Remarks by George Syrop
11 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Press the button. Can you press the button?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Just a few clarifying questions for staff. Can you clarify the vote threshold required to pass a moratorium? It said four fifths in the slide, translated to a council of seven. What does that vote require? For this council, four-fifths is at least six council members. So a moratorium would require six out of seven of us to vote in support of it when it gets brought back, if it gets brought back, seeing that that seems like the majority direction. Yes, sir. OK, thank you. Did any planning commissioners or council members sign any NDAs related to this data center or prior data…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Great. And then maybe for the city manager or for planning or development services, have other developers indicated interest in developing data centers in Hayward? And are they of comparable megawattage to the Stack data center?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“OK. First, I just want to start off by saying thank you to everyone who wrote in, who called in, is watching online, and came out in person tonight to express their thoughts and their feelings on data centers in Hayward. There's been a lot of conversation on this issue nationwide, and I think Hayward was bound to have this conversation. This is happening, just to be clear, because of all of your organizing and your advocacy. So I appreciate you calling this question and making this happen. What happens tonight is also not the end of the conversation. This is the beginning of the conversation.…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“It's not popping up for me, but I'm a yes vote.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Press the button. Can you press the button?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Can you pull the microphone down to your mouth? There you go.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 3:05:32
“Thank you, Mayor. Just a few clarifying questions for staff. Can you clarify the vote threshold required to pass a moratorium? It said four fifths in the slide, translated to a council of seven. What does that vote require? For this council, four-fifths is at least six council members. So a moratorium would require six out of seven of us to vote in support of it when it gets brought back, if it gets brought back, seeing that that seems like the majority direction. Yes, sir. Okay, thank you. Did any planning commissioners or council members sign any NDAs related to this data center or prior…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Great. And then maybe for the city manager or for planning or development services, have other developers indicated interest in developing data centers in Hayward and are they of comparable megawattage to the stack data center?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 3:06:34
“Okay. First, I just want to start off by saying thank you to everyone who wrote in, who called in, is watching online, and came out in person tonight to express their thoughts and their feelings on data centers in Hayward. There's been a lot of conversation on this issue nationwide. And I think Hayward was bound to have this conversation. This is happening, just to be clear, because of all of your organizing and your advocacy. So I appreciate you calling this question and making this happen. What happens tonight is also not the end of the conversation. This is the beginning of the…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 3:23:22
“It's not popping up for me, but I'm a yes vote. Okay. So, all right.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026