Overview
- The City Council took no action on the special land use request, with no member moving to approve the plan, effectively halting the project at that location.
- Residents filled City Hall and waited outside to speak, raising concerns about environmental harm, noise and light pollution, and the project's fit for the neighborhood.
- The city’s Planning Commission had previously recommended conditional approval following a public hearing, but that endorsement did not produce council approval.
- Developer Robert Kato said he will not appeal the council’s inaction and that the company will seek a different community for its data center plans.
- The proposal had come through a newly formed LLC and involved a vacant 40,000-square-foot warehouse; proponents had cited sizable private investment and dozens of jobs while opponents urged other types of development for the site.