

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Sugarloaf Public Hearing on a Data Center Ordinance
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 30 Dec, 2025 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: ?SUGARLOAF: Tue, 12/30/25 6pm

A data center ordinance public hearing.  Please attend if you care about your community!

BACKGROUND (bear with us-it's a long read: 
?This mess was created back in June with the Sugarloaf Supervisors removing a curative amendment agenda item upon the counsel of their solicitor's office. This triggered an immediate deemed denial. LBT, the Sacramento, California based developer who wants to build a data center campus on Tomhicken road right next to Project Hazlenut, sued the Township. 

?This forced a curative amendment process into litigation which the solicitor and supervisors then hid behind "attorney client privilege" (please note: NOT a court gag order). 

?This set of actions effectively excluded the citizens from the zoning change process. After serious concerns were raised regarding a potential conflict of interest with the solicitors office and close approximation to the land in question/family land ownership, etc., a conflict attorney was hired by the Supervisors, as reccomended through the administration's connection with PSATS.

?A small handful of brave and concerned affected citizens intervened in court to try and slow down and shine light on what was happening and make sure the public was not fully excluded. They filed an intervention in the case. At that time, a one time special meeting was negotiated (aka "throwing the public a bone") 

?Supervisors had the conflict attorney speak with the public. During that meeting, contrary to what it was portrayed as, residents were railroaded into giving some on-the-spot ideas about what they might want excluded or included in a secretive deal negotiated behind closed doors regarding a data center ordinance because it was now "an ongoing legal matter".  They were never allowed the time to get expert input, ask meaningful questions or have time to research and present. 

?What happened that night was essentially a sham meeting that devolved as the night went on. It became clear supervisors and counsel would not answer hard questions, including WHY original legal counsel instructed the BOS to remove the curative amendment in the first place. Every 2 months or so, the public is read a general boilerplate type letter of "update" from the conflict attorney which amounts to no useful or insightful information and seems to be a feeble attempt at placating the public. 

?Now fast forward... after months of secret legal negotiations, the public is assured this will be a fair outcome. 

?We expect the Supervisors will "listen" to the public, then vote on whatever the attorneys present to them, claiming they have no choice, even though hyperscale data centers do NOT align with the
comprehensive plan or the PA Constitution's Green Amendment. It appears they are holding this meeting because they are legally required to, where the illusion of consideration will take place. 

?At almost every single turn, the residents of Sugarloaf and neighboring municipalities have been kept in the dark about this whole process. It is reprehensible. All with billable attorney hours at the great expense of taxpayers.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/sugarloaf/sugarloaf-public-hearing-on-a-data-center-ordinance/200029414430300
- **Event Categories**: meetups
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 37

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Sugarloaf
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Sugarloaf Fire Company Inc.
- **lat**: 41.000153200001
- **long**: -76.082898558331
- **full address**: Sugarloaf Fire Company Inc., 95 W County Rd,Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Luzerne County Community Action Coalition-LCCAC (https://allevents.in/org/luzerne-county-community-action-coalition-lccac/26099192)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 30 Dec, 2025 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sugarloaf Fire Company Inc., 95 W County Rd,Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Luzerne County Community Action Coalition-LCCAC
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** meetups
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Sugarloaf Public Hearing on a Data Center Ordinance ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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