Clinton County Area Plan Commission voted 5-0 to send a favorable recommendation to rezone 714.55 acres from Agricultural to Light Industrial to the Clinton County Commissioners subject to 14 commitments which have been approved, negotiated or are still in process with the Area Plan Commission staff and attorney Jay Moore. This action keeps the proposed Clinton County Data Center alive and the Area Plan Commission recommendation will be placed for consideration by the county’s three Commissioners.
In a four and a half hour meeting at a full Skanta Theatre, public comments were heard after the Area Plan Staff report led by Liz Stitzel said that all five findings for the process were met. Stitzel’s extremely detailed and lengthy report did not give an unqualified positive recommendation to the board but specified 14 items that should be addressed before the staff report would give a favorable recommendation to the board. The board made these 14 recommendations part of the motion which passed 5-0 with two Area Plan Commission members abstaining and not present for the meeting.
The final motion receiving the 5-0 vote read:
Motion “To send a favorable recommendation to the County Commissioners with the commitments that were discussed to be finished and revised before Commissioners would adopt anything.”
These commitments include water use, lighting, sound, unacceptable land uses, no drill requirements, no nuclear or wind energy, road plans and other specific requirements that would be attached to transfer of land to the developer. The recording of Stizel’s report detailing these key commitments can be found at the 58 minute mark in Area Plan Meeting Part One below.
Hoosierland TV broadcast the meeting LIVE and can be viewed below. Public comments can be viewed along with comments from Area Plan members, staff and attorney. There are a couple interruptions in the broadcast archive caused by technical difficulties but the lengthy meeting can be viewed below or at the Clinton County site linked below.
The meeting is also available on the Clinton County Government Site:
Link to Clinton County Youtube coverage of meeting
