Legislative Meeting - Regular Meeting

Well, thank you all and welcome to the order of the day of today's commissioners, August 18th, 2026, 2 o'clock. I would like to declare some things verbally, just to make sure that people understand our procedures. The public forum open today is reserved for any topic not present in our order of the day, the data center, In the text, instead, in our program. Therefore, we cannot accept public testimonies on the subject. We have received several comments written, numerous comments that the commissioners have... When you are here to testify, it is not an interaction between you and the police officers. We are here to listen to what you have to say. So if you ask questions, we will remain silent. I just wanted to clarify this. I did it the last time, but I wanted to check. Again, regarding the next public hearings on the Data Center, if we all agree, on point N of the daily order of today there will be a public hearing within 60 days on that point and on amendments to the zoning text. Public hearings on amendments to the zoning text are held in front of the planning commission of the Spokane County and such notices will be published.

It is there that the next public hearing will be held for amendments to the zoning test.

I just ask you to keep the decor.

We have 15, maybe 16 people who have signed up to talk about.

And still no explosion, applause or anything else, otherwise I will interrupt the public testimonies. Thank you.

I'm checking with my colleagues, there are points that we want to treat separately.

I swear allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, the republic that it represents. An indivisible nation, with freedom and justice for all.

Well, this brings us to our open public forum, where we did last week to try to be efficient. Can you hear me? Is there something you want me to repeat from what I said before? Thank you. So we'll start with...

Susie Hawkinson, Jim Lighty and I think Julie McHugh.

Susie Hawkinson, 1350 West Woodside Place in the valley. Isn't it wonderful to have all these people here? You are welcome every Tuesday. Many of us are here every week. Um, so I'm here again to talk about the tribes and I'm wearing my wonderful Nez Berz flotilla shirt that will be held on September 11 and 12th. It's an incredible experience down there, um, in the Lewiston area. And last week I went to, um, oh, I thought I had only one minute. Usually you only have three. Anyway, I went to the powwow of the Colville tribe and I was guided by the Annespelem dam and the devastation of the fires in the Colville reserve.

It's simply shocking.

And the next day I went back home, to Inkelium, and two thirds of the Colville tribe have been burned in the last 12 years. abbiamo un problema con l'acqua dobbiamo prestare attenzione all'acqua io sono stata evacuata solo per un giorno ma dovete andare tutti a vedere cosa sta succedendo e questo è un buon momento per pensare a tenere riunioni serali In addition, the Spokane Pow Wow is the end of last week. How many of you have been to the Spokane Pow Wow? How many people have been in the reserve of Spokane? Great. Many of you can come for the first time. Thank you, Susie. Next, Jim Lighty.

Jim Lighty, Spokane. I would like to talk about talking in public. One of the things that bothers me about speaking in public is that this Commission puts restrictions on the duration of the interventions and on the topics of the treaty.

However, the Commission is not held in the same state.

It has allowed the commissioners to speak about what they want and for all the time they want. Some of the reasons for which you impose restrictions are But if you intend to impose such restrictions on the public that you are here to serve, then you must impose them on yourself. It is not correct that we only have a minute to talk and the commissioner can talk for over 20 minutes. So I would like you to keep in mind that if you have to serve people and listen to them, you should give them enough time to be listened to. And at the same time, if you want to put restrictions on public interventions, we must also do it for the commissioners. And after Julia there will be Aaron Croft, Elizabeth Melview and... Alman Treffi or the address that lives on South Perry.

Good afternoon, Giulia McHugh, Palisade district, West Plains. I am here to remind this council and the entire municipal council what you have left us in the West Plains. Two weeks ago, the referendum question to protect our aquifers was failed. Instead, last year your referendum was successful. The city-owned airport in Contea was successful with 72% of the votes and so you left us with what is essentially an expropriation. You took away the joy of our gardening, the reward of eating food. You caused our inability to sell our houses. Many houses are on sale but nothing is sold. We have received the notice from the State Department that it has tested chicken, egg, pork, beef and for all four they recommend to stop selling their products. So you have taken all these things away from us and we do not feel that you have any capacity or unfortunately any inclination to protect us, to protect our health, our safety and our well-being. What I want you to know and what I expect from you is that you find a plan B because that referendum failed and failed for your design. If we had been included two years ago when you prepared all this and you refused to include the West Plains even including the airport in the West Plains, you stole it. We have the due protections. We are getting the filtering, but it was a hard win, right? Those funds did not come from a single source, but from residents, not from voters. You owe us something, people. Find a plan B and do it soon. We have a multitude of pollutants that come from there. The most famous one you are aware of is PFAS. There are numerous other pollutants out there. We have water scarcity on the margins and eastern and western borders. Thank you. You owe us something. See you next time!

I recently had a lot of free time and I want to take the opportunity to remind you, as has already been said, that you work for us. So any agreement under the table, anything that can, you know, improve your life. This is not the reason why you are there. You are there to work for us, the people who elected you and for no other reason. You are not there to enrich yourself personally. You are not there for party loyalty. You are there to improve the lives of the people you represent. I hope you remember it. We have already heard about forest fires and, you know, problems related to the lack of prevention and prevention after a fire. We are seeing it right now. We heard about PFAS and water. I'm sure we'll hear about many other things. We should also think about acoustic pollution. and we will have to think about any other type of pollution that could end up in our very limited water resource that the entire region needs not only to take care of individual projects that could benefit the county and I am not referring to anyone in particular I am talking to all of you but I think it is really positive that some of you receive a reminder of the fact that you work for us and not the opposite. So I hope that all of you have received the message, because everyone here sees you, knows you and is paying attention. So unless you have no intention of immediately moving to the end of your term, you will realize it when you make decisions for this county, for the people.

My name is Elizabeth Melville and I live in South Hill. And I would just like to send a little greeting to the commissioners of Spokane and to all the people. I know that everyone has united and tried to do their best to help, you know, the victims of the fire. And it was devastating and difficult. And this, however, introduces, I believe, the need to protect our water. When we fought those fires, we needed water. We had to have water to fight those fires. It is really very important to think in perspective, how much water is needed for everything here. I think of the values ​​of Spokane. Recreational activities have led many people to live here and as the river dries, as happened this year, and the smoke arrives, there will be people who, having the opportunity, could leave. They could move elsewhere. If we don't have a river or the possibility of a flood, they could leave. And I know that now again, regarding water, the value of water. And we need it to drink, for our gardens, for our gardens. At the moment I am subject to water restrictions, which does not create any problem for me. I think that if we do not have enough water, and the river is scarce, then water restrictions are absolutely necessary. And I also think it is really important to remember that the river and the aquifer are interconnected. Parts of the river feed the tide and parts of the tide, the streams, flow into the river and feed it. If you dry the tide for any project, you dry the river, which has fish, recreational activities and is part of what makes Spokane special, our river. And then I think about the damage to the water, remember the inheritance you leave? It has a lot to do with this. The disaster in the West Plains is a terrible legacy for those who had the power to allow it to happen. And in the Silver Valley, when I walked along the river and had to stay on the path, I couldn't get out. It was for the economy. And now we find ourselves with this problem. I'm 19 years old. I'm against the fact that I have to be here, but the world is like this.

First of all, I would like to acknowledge that the building in which we are today rises on the traditional and sacred lands of the Spokane Indian Tribe.

This council provides services also in a region that includes the traditional and sacred lands of the Cordalene tribe, the Confederate tribes of the Colville Reserve and the Indian tribe of Colville and the Nesver tribe. Our community has suffered great losses due to the fire, not only of members of the community and their homes, but also of their houses. The environment that surrounds us is one of which we have intrinsically As human beings, we didn't get here. That's why what we do with our water today is important. We don't exist on our planet without water. There is no second option. There is no planet B. What we do here in Spokane contributes to a broader global problem. Therefore, irresponsible decisions regarding the water consumption permit for potential projects are really a matter of life or death, not only for the city of Vispocane, since people will probably go there because of the potential contamination of the water, of the turbid water, but also for the flora and fauna that they have found in the vast area of the North-Western Pacific, Vispocane, in their case, They cannot defend themselves from water that contains substances such as biocides, which the EPA classifies as poisonous substances, heavy metals, corrosion inhibitors, which, once again, can easily contaminate groundwater and our aquifers that we use, both in agriculture and for our municipal water systems. While the UN declared on January 20 of this year that, at a global level, we are in a water crisis, we are suffering irreversible losses of natural water capital. We see it as it starts to...

The next three are Lori Swanner, Gabrielle Kennedy Gibbons, and Will Neville. Good afternoon. My name is Lori Swanner. My husband and I live in our dry wheat farm, the fifth generation has arrived, and I hope my children are the sixth generation. We live a mile from the point of ignition of the fire of Grey Road, which burned more than 10,000 acres in 2023. As a small family farming company, as small farmers, we work to manage our land and our natural resources, not only for our future, but also for our children and grandchildren, and hopefully for our great-grandchildren. At the meeting of last week, a commissioner said that our state legislature is about to make electric agricultural machinery mandatory and that farmers would magically benefit from some of the proposed developments. False statements serve to mislead public opinion. There are financial incentives available to farmers to improve agricultural practices. In fact, our family farming company is benefiting from it. We intend to ask for a WASDA contribution for the climate to buy what is called grain cuttings to manage the residues of our grain harvest.

Just yesterday I was on a truck for the grain.

My brother-in-law is helping us because we think it is really important. We also participate in a CSP program that helps us to implement more conservation practices. Are we not obliged to do it? It is false. And I, as a member of the agricultural community in the counties of Spokane and Lincoln, we have land in both. I can tell you that the agricultural community is not at all in favor of the development you are talking about, and it is really ridiculous. They are mobilizing to try to protect their agricultural lands and their precious resources.

Now it's Gabriel Kennedy's turn.

Good afternoon, Commissioner. My name is Gabriel. I was born and raised here in the north, in the county of Spokane. I have just graduated and I am proud to call this county my home. First of all, I want to recognize the extreme pain that our community is still experiencing after the fires of Old Trails, Autumn Lane and Fairview. In light of those fires, we do not need another environmental crisis. What we need is time. We need time to work. Then we need time to unite as a community and discuss the potential threats posed by large construction projects that could further stress our aquifers and electricity networks already under pressure. We must have this opportunity to reach a community consensus on a zoning order for these large projects. We seal our souls, take a break and proceed with the method. Voi servite noi come governo del popolo. Per favore dimostrateci che state ascoltando e che le nostre voci vengono sentite.

Hi, my name is Will Neville. I live in the Logan neighborhood. I moved here from Bosman, Montana in 2018. I found a job at a renowned construction company in cement here in the city. I was very impressed by the beauty of this area. Splendid nature, great places to go on excursions and it was very convenient when I moved here. And nowadays it's not like that anymore, you know. And I think that when we talk about defining policies, we must keep in mind the needs of people. We must think of a sensible environmental policy. I remember B. Ray Wood of the IWW and what he said, that is, this is our Earth. As for a strange alchemy, the Earth belongs to billionaires. I see what happens where I was born, in Montana, where billionaires are conquering everything for their playground and for their profit. And I feel that it's happening here too, you know, in Spokane. And I see it happening in all the United States. Resources, land, all this belongs to the people, not to the billionaires, not to people who just want to exploit it for their own profit, and then go and pollute our water. You know, I'm thinking about the type of response to fires here. It is always about disaster planning and response to emergencies. They are always seen as undesired costs and not as essential needs. Institutions such as FEMA are not enough. We saw it with Hurricane Katrina. You know, in Spokane we need better infrastructures, better infrastructural development, better public works, popular buildings and better emergency response services. For example, the Five Mile Prairie. I mean, there are many builders who have built it a lot and there was not even a station for firemen. I mean, Candace's mother was trying to pressure the municipal council. But these are all measures that we must start taking seriously. So keep in mind that if you are of the people, think about the environment and think about our needs for the future.

The next three speakers are Terry Horn, Jeremiah Harding and Ruth Ryan.

Good afternoon, my name is Terry Horn, I am a resident of the West Plains. At the moment Apacus Energy Partners does not have any public record that tests the construction of infrastructures. They have only proposed huge infrastructural developments never made, such as a high-power data center and a green hydrogen production plant in the West Plains. Terry, we are not talking about data centers because we have... This is a unilateral plan to create a 1000 megawatt data center by 2033. Zero and zero megawatts can be detected as 5 miles away sounds hitting thousands of people, including my neighborhood of Westhaven. So if the county is pushing for a provisional zoning order to act on the declaration of environmental impact and the order on critical areas, both these environmental reports omit frequently flooded areas, three high-risk drainage areas, the susceptibility of the aquifer and the maps of the critical recharge areas of the Grand Ronde required by the Growth Management Act. If the commissioners of Spokane vote to finalize a provisional ordinance in an announced or improperly closed context, any official action taken against the OPMA will be legally declared null and devoid of value. SEPA superposition. While an environmental impact declaration is in progress, a policy or provisional zoning ordinance to prematurely approve a project can also trigger a contest under the SEPA if it prejudices the final environmental result. We can contest the appearance of impartiality and the lack of scientific and political studies on the infrasounds. If a county in the state of Washington refuses to include all the mandatory categories to protect the functions of sensitive land, it is violating the GMA. Malversation is the intentional and deliberate omission of an illegal, unfair or morally reprehensible act. It is more often used in legal contexts to describe a person in authority or an official public who abuses their power to do something completely forbidden by law. Inobservance is a legal term to indicate the fulfillment of an illegal act in an improper or negligent way that causes damage or injury to someone else, leads to making a mistake or taking shortcuts during a task of which one has the responsibility rather than intentionally breaking the law. I would ask again to anyone who speaks of data center not to talk about it today. No.

So I feel that today was a good day to wear a T-shirt of them live I had also worn it the last time I was here but you know I did not have the opportunity to speak I was not chosen by chance Anyway, I think that a good way to start my speech is to say that it is about human freedom. I wrote this as an object on my little sheet there. And human freedom is what is at stake with a series of issues in the order of the day and in various political areas of recent times. The main thing I would say is that, you know, it is absolutely obvious, there are 140 Flock cameras in this city, or at least the targa readers in general, that element of the state of surveillance, the automatic scan of the words and ideas of people on the internet and in various other places, the installation of gun detectors and the suppressor, The state of surveillance that is built based on IA is a threat to human freedom. Not only is this a threat to human freedom, but it is also the drone programs that use this type of technology. As well as the programs that involve the use of IA in decisions on how much people pay for goods, services and their fundamental needs of life. We have to deal with a gradual increase in fascism and the people in charge, the people in the administrations in question, would like us not to talk about these things. I'm not saying anything about this in particular. I would never do it. But what I will say is that this particular administration, if it wants to differentiate itself from those administrations, must move forward and realize that it is the human freedom to be at stake here and that every artificial intelligence is a threat to human intelligence and should be stripped, and not allowed, of spokane from the beginning. A moratorium is not enough. Nine months are not enough. Yamai.

The next is Rutra. I am Ruth Reier. I am the vice-elect for district 9000. I talked to you about a year ago about a problem of confusion in the designation of tax districts for the correct preparation of electoral cards. Last year we discovered that more than 400 people received the wrong card. and I have the wrong information on the card and this included had to do with three anti-fire districts and two cemeteries districts and I turned to you I said I will work on it I worked more than 20 years ago to fix the borders as a volunteer Last year I spent three weeks working on it, receiving confirmation emails from everyone, except from the G.I.S., who said, yes, he's right, yes, he's right, the borders of those anti-fire districts are good, they said it that way, they said he's right about the fact that the voters here and the voters there should not vote on the issues of others. I firmly believe that if you get taxed you should be able to vote on your taxes, but I don't want them to vote on mine. So, three weeks, and it was the day before the cards were printed. I called the electoral officer and said, Mike, what are you going to do? He answered, no one in authority gave me permission to change. And I said, you and I both know that the other 400 cards will go to the wrong people. He replied, we don't have a protocol in place to solve this problem. So, and I have already addressed some of you, I can send these packages electronically because Jennifer Morton, who is a councillor at Airway Heights, also released a statement because it really hit her area. So, but I had to know how the Electoral Commission would have handled the thing before coming here.

comunque grazie possono arrivare elettronicamente e qualcuno mi conosce salve avrei fatto delle domande ma evidentemente non è permesso

So I'll just say what I know and what I discovered. In 2025, the County Commission, led by Al French, chose to take over Capital Path Consulting. The company was then taken over by a company called Apricus. Apricus is a hydrogen plant.

In 2026, Al French went to testify in front of the legislator for the state of Washington. Before this meeting, he sent his speech to Keira De Brea, who works for Capri. So, a private consulting company that works both for Apricus and for the Contea di Spocane, has informed a Commissary of Contea, who is in charge, on how to best testify to reduce tax exemptions for the Data Center of Spocane. And this is what I found.

Second, let's ignore the data centers.

Let's talk about hydrogen plants.

I have no idea if it is a green plant or something like that because there is absolutely no information on this project and it was done.

The production of green hydrogen takes water and transforms it into H2O. H2O is then used to feed the machines. If it is used to feed a vehicle or anything outside the radius of 30 miles of the water basin of Spokane, we will never have that water again. So what was proposed with this Apricus project is a hydrogen plant that will take our water and turn it into hydrogen, connected to a data center that will take our water and heat up our environment.

What part of the public works would this be? It's corruption. It's abuse. And this man must be considered responsible for his actions. And this advice is a joke.

French and Carnes have invented the precise rules that you are applying to prevent us from talking about our community. It's a joke. What is it? Can't I ask questions about a multimillion-dollar project of which we do not know where the funds come from? May one of our commissioners have a pre-existing relationship with the people of the company.

It's crazy. This is pure corruption.

It's not a normal way of doing business. This is madness.

Resolution. Craig Bollison.

Craig Bollison is a resident of the West Plains, but he is also part of the Task Force. Pass. During our most recent meeting of the Task Force of Response PASS, we finally managed to discuss briefly the scope and scope of the topics that the Task Force should deal with. Mr. French immediately said that the scope of the Task Force PASS was limited to how $ 7 million should be spent on the legislation of Washington. We are not aware of any legislative action or labeling that has limited or would limit our involvement. Rather, we have a broader understanding of the extension and the extent of the PAS problems in the West Plains that we can and must consider, including the long-term definition of goals, goals and planning, all on a consulting basis. Mr. French then said that he would have had to ask all of you about such an expansion of goals and areas. We believe that such a request is unjustified. Siamo già operativi nel nostro ruolo consultivo riguardo alla crisi di contaminazione... ...e lo siamo da molti mesi. Prima dell'assegnazione... ...quindi siamo già lì. È già tutto pronto.

I think the previous person had exceeded the time and I didn't hear the timer ringing. No, I just want to correct myself for the verbal that I'm sorry. I think we have the sound of someone who wants to talk. Reuben Andawi wrote after your meeting on August 11th, the French commissioner, I quote, approaches development with commitment towards natural resources. The West Plains will never forget that the French commissioner took advantage of the Spokane airport. worked actively in secret to prevent the disclosure of the contamination now you are pushing to quickly approve a controversial project with a company a year ago during a public meeting the French commissioner showed us to bring clean water in every house

We are still waiting for it.

Was that piano a cynical stratagem to get you? The oath you have borne imposes you to fill faithfully, impartially and impartially, to the duties of your office, to the best of your capabilities. Your oath. And then, given the time I have extended, the time I have given to everyone, we have another person online, but I will not accept anyone else. So, Britney Anderson is online.

Thank you, Commissioner. I want to talk more in general about the great industrial development in the Spokane county. Residents deserve transparency before decisions are made that could influence the quality of life, the costs of the utilities, the environment and the quality of life for decades. In recent months, residents have discovered new information.

I ask for this advice to give priority to independent analysis, full transparency and meaningful involvement. Make sure residents know what is being planned.

So, the rest of the people who signed up had their data set again, so I won't accept them.

We have extended the time, so I will close the public testimony at this point and I will turn to my fellow commissioners. President, I propose to approve A, A, B and C and 24 from AO, with the exception of... A proposal is a second.

Is there any further discussion?

I just want to talk about the 4N point about the pause in the acceptance of the use of land and permission for the data center. As we heard in our briefing this morning, that pause has the same legal effect as a moratorium. I just wanted to say, as far as I'm concerned, I have never found our rules very sensible. We have restrictions on the public, trying to listen to those who want to intervene on the points of order of the day. and that the window for written comments is reduced. But if when the daily order is published it can be rather short. So I hope that in the future we will be able to examine some of these standards and be more open to listen to people who want to address us. Even if a point is the order of the day. I just wanted to say that I think that this week it seems that there has been a change of opinion

Many of those who have followed our meetings in the last two months will remember that Commissioner Waldroff and I proposed for the first time to block the permits for these structures on July 21st.

We asked for responsible regulations to protect the users from the users.

And so whoever attended the discussion of the Council on July 21st will know that the initial reception of that proposal was much more enthusiastic. On the 21st, it seemed to me that the Countess would have really suspended the permits, while we engaged in the necessary community conversation to define rules. In that meeting it was even suggested that a provisional order, which I personally had not seen until the moment it had not been published, could be voted on the same day, without any public notice. So it's a good news.

I'm happy that we didn't make that mistake.

Anyway, we are here in August.

Now we are voting, if we hope for unanimity, to ensure that no permission has been given to the other charge.

I will study the question further in the next months. This pause is really fundamental. Today we are voting to guarantee that there will be multiple public meetings and meetings in the light of the sun before the commissars make any final decision through the formal process of unification. Transparency was really necessary in this process and today it is a good limit. In that meeting of July 21, the concern for the potential impacts of these structures on our community transcends political clashes. I talked about the moratorium council and the restrictions of the county of Kootenai that have been approved unanimously.

What have we seen?

The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, Republican, has just disposed a block at the state level for any new high-consumption data center that connects to the electricity grid, until a new one will be completed. This is not a political issue of the party, it concerns our community. As we discussed this morning, I am skeptical about the fact that the current suspension, potentially scheduled for four months, is sufficient. I would have preferred a longer duration. Commissary Waldorf, I initially proposed 9 minutes.

Any weapon approved will have an impact on Spokane for the next decades.

And let's talk about structures that could consume each energy half of the whole. In my opinion, we must take all the time necessary to do things in the right way. But today's initiative is a point of failure. This gives us the opportunity to start the necessary public debate. As discussed in the Mattochino briefing, this suspension can be extended if it should take more time.

The briefing of this morning also learned that in the last few weeks the personnel of the county worked to perfect an order box to be used as a base.

I appreciate that this gap is an improvement compared to the preliminary scheme that some commissioners have made circulate the 21. The fact that the operating definition of high consumption has gone from 200 to 20 MW. I always put a vote to send it to the planning commission so that I have a more comprehensive study. There will therefore be more opportunities to analyze it and define it in the future for the benefit of the people. I hope that this break will be approved today and I can't wait to work with the citizens, the people of the county, the other parties interested in the council to define the regulatory framework just for the regulatory.

Is there any other commissioner who would like to intervene?

I was accompanying my daughter to college. So, it is one of those situations in which I could not be in two places at the same time, but I appreciate all those who came to our meeting today to participate, so thank you. I also wanted to comment on how Commissioner Jordan mentioned that since I started as Commissioner of Contea I have been very surprised by the fact that we do not receive comments on every point in the order of the day. I have been part of the Municipal Council of Spocane for eight years, that was our method, the way we managed the meetings. So I really hope that the majority of the Council takes into consideration the adoption of rules that work for our community and to move the meetings in the evening. I just wanted to put it back to verbal. As for the resolution, I still believe that a longer moratorium would be a better approach to give us the time and energy necessary to confront ourselves with the community and with the planning commission. We are in the middle of an update of the twenty-year growth plan that must be completed by the end of this year. We are also facing a budget deficit. There is a lot to do, but we can extend this four-month proposed break. I just hope that as we get closer to the deadline and the work proceeds, facing this crucial issue of authorization for high load data centers, we will give ourselves more time, if necessary, in the future. So I would like to talk about all the public comments, phone calls and emails I received. I think it is the largest number I have ever received on any from when I am Commissioner of Content. This shows how important the issue is for our community and how essential it is to have opportunities for public meetings and open and transparent meetings.

This proposal provides for at least one meeting in front of the Planning Commission and one in front of this body.

I hope we will evaluate further opportunities for public contribution along the way. Resolution and related policies are, in my opinion, still a job in progress. They are certainly an improvement compared to some initial ideas that had been presented. As Commissioner Jordan mentioned, there have been some changes and new definitions that I think are going in the right direction, but I see this only as a starting point. I do not necessarily approve everything that is contained in this proposal of regulation. I think we must open up to the contribution of the community and ensure that the planning commission studies thoroughly and provides us with a good recommendation based on research to bring us a version that respects the interests and values of our county. So I will vote in favor of this because I believe it is imperative to block any permit for the arrival of data centers before our rules are fully in force. Therefore, I will support the proposal and I look forward to this process and to receiving further contributions from the community as we move forward.

Our legal is here. This is what was advised to us. So, I'm sorry, sir, but so that it is moved away if it continues ... It's madness.

Ridiculous.

And I'm contacting my own time. This is absolute madness.

Please, there are others ...

I would like to encourage everyone to stay involved in this topic as we move on to the agenda of our planning commission. There will be opportunities to testify in front of the planning commission. As stated, there will be another public hearing in the next 30 days in front of the BOCC here. I also want to encourage each of you to examine the draft of the ordinance that will be sent to the planning commission as a starting point. We have listened to many people who know a lot about data centers and we want to hear your opinion about it. You must be part of the planning commission process. It is a process of several months that intrinsically has an aspect of public involvement. I want to encourage you to share your thoughts about it. Share what you like, what you don't like or what you would like to see changed as part of that process. As far as I'm concerned, from the beginning it was about establishing limits. Before today's action, there was nothing about the data centers in the code of our county. The first step was to put something black on white in emergency mode. There were no votes to be made. What is added to our planning commission is a better product. I will say it, I will say it today. Much more detailed. I want once again to encourage each of you to read it and be part of the process in front of our planning commission. And then at the end of the year they will send us something and we will see if it is a perfected product that has enough votes to be implemented. But thank you all for taking part in the process. It is about protections for the community to establish limits because to date there is nothing specific about data centers in the records.

And I just want to put it verbally that on July 21, as Commissioner Jordan remembered, there were two conflicting opinions and that is why we are here today. I did not agree.

A moratorium of 9 months? Well, I did not agree. An emergency arrest?

So this is what brought us here today to have these discussions, listen to your voices, your concerns and follow them as planned. which will give us other opportunities to listen to what you have to say and what your thoughts are. Again, there will now be a guideline in the amendment to the text, which will be presented to the planning commission, which is just a draft and, I repeat, will receive suggestions on which thoughts and changes may be necessary. In our resolution, it is stated that there is the possibility of extending it. So, if it is not completed in time, we have the opportunity to extend it. But, as Commissioner Carnes just said, this is what pauses any permission for the data center until that moment. Stop to end the vote. We have a motion and a second for point 3, ABC 4, from AO, excluding L. Other discussions? Who is in favor, declare it by saying yes.

Commissioner Waldroff.

So these points are unanimously approved.

We have already approved a resolution for which we can use the sounds when we are on Zoom.

Is there anything else to underline the attention of the council?

Nothing apart from none of them.

Okay, thank you all very much for being here. Our meeting ends here. We will sign some documents and we will see you all again.