Jerry Merrigan
8:00 - 8:41
“I appreciate the language in the revised moratorium that says the intent is to apply the moratorium on data centers for 9 months, or the standards would apply, develop after the 9 months, to try to get those to apply outside the borough.”
- Speaker
- Jerry Merrigan
- Timestamp
- 8:00 – 8:41
- Transcript
- Petersburg Borough: Assembly Meeting
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 9, 2026
From the transcript
And I appreciate the language in the revised moratorium that says the intent is to apply the moratorium on data centers for 9 months, or the standards would apply, develop after the 9 months, to try to get those to apply outside the borough. Because when I first read what what came up from out of the Planning and Zoning Commission, and I know they didn't mean this because there's— their authority is only inside Service Area 1, but it seemed to be like a big red flag saying the moratorium applies here and hey, we don't really care about out there. And it seemed to point an arrow to say if you want to do a data center, do it outside Service Area 1. But I know that wasn't their intent, but it just read that way. So I appreciate the revised language.
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