09/15/26 (City Council Meeting)
1. The first (of two) public hearings on a potential datacenter-development moratorium (temporary) was held.
a. Four police officers were present and conspicuous.
b. Public comments on potential datacenter-development were accepted and took up most of the evening.
i. Many comments focused on the City Council's lack of progress since the 08/06/26 meeting (which was forty days prior).
- No progress on a city-wide noise ordinance.
- No progress on a decommissioning-bond for a potential datacenter.
- No progress on any other protections for Lavon residents regarding a potential datacenter.
- No progress on down-zoning (for the land that was re-zoned to support a potential datacenter).
- The lack of progress has given the potential developer additional time to improve construction plans for a potential datacenter.
ii. Many more comments focused on the City Council's continuing lack of transparency related to a potential datacenter.
- Previously submitted questions still unanswered by the City Council.
- The City Council's use of code-words in internal communications about a potential datacenter (discovered via Open Records requests).
- The City Council referring residents to developers, rather than answering questions about a potential datacenter.
- City officials now talking to the the potential datacenter developers only via phone (rather than email), so that Open Records requests no longer benefit the public.
2. The second (and final) public hearing on a potential datacenter-development moratorium (temporary) will be held 10/20/26.
09/01/26 (City Council Meeting)
1. Lavon residents requested that the City Council consider down-zoning related to a potential datacenter.
08/06/26 (City Council Meeting)
1. The Lavon City Council agreed to begin a process for investigating and implementing a temporary moratorium on potential datacenter-development.
a. The first (of two) public hearings will be held 09/15/26.
b. The second (and final) public hearing will be held 10/20/26.
2. A Lavon resident proposed a Decommissioning Bond related to a potential datacenter.
a. A Decommissioning Bond is a legally binding financial requirement imposed on a developer.
i. It requires a developer to pay the cost of dismantling a structure and returning the associated land to its original state.
ii. It's a guarantee that local taxpayers aren't burdened with the cost of dismantling a structure and returning the associated land to its original state.