The Brighton City Council met on September 15, 2026, to consider amendments to the Land Use and Development Code, a Planned Unit Development rezoning, a water bond refunding ordinance, and a JAG grant resolution. Public comments raised concerns about data centers and the rezone proposal. Several items were approved, and one was continued to a future meeting.
And I guess it wasn't enough because the other companies, our application was maybe about 20, 30 pages long. The other applications were about 200 pages long. So I know that the other companies, they don't they they uh they want the the bid because they present them the them themselves better on paperwork because I know they don't over they don't work harder harder than us. So maybe we did we didn't do the best job presenting ourselves on paper, but part of that problem is that um maybe we're not up to date with all the uh all the new chat GPT AI information. Anyways, one of the companies that was selected that I have some issues with they don't they don't license their trucks here in Colorado, all their trucks are licensed in Nebraska. They uh park their trucks here in the residential area of Brighton, which is not permitted. So all the re I don't think they should be able to benefit from a police contract when they're not even contributing by license plates here in Colorado. I know three minutes goes by real quick. I wish we had more time to talk about that, but I am asking the council to please look into this. It's not very often that somebody comes here and says, I want to work for the city at three o'clock in the morning on Christmas Day, Thanksgiving. But that's uh so if we can please get your help, that'll be fantastic. Thank you, Mr. Alders. We appreciate you bringing that to us. And then next is uh Lori Morris. Come on overboard, Lori. You got three minutes. My name is Lori Morris. I signed in on the sheet. Magellan Strategies did a data centers and AI study in Colorado in August and September of this year. It was published two days ago, but I just became aware of it two hours ago, and I thought council should hear about it. In Colorado, 77% of respondents believed AI will eliminate jobs. 48% of Colorado respondents who were employed were concerned AI would eliminate their job. 66% had an unfavorable opinion of Google, 68% unfavorable of Microsoft, 70% unfavorable of Amazon, 69% unfavorable of SpaceX, 67% unfavorable of OpenAI, and 86% unfavorable of Meta. 74% had an unfavorable opinion of Elon Musk, 82% of just for Jeff Bezos, 61% didn't like Sam Altman, and the chef's kiss, 91% had an unfavorable opinion of Mark Zuckerberg Zuckerberg. Specific to CD 8, right here, our district. Makes me think of our flock cameras. 79% of district eight respondents were not comfortable incorporating AI into how it educates students. Not in my backyard. That comes with it. Brighton City Council is not in tune with the community. We want the people, we the people of Brighton are saying no. You, the city council, have tools in your toolbox right now to get a ban or moratorium next session. We ask again for a five-year moratorium until we get this figured out. Meet the moment. Thank you. Thank you, Lori. That is all I have signed up to speak. We will move forward. Next item, item 6A, an ordinance of the city council of the city of Col of the City of Brighton, Colorado, uh amending articles one and eleven of the land use and development code relating to the administration of the code and definitions. And this is a first reading. So this is a public hearing. I will go ahead and open up with the public hearing and ask the city clerk to verify that all the necessary postings and publications were done. Yes, Your Honor. The notice of public hearing was published on the City of Brighton website on August 11th, 2026. Thank you. City Manager Martinez, please identify our speaker. Thank you, Mayor. Presenting this next item is associate planner Stephanie Iams. Welcome, Stephanie.