Remarks by Christopher Carroll
70 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“Yes, thank you. So I obviously cannot support 180 days. You know, 500 feet, that's great. I'd almost go bigger, like Commissioner Chick said, 2,500 feet. I'd maybe consider that. But I think we're basing this on hypothetical legal cases and... You know, part of it, we're trying to provide buffer for 180 days, but like Commissioner Ross said, I mean, there's no, they could just sue the county at the end of 180 days. We're in the same situation. Much less, then we are introducing a new development guideline, which would probably be more prone for a lawsuit. So, I mean, we can think about…”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Well, according to Commissioner Ross, I second his motion to split.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“So just a point of order. So Commissioner Justice just said she called for a vote before I seconded Commissioner Ross' motion. That is correct. So if I had seconded before, then you're saying that we would have been able to split it.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“I'm just wanting, is that what you're saying?”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“That's not the question I'm asking. I'm asking should it have been seconded, then you're saying that's fine to split.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Madam Clerk. Can I offer a friendly amendment?”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Or an amendment. Amendment. Can we also include in that the... distance requirement of 2,500 feet that Commissioner Shake brought up earlier.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Well, to that point, we were missing a member that night, so I think it's important to remember that.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Commissioner Carroll. There's a meeting on our agenda set for October 18th. Is that a typo?”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“There is no one signed up virtually tonight. And the only, we have one speaker for item F. But if anyone has arrived late, does anybody wish to speak in opposition for any of the agenda items 11a through 11g?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Yes, we do have speakers for item H, which we will hear the full hearing for the data center opportunity zone and zoning tax amendment.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“As of now, we had two speakers. It's like Scott Kelly and Antonio Douglas or Antoine Douglas. If you still wish to speak, if you can head to the back microphone, you'll have three minutes to speak and then just name, magisterial district or generally where you live. And if anyone else would like to speak on this case, you can head to the back now as well. Yeah, and someone can step up and kick us off.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“If you could just, just name magisterial district or generally where you live, just state your name.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thanks. I guess to that end, continue on the thought in terms of the stakeholder input and outreach. I guess we've reached out to the business community, real estate stuff, commercial stuff, but or are we gonna plan to have like a public community meeting? Because I mean, to me, they're kind of the biggest stakeholders in all of this being impacted.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay. Yeah. I mean, that's a fair answer. I just think, you know, the public has been clamoring for this for years, and to not allow them a seat to provide input for something so major, you know, I definitely think it's a missed opportunity. And then in terms of the five eligibility criteria, could that be walked through, like what exactly each one of those five criteria means?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Yeah, no, I've read the language. I guess I'm just need help understanding what's like a, I think it was like a final site plan, an approved site plan, just like the distinctions of what each means.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay, so just, so in terms of that process, where exactly for criteria three and four, so where does like the approved final development plan fall versus the final zoning determination?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Got it, okay. I'll have a follow up later, but that's my three for now.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Yes, thank you. Just following up on the questions I had before, just going back to these five criteria. Just I'll read it real quick and then if we can go to that slide with the pie chart. So criteria one is the approved proffers, the approved projects, rezonings, what have you. Criteria three is the approved site plans. So if we can go to the slide with the pie chart. So we only, of all the data center cases the county has heard, there's only one of those cases that has been approved that's lacking the final site plan. Because right now on the pie chart for criteria one, we just have one.…”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Well, isn't criteria five, those are filed for quality control?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay. So those could be site plans that have been on approved projects? Yes. Okay. Okay. Okay. I think that helps me there. And then going to, if we can go back a couple slides to the, kind of the, yeah, this one. So just, when we say that it's on the right-hand side, it's the property ineligible zoning districts for data center use by SUP, and we say no, and that it's not eligible for data center development, I guess on the surface that's true, but if an applicant was to come in with a concurrent rezoning and an SUP, essentially any parcel in the county could be then eligible. Yeah, that's…”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Right. Okay. Yeah. And I think that's one of my big concerns with this is Whereas we are taking basically all these parcels out of the overlay and leaving essentially those data center projects in. And we're essentially leaving the map wide open now. So I would like to see the county still identify where the county believes data centers should go in the county and identify those in the overlay still. and then just scrap the buy-write portion of it. But in my view, we should still be identifying where we think the data center should go and be proactive in that instead of allowing these…”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Just to make sure I'm understanding on substations. So in essence, assuming this passes in September, a year from now, we get a substation. So since basically the parcels wouldn't be in the overlay, any future substation would need an SUP in that case?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay. Perfect. Tracking that. Likewise, on my concern on the map, I have, I guess, concerns and questions on the design standards portion of the ZTA. So, you know, those standards were established seven, ten years ago at this point. And, you know, as a county, we're benefited from seven to 10 years of data center developments where we've learned a lot of lessons in terms of buffers, noise issues, sustainability measures. Why are we not using this opportunity to take advantage of all those lessons learned and updating the design standards portion of the ZTA to really drill some of those pieces…”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay, is there a timeline on, is that coming, I guess it's not coming before this ZTA to the board?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026