Here’s the two big issues this week: Data Centers and Flock license plate reader cameras for SMPD. These kept Council up until 2:30 am, last Tuesday.
Wild. Let’s do this:
Hours 0:00 – 3:28: 2.5 hours of citizen comments! Also a bunch of small topics – street parking permits, sidewalks, CDBG funding.
Hours 3:28 – 6:47: Here’s your two biggies: the Data Center(s) and the Flock license plate readers. This is where all the action is. (Plus a teeny bit on scooters.)
Bonus! 3 pm workshops: The CIP list, and should SMPD officers be allowed to use their vehicles whenever they want?
There’s only one meeting in June, so try not to miss me too much. See you in July!
The San Marxist 
the data centers are so scary because it feels like we have almost no control and will inevitably be so screwed in terms of environmental impacts, particularly water usage, but also pollution. I sincerely thank you for your work to educate us on what is being proposed and discussed, so at least we can be aware.
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I agree. It’s a really precarious position for us all to be in. These data centers need large-scale coordinated regulation – larger scale than any one city or county – and Texas as a state isn’t willing to step up and do their job.
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