BY MANUEL HOLGUIN JR. & BROOKE SJOBERG
Round Rock council to revisit zoning proposal for Skybox data center
$4.5M approved for emergency vehicles Round Rock City Council approved $4.5 million in pur- chases for safety and emergency response vehicles during a Nov. 20 meeting. The details Council approved the purchase of a new mobile command center unit for the police department. Round Rock City Council will consider a measure to rezone a property for a data center in Janu- ary, after approving a first reading in a December meeting. What happened? About 20 speakers addressed City Council and representatives of Skybox Datacenters regarding the rezoning of a 29.69 acres of property near the intersection of A.W. Grimes Boulevard and East Old Settlers Boulevard, sharing concerns about the proposed data center such as noise, water use, health impacts and potential impact on energy prices. The request from Skybox would see the property rezoned from light industrial to a planned unit devel- opment. The property is bordered on two sides by other tracks zoned as light industrial, but backs up to the Chandler Creek neighborhood. The details The proposal for the develop- ment would divide it into three sections with different uses to establish what is permitted on each part of the site, such as a data
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center, substation and open space. What’s next City officials will again take up the matter in January. Should council vote to deny the rezoning, the site would remain zoned for light industrial use and allow for other manufacturing, warehousing and other light-industrial facilities, according to a Round Rock news release. If council approves the rezoning, Skybox will still have to enter into a contract with electric- ity provider Oncor to secure power for the project.
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Vehicle purchases
Ladder truck: $1.7M Mobile command center unit: $1.5M Air truck: $520,000 Mini pumper truck: $400,100 Skeeter rescue side brush truck: $277,535
SOURCE: CITY OF ROUND ROCK/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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