Remarks by Jeff Warren
22 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 43:46
“Thank you. You know, one of the things that I was hoping we were going to do is to get this information out about what Alan had done with all our ordinances. And I just want to make sure that the public understands that what we're doing is if within three readings that his ordinance law will be in place. Okay, and that allows us to have the DPD regulation of those. Is that correct, Alan? That's correct. So when we read that, so we're talking about Four weeks from now, we potentially are going to have ordinances that can control what we legally can control based out of all of our other…”
City Council Committee · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 44:33
“Okay, so just for people who are looking for a moratorium, what we're telling you is we can have regulations in place in four weeks, and that's what we think we need to be able to pull off. Now, here's the thing that I want us to be able to think about while we're here, and I want us to be creative about it. And some of the things that Councilman Spinoza brought up about community benefit agencies, some of the things that the assessor brought up about how we can tax differently for use in the amount of money that comes through a facility. I mean, there are things that I think that we legally…”
City Council Committee · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 48:27
“We would protect the legislation if we sent it to Nashville and tried to get it through.”
City Council Committee · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 49:46
“No, I mean, I think that it's, back to Councilman Carlisle's point, is where do we want to be? Okay, what do we want to have in place? We want less pollution, water protected. We want these facilities that are bringing us income, we want them to be able to come here safely. Okay, right now, everyone, the idea that the community has bought or been sold is that somehow if we pass a moratorium All the construction is going to stop on Colossus II.”
City Council Committee · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 50:19
“There's going to be no more air pollution, that everything's going to be fine, but that's not going to happen with the moratorium.”
City Council Committee · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 50:27
“All that does is potentially damage our ability to get income into our city that we need. So in four weeks, we can do everything possible based on what our legal ability is right now. And I believe anybody who knows that is going to be Alan Wade, and that's what he's telling us. We're doing it. We're doing the work right now. So to do anything else to pacify people who are out there with incorrect information and are doing things for political purposes so they can win campaigns, you know, I mean, in my mind, you know, we have to be the grown-ups in the room.”
City Council Committee · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 1:47:05
“Thank you, Mr. Chair. So I just want us to try to remember what we're trying to get to and what we've got. So what Alan just said, if we're considering legislation, okay, that already has, you know, the ability to pause anything coming through, then we're protected. Is that correct, Alan?”
City Council Committee · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 1:47:31
“Okay. And right now, not only are we considering your legislation, but we've got two others that are in there that are on pause now that we've been looking at that have moratoriums, Councilman Smiley's and Councilman Spinoza's. So we're already protected because we're still considering those legislations. Is that correct?”
City Council Committee · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 1:47:50
“Okay, so no one can come in and put a data center in while we're considering those things. When we do your legislation, let's say we pass that in two weeks, okay, is there anything more that we can do to actually prevent data centers from coming here legitimately. Councilman Smiley was acting or thinking or trying to figure out how we could block data centers, because that's what this is about. People are scared of AI, they don't want data centers, they don't want the things that come with them, All we can do is regulate where those things go, like the noise and other stuff. And we're looking…”
City Council Committee · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 1:49:04
“Passing the one you brought, the combination legislation.”
City Council Committee · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 1:49:23
“Okay, and we have no legal authority to do that. Is that correct? That's correct. Okay, so what's going on is our community has been fooled into thinking somehow. No, no, JB. Say my name. I didn't say your name.”
City Council Committee · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 1:50:00
“If I misspoke, Councilman Filey, could you tell me how I misspoke, sir?”
City Council Committee · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 1:50:50
“So what I was trying to say is part of what you said was our community wants to ban data centers. I didn't say you said that. I said that's what's out there is people don't want them. So that was the point I was making. And we do not have the ability to do that. And a lot of people seem to think we do. It's not within our purview. So if we can't do something legally, And we've got people out there trying to get the community to think we can. That's a bad thing. Thank you. I'm still going. Councilman Spiley spoke for 20 minutes and I spoke for three minutes so far.”
City Council Committee · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 1:51:46
“But I was talking to our attorney about that. Okay, go ahead. And I'll bring it back again. If we're unable to ban data centers, what is the quickest way we can regulate data centers? Is that to pass the ordinance that you brought that combined the legal things we can do as a council? Can you use the mic, sir? Okay, so I want us to hear that because we're still in the idea that somehow if we do this moratorium, that's going to do something other than this. So we should just do what will get us there more quickly. Thank you, Mr. Chair.”
City Council Committee · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 10:00
“Thank you, I just wanted a general comment. As we talk about the Memphis SAIT project, most of what we're talking about there is activity that had been done by our police department, is that correct?”
City Council Committee · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 10:13
“Okay, and it's not arrests that have been made by the National Guard, and it does not include anything that ICE has done, correct?”
City Council Committee · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 27:35
“Thank you, Mr. Chair. When the National Guard and ICE were brought to the city, the National Guard was brought with a request from our governor, which is why I think our council did not do anything about it at the time. It was illegal. It wasn't a thing that we thought we should do. We'd sworn to uphold the Constitution. This is not a request, in my mind, saying that we have the power to send them away. I think it's a request saying we appreciate whatever thought process you had about the National Guard. Thank you very much. I think we don't need them anymore. Our police and all the other…”
City Council Committee · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 32:23
“One of those men that was killed was one of the young men that I coached in soccer who graduated Catholic high school and was an executive rising in Hollywood feed, sitting on the corner of Hollywood and Parkway when he was struck by someone who's being pursued at high speed by ICE. Thank you.”
City Council Committee · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 14:39
“I just want to make sure that I can... Take what you said and shorten it to where it makes sense. Essentially, what you're saying is we've been making money and we plan to get more money from the data centers that we can use as a tax revenue that is not coming out of people's property taxes. So that we've got. And the other is what is happening to people's property that are near these data center? Are they losing property value? Has that changed? Has it remained the same?”
City Council Committee · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 15:15
“Yeah, I mean, just two sentences. You said it in a sentence. I can't do it in two sentences.”
City Council Committee · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 16:11
“If we went and moved and regulated these data centers in such a way that they were not near neighborhoods and not near parks and not near schools, then their ability to lower the value of neighborhoods would be markedly diminished.”
City Council Committee · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 17:40
“Thank you. That's what I was looking for. Thank you. Councilman Logan?”
City Council Committee · Oct 6, 2026