De Soto sets Nov. 19 hearing on Digital Realty tax-increment plan
The council must hear public comment before it can consider adopting Project Plan 3 in the Sunflower Redevelopment District.
DE SOTO - The De Soto City Council will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at City Hall, 32905 W. 84th St., on whether to adopt Project Plan 3 (Digital Realty) in the Sunflower Redevelopment District, according to a city notice posted Nov. 10.
The plan covers redevelopment of Project Area 3 inside the existing district through tax increment financing, the notice says. The hearing must happen before the council can consider adopting the plan.
How to see the plan and comment
The plan is not posted online. Copies can be inspected at the City Clerk's office at City Hall, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, excluding holidays. No meeting agenda or packet has been posted yet.
Under the city's hearing guidelines, speakers generally get 4 minutes. Residents can speak in person or online through the city's GoTo Webinar using Raise Hand; comments can't be made through the YouTube livestream.
Background
The city's data center page lists the Digital Realty campus, in Astra Enterprise Park, at up to nine data center buildings, with its Phase 1 site plan approved. Those figures describe the campus, not Project Plan 3.
Source: City of De Soto notice, Nov. 19 public hearing on Project Plan 3; City of De Soto, Public Hearings & Notices; City of De Soto, Data Center Campus Project.