Public Health & Environment Committee
TL;DR
The Baltimore City Public Health & Environment Committee held an informational hearing on data centers to understand their community and environmental impacts. Multiple city departments and regulatory agencies were invited to discuss zoning standards, best practices, and technologies to minimize public health and environmental effects from these facilities.
Key Decisions
- Data Centers Informational Hearing Resolution Scheduled for public hearing
- Departments Required to Testify Department of Planning, Law Department, Department of Finance, Health Department, and Department of Public Works directed to appear and discuss data center impacts and standards
- Regulatory Agency Participation Office of the People's Counsel and Public Service Commission invited to participate in discussion
Agenda
- CALL TO ORDER
- INTRODUCTIONS
- ATTENDANCE
- ITEM SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
- 26-0050R Informational Hearing – Data Centers – Community Impact and Use Standards FOR the purpose of inviting the Office of the People’s Counsel and the Public Service Commission and requiring the Department of Planning, Law Department, Department of Finance, Health Department, and the Department of Public Works to appear before the City Council to discuss: (1) the impact a data center may have on Baltimore City’s infrastructure, environment, and its community as a whole; (2) best practices for data center zoning, use standards, and other development standards; and (3) which techniques and technologies are available to limit the public health and environmental impact of these increasingly common facilities.City Council Resolution
- ADJOURNMENT
- THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC