiring them. So I hope when the construction's finished, we're able to convince a couple of them to fall in love and, yeah, buy those ATVs and kayaks and canoes and call Clarksville and Johnson County home. So thank you.

Thank you, Richie.

Michael wants for four yard yell at me a couple of suggestions one is with the RV park I know there's some that are worried about drainage and stuff like that my suggestion would be on the temporary make it a year-to-year basis so that way you're not stuck into a five-year thing that way you got a little bit easier out and then after a year if everything's going fine then you can make it a five-year thing then as far as that goes on the temporary housing or making it permanent why not turn it into like a single parent program that has like a kid that needs somewhere to stay i say that because i've been there and do something like that just suggestion thank you michael

This is the last one.

Hi Kelly Miller, Clarksville, AR. I've already asked my questions about impaired waterways and traffic studies. I am coming from a state where RV parks are treated at housing solution. And it can be pretty horrifying. I'm not hearing anything about maximum occupancy here. I'm not hearing anything about health and safety. I've lived in an RV. I know what winter's like in an RV. This isn't a housing solution. I mean, temporarily, I get it. But it doesn't sound like we are planning for the future. We're planning for track. We're planning for the water. We're just planning for a temporary situation. But I'm hearing people in the community Oh, this will be great for housing. How many of these are going to wind up with? How many people are going to be, you know, shift one, there's two guys. Shift two, there's two people. How many cars? I mean, like, I'm just not hearing. I'm not. hearing is a lot of thoughtfulness that ties like today to tomorrow to the place we live so i am kind of curious especially about occupancy and health and safety thank you our council is there a motion to suspend the rules and place it on a second reading

being enacted by the City Council of Hartsville, State of Arkansas, an ordinance to be entitled an ordinance adopting recommended special permit in the C3 zone.

Okay. Is there a motion to suspend the rules and place them on its third reading? So moved. Second?

Second. Ms. Lisa? Robert Thompson? Yes. Baker? Yes. Bradley? Yes. King? Yes. Ressinger? Yes. Crystal Thompson? Yes.

Did you read my title, please? Is there a motion to adopt the ordinance? So moved.

Second? Second. Ms. Lisa? Baker? Yes. Bradley? Yes. King? Yes. Reisinger? Yes. Mitchell-Thompson? Yes. Robert-Thompson?

Yes. Thank you, council. Motion passes. Where are we at? Winette? Where's she at? I've heard Morgan come forward. We'll talk about this. 6E is a resolution, sole source procurement, aquatic slide restoration. And you know what? Lisa, let's do this. Papaw.

A resolution authorizing the sole source procurement of the Aquatic Slide Restoration Service from the original manufacturer for the City of Carson Aquatic Facility and for other purposes. Whereas the City of Carson owns and operates the Carson Aquatic Facility for the benefit of its residents and visitors. And whereas the Aquatic Slides of the facility require restoration to maintain their structural integrity, operational safety, and continued compliance with applicable industry standards. and whereas the aquatic slides were originally designed manufactured installed by splashtacular which possesses the knowledge engineering specifications mold materials and replacement components necessarily necessary to properly restore the slides and whereas the city has determined that utilizing these Thank you. And whereas the Arkansas Code authorizes municipalities to waive competitive bidding when it is determined that competitive bidding is not feasible or practical due to the sole source procurement, now therefore be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Clarksville, Arkansas, Section 1. The City Council hereby finds the restoration of the aquatic slides constitutes a sole source procurement because the original manufacturer is uniquely qualified to perform the restoration and provide the necessary proprietary materials methods. Thank you.

So when this issue came up, I got kind of trying to remember it. the and i remember the previous parks director bringing that to the council and so i asked lynette to pull out the minutes and let's go through the minutes because i remember having the discussions in the office about it so it was presented So you have the minutes. Previous parks director presented it to y'all, discussed, I believe, that the need to go with this vendor and how much it was. Council approved it, but the paperwork wasn't in place. And so I think this is going back and just cleaning up the paperwork is what it is.

The auditor had questions about it, and we needed to fix it on it.

Bradley. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Yes.

Yes. Yes.

Thank you. four hundred dollars for the following one 2016 western star 4700 sd 6x6 c60 60 digger derrick 197 900 ordinance 25-984 2 2025 ford f600 4x4 terex utl 40 bucket truck 165 500 ordinance 25-985 emergency clause. This ordinance being necessary for the orderly growth and development of the city of Clarksville, Arkansas, and to make the most efficient use of city funds, an emergency is declared, and this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval. at the end of the year for the budget adjustments. So this is just to adjust that budget. It's on the line item where it's zero. It caused our street budget to be over 24, spending this 300 and caused us to be over 24,000. Council, is there a motion to suspend the rules and place it on second reading? So moved.

Second? Ms. Lisa?

King.

Yes. Rossinger.

Yes. Crystal Thompson. Yes. Robert Thompson. Yes. Baker. Yes. Bradley. Yes. Could you read my title, please? Being enacted by the City Council of Clarksville State of Arkansas, an ordinance to be entitled, an ordinance amending the 2025 Street Fund Budget, Ordinance 24-960 for the City of Clarksville, Arkansas. Is there a motion to suspend the rules in place on this third reading?

So moved. Second? Second. Ms. Lisa?

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Robert Thompson? Yes. Baker? Yes. Bradley? Yes. King? Yes. Reisinger?

Yes.

Is there a motion to file that emergency exists? So moved. Second? Second. Ms. Lisa?

Robert Thompson? Yes. Baker? Yes. Bradley? Yes. King? Yes. Reisinger?

Yes.

Crystal Thompson?

Yes.

Thank you, Councilman Stanley. We're going up to now six minutes. to take that up. The APERS adjustment for Dillon Field.

This is to adjust one of our part-time people who entered hours that made them eligible for retirement. So we need to pay the back part of that.

council morning your questions we'd appreciate a good motion making motion we approve what the 46 22 16 16. is there a second

This tractor is to replace the tractor where you fixed it once, transmission's out again. Reverse keeps going out on it, and we just want to replace it. Put the other one in auction, get rid of it this fall. This Kubota is about $11,000 cheaper than a... John Deere with price for about the same horsepower, more PTO horsepower with the Kubota going on. It's got air cab, you know, keeps the workers a little safer out of the sun as much. We use those tractors a lot for storms that will have a grapple to pick up brush and stuff, which helps us move stuff out of the roads faster than in big storms. No, there's never a tree down in Clark. That's pretty much it. I think it's about $62,000.

Which fund do you want to pull this from?

It will come out of street reserves, which we will again have to adjust the budget. We don't budget equipment in a regular budget.

Is there a motion? Is there a motion to pull this fund from street reserves?

So moved.

6107, this is the bill for our new baseball complex. We need to pay and adjust the budget for that amount. Parks and maintenance?

No, it's just... Do you want to pull it from parks and maintenance? Or do you want to pull it from...

Parks and maintenance.

So is there a motion?

Yes. Yes.

Yes.

within city limits of Clarksville, Arkansas, whereas the city of Clarksville wishes to abandon a Harris Road as indicated on attached exhibit A and located within the corporate limits of the city of Clarksville, and whereas the city is required by law to conduct a public hearing to take all public comments regarding this request. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the city council of the city of Clarksville, Arkansas, a public hearing will be held on August 10th, 2026 at 6 p.m. in the conference room of Clarksville City Hall to take public comments on the abandonment of the Describe lands.

So, Council, I highlighted on the screen for you exactly why you shouldn't trust AI.

I didn't get that from AI.

All right. So, Morgan, you want to come talk about this? It's Harris Road, not Harris Street. Where's Weaver? Where'd he go? Rick, we're going to clarify. They spelled it as rote. It's Harris Road.

So this, and Mike might be able to address it if he wants to, but this is a property that was purchased for the data center. And this road went from one side of it to the other. They own all the property and are requesting that that road be abandoned. And it wasn't a platted area. It was just one that existed by prescriptive easement. So there's a couple ways that can be abandoned. This is one. The other is to close it and it be that way for seven years. So I'm just trying to dot the I's and cross the T's and get this. It doesn't service any other properties, just all one owner. And so they're requesting that it be abandoned. And tonight is just to set the public hearing for next month.

We don't have the contract for server form or the benefits. That will be the next meeting. The next one is going to be the 2026 City of Clarksville IDBS Hatch Bowl City Resolution to Support for Tax Back Program. Lisa, could you read that?

A resolution of the City Council of Clarksville, Arkansas certifying local government endorsement of Hatchbo, excuse me, LSC to participate in the tax back program is authorized by section 14-2706D of the Consolidated Incentive Act of 2023. Whereas in order to be considered for participation in the tax back program, the local government must endorse the business to participate in the tax back program. And whereas the local government must authorize the refund of local sales and use taxes as provided in the Consolidated Incident Act of 2003. And whereas said endorsement must be made on the specific form available from the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. And whereas Hatchbo LLC, whose facilities are to be located at 101 Tech River Valley Road, Clarksville, Arkansas, Thank you. Thank you. All right, Council. We'll open it up to the public.

Question or comments from the public? Yes, sir. I don't know you from Adam, so you have to come up here and identify yourself. Yeah, sir.

Chris Case, 104 Sioux Street, S-I-O-U-X. Where is this street that's named here?

Well, that's going to have to change. There is no Big Tech River Street. That's going to have to go back to Big Danger.

Okay, I wasn't familiar with that.

So this resolution, if they pass the resolution, it's going to have to change to Big Danger. Okay. In actual order. All right, thanks. Council, we have a motion.

I wanted to ask, because I didn't see it on there, when we're talking about the tax back program, what are we talking about actual numbers and for how long? Until Jesus comes, I don't know.

We've got the attorney here who can help us in just a few minutes. I got your question, and we're going to ask it. Would that be okay?

Does this include tax on electricity that they're going to be sucking up? Because I pay 9.5% on all the electricity I use and everybody in Clarksville does. That's my question.

That's a good question. We're going to get that answered.

The answer is yes regarding sales tax exemption on electric sales to data centers.

That's a state law. We don't have any effect on that. Yes.

I'm going to ask Drew a question. You heard a comment about all the power they're going to be sucking up. I want you to address that for the world.

the record we have to have it for the record hello everyone drew dixon with solaris energy infrastructure a pleasure to be here tonight on behalf of solaris and this project to address the mayor's specific question and for the town and community part of the reason that we're coming in here as solaris energy infrastructure is the the Hatch bow has chosen to bring us as the power provider. So therefore it's not going to be a strain upon CCU. I think there were a lot of questions and comments about how the CCU currently doesn't have the capacity needed for the project. So therefore our infrastructure that we're bringing alongside them will then supply all the necessary power for this first phase of their development and we hope that through demonstrating the success for the community that we would be able to participate in the further phases as they continue to expand this development but rest assured that we're here and we tend to be a large part of the community as we move forward with this mentioned yes so the so that what we're bringing in the infrastructure to generate the electricity will be powered by natural gas yes not diesel correct

uh actual numbers who asked that question repeat your question one more time i see you know that's the question i have is like it's tough because

what they spend to know what the tax back is but at some point in the process they become a qualified data center under this data center act and then it's state law that controls and this and the tax back program kind of goes away can you explain the caps why there's caps on it the 5 billion and the 50 billion right i mean those are what they estimate those are not to exceed numbers what they estimate for the costs of multiple phases but the five billion is the kind of hard structure real property that will house you know all the equipment and the 50 billion is the equipment itself and the generators right that may be again a separate number i think that i'm not sure what that number is Okay. And there is some, you know, they've built in some room knowing costs increase. It may not reach that level. Okay.

Gordon, thank you very much. I know you guys are working hard on that. Council?

Questions?

Comments? I just, I do have concerns. Yes, ma'am. I will voice them because this has been put upon us very quickly. And I really urge the council to, Maybe table this, have some prudence, think about it for a little while. I don't think that this has to be approved this evening. I move that we table it.

Is there a second?

Second. You want to table it?

Yes. Ms. Lisa?

Yes.

Thank you, council.

Resolution of the City Council of Clarksville, Arkansas certifying local government endorsement of SF-ARC-1 LLC to participate in the tax back program is authorized by section 15-4-2706D of the Consolidated Incentive Act of 2023. Thank you. Thank you. And whereas SF-ARC-1 LLC has agreed to furnish the local government all necessary information for compliance, now therefore be it resolved by the City Council of Clarksville, Arkansas that Section 1 SF-ARC-1 LLC be endorsed by the City Council of Clarksville for benefits from sales and use tax refunds as provided by Section 15-4. Section 3, this resolution shall take effect immediately.

We did just table it. Table it means bring it.

I make a motion for the same.

I want to ask the attorneys the effect on this.

Tabling it now, how does that affect interest rates, bank notes, things like that? We have a motion and a second? Second.

Ms. Lisa?

Who's the motion for?

Motion to table.

To table, okay. And who is it by? Robert Thompson? Yes. Baker? Yes. Bradley?

Yes.

King? Yes. Rossinger?

Yes.

Crystal Thompson? Yes. 6M is going to be the Hatchpo Induction Resolution. Yes.

The resolution of intent of the City Council of the City of Clarksville, Arkansas regarding the issuance of bonds for the purpose of assisting in the financing of the acquisition, construction, and equipping of industrial facilities that are located within the city. Whereas the City of Clarksville, Arkansas, the city is authorized under the provisions of the municipalities and conferences. together with any affiliate and industrial project consisting of the acquisition and installation of certain items of machinery, equipment, and other tangible personal property and maintenance and repairs, parts relating thereto and real property and fixtures to be located on approximately 205 acres of land located at 101 tech river valley road within the corporate boundaries of the city for use in data center operations collectively the project the permanent financing for the project can be provided that issues of revenue bonds under the authority of the act and whereas in order to secure and develop industry within the city in accordance with the provisions of the act the city desires to assist the company in the financing of the project through the issuance of one or more taxable industrial development revenue bonds in aggregate principal amount not to exceed 50 billion dollars now therefore be it resolved by the city council of the city of parksville arkansas that section one Thank you. Thank you. Section 2, in conjunction with any issuance of a bond or bonds to assist in the financing of the project, the city states its intention to enter into an agreement for agreements with the company, providing for annual payments by the company in lieu of ad hoc taxes, an amount equal to 35% of the aggregate amount of ad hoc taxes. Thank you. Section three. Section four. Section five.

speak to this um how would they finance it why don't we call it a working session here pretty soon so that way you'll be up to speed we'll have the attorneys there if you guys zoom in let's just do that answer all the questions we need to yeah we i know that the mayor did try to schedule a working session so that would be good

Yes.

Yes.

Good evening, Council. Eric Heinrichs, the fourth GM in the last five years for CCU. You've got our reports in front of us. Do you have any questions on financials? I know a lot of what we've been doing is project management, some agreements with Server Farm, ourselves, and our attorneys, but anything I can provide or anything you'd like to ask about?

How are the credits back to your customers going?

Good. I haven't heard of anything downstairs that's caused any issues. It's just been progressing through and tracking it. Yeah.

You know I have to talk every time we get here. We've got a lot of good things going on at the Chamber. One thing I wanted to mention was that we had in June Main Street, Arkansas directors retreat and 20 directors from across the state of Arkansas came to our downtown and they asked for templates of our city grant that we do in partnership with you guys. Overall a great experience and it was very encouraging to see our community through their eyes. And then a quick thank you to all of our partners for the America 250 celebration that went over tremendously. The city of Clarksville, Johnson County, community-led farmers markets, Scouting America, Johnson County Public Library, the high school band, and then our speaker, Lance Fetters. You have my full report. I'm happy to answer any questions or clarify anything that you need. Thank you, guys. Celebration. Yes. Thank you.

I have the July stats for the police department. There were 416 defense violations, 100 ticketed violations, 316 warning violations, 135 incident reports were taken. There were 56 arrests, 26 accident reports worked, eight CID cases assigned, 71 CID cases closed. There were 10 agency assists. There were five arrests for possession of controlled substance. There was one canine deployment. There was 26 served warrants. There are 3,021 active warrants. There were 1,097 dispatch calls. There were 18 special events and eight DWI arrests. Code enforcement had 150 tasks with 143 completed for a percentage rate of 95. Excuse me, 95.33%, and there were two hours of drone flight training time. Any questions?

the taxiway is nearly complete that we've been waiting on they've got a sign left to put up as soon as they come up with that that project's done the awos project on the other hand hasn't started but is planned to start in the middle of next month um we've been talking about the road i know i don't know if the rest of y'all know this mayor and i saw the change today they're going to go ahead and use that west end Yes, because it looks like we'll be able to get state funding to pay for that. Our initial project, we were going to try and come in from another direction, the west. But if the state will pay 90% of it, we're going to go ahead and do that. So that's kind of where we are on that.

And then we started clearing out trees. The data center didn't do the trees on there.

You know Mayor, I knew that. I gave you credit for that.

or any applicants out there.