City Council - Regular Meeting

For folks who might not have understood what was going on, there was a bat circling the room because I'm not sure you could tell if [laughter] if you were on TV or just watching on TV. Um, so thank you. I'll just um so LOL is not trying to tear down the AI and data center industries or any company. We recognize their value to the residents economic futures and to that of LOL and to that of the entire country that is competing in a global marketplace. But like the mill girls, we must try to [clears throat] change its impact so that the industry and LOL residents can live in better harmony. That's what the moratorium is trying to achieve. It's a pause to allow problem solving. The moratorum will be successful if it brings together not just city departments but also a representative set of stakeholders who recognize that the issue is complex and not black and white including residents, excuse me, [clears throat] businesses, UMass LOL, the LOL plan and others as well as subject matter experts to have the tough and necessary public private conversations that can produce practical solutions including enforcement provisions. And um and it would also be helpful I think if we as a council can get quarterly uh input on the or reports on the status.