Remarks by Tim Davis
256 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 11
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“No, ma'am, you're talking about public input, and we're talking about contracts.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Which is standard. The city manager and the city attorney's office are the ones that negotiate these contracts.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Well then, then you'll find that that's not true.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you. Anybody else like to speak in this public hearing?”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Do you want to speak on six or seven? Seven. Okay. That, that will be next. This is the, this is the public hearing for item six. Okay. You bet. No problem. It won't. It may be long, I don't know. Anybody else wanna speak on this topic? Item six? Okay, with that, sorry, I thought I saw someone get up back there. With that, I will close the public hearing on item six and council entertain a motion.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“We have a motion by Councilmember Grant. We have a second by Councilmember Pilkington. Council, please cast your vote. Item six passes five votes to zero. Item six, I'm sorry, item seven is a first reading in a public hearing to consider adopting an ordinance authorizing amendments to ordinance number 2010-4413, City of Temple Unified Development Code as follows. Section 5.1, table of uses, remove data center large and data center small and add data center and data center accessory use. Item B is section 5.2, which is specific use standards. It adds limitations for data center and data center…”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you, ma'am. This basically is to me, just seems to be sort of a cleanup and, uh, uh, a redef a tighter, uh, defining of data centers and uses. Yes. Is that a fair?”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yes. That's why we moved him virtual. I don't need that.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“It's the opposite of opening and making it less restrictive.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Very good. Thank you. You know I don't like second bites.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Well, you don't, yeah, this one. You know what, yeah, knock it out. We're not starting a trend tonight.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“I'm seeing you shaking your head they won't because the city by ordinance the city of Temple requires a data center that's built in Temple Texas to use a closed-loop system you're right you're right there are systems in in the portfolio of data centers across the back up real quickly I'm sorry I think in stories meta has three data centers in Texas The oldest one is in Fort Worth, and it plows through water like crazy. It's old technology, and it uses a million to a million and a half gallons a day. It does, every day. Meta also has one in El Paso, which has more up-to-date technology, and…”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Up until very recently. Well, that's part of the frustration that I spoke about earlier. And I don't know how recent you are to this. But yes, there are data centers that go through a lot of water. Yes. There's some that go through less water than that. Yes. The ones in Temple? Yes. by requirement, closed loop system, period.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“And I just think that statement says it all right there. Can someone address the UDC, the adoption of the UDC over time?”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“The Uniform Development Code wasn't created in a vacuum by city staff many years ago, and now it's coming in and being adopted. Uh, being changed that, that has always been subject to public input.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“And, um, and this one is too, this one was, and these are the adoptions that are, that have been recommended.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“I'm not arguing with you. If you would like, you can sit down. Or I can have you removed. I'm not playing this game. We've been doing this for years. You're a liar. Thank you. You're a liar. Corrupt. All of you are. Everybody's a sexist and a rapist. A sexist and a racist. That's all you ever talk about.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Those other developments are managed under the commercial Definition UDC, right? This is just an accessory used to commercial is data centers. Is that the best way to say that? No. Cause you look confused.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“I think what Alan is saying is why are we, uh, why is the city considering making it specific to data centers? And it sounds like it's almost like commercial buildings and then data centers just simply fall under commercial buildings.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026