The Thief River Falls City Council voted to impose an 18-month moratorium on new data center construction to give staff time to draft an ordinance covering siting, infrastructure, water use, noise and decommissioning protections. The measure passed after public comments urged caution.

Commissioners focused on street-connectivity requirements, private‑road implications, how commercial 'minor' subdivisions will be reviewed, and new residential parking ratios. They asked staff to refine thresholds to protect safety and avoid unintended precedents for future development.

City leaders and board members reviewed a draft ordinance setting performance standards for potential data centers — including a 55-megawatt electrical cap and a 60,000-gallon water-use threshold — and agreed to solicit written public comments before further revision.

Staff presented a single segmentation standard to apply to the Local Partnership Competitive Program, Solutions for Congested Corridors Program and Trade Corridor Enhancement Program: segments must meet purpose/need, have independent utility, connect logical termini and not limit alternatives; nominations must show benefits and full funding for each segment.

Staff will compare and update Selma's monument-sign height limits and stormwater standards and study how the town's current ordinances treat data centers and off-street parking surfaces as new development types emerge.

Researchers and the industry urged standardized federal data collection on data center energy and water consumption so analysts and communities can assess impacts; witnesses recommended agencies such as the EIA lead efforts.

Staff presented draft updates to Lakewood Municipal Code Titles 12, 13 and 18 and the Engineering Standards Manual to align with state standards, clarify technical vs. policy language, and speed reviews. Council members applauded updates but raised concerns about relocating the downtown Traffic Management Fee into code without a fresh planned-action EIS and urged deeper review of street-end/shoreline encroachment language before adoption.

Fire Chief emphasizes need for uniform driveway standards to improve emergency services access.

Consultants from Freese and Nichols presented a draft update to Brazos County's subdivision regulations, highlighting procedural clarifications, infrastructure standards, ETJ alignment after recent state law changes, and a public engagement schedule with follow-up sessions in May and summer.

City staff said council directed a review of Kenai Municipal Code Title 14 subdivision regulations to clarify road, water and wastewater standards and consider using adaptive policies to streamline development; the commission expects multiple follow-up work sessions.

Telford details ongoing updates to Anchorage's design criteria manual with new chapters in development.

The Rio Rancho governing body approved a resolution adopting a revised Development Process Manual and approved an accompanying amendment to Chapter 155 (subdivisions) after months of staff and stakeholder work. Key changes include a lowered master-plan acreage trigger (20→10 acres), a proposed 90% ownership threshold for master plan areas, new park