Orange City Council will have a regular meeting on Tuesday, July 28 at 5:30pm inside council chambers.
Among the agenda items is a presentation on data centers from Kelvin Knauf, the director of planning and community development. The construction of data centers has certainly been a hot topic around the country.
The agenda reads, “The purpose of the presentation is to familiarize the City Council with data center development
and discuss the opportunities and challenges these facilities may present for the City of Orange.”
Many in the community took to social media to voice their disproval of any data center in the area. Despite the way the agenda item reads, Mayor Larry Spears said Sunday night that no one has contacted the city about building a data center. He added that Mr. Knauf was presenting information of what is required from data centers should the city be approached.
Council will also hear a “final reading” on a fee schedule involving tree cutting or trimming. The agenda reads:
The purpose of the ordinance is to recover administrative costs associated with implementing and managing the City’s tree cutting/tree trimming permit program. The City previously established a requirement that persons performing tree cutting or tree trimming services within the City obtain a permit before conducting work. The proposed fee provides a mechanism to offset staff time associated with permit review, documentation, inspections, and enforcement activities.
The ordinance establishes three permit fee categories:
1. Individuals, private businesses, contractors, or organizations performing tree cutting or tree trimming services for compensation, profit, or commercial purposes will be assessed a fee of $50.00 per location for each fourteen-day period, regardless of the number of trees cut, trimmed, or removed. The fee applies even when the work is performed on behalf of a nonprofit organization.
2. A reduced fee of $25.00 per location per fourteen-day period is established for organizations that are organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, religious, civic, cultural, scientific, or other public-benefit purposes and have obtained
applicable tax-exempt status, including organizations recognized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
3. No fee is required if an individual, business, non-profit or other entity cuts or trims trees on their own property.
Orange City Council meets twice a month.
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