User:Thankyou/Taylor parkland data center conversion

City Calendar with Links to Meetings and their Resources(Agendas, Video Recordings, Minutes)

There has been a list of meetings/dates disseminated to reinforce the city's official position. [[User:Louis/Taylor_parkland_data_center_conversion#Coordinated_comments_defending_the_sale |Louis userpage]]

These dates are the one the city has an interest in presenting. If you know or can find any other relevant dates/meetings please let me know.

The dates are:

• August 2, 2024
• August 8, 2024
• April 11, 2025
• June 10, 2025

The land itself is never mentioned. It seems to be treated only as part of the overall Employment Center(?).

For the public hearing 13 notices went out according to the video. The only speaker was Yaerid Jacob - Founder Blueprint Datacenters.

Correlating the information of WCAD and the supplemented notification map from the meeting I found the following property owners:

WCAD as of Jul 9 2026 - Owners at the time might have been different

• R018970 Owner TEXAS COTTON GROWERS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
• R094392 Owner    ACCURATE INC
• R481303 Owner    WILSONART LLC
  • Subdivision: LABORATORY TOPS INC SUB (AMD)
• R357451 Owner    RICHARDS, JOSH
• R616083 Owner    STEEL NETWORK INC THE
• R679581 Owner    TAYLOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
• R018998 Owner    CARLOS LOOP LLC
• R018999 Owner    REYES, STEVEN
• R382991 Owner    REYES, STEVEN

• R468381 Owner    BAKER, RUTH
• R391753 Owner    MARTINEZ, ERNEST A & GRISELDA
• R018995 Owner    CITY OF TAYLOR

The land in question is located approximately here: Williamson Central Appraisal District Map

Unfortunately I cannot retrieve any more information from WCAD, if you can, please post it to the talk page.

None available, please let me know on my talk page if you find something.

Council-Meeting - Video recording, Agenda, Minutes

The Land in question seems to be within the proposed Small Area Plan. No further reference to it.

City officials per Minutes:

• Mayor Pro-Tem Kelly Cmerek

• Council Member Robert Garcia

• Council Member Shelli Cobb

• Council Member Gerald Anderson

• Mayor Dwayne Ariola

• Brian LaBorde, City Manager

• Jeff Jenkins, Deputy City Manager

• Tom Yantis, Assistant City Manager

• Mark Schroeder, City Attorney

• Dianna McLean, City Clerk

Minutes Except regarding the issue:

REGULAR AGENDA; REVIEW/DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION

8. Consider Ordinance 2024-34 regarding an amendment to the Envision Taylor Comprehensive Plan to include the creation of a Small Area Plan referred to as the Small Area Plan - Special Employment District North covering approximately 1,500 acres. Tom Yantis, Assistant City Manager ~ stated there were a couple of requests by business owners along Hwy79 that would like their entire property zoned the same designation. Currently it’s indicated that their property is two different designation types. In an effort to address concerns about being able to expand on their property, Louis Hughes (Floyd’s Glass) property and Wiede would like their property changed to reflect all the same designation, Commercial designation.

Citizen communication: Troy Wiede, Floyd’s Glass — would like to see his property all one designation, Commercial. Louis Hughes, property owner on north side of creek bed — would like his property designation to be all the same, Residential, and apply a 170-foot buffer between his property and the neighboring Industrial designation.

Motion was made by Mayor Pro-Tem Cmerek to adopt Ordinance 2024-34 modified for the Huges tract to include the southern portion as Mixed-Use Neighborhood with a 170-foot landscape buffer with a second modification being the Floyd's Glass tract to be all considered Employment-Commercial.

Motion was seconded by Councilmember Garcia. Motion carried unanimously.

Section in the video ~3:30 to ~ 12:25

None available, please let me know on my talk page if you find something.

Planning and Zoning - Video recording, Agenda, Minutes

According to the video 13 notices have been sent to neighbors within 200 feet. A look at the WCAD Map indicates that the notified are the city and surrounding commercial operations.

At the public Hearing one person is signed up to speak: Yaerid Jacob - Founder Blueprint Datacenters

Video at ~7:10 Question about water consumption.

No further speakers.

One partial shot of the background shows 10 other persons present.

City of Taylor,PZ-2024-2267,Employment Center Plan

Excerpt:

Does the plan promote the public health, safety, or general welfare?

• Staff analysis determined that the proposed plan for the subject property will promote

public health, safety, and general welfare. In addition, the planning principles and policy

guide in the comprehensive plan aim to promote health, safety, and general welfare by

managing growth, while promoting safe and orderly development

I do not know the underlying technicalities and whether this statement was accurate at the time.

PRESENT

• Nora Roy
• Donna Frazier
• Jim Buzan
• Annette Maruska
• Jim Newman
• Barbara Aviles-Torsberg

ABSENT

• Amy Everhart
• Joseph Gonzalez
• Alexander Allrich

STAFF PRESENT

• Preston Gunn, Planner
• Cole Bakley, Senior Planner
• Courtney Peres, Interim Assistant Director
• Shai Roos, Interim Directo

PZ-2025-2506 Hold a public hearing and consider making a recommendation regarding a request for an Employment Center Plan referred to as Blueprint Data Centers, generally located at 1601 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., legally described as the EDC Addition Minor Plat, Block A, Lot 1, 52.42 acres, more particularly described by the Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R667904, Taylor, Williamson County, Texas.

• The public hearing was opened at 6:05 P.M. • The applicant, Jacob Yaerid, was presented to speak about the proposal. • The public hearing was closed at 6:06 P.M. • Commissioner Buzan made a motion to approve the Employment Center Plan. • Commissioner Newman seconded the motion.

The motion passed (6-0)